Carroll Goalie School partners
with Vaughn Custom Sports

MINNEAPOLIS / March 17 -- Vaughn Custom Sports is pleased to announce they have agreed to a working partnership with Steve Carroll and the Minnesota-based Carroll Goalie School.

The Carroll Goalie School is its 14th year of providing goalie development opportunities for boys and girls of all ages and abilities.

”We are thrilled to join forces with the Carroll Goalie School and look forward to creating partnership initiatives,” said Mike Vaughn, chairman of Vaughn Custom Sports. “Steve is a former college All-American goalie who has more than 25 years of goalie coaching experience. His popular goalie development program has been a Minnesota favorite since 1995.”

Vaughn Custom Sports is the world’s leader in custom goalie equipment.

For more information, visit www.vaughnhockey.com.

2008 Carroll Goalie School schedule announced

MINNEAPOLIS / March 1 -- We are pleased to announce our 2008 schedule of goalie development programs. This year, we are offering 11 sessions conveniently scheduled in the evening and over the weekend at five popular Minneapolis-St. Paul area ice arenas.

"We're coming off one of our biggest and best years ever," explained Director Steve Carroll, an Edina ( Minn.) High School Hall of Fame goalie. "We have added
more sessions to help meet the needs of goalie families who are looking for additional opportunities to work with our talented coaching staff."

This is our 14 th exciting year of providing cutting-edge skill development programs for boys and girls of all levels and abilities.

“Parents know we are able to make improvements in their child’s goaltending skills,” Carroll said, “and boost their confidence in a challenging and upbeat atmosphere.”

Through the years, hundreds and hundreds of goalies from Minnesota, twelve other states and Canada have chosen our program to help take their game to the next level.

“The goalie position continues to evolve, but one thing that remains the same is that fundamentals are the still the foundation for success,” said Carroll. “That is among the areas we focus on during our on-ice sessions. We’re proud of the reputation we have earned as a leader in goalie development.”

Our experienced, dedicated and personable coaching staff makes our school special. Together we have more than 60 years of goalie coaching experience at the college, high school and youth levels.

Our staff features three former stand-out goalies including Carroll, a college hockey All-American goalie; Jen Hanley Tuttle, a girls’ hockey pioneer and former USA Women’s National team goalie; and Kevin Galbraith, a goalie who led his Edina High School team to a Minnesota state title.

Online registration is available. Register today for best selection.
Visit the 2008 sessions page.

Carroll joins Edina High School Hall of Fame

MINNEAPOLIS / Steve Carroll has been inducted into the Edina High School (Minn.) Athletic Hall of Fame. He is the first Hornet hockey goalie to be named
to the school's Hall of Fame.

Carroll was a three-sport stand-out for the Hornets playing soccer, hockey and baseball. During his senior year, all three varsity teams advanced to championship games of the state tournaments.

To read more about Carroll's career, click here.

Carroll serves as goalie coach at
USA Hockey's National Development Camp

Steve Carroll was one of two goalie coaches invited to work at USA Hockey's 2006 Girls 15/16 National Development Camp last July in Rochester, N.Y. It marked the second consecutive year Carroll was invited to work at a National Camp.

Sixteen of the country's best goalies were there for instruction, competition and evaulation.

Three-time U.S. women's Olympic hockey coach Ben Smith was at the camp evaluating the players and was glad that Coach Carroll was part of the goalie coaching staff.

"It was great to have Steve part of our National Festival helping with the development of our future national team and Olympic goaltending prospects," Smith said.

The coaching staff at the camp consisted of many well-known Division I and III women's college hockey coaches and three members of the 2006 U.S. women's Olympic hockey team.

Carroll participates in USA Hockey's
National Coaching Educators Institute

Goalie coach Steve Carroll participated in USA Hockey's National Coaching Educators Institute held at the U. S. Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, N.Y.

Carroll, who is the Minnkota District Goalie Coach-in-Chief, played an important role in the formation of a national goalie coaching development program which is expected to be rolled out this fall.

The group of attendees also had the opportunity to visit a number of the 1980 Olympic venues including the ice arena where the "Miracle on Ice" took place.

Carroll hosts a series of statewide goalie coaching workshops each fall and is a frequent speaker at USA Hockey coaching education clinics.

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