About Our Coaches
Our Coaches
Jameson Gronert
Lead Instructor/NLPS Founder
Through 18+ years of officiating at all levels of the game under the NHL, I gained the opportunity to train alongside some of the best referees in the world. After nearly 2 decades of teaching power skating for various programs throughout the country in the off-season, and while actively pursuing certifications in Personal and Group Fitness Training with specializations in Youth Exercise, Performance Enhancement and Behavior Change through the National Academy of Sports Medicine, I created Next Level Power Skating to offer something more skating-focused and physically intense than traditional power skating.
I've been certified as a Level 4 official for 13 seasons and I have run clinics for Robert Morris University, Robby Glantz, the USA Hockey Central District Development Camp and the local officiating development program. As a program, Next Level Power Skating has been used by PREP, Fenwick, Lyons Township and Notre Dame High School clubs in the last few years.
Next Level Power Skating is the product of years spent working alongside some of the best power skating instructors in the world, a personal passion for fitness, and years spent studying the strides and mechanics of both amateur and professional athletes.
I grew up in Palatine and played hockey for the Northwest Chargers, Palatine High School, DePaul University and then became a referee where I have worked in the NAHL, USHL, NCAA, ECHL, and AHL.
Ryan Flemming
Power Skating Instructor
Ryan is from the Chicago suburbs where he grew up playing youth hockey for the Blues and Flames. He played two years on the Fenwick Friars varsity team where he graduated in 2011 and continued to play hockey at St. Mary’s University for two years and Illinois State University for two years.
After playing, Ryan began coaching while he enrolled in a master’s program at Adler University where he studies Rehabilitation Counseling and Sport & Human Performance.
Ryan is a current level 3 coach with USA Hockey, has been an assistant coach for the Fenwick Friars JV team for the past 2 seasons as well as working with Next Level Power Skating for the past year. Previously, Ryan worked with the Oak Park Hockey Academy where he led sessions for their learn to skate program as well as holding individual and small group private lessons.
In addition to coaching hockey Ryan is a mental performance consultant where he helps teams and individuals maximize their potential in sport through the implementation of mental skills training programs. Ryan is currently eligible to become Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC).
Eric Arrigo
Power Skating Instructor
Eric grew up in Des Plaines, Illinois and started his hockey career with the Niles Rangers and Northwest Chargers while also being a referee since 12 years old with IHOA. He began officiating Junior and College hockey at age 16 when he received his level 4 certification from USA Hockey. Starting at 17, he played on various Junior A teams throughout the midwest.
After his playing career ended he competed internationally in the Red Bull Crashed Ice (Ice Cross Downhill World Championship) and raced in the US, Canada, Finland, France and Japan. Now Eric is a full-time hockey official working in the SPHL (Southern Professional Hockey League), USHL (United States Hockey League), NAHL (North American Hockey League), NA3HL and local hockey around the Chicagoland area.
Giving back to the game of hockey is something super important to Eric and he has been involved with the IHOA Mentor Program, AHIHA (Hearing Impaired Hockey), Blind Hockey, Wounded Warriors, Puck Cancer, Guns Vs Hoses and he loves teaching power skating to anyone willing to put in the effort to improve.