The Goalie Academy staff team has years and years of playing and coaching experience.  All of our Goalie Instructors have played or are currently playing college hockey, thus most have graduated with a degree. 

We want to share this superior experience with as many goalies as possible. 

MEET OUR EXCEPTIONAL TEAM OF COACHES...
(Click on Instructors' names for a full career profile)

Darren Hersh

 Darren Hersh, Lancaster, PA (Sterling, VA) 

Bowdoin College B.A; Penn State M.B.A.

Bowdoin

Beaupy Geoff Beauparlant, Georgetown, ONT (Philadelphia, PA), 

Penn State B.S.

PSU

Warfel Ryan Warfel, Baltimore, MD

Towson University B.S.; M.Ed.

TU

Michals Doug Michals, Boston, MA 

University of Connecticut B.S.

UConn

Wilson

 Gregg Wilson, Johnstown, PA

Robert Morris University B.S.

RMU

Bowdoin

 Tom Sablak, Wallingford, CT (Concord, MA), 

Bowdoin College B.A.  

Bowdoin

Mayotte Kris Mayotte, Pittsburgh, PA (Schenectedy, NY)

Union College candidate for B.S.

UC

Franck Andy Franck, Cleveland, OH (Erie, PA)

Mercyhurst College B.S. candidate 

Merc

 Label Brett Abel, Boston, MA

University of New Hampshire B.S. Communications

UNH

 Crawford Bob Crawford, Lancaster, PA

Millersville University B.S.

VILLE

Coffey Ed Coffey, Amityville, NY (Hershey, PA)

SUNY Brockport B.S.

Eagle

Feyock Anthony Feyock, Johnstown, PA

University of Rhode Island, B.S. Finance 

RI

Gratz Brian Gratz, Ft. Wayne, IN, 

Penn State B.S.

 

PSU

Smith Brad Smith, Detroit, MI

University of Connecticut, candidate B.S. Major undecided

UConn

Kimble  

Danielle Kimble, Reston, VA

Union College, candidate B.S.  

UC

Tatiana Tatiana Hersh, Barranquilla, Colombia (Sterling, VA)

Universidad del Norte B.S. & McGill University Cert of English & Bus.

McGill

Beauparlant Heather Beauparlant, Richmondville, NY (Philadelphia, PA)

Penn State B.S. & candidate D.O.

PSU

 Roache Phil Roache, Washington D.C.

Massachusetts College B.S.

Trailblazers

Dale Dale Hersh, Lancaster, PA (Holland, MI)

Attended Penn State

PSU

WHY WE ARE HERE: The Goalie Academy, Inc. coaches are here for the sole purpose of making our campers better goalies.  By focusing on the goalies’ development, we in turn make the goalies better, make the goalies feel better about themselves and provide them with all important confidence in their abilities, we make their parents happier and eventually this good will and child development focus comes back to the Goalie Academy and the individual coaches in positive ways.

The coaches at the Goalie Academy, Inc. are carefully recruited and they all possess the following attributes:

  1. Extensive hockey coaching & playing experience: College and Pro Hockey Goalies.
  2. Excellent teaching and communication skills: Many full time teachers and a total college educated staff.
  3. Ability and willingness to provide individual attention and feedback: We are here for the goalies!
  4. Enjoy their work: Enthusiastic about teaching and being highly involved in hockey!

These attributes are explained in greater detail below:

Extensive Hockey Playing & Coaching Experience plus Excellent Teaching and Communication Skills

All of our coaches are experienced goalie coaches as well as experienced goalies.  All are either currently playing collegiate level hockey or have played at the collegiate level.  (Some even have professional playing experience).  Our coaches have trained under and have coached with some of the biggest names in goalie coaching in North America.  Many of our coaches are paid professional coaches as well as head and assistant coaches at top US Colleges, High Schools and Prep Schools.

We seek college graduates who wish to give back to the game and who have the education to communicate the skills that they have learned effectively to our campers.  The resumes of or coaching staff are quite impressive.  Our staff knows kids, relates to them well and they are remarkably patient when teaching them the unique and challenging skills of goaltending.

Ability and Willingness to Provide Individual Attention and Positive Feedback

Our low goalie to coach ratios at our camps makes it a lot easier for our staff to focus individual attention to our goalies.  It also allows our coaches to get to know the strengths and weaknesses extremely well so that they can provide very constructive feedback to the goalie to quicken the development process.  Once a goalie knows what they can do better and they know exactly how to get better, they will more rapidly improve.  That is what the Goalie Academy Staff can do.  They all have superb analytical skills to identify how your goalie can improve and they communicate those goals very effectively.

We identify both the strengths and weaknesses of the goalies, which gives the goalies confidence in their current skill strengths and we identify the weaknesses so that they can move forward in the development process.

Enjoy Their Work

You have to experience watching the fun that is had at the Goalie Academy.  Time and time again parents come up to us and say that we really looked like we are enjoying ourselves out on the ice.  No question.  We love what we do and the enthusiasm for being a part of the great game of hockey exudes from our staff members and translates loud and clear to the kids at the camp.  Our enthusiasm is contagious and it energizes the entire camp!   We have a ton of fun and we know where the work/fun line is drawn.  Our camps are a blast for everyone involved!