Dave Caruso
Dave Caruso, 30, just completed his 6th year as a pro. Dave spent the 2011-2012 season with the ECHL’s Trenton Titans and the AHL’s Charlotte Checkers.
Dave is a veteran of 52 AHL and 185 ECHL games along with attending 5 NHL training camps. Dave has played in the AHL for the Albany Devils, Charlotte Checkers, Chicago Wolves and Lowell Devils with 16 wins-28 losses and an 88.5% save percentage. In the ECHL, he has played for Trenton Devils, Gwinnett Gladiators and Trenton Titans with a regular season career 74 wins and a 90.6% save percentage.
Dave graduated in 2006 from The Ohio State University. Dave had a standout career playing 4 seasons (2002-2006), compiling a 52-32-9 record with program best goals against average of 2.07 and 2nd best save percentage of 91.9%. He was voted team MVP in both his junior and senior seasons. Caruso helped guide the Buckeyes to 3 NCAA tournament berths and a CCHA Mason Cup (Playoff champion) in which he was voted to the 2004 All-Tournament team as a sophomore. After his senior season, Dave participated in the 2006 NCAA Skills Competition. In the summer of 2006, Dave signed with the Atlanta Thrashers to a NHL contract.
Dave has spent the past 12 years instructing goalies and players through camps, clinics, private lesson and video sessions. He has taught at the Rick Heinz Goalie School, The Cooler Hockey Academy (Atlanta, Georgia), The Ohio State University Hockey School and the Columbus Blue Jackets Hockey School. Dave and Al Blevins (Gwinnett Gladiators Goalie Coach) began an Atlanta based elite-level goalie school called Square, Aggressive, Patient Elite Goalie Academy with students from Finland, California, Ohio, Florida, Tennessee, Washington D.C. and Georgia.
Dave has a real passion to help pass on his knowledge and love of hockey to his students. Dave brings and demands hard work and a positive attitude from all his students. Dave has worked with and taught by some of the best NHL, AHL, ECHL, junior and NCAA goalie coaches. He teaches the most up-to-date methods to all his students.