Total Skills Development
- Develop the key skills of skating, stickhandling, passing and shooting
- Apply all skills learned in mini scrimmage games
- Encourage creativity on the ice
- Focus on hockey fundamentals, fitness and fun
- Improve players' skill level and performance for league games
Skate, Deke & Shoot to Score
- Skating instruction to improve balance, agility, speed, turning, pivoting, and stopping
- High tempo drills to improve both forward and backwards skating
- Instruction on shooting including wrist shot, backhand, flip shot, snap shot
- Practice shooting for accuracy and power
- Learn the moves to fake or deke the goalie
- Application of skills in mini games
High Performance & Conditioning
- Checking & contact drills to develop physical play confidence
- Read and react game situation drills
- Individual and team tactics
- Offensive & defensive responsibilities in all 3 zones
- High-tempo cardio and battling drills
- Skating refinement (acceleration, stride, pivoting, agility)
- Shooting, passing, puck control
Skating & Puck Control
- Skating instruction to improve balance, agility, speed, turning, pivoting, and stopping
- High tempo drills to develop both forward and backwards skating
- Stickhandling and dangling instruction to improve puck control (stationary and moving)
- Mini games applying the key skills of skating and stickhandling
Defenceman Camp
- Angles, body and stick positioning and net positioning
- Open ice and stick checking
- Odd-man rushes
- Gap control
- Zone coverage
- Breakout options
- Transitioning, jumping into the play
AA Tryout Preparation Camp
- Designed for players & goalies attending AA tryouts with specific instruction for goalies, forwards and defencemen
- Conditioning drills to improve cardio fitness
- Contact drills to develop physical play confidence
- Read and react game situation drills
- Individual and team tactics
- Full ice games and corrections
- Goaltenders - review and practice all technical aspects
- Forwards & Defencemen - offensive/defensive responsibilities in all 3 zones
- High tempo battling drills (1 on 1, 2 on 2, 3 on 3)
Goalie Camp
- One hour per day on-ice and one hour per day dryland conditioning and drills
- Positioning
- Stance
- Angles
- Lateral movement
- Conditioning
- Tracking the shooter
- Controlling rebounds
- Reacting/positioning for second shot opportunities
- Puck handling and passing
- Skating skills
- Game preparation
Power Skating
- Drills for acceleration and speed
- Forward and backwards skating (striding and crossovers)
- Drills for turning, pivoting, and stopping
- Balance and agility training
- Skating improvement through high tempo drills
- *Note - Jerseys are not included in the power skating camp*
