Staff

BARRY SOSKIN

GOVERNOR, CEO, CFO, PRESIDENT, GM

Barry has been an owner of various teams in the past 25 years, including the two time champion Toledo Storm of the East Coast Hockey League, Nashville Nighthawks of the Central Hockey League, Waterloo Blackhawks of the United States Hockey League, Traverse City Enforcers of the Continental Junior Hockey League and the Pelham Prowlers of the Southeast Hockey League.

Barry is married to his wife, Fran for nearly 40 years and has three adult children, Heather, Brian and Rachel. Barry and his family reside in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

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CRISTIN MILLER

FACILITY MANAGER

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Cristin was born and raised in the Wytheville area. A graduate of George Wythe High School and Wytheville Community College. She owns and operates two local businesses in the Wythe County Area Wythe Produce and Miller's Lawncare. Outside of work hours, Cristin spends her time with her family and daughter Shelbie.

Vojtech Zemlicka

Head Coach/General Manager

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Vojtech has spent multiple years as a player and Assistant Coach throughout Single-A minor Hockey. Helping lead the Columbus River Dragons to win the Championship during the 2020-2021 season. He spent the 2021-2022 season as an assistant coach for the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs, helping to lead them to the Championship Final. Vojtech also owns and works as a trainer at the Virginia Hockey Lab in Roanoke working with different youth hockey groups.

Charles Ryan

Media Relations & Communications Specialist/Play-By-Play Broadcaster

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Charles spent the past four years working at Bowling Green State University with the Falcon Hockey team in the CCHA. He was the voice of the Falcons during the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 seasons. He also ran the intermission reports, pregame, and postgame shows for games on 88.1 WBGU. During that time Charles also worked as the Production Director for the Falcon Media Sports Network.

Jenna Lewis

Administrative Assistant/Ticket sales

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Jenna is a lifelong resident of Wythe County and mother of two sons. Before working with the Bobcats, Jenna was an event coordinator for various events at the APEX Center. She is excited to take this new journey with the Bobcats during their inaugural season and work with customers and clients to make Blue Ridge Hockey the best fan experience.