The University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey staff expanded Monday to officially add Bobby Feaster as the new director of hockey operations for the Bulldogs.  Feaster brings a dynamic of hockey administrative, instruction and operations-related experience to the position.

Feaster comes to UMD after spending the past 18 months with Total Package Hockey out of St. Louis. Some of Feaster's duties included, but were not limited to, coaching on ice skills, finding, cutting and presenting video and teaching clips, 1v1 player and coach game evaluation sessions and administrative duties.

A native of Hershey, PA, Feaster spent the 2019-2020 season as the Team Services Coordinator for the Manitoba Moose of the AHL.  In his role with the Moose, who are the AHL affiliate of the Winnipeg Jets, Feaster was responsible for many critical behind the scenes functions for the Moose.

Prior to his arrival in Manitoba, Bobby served on the hockey coaching staff at the University of North Dakota in a variety of roles under the direction of Brad Berry as a student manager .  While at UND, Feaster graduated cum laude with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and made the Dean's list three years in a row.

In addition, Feaster has served as an intern for the Columbus Blue Jackets,  won a championship as a youth hockey player in Calgary, Alberta and has grown up around the game his entire life.  Bobby's sister, Theresa Feaster currently serves as Providence College men's hockey director of operations, where she helped the Friars win a NCAA title in 2015 as a volunteer assistant and also serves as the video director for the U.S. U-20 men's national team.  She is the first female assistant in USA Hockey's history at any major men's championship.