Stop It Goaltending Directors
BRIAN DACCORD is a former goaltending coach of the Boston Bruins. Brian was on the staff of Stanley Cup winning coaches Pat Burns and Mike Keenan as well as Robbie Ftorek. Brian’s book Hockey Goaltending has sold over 27,000 copies worldwide and he was featured in the Hockey News as one of the NHL’s top goalie coaches with “crease clout”. His current clients include
top NHL, AHL, ECHL, College and Junior goalies. Brian operates Stop It Goaltending, which conducts goalie camps and clinics, as well as private training sessions for youth and elite goaltenders. Brian is also a former coach and player at Merrimack College (NCAA Div.I Hockey east) and played seven seasons of pro hockey in Switzerland. He has coached at every level of youth hockey as well as US Prep School, Junior, College and Pro, is a Masters Level Coach with USA Hockey, and holds a Masters Degree in Sports Science. Brian is joined by other GCG consultants on the “Between the Pipes with Brian Daccord” segment of the “Inside Hockey” show aired weekly on XM Satellite Radio and the Sporting News Network. Goalies World Magazine is where you can find Brian's "Ask the Coach" column each issue. View
Brian Daccord Photo Album.
JOHN CARRATU is currently a goaltending director at Stop it Goaltending and trains NHL, Minor Pro and NCAA Division I goalies as well as goalies of all abilities at the youth level. In college, he led his NCAA Division II Plymouth State team to the ECAC playoffs while graduating with a degree in education. While entering the teaching profession in the Seattle area, John began his
career as a goaltending consultant. While in Seattle, he was a member of the USA Hockey Pacific District selection process and coached goaltenders that played in the NAHL, BCJHL, and NCAA as well. A strength of John’s is his knowledge of equipment and advising clients in the proper selection and purchasing options. He owned and operated his own hockey shop in the Seattle area, which catered primarily to goaltenders. Upon his return to New England John became an asst. coach with the Salem Ice Dogs in the IJHL and helped lead them to two playoff berths. He coached at numerous goaltending camps and clinics before bringing his knowledge and enthusiasm to Stop It Goaltending. John has also served as a goaltending consultant numerous teams and organizations including US Prep School power Cushing Academy, Nobles and Greenough in the ISL as well as Phillips Andover Academy.
DAVE FLINT has been an instructor at Stop It Goaltending since 1999. Dave is the Goaltending Consultant of the US National Women's Team and is responsible for the development of the countries Olympic team, U-22 team and U-18 team. Along with being the head coach of St. Anselm College women's program. During the 2006-2007 season, Dave's team posted its third-straight 20-win season, finished with a 24-3-0 overall record and claimed its first-ever ECAC East
Regular-Season title with an 18-1-0 league mark and coach Flint was named as the ECAC East Coach of the Year for the second straight season. Over the last three seasons, Flint's teams have compiled a record of 65-13-1, giving him the best winning percentage in Division II/III in that period at .823. Dave has worked in the Saint Anselm athletic department for the past 12 years, seven of which were spent as an assistant in the men’s ice hockey program. A certified athletic trainer (ATC) and strength & conditioning specialist (CSCS), Flint also served as an assistant in the athletic training department at the College. Dave graduated from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, formerly North Adams State, in 1993 with a degree in Biology and a concentration in Sports Medicine. A goaltender on the ice hockey team, he was named the team’s MVP following his senior season. A 1989 graduate of Trinity High School in Manchester, N.H., Flint will be inducted into the Manchester Catholic High Schools Athletic Hall of Fame this fall.
