AFFILIATES, PARTNERS, and HOckey Resources

BRIAN TOMASINO MEDIA

Brian Tomasino is a commercial photographer located in South Western Pennsylvania. For over 10 years He has been on a photographic journey. He began taking pictures of everything and quickly realized a passion for commercial and studio photography. His goal is to take high quality images of products, people, and places for commercial or private use.

Brian Tomasino Media has been Shooting for Battista Hockey since its inception in 2018. He has done everything from photogrpahy for our camps, clinics, special events, and more. He has done our headshots and photos for marketing, and now has recently moved into our video production and social media marketing side of our media.

Brian is a great guy and very profressional photographer and videographer. His business is growing with plenty of resources and we highly recommend any person looking for these services to contact Brian. You can check out his website by clicking here!

ETM GOALTENDING + DEVELOPMENT

ETM MISSION STATEMENT:

ETM Goaltending serves hockey players across North America, with major markets in Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. We specialize in goaltender skill development through holistic coaching. We believe that GOOD hockey players are built on the ice and in the gym, but GREAT hockey players are built at home and in the community. Our five pillars are the foundation for building a well-rounded athlete that coaches at advanced levels are searching for. These include: Academic Excellence, Community Involvement, Family Atmosphere, Mental and Physical Health, Positive Affirmation

ETM and Coach Nick mish have been at most of our camps and clinics offering coaching instruction and training for goalies who register. Coach Nick works with all the goalies and has been great with his knowledge, experience, coaching wisdom, and overall personality with all the players. He has been training goalies and coaching for years and has become a common name for goalies in the pittsburgh area.

We highly recommend all goalies who are looking for proper goaltending training and development please check out ETM website by clicking here!

MATT BERTANI / MB HOCKEY / HOCKEY COACHES CORNER

MATT BERTANI has been one of the biggest influences on coach nick and battista hockey since before the business started. Matt bertani has been a very important hockey figure in the local area for a number of years. Providing high level caliber camps and lessons with an extremely impressive and respectable background that includes coaching in the NHL.

He is a very great professional and is completely humnbled. His hockey knowledge is unparalleled and any player or coach who attends any of his sessions will benefit greatly.

For more information about Matt bertani and all his events and services you can check out his website By Clicking here!

PALMER IMAGING ARENA

Palmer ImaginG Arena located in Delmont, PA, Has been the home to Battista Hockey LLC since the beginning. The rink has supported our business since the start by giving us plenty of opportunity to grow and develop the business and training for all players over the years.

With The Ownership change to BLackbear, there has been more programs being offered by the rink that has Coach Nick and other battista hockey coaches involved. These programs are perfect for players who are looking for direction in their hockey career from mites all the way up to adult hockey.

To find out more information about all these programs, please check out their website by CLICKING HERE!

WESTMORELAND HOCKEY ASSOCIATION

WESMORELAND EAGLES HOCKEY ASSOCIATION is a local hockey organization located in the greensburg area out of the kirk S. Nevin area.They offer teams for all ages 8U all the way up to 16U. The eagles have been a staple in the hockey community for a number of years and has a respected amount of alumni, especially Tom ward.

Battista Hockey has the privelege of being a skills and training coach for the eagles organization. Twice a month Coach Nick and Battista Hockey coaches will come in and run specific skills sessions for the different age groups. These players have the chance to use these sessions to develop over the course of the season.

We are very grateful to be a part of this wonderful organization and couldn’t be more thrilled to work with each player who attends our sessions. It really is a lot of fun.

For more information on the Eagles program and what they offer you can check out their website by CLICKING HERE!

SHAHA PANTHERS HOCKEY

SHAHA MISSION (from website): The development of young hockey players is a complex endeavor. In addition to physical skills such as skating, stick-handling, shooting, goaltending, and positioning; players learn teamwork, dedication, commitment, and sportsmanship. Along the way, many forge lifelong friendships.

This is a great program in the local south hills and pittsburgh area out Spencer YMCA. Battista hockey has the pirvelege of being involved with this wonderful program and the girls hockey program with coach ALli paratore.

for more information on all the teams and more you can check out their website by clicking here!

YOUNG FOXES HOCKEY ORGANIZATION

Young Foxes Hockey (YFH) is a developmental ice hockey program for children (ages 5-14) focusing on skill development in skating, hockey strategies, and the rules of the game. Prior skating or ice hockey experience is not required. From September through March, YFH practices once per week and plays games with other local developmental teams.

the "home ice" of Young Foxes Hockey is Alpha Ice Complex in Harmarville, PA, YFH players tend to come from within the City of Pittsburgh and surrounding communities (Harmar, O'Hara, Fox Chapel, Hampton, Deer Lakes, Tarentum, Cheswick, Oakmont, Indiana Twp., Shaler, Plum, etc). All are welcome to join YFH!

For more information about their programs you can check our their website by clicking here!

INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY COLLEGE

BOB GERGERICH / IHC HOCKEY - MISSION (FROM WEBSITE): “We believe that young hockey players really don’t care what you know, until they know how much you care. While we realize that we can influence the attitudes and habits of our students both on and off the ice, we try to make this influence a very positive one. We teach all of our skills in progressive steps and put great emphasis on positive reinforcement.”

Battista hockey and IHC have affiliated on camps and events before to great success for the players involved! There was a great collaboration and we couldn’t be more thrilled to have this relatioNship with a great hockey training college!

For more information on Bob Gergerich, IHC, or its services, you can check out their website by clicking here!

BOTTLEKNOCKER HOCKEY

THE STICK FIX GUY!

MATT and BOTTLEKOCKER HOCKEY IS fantastic when it comes to fixing broken sticks at an affordable price. They do great work for both ice hockey, inline, and dek/ball hockey and are great people to work with!

They have other products and services as well - if you are interested you can check out more on the website by clicking here!

KARAC DAVIS / KD HOCKEY

KArac Davis and KD Hockey has been a friend of ours for a number of years. With a brand new facility recently renovated, Karac has managed to forge a new trend and be one of the first to put ice in a facility solely for goalie and player training.

KArac has been working with goalies primarily for years and has a long list of players and background experience.

For more information you can check out his website by clicking here!