Melissa has been involved in ringette for over 30 years as both a player and a coach.

Over the course of her 25+ year coaching career in Saskatoon, Melissa has coached all ages and levels, beginning with U8 and working her way up to U19 A and AA where she has stayed for most of the past decade.

During her career, Melissa has been fortunate to have been a part of many great teams and players, particularly during her time with the U19s - winning countless tournaments, six provincial gold medals, a 7th place finish at Nationals in 2015 (Saskatoon's highest finish since 2012 - start of the open format), as well as two silver medals (2012 & 2018) and two gold medals (2013 & 2017) at Westerns.

In 2023, Melissa had the honour of being selected as a head coach for the U17 Team Canada Development Program (La Releve).

Melissa started coaching for the Heat in the 2023/24 season.

Mel has been playing ringette for over 30 years. She still plays competitively with the Saskatoon Wild (Open A) and played with the Heat in its first 2 seasons. Mel is one of only a handful of players from Saskatchewan to have reached every high performance milestone in the sport: AA (10 nationals), Canada Winter Games (1999 bronze medalist), NRL (8 seasons), and Team Canada (2-time member of the senior team).

Mel has been coaching for almost a decade, starting her career in U12 and then moving into the competitive stream in U14 through NRL. She was selected as an apprentice coach for the 2019 Canada Winter Games team and head coach of the 2023 Canada Winter Games team, which won bronze - the first Sask team to medal at the event since Mel did as a player in 1999.

In 2023, Mel had the honour of being selected as a head coach for the U17 Team Canada Development Program (La Releve).

Mel started coaching for the Heat in the 2023/24 season.