The Hockey Canada Instructional Stream clinics are open to all minor hockey coaches. Clinics are delivered and hosted by HEO during the hockey season but can also be hosted by associations. Instructional stream clinics provide certification maintenance points for certified coaches.

As qualified instructional stream facilitators Zach and Brian Gillam can come to your location to deliver these clinics on behalf of Hockey Eastern Ontario.

Please contact SPS Hockey Development or Hockey Eastern Ontario for more details.

The clinics SPS Hockey Development can deliver include:

• Skating - Level 1 & 2
• Skills - Level 1 & 2
• Shooting & Scoring - Level 1 & 2
• Developing Defence - Level 1 & 2
• Small Area Games - Level 1
• Checking - Level 1

SPS Hockey Development custom clinics are designed to provide coaches professional development that will supplement and build on the Hockey Canada training and/or certification coaches have already attained.
These clinics have been designed to expand on key areas such as skill development, learning, planning and long term player development.

To request a custom clinic contact SPS Hockey Development.

SPS Hockey custom clinics include:

• How Players Learn and How to Promote & Maximize Learning in Practice


• Developing Skillful Players: Concepts, Approaches and Theories Every Coach Should Understand and Implement


• Season Planning: Creating a Road Map for Success


• Long Term Player Development: Understanding the Model and its Impact on Coaches


• What is Coaching? Defining the role and the process.


• Developing Hockey Sense: Rethinking your Coaching Methodology