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Backstopping Minnesota
The goalies came from all over
“It’s the most goalies we have had since
we started offering the program,” said Steve Carroll, Minnesota Hockey’s goalie
coach-in-chief who served as director of the camp. ”It was by far our best camp
ever. The goalies worked hard, we had a talented and dedicated collection of
coaches, shooters and on-ice demonstrators, and an excellent variety of off-ice
presentations.”
Minnesota Hockey started this camp in
2005 to provide goalies in this important age group with a challenging and
demanding development opportunity. The camp is designed to provide the goalies
with the foundation of fundamental skills along with advanced techniques so
they continue to achieve success in high school and perhaps at the next level
of hockey.
The goalies worked on a variety of skills
during the on-ice sessions, including skating and movement, butterfly slides,
angles, following the puck, rebound control, recoveries, breakaways, agility,
hand-eye coordination and puck handling.
The goalies also experienced off-ice
presentations on yoga, nutrition, mental sports performance, preparing for
college, the science of goaltending, angles, breakaways, hockey after high
school, and footwork and agility.
Goalies are invited to participate in the
camp based on their performance in Minnesota Hockey’s Spring Advanced
Festivals.
“It was a solid camp and it helped my mental
and physical game,” said Andrew Noble of
“When I went to this camp I didn’t know
my strength’s and weaknesses,” explained Kailey Gansen from Shakopee. “But as the camp went on I started to
realize how much there is to goaltending. At the end, I had a lengthy list of
things I truly need to work on to become the ultimate goalie. I really want to
come back, my blood is thirsty for more. The coaches
really expressed care in people’s learning ability. They pulled you aside and
talked with you about the things you did right and the things you need to work
on. The most important thing I learned was patience and determination.”
Eric Manteuffel
from
Goalie camp participants included
(name/high school): Lonna Anderson, Forest Lake;
Caitlin Berens, Breck;
Sophie Borgerding, Totino-Grace;
Lance Bortot, Irondale; Blake Burgau,
New Ulm; Lisa Carlson, Minnetonka; Chad Clifford,
South St. Paul; Rick Cotter, Stillwater; Ryan Coyne, Maple Grove; Hannah Dickman, Stillwater; Derek Dudgeon, Bemidji; Jason Dzurik, Delano; Austin Eakman,
Rogers; Trey Flesch, Pequot Lakes; Nate Finger, Northfield; Kailey Gansen, Shakopee; Alex Glockner,
Minnetonka; Jake Gustafson, Lakeville South; Alex Hall, Burnsville; Erika
Hansen, Centennial; Danny Harper, Blaine; Brandon Hoffman, St. Paul Johnson;
Lauren Joarnt, Shattuck-St. Mary’s; Lindsay Kauchick, Eastview; Neill Kelley,
Silver Bay; Amelia Knudson, Cretin-Derham Hall; Jim
Kruger, Minnetonka; Austin Lanoue, Moose Lake; Eric Manteuffel, North St. Paul; Kelsey McCann, Champlin Park; Allen MeKash,
Roseau; Alison McKeever, Hill-Murray; Max Messelt, Prior Lake; Reid Mimmack,
Brainerd; Patrick Moore, Woodbury; Andrew Noble, Marshall; Katie Olson, Roseau;
Ryan O’Shea, Eastview; Allen Patten, St. Cloud Tech;
Charlie Pentz, St. Cloud Apollo; Kaitlyn
Rolando, Tartan; Aaron Schlink, Burnsville; Sarah Schneekloth, Marshall; Joe Schneider, Cretin-Derham Hall; Brianna Schulz, Prior Lake; Shyler Sletta, New Prague; Jared
Stearns, Brainerd; Jenna Traut, St.Cloud
Apollo (Icebreakers); Nathan Tromp, Hibbing.
The on-ice demonstrators/counselors included
four college level goalies in Mike Zacharias,
“The counselors were awesome,” said
Carroll. “They did a wonderful job interacting with the participants and were
leaders both on and off the ice.”
The coaching staff was selected from
among the best college and high school goalie instructors in the state and
featured Steve Carroll, goalie coach for Gustavus Adolphus College women’s team and Carroll Goalie School;
Des Christopher, goalie coach for Minnesota State University, Mankato men’s and
women’s teams, Shattuck St. Mary’s and The Goalie Club Goalie School; Steve
Guider, Blaine girls head coach/goalie coach, Steve Guider Goalie School; Doug
Long, goalie coach for White Bear Lake High School boys team; Pat Michaud, head
coach/goalie coach for College of St. Benedict women’s team; Matt Millar,
goalie coach for Bethel University men’s team and regional director for the
Goaltending Development Institute Goalie School; Tom Peart,
assistant coach/goalie coach for Augsburg College women’s team and general
manager of Dave Peterson Goalie Camp; Jeff Polski,
assistant coach/goalie coach for College of St. Catherine women’s team and
Academy of Holy Angels High School girls team; Bob Rajanen,
goalie coach for Red Wing High School boys team; Ed Roethke,
goalie coach for Buffalo High School boys team; Brent Solei,
former University of Minnesota goalie, Brent Solei
Goalie School; Jen Hanley Tuttle, high school goalie coach, Carroll Goalie
School; Jim Van Dusartz, goalie coach for Blake girls
hockey team.
USA Hockey’s National Goaltending Coach
Joe Exter, who is based out of
Men
and women hockey players from
A handful of NCAA Division I and
“The camp gave the coaches a wonderful
chance to evaluate the goalies’ strengths and weaknesses in a variety of
situations,” Carroll said. “They were able to learn more about the potential
prospects in one session of the Dave Peterson Camp then they generally do after
watching a typical high school game.”
The goalies were housed at the
Hockey Giant and Custom Lettering donated
items for a door prize drawing.
ABOUT
Dave Peterson is an international hockey
coaching legend who served as Head Coach of the U.S. Men’s Olympic Hockey Teams
in 1988 and 1992. He also successfully coached several U.S. National teams
against International hockey competition.
Dave was also a passionate leader in
goalie development not only in
Dave passed away in 1997. Minnesota
Hockey is honored that his family has allowed the organization to add his name
in support of this exciting goalie development program.
The 2009 Minnesota Hockey Dave Peterson
Advanced Goalie Camp is scheduled for July at the Schwan
Super Rink in
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