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Recent posts
Writing tagged Coach Rox: drills, fundamentals, and the weekly recap.
Recent posts by Coach Rox
- March 04, 2024 - Coach Rox Fundamentals: Hockey Position
- March 04, 2024 - Coach Rox Fundamentals: First Steps
- February 04, 2024 - Coach Rox: Bring it together with lunges
- February 04, 2024 - 1 Thing I Learned Today: Body Alignment For LTPers
- January 28, 2024 - LTP Drills: Do the Meatball and Flamingo!
- January 27, 2024 - 1 Thing I Learned Today: Pass with the hands, not the legs
- August 03, 2023 - LTP Drills: Stopping for the First Time
- July 22, 2023 - LTP Stopping: Proper Hockey Stop
Where the work lives
The resume is below. Skills and drills have their own pages.
Playing career
National camps and the first NWHL stay in their own cards.
United States National Program
- 2003 — Under-22 United States National Team
- 2002 — US Summer U-18 Festival
- 2001 — US Summer U-18 Festival
- 2000 — US Summer U-18 Festival
- 1999 — US National Goalie Camp
NWHL Quebec Avalanche
The first instance of the NWHL, which spawned from the COWHL. This league operated from 1999–2007 in central Canada.
University and high school
Princeton awards stay together. Prep and Tier I sit beside each other.
Princeton University, 2002–2006
Individual awards
- Started in goal in 2005 and 2006
- Princeton all-time career GAA leader (1.61 GAA)
- 2006 — Ivy League 1st Team
- 2006 — ECAC 2nd Team
- 2005 — Princeton Women’s Ice Hockey MVP
- 2005 — Ivy League 1st Team
- 2005 — ECAC 3rd Team
Team awards
- 2006 — NCAA Frozen 8 (first ever appearance)
- 2006 — Ivy League Champions (2nd for Princeton)
Berkshire Prep School, 1998–2002
Individual awards
- 4-year starter
- 2001 — Cushing Tournament All-Tournament Team
- 1999 — Cushing Tournament MVP
- 1998 — Canterbury Tournament MVP
Team awards
- 2001 — Cushing Tournament Champions
- 2000 — Cushing Tournament Champions
- 1999 — NESCAC Div II Championship
- 1999 — Cushing Tournament Champions
- 1999 — BB&N Tournament Champions
- 1998 — Canterbury Champions
Washington Little Caps / Pride, 2001–2002
Individual
- 2002 — Started
- 2001 — Shared net
Team awards
- 2002 — USA Hockey Tier I Nationals
- 2001 — USA Hockey Tier I Nationals
Goalie coaching
In-house and staff work, plus camps.
In-house or staff goalie coach
- 2015–2020 — Lasker Lady Hawks — Goalie Coach U-10, U-12, U-14
- 2008–2011 — NJ Stars Travel Program — Goalie Coach Squirts, PeeWees, Bantams
- 2005–2006 — Princeton Tiger Lilies — Volunteer Goalie Coach
- 2004–2007 — Textbook Goaltending Camp — Goalie Coach
- 2006–2007 — Webster Hockey Academy — In-house goalie coach for sport-de-tous
Power skating
Clinic stops with Kurt Nichols, 2020–2022.
Kurt Nichols Power Skating, 2020–2022
- NY: Brewster Ice Arena
- CT: Darien Ice House
- CT: South Norwalk Ice House
- NY: World Ice Arena
Skating desk
Clips and clinics I keep up live on the power skating page.
Youth hockey
Florida, Connecticut, and Montreal each have their own lane.
Jr. Panthers Ice Den, 2022–2023
- Player Development League: U8, U10, U13
- Hockey Academy: U13
- Learn To Play: U10
South Norwalk, 2020–2022
- 2021–2022 South Norwalk Jr. Whalers U-8 Asst Coach, CHC League
- 2020–2021 South Norwalk Jr. Whalers U-8 Black Team Asst Coach, CHC League
Montreal, QC, 2006–2007
- Kirkland, QC — National Training Rinks: Coach Learn to Play Hockey
- Montreal, QC — SLAP Hockey Development: Coach Learn To Play
Sled hockey
WSF NY Sled Rangers and the Vermont Pioneers stay in their own cards.
WSF NY Sled Rangers, Head Coach, 2016–2022
Tournaments
- Grand Rapids
- Amelia Park
- Pittsburgh UPMC
- US Hockey Nationals
Central Vermont Pioneers
- 2025–present — Travel and youth team, Head Coach
- 2024–25 — Youth team, Head Coach
Tournaments
- NEP Holiday Jamboree (Youth)
- Amelia Park (Youth)
Certifications
USA Hockey Level 4 and the modules I keep current.
Certifications
- USA Hockey Level 4
- USA Hockey Module U-8
- USA Hockey Module U-10
- USA Hockey Module Disabled
Sled module
The disabled module sits with the sled desk. Tournament work is in that section above.