Lehigh Valley Phantoms Youth hockey is extremely proud to announce Keith Krem as the head coach of the Pee Wee AA (U12) team for the 2018-2019 season.  With his experience, strong leadership, and coaching ability, Coach Krem will provide the foundation for continued success at the Pee Wee (U12) level.  LVPY is thrilled to have him back for the up coming season and truly appreciate his talent and high level of commitment! Keith will also head up our Mite Development program was well as coordinating our skill development program. 

Keith Krem has been playing and coaching hockey for the past 30 years. Keith was born and raised in the Lehigh Valley and started playing youth hockey for the Lehigh Valley Comets before moving on to play for the Junior Flyers. He was a member of the Team Philadelphia Quebec Team and also participated in the Atlantic District Development Program.

Keith spent his high school years at the prestigious Hill School. After prep school he attended the Rochester Institute of Technology where he transferred his talents to the play for the National Roller Hockey Championship winners. During his time there he led the team between the pipes to 4 top 10 national finishes and was a 4 year ECRHL All Star.

Krem has spent the last 10 years coaching for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms Youth. He is a level 4 coach and has been a head coach at the U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18 levels. In 2014 he was named Coach of the Year for his work with his Lehigh Valley Flames U18 AA team that saw 10 players move onto Prep, Junior, or College hockey. The following season he was named as the first ever Tier 1 Head Coach for the newly formed Tier 1 division of the Phantoms Youth. In 2015 he was named Vice President of Hockey Operations for both Tier 1 and Girls Hockey Operations for the Phantoms Youth Organization.

Keith’s 2017/18 U12 team is currently preparing for playoffs after a very strong regular season in which they finished 16-2-0-2.  His team finished second in scoring with 146 goals for and second lowest in goals against with just 41 given up during the 20 game season. 

In addition to his work with the Phantoms Youth Keith is a partner of Recruit U Hockey. Started in 2014, Recruit U is a hockey advisement and training company located in the Steel Ice Center. The Recruit U team is responsible for all SIC Hockey programming and instructs players of all ages and skill levels. They have also been instrumental in providing Lehigh Valley players advisement and guidance in moving on to the Prep, Junior, and NCAA levels.