“Hockey Was Never An Option For Me Growing Up”
Diane had the hockey bug from a very young age, growing up in Ontario she admired Paul Hendrson, even before he scored the goal that defined the nation in the Summit Series against the Russians on that fateful night in Moscow to bring Canada the victory and ultimate hockey supremacy in 1972. As a kid, […]
“I Assumed It Was Too Late For Me” [How Jim Accomplished the “Impossible”]
After skating on a frozen lake in Calgary last winter with his nephews, Jim discovered an acute desire to learn how to play hockey and was stunned to find an adult beginner hockey program right in his hometown! He signed up for Discover Hockey, and found out that everyone taking it were people just like […]
A Lifelong Team Bond
For Boyd growing up in Alberta, hockey was always a part of life, he didn’t even have to think about it. As an adult who had never played on a real team before though, he felt like something was missing, and signed up for the Discover Hockey program this year. The skills he has learned and […]
Free Skating Lesson July 18th in Calgary
Escape the summer heat, come learn to skate with us. On Tuesday July 18th, 2017 – 10:00 PM we will hold a free skating lesson with Carson David, a long time Discover Hockey program instructor. If you would like to attend please sign up here: https://breakoutplay.com/app/event/1533 Carson will cover the following in a 35 minute […]
From street hockey to ice hockey, Leon learns to play Canada’s game!
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 […]
Beginners go from zero to hockey players in 12 weeks, incredible!
Can you believe that most of these players did not know anything about being a hockey player? That’s right, some just started skating 12 weeks ago. Look at them now, real hockey players! These are some shots from the last game of the program, team white vs team black. Two newly minted hockey teams will […]
How to make a hockey player
Recently we caught up with some new hockey players in the Discover Hockey spring program in Calgary.
What does it feel like to score your very first goal?
Growing up, Jas never had the opportunity to play hockey, by nature not a competitive person she was not even a hockey fan though occasionally she’d watch the Canucks game on TV and Team Canada during the Olympics. Being shy and reserved, she did not like putting herself out there, all that changed one day […]
Discovering More Than Hockey
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 […]