Pros playing 2 on 2 summer shinny

Professional hockey players train almost year round and so some 2 on 2 shinny is a welcome break in the month of August. Earlier today, a group of 8 squared off in an informal 2 on 2 shinny game. Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, Phoenix prospect […]

NHLers come home for summer training in Halifax

NHLers from across Nova Scotia come home every summer for some high tempo skates. Lead by 2 time Stanley Cup champion Sid Crosby, Boston Bruins Brad Marchand and Colorado Avalanche’s Nathan MacKinnon the group shows why their elite players.  Other members of the group include, […]

QMJHL players prepare for coming season in gym

QMJHL players are preparing for the coming 2016/17 season in many different ways. Halifax Strength Coach JP MacCallum has been working with the pros and the juniors for more than 10 years. Here he puts 3 QMJHL players, Halifax Mooseheads Morgan Nauss, Charlottetown Islanders Jake […]

Allie Munroe invited to HC U22 camp

Allie Munroe is invited to Hockey Canada’s U22 development camp in Calgary, Alberta in August. The 19 year old Yarmouth NS native is living and training in Halifax this summer preparing for the camp and then returing to University of Syracuse for her 2nd season. […]

Nic Welsh prepares for 4th QMJHL season

Nic Welsh prepares for 4th season in the QMJHL. The Halifax native is back home preparing to rejoin the Shawinigan Cataractes despite requesting a trade earlier this season. Welsh has developed into a solid, puck moving defenceman and is expected to play a prominent role […]

Mike O’Leary prepares for freshman year at UND

Mike O’Leary is preparing for his freshman year at University of Notre Dame. The Halifax native has returned home for the summer after playing with Dubuque in the USHL last year. O’Leary was drafted by Moncton Wildcats in the QMJHL and eventually traded to Halifax […]

Power skating benefits for all players from minor to pros

Power skating is being used by players at all levels from minor hockey to the promos. Tampa Bay amateur scout Darryl Plandowski and wife Jill Plandowski discuss the benefits of power skating and how the game is changing. They talk about Halifax Mooseheads defenceman Walter […]