Mitch Korn

Mitch Korn (born Sept 16, 1957 in the New York, New York), is a professional goaltending coach and former goaltender. He presently works for the Nashville Predators of the NHL.

Playing career

Korn played junior hockey for the Springfield Olympics (MA) and won a National Championship in 1976. He played college hockey at Kent State University while earning BS and MBA degrees there. [1]

Coaching career

Korn joined Miami University in January, 1981 as Assistant Coach of the hockey team and ice arena administrator. During this period Korn coached Steve McKichan, who after a brief NHL career eventually became the goaltending coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Korn was hired by the Buffalo Sabres in 1991, where he coached Dominik Hašek to 4 Vezina trophies (leagues best goaltender), and 2 Hart trophies (league MVP) over seven seasons. Korn later joined the Nashville Predators in 1998 as their goaltending coach.

Korn has also coached other NHL goaltenders including Grant Fuhr, Steve Shields, Martin Biron, Tomas Vokoun, and Chris Mason, to name a few.

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