2025 Pre Season Camps (Schedules are posted below)

No refunds after Monday August 18th

Camps are designed and led by our Technical Director, Tim Boyce. Tim has over 20 years of coaching and has worked with and developed over 70 QMJHL draft picks, 4 NHL draft picks and numerous players for NCAA and US prep schools. Additionally, Tim has been the  head coach of the Halifax Macs U18 Hockey club for 11 years where the club is routinely at the top of the NSU18 Major Hockey League

Camps will feature guest instructors from the Hawks as well as high level coaching from HRM and surrounding areas

Below is a list of our 2025 pre season camps. Do not wait to register - camps fill up quickly. We will not be adding additional skaters in order to keep ice times manageable with a strong instructor to player ratio.

• All camps will be held at Centennial Arena. (Unless specified below at a different arena)
• All ice sessions are 1 hour in length.
• Players should bring their own water bottles
• No refunds after Monday August 18th.
• Skater camps are open to a max of 25 skaters per group to ensure proper player to instructor ratio

Goalie Camp

Our goalie camp is back again by popular demand.  4 hours of instruction led by Brad MacCharles of Empire goaltending and is open to all age groups and skill levels. Fine tune those technical aspects of your game prior to the season with one of the best in the business!

Any goalies who register for the Empire camp, can also join the skaters camps for additional ice at no charge.  No need to try and register for the additional camps.  We will contact all goalies closer to the camp dates about joining the additional skater camps at no charge. 

Cost: $140.00

 To Register: 

Dates:

U7 FUNdamentals 

The 5 sessions will focus on the fundamentals of hockey, giving the U7 player a good base of the basics to build onto for the upcoming season.  We will focus on stance, posture, balance, skating stride, stops, starts, turns, edge discovery, and puck handling while putting the FUN into FUNdamentals!

Cost:  $

To Register Group 1: 

To Register Group 2: 

U9 

The 5 sessions will focus on the fundamentals of hockey, giving the U9 player a good base of the basics to build onto for the upcoming season.  We will focus on stance, posture, balance, skating stride, stops, starts, turns, edge discovery, and puck handling/shooting.

Cost: $

To Register Group 1:  

To Register Group 2: 

U11 Camp

The 5 sessions will have power skating, puck handling, shooting, passing and competing elements built into the camp.  We will add some conditioning aspects to the practices as well to prepare players for tryouts. Goalies: Email TD@HalifaxHawks.ca if you would like to attend any of these skater sessions at no charge.

Cost: $

To Register Group 1: 

To Register Group 2: 

U11 3v3 Hawks Cup

Get the competitive juices flowing before tryouts!  4 teams consisting of max 12 skaters and 2 goalies per team.  Players will receive 3 games total (2 round robin plus a bronze or gold medal game) of 3v3 full ice games.  Games will be one hour in length.  The focus will be on skill, speed and puck possession where players will be encouraged to NOT dump the puck at any time.  Once players are registered, we will divide the teams up to try and ensure teams are balanced.  We will operate on a buzzer system to ensure players get equal ice time.  Get some game play in before tryouts begin!

Cost: $90.00

U11 3v3 Skater:  https://halifaxhawks.square.site/product/2024-pre-season-u11-hawks-cup-3v3-skater-registration-/178

U11 3v3 Goalie: https://halifaxhawks.square.site/product/2024-pre-season-u11-hawks-cup-3v3-goalie-registration-/187

U13 AAA Development Skates

The 5 sessions will run from September 4th to the 14th and will get players ready for the U13 AAA tryouts that commence on Sept 15th.  Sessions will be run by our Technical Director and members of the U13AAA coaching staff.  These will be high level, high compete, and high intensity practices that are geared towards those trying out for U13AAA.

Cost: $

U13 AAA Development Camp Skater: 

U13 AAA Development Camp Goalie: 

U13 Camp

The 5 sessions will have power skating, puck handling, shooting, passing and competing elements built into the camp. We will add some conditioning aspects to the practices as well to prepare players for tryouts.  Goalies: Email TD@HalifaxHawks.ca if you would like to attend any of these skater sessions at no charge.

Cost: $

To Register: 

U13 3v3 Hawks Cup

Get the competitive juices flowing before tryouts!  4 teams consisting of max 12 skaters and 2 goalies per team.  Players will receive 3 games total (2 round robin plus a bronze or gold medal game) of 3v3 full ice games.  Games will be one hour in length.  The focus will be on skill, speed and puck possession where players will be encouraged to NOT dump the puck at any time.  Once players are registered, we will divide the teams up to try and ensure teams are balanced. We will operate on a buzzer system to ensure players get equal ice time. Get some game play in before tryouts begin!

Cost: $

U13 3v3 Skater:  

U13 3v3 Goalie: 

U15/U18 Camp 

The 6 sessions will have power skating, puck handling, shooting, passing and competing elements built into the camp. We will add some conditioning aspects to the practices as well to prepare players for tryouts. This will be a NON CONTACT Camp due to the mixing of age groups and skill levels.

Goalies: Email TD@HalifaxHawks.ca if you would like to attend any of these sessions at no charge.

Cost: $

U15/U18 Camp Skater: 

U15 3v3 Hawks Cup

Get the competitive juices flowing before tryouts!  4 teams consisting of max 12 skaters and 2 goalies per team.  Players will receive 3 games total (2 round robin plus a bronze or gold medal game) of 3v3 full ice games.  Games will be one hour in length.  The focus will be on skill, speed and puck possession where players will be encouraged to NOT dump the puck at any time.  Once players are registered, we will divide the teams up to try and ensure teams are balanced. We will operate on a buzzer system to ensure players get equal ice time. Get some game play in before tryouts begin! NON CONTACT

Now open to U18 goalies!

Cost: $

U15 3v3 Skater:

U15 3v3 Goalie: 

Contact Confidence Camp

This is a camp for players in U15/U18 that have their checking certification to get more comfortable with angling and contact.

To Register:

Any questions on pre season camps can be directed to Tim Boyce at TD@HalifaxHawks.ca