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The Imbalance of Opportunity in Minor Hockey
It’s common for coaches to strategize to win games. That’s why we practice and that’s why we play…isn’t it? We know that there is a correlation between winning and having fun but does a young athlete need to win in order to have fun. What about development? Do athletes develop quicker if they are playing…
Read MoreIce Crushers Introduce 2008 Gold Team Coaching Staff
We are very happy to introduce Jeff Walker and his coaching staff of Brennan Yadlowski and Mykenzie Mykietyshyn to our coaching staff for the 2020 Spring Season. Jeff has been coaching with SSAC (South Side Athletic Club) for the last four years and is currently the Head Coach of the Bantam AA Barbecue Country Team.…
Read MoreRegistration for Spring Hockey 2020 Begins Sept. 28th, 2019.
Registration for Ice Crusher – Spring Hockey begins on September 28th, 2019 with evaluations running from November 1st till December 20th. Come play with Edmonton’s largest Spring Hockey Club. We will be fielding Elite, Gold and Silver Teams with Birth Years from 2006 till 2012.
Read MoreIce Crushers Introduce Tommy Sullivan as 2010 Elite Team – Head Coach
We are very pleased to introduce Tommy “Sully” Sullivan as our 2010 Elite Team – Head Coach for the 2020 Spring Season. Sully comes to us with very impressive resume of coaching experience as a certified Power Edge Pro Level 4 instructor, his 11+ years of coaching oversees in Korea and Taiwan and as the…
Read MoreSurvey Results: Did You Player Improve This Spring?
This summer we surveyed our families and asked them if their player’s improved this spring (this included competitive and 4 on 4 players)? The categories were; Hockey Skills, Knowledge of the Game, Sportsmanship and Self Confidence. As you can see by the results, there was a vast level of improvement is all categories. 125 Families…
Read MoreSurvey Results: Do you think ours programs are affordably priced?
This summer we surveyed our 270+ families and asked them if they thought that our programs are affordably priced. Over 85% of the respondents thought that our programs were priced better than our competition. That’s some very happy families as our programs are typically 30% – 40% less than the next option. Perhaps this is…
Read MoreSurvey Results: Did you have an enjoyable ’18 Spring Hockey season?
This summer we surveyed our families and asked them if they had an enjoyable Spring Hockey experience with the Ice Crushers. Over 87% of the respondents had a positive experience with 42.86% having “a wonderful time and they can’t wait till next year” and 44.44% having “a good experience”. 126 Families responded to this survey…
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