Shane Talarico - Men's Ice Hockey Coach - Princeton University Athletics

Shane Talarico

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
stalarico@princeton.edu

Shane Talarico enters his second season as an assistant coach with Princeton men's ice hockey in 2023-24.

Talarico joined the Tigers from Cornell where he most recently served as Director of Hockey Operations from 2019-22. Before that, Talarico was an assistant coach at Skidmore from 2017-19.

While in Ithaca, Talarico was on a coaching staff that had Cornell ranked No. 1 in the nation with a 23-2-4 record when the 2019-20 season was cancelled due to COVID-19. The Big Red were ECAC regular season champions and Ivy League champions in 2019-20. Talarico was on staff with Mike Schafer who was named the 2020 Spencer Penrose Award winner as National Coach of the Year. He worked alongside goalie Mike Galakda who was a finalist for the Mike Richter Award as National Goaltender of the Year. This past season, the Big Red were 18-10-4 including a sweep at North Dak0ta – handing NoDak its first home losses since 2018, and Talarico worked with goalie Ian Shane who posted a .941 save percentage and a 1.58 GAA.

Talarico was also involved in all aspects of video analytics, statistical breakdowns, and recruiting efforts for the Big Red.

A 2015 graduate of SUNY-Potsdam where he was a three-time SUNYAC Goalie of the Week during his four-year tenure as a player, Talarico began his coaching career right out of college where he joined the Syracuse Stare of the USPHL as an assistant with the Premier team and head coach of the Elite program with an overall record of 53-27-8.

In 2017, he joined the staff at Skidmore as associate head coach. During the 2018-19 season, he helped the Thoroughbreds to the best record in 12 years. He was a key piece in recruiting the classes of 2022 and 2023 which this past season helped Skidmore to its first NEHC Championship game in program history. He was also in charge of the penalty kill, a unit which posted an 84.8% success rate. He was instrumental of the development of three All-NEHC players during his two seasons at Skidmore and two players who signed professional contracts after graduation.

In addition to his collegiate coaching, Talarico has also served as a coach and instructor at the Can/Am Hockey School in Lake Placid since 2013 as well as coaching at the Northeastern College Hockey Showcase since 2018 and the Salt City Prospects camp since 2019. He has also served as an evaluator at USA Hockey Player Development Camps and USA Hockey Select Festivals.