The Garden Ice Arena
  • Skating
    • Learn to Skate
    • Figure Skating
    • Toddlers on Ice
  • Wolves Youth Hockey
    • Program Overview
    • Spring Hockey
    • Wolves House Tier 3
    • Tier 2 Travel
    • Small Group/Private Lesson
    • Goalie Instruction
    • Girls Hockey
    • Junior Mitten Games for Mental Health
  • Adult Hockey
  • Ice Bumper Cars & Parties
  • Schedule
  • About

Summer Hockey Programming 2019

Skating Technique Clinic ($90/session)
The skating motion is not a natural motion for our bodies.  So this unnatural motion must be learned and practiced in order to improve.  In this clinic we will break down and teach specifically each of the elements of the hockey stride: wind up, release, follow through, and recovery. 
Limit 20 students/ class.  Choose (1) session
Session 1 : July 8, 10, 15, 17 4pm
Session 2: July 29, 31, August 5, August 7 4pm
SIGNUP HERE FOR SKATING CLINIC

Summer Skills Night ($140/ player)
 Learn to Play, Mite (U8) thru Bantam (U14) aged players are invited to attend this once/week skills session to improve and refine hockey fundamental skills in a low stakes environment.
  • 8-(50 min) on ice sessions, with (3) weeks focus on shooting, (3) weeks on stickhandling, and (2) on skating.
  • Week of June 10th thru week of August 5th 
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Youth Reading and Writing Summer Academy
 
An academic camp where hockey players will spend each session working on their reading, writing, and hockey skills. Certified teachers will support those struggling in reading and writing, those seeking a challenge, and those desiring to keep academically fresh throughout the summer.
  • When:
    • Session 1: Weeks of June 17th, June 24th       
    • Session 2: Weeks of July 8th, July 15th
    • Session 3: Weeks of July 22nd, July 29th
Tuesdays/Thursday, 830 am-1130 am each week.1st-4th grades
Tuesdays/Thursdays, 1230pm-330pm 5th-8th grades

  • $200/session. Save $40 if you purchase 2 sessions, $60 if you purchase all 3. 
SIGNUP HERE FOR SUMMER ACADEMY
More than a Game
Hockey develops skills on the ice that build a foundation for a lifetime. In addition to athletic prowess, hockey promotes confidence, pride, focus and responsibility. With an emphasis on fun, hockey is a game to be played and enjoyed for life.

Life-long Friendships
Starting with the bonds created in the locker room to the relationships formed on ice, hockey creates life-long friendships. This camaraderie shared on and off the ice encourages teamwork and the natural development of leadership skills.

Set Up for Success
From learning to balance school, responsibilities at home, time at the rink and playing with friends, hockey encourages kids to learn time management skills that will later serve them in all facets of life. Hockey’s unique source of physical fitness promotes healthy living.

Hockey is Fun
The thrill of carrying the puck up the ice on a breakaway, the exhilaration of scoring your first goal or making that amazing save is possible due to the encouraging environment hockey provides to try new things and grow as a hockey player and person.

Three promises of Youth Hockey

1. PROMISE OF FUN
The thrill of carrying the puck up the ice, the exhilaration of scoring their first goal or the camaraderie of skating with friends is possible due to the fun and encouraging environment youth hockey provides to try new things and grow as a person.

2. PROMISE OF GUIDANCE
Youth hockey is unique because a new player must start from the very basics of essentially learning to walk again. Your local youth hockey program has instructors that are able to teach the sometimes challenging skills of ice hockey in a fun, engaging manner.

​3. PROMISE OF ACHIEVEMENT
You will be amazed at the progress your child will make in a short amount of time. Both you and your child will walk away from the rink each day, excited about all the new things that your young hockey player has started to learn on the ice.
"Hockey participation offers families value beyond making an individual a better player or even a better athlete. The game of hockey is a powerful platform for participants to build character, foster positive values and develop impo​rtant life skills. These benefits are available to all players, desirable to every family and transcend the game."

- NHL declaration of Principles

The Garden Ice Arena
​1626 W. Glenlord Rd. 
St. Joseph, MI 49085
  • Skating
    • Learn to Skate
    • Figure Skating
    • Toddlers on Ice
  • Wolves Youth Hockey
    • Program Overview
    • Spring Hockey
    • Wolves House Tier 3
    • Tier 2 Travel
    • Small Group/Private Lesson
    • Goalie Instruction
    • Girls Hockey
    • Junior Mitten Games for Mental Health
  • Adult Hockey
  • Ice Bumper Cars & Parties
  • Schedule
  • About