Week Seven: Bringing it Home
By Ashley Mielke Hi everyone! It feels great to be back to the blog this week! You may have noticed that I was MIA for week six of the program. Unfortunately my son came down with a bad case of croup and was at home sick for a week. Poor guy. Although I wouldn’t have traded […]
Calgary Fall 2021 Highlights (Part 1)
Check out these highlights of the Fall 2021 Discover Hockey learn to play program from Calgary! These players were brand new to hockey just 8 short weeks ago and now they are real hockey teams joining the Non-Contact Hockey League! If you’re interested in finding out more about what the program is about please click here. To see upcoming Spring/Summer […]
A Kiwi Learning Hockey In Canada!
Reon grew up in New Zealand, where obviously opportunities to learn and play ice hockey are tough to come by. But once he made it over to Canada and started learning how to skate and watching Hockey Night In Canada, he got the itch. And then when he had two boys of his own that were […]
Calgary Mother of Four Learning How To Score!
Melissa was born and raised in Calgary, but didn’t really feel like she had many opportunities to play hockey as a girl. Now that she is a mother of four who are all into skating and hockey, she thought it was time to learn how to play for herself! And then she heard about the Discover […]
What Does Hockey Stick Flex Mean?
Have you ever noticed when buying a new hockey stick that each one has a number on it, such as 75, 85 or 100. This is what is known as the flex of the stick, and it basically indicates how much the stick will bend. What is not intuitive is that a higher flex number indicates that […]