Owner / Coach
Austin Coldwell
Coached from NHL to beginner for the last 8 years after finishing playing professionally. The players in the program have moved onto Juniors, Major Junior, NCAA div. 1, and professional. This includes training the Tampa bay lightning.
Playing experience professional (AHL/ECHL), NCAA div. 1, USHL, NAHL. With a degree in Psychology (Child development & Sports psychology)
Coach
Roman Dubovskoi
Roman Dubovskoi Born and raised in Saint Petersburg, Russia. I’ve been involved in hockey since the age of 4, playing for the SKA team. We became city and regional champions 11 times and consistently ranked in the top 8 teams in Russia. In my personal stats, I was always in the top 3 in team points. I played one season professionally in the MHL. After finishing my hockey career, I earned a degree from Lesgafta University, specializing in ice hockey coaching. Currently, I have over 10 years of experience working with young athletes and professional hockey players. I believe that only hard work, discipline, genuine desire, and a bit of luck can help you become the person you want to be. In every practice, I place a lot of emphasis on power skating, hand work, and game situations. I strive to provide drills that push players out of their comfort zone, helping them make quick and smart decisions in any game scenario. Over the past year in the U.S., seven of my athletes have advanced from AA to AAA teams such as Team Illinois, Storm & Phantoms. If you love hockey with all your heart, have a clear vision of your goal, and are ready to go all out, I would be happy to help you and do everything possible to help you achieve it!
COACH
NICK KENT
Bio: I grew up in Massachusetts where I played both forward/defense and goalie. After transitioning to goalie full time in High School, I pursued junior hockey in both the EHL and USPHL before eventually ending up playing in Northern Ontario. After junior hockey, I headed overseas where I played in the Czech Republic and eventually two seasons professionally in Southern Sweden!
Coaching: After playing overseas I moved home where I began assistant coaching my local High School, and started training goalies from 6U all the way through High School and Junior. Upon moving to Tampa I began working for the Lightning where I coach Learn to skate/Learn to play groups, our Sled hockey program, and coach a 12u SGHL Girls Travel team. Now I specialize in goalie coaching, as well as doing lessons for learn to skate/learn to play players!
coach
James Toth
Coaching Career: My coaching career began in 1996, when my little brother, 14 years the younger, found himself on a mite team that was without a coach. From 1996, spanning nine years, I rose through the ranks of youth hockey coaching, from mite through midget, A to AA, travel to High School, and even summer elite teams. My coaching career ended in 2005, having joined the military, I was serving my first of multiple overseas deployments. Serving alongside elite forces, my comprehension of the word team was elevated, it emphasized the importance of roles, trust in your team-mates, and how to foster unbreakable bonds. I left the military in 2019, yearning to get back behind the bench, finding myself in the hockey hot bed of Tampa.
Credentials: Certified Level 4 USA Hockey
USA Hockey Goaltending Certificate Bronze
Coach
Leah Nicholes
My name is Leah Nicholes, I’ve been coaching hockey since October of 2021. My biggest goal as a hockey coach is to grow and develop girl’s/women’s hockey in the state of Florida. I want to start a girls only high school hockey league through the lightning & get college teams in the southern district to a competitive level to expand NCAA down south. (I train both boys and girls from all ages!)
Coaching Experience: ⁃ 12u & 15u girls Crunch 2021-2022 travel Fall season ⁃ 16u Co-Ed Recreational league 2021-2022 ⁃ 14u ‘A’ Tampa Bulls 2022 travel season ⁃ Tampa Catholic High School (skills coach) 2022-2023 ⁃ 15u girls Crunch 2022-2023 ⁃ Private hockey skills instructor since January 2022 (There’s more I haven’t included since) As a private hockey skills coach, I specialize in: ⁃ Shooting mechanics ⁃ Stick handling ⁃ Puck control ⁃ Power Skating ⁃ Defensive/Offensive Positioning Hockey Official, Level: 2 - 12U A/AA Started playing goalie July, 2024
Coach
Zack Cantrell
Coach Zack has over 20 years of hockey experience including playing AAA and junior.
*Coaching for 9 years
*Coached AAA in the spring for Florida Alliance
*Coaches Highschool Varsity and JV
*Won Florida State Championship 12U A
*Won Second place state finished 14U A