This clinic is designed for brand new to Beginner/D levels players. Coach Pavel will help you learn the necessary skills to build and enhance your on-ice abilities, preparing you to join the adult league at your comfort level. Utilizing the Mini Rink for small area training, corner battles, and game-like scenarios.
Pavel played professional hockey in the KHL, Finnish League, ECHL and represented Team Belarus in the IIHF World Men’s and Junior competitions. In 2017, he won the World Junior Championship Group B with Team Belarus and became the tournament’s best defenseman. He was also named the best player of Belarus in 2018.
He lived in China for 1.5 years while playing for KHL’s Kunlun RedStar. Pavel was often chosen to participate in shootouts because of his strong shot.
Pavel specializes in stick handling, passing, corner battles, puck protection, one-on-one battles, body checks, stick positioning, blue line plays, in front of net plays and other defensive skills.
Over the years, he has worked with elite coaches like Dave Lewis (Detroit Red Wings), Mike Keenan (New York Rangers), Ville Nieminen (Colorado Avalanche), Alexei Kovalev, Alexander Barkov Sr, and Vladimir Bure.
Pavel is multilingual in English, Russian, and Belarusian.
