Maineiacs Goaltending

Maineiacs Goaltending Utah's premier goaltending school, Maineiacs Goaltending provides a very detail-oriented and personalized approach to your goaltending experience.

Whether a beginner, intermediate, or advanced goalie, we will help to better your game. Owned and operated by Jared Bussell, a native of the goaltending mecca known as Orono, Maine. Former goaltender for Brigham Young University, currently serving as the USA Hockey Goaltending Development Coordinator for Utah, USA Hockey District and National Camp coach and evaluator. Working with goalies all over

the country at every age and every level, Jared brings a successful and proven formula to the table that ensures success on and off the ice and helps dedicated and willing goalies make it to the next level.

What is the most important and critical part of goaltending?It’s stance.It’s the very first thing we teach to goalies ne...
08/12/2026

What is the most important and critical part of goaltending?

It’s stance.

It’s the very first thing we teach to goalies new and seasoned and the one thing we continue to coach perfect. Whenever a goalie talks about a struggle they have had, we go back to square one and look at their base or foundation and see if there are any holes or inconsistencies in their stance, and usually there is.

Our stance should consist of what anyone would call a basic athletic stance. Goalies should be on the balls of their feet, with a good knee bend that consists of their knees over their toes and their ankles bent with their shins in their skate tongues, and their feet shoulder width apart. Their shoulders should be over the ice, with their core activated, their hands neutrally up and in front of their body and slightly outside of their torso covering net, and their heads down and eyes up to help with tracking pucks.

This allows us to skate more powerfully and efficiently, butterfly quicker and with better technique, recover quicker, track pucks easier, and makes controlled saves, limiting rebounds.

Details matter.

Practice your stance, and master it.

08/08/2026

Goalie ASMR with Lily! 😂 💅
Hockey is fun.

Hi,Many of you know me, most of you don’t so I wanted to take the time to introduce myself.My name is Jared Bussell and ...
08/07/2026

Hi,

Many of you know me, most of you don’t so I wanted to take the time to introduce myself.

My name is Jared Bussell and I love hockey and goaltending. I am the owner and head coach of Maineiacs Goaltending, based in Utah. I am originally from Orono, Maine, home of the University of Maine Black Bears (Goalie U). I was blessed to have been able to watch, been coached by, skate with, and work with former Maine Black Bear goalies, which I consider to be some of the best in the world. I grew up playing for Orono youth hockey and played high school hockey for the Orono Red Riots where I helped lead my team to multiple playoff appearances and wins including the Eastern Maine Championship game my sophomore year and a #1 overall seed my senior year. I was awarded 1st team all conference as Eastern Maine Goaltender of the year my senior year and voted as an all-state all-star. I played in several tournaments before eventually playing a short stint of junior hockey with the Maine Moose. I then moved to Utah to play college hockey for the Utah Valley University Wolverines for a semester before deciding to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the England, Birmingham Mission. Upon returning home, I played hockey for the Brigham Young University Cougars for 3 years before transitioning into coaching. I have been coaching goalies since 2013 and officially started Maineiacs Goaltending in 2017. Since then I have served as assistant coach and goalie coach for BYU, UVU, Provo Predators of the USPHL, and Copper Hills High School. I also served as the USA Hockey goaltending development coordinator for the state of Utah for 6 years, and have worked as a goaltending coach/evaluator for Utah state camp, USA hockey Southeast District, and USA hockey 15’s girls national camp. I currently continue to run camps and clinics, as well as provide any type of coaching service to goalies in Utah and beyond. When I’m not coaching, I work as level 4 referee for pretty much every level below pro, work for the NHL, and enjoy golf, skiing, and spending time with my family!

08/04/2026

A nice battle sequence between Shira Wein and Lincoln Kearney. Can’t say I’ve ever seen someone pull a Michigan and gently place it in a goalies glove and then guide past the goal line! 😂😂😂

Communication is key!How often do we stop and take the time to dig into the details, the nitty gritty, and dissect criti...
08/03/2026

Communication is key!

How often do we stop and take the time to dig into the details, the nitty gritty, and dissect critical elements of our game? Are we humble enough to accept criticism and feedback? Are we brave enough to give it? Sometimes we are so hyper focused on running through drills and giving compliments that we forget what is important, and that is coaching!

Although this picture may not look like much, I thoroughly enjoy these moments. Getting together with goalies, and or coaches and working together as a group to talk through drills, ideas, and personal preference is such a great opportunity for growth and development and also a great way to continue to build and strengthen relationships. It’s also the opportunity to add tools to our tool box so we can use more resources when needed.

How often do you take the opportunity to talk with and through your students, teammates, and coaches?

Goalie nation,The Utah hockey community, and the goalie community have suffered a tragic loss this week as two of our ow...
07/19/2026

Goalie nation,

The Utah hockey community, and the goalie community have suffered a tragic loss this week as two of our own were taken too soon. Thayne and Gage Long and their Mom, Dad, and brother were involved in a horrific accident that claimed their lives. Both boys were goalies and staples in Provo and at the Peaks Ice Arena with their parents being passionate, loyal, and devout hockey parents. Please join us in praying for their family, and donating to their gofundme to help support them. They will be sorely missed.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-lydia-after-tragic-loss?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp20_t1&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

07/18/2026

All in a days work.

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100 N Olympic Blvd
Provo, UT
84604

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