Meet ouR Team

Rick Ferroni

FOUNDER, ferroni hockey Academy

• Arizona State University Men's Hockey Team
• Pro Dynamic Skating and Skills Instructor since 1996
• Trained by Russian Skills coach; 1992-2004
• Founder & Owner of Ferroni Hockey; 2001-present 
• Former Skating & Skills Coach Buffalo Sabres
  
• ​Prospects camp
• Former private instructor for the Buffalo Sabres

Jeff Toole

associate hockey director

• HonBPhed Brock University
• BEd. St. Bonaventure University
• Physical and Health Education Teacher Cathedral High School 24 years
• High Performance 1 Certified Hockey Coach
• Coaching Levels Instructor Alliance Hockey
• of Ontario
• 17 years Head Instructor Pro Hockey
• Life Academy
• 24 years of coaching AAA hockey
• Present Head Coach Hamilton Huskies
• Midget AAA
• Present Head Coach Cathedral High School
  
• Varsity Boys' Hockey
• Assistant Coach Team Alliance 2015
  
• OHL Gold Cup
• Present Head Coach Team Alliance 2016 OHL Gold Cup

mathieu schneider

senior ConSULTANT

• NHLPA Vice President
• Inducted into the USA Hockey Hall of Fame 2015 
• 20 year NHL Veteran
• Member of the 1993 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup
• winning team 
• Selected to two NHL All-Star Games: 1996, 2003
• Won the World Cup with Team USA in 1996 
• Parent of Ferroni Hockey Academy Student

jake baird

Senior instructor / Coach

• 7 yrs trained as a student of Ferroni Hockey 
• As Captain, played 3 years of Junior Hockey tallying 74 points in 141 games
• Studying Honours Physical and Health education at Queens University

CHRIS RISI

On ICE INstructor

•  Owner/Head Instructor, The Hockey PerforMax Company Ltd. 2011 - Present
• Thorold Athletics, Senior AAA 2015-17 
• Mercyhurst University, NCAA Div 1 2006-10 (Captain 2009-10)
• Thorold Jr. Blackhawks, Junior B, 2001-06
•  Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team 2006-10
• Atlantic Hockey Individual Sportsmanship Award, 2009-10​

our philosophy

To progressively develop hockey players, starting with mastering the basic fundamentals through repetition to building strong muscle memory for more advanced skills. The Ferroni Hybrid System uses the understanding of kinetics and physiology to master Ferroni's Progressive 8 - balance, flexibility, agility, coordination, explosiveness, quickness, endurance, and anticipation.

"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard."