Sven Butenschon battling Sidney Crosby at the Vancouver 2010 Games.
Are you looking for expert advise and training for the defensemen or your whole team?
Sven Butenschon can give you world class training during your regular practices, or we can book ice for a group of defensemen. When Coach Sven works with your players they will see instant results. Defense specific skills can be learned and mastered quickly, but unfortunately they are often neglected in a typical minor hockey practice. Let us help. You’ll be hard pressed to find a better, more approachable and passionate defense coach in the Lower Mainland.
[divider]About Coach Sven:
Coach Sven Butenschon
In describing Sven Butenschon‘s value to the LGS family, it’s a challenge to know where to begin. A few of Sven’s highlights include:
- Averaged 15 mins/game in the 2010 Winter Olympics with Team Germany in his home city of Vancouver
- 140 NHL games played (Pittsburgh Penguins, Edmonton Oilers, New York Islanders, & Vancouver Canucks)
- 20 seasons of professional hockey in the NHL, AHL, IHL, DEL, & WHL.
- He has played in front of 55’000 and 82’000 fans in German outdoor Winter Classics
- 3rd round pick by the Penguins in 94
- Won the Western Hockey League Championship in 1996
- Memorial Cup appearance in 2 straights seasons
Click to read more about Coach Sven (there is lots more to read).
Cost:
- $150 / practice
- $225 with 2nd LGS Lead Instructor (we’ll run your entire practice)
- Private and semi private lessons available under our Richmond Olympic Oval High Performance Program
- Have bag, will travel: Private lessons in other rinks in Lower Mainland available by request.