-Power Skating Coach

Dena is the owner of Dena Taylor Skating, she has been skating for 46 years and Coaching for over 25 years.  She has been specializing in hockey edge for 15 years and team skating for 10 years. Dena had 5 students on the NHL draft this year- 3 were drafted. She has students playing D1 and D3 this year- including Yale, Harvard, UNH, Northeastern, Williams and Nazareth. Many of her students play at high level prep schools and she has over 15 students committed to D1 schools and D3 schools.

Dena specializes in edge work, speed, and agility. Dena’s philosophy emphasizes the value of consistency, repetition, the development of muscle memory and the importance of giving kids a knowledge of skating. Her mantra when it comes to skating is, “It’s a marathon, not a sprint.”