Coaches

Skillz11 · Post by **Skillz11** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:57 pm

Who was your best youth coach? Or what coach do you see today helping out the development of their youth? What coach gets the kids to do their very best?

Puck Whisperer · Post by **Puck Whisperer** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:01 pm

This does not answer your question for coaches today, but I have fond memories of skating with Dick Vraa in my youth (long, long time ago). I know there are plenty more guys out there that skated with DV!

My PW A coach brought him to a few practices, at first we were thinking who is this guy in figure skates. Legs were noodles after those sessions - no pucks just skating. Fantastic skating coach and person! After-all, it is about skating first.....right?

PWD10 · Post by **PWD10** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:21 am

We were fortunate enough to take in some skating lessons with three of the Russians from the 1980 Olympic team. They skated the crap out of kids and did a great job.

Having said that the teams those three coaches coached usually were in the 10 to 15 percent range of winning games. We could never understand it as the practices they ran were just killers. And what was even more striking was that teams that had parents coaching for them in a lot of cases outperformed the coaches that had played in the Olympics. Just saying...not trying to start anything.

I remember one year in two games I think we outscored them something like 20-1 and that was a called game with a 10 goal mercy rule.

ahastars03 · Post by **ahastars03** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:02 am

Kent Murphy. He was my coach in Littleton CO. Before he was coaching there he was the Jefferson PeeWee A coach. He didn't let players get away with anything and certainly teaches the game to all the kids on his team. He has a pretty good track record for winning games as well.

Chuck Norris Fan · Post by **Chuck Norris Fan** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:20 am

Guys that got it done or get it done every year at the Bantam A level in no Particular order

Hal Terse - Wayzata
Marc Sorenson - Wayzata
Jake Flemming - OMG and Elk River
Scott Hambly -WBL
Steve Pitoscia - East
Karl Rasmussen - Centennial
Tom Gerdes - EP Bantams and Peewees
Chris Lacomb - EP
Tom Henrichs - EP
Josh Spaniol - Rochester??? (is the this the Bantam A now HS coach)
Old Jack - Rochester
Denny Bushy - Moorhead

Anyone I missed?

ahastars03 · Post by **ahastars03** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:25 am

Wayzata's Bantam A head coach is Nate Hagemo, Sorenson is now working with the high school team.

Chuck Norris Fan · Post by **Chuck Norris Fan** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 11:03 am

ahastars03 wrote:Wayzata's Bantam A head coach is Nate Hagemo, Sorenson is now working with the high school team.

Correct and Hal terse has not coached in 5 years, Flemming is in Juniors, Rasmussen is Retired, Lacomb is doing girls HS, Old Jack is retired

I said

Chuck Norris Fan wrote: Guys that got it done or get it done every year at the Bantam A level in no Particular order

ahastars03 · Post by **ahastars03** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 11:13 am

Chuck Norris Fan wrote:
ahastars03 wrote:Wayzata's Bantam A head coach is Nate Hagemo, Sorenson is now working with the high school team.
Correct and Hal terse has not coached in 5 years, Flemming is in Juniors, Rasmussen is Retired, Lacomb is doing girls HS, Old Jack is retired

I said

Chuck Norris Fan wrote: Guys that got it done or get it done every year at the Bantam A level in no Particular order

Gotcha!! I'll give my vote to Hambly in WBL.

Shinbone_News · Post by **Shinbone_News** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 11:18 am

This will date me -- but the 70s and 80s need some love here!

Back in the day, Bemidji Summer Hockey Camp was the be-all, end-all of off-season programs. (Even Herb Brooks' camp was thought to be second-best, at least up to 1980, and Ken Yackel's was a close third). And it attracted A LOT of top coaches who made it clear to us PeeWees and Bantams why they were top coaches. Murray Williamson, Dean Blaise, a whole bunch of Grillos were all there. I'm sure there were plenty of others, but Murray and Dean were especially memorable.

Not the same as an association coach, of course, but it was pretty cool getting that kind of coaching even for just a week in July. Not like those guys need MY endorsement:)

Night Train · Post by **Night Train** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 11:41 am

Justin Magnuson, formerly of the Mpls-Park Bantam A now at Minnetonka Bantam A.

For me the two most important qualities are building a team where everyone is getting along, players and parents, and are all pulling on the same rope. Second is drillmeister for quality development.

wannagototherink · Post by **wannagototherink** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:42 pm

Chuck Norris Fan wrote:Guys that got it done or get it done every year at the Bantam A level in no Particular order

Hal Terse - Wayzata
Marc Sorenson - Wayzata
Jake Flemming - OMG and Elk River
Scott Hambly -WBL
Steve Pitoscia - East
Karl Rasmussen - Centennial
Tom Gerdes - EP Bantams and Peewees
Chris Lacomb - EP
Tom Henrichs - EP
Josh Spaniol - Rochester??? (is the this the Bantam A now HS coach)
Old Jack - Rochester
Denny Bushy - Moorhead

Anyone I missed?

Don't forget Kirk Gill, Rochester. He's pretty damn good too. Also, it may be painful for some but Jon Donally, Edina, had quite a bit of success as well over the past dozen years.