HOCKEY CANADA
Coaches come together
For the first time, the Hockey Canada Officiating Program brought together officiating coaches from across the country to build community, cohesion and consistency.
Twelve U SPORTS student-athletes have been selected to join the fifth cohort of the Creating Coaches program this year.
Hockey Canada has a variety of resources for coaches across the country, like training opportunities and drill ideas.
By challenging herself to chase adversity, Karissa Kirkup continues to learn and grow as a hockey coach in Manitoba.
Vicky Sunohara didn’t initially think about coaching, but she has found a passion for developing people through sport.
Trula Seaward returned to hockey to help her daughter’s team, but now she’s a women’s hockey leader in Atlantic Canada.
Working to develop fundamental goaltending skills at all ages will help build a strong foundation early for success.
Lucas Madill knows skating and shooting are important, but so too is cultivating mental performance in young athletes.
Angling is a critical defensive technique that helps limit the opponent’s options and create chances to regain the puck.
Creative and dynamic play unlocks new levels of success by creating confusion within your opponent’s defensive unit.
Nine U SPORTS student-athletes have been selected to join the coach education program for the next two seasons.
Deception allows you to mislead your opponent—a game-changing skill that can create more time and space with the puck.
Scanning the ice quickly to process visual information will help to give players a competitive edge during a game.
Puck control can enhance a player's effectiveness on the ice by maintaining possession and creating opportunities.
During the Hlinka Gretzky Cup, a group of minor hockey coaches picked the brains of Canada’s 4 Nations Face-Off staff.
These three skating drills can be used at any age to teach this fundamental skill required for every position in hockey.
After making the unorthodox leap from acting to coaching, Whitney Juszkiewicz has become a role model and leader.
Creating a culture
On the road to the 2026 Paralympics, Russ Herrington is focused on ‘Building Team Canada’ on and off the ice.
Eight U SPORTS student-athletes have been selected to join the coach education program for the next two seasons.
Engaging goalies in practice
Go on the ice with goalie coach Brad Kirkwood as he balances skills and fun during a Team Canada practice.
Troy Ryan reflects on getting involved in the women’s game and what makes the National Women’s Team so special.
The first all-women U18 coaching staff is bringing experience and showing the importance of diversity behind the bench.
Inspiring women to coach
Kori Cheverie and Caroline Ouellette dedicated their lives to hockey and hope to inspire more women to become coaches.
The road was not easy, but Jason Payne has made it as the only active Black head coach in North American pro hockey.
Words of wisdom
Olympic and Paralympic coaches Jon Cooper, Troy Ryan and Ken Babey share lessons from their coaching journeys.
Piper Hays and Hayley Palmer have benefitted from a push by the Vancouver Angels to get more women behind the bench.
The Hockey Canada Foundation is teaming up with U SPORTS to increase the number of women getting behind the bench.
No Canadian coach has spent more time at the World Juniors than André Tourigny, who is facing his toughest task.
Hockey Canada is helping women earn coach certification and developing role models for the next generation.
From U15 AAA to the WHL and now the World Juniors, Bowen Byram and Michael Dyck have shared a unique journey.
Just two years after retiring, Steve Arsenault has worked his way back to Team Canada, this time behind the bench.
Hockey Canada Skills Academies are poised to establish a network of young hockey coaches in New Brunswick.
The Women Master Coach Developer program is equipping women with the training to develop more coaches.
