"Your (Golf) Swing
is in the dirt!"
— Ben Hogan, Champion Golfer
Meaning: The Discipline in the Repetition of Proper Practice and
Sound Fundamentals Will Define Your Story!
THE STORY
Christian de Lanauze
In 2005, the inventor of the Puck Tutor, Christian de Lanauze, built a private hockey training facility in an 18,000 sq ft warehouse in Glenview, IL, called PuckMasters. The concept was a 1:1 and small group training facility.
In conducting tens of thousands of lessons, and analyzing thousands of student’s skill techniques from Mites to Pro, the idea and concept of developing a hockey training aid began to evolve in 2015 called the Puck Tutor!
*Above picture of Coach Christian and Colin Greening, then with The Ottawa Senators, analyzing and discussing Colin’s varying skill sets during the summer preparation for the 2014 NHL season.
In being the President and Hockey Director of the PuckMasters facility, Christian de Lanauze was averaging 36+ hours per week of ‘ice’ teaching and training players at all levels.
Over a period of 9 years, a unique teaching methodology and training curriculum evolved. But, most importantly, the knowledge gained in HOW to teach; HOW to correct bad fundamentals; HOW to communicate; and HOW to develop proper biomechanics to accelerate a player’s athletic command of body applied to playing hockey evolved.
Along with the support of a strong staff, PuckMasters gained the reputation of being the premiere hockey training center in the Chicagoland metropolitan area.
With the vast amount of teaching knowledge gained via the collaboration of the staff, we learned that to effectively build a hockey player, proper fundamentals must first be meticulously built!
And to become an effective teacher, a mastery of the subject matter must be analyzed in the Four Cornerstones of hockey- Skating, Stickhandling, Passing, and Shooting. Within the Four Cornerstones, all subsets of skills must be analyzed, then Biomechanically Connected to Develop the Muscle Memory, and successfully communicated to the student!
DEVELOPMENT TAKES TIME AND CONSISTENCY
Hence, the knowledge gained from 30,000+ lessons in how to teach proper biomechanical fundamentals for specific motions and techniques for Stickhandling and Shooting is built into the combination of the Puck Tutor and Tutorial Videos!
The Coaching Staff with a Coaching Legend!
MR. SCOTTY BOWMAN, 9 Time Stanley Cup Champion Coach:
Montreal Canadiens- 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979
Pittsburgh Penguins- 1992
Detroit Red Wings- 1997, 1998, and 2002
Coached 4 of the 6 Best Single Season Points by an NHL Team – Records:
1. Boston Bruins- 2022-23: GP-82, W-65, L- 12, OTL-5, PTS-135
(Coached by Mr. Jim Montgomery – UMaine Black Bear)
2. Montreal Canadiens- 1976-77: GP-80, W-60, L-8, T-12, PTS-132
3. Detroit Red Wings- 1995-96: GP-82, W-62, L-13, T-7, PTS-131
4. Montreal Canadiens- 1977-78, GP-80, W-59, L-10, T-11, PTS-129
5. Tampa Bay Lightning- 2018-19: GP-82, W-62, L-16, OTL-4, PTS-128
(Coached by Mr. Jon Cooper)
6.Montreal Canadiens- 1975-76: GP-80, W-58, L-11, T-11, PTS-127
