Dennis Canfield – Director of Scouting
Dennis Canfield joins the New Jersey Titans as their Director of Scouting and Assistant General Manager with over 15 years of experience at the junior hockey level. A goaltender by trade, Canfield played NCAA Division II college hockey at St. Anselm College before turning professional with the Dayton Bombers of the ECHL in 2006. Canfield also had stops with Fayetteville and Knoxville in the SPHL.
Canfield earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Findlay in Findlay, Ohio. While in college Canfield was a coach for Little Caesars AAA program and the Toledo Ice Diggers of the NAHL.
Since 2007 Canfield has coached in the USPHL and NA3HL while also scouting in the BCHL for the Vernon Vipers. He was also an NCAA DIII Assistant Coach for Buffalo State College. Most recently, the Buffalo, New York native was a scout with the Minnesota Mallards of the NAHL before joining the Titans. Canfield also works for IMG Academy in the Hockey Department.

Jules Jardine – Scout, Lead Skills Coach
Jardine played junior hockey for the Henry Carr Crusaders in the MJBHL where he had 14 points (3 goals and 11 assists) in 37 games. He then played collegiately at Elmira College (where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing) and recorded 115 totals points (17 goals and 98 assists) in 98 NCAA Division III games. He was a two-time NCAA All-American.
After college, he played professionally for three years in Austria as well as in the Central Hockey League (CHL) with the Oklahoma City Blazers. He also played two seasons of professional roller hockey with the Toronto Planets and Florida Hammerheads in the RHI.
Jardine has over 25 years of coaching and teaching hockey skills. He was a former head coach in the Jr. Canadiens and Toronto Titans organizations. He was a former Skills and Skating Coach for the Mississauga Ice Dogs and Toronto St. Michaels Majors of the Ontario Hockey League.
The Ontario native also has a movie background. He appeared in the 1986 hockey movie “Youngblood”, and he was a hockey coordinator and stunt double for the movie “Breakaway.”
He is currently the owner and chief instructor of World Class Hockey in Toronto.
Ryan Swain – Scout
Swain is a member of the New Jersey Titans Tier 1 midget coaching staff, as well as a skills coach for players in the New Jersey area. Ryan is a 26 year old New Jersey native who recently finished his playing career at the NCAA D3 level. He now transitioned into a full time head coach with the Titans as well as joining the NAHL staff to assist with player recruiting.
Dan Howard – Scout
Growing up in Freehold, New Jersey, Dan played his youth hockey for George and Mike Haviland with the American Eagles. After playing his high school hockey at Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, he went on to play juniors for the Walpole Stars in the EJHL and the Bismarck Bobcats of the AWHL. At the University of Delaware, he was a two-time All American and was selected to play for Team USA at the World University Games in Tarvisio, Italy. After college he played 2 years of minor pro with a bunch of stops including the Flint Generals (UHL) and Winston Salem Thunderbirds (SPHL). He retired from Wall Street in 2019 and has been coaching with the Titans Tier 1 midget program since.
Jimmy Gill – Scout
Jimmy Gill is a native of Jackson, NJ, and played part of his youth hockey career with the Titans.
Chris Ferazzoli – Scout
Originally from Floral Park, New York, Chris Ferazzoli joins the New Jersey Titans after 13 years of coaching in the Tampa, Florida area. In that time, he led multiple national championship bound teams and guided players to higher levels of competition, including the development of an NHL draft selection. Beginning his collegiate career with Sacred Heart University, Ferazzoli became a stand out player at the University of Delaware where he recorded 152 points in 84 games over three seasons, including being selected to Team USA at the World University Games in 2003. The Long Islander played professionally in the ECHL, CHL, SPHL, and FHL before retiring in 2012.
Beyond coaching youth teams, Ferazzoli has forged a successful career worldwide as an individual skills coach. In Sweden, he worked with European champions Frolunda and Djurgarden, while also working in Denmark and Canada. He has also worked for the Tampa Bay Lighting, conducting the skills portion of their developmental camps over the summer and individually with players during the regular season and playoffs. His coached players include Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point, and Ryan Callahan.