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From street hockey to ice hockey, Leon learns to play Canada’s game!

By: jdavidson On: June 22, 2017 Inspiration, New Hockey Players, Player Profile No Comments

From street hockey to ice hockey, Leon learns to play Canada’s game!

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DISCOVER HOCKEY SPOTLIGHT: LEON When Leon moved to Canada as a kid, he immediately realized how big hockey really was. He soon found out it was nearly impossible to avoid falling in love with the game. Leon’s parents did not know much about ice hockey, so he stuck to street hockey instead, that is at least […]

Discover Hockey Player Profile: Alicia

By: jdavidson On: June 12, 2017 Inspiration, Player Profile No Comments

Discover Hockey Player Profile: Alicia

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Growing up, a huge hockey fan, Alicia always wanted to try playing ice hockey and finally took the Discover Hockey program in 2016. She liked the program so much that she took it for a second time to refine her goalie skills! We sat down with her to interview her about how she discovered the […]

Discovering More Than Hockey

By: jdavidson On: November 14, 2016 Inspiration, New Hockey Players 1 Comment

The NCHL has almost 300 teams, in 4 different cities across western Canada. That’s a lot of teams, playing a lot of games, and scoring a lot of goals! But in Edmonton, there is one team with a special goal in mind. 21 Puck Street is a newly formed team from the Edmonton Discover Hockey program […]

Player Profile: Haitham Fath

By: jdavidson On: May 04, 2016 Inspiration, New Hockey Players, Player Profile No Comments

Haitham is one of the current Discover Hockey players learning to play the game he loves. He is halfway through the program, so we sat down with him to see how he is doing and how it has met his expectations. DH: So Haitham, how did you fall in love with the game of hockey? […]

Player Profile: Christine Kovacs

By: jdavidson On: April 14, 2016 Inspiration, New Hockey Players, Player Profile No Comments

Christine has always been a polo player but recently decided to trade in her horse for a stick and some skates, and she’s never been happier! This week’s Player Profile explores more into Christine’s transition of learning a brand new sport, and what keeps her motivated on the ice. DH: So Christine – start from the […]

Player Profile: Dexter Sawler

By: jdavidson On: April 06, 2016 Inspiration, New Hockey Players, Player Profile No Comments

Some would call him the heart and soul of the Grey Team – a leader on and off the ice. But for his biggest fans, they just call him Dexter. Let’s take a closer look at one of the newest up and coming stars that the NCHL has seen in recent years. DH: So Dexter, […]

Player Profile: Julie Jeffrey

By: jdavidson On: March 23, 2016 Inspiration, New Hockey Players, Player Profile No Comments

A true B.C. girl, Julie Jeffrey is one of the up and coming stars on the West Coast joining the Discover Hockey program this upcoming spring. We sat down with her to find out more about how she got into hockey and what her hopes are for the season. DH: So Julie, did you grow […]

Player Profile: Stuart Moore

By: jdavidson On: March 16, 2016 Inspiration, New Hockey Players, Player Profile No Comments

Born and raised in Edmonton, Stuart tried his hand at basketball and came up just short of the NBA. Now 37, Stuart decided he was ready to embrace his country’s roots and is taking a shot at Canada’s game. We sat down with Stuart to find out more about the man they call “The Great […]

It’s not about being the best, it’s about being better then you were yesterday.

By: Roms On: August 17, 2015 Inspiration 1 Comment

The Olympic Oval in Richmond BC. built for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games Guest post by: TJ Chase, as originally appeared on his blog Other than my family, I have never loved anything as much as I love the game of hockey. There is something about the crisp smell of the arena air and the […]

Shocking, most people in Canada don’t play hockey.

By: Roms On: August 15, 2015 Inspiration 1 Comment

Shocking, most people in Canada don’t play hockey.

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It is a little known fact that most people, specifically most adults in Canada do not play hockey. According to the latest research paper published by Canadian Heritage in 2013, only 4.4% of people over the age of 16 played hockey in 2010. In other words only 4 people out of 100 actually play our […]