Hockey Zones E-Newsletter: 2nd Quarter

HOCKEY ZONES

Volume 21 No. 2 Issue #61

2nd Quarter - 2025 Edition

Tucker Hockey

On Ice Instructor

Profile

Rob Frid

We are excited to introduce one of Tucker Hockey’s newest On Ice Instructors – Rob Frid!

Rob has been a great addition to the Tucker Hockey Team since the Summer of 2024. He has a deep passion and love for the game and great potential to become a top-notch assistant and later head on ice instructor.

Rob's past hockey experiences which included attending the St: Louis Blues training camp and skating with the likes of: NHL Hall of Famers – Brett Hull, Chris Pronger and Al MacInnis offer valuable insights!

Read the full article on Rob HERE!

Tucker Hockey

Spring 2025

3 on 3

Recap

Tucker Hockey’s 2025 3 on 3 Spring season wrapped up this June, at the Edge Arena.

Each of the 8 teams played an exciting 36-minute game during their last session which showcased how much development all the players gained over the prior 15 sessions.

Both the U13 – 1st yr U15 and 2nd yr U15 – U18 groups had a Championship Trophy Game as well as Award presentations for:

Most Goals
Most Assists
Most Improved
Leadership Award
Hardest Worker

We enjoyed watching all the players work hard developing their skills and tightening up their game play with our fast paced 3 on 3 shifts.

Click HERE for photos of the teams and individual award winners!

Coach Rex's Corner

Development

Thoughts

Part 2 -

Player 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 players about their hockey development and to maximize a player’s future improvements / results within our Tucker Hockey Programs.

Player Education:

Love the game of hockey. It’s a great sport!

If you love hockey, you will put in the many hours of development required to see noticeable skill improvement. It’s not work but play! Pure joy!!

If others see improvement in your skills this definitely means you have put the work in! This is the best testimonial to certify your improvements and development.

Do the reps – “good reps” / lots of sweat is required for improvements.

You will get out of it what you put into it – there are no shortcuts.

Hard work will outperform talent when talent doesn’t work hard.

10,000 hours to “master” skills.

Players should not get discouraged with failure and quit on a drill or skill.

Failure is a part of development to be successful in the long term.

Read the full article HERE!

The Tucker Hockey Mission Statement:

Through The Tucker Hockey Way:

Instilling the love and passion for hockey

Being inclusive to all ages, background & skill levels

Improving hockey and life skills in a positive learning environment

Making a difference!

This is our Legacy of Values.

Tucker Hockey

Classic Awards

Quarterly Awards

Bradley Mersereau Memorial

Adult Award:

2025 Q2 Recipient

Martin Ciuk

Read more on Blake HERE!

Q2 2025 Poll Question

In the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Finals, who did you cheer for?

Edmonton Oilers

Florida Panthers

Neutral

Results from Q1 2025 Poll

For the 2024 / 2025 hockey season, will the Calgary Flames....

Results from the poll:

1st Wildcard / Make the Playoffs - 15%

2nd Wildcard / Make the Playoffs

- 25%

Not Make the Playoffs

- 60%

The Flames had a very good season. Yes, they outperformed the majority of the hockey experts early season predictions! The Flames provided an exciting and outstanding playoff race right to the very end. Unfortunately, they came up short from clinching a playoff spot by only 1 point! Maybe the upcoming 2025 - 2026 season will be a playoff year.

Let's Go Flames Let's Go!!

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

Minor Summer

Minor summer group programs run weekly for 6 weeks and start as early as Tuesday August 5, 2025.

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Minor Summer Programs - click HERE for more details and to register!

Adult Summer

We have 1 Adult summer group program that will be running from Tuesday September 2 to Friday September 5, 2025. Don't Miss Out!

Adult Summer Programs - for more details and to register click HERE!

We look forward

to seeing you at the

rink in 2025!

Customer Testimonials

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

“I just wanted to say thanks to all the instructors for helping Sidney so much over the past few weeks as he transitions into hockey and retires his snowboard. He is very excited for his hockey season to start! Take care and thank you again.”

~ Orrin D., parent to Sidney – Summer 2024