Coaching Philosophy:
My teaching methods combine my life-long European and North American ice hockey styles. My primary emphasis is made on the development of the techniques of power skating, puck shooting; stick control, rapid thinking, and speed/strength endurance gained as a result of specialty designed on and off ice training routines.
I love watching the kids that I train grow as individuals in the sport of hockey, and watching their improvement from year to year. Being a Coach is not just a "part-time job" for me. Coaching is my life and it's a "full time job" and one that I take very seriously. I spend just as much time off the ice as I do on watching our taped games, working on plays to try and make the kids on our teams better each season.
Playing History:
1995-1996
• Member of the Ukrainian Hockey Junior combined team and played on the 1996-1997 World Champion under 20 team.
• 1st place in the World Student Games and was awarded the rank of the Master of Sport of Ukraine at an International level.
1995-1999
• Played Pro Hockey, Sokol Kiev in the Ukrainian
1999-2001
• Played Semi-Pro, Topeka Scarecrows in the USA
2001-2002
• Played for the United Hockey League and for the Kalamazoo Wings in Illinois
Coaching History:
2002-present
• Turcotte Stick Handling Instructor and continues to be the head instructor at present.
2004-2005
• Ice Jets Squirt team, Dallas,TX.
2005-2006
• Ice Jets Squirt and Bantams Teams, Dallas,TX.
2006-2007
• Highland Park Scots Bantam
• Head Coach Keller High School Hockey Team
• Assistant Coach Attack Girls Teams
• Assistant Coach Ice Jets Midget Minor AA
2007-2008
• Head Coach for Scots Midget Minor AA and Bantam A Teams
• Run all Scots Skills Programs
Teams/Clubs/Leagues Associated with over the Years:
• Completed sports training with ‘SOKOL-Kiev’, the Olympic Reserve for the juniors in the Ukraine.
• Level 4 Certified
Hobbies/Interest:
• I enjoy spending time with my wife, 8 Yr old daughter, 2 yr old son, and friends.
• Watching Pro and youth hockey.
