About Netminder Strong

Netminder Strong is the byproduct of a lifetime of both playing and coaching hockey. I started playing goal when I was six years old in Central Massachusetts. We played community based hockey through Pee Wee, then progressed to Bantam and Midget AA, followed by High School, College, and then finally minor league and professional hockey.

After hockey, a business career relocated me to MN where my wife and I raised our family. I was fortunate to be able to continue my love affair with this great sport by coaching its' most challenging position: goaltending.

As a goalie coach, I was honored to be part of eight MN State Highschool Boys Hockey Tournaments: winning four Championships (three in "A" small schools, one in "AA" large schools), three 3rd place finishes, and one 5th place. Just getting to the MN State High School Tournament is an honor.  Winning four was "priceless".

Teams win championships for many reasons. In hockey, one of them includes above average if not superior goaltending. All of the goalies I coached graduated and went on to college. The collective group of them (over 20+ seasons) played in the following leagues: New England Prep School League, North American Hockey League (NAHL), United States Hockey League (USHL),  NCAA D1 & D3,  DEL, ECHL, DEL (Germany), AHL, and the NHL. Collectively these young men after high school won Ivy League & Hockey East championship titles, the coveted Beanpot Championship, earned All-American honors, won two DEL Championships and a spot on the German Olympic team, AHL Calder Cups, and one even rostered as the third goalie for a Stanley Cup Champion.

My on-line service incorporates, but is not about teaching skills. It attempts to provide young goaltenders from Highschool and Junior ages through College and Professional with tools to help them become more mentally prepared and confident on and off the ice. We establish a realistic set of beliefs, set goals, then strive to achieve them, all while keeping a few of the most important aspects of hockey in is not for everyone. It is however, an honest attempt at helping today's goalies build a stronger image of themselves as competitors to produce outcomes that empower them to be their very best. 

Dan Delianedis