Kirk Morgan
Program Director / Skating Coach
Kirk started playing hockey at the age of 5 and immediately fell in love with the game, His desire to be the best at everything he does and finish first all the time excelled him from house league to AAA in 2 years, however it did not come without hard work and perseverance.
He attended hockey schools all over the GTA. Courses included skills and development clinics, power skating, speed skating and even figure skating. His mother even made rinks in there backyard, hockey was and continues to big a big part of his life.
A student of the game, Kirk Morgan is dedicated toward the development of hockey players ranging in all ages and skill levels. Kirk has not only put together a solid program based on sound principles of progression and development, he can also demonstrate every drill with speed and explosiveness.
Kirk Morgan is Nationally Certified (NCCP) and has been involved with Hockey for over 30 years. As a minor he played in the MTHL as an AA and AAA player. He currently is coaching and continues to play the game he loves.
Gabrielle Kosziwka
Instructor
Halton Hockey Academy welcomes Gabrielle Kosziwka to our team as an Instructor, she brings with her a great knowledge of the game, as well as explosive skating and excellent puck control skills, along with her passion and coaching experience with young hockey players abroad, there couldn’t be a better way for her knowledge of the game and playing experiences to be used than helping to develop our younger athletes.
Gabrielle started playing hockey at the young age of 5, because she wanted to be just like her big brother. She started off playing on boy’s teams until the age of ten; one of those teams included the Georgetown Raiders Novice AA team.
She then played with the girls on the Halton Hills Twisters, she played with the Twisters for the next two years before she made the jump to the Brampton Canadettes Atom AA Team. Gabrielle played in Brampton for eight years under the same coach while taking individual lessons in skating and shooting. As a 16 year old Gabrielle made The Brampton Junior Thunder and was named co captain in her rookie year, as well as leading the team in points for each of the next two seasons.
During these two seasons she was recruited by many university teams in both the United States and in Canada, including Clarkson, Mercyhurst, Dartmouth, St Lawrence, and University of Toronto. Gabrielle chose to play for the Clarkson University Golden Knights and just completed her second season as a Golden Knight. The team just concluded the most successful season in the programs 7 year history finishing 5th in the Nation after a heartbreaking loss in the NCAA quarterfinals.
Gabrielle continues her education at Clarkson University and is currently playing ECAC hockey for the Golden Nights.
