1st Quarter - 2025 Edition

Tucker Hockey 25th Year Anniversary Celebration!

Over the past 25+ years, Rex Tucker has become a prominent figure in the Calgary and Rural Alberta hockey communities. He is renowned for his dedication and extensive contributions as a power skating instructor, hockey skills coach, philanthropist, and entrepreneur.

From humble beginnings of starting up Tucker Hockey with $2,000 to a thriving dynamic Hockey Business, this is an article you don't want to miss!

2024 Lyle Hanna

Memorial Award

On Ice Assistant

Instructor Recipient

Korwin Brost

Tucker Hockey is proud to announce that Korwin Brost is the 2024 recipient of the Lyle Hanna Memorial On Ice Assistant Instructor Award!

Over the past 6 to 7 years, Korwin has developed extremely well from an incredibly young 13-year-old apprentice on ice instructor to a quality assistant on ice instructor today. Korwin is a valuable member of the Tucker Hockey On Ice Team at 19 years old now!

Congratulations Korwin on earning this award!

Coach Rex's Corner

Development

Thoughts

Part 1 -

Parent Education

for Better

Development

We are what we

repeatedly do –

excellence then –

is not an act –

but a habit.

~ Aristotle

The purpose of this article is to help educate parents about their child’s hockey development and to maximize a player’s future improvements / results within our Tucker Hockey Programs.

Parent Education:

·        Finding the “Right” hockey development for your child can often be a challenge. Don’t go to a hardware store looking to buy groceries and be disappointed. Review our Development Matrix for your child’s best overall development needs.

·        Read the detailed program / on ice curriculum descriptions listed on our website for the best development fit for your child.

·        If your child is registered in the wrong program for his or her skill level. They will feel out of place and this will adversely affect their self esteem and overall development. It’s important to participate in the “right” program for the “best” development for your child.

 ·        Hockey IQ, Think Hockey, and Smart Hockey – players learn to figure things out at different rates. How to play the game is improved and enjoyment enhanced  once players have good fundamental skills of skating, puck control, passing, shooting and checking.

·        Above all – keep the “FUN” in the game. It is only a game!

Tucker Hockey

Classic Awards

Quarterly Awards

Bradley Mersereau Memorial

Adult Award:

2025 Q1 Recipient

Alexander Fonin

Danny Cammack Memorial

Minor Award:

2025 Q1 Recipient

Colton West

Yearly Awards

David Mahoney On Ice Head Instructor Leadership Award

2024 Recipient

Alannah Jensen

Read more on Alannah HERE!

Lyle Hanna On Ice Assistant Instructor Memorial Award

2024 Recipient

Korwin Brost

Read more on Korwin HERE!

Ern Rideout On Ice Apprentice Instructor Memorial Award

2024 Recipient

Carter Manning

We are very happy to acknowledge participants and instructors

who love the game as much

as we do through our

Tucker Hockey Classic Awards.

Tucker Hockey’s 2025 European Adult Hockey Tour will run from Sunday Sept 28th to Sunday Oct 12th, 2025.

The tour is guaranteed to be an awesome experience for avid 45+ to 55+ adult intermediate recreational players or a team and family members, and is professionally organized by a friendly and dedicated support staff.

The European tour offers an outstanding hockey experience, an opportunity to meet new people, as well as a chance to embrace the cultures of many beautiful European cities. There is an option to extend your stay in Europe and bring family members on the tour if desired.

Your hosts for the tour are Rex and Marcela Tucker. They are dedicated to ensuring a wonderful experience to Prague, Czech Republic for avid adult hockey players and their family members. 

Serious Inquiries please

contact Chad via email:

Chad@tuckerhockey.com

OR

Text / Call: 403-990-9627

Bradley Mersereau Memorial 2025 Q1

Adult Award Recipient

Alexander Fonin

Congratulations to Alexander on receiving the Bradley Mersereau Memorial Award! We look forward to seeing you at the rink again in 2025!

The Centennial Cup

is Coming to Calgary

May 8 - 18, 2025!

The Calgary Canucks Jr. A Club will be hosting the 2025 Centennial Cup from Thursday May 8 to Sunday May 18, 2025. The road to the Centennial Cup includes 118 teams from 9 leagues within the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL).

As the host team, The Calgary Canucks will be guaranteed a spot at the Centennial Cup. Impressively, they finished the 2024 / 2025 regular season first in the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) with a

37 – 13 – 2 – 2 record. 

Canucks Assistant Coach, Jamie Henry notes that “the team represented the AJHL last year at the Centennial Cup so the team is looking forward to getting back to the event with some experience and with ‘unfinished business’.”

With a 54 year history,

this prestigious Tournament is a “must see”!

Danny Cammack

2025 Q1

Memorial Minor

Award Recipient

Colton West

Congratulations Colton on receiving the Danny Cammack Memorial Award!

We hope you had an enjoyable hockey season and hope to see you again soon in our Tucker Hockey programs!

Q1 2025 Poll Question

Results from Q4 2024 Poll

Who will win the 2025 World Junior Championship?

Results from the poll:

Canada - 60%

USA - 20%

Sweden - 10%

Finland - 8%

Czechia - 2%

Slovakia - 0%

Other - 0%

The 2025 IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Championship was held in Ottawa, Ontario and won by the United States. It was their second consecutive championship defeating Finland 4 - 3 in overtime in the gold medal game. 

The 2026 IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Championships will be the 50^th edition. It will be held from December 26^th to January 5^th 2026 in Minneapolis - Saint Paul Minnesota USA.

The United States will be looking for a "three peat" on home ice. But others hockey nations especially Canada will have something to say about that! Drama and entertaining junior hockey await us in this always exciting hockey event! 

Go Canada Go!!!

Don't Miss out on Calgary's Premier Hockey Development this Spring & Summer!

Minor Spring

Minor spring group programs start as early as Saturday April 5, 2025!

Adult Spring

Minor spring group programs start as early as Wednesday April 9, 2025!

Minor Summer

Minor summer group programs start as early as Tuesday August 5, 2025.

🏒🏒🏒

Early Bird rates are available until MIDNIGHT on Thursday May 15, 2025!

Adult Summer

Adult summer group programs will be posted on the website by Wednesday April 30, 2025.

We look forward

to seeing you at the

rink in 2025!

Adult Group

Program Testimonial

"Started with Tucker hockey as a complete beginner in 2012, Coach Rex, Jimmy, Ron, and the crew are really supportive, encouraging, and provide excellent instruction. The programs are great, lots of fun and have met some really good people through the years."

~ Sam T. – Fall 2023

Minor Group

Program Testimonial

““It was my first experience with power skating so I didn’t know what to expect nor can I comment on the curriculum. What I can say though, is that my son’s skating and hockey skills are noticeable better and more fine tuned now than they were before, therefore, the goal was accomplished.”

~ Tonia B, Mother of Bennett – Winter 2018

Tucker Hockey

(403) 998 - 5035

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https://www.tuckerhockey.com/

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