Now
in his 10th season with the Nashville Predators, Mitch previously
spent seven seasons as the Goaltending Coach for the Buffalo
Sabres organization. His hard work, superb communication skills,
and great sense of humor have gained him the respect and friendship
of those he has coached which include Dominik Hasek, Tomas Vokoun, Chris Mason, Dan Ellis, Steve Shields, Robb Stauber,
Marty Biron, Olaf Kolzig, Pekka Rinne, Brian Finley, Ty Conklin,
Steve McKichan (now Toronto Maple Leaf goalie coach), Clint
Malarchuk (now the Columbus Blue Jackets goalie coach),
Grant Fuhr (now Phoenix Coyote goalie coach), and Mike Dunham (now NY Islander Goalie Coach.)
In addition, Mitch has trained countless young men who now
are in the "goalie business" coaching and training
a "new generation" of goaltenders. Some include
Chris Economou, Bob Janosz, Bill Pye, Aaron Kinslow, Adam
Coole, Alan Avery, Nick Petraglia, Laura Pecchia, Richard Shulmistra, etc.
Besides his Predator responsibility, Mitch is the Director
of the Summer Hockey School at Miami University in Oxford,
Ohio, where he has been for nearly 30 years. Miami competes
in Division I Hockey in the CCHA. Mitch has over 30 years
of organizing and running summer hockey programs. Mitch will
personally do all the coaching for each Goalie Camp. He is
on ice for the entire week long and weekend goalie programs! |