Founder, Lead Consultant

Austin grew up in Kanata, Ontario playing his minor hockey for the Kanata Blazers and Ottawa Senators. In 2014 he signed with the Whitby Fury of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL), where he spent 3 seasons of Junior A hockey. Following his junior career, he committed to Western Michigan University in the NCAA where he played 4 seasons while obtaining a Bachelors of Business Administration. In 2021 he transferred to Providence College for a Masters of Business Administration while playing one final season in the NCAA.

In 2022 Austin made the jump to professional hockey, signing with the Worcester Railers in the ECHL, a minor league affiliate for the New York Islanders. During his playing career, he dedicated time in the off season toward working with young goaltenders in Ottawa, as well as getting involved in the development of goaltenders playing within minor league organizations located in the cities of his current teams. Following his retirement, Austin has continued to coach goaltenders all over Canada and the United States, working with No Excuses Goaltending out of Whitby, Ontario (3 years), Kalamazoo Minor Hockey Association in Michigan (4 years), and the Southern Rhode Island Youth Hockey Association in Providence (1 year) where he lead a goaltending curriculum state wide seminar for minor hockey goalie coaches. In addition to on ice goaltending development, Austin works as a Player Agent & Lead Goaltending Consultant for CKM Sports Management, a hockey agency based in western Canada. Austin is responsible for player placement & contract negotiation for CKM clients playing at the NCAA/USport and professional levels. In addition, Austin leads the goaltending development for CKM clients by providing professional scouting reports, individual performance analytic reports, and 1 on 1 video performance analysis. Combined, Austin has been involved in hockey for over 20 years. As our lead Consultant, Austin looks forward to merging his experience with playing, development and representation to provide the best guidance for the next generation of goaltenders.

Consultant

Bruce grew up on the North Shore of Massachusetts, playing his high school hockey at Catholic Conference powerhouse St. John’s Prep. Following his high school career, Bruce committed to Cornell University in the NCAA where he then spent 3 seasons while earning a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.

Bruce began his coaching career as a High School Assistant before embarking on a five-year stint as Head Coach for his hometown Triton Regional High School. With a desire to collaborate more exclusively with elite goaltenders, Bruce took a position as Goaltending Coach with Harvard University, where he would spend the next 12 seasons. Following his time at Harvard, Bruce elected to join the staff at Providence College for 4 seasons. Over the span of 16 seasons, Bruce developed goaltenders like Dov Grumet-Morris (drafted by Philadelphia Flyers), Jake Kucharsky (drafted by Carolina Hurricanes), Philip Svedeback (drafted by Boston Bruins), Jaxon Stauber (currently in the Chicago Blackhawks Organization), amongst many other goaltenders that would go on to have successful careers in pro hockey.

In addition to his work with renowned organizations in the NCAA, Bruce continues to train and mentor goaltenders of all ages with Stop It Goaltending located in Woburn, MA. He remains a part-time staff member where he works primarily with college and professional goaltenders, assisting with their off-season training.

Bruce lives in Newbury, MA with his wife Janice and their sons Jackson and Carson. Jackson is a current division I goaltender at UMass Amherst in the NCAA. Carson plays high school hockey at St. John’s Prep in Danvers, MA.

Bruce brings a unique perspective to training and mentoring goaltenders developed from a long career playing, coaching, and mentoring at elite levels. He has navigated the same with his oldest son for more than 15 years. He looks forward to sharing his knowledge and experience with the next generation of goaltenders, motivated to be their absolute best on the ice and in life.

Maude grew up in Rimouski, playing most of her minor hockey with boys’ competitive teams. During this time she earned Defensive Player of the Year a multitude of times. She went on to be the first player signing for her collegial hometown inaugural season team where she would also represent them twice in the league All-Star game. In addition to her All-Star recognitions, Maude would earn multiple academic awards, MVP at the provincial level for the gold medal game, and Pionniere of the League (Athlete of the year) at Cegep. Following these accomplishments she signed with the University of Ottawa Gee-Gee’s where she would spend the next 5 seasons. During her freshman season she was named Rookie of the Year across all sports at the University. She would go on to earn team MVP a number of times, as well as a nomination to the RSEQ All-Star team. Maude would finish with a GPA of 9.4, while earning a degree in Psychology, paired with a Masters of Science. In each year of her studies she would make the Dean’s List, as well as the Academic All-Canadian list. Maude finished her college career as the record holder in almost all goaltender statistics for the University of Ottawa.

In 2019, Maude was given the opportunity to represent Canada at the Winter Universiades in Krasnoyarsk, Russia where she would earn Silver. Following the conclusion of Maude’s university career, she was given an opportunity to continue her hockey career at the professional level in Kazakhstan. During her first season of professional hockey, she earned Player of the Game during the semi-final game of the EWHL. Her team would earn the bronze medal in the European league, while earning gold in the Kazakhstan’ National Championship. She would then be named top goalie in the country for that season. Her second season she made the move to Budapest, Hungary where her team would go undefeated on the season and win the EWHL playoff title.

Her coaching career started at age 12 where she would work with Minor hockey goaltenders locally in Rimouski. In her final year of high school, she became the goalie coach for the Sport-Etude program, coaching younger goalies in the program when she wasn’t busy with her own team. It was here she developed a passion for developing goaltenders, and would continue to do so by operating summer training camps during her off-seasons, including through the University of Ottawa. While in Hungary, Maude was in charge of the development of young goaltenders for the home club she was playing for, while also taking part in a program to teach lower income families how to skate. Today, Maude is still very involved in the development side of hockey holding positions as Hockey Consultant for her former team in Rimouski, as well as Goalie Coach for Louis Riel high school. She also dedicates time to coach goaltenders of all age’s at SHIFT Performance & Wellness Centre in Ottawa, Canada.

Her years of success in all aspects of her playing and coaching career, accompanied with her willingness to share the game with those around her make her an excellent resource and role model for goaltenders at every level.