Pittsburgh Airport Aviators

The Pittsburgh Hockey Academy begins its fall programming on Friday, October 1, 2010 with programs designed by Greg Carter, renowned seven time USA Hockey National champion coach and world class instructor serving as the head instructor of the academy.  Involved with running hockey camps and clinics for over 20 years, many of Greg's students have received NCAA Division 1 college hockey scholarships and made US National Teams and the US Women's Olympic Team.  Some of his students have been drafted and play in the NHL.

Greg coached the Team Pittsburgh U14 Tier 1 girls team which won the USA Hockey National Championship held in Green Bay, Wisconsin last APril, and returns as the team's coach this season.  During the past summer, Greg supervised camps and clinics at the Airport Ice Arena.

More information on Greg can be found at www.gchockey.com.

Clinics to be offered include:

• Total Skills Clinic - Half hour of individual skill building followed by a half hour of small games
• STOP IT Goalie Clinic - Lead instructor US Women's Olympian Brianne McLaughlin
• Sniper Clinic - Explores various methods of scoring and fundamentals of shooting
• Battle Clinic - Teaching of fundamentals of cornering, angling, and one-on-one battling for puck control/possession

For more information, please contact cathy@airporticearena.com.

Larry brings 26 years of coaching experience with the Pittsburgh Junior B Penguins and the Pittsburgh Amateur Penguins AAA teams achieving a top 15 national ranking at the Pee Wee, Bantam Minor and Bantam Major levels.  Larry's most recent team finished in the Elite 8 of the USA Hockey National Championships.