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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 […]

Learning to shoot the puck hard and on target

By: Roms On: June 16, 2017 Hockey Tips No Comments

Carson David, from Base hockey shares his insights into what it takes to shoot the puck hard and on target. Together with slow mo takes and commentary you can really understand that it takes to make your shot better and improve your hockey skills. If you would like to ask Carson anything specific, please comment […]

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 […]

Beginners go from zero to hockey players in 12 weeks, incredible!

By: Roms On: June 12, 2017 New Hockey Players 1 Comment

Beginners go from zero to hockey players in 12 weeks, incredible!

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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

By: Roms On: June 06, 2017 New Hockey Players No Comments

How to make a hockey player

New Hockey Players

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?

By: jdavidson On: March 07, 2017 New Hockey Players, Player Profile 1 Comment

What does it feel like to score your very first goal?

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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

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 […]

Do You Want To Learn How To Play Ice Hockey For Free!?

By: jdavidson On: June 22, 2016 New Hockey Players 1 Comment

How many times have you watched hockey players flying around the ice and wished that you knew how to play? Many people think that it is too late to learn how, but that is not the case! Now is the perfect opportunity to try it out for FREE! You don’t need any prior experience, equipment […]

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 […]