CALGARY, Alberta – Hockey Canada has announced that long-time National Hockey League goaltending coach Dustin Schwartz (Stettler, AB) has joined the organization full-time as the head of goaltending and national team goaltending coach, effective immediately.
Reporting to Scott Salmond (Creston, BC), senior vice-president of high performance and hockey operations, Schwartz brings over 10 years of NHL experience as the longest-serving goaltending coach in Edmonton Oilers history, and will be responsible for overseeing high-performance goaltending in Canada. The new role includes evaluation, selection, mentorship and development of national team goalies, as well as leading Hockey Canada’s grassroots goaltending development, which will include working within the existing Gold Medal Pathway and Development Hubs.
Schwartz will also oversee new organizational goaltending initiatives such as goaltending camps and symposiums, and will serve as goaltending coach with various Canadian national teams beginning in 2027.
“Dustin’s success and experience with goaltenders in the NHL, internationally and in Major Junior hockey speak for themselves, and we are thrilled to welcome him to Hockey Canada to oversee our goaltending department,” Salmond said. “This is a critical position for our organization and our Members, and we will continue to seek innovative opportunities to advance our work to develop more goaltenders across Canada from the grassroots to our national team programs.”
Schwartz most recently served as the goaltending coach with the Oilers (2015-25), which included two Stanley Cup Final appearances (2024, 2025). Prior to joining the Oilers, he helped the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Western Hockey League (WHL) capture the Ed Chynoweth Cup as WHL champions twice (2012, 2014) and win the Memorial Cup in 2014.
Internationally, Schwartz won a gold medal as the goaltending coach with Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team at the 2013 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament. During his playing career, he spent four seasons in the WHL, including two with the Medicine Hat Tigers (1996-98) and two with the Red Deer Rebels (1998-2000). He finished his junior hockey career in the Alberta Junior Hockey League, capped off with a National Junior A Championship with the Fort McMurray Oil Barons in 2000. He then embarked on a five-year U SPORTS career with the University of Alberta, where he won five Canada West titles and the 2005 University Cup national championship with the Golden Bears.
“It is an honour to be hired by Hockey Canada, and the expansive job description provides the opportunity to work in a multitude of different areas with the goal of enhancing and evolving the goaltending position under the Hockey Canada umbrella,” Schwartz said. “My passion for the game combined with the opportunity to focus on the development and growth of the goaltenders and coaches across the country is very special. This new goaltending program is designed to have a positive impact on goaltenders of the future and elite Canadian professionals at the highest level. Representing Canada has always been a privilege, and working with many of the top goaltenders, coaches and hockey minds in our country is an undertaking I am truly looking forward to.”
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