PowerSkate is an action-packed, high-energy instructional power skating program designed for hockey and ringette skaters. It focuses on developing balance, power, agility, speed, and endurance. Through a progressive format, participants learn skills, techniques, and conditioning drills, emphasizing how these skills apply to game situations. This program offers a fantastic alternative to figure skating and is an excellent complement for athletes on hockey or ringette teams. The unique skill award program provides incentives and motivation for skaters to continue improving.

Who Can Join?

CanPowerSkate is ideal for skaters aged six and older who already have basic forward and backward skating skills (able to skate the length of the rink using alternate strides) and can stop on command without using the boards. For safety reasons, participants must wear full hockey/ringette equipment that is CSA approved.

Important: All CanPowerSkate Participants Must Wear Full Gear, Including a CSA-Approved Hockey Helmet

Take Your Game to the Next Level

Many top NHL players, such as Nathan MacKinnon, Matt Duchene, Mark Scheifele, and Jeff Skinner, have trusted Skate Canada’s best-in-class programs to help them reach hockey's biggest stage.

Program Structure

The PowerSkate program consists of skills divided into six levels, arranged in progressions that gradually increase in complexity. Levels 1 to 3 focus on the fundamentals of skating, while Levels 4 to 6 emphasize efficient technique, speed, agility, stride and acceleration, and skating with the puck/ring. Skaters are evaluated on skill level and timed as they perform a test involving skills in a course-like pattern. They receive a mark combining skill performance and test time, determining whether they receive a Bronze, Silver, or Gold award bar for that level.

Note: The CanPowerSkate program is exclusive to Skate Canada and is available only to Skate Canada member clubs and sanctioned skating schools. All participants must be registered with Skate Canada. Only Skate Canada member coaches trained and certified at a CanPowerSkate Coaches Course are qualified to instruct the CanPowerSkate program.

PARENTS CODE OF CONDUCT

As in many other sports, there is a certain etiquette and code that parents must follow both in/around our arenas and also at home. Click here to download the Parents Code of Conduct.