Kent Valley Hockey Association
Learn to Play Hockey
Take your first steps! We follow the USA Hockey IP (Initiation Program), which includes fun, skating skills, basic stickhandling and shooting, basic hockey rules, physical conditioning, team play, player safety, and sportsmanship, and targets progressive development that prepares each player to join a team and become members of Kent Valley Hockey Association!
The pathway
Learn to Ice Skate
Step 1 · Getting Started
Ages 4 to 14- Practice Tue or Sat
- No experience necessary
- Skating fundamentals
Hockey 1
Step 2 · Learn to Play
Ages 4 to 14- Practice Wed evening
- Basic hockey skating
- How to use a stick
Hockey 2
Step 3 · Learn to Play
Ages 4 to 14- Practice Wed evening
- Learn the game
- Prepare to join a team
Play for a Team
Step 4 · Kent Valley Hockey
Ages 5 to 18- Two practices a week
- One game per weekend
- Metropolitan League
The pathway
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Step 1 of 4
Ages 4 to 14
Learn to Ice Skate
Step 1 · Getting Started
- Practice Tue or Sat
- No experience necessary
- Skating fundamentals
Step 2 of 4
Ages 4 to 14
Hockey 1
Step 2 · Learn to Play
- Practice Wed evening
- Basic hockey skating
- How to use a stick
Step 3 of 4
Ages 4 to 14
Hockey 2
Step 3 · Learn to Play
- Practice Wed evening
- Learn the game
- Prepare to join a team
Step 4 of 4
Ages 5 to 18
Play for a Team
Step 4 · Kent Valley Hockey
- Two practices a week
- One game per weekend
- Metropolitan League
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Learn to Ice Skate
Ages 4 to 14- Practice Tue or Sat
- No experience necessary
- Skating fundamentals
Hockey 1
Ages 4 to 14- Practice Wed evening
- Basic hockey skating
- How to use a stick
Hockey 2
Ages 4 to 14- Practice Wed evening
- Learn the game
- Prepare to join a team
Play for a Team
Ages 5 to 18- Two practices a week
- One game per weekend
- Metropolitan League
What about the gear?
Great question, and no worries!
Equipment rental
What about gear?
Great question, and no worries!
Kent Valley Ice Centre offers an equipment rental package for students in our Learn to Play Hockey Program.
Have rental equipment from our last session? Extend your rental for $80.00. No additional deposit is required.
Included in your rental
- Helmet
- Skates
- Pants
- Shin pads
- Shoulder pads
- Elbow pads
- Gloves
- Hockey bag to carry it all
You will need to purchase
- Mouth guard
- Protective cup
- Hockey socks
- Your own stick
All of these items are available in our Pro Shop.