GDI USA

Consulting Program

We are your personal professional consultants through this unique multi-level platform.

• Video – Our In-Season online video review series
• Mentorship – Building your plan for development
• Advising – The education of player and family on the career path of ice hockey
• Placement – We will advocate for you and help you find a place to play

Your 12 month “membership” commitment begins when you are accepted, and is built around your schedule as well as ours. This intensive program is individualized based on your availability. Including curriculum and through both Zoom and phone meetings, this game changer will provide you with tangible feedback and realistic goal setting for a career-minded goaltender. We will help you dial in your “brand” of goaltending, develop your game, set you up for success, and advocate for you when the time is right. There is no better way to truely Take Charge of Your Game.

To be eligible, we will consider both Girls and Boys age 13 and older, playing AA, AAA, High School, Junior, or College hockey. on, merit, and potential. The nature of the program only allows for extremely limited acceptance based on dedication, merit, and potential. We will customize it for you based on age, need, and budget. Contact us to learn what investing with our Consulting Program can do for you, and we will set up an online meeting with goalie and family.

Clinic Series

Our Elite Prospects Development – EPD and Technical Series Clinics – TSC Sunday night Spring and Summer clinic series can provide the most cost effective, consistent method ever of working with us in the off-season. Our emphasis is on fundamental and highly advanced strategic technical and tactical growth. Build proper details and habits now, so that they may develop throughout the off-season and be implemented by the next season.

Regional Camps

Our events are the anchor to a goaltender’s off-season development needs. These 3-5 day camps provide the biggest impact on goaltender performance in a short period of time. In addition to our time on the ice, our camps are very intense. Activities include a lecture series, custom created journals, video breakdown, comprehensive evaluation reports and much more.

INTRO Camp – June 22-25 Focuses on the Mite and Squirt goaltender, delivering the fundamentals that shape the game for future success.

Regional Development Camp – Boys – July 13-17 Built for both our AA and AAA local and out-of-town clientele. Chicagoans will enjoy the convenience of an elite camp in their back yards, while our vast network of students can easily travel into one of the world’s best hockey cities.

Regional Development Camp – Girls – July 27-31 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.

National Camp

National Consulting Camp – August 3-7 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.