Michele is Co-Owner & Director of Hockey Development at The Burlington Pond, a high-performance hockey development centre based in Burlington, Ontario. She formerly served as Player Development & Skating Coach with the Toronto Maple Leafs organization, Michele works across NHL, AHL, prospect, and elite hockey environments focused on movement efficiency, skating mechanics, explosiveness, and long-term athlete progression. 

Originally from a world-class figure skating background, Michele competed at nine Canadian National Championships before becoming a World Gold Medalist with Team Canada’s elite synchronized skating team, NEXXICE. Her foundation in edge mastery, movement efficiency, posture, and technical skating mechanics continues to shape the philosophy she brings into elite hockey performance today.
Over the course of her coaching career, Michele has worked with athletes ranging from youth and minor hockey through to junior, professional, and NHL levels, building a reputation for disciplined technical coaching, purposeful progression systems, and game-ready performance outcomes rooted in precision and long-term progression.

Beyond athlete development, Michele’s work continues to expand into coach education, speaking engagements, leadership, and high-performance conversations shaping the future of hockey. Through seminars, media and strategic collaborations across the sport, she remains committed to advancing coaching standards and contributing to the next generation of athletes and coaches prepared to perform at higher levels of the game.