Mitch Plonka
JV Head Coach
Coach Mitch returns for his sixth season coaching Benet Hockey, his third as JV head coach. Mitch is a 2016 Benet graduate and 202 St. Mary's University of Minnesota grad. At St. Mary’s, he played four seasons of ACHA hockey, served three years as team captain, and two years as club Vice-President. Mitch played youth hockey for the Naperville Sabres and three seasons of varsity hockey for Benet, winning a Kennedy Cup in 2015. In 2016, he was Awarded the Blue Line Award as the team’s top defenseman. Mitch lives in Chicago with his fiancée and is in his final year of law school.