ROYALS HIRE NEW
GOALTENDING COACH
Lynden
Sammartino replaces NHL bound Brady Robinson as Victoria’s new goalie coach.
For
Immediate Release
Thursday,
August 20, 2015
Victoria,
BC- The Victoria
Royals are proud to announce that Lynden Sammartino has been hired as the
team’s new goaltending coach.
Sammartino
replaces former coach Brady Robinson, who was hired by the National Hockey
League’s (NHL) Philadelphia Flyers as their goaltending development coach.
LYNDEN
SAMMARTINO
A native of
Surrey, BC, Sammartino has been the owner and operator of Lynden Sammartino
Goaltending Consulting and teaches and develops goaltenders of various skill
levels throughout BC.
“We are
pleased to have Lynden join our coaching staff,” Royals’ General Manager
Cameron Hope said. “He has come highly recommended to us and has proven to be a
top end teacher and developer of goaltenders.”
Previously,
Sammartino was employed by Advanced Goaltender Consulting (2011-2014) and the
Goaltending Development Institute (GDI) (2009-2011) as a coach. Sammartino
oversaw the BC Region of GDI alongside Robinson and reported to founder and
current Columbus Blue Jackets’ goaltender coach, Ian Clark.
Sammartino
played three seasons of junior hockey with the Yorkton Terriers (2005-2008) of
the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL). During his three years with the
Terriers, Sammartino won a league championship (2006) and at the time set the
SJHL career shutout record at nine.
BRADY
ROBINSON
Robinson
was part of the Victoria/Chilliwack franchise since the team’s inception in
2006. The native of Trail, BC will take his 19 years of coaching experience to
Philadelphia.
“An
important part of what we do is to develop and prepare our staff, as well as
our hockey players, for the next level in their hockey careers,” Hope said. “We
wish Brady the very best in his new position with the Flyers.
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