The Instructors

Boris Bykovsky - Elite Hockey Skills Intructor

Former Russian Junior National Gold Medalist and Soviet Elite League player - Has been a teammate of NHL players such as Sergei Federov, Dmitri Khristich, Alexander Mogilny, Pavel Bure and Sergei Zubov. Golden Puck Award (Best Player of National Hockey League Europe - Denmark in 2001.

Boris has been coaching junior players in Europe and the U.S. since 1994, including 2001 first overall NHL draft pick Ilya Kovalchuck.

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Victor Baryshevtsev - Elite Hockey Skills Intructor

Olympic level skater. Alternate on the 1988 USSR Olympic Team.Has worked with numerous Olympic skaters and NHL players including recent NY Rangers draft picks and prospects. Also directs hockey skating programs for many area youth hockey organizations including Apple Core 2002 US National Champion Junior C Team.

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Slava Tukhtin

Slava is an American Fitness Professionals Association Certified Personal Trainer. Slava has nine years of experience working as a conditioning coach for many youth ice hockey organizations in NY and
NJ.

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Valeri Zelepukin

Former NHL player, Stanley Cup Champion, Olympic Silver Medalist with the Russian National Team. Program Director for Florida Districts.

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Uri Tsymbalyuk

Olympic level skater. 3-Time bronze medalist of Junior World Championships. 7-years on USSR National Team. Actively involved in local youth hockey skating programs.

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Alana Blahoski

Assistant coach for Women’s National Team. Silver Medal World Champions Women’s National Team, 1997-2001 and member of 1998 Gold Medal, US Olympic Women’s Hockey Team.

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Bill Klein

Mr. Klein played Junior hockey as a goalie with various teams in Michigan between 1974-1976, playing against many NHL and minor professionals throughout Michigan and Ontario, Canada...

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Matthew Gertler

My name is Matthew Gertler and I have been a goalie for 14 years with the Freeport Arrows. In 2004 I have led my team to a state championship in my last year of playing....

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