Skate To Excellence
Skate To Excellence was created in 2002 to help young skaters improve their stride and increase speed, along with developing their individual skating, shooting, passing and puck handling skills while getting ready for the upcoming season. Over the years, as the participants skills have improved and the mite level players have developed into squirt and pee wee hockey players, our mission for Skate To Excellence has not changed. It doesn't matter what age or level you compete at, all players can improve on their stride, puck control and hockey sense.
Skate To Excellence's goal is to have all participants have a fun and positive experience while learning and improving their own individual and game situation hockey skills.
Skate To Excellence clinics are offered year-round. They give players a chance to work on power skating, edge work, shooting, passing and puck handling through repetition and over speed, and also provide time to emphasize teaching hockey sense and the understanding of more hockey strategies.
Skate To Excellence is committed to expanding our clinics and continuing to grow to teach and instruct hockey skills to develop the complete hockey player.
News
1997 Tournament Team Tryout - President's Day, Monday, February 20th at 1:40 pm on SR7
1997 STE AAA Tournament Only Team will be holding their team tryout on President's Day, Monday, February 20th at Schwan Super Rink in Blaine, MN. The 1997 STE AAA team tryout will be at 1:40 pm on Super Rink 7. Click on the registration tab to print out the tryout registration form. Fill out the form and mail in the form to reserve your spot at tryouts. For more information contact Terry Hughes at 651-815-8960 or e-maill THughes@skatetoexcellence.com
Spring Stick Handling Clinic starting April 6th - Before School Clinic at Schwan Super Rink
Skate to Excellence Spring Stick Handling Clinic will be starting on April 6th..
- Friday mornings at Schwan Super Rink, starting April 6th and running through June 8th. The morning clinic will be 10 sessions, one day per week. Each session to run 45 minutes (7.5 hours). Times this session are 6:30 am and 7:15 am..
These clinics are designed for all levels of girls and boys who want to improve their puck handling skills. The clinic will help your player learn about protecting the puck as well as developing their stick handling skills through repetition. Homework will be assigned between sessions to help the players to improve and develop their skills.
The clinic will consist of working on the following skills:
- Learning to protect the puck
- Stick handling
- Foot work
- Strategies
- Speed
COST: $285.00
New for 2012 AAA Season - 1997 Tournament Only Team and 2003 Birth Year Team coached by Chris Johnson our STE 1999 team coach
STE AAA Team 2012 Tryouts
Skate to Excellence will once again be holding our AAA team tryouts for the 2012 season on the following dates. Please click on the PDF below for tryout dates and rink locations for each age level.
MEA Weekend - Friday, October 21 at Schwan's Super Rink
Christmas Break - Wednesday, December 28 or Thursday, December 29 at Fogerty Arena
Martin Luther Knig Day - Monday, January 16 at Schwan's Super Rink
President's Day - Monday, February 20 at Schwan's Super Rink
Girls Tryouts Dates:
- U10 STE AAA team - 12/28, 1/16 and 2/20
- U12 STE AAA team - 10/21, 12/28 and 1/16
- U14 STE AAA Team - 10/21 and 1/16
Boys Tryout Dates:
- 2003 AAA team - 10/21, 12/29, 1/16 and 2/20
- 2002 AAA team - 10/21, 1/16 and 2/20
- 2001 AAA team - 10/21, 12/29 and 2/20
- 2000 AAA team - 10/21 and 12/29
- 1999 AAA team - 10/21 and 1/16
- 1998 AAA team - 10/21 and 1/16
Click on 2012 tryout schedule and registration form for rink locations and times
Learn to Shoot - One on One Training
- 09/30/2011, 6:19am (CST)
3nd Annual STE Golf Tournament donated $7500 to Micki Madland
- 09/16/2011, 10:55am (CST)
1999 STE Wins 2011 Easton Cup
- 08/23/2011, 8:23am (CST)
Schwan Super Rink
Skate to Excellence AAA program skates out of the Schwan's Super Rink in Blaine, MN and is the largest ice arena of its kind in the world. This state-of-the-art facility features eight sheets of ice under one roof. Click here to visit the Super Rink site.
For More Information or To Sign Up
Call Terry Hughes at (C) 651-815-8960 or (H) 651-484-0495 or e-mail thughes@skatetoexcellence.com
Mailing Address:
6371 Red Hawk Trail
Lino Lakes, MN 55014
Which of the following players will have the biggest impact on his new team?
