Specialty Coaches

Chris Ferraro

Peter Ferraro

With the combination of his ownership role with Ferraro Brothers Ice Center and his position as President & CEO of Ferraro Brothers Hockey, Peter brings a tremendous amount of leadership to the entire organization by spearheading all business initiatives, setting the company’s strategic direction and supervising its execution both on and off the ice.As a player, Peter’s professional career began as a 1st Round draft pick of the New York Rangers.  Following the Rangers, he later went on to play in the NHL as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals, and New York Islanders.  He has amassed 591 points in 620 career games in the American Hockey League, good for 48th on the all-time career scoring list.  As a member of the AHL’s Providence Bruins, Peter won the Calder Cup (league championship) in 1999, as well as the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy for Most Valuable Player in the Playoffs.  A 3-time AHL All-Star, Peter also holds AHL records for most power play goals in one season (27), most shots in one season (392), and is 37th all-time in career goals (251).  Before playing professionally, Peter won an NCAA National Championship in 1993 and represented Team USA at the 1994 Olympics, as well as the World Championships in 2003 and the World Junior Championships in 1992 & 1993.  In 2012, alongside twin brother Chris, Peter was inducted into both the Suffolk County Sports Hall of Fame and the Binghamton Hockey Hall of Fame.

Boris Bykovski

Born and raised in Russia, Boris has an extensive hockey playing and coaching background.  As a player, Boris began playing professionally at age sixteen.  He later played for the Denmark Red Bulls from 1996-2001 and was a member of the 2000 Silver Medal winning team and 1999 National Championship Gold Medal team.  He was also a member of the CCCP Junior National Team, and finished in second place in the European Championships in 1996.  Additionally, Boris spent seasons with the Acrone Uaceneste of Slovenia, Allege Tengelo Canadese, Soveit Wings of Moscow, and Torpedo Yaroslavl.  He also won a Gold Medal at the World Junior Championships in 1989 in Anchorage, Alaska.  Boris’s coaching career includes working as a coach and instructor for Sergei Nemchinov’s summer hockey schools, the Long Island Arrows, and Long Island Royals.  Doing so, he has become the winner of multiple state and national tournaments and has advanced several students to NCAA Division I and III hockey programs.  

Victor Baryshevtsev

Victor is a pioneer of the Russian hockey upbringing. Not only was he an alternate player on the 1988 USSR Olympic Team, but following his playing career, Victor has also had the opportunity to train numerous Olympic and NHL players.  Among those players are Max Pacioretty (Montreal Canadians), Sean Backmen (Dallas Stars), Colton Orr (Maple Leafs), Artem Anisimov (NY Rangers), and Alexei Semenov, along with several New York Rangers prospects.  In addition to training Olympic and NHL players and prospects, Victor also has experience directing youth hockey programs, including New York Apple Core’s 2002 US National Championship Junior C team.