TGC Owner, Director &
Chief Consultant

Coach Des is a native of Calgary, AB, where he played youth and Junior Hockey. Des attended and played for Minnesota State University (MSUM) from 1995-1998 where he earned team MVP his senior year as well as the Senior Male athlete of the year award. Coach played Professional hockey from 1998-2000 in Germany and United States. Together with former goaltending partner, Craig Lindsey, Des formed TGC in 2002. Des also volunteers as a goaltending coach at MSUM since the year 2000. In April 2005 TGC was selected, and continues to be the goaltending choice of National Champion Shattuck St. Mary’s (SSM) Prep School in Faribault, MN (TGC provides goaltending consultants to SSM). SSM picked up the National Championship with their U19 Girls in 2009. The Goalie Club has been associated with National Champions the following years: 2008 boys U18, 2007 boys U18 and Girls U18, 2006 Girls U18. Coach Des owns a Masters Degree in Education Administration. Coach Des has coached goaltenders for over 16 years. Coach Des, his wife Liz, and twins Claire and Liam, reside in Mankato, MN with dog Kipper.

TGC Senior Consultant, Lead Instructor & Former US National Team Goaltender

Coach Shari, a native of Richmond, MN, is a former USA National Team goaltender and was an alternate for the 2006 Olympics in Turin, Italy. She earned a scholarship and played four years at Minnesota State University-Mankato where she earned MVP honors all four years. She was an All American and a finalist for the Patty Kazmeier trophy for the top female NCAA player in the country. She completed her Master’s Degree in Exercise Physiology in 2008 and is an assistant coach of the Girls Prep Team at Shattuck-St. Mary’s School, who won the USA Hockey U19 Girls National Championship in April of 2009. Shari has an extraordinary passion toward increasing knowledge of TGC goalies. She continues to develop and improve the innovative, goaltender-specific, off-ice program that is designed to make TGC goalies more explosive, agile, and flexible. Shari began training with Coach Des while at MSUM and is currently an assistant coach at SSM for the girls U19 prep team.

BJ Pernak, Jeff Caspar, Mike Moline, Grant Benner, Danny McEnaney, Tyler Bruggeman, Ben Waalkens,
Trent Caspar, Jon Zitur, Tyler Venne, Geoff Sadjadi

*Remember, All of TGC's instructors have been trained to use all TGC principals and philosophies.