Weekly Programs for Children

At Albert McCormick Arena

An excellent program for your child to learn and practice the individual skills needed to prevail in game situations. The program follows our “Skills Plus” philosophy; each ice time is designed to enhance and define the skills needed to succeed. Participants begin with power skating and then rotate in small groups through stations working on individual skills such as skating, shooting, passing, dekes and stick handling. Each session has a specific focus and progresses over the course of the program. In later sessions we introduce individual and team tactics. The final component of each session is intense games of 3-on-3 in small groups. This training format keeps everyone active throughout, thereby maximizing skill development time.

Goaltending instruction provided.

Goalies receive 15 minutes of personalized training during the power skating segment, along with further instruction during the stations and mini-games.

Please note: The Winter Program is similar to the Fall Program in that it remains skills oriented but there will be an increased focus on the third principle of teaching hockey, which is “offensive and defensive team tactics.” There will be several drills at the various stations that focus on working with a teammate or teammates.

Teams: If you are interested in enrolling an entire team for the one of the programs, contact Eric for a special rate.