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PROFILE

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Mind The Net Goaltending was founded in the spring of 2004, by Travis Harrington and Ian Robertson, with the idea of providing elite goalies from Saskatchewan a goalie school that would meet their needs, within Saskatchewan. The main goal of MTN Goaltending is to help develop the elite goaltending talent to help raise the profile of Saskatchewan goalies. You will not find a goalie school in Canada that operates the way we do. We have placed a huge focus on providing the most comprehensive and personalized goalie school experience possible. With our Top Prospects program, catering to established Midget “AAA” goalies up to college and pro ranks, we only accept six goalies per camp. Coupled with our usual 2:1 goalie to instructor ratio you will be hard pressed to find a more personalized experience. This personalized experience is why over 83% of all Top Prospects students, that have gone through our program, have made at least one significant jump in level of elite hockey, not to mention how many went on to career years. There are only 13 goalies from Saskatchewan, playing in the four Western Jr. “A” leagues in Canada, and seven of them are MTN students.

The name, Mind The Net, is also an indication of the emphasis we place on the mental training and preparation aspects that come with being an elite goalie. We cover topics ranging from visualization and self-talk to game/team tactics to the expectations and what it takes to be an elite goalie. At each camp, our students receive the MTN Goaltending Guide which is updated yearly with 5-10 new articles on a wide array of topics; this year’s edition will be approximately 200 pages long. The last thing that MTN uses regularly, that other schools do not use in a similar way, is a video analysis to show the goalie’s how they look according to the puck’s perspective as opposed to what the shooter sees. Since we are deeply principled in our stubbornness to only take six goalies you will not see many other elite level goalies schools that offer that kind of an experience.

Aside from the work with Saskatchewan’s elite goalies, which is our main priority, we also have helped to develop the province’s goaltending at the grassroots level. We have been traveling around to various minor hockey associations throughout Saskatchewan where we put on weekend goalie clinics. The weekend clinics are designed to help the goalies, their parents and the minor hockey coaches as well. Over the last five years we have completed over 40 clinics to rave reviews.

It is because of our reputation throughout Saskatchewan with the elite goalies, who are generating a lot of success, and our work with minor hockey associations that we are now the official goaltending consultants for the Saskatchewan Hockey Association. Despite only being in operation for five years we have seen some incredible successes. It is through a solid instructional foundation and through sticking to our values and principals that MTN Goaltending will be an increasing success for the years to come.