NHL/NHLPA First Shift is designed for new hockey players, and Hockey Canada has developed a fun curriculum that focuses on:
- Small-area games and skill stations
- Wide variety of skating skills, puck handling, passing, and shooting exercises
- Discovering the sport through a variety of basic motor movement patterns
- Fun games to ensure participants enjoy a full range of hockey experiences
- All of the participants will be worked with by the instructor in a way that is based on praise and encouragement.
The cost is $229, and your player will receive:
- Bauer equipment (head-to-toe)
- an equipment fitting demonstration
- expert fit session
- 6 weeks of one-hour sessions
To be eligible to register, your child has to have never been enrolled in minor hockey, and be born between Jan. 1, 2013, and May 1, 2018.
The welcome event usually in February.
For more information, please visit here.
Enrollment for 2024 is not open, check back soon.