PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

Pro-D Day Development Sessions

We are excited to kick-off one of our new development initiatives - Pro-D Day development. The first one is Friday, October 20, 2023.

Where: Pitt Meadows Arena (Red)
Cost: $15 per player
Schedule:

  • U11 - 8:15-9:15am
  • U9 - 9:30-10:30am
  • U13 - 10:45-11:45am

The sessions will be run by former Barracuda Sydney Langston, former UBC Women's Hockey team captain Celine Tardif and our Development Coordinator Rob Bayntun. Special thanks to Rob for working hard behind the scenes to make this happen!

Registration opens Sunday, October 15 @ 9am.

Power Skating - New for 2023/2024

We will be offering power skating sessions to Barracuda players starting on October 12, 2023!  Full details below.

  • When: Thursday mornings - October 12, 2023 to February 29, 2024
  • Where: Planet Ice - Maple Ridge
  • Time: 6:00-7:00 AM
  • Divisions: U9/U11 and U13/U15
  • Total Cost: $75 per player
  • Instructor:  Brooke Brooks

The number of sessions will depend on the level of interest, but players should expect one session every 2-3 weeks.  There will be no refunds for sessions that are missed.

Registration opens on Wednesday, September 27 @ 7pm.  There will be limited space available, so please register early to guarantee your spot.

Brooke's Bio:

Brooke is a certified Hockey Canada Coach with 20 years of power skating experience. Brooke previously oversaw all player programming development at Burnaby 8 Rinks, operating the Canlan Hockey Academy, from 2003 – 2008 with experience coaching athletes from age 5 – 80 and levels from Learn to Skate to Junior A. Brooke has been a coach with the Barracudas since 2015, along with numerous 3on3 and other spring/summer teams. Brooke still plays women’s hockey herself and has played at various high levels over the course of her playing career.

Growing up Brooke figure skated for 8 years before getting the bug to play hockey. With no female teams to play on Brooke grew up playing boys hockey with Ridge Meadows where she played Bantam rep hockey and participated in three BC Winter Games winning gold each time. She has been part of the Hockey Canada/BC Hockey development program since she was 14, including Team BC development. As an adult, before her little Barracuda came along, she played Division 1 ladies at Burnaby 8 Rinks for many years coming up against players like Cammie Granato (she is very, very fast). Brooke has competed at the Western Shield for women’s hockey and even traveled in her earlier days to Minnesota with the Vancouver Selects to play US and China based female teams. Brooke is very excited to teach power skating for the Cudas and all the future team Canada members the association will produce.