Pat O'Leary Lance Pitlick
Parent and Players – I’m excited to tell you about a new format for skills sessions this year. To build the Wayzata Way we’re moving to a single night format for all teams. All boys and girls travel teams will have their skills sessions on Monday nights with sessions beginning around 5:00 and running until around 10:00 on all three rinks at PIC. Pat O’Leary has taken the lead on assembling an outstanding coaching staff that will lead the skills sessions and Pete Samargia and his staff will lead the goalie training. I believe this format will provide greater consistency, better training and be more challenging for our players, leading to better skill development. I also believe that the involvement of the high school coaching staffs and players will generate a lot of excitement. Below is a brief bio about the coaches that will be leading the Monday night skills sessions.
Overview of the new format - Overall there will be 12 skills nights running from the first week of November to early February. - Teams will be scheduled for 8 of the 12 sessions. On your off weeks you will be scheduled for dryland and practice at CMS. - Each session will be 45 minutes long. - Two skating/skills instructors and 1 goalie coach will lead each session - Each session will include 20-25 minutes of dedicated goalie training while skaters are working on skills. - The remaining time will incorporate the goalies into the skills drills while still receiving coaching from a dedicated goalie coach. This format will allow the goalie coach to address game-like scenarios. - Because the dedicated goalie coaching during these sessions and the low goalie to coach ratio, there will no longer be separate in-house goalie training (i.e. the Sunday and Monday night goalie sessions)
If you have any questions please let me know. Bryan Dieleman Chair – Player Development Committee
Pat O’Leary Playing: University of Minnesota/ 3 years in Phoenix Coyotes system Coaching: 11 years coaching youth and hs hockey (3rd year as Wayzata Head Coach) Skill Development: 16 years as skill development instructor, owner of Individual Skills clinics
Lance Pitlick Playing: University of Minnesota and NHL Veteran
Coaching: coached at all levels, from Mites – HS (both girls and boys) Skill Development: Stickhandling and skating instructor for 15 years, owner of Sweet Hockey
Rick Beckfeld Playing: UW- Stout and Professionally in Europe Coaching: 2 years in Elite League, 10 year scout in USHL Skill Development: 24 years with youth, HS, college and pro players, owner of Individual skills clinics
Brad Podiak Playing: Wayzata HS, University of Denver Coaching: 20 years of coaching Mites-Bantams Skill Development: 10 years coaching skills in Denver and Wayzata
Marc Sorensen Playing: Captain of Wayzata High School Coaching: 11 years – from Squirts, Bantams and now Wayzata HS Skill Development: 12 years with Wayzata Youth, 3 years with HS STP and Summer Clinics
Tom Olson Playing: UW-Eau Claire Coaching: 14 years coaching in Wayzata youth program (girls and boys) Skill Development: Wayzata PD committee for 10 years.
Terry Zimmer Playing: St. John’s University Coaching: 16 years coaching Youth Hockey Skill Development: 10 years teaching skills, WYHA PD Committee Skill Development Coordinator
Case Paxton Playing: St John’s University Coaching: 3 years with Wayzata HS Skill Development: STP, Summer Camps, fall and in season WYHA skill session
Peter Samargia Playing: University of Minnesota/ Augsburg College Coaching: 4 years coaching youth hockey Skill Development: 15 years of Goalie Skill Development, Owner of Attitude Goaltending
Kevin Draculic Playing: Augsburg College Coaching: 3 years of youth hockey coaching Skill Development: 5 years of skill goalie skill development
Jon Zitur Playing: Augsburg College Coaching: 4 years of coaching youth and high school goaltenders (Buffalo, St. Louis Park, Wayzata) Skill Development: 8+ years of goalie camp advising, instructing, mentoring, and development
Overview of the new format - Overall there will be 12 skills nights running from the first week of November to early February. - Teams will be scheduled for 8 of the 12 sessions. On your off weeks you will be scheduled for dryland and practice at CMS. - Each session will be 45 minutes long. - Two skating/skills instructors and 1 goalie coach will lead each session - Each session will include 20-25 minutes of dedicated goalie training while skaters are working on skills. - The remaining time will incorporate the goalies into the skills drills while still receiving coaching from a dedicated goalie coach. This format will allow the goalie coach to address game-like scenarios. - Because the dedicated goalie coaching during these sessions and the low goalie to coach ratio, there will no longer be separate in-house goalie training (i.e. the Sunday and Monday night goalie sessions)
If you have any questions please let me know. Bryan Dieleman Chair – Player Development Committee
Pat O’Leary Playing: University of Minnesota/ 3 years in Phoenix Coyotes system Coaching: 11 years coaching youth and hs hockey (3rd year as Wayzata Head Coach) Skill Development: 16 years as skill development instructor, owner of Individual Skills clinics
Lance Pitlick Playing: University of Minnesota and NHL Veteran
Coaching: coached at all levels, from Mites – HS (both girls and boys) Skill Development: Stickhandling and skating instructor for 15 years, owner of Sweet Hockey
Rick Beckfeld Playing: UW- Stout and Professionally in Europe Coaching: 2 years in Elite League, 10 year scout in USHL Skill Development: 24 years with youth, HS, college and pro players, owner of Individual skills clinics
Brad Podiak Playing: Wayzata HS, University of Denver Coaching: 20 years of coaching Mites-Bantams Skill Development: 10 years coaching skills in Denver and Wayzata
Marc Sorensen Playing: Captain of Wayzata High School Coaching: 11 years – from Squirts, Bantams and now Wayzata HS Skill Development: 12 years with Wayzata Youth, 3 years with HS STP and Summer Clinics
Tom Olson Playing: UW-Eau Claire Coaching: 14 years coaching in Wayzata youth program (girls and boys) Skill Development: Wayzata PD committee for 10 years.
Terry Zimmer Playing: St. John’s University Coaching: 16 years coaching Youth Hockey Skill Development: 10 years teaching skills, WYHA PD Committee Skill Development Coordinator
Case Paxton Playing: St John’s University Coaching: 3 years with Wayzata HS Skill Development: STP, Summer Camps, fall and in season WYHA skill session
Peter Samargia Playing: University of Minnesota/ Augsburg College Coaching: 4 years coaching youth hockey Skill Development: 15 years of Goalie Skill Development, Owner of Attitude Goaltending
Kevin Draculic Playing: Augsburg College Coaching: 3 years of youth hockey coaching Skill Development: 5 years of skill goalie skill development
Jon Zitur Playing: Augsburg College Coaching: 4 years of coaching youth and high school goaltenders (Buffalo, St. Louis Park, Wayzata) Skill Development: 8+ years of goalie camp advising, instructing, mentoring, and development
