Youth Hockey Director
Coach Yan leads the Madhatters as one of the most experienced player development coaches in the Southeast. With over 20 years of coaching and leading youth teams aged 12-18 to multiple national championships and advancing countless players to the highest levels of hockey in the country, Coach Yan’s professional playing career includes an induction into the Russian Hockey Hall of Fame, two gold and one silver medal, a World Championship with the Russian National Team, and a successful NHL career with the Winnipeg Jets and the New York Islanders after being drafted 99th overall in the 1991 NHL Draft.
Goaltending coach
Goaltending coach Owen Clark, a native of Oakville, Ontario, played AAA hockey locally and attended prep school at Cushing Academy, where he trained exclusively under Brian Daccord of Stop It Goaltending. After junior, he completed his freshman year at Miami of Ohio before a career-ending foot injury. Coach Owen is committed to raising the level of goaltending in Atlanta and developing, mentoring, and advancing goalies to the next level. He credits his knowledge to a wide array of top-flight goalie coaches, which also includes four years at Jon Elkin Goalie School in Toronto. He is excited to share his knowledge and passion for the position to make Atlanta a hotbed of goaltending talent.