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Whether you're looking to improve your hockey skills for house league competition or to step your game up with your friends, the city offers various programs to help you achieve your goals. Get out on the ice, make some friends and engage in some friendly competition!

Hockey Skills - Early Child

Hockey Skills is an instructional program geared towards skaters who are interested in learning basic hockey skills with a focus on puck handling, skating and game strategies.

Prerequisite: Successful completion of Learn to Skate- Beginner or able to skate one length of the ice surface.

Mandatory Equipment: CSA approved hockey helmet with full face cage, hockey skates, a hockey stick, hockey gloves and a neck guard.

Hockey Skills / Power Skate - Adult

Hockey Skills Adult are instructional programs geared towards skaters who are interested in learning basic hockey skills with a focus on puck handling, skating and game strategies.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Learn to Skate - Beginner or able to skate one length of the ice surface.
Mandatory Equipment: CSA approved hockey helmet with full face cage or full visor, a hockey stick, hockey skates, hockey gloves and a neck guard.

Power Skating is a high-energy instructional conditioning program geared toward all type of skaters with a focus on speed, agility and coordination.
Prerequisites: Able to execute cross-overs, backwards stop, one foot turn and backwards circle thrusts (skills from Learn to Skate 4).
Mandatory Equipment: CSA approved hockey helmet and hockey or figure skates.

Hockey Skills / Power Skate - Child

Hockey Skills is an instructional program geared towards skaters who are interested in learning basic hockey skills with a focus on puck handling, skating and game strategies. Program variations may include Hockey Skills - Beginner, Home Ice Hockey and Goalie Skills.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Learn to Skate 1 or able to skate one length of the ice surface.
Mandatory Equipment: CSA approved hockey helmet with full face cage or full visor, a hockey stick, hockey skates, hockey gloves and a neck guard. Full goalie equipment is required for Goalie Skills.

Power Skating is a high-energy instructional conditioning program geared toward all type of skaters which teaches speed, agility and coordination.
Prerequisite: Successful completion or skill ability equal to Learn to Skate 4.
Mandatory Equipment: CSA approved hockey helmet and hockey or figure skates.

Hockey Skills / Power Skate - Youth

Hockey Skills is an instructional program geared towards skaters who are interested in learning basic hockey skills with a focus on puck handling, skating and game strategies.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Learn to Skate - Beginner or able to skate one length of the ice surface.
Mandatory Equipment: CSA approved hockey helmet with full face cage or full visor, a hockey stick, hockey skates, hockey gloves and neck guard.

Power Skating is a high-energy instructional conditioning program geared toward all type of skaters with focus on speed, agility and coordination.
Prerequisites: Able to execute cross-overs, backwards stop, one foot turn and backward circle thrusts (skills from Learn to Skate 4).
Mandatory Equipment: CSA approved hockey helmet and hockey or figure skates.