Rod Aldoff Rod Aldoff ( born January 30 , 1971 ) is a Canadian former professional hockey player . He is currently the head coach of the Pensacola Ice Flyers of the Southern Professional Hockey League ( SPHL ) . Early / Personal Life . Rod Aldoff was born in Canada , but has lived in Minnesota since college . He is now married and has two children , Liam and Leandra . Hockey career . College Hockey . Aldoff played for the University of Minnesota at Duluth during all four of his college years . In his freshman season with Minnesota , Aldoff played 23 games accumulating 1 goal , 8 assists , and 25 penalty minutes . In his second season for Minnesota ( 1992 – 93 ) , Aldoff played 39 games scoring 4 goals , and making 11 assists . Aldoff racked up 34 penalty minutes in his second college season . In his third season with Minnesota , Aldoff played 38 games adding 4 goals , 25 assists , and 88 penalty minutes to his record . In Aldoff ' s final season with the University of Minnesota , he played 36 games earning a remarkable 11 goals , 18 assists , and 80 penalty minutes . Professional Hockey . ECHL . Rod Aldoff made his professional hockey debut with the Tallahassee Tiger Sharks of the ECHL in the 1995 - 96 season . Aldoff played 70 games with the Tiger Sharks and scored 13 goals , made 44 assists , and had 74 penalty minutes . Aldoff made his way back to the ECHL with the Pee Dee Pride in the 1997 - 98 season , playing in 70 games . Aldoff racked up 12 goals , 20 assists , and 118 penalty minutes for the Pride . Aldoff played another 70 games for the Pride in the 1998 - 99 season and added 12 more goals , 32 more assists , and 44 more penalty minutes to his record . In the 2002 - 03 season , Rod Aldoff skated his way to the ECHL again to play 54 games for the Greensboro Generals . In his time with the Generals , Aldoff made 9 goals , 23 assists , and had 36 penalty minutes . Aldoff played his fourth ECHL season from 2005 - 2006 . He played 41 games for the Pensacola Ice Pilots . He had 8 assists and 38 penalty minutes for the Pilots . IHL . In his second professional season , Aldoff moved over to the IHL playing for the Utah Grizzlies . In 24 games with the Grizzlies , Aldoff had 1 goal , 4 assists and 10 penalty minutes . Aldoff skated back to the IHL for the 1999 - 2000 season to play for the Long Beach Ice Dogs . Aldoff played 42 games for the Ice Dogs scoring 7 goals , making six assists , and landing himself in the box for a total of 35 minutes . Rod played came back for a third try in the IHL for the 2007 - 08 season with the Bloomington Prairie Thunder . In 42 games with the Thunder , Aldoff scored 4 goals and 15 assists . Aldoff also logged 44 penalty minutes for the Prairie Thunder . Aldoff played 57 games as a Kalamazoo Wings in the 2008 - 09 season . In his time with the Wings , Aldoff scored 7 goals , made 23 assists , and accumulated 30 penalty minutes . Aldoff finished the 2008 - 2009 season with Fort Wayne Komets , who would eventually go on to win the IHL Championship . The first in his remarkable career . WCHL . Aldoff played 27 games for the WCHL ' s San Diego Gulls in the 1999 - 2000 season , scoring 4 goals to accompany his 25 assists and 18 penalty minutes . Aldoff came back to the WCHL for 6 games with the Gulls in the 2001 - 02 season , scoring 2 goals and adding 6 more penalty minutes . UHL . Rod played his first season in the UHL for the Rockford Icehogs in 2004 - 05 . Aldoff had 6 goals , 20 assists , and 47 penalty minutes for the Icehogs . Aldoff popped back into the UHL to play 65 games for the Chicago Hounds in 2006 - 07 . He racked up a total of 2 goals , 26 assists , and 73 penalty minutes . European Hockey . Swiss . In Rod ' s third professional season ( 1996 – 97 ) , he skated all the way to Switzerland to join the Swiss Hockey League ' s Ambri - Piotta for 13 games . In his 13 games , he earned 3 games , 7 assists , and 10 penalty minutes . Italy . Aldoff traveled back to Europe in the 2001 - 02 season to play with the Italian League ' s Sterzing . Aldoff played 29 games with Sterzing accumulating 5 goals , 8 assists , and 24 penalty minutes . Fights . In Aldoff ' s hockey career , he ' s only lost his temper once . In his 2006 - 07 season with the Chicago Hounds , Aldoff took on the Port Huron Flags ' Mike Olynyk . Aldoff ' s scuffle with Olynyk was the sole fight of his professional hockey career .