• Wayne Caufield - 2011

Caufield is a native of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.  He played junior hockey as the property of the Detroit Red Wings, with the Hamilton Red Wings and Goderich in the Ontario Junior Hockey League and for the Weyburn Red Wings in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.  Caufield played and coached in the Eastern Hockey League from 1963-1970, and played for the Sault Ste. Marie Canadians while attending Algoma College in 1970 – 1972.      Caufield moved to Wisconsin in November 1972 to be a player/coach for the Milwaukee Admirals and played through the 1976-1977 season.  As an assistant coach in the 1976-1977 season, the Admirals were the USHL champions.  During this period, Caufield became involved with Milwaukee SHAW, where his son began playing in 1973.  For the next 16 years, Caufield coached both house and travel teams from mites through high school, and won the State Tournaments in 1984 for high school and 1986 for midgets.  During this time, Caufield conducted annual hockey clinics for more than 25 years at State Fair Park and Wilson Park Arenas. While continuing to play as an adult in the Men’s Metro Milwaukee Hockey Association, Caufield also coached the Milwaukee Flyers Hockey Club in 1988-89.  In 1989, he became the association coach for Pius XI High school and continued through the 1992-93 season.

Caufield continues to follow and support youth hockey, and for  the past 10 years, he has been an active  member of the Greendale Lions Club as a board member and volunteer..

Caufield and his wife Eileen have two sons, Paul (Kelly) and Ryan (Rhiannon), and five grandchildren.