HEAD COACH
Dwight Lee
Dwight@fightingwalleye.com
Head Coach Dwight Lee brings over 10 years of coaching and player development experience to the Fighting Walleye program. He transitioned to coaching immediately following a playing career that included 2 seasons in the SIJHL. Following junior hockey, Dwight continued to play collegiately in North Dakota where he won an NJCAA National Championship with Williston State before transferring to Minot Sate to complete his studies while playing for the Beavers.
Dwight graduated from Minot State University in 2015 with degrees in Management and International Business. Prior to joining the Fighting Walleye, Dwight was an Associate Coach with the BCHL’s Powell River Kings, and has experience coaching AAA programs, leading player development for associations, and training players of all levels from minor hockey to professional. Dwight has been involved with the Fighting Walleye program from its beginning serving as a member of the scouting staff while coaching in British Columbia.
ASSISTANT COACH
Dylan Butler
Dylan grew up in Thunder Bay where he played all of his minor hockey finishing his minor career where he served as an assistant captain of the Major Midget Kings.
Following his final year with the Kings Dylan went to the Manitoba 
Junior Hockey League where he played two seasons with the Portage Terriers and one with the Dauphin Kings. In those 3 years Dylan played a major role in his teams making it to the Junior A National Championship twice.
Following a successful junior career Dylan moved home to Thunder Bay to play for the Lakehead Thunderwolves where he served as an assistant captain for two years along with winning the teams MVP, best offensive player, and the schools “Argus Award”.
Dylan left Lakehead with a Degree in Commerce majoring in finance, as well as a bachelor’s degree in Economics.
He now works as a financial consultant with IG Wealth Management and has been with the Fighting Walleye as an assistant coach since the club's inception in 2020.
ASSISTANT COACH
Kurtis McCallum
GOALIE COACH
Kari Rikkonen
Kari was born in Thunder Bay and played his minor hockey with the Thunder Bay Kings AAA program. After playing one year in the SIJHL (Superior International) for the Thunder Bay Bulldogs
& high school graduation, Kari moved to St Catharines, ON to attend Brock University, majoring in Kinesiology with a minor in
Sociology.
During his years in St. Catharines he played in the GOJHL (Greater Ontario) for the Welland Jr. Canadians where he earned Welland’s 3 Star Award in 2009, recognition as two time OHA
Player of the Month, as well as an MVP nomination in the Golden Horseshoe Conference. In his over-age year, Kari was traded to the Brantford Golden Eagles (now Caledonia Corvairs) where he ended his junior career.
Kari returned to school in 2018 at Texas A&M TEEX in College Station, TX to attend Fire College and now works as a career Firefighter for the City of Thunder Bay.
After graduation, Kari returned back to Thunder Bay and began working with local minor hockey goaltenders through the Thunder Bay Kings program (2017-2019), Fox School of Hockey, & Zulie’s Goalie Academy. He is currently working with Hockey Canada & the WHL in the NCCP Goaltender Coach Certification Program in hopes to work with Provincial and National High Performance teams in the future.
TRAINER
Taylor Metzger aka “Bulldog”
A native of Thunder Bay, he is beginning his first ever role as a 
trainer/equipment manager for the Fighting Walleye. He graduated from St. Cloud State University with a Sports Management degree. During the summer months he works with the Thunder Bay Bordercats as a clubhouse manager. Bulldog is an avid San Jose Shark, New York Yankee and Kansas City Chief fan.