Roster, Kingston JR's, 2023-2024 (Kingston JR Ice Wolves)

Troy Sweet

Troy Sweet was born in Kingston, ON and raised in Belleville, ON. He played minor hockey in Belleville until the age of 14 when his family was transferred to Mississauga, ON for his father’s work. Troy then played AAA with the Mississauga Reps for 2 years. Following his time in Mississauga, Troy was drafted 64th overall to the Oshawa Generals of the OHL. Troy scored 30 goals and had 50 assists in his final year in the OHL. After 3 years in the OHL with both the Oshawa Generals & London Knights, Troy decided to utilize his full post- secondary education package provided by the Oshawa Generals & the London Knights and continued his hockey at York University while studying Kinesiology.  Troy graduated as a Registered Nurse in 1997 and has been in the pharmaceuticals industry for the last while. Troy has been living back in the Belleville area for the past 17 years, with his children Jay, Alysha and Aaliyah and close to his parents, Ron & Sheron, and sister Tammy.Troy's passion has always been hockey and for 8 years he served as a Head Coach with the Belleville Bearcats association coaching  Novice B, Atom A, Peewee AA, Bantam AA and Midget AA with highly successful teams.  He has coached the Kingston JRs Since January 2016.×

Marissa Murphy

Marissa was born in Kingston, Ontario and was raised in nearby Odessa, Ontario. She started playing for the Kingston Ice Wolves at the age of 4. Marissa was a member of the Ice Wolves’ first competitive Novice team. She continued playing with the Ice Wolves until heading to Belleville to play for Troy Sweet and the Bearcats in her second year of Bantam. Marissa then was a proud member of the Kingston Jr Team from 2014 to 2017. She was second in scoring during her final season to help lead the Jr Ice Wolves to their first ever playoff berth. In 2017, Marissa continued her hockey career with an athletic scholarship to play for the University of Ontario Institute of Technology Ridgebacks (later named Ontario Tech University in 2019). During her five seasons as a Ridgeback, Marissa completed both her Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing) and her Bachelor of Education (Primary/Junior). In her final season as a Ridgeback, Marissa helped the team to their first postseason appearance in a decade. After completing her five seasons in the OUA, Marissa assisted in coaching a local U13 Oshawa girl’s hockey team before heading back to live in Kingston. Now working as a full-time elementary school teacher in the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board, she has returned to work and take on an assistant coaching role with the Kingston Jrs. Marissa is excited to be back home and using her hockey knowledge and experience to help develop these young athletes.×

Brenna Murphy

Brenna was born in Nepean, Ontario and was raised in Odessa, Ontario where she started playing girls hockey for the Kingston Ice Wolves at the age of 6. She started her competitive career in Atom and continued with the Ice Wolves all the way to the inaugural season of the PWHL’s Kingston Jr. Ice Wolves. Brenna played on the Kingston Jr. Team from 2012-2014 and was an assistant captain in her final season.In 2014, Brenna continued her hockey journey at Brock University in the OUA on both athletic and academic scholarships. Brenna played hockey at Brock for 5 seasons from 2014 – 2019, where she was named an Assistant Captain for the 2015 season and took on the role of Captain for her final 3 seasons from 2016-2019. During her time as a Badger, Brenna led the Brock team in their uphill journey from only winning 2 games in the 2014-2015 season, to a consistent competitive playoff contender in her 4th and 5th years.In her time at Brock University, Brenna also graduated with two degrees – an Honours Bachelor of Accounting Co-op Degree and an Honours Master of Accountancy Degree. She achieved USports Academic All-Canadian status in all 5 years, which is awarded to student-athletes in USports that achieve an 80% or above average. Brenna was also awarded The David Atkinson Surgite Award in 2017 and 2018, which is an award for the highest academic average of a student-athlete at Brock University. After Brock University, Brenna set out to pursue her CPA designation and was hired as a Tax Specialist at KPMG LLP in Toronto, Ontario. She passed the CFE in September 2019 and is now awaiting her application into CPA membership.Brenna is excited to get back to her roots and use her hockey and accounting knowledge gained from her time at Brock University to help with the JRs in both a managerial and Assistant Coach role.×