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All goaltenders should be provided with elite coaching and development. Join us in 2025 as we continue to serve our network of goalies, teams, coaches, and partners that will bring our philosophy, experience, and expertise to our goaltending family.
We offer mentorship to both male and female goalies throughout the year at all levels of play by hosting National and Regional camps as well as specialty clinics, including an all-girls camp led by World U18 Gold Medal winning Team USA Goalie Coach Sanya Sandahl, personal consultation, association partnerships, and more.
Our programs are built for both local and out-of-town clientele. Chicagoans will enjoy the convenience of professional training in their back yards. Meanwhile our vast network of coaches and students can easily travel into one of the world’s best hockey cities for development. Join us for a week long camp, or custom create a trip full of private lessons, one day clinics, workouts, and even elite player skills group sessions we attend. And don't forget to take in the "Windy City"!
Clinic Series
Technical Series Clinics – 2 Segments – Spring-Summer
Elite Prospect Development – 2 Segments – Spring-Summer
Thanks to our clinics’ popularity and success, we have extended the series to 16 dates and divided it into two 8 date segments; a Spring and a Summer. Our traditional April through June sessions will be immediately followed by a June through August continuation session, taking the curriculum to the next level. This program can provide the most cost effective, consistent method ever of working with us in the off-season.
Regional Camps
Johnny’s Ice House Youth Camp – June 23-26
Regional Development Camp – Boys – July 7-11
Regional Development Camp – Girls – July 28-August 1
We are proud to offer our female only event, coached by an all female staff. Leading the camp is our Women’s Director, 2024 Women’s World U18 Gold Medal winning Team USA Goalie Coach, and Team Illinois Girls Director Sanya Sandahl. She brings a one of a kind coaching brand to the “For Girls, By Girls” program.
These camps are the anchor to a goaltender’s off-season development needs. These 4-5 day events provide the biggest impact on goaltender performance in a short period of time. In addition to our time on the ice, our camp is very intense. Activities include a lecture series, custom created journals, video breakdown, comprehensive evaluation reports and much more.
National Camp
National Consulting Camp – August 11-15
This event is best described as lessons in a camp format. Students will be in a group of 4. Three groups of 4 (12 goalies max) will be together for one session Monday through Thursday. Then each group of 4 will have their own additional session Monday through Friday to work with just one coach each day. This will ensure a dedicated one-on-one coaching opportunity. Your individual session will be based on what you yourself want/need to focus on throughout the week.
Led by Ryan Honick and his team of expert local and guest coaches. Ryan has been coaching since 1999 and is the Director of Goaltending for the Chicago Mission AAA. He previously coached in the ECHL, NCAA D3, USHL, NAHL, and NCDC and is also the USA Hockey Central District Goalie Development Coordinator.