Head Coaches and Goalie Coaches - Highlights

To engage international top-coaches has always been an important request for the Fair and Fun Hockey organisation team. Below there are some of these coaches, which have been leaded Fair and Fun Hockey camps: 

Pekka Hämäläinen (FIN)

  • Head coach Fair and Fun Hockey camps in Graz 2013 and 2014, Kapfenberg und Telfs 2015
  • Coach and Sports director in der highes finnish league (KalPa Kuopio)
  • Headcoach finnish junior-nationalteams (U15, U16, U17 und U18)
  • WC-Bronce medal finish U18-nationalteam

Tom Pokel (USA)

  • Head Coach Fair and Fun Hockey camps Lustenau 2010 and 2011
  • Professional Coach for 20 Years
  • Former head coach in germany(DEL), italy (Pontebba) and austria (VEU-Feldkirch, EHC Lustenau and Graz 99ers)
  • 2013/14 Headcoach EBEL - HC Bozen
  • 2014/15 Headcoach EBEL - Vienna Capitals 
  • 2015/16 Headcoach EBEL - HC Bozen

Alana Blahoski (USA)

  • Head coach of elite group and powerskating-instructor at Fair and Fun Hockey women´s camp Graz 2007, head coach women´s camp Graz 2008 and 2009, coach Lustenau 2008, powerskating-instructor Graz and Lustenau 2010
  • Olympic gold medal winner (Nagano, 1998)
  • NBC assistant for olympic icehockey broadcast 
  • Assistant coach U.S. women´s nationalteam (2003-06)

Gregor Baumgartner (AUT)

  • Headcoach FFH Adult Camps at Gmunden (2017)
  • Professionel Hockeyplayer in Canada (two times NHL Draft), EBEL and Austrian nationalteam
  • Coach of Austria U16 nationalteam
  • Development Coach of Austrians Hockey Federations Youth Program 

Gerhard Unterluggauer (AUT)

  • Fair and Fun Hockey camps Gmunden 2016
  • Record Nationalteam Player of Team Austria (252 games)
  • Nearly 100 games at world championships or olympic games
  • 387 points in more than 500 games in Austrians highest division
  • 163 games in DEL

 

 

Martin Ulrich (AUT)

  • Head coach Fair and Fun Hockey adult camp Gmunden 2010
  • Former professional icehockey player in Vienna, Graz, Mannheim, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Salzburg and Zell am See
  • Austrian nationalteam player (225 international games, 17 world championships, 3 olympic games)
  • Graduated mental coach

Pentti Hiiros (FIN)

  • Head coach Fair and Fun Hockey camps Lustenau 2008
  • Assistant Coach finnish U18 nationaltam (world champion)
  • Head coach of junior teams Jokerit bzw. IFK Helsinki

Jorma Siitarinen (FIN)

  • Head coach Fair and Fun Hockey camps 2001, 2002, and 2003 Kapfenberg, adult camp 2008 St. Pölten and women´s camp Graz 2010
  • Professional coach in italy, germany and austria
  • Former assistant Coach austrian men´s nationalteam
  • Former headcoach austrian U18 women´s nationalteam 

Miroslav Berek (CZ)

  • Head coach Fair and Fun Hockey camps Graz 2004 and 2005, head coach all Fair and Fun Hockey camps 2006, head coach Graz and Lustenau 2007, adult camps Graz 2008, women´s camp Graz 2009 and 2010
  • Professionel Coach in germany, switzerland, italy and austria 
  • Former head coach austrian men´s nationalteam 
  • Former head coach austrian women´s nationalteam

Christian Yngve (SWE)

  • Head coach Fair and Fun Hockey camps Graz 2011
  • Head coach schwedish women´s nationaltream for 12 years
  • Consultant norwegians women´s nationalteam for 2 years 
  • 9 years coach at Montgomery Youth Hockey and Washington Pride (USA)
  • Mentor coach at IIHF High Performance Development Camp 2011

 

Ken Tyler (CAN)

  • Head coach Fair and Fun Hockey camps 2000, 2001 and 2002 St. Pölten
  • Professional coach in netherlands, italy, switzerland and austria
  • Head coach of austrian men´s nationalteam 1991-1996
  • Head coach of austrian women´s nationalteam 2001-2003

Goalie Coaches - Highlights

Dr. Marcel Sakac (SVK)

  • Goalie coach Fair and Fun Hockey camps Graz 2009, Graz and Lustenau 2010 und 2011
  • Two times gold medal winner at world championships
  • Author of a goaltending book
  • Owner of a goaltending school in slovakia
  • Goalie coach of austrian women´s nationalteam

Ahto Kärnä (FIN)

  • Goalie coach Fair and Fun Hockey camps Graz and Gmunden 2006, Lustenau 2008
  • Former goaltender in finnish elite-league
  • Goalie coach finnish U18 and U20 nationalteam
  • Goalie coach finnish olmpic team 1994
  • Owner of a goaltending school in finnland

Michael Schmidt (GER)

  • Goalie coach Fair and Fun Hockey camps Dornbirn, Kapfenberg and Telfs 2015
  • Long experience as a goalie during his playing career
  • Participation in U18 European Championships and U20 World Ch.
  • Highlight in playing career: Berlin Capitals (DEL)
  • Coaches goalies in DNL and German junior national teams
  • Goalie coach of the Austrian women's hockey national team

Maximilian Reiter (AUT)

  • Goalie coach Fair and Fun Hockey camps Gmunden 2014 and 2015
  • Played as a goalie for many years
  • A-licence coach
  • Long time experience as a goalie coach for youth and adult goalies 
  • Goalie coach of Austrians U15 team

Ivan Beno (SVK)

  • Goalie coach Fair and Fun Hockey camps Graz and Gmunden 2004 and 2005
  • Former Nr. 3 in former czechoslovakia (Nr. 1 at this time has been Dominik Hasek)
  • Goalie coach in many different countries since several years
  • Management of ice rink at Bruck a.d. Leitha (Lower Austria)

Christian Cseh (AUT)

  • Goalie coach Fair and Fun Hockey camps St. Pölten 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014 and camps Gmunden 2008, 2009 and 2010
  • Longtime experience at goalie at highest austrian level
  • Head coach Junior Capitals
  • Goalie coach by several austrian clubs