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BEHIND
presents BEHIND

THE BENCH
THE BENCH

An Interview with Adam Russo

By Molly Kett work with our goaltenders.”
Russo grew up in Montreal and
dam Russo founded A.R.
played minor hockey in Vaudreuil-
AAction-Reaction Goaltending
Dorion. At 16, he had to move
in 2009 and has been the head away from home and live with a
instructor coaching hockey goalies billet family in Gatineau for his
to be better players ever since.
Midget AAA season. He won CHL
However, he has been involved in
Goalie of the Year when he was 19,
the game long before then.
went to the Montreal Canadiens
“When I was 16, I played Midget rookie camp when he was 18, and
AAA for the Gatineau Intrepides, to the Anaheim Ducks Pro camp
where I worked with Stephane when he was 19. Russo also left
Proulx. He was my goalie coach to play pro in Italy for four years
for that season, and after it ended, and France for his final year, just to
he invited me to come to his camp name a few career highlights.
in Ottawa to start coaching,” Now, Russo is fully in the Photo Submitted
says Russo. “I fell in love with individuals and academically also. and now when he’s home from
coaching world. He coaches many
coaching there and continued We have an amazing staff there and Hobart in the NCAA. We take
goalies from many different teams.
helping him for 17 years. He He’s also been at the Ontario I see a lot of amazing goalies come care of most of the Seaway Valley
was recently the goalie coach Hockey Academy now for seven through their program,” says Russo. Rapids goalies, CMHA’s goalies,
for the Gatineau Olympiques “I also took care of the CCHL lots of the Typhoons goalies,
years.
in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey Hawkesbury Hawks Junior A and lots more minor hockey
League, and he comes to all of my “It is a fantastic environment goalies for five years. I took care associations around the Eastern
camps when he is available to do for players and goalies to not only of Cornwall’s own Liam Lascelle Ontario and Western Quebec
guest appearances and talk to and thrive as hockey players, but as while he was playing for the Colts Continued on page 18

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