• Recommended as a first step for beginning hockey players who completed a Learn to Skate class and have a solid base of fundamental skating skills.

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• One 1-hour skate each week. 

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• Saturdays at 10:00-10:50am

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• Emphasis on creating a fun, challenging environment for players to learn the basic principles of skating and stickhandling through station based drills and skill building games

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• Players will be grouped by skill level

• Program serves as an introduction to "team" play with practice sessions and small-ice games. 

• Mondays at 5:45pm-6:35pm and Saturdays at 11:00am-11:50pm 

• Program runs September through March

• Introduction to team play with skill building practices on Mondays and cross-ice games on Saturdays

• Teams are drafted at the end of training camp, by Royal Oak Hockey Club personnel.

• Each player will have the opportunity to play as a goaltender utilizing USA Hockey Quick-change Goalie Equipment

• We strongly believe that keeping the players active and moving on the ice, having fun, and building confidence is essential.  

• Games will be cross-ice which is played width-wise in the end zones of the rink.  

• Mondays at 6:45pm-7:35pm, Thursdays at 6:15pm-7:05pm and Saturdays at 12:00pm-12:50 pm

• Development of team play with skill building practices on along with half ice games

• Hockey Director runs practices and games

• Teams are drafted at the conclusion of training camp, by coaches with the assistance of Royal Oak Hockey Club personnel.

• All games will be played half ice (red line to red line) during the 1st half of the season and full ice games will be scheduled starting in January.

• Players will rotate as goaltender and will use the quick-change goalie equipment provided

• Teams will have the opportunity to play in local jamborees