Douglas K.W. Crashley
BSc, CSCS

President

1. Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (NSCA)
2. Bachelor of Science: Exercise Science, University of Lethbridge
3. Diploma in Kinesiology: Fitness & Health Promotion, Red Deer College
4. NCCP Level 2 Coach

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Crash has established himself in the hockey community with a strong work ethic and attention to detail. Crash spent his schooling focusing on the performance enhancement of hockey through the physiological and psychological aspect of the players.

Crash has been featured in various lectures and practical sessions for Hockey Canada, Hockey Alberta, Nike Hockey, World Pro Goaltending, in addition has been published in magazines such as Hockey Now, Royals Report, Hockey Calgary Magazine and recently in STACK magazine.

Travelling across North America during the hockey season, to be involved in year round development for Crash Conditioning athletes, has allowed for a better understanding of the different needs at each level. To understand more at the NHL level for draftees and their experiences Crash has attended NHL drafts and the 2007 NHL combine.

He is not only a fixture in the hockey community but a leader in the development of athleticism in hockey players and teams. His undergraduate studies included research in “Exercise Physiology in Ice Hockey” as well as “Role Clarity within Teams in Competitive Ice Hockey”.

As well as developing players, Crash has been instrumental in developing outstanding strength coaches and works closely with therapists and medical professionals in developing his own trade.

“Success comes from preparation!”  

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Adam Lockhart
BKin

Head Strength &
Conditioning Coach 

1. Bachelor of Science: Kinesiology, University of Alberta

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Adam began coaching athletes while in school in 2001, working with members of junior and university football teams in Alberta. After three years of doing so Adam moved into working with members of both Canada’s bobsled and skeletons teams. During the next three years he worked and developed athletes speed and strength on the national team. His assistance helped set start records and win world championship and Olympic medals. It was during this time that Adam met Doug Crashley and began assisting him train hockey players at Crash Conditioning.

Adam’s personal background is in the sport of track and field where he competed both nationally in long jump, triple jump (as a junior,) and in sprinting 200m, and 400m. His coaching strengths are in speed & agility training and Olympic weightlifting. To his credit he has also worked with other national teams in bobsled/skeleton as well as international athletes in both track and field and Olympic weightlifting.

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Dr. Ryan Hoover
BSC, DC, CSCS, ART Provider

Chiropractic & Active Release Technique provider 

1. Bachelor of Science
2. Doctor of Chiropractic
3. Certified Strength Conditioning Specialist
4. Active Release Techniques® provider

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Influenced by his active lifestyle, Dr. Hoover’s treatment approach combines traditional treatment with the latest soft-tissue techniques and exercise rehabilitation, giving patients the skills to reduce their risk of future injury.

As a Certified Strength Conditioning Specialist® (CSCS®), Dr. Hoover uses his personal training experience in his practice, helping patients incorporate rehabilitation exercises into their daily routine in an enjoyable and easy manner. As a registered Active Release Techniques® Provider, he also uses this latest type of therapy to treat many spinal and non-spinal conditions.

Dr. Hoover’s patient base includes players from the NHL and other elite athletes. Having him in the Crash Conditioning Performace Centre gives us the best ability for communication when dealing with needs of our athletes.

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Cory Cameron
Bkin, Adv. Cert. A.T., CAT (C)

Certified Athletic Therapist & Head Rehabilitation Consultant

1. B.Kin, University of Calgary 2006
2. Advanced Certificate in Athletic Therapy, Mount Royal College 2006
3. Certified Athletic Therapist, CATA 2009

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Cory began working with Crash Conditioning in the summer of 2004, assisting with administrative duties, coordination of operations and working with injury assessment, rehabilitation and prevention.

Cory is currently the Head Rehabilitation Consultant for Crash Conditioning. Cory has six years of experience working as an Athletic Trainer in the Western Hockey League with the Calgary Hitmen and the Vancouver Giants. Cory was the Head Therapist for the Giants in 2007, as part of the Memorial Cup Championship Team. Cory has worked with Team Pacific at the U-17 World Hockey Challenge, winning a Silver Medal at the 2009 event in Port Alberni. Cory has worked many Hockey Canada and BC Hockey camps and has also worked at the CIS level as an Equipment Manager with the University of Calgary Dino’s, and as the Head Trainer/ Equipment Manager for the Trail Smoke Eaters in the BCHL.

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Delaine K. Pattison
BSc

Strength & Conditioning Coach

1. Bachelor of Science:
   Exercise Science and Fitness, Western Illinois University

D-pain joined Crash Conditioning in January of 2008, as a student intern. She helped with administrative duties, as well as working with younger athletes.

After completing her degree at Western Illinois University she joined Crash Conditioning taking on a bigger role as a full-time strength and conditioning coach and has now worked two years with Crash Conditioning. She also spends the winters training many elite level soccer teams.

Delaine’s athletic background is in the sport of soccer where she represented Calgary on many high level teams, she also played at the collegiate level in the NCAA Division 1 soccer league as a member of the WIU ladies soccer team.

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Mike Viani

Bio coming soon

Phil Laurenson

Bio coming soon

Jason Pylypuik

On Ice Performance Coach

Since 2004, “Puker” has been a proud member of the “Crash Team” as an on ice instructor.

In 2009, he received his High Performance 1 certification and is presently working towards his Theory 3 designation.

Since 2001, Jason has worked his way up the coaching ranks. Begining with the Bantam AAA Okotoks Oilers, and then up through the Midget AAA ranks with the Calgary Buffaloes, now spending the past four years on the bench with the Canmore Eagles of the Alberta Junior Hockey League.

Jason has also been involved with the Alberta Cup as a head coach, the U16 program, and Team Pacific as an evaluator and coach at both the regional and provincial camps since 2007.

His playing background includes: AAA Midget with the Calgary Buffaloes, junior with the Calgary Royals, and then four years at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. After lettering for all four years, Puker went on to play two years in the ECHL, CHL and UHL.

He shares Crash’s hard work, no excuses attitude, but realizes that after the “Crash Zone” the ice session is the easiest part of the day and keeping things fun and fresh are his top priority.

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Adam Redmond
BKin, CSCS

Power Skating Consultant

1. Crash Conditioning

“Reds” has spent his last three summers working with us at Crash Conditioning. He graduated last spring from University of Calgary with a BSc. in Biomechanics where he also played five years with Dino’s Men’s Hockey team and was an academic all-Canadian each season.

Reds continues to develop his on ice coaching with Steve Serdachny as he works with players around the world teaching them skating and skills to help take their game to the next level.

Adam also completed his Strength and Conditioning Certification and continues to work in the gym with us.

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Drew Robertson
ASc Nutrition, CFT, SPN SSC

Nutritional Consultant

1. Evolved Nutrition Inc

Combining a degree in applied nutrition with years of experience, Drew helps to make nutrition easy for all his clients. Drew understands the demands and the barriers of everyday life that can hinder our nutritional environment, using a combination of whole food and supplements helps overcome these obstacles.

Drew has worked with all levels of athletes and people from all walks of life using this experience to help each client make the transition towards a healthy eating environment.

We are what we eat!!!

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Steve Szilagyi
MA(c), BSc Kinesiology

Head Strength & Conditioning Coach / Coordinator

1. Bachelor of Science: Kinesiology, University of Lethbridge
2. M.A (con’t) – University of Lethbridge

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As a former hockey and baseball player, Steve can relate to the skills required by today’s top athletic performers. The majority of his undergraduate work involved analyzing theories of strength training, fitness assessment, and the physiological responses to exercise. Steve is a competitive Olympic weightlifter and powerlifter; his training focuses on integrative power, speed, and strength, with emphasis on preventing and reducing injuries.

Steve travelled to Atlanta, Georgia and attended the 2008 Atlanta Thrashers main training camp as a Strength and Conditioning Assistant.

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Tim Takahashi
Mkin, CAT(C), CEP, CSCS, RK

Athletic Therapy & Physiotherapy Consultants to Crash Conditioning

1. M.Kin., CAT(C), CEP, CSCS, RK
2. Clinic Director - Dynamic Rehab and Dynamic Physiotherapy in Lethbridge

Tim holds a bachelors degree in Physical Education from the University of Lethbridge and a Masters degree in Exercise Physiology from the University of Calgary. He is a Registered Kinesiologist, Certified Athletic Therapist, Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Exercise Physiologist. Tim has over 10 years experience in the areas of sport medicine, occupational health, injury prevention and ergonomics. He is a sessional instructor at both Lethbridge College and the University of Lethbridge and is a doping control officer for CCES. Some career Athletic Therapy highlights include Team Canada Israel 2005 & 2009, Japan 2000, Judo Nationals and the 2004 Under 17 World Hockey Challenge.

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Shawn Stead
BA, CSCS

Director of Athletic Development - Kelowna 

1. Bachelor of Science: Kinesiology, University of Lethbridge
2. USA Weightlifting - Sports Performance Coach
3. NCCP Level 2 Coach

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Shawn’s education focused on the performance enhancement of athletes and volunteered many hours with different University level athletic programs in both an athletic therapy and strength and conditioning role. His time spent with the U.S. Ski Team’s Sport Science division allowed him to gain the practical knowledge and experience in the design and evaluation of yearly scientific testing and training programs for Olympic level athletes.

The evaluation and coordination of coaching strategies/team development and planning from both a physiological and psychological perspective has produced opportunities to develop, consult, coach and manage with programs and organizations such as the Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL), Hockey Alberta, University of Lethbridge Athletics/ High Performance and other sporting organizations in Western Canada.

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Brandie Cridland

Performance Coach

1. Redline High Performance Hockey, Kelowna BC

 

 

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Brandie grew up in Kelowna and has been a part of the Kelowna Minor Hockey Association since she was six years old.

Playing as the only female player in the association at a Tier 1 level for most of her minor hockey years helped Brandie develop her own strengths and personal goals through different challenges and adversities. It has also helped her become a more effective trainer.

Brandie has been involved with coaching and training minor hockey representative teams since 2005.

Brandie’s focus is building confidence in each of her clients/athletes while keeping workout sessions challenging and specific to the sport, while building complete athleticism throughout the body. She enjoys pushing her clients to the next level and beyond, whatever that may be for each person.

Brandie has been a performance coach with Redline High Performance Hockey since 2007, working as the head gym trainer. Since teaming up with Crash Conditioning in 2009, working alongside the Crash Conditioning crew, Brandie has increased her abilities to train hockey players from beginners up to a professional level. It is her belief that we are “Not For Everyone,” but for everyone there is something!

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Aaron Konecsni

Director of Hockey Operations / Head Hockey Skating & Skills Coach

1. Redline High Performance Hockey, Kelowna BC

Aaron created Redline High Performance Hockey in 1998, when his junior career was cut short. Since that time, he has developed Redline High Performance Hockey’s skating systems and skill development programs.

Aaron has been developing players in the NHL, AHL, German Elite League, NCAA, WHL and BCHL, as well as in many minor hockey associations across North America since 1998. He is currently a Head Instructor for SD23’s Hockey Canada Skills Academy in Kelowna, BC, and has been since its inception in 2002.

Aaron has become one of the most innovative hockey skating coaches and is now being recognized for developing leading edge skating systems on the ice as well as on the Endless Ice skating treadmill. He has a passion and relentless desire to develop more explosive multi-directional skaters. His key on-ice focus is skating in direct lines while in game situations, power play, penalty kill and within team systems. The same on-ice skating systems are taught one-on-one, on one of the largest skating treadmills in the world. The player will immediately be training outside their comfort zone, building muscle memory much quicker than on the ice. This has made Redline High Performance Hockey’s skating and skill systems a program that is sought after by some of the most respected people in the hockey world.

Aaron and Redline have teamed up with Crash Conditioning to provide the Ultimate Hockey training experience.

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Derek Strukoff

Hockey Skating & Skills Coach

1. Redline High Performance Hockey, Kelowna BC

Derek Strukoff has been working with Aaron Konecsni and Redline High Performance Hockey since 2003.

Derek was originally a student of Aaron’s in the Hockey Canada Skills Academy, where he first learned Aaron’s on and off-ice training techniques. He has since mastered these skills and has been a big part of Redline with both the Redline Hockey School and the Redline High Performance Hockey Centre. During his time at Redline he has worked with many players ranging from minor hockey to the NHL level.

Derek is presently an instructor with School District No. 23’s Hockey Canada Skills Academy.

Together with Aaron, Derek has helped design specific drills and has created a training program on Redline’s skating treadmill, assisting players to master and transfer their skating and hockey skills to the ice.

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