WHY ATHERTON HOCKEY?
1st Round Pedigrees
Over a dozen top NHL picks
(Oh and 30 first-rounders)
Career Longevity
How about going from playing on
only 6 NHL games to 71 NHL games!
(While working with Atherton Hockey)
IIHF Approved
IIHF Best Defensemen Award Winners and
Best Forward Award Winners Olympic
All-Star Team Members
(and one Best Defensemen Award) (Seriously!)
Rookie of the Year
We’ve trained 5 of them!
(Calder, CHL, NCAA, WCHA, & more)
PUTTING THE BISCUIT
40 G in a Season
Playoff overtime goals
Lead Scoring Defensemen
IN the basket
(even by Defensemen!)
PUTTING THE BISCUIT
40 G in a Season
Playoff overtime goals
Lead Scoring Defensemen
IN the basket
(even by Defensemen!)
NHL AWARDS
E.J. McGuire Award for Excellence
Conn Smythe Trophy ( and a few runner ups! )
King Clancy Award
Norris Trophies
Viking Award
Having experienced both highs and lows throughout my playing career I have seen and felt the entire spectrum of emotion. Being cut from teams as a youth player to becoming a USHL All-Star and eventually achieving a life-long dream of becoming a Golden Gopher at the University of Minnesota has put me in a position to understand the struggles and triumphs of most players.
After college I was lucky enough to pursue a professional career and there is nothing better than getting paid to play hockey. I was drafted by Tampa Bay in 2002 and I signed with their affiliate team in Springfield, MA following my senior season. This began a new set of ups and downs. I attended NHL training camps including Tampa and Detroit playing alongside some of the greatest players in the history of hockey. I had the opportunity to be around some of the best coaches in the game including Mike Babcock, John Tortorella and Curt Fraser. The biggest thing that I learned is that the only thing that never changes is that things always change.
Through my playing career I never had a clear grasp on where I stood or how I was playing. I have created this company to make sure that no other player has that same feeling ever again. Atherton Hockey is the company that I wished existed when I played, a company that is always on the side of the players. We will INSPIRE BOLD dreams and provide clear paths to achievement. Relying on my experience and relentless research I aim to ensure that players have the chance to play this game longer and enjoy it more than I did.
- 6 Year Professional Career
- Founder Atherton Hockey
- Husband to Andrea and Father to Hudson
- 2 time USHL All-Star
- NCAA National Champion U of MN
- 2002 NHL Draft Pick