Skill Training – COMING SOON – check out our Camps page
Elevate Your Game with Specialized Training Programs
At NMHA, we believe in providing our players with comprehensive training opportunities to enhance their skills and elevate their game. Our Skills Development programs are designed to target specific areas of hockey performance, ensuring that every player has the chance to grow and excel.
We offer specialized training programs, with coaches Matt Hughes, Nolan Kurceba, Heath Dennison, Curtis Toneff and Tyler Gow.
Please ensure you have registered your players for these programs in the correct age groupings, unregistered players will be asked to leave.
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
Sessions will consist of a variety of skills appropriate for the level of player, with power skating, defence, shooting and scoring and small area games that work on all scenarios in the game to increase skill, as well as hockey IQ,
With coaches Matt Hughes, Nolan Kurceba, Heath Dennison, Curtis Toneff and Tyler Gow.
October Development Ice Schedule and sign up information
November and December Development Ice Schedule and sign up Information
FEMALE ONLY SESSIONS
These sessions will focus on all aspects of the game from skating and skills to small area games. We want to provide an environment where the players gain confidence and are introduced to age and skill appropriate development sessions.
Female Teams will have their development schedules through their team managers, once teams are formed.
They can also sign up for the coed player development schedule.
GOALIE SESSIONS
These camps will be small groups at a max of 12 goalies. We want to ensure the player gets value
and reps in these sessions that will be ran by our goalie coach and hockey operations staff.
Each session will have a different focus and be designed with the needs of all the participants in mind.
October Development Ice Schedule and sign up information
Nov & Dec Goaltender Development Ice Schedule and sign up information
OFF ICE SHOOTING AND SCORING TRAINING
TBA FOR 2025-26 SEASON
We will focus on the technique of the different shots and be sure to touch on wrist, snap, slap and backhand shots during the program. We will also work on different scoring scenarios, shooting from angles, through and around obstacles and shooting in motion as some examples.
COED FLOOR HOCKEY
TBA FOR THE 2025-26 SEASON
Nanaimo MHA is excited to announce our new 3 on 3 Floor Hockey program, this is a casual one-hour session every Wednesday @ 3:30-4:30pm NIC 1, from April 2 through Jun 25, 2025.
Current registered Nanaimo MHA players in U9, U11, & U13 only, 20 players and 2 goalies only per division. $150.00
Note: Players are to be wearing helmets w/facemasks, gloves and elbow pads, pinnies will be handed out, so ensure they are wearing a long sleeve t-shirt style or jersey and good running shoes that can be tied securely. MUST have water bottle and floor hockey stick too!
BATTLE AND CONTACT
STAY TUNED FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON’S TRAINING
These sessions are to introduce body contact for these players and reinforce the skills some may already have. The focus will be on body checking and contact confidence. Giving and receiving checks, angling, winning puck battles, defending and separating player from puck in different situations. We want to build the players confidence in this environment whether they have played contact hockey or are moving into it.
Parents
for Canadian Hockey Parents
Parent Respect in Sport must be completed!