Dartmouth Crossing Speed Skating Club
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Meet our Coaches

OUR COACHES


HEAD  COACH


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Todd Landon, ChPC
Head Coach
Lead Coach, Competitive Programs

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Todd is a Certified and Chartered Professional Coach with over twenty years of speed skating coaching experience. Following 12 years of developing skaters and coaches with provincial and national organizations Todd will lead the club’s Competition Training Programs and develop coaches in the Club. 

COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS


Lauren Muzak Ruff
Coach, Competitive and Skills Development Programs

Lauren skated for 10+ years in New Brunswick, and has been coaching for more than 10 years in recreational, competitive, Special Olympics and adult programs.  She spent three years as the competitive program coach at the Annapolis Valley Speed Skating Club before moving to Truro and joining the coaching team at the Dartmouth Crossing club.  She is a Sport Nova Scotia VIP Coach, and was the 2019 Speed Skate Nova Scotia Coach of the Year.
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Connor Taugher
Coach, Competitive programs

Connor is from a small town in Ontario and started his speed skating career competing provincially and nationally before moving to Nova Scotia in 2015.  He has been a coach with Dartmouth Crossing Speed Skating Club since 2016 and coached the 2019 Canada Winter Games Short Track Team for Nova Scotia.  Connor is also a member of the Board of Speed Skate Nova Scotia.

INTRODUCTORY / INTERMEDIATE AND
SPECIAL OLYMPICS PROGRAMS


Bert Losier
Lead Coach, Off to a Good Start Introductory Programs and
Speed Skating Skills Development Program

Bert is the Lead Coach for the Off to a Good Start Introductory Programs, including the On the Ice Together, Skating on My Own, and Full Speed Ahead programs, and the intermediate level Skills Development Program.  Bert has been coaching in minor hockey for over 15 years. When his sons took on speed skating he turned his interest toward that exciting sport. He has obtained his National Coaching Level 2 (hockey). With his wealth of experience, he truly enjoys teaching the basics of skating to skaters of all ages.
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Krista Vey
Coach, Special Olympics

Krista started helping with the speed skating program a few years ago when her sister joined the Special Olympics Program.  She has joined the Special Olympics/Unified Sport Relay program.  Krista has played ringette for the last 23 years during which she competed at many Eastern and National Championships.  She has also coached at recreational and competitive levels of all ages of ringette.

ASSISTANT COACHES


Shannon Dallaire
Assistant Coach, Off to a Good Start and Special Olympics Programs

Shannon has been skating for more than 10 years and has been coaching for 5 of those years as part of the Saskatoon Lions Speed Skating Club.  After representing Team Saskatchewan in short track at the 2019 Canada Winter Games, Shannon has switched her focus to coaching.  She is relocating to Halifax for her second year of Medical Sciences at Dalhousie, and is excited to join the Dartmouth Crossing coaching team!
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Kenny Fraser
Assistant Coach, Off to a Good Start  Programs

Kenny Fraser grew up in Cole Harbour, playing competitive hockey from the ages of 5 - 18.  He tried out speed skating in 2017, and has really enjoyed it.  Once his young daughter caught onto skating, she tried out speed skates as well, and has never looked back.  They are both looking forward to this upcoming season, and Kenny's first season helping coach, and getting more time on the ice together. 

Sofia MacMichael
Assistant Coach, Off to a Good Start and Special Olympics Programs

Sofia began skating at age 4 and figure skated until she was 12.  After taking a year off from skating, she realized how much she was missing the ice, but wanted to try something new.  This is how she discovered speed skating! Sofia was a program assistant with her figure skating club's CanSkate program for many years, so when the opportunity arose to help with Speed Skating Development Programs, she jumped at the chance.  She loves helping new and developing skates discover their love of the ice.
Colin Murchison
Assistant Coach, Off to a Good Start and Special Olympics Programs

Colin grew up in Sydney and skated competitively for the Cape Breton Speed Skating Club for 10+ years. He now lives with his family in Fall River. He’s excited to be back on the ice as a Coach for the Off to a Good Start program and to be able to share all of the great experiences that speed skating affords with his two children, who are both DCSSC members.
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Myah Payne-Landon
Assistant Coach, Off to a Good Start and Special Olympics Programs

Myah began figure skating at age 4 until she was 10.  At age 11 she began to curl and to skate occasionally at the Oval.  In the fall of 2018 she attended Dartmouth Crossing Speed Skating Club's Open House and decided to continue practicing once a week for the season.  Myah enjoyed speed skating so much she moved into the Competitive Program to skate twice a week the following season.After taking the speed skating Fundamentals Leader coaching course, she started to coach with the Development Program skaters in 2021.  Myah continues to curl with a competitive U18 team out of the Mayflower Curling Club and attends Auburn Drive High School.

COACHING ALUMNI


Some coaches we'll miss as they pursue their studies and careers.
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Hassan Al-Jarabeh
Assistant Coach


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Noah Ferguson-Losier
Coach, Off to a Good Start and Skills Development Programs


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Hayden Hickey
Coach, Competitive Programs


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Taylor Saravanamuttoo
Coach, Off to a Good Start and Skills Development Programs


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Barrett Ferguson-Losier
Assistant Coach


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Shawn Harmon
Assistant Coach


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Rob Knapp
Coach, Special Olympics Programs


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Jennifer Steffens
Assistant Coach



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Dartmouth Crossing Speed Skating Club recognizes the support of the Province of Nova Scotia. We are pleased to work in partnership with the Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage to develop and promote our cultural resources for all Nova Scotians.
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We would like to acknowledge the advice, encouragement and support of Sport Nova Scotia as we work together to assist Nova Scotians to lead happy, healthy lives through participation in recreational and competitive sport experiences.
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We are pleased to work in partnership with Special Olympics Nova Scotia to offer Special Olympics speed skating programming to skaters of all ages and abilities.

Many thanks go out to these funding sponsors for helping us make skating and speed skating a part of the lives of more Nova Scotians:
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TRUEFAUX FILMS INC.
Many thanks to  John Hillis for our Learn to Skate and Special Olympics videos and to Hannah Minzloff, for this website design!
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Thanks to Capstone Building Products for supporting our programs as we bring speed skating back to Dartmouth!
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BCHRIST PHOTOGRAPHY
Dartmouth Crossing Speed Skating would like to thank Bill Christ for allowing the use of his speed skating images to promote our sport.

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  • Home
  • Info
    • About Dartmouth Crossing Speed Skating Club >
      • About Dartmouth Crossing Speed Skating Club
      • Board of Directors and Committees
      • Strategic Plan 2021-2024
      • Policies
    • Meet our Coaches
    • First Meet Preparation
    • Learn to Skate FAQs
  • Programs
    • Off to a Good Start Introductory Programs
    • Core Speed Skating Programs
    • Competitive Programs
    • Special Olympics/Unified Sport >
      • Special Olympics Learn to Skate and Speed Skating
      • Special Olympics /Unified Sport
    • IceReg Registration Instructions
    • Speed skate loans and rentals >
      • Speed skate fittings
    • Safety >
      • Short Track Protective Equipment
      • Short Track Safety Padding
  • Events
  • Contact