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Planet Hockey Team Members


We bring to you a passionate, innovative educational staff, certified and hand-picked from throughout the world.  Planet Hockey works 12 months a year training hockey players of all ages and ability levels and travels the globe learning new training techniques and refining our industry leading training methods.  Planet Hockey is proud to bring you the finest instructional hockey staff available.

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Edmund "Vogy" Vogrich |USA

Professional

Director Planet Hockey Inc

Instructor 

Instructed over 145 camps and 9,000 players worldwide

North American and European Programs Director

Director of Global Strategies 

Level 4 USA Hockey Official 

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Shawn Killian |USA

Professional
Founded Planet Hockey, Inc.; 1994

Director of Hockey Consultants, Inc.

Instructor
Instructed and consulted more than 50,000 players worldwide

North American and European Programs Director
Past skills trainer to the German Ice Hockey Federation and the New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation
Current NHL skills coach

Player
2 years Junior A (USHL) | 4 years college hockey

Education
Bachelor of Business Administration; University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

 

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Martin Groma | Slovakia

Manager
Slovakia Olympic Team and National Teams:  U17, U16

Coach
Professional Head Coach - Slovakia.  Top A+ European Union Coaching License

Instructor
Skills Camps and symposiums throughout Slovakia, Germany, Russia, Canada and USA

Player
10 years professional, champion of Jr. League SVK, Slovakia National Team

Education
PaedDr. - Doctor of Pedagogy Comenius University in Bratislava; Faculty of Physical Education and Sport

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Vladan Drozdik | Serbia

Coach/Manager

Planet Hockey European Partner, USA Skills Coach 2016-present

Hockey Director – HK Vojvodina Novi Sad, Serbia

IIHF Development Camps - Finland 2009 & 2014

IIHF Asian Development Program Seoul 2014

Player

IHL European SE Regional League - 7 years
5 IIHF World championships - Team Serbia 

Professional

Professor of physical education and kinesiology

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Niclas Glader | Sweden

Player
4 seasons professional hockey - Sweden

Professional
Founder/Owner Glader Powerskating - Sweden
Instructor

Conducts camps throughout the US, Canada and Europe

Trains top youth and professional and NHL players 

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Josef Huber | Germany

Player

German Professional player - 6 years

Professional
Planet Hockey Director - 4 years

Scout and Coach - Bavarian U14 and U15 state election teams
Instructor

Head Skills Coach - EV Füssen Professional Team
Assistant Coach and Skills Coach - EV Füssen, Oberliga 2019/2020
Youth Director and Head Skills Coach - EV Füssen U7-U15

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Petri Suomela | Sweden

Coach/Manager

Hockey Director – Enköpings SK, Enköping, Sweden

Head Professional Coach & Hockey Director – Enköping SK, Sweden

Head Professional Coach, Youth Coach & Hockey Dirrector - Kållered SK, Sweden

General Manager of Bålsta HC, Sweden

Swedish Division 2 Coach Bålsta HC 2005-06

District Team Coach TV-puck Sweden 2003-04

Junior Coach division 1 Sweden 1996-98

​Level 3 Coach Sweden - Top Level In Sweden

Player
Bålsta HC, Sweden

Junior hockey Kiekko-67 div 1 Finland | Junior hockey Bålsta HC div 1 Sweden

Professional

Planet Hockey International Instructor 1997-present

Planet Hockey Instructor Europa 2004-present

Planet Hockey Cup - Sweden; European Director

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Stefan Stankovic | Serbia

Coach/Manager

Planet Hockey European Partner, USA Goaltending Skills Coach 2017-present
Assistant Coach and Goaltending Coach HK Vojvodina - Novi Sad, Serbia

BIHU IIHF Development Camp - Goaltending Coach

Dave Marlin Goaltending Academy

Goaltending Coach - Serbia National U18 Team

Player

IHL European SE Regional League - 4 years

Serbian Professional League - 7 years

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Simo Korpela | Finland

Education
Bachelor degree - Sport Coaching and Management, Haaga-Helia UAS, PTHS
Finnish Ice Hockey Association Education (Level 1–5)
Coaching
Head coach 2012-2020; U12–U18 Teams (RNK Raisio, VG-62 Naantali, Pelicans Lahti, Imatran Ketterä), U12-U15 AAA and AA, U16 SM and Mestis, U18 Suomi-sarja
Skating and Development Coach; Imatran Ketterä professional team 2018 - Present 

Planet Hockey Skills Coach in USA & Europe; 2012 – Present 
Over 50 camps annually: USA and Europe. 

Professional

Head of junior coaching & education; Imatran Ketterä Juniorit ry
 

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Pavel Mojtek | Czech Republic

Professional
Founded PM Coaches skills camps of Europe; 2014
Skills specialist.
Director of Hockey Consultants, Inc.

Planet Hockey European Programs Partner
Instructor
Instruct and consult more than 1,000 International players annually
Education
Bachelor of pedagogy; University UPOL of Olomouc; Czech Republic
Trainer license A
Trainer symposia IIHF at the world championship

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Mikko Vainikka | Finland

Professional

Finnish Professional Hockey player - 4 years

Instructor
Planet Hockey European Partner, USA Skills Coach 2017-present.
Finnish Ice Hockey Association National Camp Coach.
Education

Bachelor degree - HVAC Engineering, Oulu UAS. Finland

Instructional Staff

Seamus Andrew    NY    USA
Chris Beaudoin    CT    USA
DJ Campbell    NJ    USA
Anthony Frati    NY    USA
Meredith Gallagher    MA    USA

Micah Hauke       IL    USA

Patrick Lee    NY    USA
Nicolas Merendino    NY    USA
Kristen Molina    NM    USA

Eugene Murphy  CA    USA

Maddie Norton   NY    USA
Eric Pereira    CT    USA
Jack Pereira    CT    USA
John Rifelj    ID    USA
Kim Tiberi    NC    USA
Mark Umbro    NY    USA
Edmund Vogrich    IL    USA

David Elford   Ontario    Canada
Kayla Etreni    Ontario    Canada
Colin Murray    Ontario    Canada
Caitlynn Radbourne    Ontario    Canada
Medarda Pack    Zagreb    Croatia
Fran Srketić    Zagreb    Croatia

Radek    Dvorak    Czech Republic
Martin Holeczy  Czech Republic
Lubomir Klosik   Czech Republic

Benjamin Kolder   Czech Republic
Ondřej Ling    Czech Republic
Andreas Lauridsen    Esbjerg    Denmark
Sebastian Nielsen    Esbjerg    Denmark
Alberte Schlie    Esbjerg    Denmark
Caroline Soendergaard Copenhagen   Denmark
Mirko Hänninen    Pattijoki    Finland

Teemu Juppala   Tampere   Finland
Simo Korpela    Imatra    Finland
Mikko Vainikka    Pirkanmaa    Finland

Nikita Sedelnikov       Russia
Juraj Chovan    Zilina    Slovakia

Milan Ladiver    Zilina    Slovakia
Martin Petný    Zilina    Slovakia
Silvester Ševčík    Slovenská Republika    Slovakia
Lucia Záborská    Martin    Slovakia
Mickaela Trobäck Paulsson    Blekinge    Sweden
Artem Verbenko   Kiev     Ukraine

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