Year 9 – Black Aces Goalie Program

This is the 9th year of our Black Aces Program. If you have not attended before, understand this: this is not a casual summer skate. It is an intensive development program built for goalies who want to be pushed, and this summer, we are dialling things up! The Program now offers 20 total hours of development for our goalies.

Summer is when real changes happen. It is the time to clean up mechanics, tighten habits, and rebuild details without the pressure of games and team practices. Our structure is designed to do exactly that.

When you register, you select your semi-private training day. Each week, you will receive a 2-hour semi-private session in which we focus directly on your individual strengths, weaknesses, and tactical habits. The semi-private setting allows for explicit instruction, detailed mechanical correction, and meaningful tactical adjustments. We use large-screen iPads for immediate video breakdown so goalies can see and correct in real time. On top of that, our goalies will start each week with a Powerskating, Puckhandling and Tactical Reads Primer that sets them up to crush their 1:2 lesson later in the week.

Enhanced Weekly Development Structure

In addition to your weekly semi-private session, every group now receives an additional 2 hours every Tuesday dedicated to Powerskating, Puckhandling, and our Tactical Reads Primer.

Over the 5-week program, goalies receive 20 total hours of structured training:
• 2 hours every Tuesday focused on skating, puck skills, and systems understanding
• 2 hours each week in their semi-private session focused on application and advanced development

There is no separate registration for Tuesdays. It is built into your group selection.

The Powerskating, Puckhandling and Tactical Reads sessions on Tuesdays are foundational. We sharpen skating mechanics. We build confidence handling the puck under pressure. We teach structured reads — forecheck recognition, breakout understanding, zone mapping, and decision-making behind the net. These sessions are designed to teach the “how?” and the “why?” behind advanced tactics.

By the time your semi-private session arrives later in the week, you are primed. That semi-private time is then used for higher-level situational work, pace management, rebound control, battling under fatigue, and game-specific tactical execution.

Separating foundation from application is deliberate. It accelerates learning. It improves retention. It produces confident, decisive goaltenders who understand not just how to do things, but why we do them.

This program is open to serious goalies of all ages, from beginners to junior players. It is best suited for those currently playing travel hockey, but any motivated athlete willing to work will be coached to a higher standard.

If you want comfort, this is not it.
If you want growth, it is.

Powerskating, Puckhandling, and Tactical Reads Primer (U8 – U13)

Tuesdays in Lakeshore @ the Atlas Tube Centre, from 8:00am – 10:00am

• July 7, 14, 21, 28
• Aug 4

Age: U8 – U13 Groups

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Powerskating, Puckhandling, and Tactical Reads Primer (U14 – U18)

Tuesdays in Lakeshore @ the Atlas Tube Centre, from 10:00am – Noon

• July 7, 14, 21, 28
• Aug 4

Age: U14 – U18 Groups

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Wednesdays in Lakeshore @ the Atlas Tube Centre, from 8:00am – 10:00am
Semi-Private Lesson Dates: 

• July 8, 15, 22, 29
• August 5

Ages: U9 – U11

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Wednesdays in Lakeshore @ the Atlas Tube Centre, from 10:00am – 12:00pm
Semi-Private Lesson Dates: 

• July 8, 15, 22, 29
• August 5

Ages: U12 & U13

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Thursdays in Lakeshore @ the Atlas Tube Centre, from 8:00am – 10:00am
Semi-Private Lesson Dates: 

• July 9, 16, 23, 30
• Aug 6

Ages: U14 & U15
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Thursdays in Lakeshore @ the Atlas Tube Centre, from 10:00am – 12:00pm
Semi-Private Lesson Dates: 

• July 9, 16, 23, 30
• Aug 6

Ages: Junior/Collegiate Prep (U16 and older)

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Please note, the total program cost is $1200; a $600 deposit now and a $600 payment before the first skate.