About Coach Tim Kyrkostas

Tim enters his 4th season with the Islanders Hockey Club this season bringing to the Club a wealth of hockey knowledge and experience. During the years 2010 - 2016 Tim served as the Director of Hockey Operations for the Palm Beach Blackhawks Youth Travel Hockey Program & The Palm Beach Jr. Hawks USPHL program where he led the Hawks USPHL Elite Team to a 75-32-20 record over the last three seasons.  Coach Kyrkostas was a member of the 1996 NY Apple Core Junior B National Championship team and a member of the 2000 Norwich University Division III NCAA National Championship team from there was invited and participated in the Washington Capitals Rookie Camp in 2002.

Coaching & Director Experience

• Skating & Skills Coach for the Florida Panthers, NHL 2006 season.
• Served as a Director of the South Florida Golden Wolves Travel Hockey Program (2007-2009)
• Previously coached the Florida Alliance U16 AAA & U18 AAA teams as well as serving as an assistant coach for the Florida Alliance 04’ PW AAA Elite Team which was the #1 ranked AAA Elite Team (2014-2015)

Islanders Hockey Club Coaching Record

• Premier Record  2016-Present: 128 wins- 30 losses- 14 OTL
• NCDC Record to date: 31 wins- 18 losses - 4 OTL

Tim has built a solid reputation for working hard, caring for all of his players and developing some outstanding players. Tim's alumni include Flyers Defenseman – Shane Gostisbehere, Yale National Champion Trent Ruffolo & NHL Top 20 pick in 2016 Jakob Chychrun.

About Elite Junior Profiles

Elite Junior Profiles was created by coach Paul Pechmann in partnership with Lane Houk, a marketing and software partner that powers our world-class technology, website and marketing efforts for EJP and our student-athletes using the platform to build a stellar online profile and using it to differentiate themselves in the highly competitive space of junior and college athletics and the college recruiting process.

EJP also provides Student-Athlete public relations consulting along with parent/player advisory and mentoring services for those families looking for expert assistance navigating the youth to high school to college process for their student-athlete. EJP Student-Athlete Advisory services are for families who want to avoid the common pitfalls involved in amateur sports and highly competitive endeavors and for those who would like an objective, experienced advisor alongside the family and student-athlete in their development, performance and need to achieve and maintain a healthy school, sport and life balance.