COMPETITIVE EDGE HOCKEY - Key Persons

Andy Blaylock

Job Titles:
  • General Manager and Training Protocol Designer
Andy's wild imagination created the initial spark that lead to the creation of Competitive Edge. That spark was the moment when the Crossover Flywheel was invented. Through the years, he has labored to thoroughly flesh out the training that takes place on the Crossover Flywheel and surround it with skill development for all of the other components of the game. Andy has run skill development camps for STMA youth hockey, Andover youth hockey, Anoka youth hockey, Wayzata Youth Hockey, and Hutchinson youth hockey. For the last five years, he's led Competitive Edge camps and been contracted to run specific skill development ice times with several third-party camps. Andy holds a BS in Mathematics from the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology.

John Madden

Job Titles:
  • Co - Owner / NHL Performance and Tactics Consultant
John Madden has done it all in his career as a hockey player. He's played in all situations and every role. John is regarded as one of NHL's best defensive forwards, winning the Frank J. Selke Trophy in 2001, and finishing second in 2003, 2004 and 2008. John's greatest highlights are winning three Stanley Cup Championships (with the New Jersey Devils in 2000 and 2003 and the Chicago Blackhawks in 2010), winning the NCAA Championship with Michigan in 1996 and setting the NCAA career and single season shorthanded goal records that year with 23 and 10 respectively.

Scott Brokaw

Job Titles:
  • Coach in Chief
Scott has shown exceptional talent as an instructor and communicator over a handful of jobs as a teacher and manager. That talent and experience is well brought to bear in numerous hockey-related capacities both within the scope of Competitive Edge Hockey and outside of it. He is currently the Varsity Head Coach Providence Academy. In recent years, he has been the Head Coach for the 2000 Minnesota Blades, the 2000 and 99 Monopoly, the 2000 and 99 Monopoly North America, the 2000 and 99 Team Competitive Edge and the 99 Junior Selects. Through this process, he has been a highly sought after coach due to his ability to motivate players and communicate concepts to them in a way that works for each young player. Scott holds a bachelors degree in Psychology from the University of Minnesota.