Director GDI Carolinas, Ted Monnich will extend his international ice hockey coaching career when he travels to Helsinki, Finland, on May 29, to coach goaltenders and study Finnish coaching techniques with renowned Finnish goalie coach Jukka Ropponen at the GoaliePro Camp 2014.

In the world of professional ice hockey Finland is regarded as a goalie factory, producing such notable NHL goaltenders as Tuuka Rask, Boston Bruins; Mikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames: and Kari Lehtonen, Dallas Stars. Monnich will work with professional goaltenders from Europe and the NHL, including Mikko Rämö, Erno Suomalainen, Rasmus Reijola, Rasmus Tirronen and Bernd Bruckler will be skating that week. Niklas Bäckströn and Niko Hovinen will not be able to skate yet as they are both recovering from operations, but will still be joining them for the event.

Monnich will also take the opportunity to observe the distinctions between Finnish and North American coaching styles. Ted Monnich has been involved with all levels of goaltending for over 40 years, and in six countries. He has competed in three USA Hockey amateur National Championships, played professionally in the ECHL and SPHL, served as Assistant Coach of the ECHL Columbia Inferno, coached goaltenders in the top-tier Slovakia Extraliga, the Turkish National Program and the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation, and several junior teams in the USA. He worked as a Head Instructor at Puckstoppers Goaltending School in London, ON, and coached at GDI Regional Development Camps and National Development Camps as a former Assistant Manager for GDI Southeast. Ted Monnich is currently a member of the coaching staff of NDC: GDI EAST presented at Quinnipiac University and will be in attendance this July. He was also named the Mental Conditioning Coach for the ECHL South Carolina Stingrays and will begin his duties for the 2014/2015 season.

Ted provides mental conditioning coaching to amateur and professional goalies, ensuring that they are as well prepared mentally, as physically, for the rigors of their sport. He is pursuing graduate studies in Sports & Exercise Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Ted is a Contributing Author to InGoal Magazine. He is originally from Pittsburgh, PA and resides near Charlotte, NC.

Ted Monnich website https://www.tedmonnich.com/index.htm

Jukka Ropponen https://ingoalmag.com/interviews/interview-goalie-guru-jukka-ropponen/