Northern ICE Sports bringing academy-style hockey to northern B.C. starting in April
The rise of hockey academies over the past two decades has coincided with an exponential rise in the cost of producing players capable of continuing to play in competitive leagues with and against the best of their age group peers as they edge into adulthood.
Building on the Northern Ice Sports minor hockey house program he started in 2020 at Chad Staley Memorial Arena at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club, Peterson is creating a Program of Excellence rep-prep instructional program to keep the city’s most promising young players close to home. The fee for the NIS program will be $950 plus GST per month. A month-to-month commitment is all that’s required.
“We want to do the high development side but we also want to make sure kids are learning the value of how you can use hockey to teach life skills,” said Peterson. “We’ve still got our base programming for kids that just want to play house and have fun. This is intended for kids that really want to challenge themselves to get to that next level.”“We have all the tools here in Prince George, but there’s no one place to go,” said Martin.
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