The Hockey Canada Skills Academy Program

At the 1999 Molson Open-Ice Summit in Toronto, the delegation recommended that Hockey Canada investigate ways to support the design and delivery of school-based hockey programming that would make use of facilities during regular school hours.  Recommendation # 10 stated:

“Promote cooperative efforts between school boards, local hockey associations and sponsors, to better utilize ice times and school facilities and move towards the development of sport schools.”

This recommendation is now a major priority for Hockey Canada. For this purpose, Hockey Canada has developed a program philosophy along with guiding principles to support the implementation of hockey skills academies.