The style I teach is very specific to the goalie in the net. I use my experience to develop a structure that each student can call on during the season when you don't have someone on hand to help you. I don't believe the same scoring chance should be stopped several different ways. Playing goal is hard enough, so why make it any more complicated than it already is? As a goalie myself, I always felt that I had to train the same way every day to create the least amount of confusion and muscle memory. You can't split your mind up and be in three or four places at once. You need to have a single focus, which is the puck. For instance, some goalies are comfortable in the paddle-down position on plays around the net, while others are more comfortable in a butterfly block. Basically, I recognize where the student's strengths are and we focus on that. The worst thing a goalie can do is be trained to stop the same play two or three different ways. Each question on the ice has one answer. I don't want any of my goalies to become a jack of all saves but master of none! Another benefit to this approach is that when things are going well you'll know why, and if you happen to get smoked in a game you will know how to bounce back immediately without second-guessing yourself.

The camp is set up in a way that keeps the goalies fresh and moving in and out of the net quickly. I have personally done all of the drills we will be using, and they are set up to allow work and rest. The drills are really no different than the ones we use in the NHL –the only difference is we do them with more speed and power. Don't worry; your kids will sleep well at night!

I opened the school in the summer of 2005. That summer I had only twelve kids attend, and two years later I hosted three full weeks. Unlike most other camps I am on the ice full time, and I take part in absolutely every minute of video as well as classroom discussion. During my playing days I could only handle the three weeks, but now I'm planning on having camps in three different locations: at Quinnipiac University, in Bridgeport, CT and in Stamford, CT.

On-ice sessions are one and a half hours long and, depending on the week, either one or two sessions a day. They begin with five minutes of stretching, and we then skate for 15 minutes, practicing edge work and butterfly slides. Then, we meet and I host a 10-minute demonstration. This allows a minute for the kids to catch a breather and get a visual of what the drills will be for the practice. We then do four 15-minute training stations. Every net will have three goalies to a net.

The great thing about the camp is that all of the instructors have come up through my camps for several years and are fluent in the language I use. Most of the guys are playing Major Junior hockey in Canada, NCAA or Prep School. Probably the thing I'm most proud of in my camps is that each year my High School and Prep School camps have kids that I've been working with since the beginning, and I get to see them grow up year after year.

Yes – several years ago I was helping some of our instructors get dressed, so they have no problem helping out and "paying it forward." I often tease them about this, so they quickly volunteer!

Depending on the camp setup, we will meet every day before and/or after our ice session to review video taken at the camp as well as from the pros. Chalk talk generally takes about 45 minutes and each student is given one of my goalie manuals to write down in detail everything that's discussed. Weekly quizzes and a final exam will ensure each goalie leaves the camp experience with an A!