MEET YWAM HOCKEY STAFF KRISTA ....
Krista is originally from Lacombe, Alberta. She grew up on her family’s dairy farm, playing hockey on the homemade ice rink her dad would make each winter. At age 12, she joined the all-boys team at her Christian school and played there for 3 years. In high school, she wanted to play more competitively so she began playing girl’s hockey in the Lacombe Minor Hockey Association. For those 3 years she excelled as the captain and fell more in love with the game. After graduation from high school, she joined the Red Deer Bandits, a senior AA women’s team, and competed in the Southern Alberta Women’s Hockey Association. This team was quite competitive and she found a place here amongst players who challenged her skills and pushed her to improve. Her identity came through as a fore-checker and a player not afraid of the corners. After a few seasons there, she came to Vancouver to take the Hockey DTS. She spent 2 months in the winter of 2006 in Perm, Russia coaching kids and playing exhibition games. Since then she has joined YWAM Hockey full-time and is currently working on building a foundation of coaching certifications, while she is helping coach in the Vancouver Minor Hockey Assoc. She still has a strong passion to play and carries a love and respect for the game.