Scott Mosey: Scott Mosey has worked in sports for over 18 years and brings a track record of success. Whether as a player, coach, scout, or owner, Mosey has been successful at moving himself and his clients to “The Next Level”.
As a player, Scott was drafted and played in the (OHL) Ontario Hockey League for Guelph and the Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds. He was named to the OHL All-Star team and went to the Memorial Cup with the Sault Greyhounds after winning the OHL League Championship.
During his three years in the Ontario Hockey League, Mosey was named scholastic player for his team in each of the three seasons. His junior career culminated with winning the Dave Pinkney trophy for the OHL’s best goals against average in 1984.
Mosey went on to attend York University where he won a National CIS Championship while pursuing a degree in Politics and Law and Society. He won two OUAA Championships and was named York’s Athlete of the Year for hockey in 1985. Mosey still holds the University record for lowest career goals against average, a record that now stands for over 21 years.
He also attended Laurentian University for Business Administration while playing Junior A hockey.
Having coached, managed and owned teams at the Provincial Junior A level, His knowledge of the sports business landed him the position of Commissioner of the Metro Junior A Hockey League in 1997.
Over those years Mosey owned and operated Sports camps and teams where he assisted hundreds of athletes in moving on to the Collegiate, Junior and Professional levels.
Mosey joined Cosmos Sports in 2003 where he worked on ticket sales accounts with the Toronto Blue Jays, Hamilton Tiger Cats, Toronto Rock and MLSE’S Toronto Raptors, and Toronto Marlies selling over $100,000 in sales for various clients.
In 2004 Mosey was instrumental in launching an Athlete Management division of Cosmos Sports. He has also been involved in their Sports Management Academy, Career Conferences, Charity Sports events and the recent launch of Sports Execs.com.
Cary Kaplan: Cary Kaplan has been a leading sports executive since 1995.
As founder and president of Cosmos Sports, in just over three years, the company with the ambition to 'Win the Business', has rapidly established itself as an industry leader in several areas including Team Training and Education, Career Management, League Management, Branding, Brokerage and Athlete Management.
Under Cary's leadership, Cosmos Sports has built relationships with numerous teams, leagues and organizations, has run five conferences and academies, has launched two sports business websites, has represented hundreds of athletes, trained hundreds of teams, and perhaps most rewarding, has received high praise throughout.
For six years, and prior to founding Cosmos Sports, Cary was a proud employee of the Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club, involved in the management of their AHL franchises, the Hamilton Bulldogs.
During his tenure in Hamilton, some of the highlights included The Bulldogs being awarded the Tourism Award of Excellence in 1998, 1999 and 2001 for the top marketed organization in Southern Ontario. In 1999, he personally Won the Ken McKenzie Award (1999) as the American Hockey League’s top business executive.
As club President, Cary championed the “Stay Dogs Stay” campaign, resulting in over $1 million in incremental revenues,, and securing the long term sustainability of the hockey clubs future in Hamilton.
During the six years with the Hamilton Bulldogs, attendance grew 32%. This was the largest increase of any of the 36 AHL/IHL (AAA) hockey franchises in North America during this period.
In his rise from Director of Marketing, to Vice President and ultimately to club President and Alternate Governor in 2000, Cary became one of the youngest and most highly regarded executives in the industry. In their 12th year, The Bulldogs are currently the longest serving Canadian franchise in the AHL.
Upon raising the capital for new ownership, and establishing the Montreal Canadiens as the new NHL partner of the Bulldogs, Cary left the club with his wife Amelia to found Cosmos Sports in 2003.
Cary received an Honours BA in Political Science from the University of Toronto, and subsequently achieved his MBA specializing in Marketing and International Business from Dalhousie University.
Bryan McGahey: Following high school, Bryan attended Humber College and studied Business Marketing. As part of the program, Bryan was required to take a 4 month internship. Bryan saw this as an opportunity to apply his education towards an industry he is passionate for. Immediately, Bryan was involved heavily in the Athlete Department for Cosmos Sports. He is deeply involved with servicing current athletes, contacting coaches and recruiters, and attending local high school sporting events.
Currently, Bryan is the Recruitment Manager for the Athlete Management Department.
Bryan played sports right through high school and briefly in college, and believes that he would have benefited greatly from this department if he had been more aware of his opportunities after high school.
“I believe if every athlete was aware or better educated about athletic opportunities that exist, we would see more athletes sticking with their dreams and continuing to evolve their sports careers.”
As a player, with Cosmo’s help Ryan made the rare jump from high school hockey at Nelson high school to the (OPJHL) Ontario Provincial Junior Hockey League. While attending Sheridan College Institute of Technology and playing Tier 2 Junior ‘A’ hockey he obtained an advanced diploma in Marketing and Sales.
With his time spent in Junior hockey Ryan has established relationships and connections all over the hockey world, particularly in southern Ontario and the OPJHL. In 2008 Ryan has been involved with VIP packages for the Buffalo Bills Toronto series, the first ever regular season NFL game to be played in Canada – while helping promote Standard bread Canada & Trot magazine’s 2008 Holiday Issue. He will be involved in Cosmos’ Sports Management Academy and Charity Sporting events.
