As a volunteer with the Summerside and Area MHA for over 20 years, Gordie Montgomery has been an unsung hero of Canada’s game, spending time giving back in almost every role imaginable It was 1999 when Gordie Montgomery decided it was time to give back to the game he spent years playing. This time, though, it would be from the …

For close to five decades, in a variety of roles, Joe McColeman has been a pillar of the Northern Ontario hockey community A long-time volunteer, Joe McColeman began coaching more than 45 years ago, eventually getting behind the bench for his sons’ hockey teams. But he didn’t stop there. It’s been over 25 years since his sons graduated from minor …

Hockey Canada has unveiled the 47 players from across the country who will attend the BFL National Women’s Team Selection Camp, presented by Sobeys, April 14-22 in Halifax. Following training camps in January and March, the Team Canada coaching staff will use selection camp as the final opportunity to evaluate the players in preparation for the 2021 IIHF Women’s World …

A pair of students from the Hockey Canada Skills Academy at Matthew Halton High School in Pincher Creek, Alta., share the benefits of the program, on and off the ice This year is the first time I am part of a program like the Hockey Canada Skills Academy. It has been a great experience, because I never had this type …

The Hockey Canada Skills Academy program is positioned to establish a pipeline of young, qualified hockey coaches in New Brunswick The Hockey Canada Skills Academy (HCSA) debuted at Miramichi Valley High School in Miramichi, N.B., in September – and fortunately COVID-19 did not cast a measurable shadow over the program’s rookie campaign. “We were able to run a program essentially …

Makaio Long delighted his HCSA instructors and classmates at Okanagan Mission Secondary School with an unbridled love of the game and dazzling goal celebrations Hockey Canada Skills Academy (HCSA) classes at Okanagan Mission Secondary School in Kelowna, B.C., featured a unique brand of intrigue this past winter. Perhaps the question in the minds of instructors and students before each on-ice …

Dave Barr named head coach; Gordie Dwyer and Mike Stothers to serve as assistants CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada has unveiled the 25 players named to Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team for the 2021 IIHF U18 World Championship, April 26-May 6 in Frisco and Plano, Texas. Three goaltenders, eight defencemen and 14 forwards were selected by Alan Millar (Tottenham, Ont.), …

CALGARY, Alta. – Canada’s National Women’s Team will begin its quest for a gold medal at the 2021 IIHF Women’s World Championship in Nova Scotia with a match-up against Finland on May 6, highlighting the opening-day schedule. Hockey Canada and the host organizing committee, on behalf of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), unveiled the full tournament schedule Thursday. The …

Andrea Skinner has turned a lifelong love of the game into an opportunity to shape the next generation with the Hockey Canada Board of Directors There really hasn’t been a time in Andrea Skinner’s life where the ice wasn’t part of her story. She skated for the first time with her twin sister Jennifer when she was two, got into …

With COVID-19 keeping players from the ice, Women’s Para Hockey of Canada turned a negative to a positive and took the game virtual In the world of adaptive sport, Tara Chisholm says being able to make the best out of any situation is essential. So, when COVID-19 forced Women’s Para Hockey of Canada (WPHC) to alter plans for in-person grassroots …