During this years Canadian National Floorball Championships, we will have Two Showcase games featuring students from various BC Sports Academies and Hockey Canada Skills Academies.
Floorball is quickly becoming a key component of their off-ice skills development and these showcase games will highlight the partnership and cross-over benefits between Hockey, Soccer and Floorball.
If you know a student enrolled in a sports academy who would like to play in this showcase in an official Floorball arena at the spectacular Richmond Oval on April the 17th, please direct them to this link so that they can sign up quickly.
http://hockeycanadafloorball.eventbrite.com/
At the 1999 Molson Open Ice Summit on player development in Canada, 11 recommendations were identified for the future of Canadian hockey.
Recommendation # 10 stated.
“Promote cooperative efforts between school boards, local hockey associations and sponsors, to better utilize ice times and school facilities and move towards the development of sport schools.”
Hockey Canada agrees that in order to maximize arena facility use during weekday hours, that implementing a sport school program for hockey, an operating mandate with national standards is required. Hockey Canada Skills AcademyTM program (HCSA) under the auspices of Hockey Canada through collaboration with its 13 member Branches is the step toward realizing this objective.