ABOUT US

 About CGGC founders  

 

Varian Kirst founded CGGC 2007 in Peiting and began with camps 

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At CGGC, our goal is to teach the latest techniques used in today's ice hockey. The entire training should be highly motivated but in a relaxed and familiar atmosphere.

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 Our partners  

• Banff Hockey Academy in Banff, CANADA

• Veitgoaltending in Vancouver, CANADA

• All-Pro goalies in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

• GOALIE MINDSET GYM in Vancouver, Canada

 

 

Varian Kirst (born Montreal, Canada)

Experience as a goalie

At the age of 6, the Canadian-born started playing ice hockey. Up to the age of 21 he played in his home country Canada, where he won several championship titles at the junior level. After his junior career, he played 13 years as an ice hockey professional in Germany. Here for the EISBÄREN Berlin (DEL), Augsburger Panther (DEL), 5 years in the 2nd Bundesliga, and the Oberliga. In 2009 he celebrated a championship with the Schweinfurt Mighty Dogs. In 2014, at the age of 37, he won the "Best Goalie" award in the Bayern League. In 2015 he won the championship in the Bavarian League with the Lindau Islanders. Varian completed his last assignment as an emergency goalie at HSV in Hamburg in 2016.

 

Experience as a trainer

- 25 years experience 

- DEB goaltending coach license

- DEB C -license

 

Varian originally started training other goalkeepers at the age of 18, under his role model, mentor and NHL goalkeeper coach Ron Veit, to enable his own ice hockey training. This passion for the game continues to this day.

 

Over the past 25 years, Varian has coached goalkeepers from professional, junior to Bambi leagues from Canada, USA, Germany, Japan, Slovakia, Switzerland, Norway and many more. He has been the goalkeeper coach of the Banff Hockey Academy in Japan and Canada since the summer 2009. 2012-2015 Varian trained goalkeepers in Lindau on Lake Constance. In 2014 & 2015 Varian worked with the Japanese national team in Füssen. Since 2015/16 he worked for the Hamburg Freezers as a goalie coach in the DEL. He also worked as a co-trainer for the Schüllerbundesliga and the DNL team HSV Young Freezers. Season 2016-2017, he was a co-coach, goalie coach and athletics assistant at Fishtown Penguins (DEL). 2017 - 2022 Varian has worked for the Vienna Capitals as a team manager, as a video, and as a goalie coach. Afterwards he was the Goalie Coach and Video Coach for the ERC Ingolstadt in the DEL. Since the season 2024 he works for the Nürnberg Ice Tigers.

 

Varian has worked with coaches such as Thomas Popisch (Bremerhaven Penguins), Serge Aubin (Eisbären Berlin), and Dave Cameron (Calgary Flames, NHL) for the past five years.

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Varian also brings experience from many training sessions with the experienced and world-famous former-NHL goalie Damian Rhodes, Banff Hockey Academy head coach Bill Doherty, NHL legend Garry,, Iron Man '' Unger, mental trainer Richard Monette from Innerwarrior Consulting, Pete Fry, GOALIE MINDSET GUY, Dusan Beniky, founder of Human Performance, and others with.​