
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 Des played Professional hockey from 1998-2000 in Germany and United States before volunteering as goaltending coach at MSUM from 2000-2009. Together with former goaltending partner, Craig Lindsey, Des formed TGC in 2002. 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 and again with their U16 Girls in 2010. The Goalie Club has been associated with National Champions the following years: 2008 boys U18, 2007 boys U18 and Girls U18, 2006 Girls U18. Des was hired August 2010 as the Assistant Coach for Boys Prep Team at Shattuck St. Mary's. The team went on to capture the 2011 USA Hockey National Championship. He owns a Masters Degree in Education Administration and has coached goaltenders for over 16 years. Coach, his wife Liz, and twins Claire and Liam, reside in Mankato, MN with dog Kipper.

Coach Jeff has been with TGC since it's inception in 2002. He brings a wealth of experience ranging from his playing days in the junior leagues to his time in the IHL. He has assisted goalies in reaching their goals of top High School awards and college scholarships. Coach Jeff's main responsibilities with TGC include working private lessons, association mini clinics, day camp instruction and specialized AAA coaching assignments.

Coach Grant is from Apple Valley, MN where he grew up and played youth hockey for Apple Valley, Eastview, and Lakeville's youth hockey associations. He then went on to play 3 years of Varsity hockey at Eastview High School. Grant trained with TGC for 5 years, including 2 years of Prodigy Camp. Since 2006 Grant has been actively involved with TGC, private lessons, Association training and evaluations, summer day and boarding camps, the annual TGC Holiday Camp, and Sunday Skills Sessions. He is a recent graduate of Miami University's Farmer School of Business with a Bachelor's degree in Marketing. Grant will continue to work with youth associations and provide a professional training.

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 became 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. She is now a full time assistant coach with her alma mater, the MSUM women's hockey program. 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.

Mike Moline, Danny McEnaney, Tyler Bruggeman, Ben Waalkens, Trent Caspar,
Jon Zitur, Tyler Venne, Geoff Sadjadi, Garrett Jensen, Lauren Joarnt |
*All of TGC's instructors have been trained by Coach Des
to use all TGC principals and philosophies and
are professional in approach and knowledge. |
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3/20 - Thanks to all the families and friends that joined TGC at the Wild / MTL game in St. Paul |
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