Head Athletic Therapist
Lichti, 29, comes to the Rangers familiar to the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), most recently spending the last two years as the Head Athletic Therapist and Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Western Hockey League’s (WHL) Winnipeg Ice. Prior to his time with the Ice, Lichti was the Assistant Athletic Therapist and Assistant Equipment Manager for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Canadian Football League (CFL), the highest level of professional football in Canada.
A native of New Hamburg, Ont., Lichti is a Certified Athletic Therapist (CAT(C), and is also First Responder Certified and Basic Life Support Certified.
As the club’s Head Athletic Therapist, Lichti is tasked with recognizing, assessing, managing, and rehabilitating musculoskeletal (muscles, bones, joints) injuries. Lichti will be the club’s first responder at all games and practices, will work closely with the Rangers team doctors and orthopedic surgeons to initiate, design, and implement specialized therapy programs and observe and analyze Rangers players during treatment sessions.
Lichti holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Kinesiology-Athletic Therapy from the University of Winnipeg along with a second Bachelor of Kinesiology (BKin) from Brock University in St. Catharines.