Coaches

Eric Johnson - Varsity Head Coach
Coaching Experience

• Minnetonka Girls Varsity since 2005-2006 season
• 10 years coaching Bantams, Pee Wees, & High School Boys Hockey

Playing Experience

•  1 year with Louisville (East Coast Hockey League)
•  4 years at St. Cloud State

Career/Job

• Co-founded Impact Hockey Training, a year-round hockey skills training program
• Formerly worked in sales at Athletica Inc., manufacturer/supplier of hockey rink equipment

Family

• Wife Michele
• Son Isaac “Ike”, born 7/4/04

Favorite hobbies / leisure activities

• Fishing/spending time at family cabin up north
• Golf

Crazy piece of information

• My first year of traveling hockey was as a back-up goalie.  A bad one.  I would put the leg pads on backwards, and I didn’t have enough patience to stay in the net so whenever the puck carrier approached the net, I dove at his feet.  Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t.

Adam Kragthorpe - Varsity Coach
Coaching Experience

• Minnetonka Girls Varsity since 2005-2006 season
• 3rd year of High School Hockey Coaching
• Instructor of Minnetonka Summer Program

Playing Experience

• 2 years USHL
• 4 years River Falls, WI
• 1 year Quad City (United Hockey League)

Career/Job

• On/Off ice Instructor for Impact Hockey Training

Family

• Wife, Jill
• Parents, John & Monica
• Brother, Josh  & Wife Victoria

Favorite Hobbies/Leisure Activities

• Golf
• Fishing
• Anything outside

Crazy piece of information

• While playing Juniors in Nebraska. Garth Brooks came to our arena and put on a show. The day before he came by the locker room and wanted to skate, but did not have a pair of skates. Make a long story short he used mine and we all went to his concert for free!

Chad Thorp - Junior Varsity Head Coach
Coaching Experience

• Minnetonka Girls JV Hockey (2007-Present)
• Minnetonka Girls JV Fastball (2006-Present)
• Minnetonka Freshmen Football (2007-Present)
• New Prague Girls Varsity Hockey (2003-2006)

Career Job

• Health Education teacher at Minnetonka High School (2005-Present)

Family

• Wife, Megan

Leisure Activities

• Golf
• Running
• Skiing

Crazy piece of information

• I have coached in approximately 150 hockey games and eaten a bag of skittles in each one.  It's the only time I eat skittles.