The Garden Ice Arena

Public Skate protocols:

-Enter building thru front doors and make your way to skate counter to check in and/or rent skates.

-Put skate on inside lobby and immediately head onto ice.

-Once your skates are off and you and your group are done skating, we ask you exit the building immediately.

-Exit the building thru the northwest corner door inside the arena.

-Return skates to skate counter.

-Masks must be worn in the building at all times.

-Player benches will be closed during public skate.

• This is for "individual exercise" only.
• Wear full gear, come out and skate, pass, shoot, or stick handle.
• Youths and adults welcome. Participants 18 years old and younger must be accompanied by an adult.
• This is just a chance for you or your child to practice their game. (No coaches on ice, players skate at own risk). 
• $10 paid at skate counter when you arrive or use of punch card.

Public Skate protocols:

-Enter building thru front doors and make your way to skate counter to check in and/or rent skates.

-Put skate on inside lobby and immediately head onto ice.

-Once your skates are off and you and your group are done skating, we ask you exit the building immediately.

-Exit the building thru the northwest corner door inside the arena.

-Return skates to skate counter.

-Masks must be worn in the building at all times.

-Player benches will be closed during public skate.

Michael Nodler was born and raised in Michigan in the Detroit area. He has been coaching hockey at the AAA level and teaching stickhandling for the better part of the last 30 years.

This clinic will be a preview of the camp to come this summer, July 12-15th. 2009-2014 birth years allowed with at least one year of playing experience.

The clinic will focus on the most important skill to becoming a better hockey player and that is STICKHANDLING. The introduction clinic will target

• Quality Instruction

• Stickhandling Mechanics

• Demonstrations

• Dribbling

• Fakes

• Introduction to basic moves (advanced moves in summer session)

• Shuffle Stride

• Repetitions

• FUN!!

This clinic will build the players confidence with body contact appropriate to their age level. Focus areas will be:

• Skating control which leads to body position and angling so players learn to minimize time and space for the opponent.
• Stick Checking, poke checking, lifting and locking the opponents stick.
• Teaching players how to reasonably lean into each other to gain possession of the puck.

While each clinic week has a specific emphasis, we will continue to work on the fundamental skills of skating, edgework, passing, shooting, and stickhandling each week.

Clinics will also include small area games where players learn to apply the skills they learned in game-like situations.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

330-430pm 2006-2010 birth years

440-540pm 2011-2013 birth years 

• Space is limited to 16 participants per age group. 

Led by former NHL, AHL, ECHL player, Brian Lee, this camp will prepare players for appropriate body contact and checking. Focus areas will be:

• Skating control which leads to body position and angling so players learn to minimize time and space for the opponent.
• Stick Checking, poke checking, lifting and locking the opponents stick.
• Teaching players how to reasonably lean into each other to gain possession of the puck.
• The proper way to give and receive a body check.

While each clinic week has a specific emphasis, we will continue to work on the fundamental skills of skating, edgework, passing, shooting, and stickhandling each week.

Clinics will also include small area games where players learn to apply the skills they learned in game-like situations.

Monday 6/14 710-810pm

Tuesday 6/15 640-740pm

Wednesday 6/16 630-730pm

• Space is limited to 16 participants per age group. 

This clinic will focus on improving the players shot, release, and accuracy. Focus areas will be:

• Proper stance, edges, and gaining the agility/balance needed to properly shoot the puck.
• Passing and receiving in order to quickly release the shot
• The different types of shots: forehand, backhand, flip shot, screen shot, deflections, snap shots.

While each clinic week has a specific emphasis, we will continue to work on the fundamental skills of skating, edgework, passing, shooting, and stickhandling each week.

Clinics will also include small area games where players learn to apply the skills they learned in game-like situations.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

330-430 2006-2010 birth years

440-540 2011-2013 birth years 

This clinic will focus on improving the players shot, release, and accuracy. Focus areas will be:

• Proper stance, edges, and gaining the agility/balance needed to properly shoot the puck.
• Passing and receiving in order to quickly release the shot
• The different types of shots: forehand, backhand, flip shot, screen shot, deflections, snap shots.

While each clinic week has a specific emphasis, we will continue to work on the fundamental skills of skating, edgework, passing, shooting, and stickhandling each week.

Clinics will also include small area games where players learn to apply the skills they learned in game-like situations.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

330-430pm 2006-2010 birth years

440-540pm 2011-2013 birth years 

Skating/Edgework

The most important skill for all hockey players is skating and having the agility and balance on their edges to perform the spectrum of actions involved in the sport of hockey. Focus areas will be:

• Proper skating stride (knee bend, extension, and stride return to under the body)
• Edge control (inside, outside, and flat part of blade) and how strong edge control applies to other actions within hockey.
• Crossovers, backwards skating, and skating with the puck on stick.

While each clinic week has a specific emphasis, we will continue to work on the fundamental skills of skating, edgework, passing, shooting, and stickhandling each week.

Clinics will also include small area games where players learn to apply the skills they learned in game-like situations.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

330-430pm 2006-2010 birth years

440-540pm 2011-2013 birth years 

Space is limited to 16 participants per age group. 

Skating/Edgework

The most important skill for all hockey players is skating and having the agility and balance on their edges to perform the spectrum of actions involved in the sport of hockey. Focus areas will be:

• Proper skating stride (knee bend, extension, and stride return to under the body)
• Edge control (inside, outside, and flat part of blade) and how strong edge control applies to other actions within hockey.
• Crossovers, backwards skating, and skating with the puck on stick.

While each clinic week has a specific emphasis, we will continue to work on the fundamental skills of skating, edgework, passing, shooting, and stickhandling each week.

Clinics will also include small area games where players learn to apply the skills they learned in game-like situations.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

330-430pm 2006-2010 birth years

440-540pm 2011-2013 birth years 

Space is limited to 16 participants per age group. 

This camp will prepare players for appropriate body contact and checking. Focus areas will be:

• Skating control which leads to body position and angling so players learn to minimize time and space for the opponent.
• Stick Checking, poke checking, lifting and locking the opponents stick.
• Teaching players how to reasonably lean into each other to gain possession of the puck.
• The proper way to give and receive a body check.

While each clinic week has a specific emphasis, we will continue to work on the fundamental skills of skating, edgework, passing, shooting, and stickhandling each week.

Clinics will also include small area games where players learn to apply the skills they learned in game-like situations.  

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

330-430pm 2006-2010 birth years

440-540pm 2011-2013 birth years 

This clinic will focus on improving the players shot, release, and accuracy. Focus areas will be:

• Proper stance, edges, and gaining the agility/balance needed to properly shoot the puck.
• Passing and receiving in order to quickly release the shot
• The different types of shots: forehand, backhand, flip shot, screen shot, deflections, snap shots.

While each clinic week has a specific emphasis, we will continue to work on the fundamental skills of skating, edgework, passing, shooting, and stickhandling each week.

Clinics will also include small area games where players learn to apply the skills they learned in game-like situations.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

330-430pm 2006-2010 birth years

440-540pm 2011-2013 birth years