| Title: | Director of Player Development |
Roloson enters his second season with the Lakers as the program's Goaltending Coach and Director of Player Development on a volunteer basis in 2023-24.
Roloson brings an extensive hockey background, including playing over 600 games for six teams over the course of a 14-year career in the National Hockey League, making him the second coach currently with the program that has significant NHL experience along with Associate Head Coach and fellow former NHL All-Star, Mike York.
After his playing career, Roloson returned to his alma mater where he served as an assistant coach before taking a position as a goaltending consultant with the Anaheim Ducks for three seasons. He would then continue coaching the sport he loves for one season with the Shawnigan Lake School U15 Prep team and five seasons with the Victoria Royals of the Western Hockey League.
As a player, Roloson was signed as a free agent by the Calgary Flames after graduating from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and he would make his NHL debut in 1996 when he recorded 35 saves in a 3-3 tie against the Dallas Stars. After earning a roster spot with the Minnesota Wild in 2001, he made his first NHL All-Star appearance in 2004, and he went on to win the Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award for having the NHL’s best save percentage. On March 8, 2006, he was traded to the Edmonton Oilers, and he helped them make an improbable run to the Stanley Cup Finals a few months later when he went 12-5 while also recording the most saves (573) in the postseason before spraining his MCL in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Carolina Hurricanes. Two years later, he posted an NHL career-high 28 wins in the 2008-09 season, and he signed with the New York Islanders the following offseason. He would go on to be traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning in January 2011 where he would finish his playing career. After the trade, he would have four shutouts in his first 11 games with the Lightning, and he would have one final playoff run in which he posted a 10-6 record before falling to the eventual champions, the Boston Bruins, in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
In addition to his time with the NHL, Roloson was also a member of the Canadian National Team, and he won the gold medal at the 2007 IIHF World Championships in Moscow with a 4-2 win over Finland.
His two sons, Brett and Ross, currently play for the LSSU hockey team.