2024 Pre Season Camps

   

2024 Pre Season Camps (Schedules are posted below)

No refunds after Monday August 19th

Camps are designed and led by our Technical Director, Tim Boyce. Tim has over 20 years of coaching and has worked with and developed over 60 QMJHL draft picks, 4 NHL draft picks and numerous players for NCAA and US prep schools. Additionally, Tim has been the  head coach of the Halifax Macs U18 Hockey club for 11 years where the club is routinely at the top of the NSU18 Major Hockey League

Camps will feature guest instructors from the Hawks as well as high level coaching from HRM and surrounding areas

Below is a list of our 2023 pre season camps. Do not wait to register - camps fill up quickly. We will not be adding additional skaters in order to keep ice times manageable with a strong instructor to player ratio.

 

  • All camps will be held at Centennial Arena. (Unless specified below at a different arena)
  • All ice sessions are 1 hour in length.
  • Players should bring their own water bottles
  • No refunds after Monday August 26th.
  • Skater camps are open to a max of 25 skaters per group to ensure proper player to instructor ratio

 

Goalie Camp

Our goalie camp is back again by popular demand.  6 hours of instruction led by Brad MacCharles of Empire goaltending and is open to all age groups and skill levels. Fine tune those technical aspects of your game prior to the season with one of the best in the business!

Any goalies who register for the Empire camp, can also join the skaters camps for additional ice at no charge.  No need to try and register for the additional camps.  We will contact all goalies closer to the camp dates about joining the additional skater camps at no charge. 

Cost: $210.00

 To Register: Registration is full

Dates:

Goalie Camp
Date Time
Sept 4 6:00pm
Sept 8 11:00am
Sept 13 5:00pm
Sept 14 6:00pm
Sept 18 6:00pm
Sept 19  7:00pm

U7 FUNdamentals 

The 7 sessions will focus on the fundamentals of hockey, giving the U7 player a good base of the basics to build onto for the upcoming season.  We will focus on stance, posture, balance, skating stride, stops, starts, turns, edge discovery, and puck handling while putting the FUN into FUNdamentals!

Cost:  $245.00

To Register Group 1: https://halifaxhawks.square.site/product/2024-pre-season-u7-fundamentals-group-1-/181

To Register Group 2: https://halifaxhawks.square.site/product/2024-pre-season-u7-fundamentals-group-2-/182

 

U7 Group 1   U7 Group 2
Date Time   Date Time
Sept 5 7pm   Sept 8 7am
Sept 7 8am   Sept 11 6pm
Sept 14 8am   Sept 14 9am
Sept 15 8am   Sept 15 9am
Sept 16 5pm   Sept 16 6pm
Sept 20 5pm   Sept 20 6pm
Sept 21 8am   Sept 21 9am

U9 

The 7 sessions will focus on the fundamentals of hockey, giving the U9 player a good base of the basics to build onto for the upcoming season.  We will focus on stance, posture, balance, skating stride, stops, starts, turns, edge discovery, and puck handling/shooting.

Cost: $245.00

To Register Group 1:  https://halifaxhawks.square.site/product/2024-pre-season-u9-group-1/185

To Register Group 2: https://halifaxhawks.square.site/product/2024-pre-season-u9-group-2/186

 

U9 Group 1   U9 Group 2
Date Time   Date Time
Sept 4 7pm   Sept 7 10am
Sept 7 9am   Sept 8 8am
Sept 14 10am   Sept 9 6pm
Sept 15 10am   Sept 11 7pm
Sept 18 7pm   Sept 14 11am
Sept 20  7pm   Sept 15 11am
Sept 21 10am   Sept 22 7am

 

U11 Camp

The 6 sessions will have power skating, puck handling, shooting, passing and competing elements built into the camp.  We will add some conditioning aspects to the practices as well to prepare players for tryouts. Goalies: Email TD@HalifaxHawks.ca if you would like to attend any of these skater sessions at no charge.

Cost: $210.00

To Register Group 1: https://halifaxhawks.square.site/product/2024-pre-season-u11-group-1/177

To Register Group 2: https://halifaxhawks.square.site/product/2024-pre-season-u11-group-2-skater/183

 

U11 Group 1   U11 Group 2
Date Time   Date Time
Sept 4 8pm   Sept 5 8pm
Sept 7 11am   Sept 8 9am
Sept 11 8pm   Sept 12 7pm
Sept 14 12pm   Sept 13 6pm
Sept 16 7pm   Sept 14 4pm
Sept 19 8pm   Sept 15 6pm

 

 

U11 3v3 Hawks Cup

Get the competitive juices flowing before tryouts!  4 teams consisting of max 12 skaters and 2 goalies per team.  Players will receive 3 games total (2 round robin plus a bronze or gold medal game) of 3v3 full ice games.  Games will be one hour in length.  The focus will be on skill, speed and puck possession where players will be encouraged to NOT dump the puck at any time.  Once players are registered, we will divide the teams up to try and ensure teams are balanced.  We will operate on a buzzer system to ensure players get equal ice time.  Get some game play in before tryouts begin!

Cost: $90.00

U11 3v3 Skater:  https://halifaxhawks.square.site/product/2024-pre-season-u11-hawks-cup-3v3-skater-registration-/178

 

U11 3v3 Goalie: https://halifaxhawks.square.site/product/2024-pre-season-u11-hawks-cup-3v3-goalie-registration-/187

U11 3v3
Date Time
Sept 21 11am
Sept 21 12pm
Sept 22 8am
Sept 22 9am
Sept 24 6pm
Sept 24 7pm

 

U13 AAA Development Skates

The 6 sessions will run from September 4th to the 14th and will get players ready for the U13 AAA tryouts that commence on Sept 15th.  Sessions will be run by our Technical Director and members of the U13AAA coaching staff.  These will be high level, high compete, and high intensity practices that are geared towards those trying out for U13AAA.

Cost: $210.00

U13 AAA Development Camp Skater: https://halifaxhawks.square.site/product/2024-u13-aaa-development-skates-skater-registration-/176

 

U13 AAA Development Camp Goalie: https://halifaxhawks.square.site/product/2024-u13-aaa-development-skates-goalie-registration-/189

U13 AAA Development Skates
     
Thur Sept 5 9pm Centennial
Fri Sept 6 5pm Centennial
Sat Sept 7 12pm Centennial
Sun Sept 8 430pm Civic NEW!
Fri Sept 13 8pm  Civic NEW!
Sat Sept 14 5pm Centennial
 

 

U13 Camp

The 6 sessions will have power skating, puck handling, shooting, passing and competing elements built into the camp. We will add some conditioning aspects to the practices as well to prepare players for tryouts.  Goalies: Email TD@HalifaxHawks.ca if you would like to attend any of these skater sessions at no charge.

Cost: $210.00

To Register: https://halifaxhawks.square.site/product/2024-pre-season-u13-skater/184

U13 Group 1
Date Time
Sept 6 7pm
Sept 9 7pm
Sept 12 8pm
Sept 13 7pm
Sept 15 7pm
Sept 18 8pm

 

U13 3v3 Hawks Cup

Get the competitive juices flowing before tryouts!  4 teams consisting of max 12 skaters and 2 goalies per team.  Players will receive 3 games total (2 round robin plus a bronze or gold medal game) of 3v3 full ice games.  Games will be one hour in length.  The focus will be on skill, speed and puck possession where players will be encouraged to NOT dump the puck at any time.  Once players are registered, we will divide the teams up to try and ensure teams are balanced. We will operate on a buzzer system to ensure players get equal ice time. Get some game play in before tryouts begin!

Cost: $90.00

U13 3v3 Skater:  https://halifaxhawks.square.site/product/2024-pre-season-u13-hawks-cup-3v3-skater-registration-/179

 

U13 3v3 Goalie: https://halifaxhawks.square.site/product/2024-pre-season-u13-hawks-cup-3v3-goalie-registration-/188

 

U13 3v3
Date Time
Sept 21 1pm
Sept 21 2pm
Sept 23 5pm
Sept 23 6pm
Sept 27 6pm
Sept 27 7pm

 

U15/U18 Camp 

The 6 sessions will have power skating, puck handling, shooting, passing and competing elements built into the camp. We will add some conditioning aspects to the practices as well to prepare players for tryouts. This will be a NON CONTACT Camp due to the mixing of age groups and skill levels.

Goalies: Email TD@HalifaxHawks.ca if you would like to attend any of these sessions at no charge.

Cost: $210.00

U15/U18 Camp Skater: https://halifaxhawks.square.site/product/2024-pre-season-u15-u18-skater/190

 

U15/U18 
Date Time
Sept 6 6pm
Sept 8 10am
Sept 9 8pm
Sept 12 9pm
Sept 16 8pm
Sept 18 9pm

 

U15 3v3 Hawks Cup

Get the competitive juices flowing before tryouts!  4 teams consisting of max 12 skaters and 2 goalies per team.  Players will receive 3 games total (2 round robin plus a bronze or gold medal game) of 3v3 full ice games.  Games will be one hour in length.  The focus will be on skill, speed and puck possession where players will be encouraged to NOT dump the puck at any time.  Once players are registered, we will divide the teams up to try and ensure teams are balanced. We will operate on a buzzer system to ensure players get equal ice time. Get some game play in before tryouts begin! NON CONTACT

Now open to U18 goalies!

Cost: $90.00

U15 3v3 Skater: https://halifaxhawks.square.site/product/2024-pre-season-u15-hawks-cup-3v3-skater-registration-/191

 

U15 3v3 Goalie: https://halifaxhawks.square.site/product/2024-pre-season-u15-hawks-cup-3v3-goalie-registration-/192

 

U15 3v3
Date Time
Sept 21 3pm
Sept 23  7pm
Sept 24 8pm
Sept 24 9pm
Sept 26 7pm
Sept 26 8pm

 

 

Contact Confidence Camp

This is a camp for players in U15/U18 that have their checking certification to get more comfortable with angling and contact.

Dates:
 
Saturday Sept7th
6pm
Civic
Sunday Sept 8th
330pm
Civic
Saturday Sept 14th
3pm
Civic
Sunday Sept 29th
7pm
Forum

To Register: https://halifaxhawks.square.site/product/2024-contact-confidence-camp/193

 

 

Any questions on pre season camps can be directed to Tim Boyce at TD@HalifaxHawks.ca