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Philosophy:
The Hill Academy Men’s Hockey Program, designed and ran by hockey directors Lindsay Hofford, John Winstanley, and Frank Pietrangelo. It is meticulously designed to combine individual development with a competitive game schedule to provide hockey players with a positive building environment that emphasizes hard work, development, discipline, and fun.
Hill Hockey works in complement with club hockey programs, allowing students to participate in both Hill Hockey, and their program outside of school. Practices are focused on individual skill development and developing a cerebral on-ice player. Students will use Hill Hockey to develop themselves further and in complement with their regular external club program.
Hill Hockey Training:
A typical Hill Hockey training practice combines three parts: skill development, hockey sense, and a fun team building period. Skill development includes power skating, stick handling, and goaltender development. Hockey sense development involves high speed, high intensity flow drills that focus on being aware on the ice, reacting to game like situations, and using your skills to find open ice and make plays. In any sports program it is important that players have fun, which is a critical element to a Hill Hockey practice by implementing fun and competitive drills into practice. Hill Hockey uses these three areas to develop student athlete hockey players to the next level whether that is AAA, Junior A, Major Junior, or college hockey.
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Head of Men's Hockey:
Lindsay Hofford
Coach Hofford has coached six years in the CHL with the London Knights and the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Hofford coached the London Knights to three straight playoff appearances and accumulated their highest win total.
Coach Hofford has Political Science and Sociology Degrees from the University of Guelph. He has owned and operated Pro Hockey Development for the last 15 years. Lindsay has received high praise from hockey people as a motivated and innovative Coach that is committed to teaching, communication and development. Hofford has worked or coached over 70 National Hockey League players. Lindsay is in his second year in charge of the Men’s hockey program at the Hill Academy.
Office – (905) 303-4530
prohockey@rogers.com
Technical Hockey Director:
John Winstanley
John is a former Ontario Hockey League player with the Sudbury Wolves. His instruction experience includes nine years of high performance stick-handling and shooting. Johnny has worked with many NCAA and OHL level players. He has been instructing clients from all over Canada and the United States. He currently coaches minor hockey in Toronto.
John coached the Hill Academy’s Men’s hockey team in 2008/2009 which included winning the Peac tournament and taking the team to visit Michigan State University.
Office – (905) 303 4530
jwinstanley@thehillacademy.com
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