Hill Hockey
The Hill Academy Hockey Department is dedicated to enabling our student-athletes to reach their highest level of achievement. Whether the goal is to reach the post-secondary, national, international, or professional level, our staff is committed to developing a strong foundation, which will be the springboard for future success.
Hill Hockey incorporates intensive on-ice training and skill development, leading strength and conditioning, professional level coaching, sports psychology and team building sessions, all in an academic environment in which a student-athlete can thrive.
FAST FACTS
#1 North America’s premiere hockey program for student-athletes
21 Alumni currently playing in the NHL
15 Alumni currently playing in the OHL
3 Current alumni rated as NHL top prospects
50+ Hill alumni have received Division 1 hockey scholarships
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Current Alumni Placement
NHL
Los Angeles Kings
Brandt Clarke
Markus Phillips
New Jersey Devils
Graeme Clarke
New York Islanders
Michael Dal Colle
Detroit Red Wings
Kaden Fulcher
Dallas Stars
Thomas Harley
Nicholas Porco
Toronto Maple Leafs
Nikita Korostelev
Mitch Marner
Winnipeg Jets
Johnny Kovacevic
Cole Perfetti
Arizona Coyotes
Nick Ritchie
New York Rangers
Brendan Lemieux
Vancouver Canucks
Miles Liberati
Calgary Flames
Ryan Lomberg
Pittsburgh Penguins
Matia Marcantuoni
Buffalo Sabres
Brett Murray
Boston Bruins
Cody Payne
Boston Bruins
Brett Ritchie
Anaheim Ducks
Devin Shore
Detroit Red Wings
Daniel Renouf
Colorado Avalanche
Tyler Weiss
NCAA
Atlantic Hockey
Rochester Institute of Technology
Robert Morris University
Big Ten
University of Michigan
Ohio State University
Penn State University
ECAC Hockey
Brown University
Clarkson University
Colgate University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Harvard University
Union College
Yale University
Hockey East
Boston College
Boston University
University of Connecticut
Maine University
Merrimack College
Hill Prep Hockey
The Hill Academy Prep Hockey Program is meticulously designed to enhance individual skill development and provide players with a positive skill-building environment that emphasizes hard work, development, discipline, and fun. The Hill Prep Hockey program is designed to best prepare our players for the next level while providing OHL, USHL, BCHL, and NCAA exposure and opportunities.
We provide a safe and educational learning environment while making our players accountable for their actions both on and off the ice. The Hill Prep Hockey Program provides a rigorous and elite level, school year round schedule with daily practices with professional level coaches.
The Hill Academy attracts players that are first and foremost quality people. A Hill Academy prospective student-athlete will be examined for academic, athletic, and personal qualities, all which will be taken into consideration in the admissions process.
Hill Varsity Hockey
The Varsity Hockey Program at The Hill is based primarily around skill development. As opposed to our U16 and U18 Prep programs, which are team based, Varsity players continue to play for the minor hockey association teams that they belong to.
It is a complete on and off ice development program which includes on ice sessions with professional skills experts and off ice information sessions with sport and industry leaders.
In addition, the Varsity Program participates as a team to represent The Hill Academy at various tournaments around the GTA. We do our best to ensure that these games do not conflict with their minor hockey schedules.
Hill Girls Hockey
This program is specifically designed to enhance the development of female hockey players born between 2009 and 2005 and will run as a girls development program. Female hockey players are now being recruited at the university level as early as the Bantam level and the Hill Academy program allows players to be better prepared on and off the ice for the upcoming opportunities that will be presented to them.
The Hill program is able to have the three main aspects of a student-athletes experience (on-ice development, off ice training and academics) work in conjunction with each other while providing the athlete proper time for rest and recovery so they are able to maximize each session or class to reach their full potential.
HOCKEY COACHING STAFF
This will be Brett's 6th year as a member of the Hill Academy hockey program. After an impressive playing career, we are proud to have Brett MacLean as the General Manager of Varsity Hockey. Brett was the 1st round pick of the 2004 OHL draft. He played 245 games between the Erie Otter and Oshawa Generals and recorded 288 points in 245 OHL games including a league leading 61 goals in 2007-2008. Brett was a 2nd round NHL pick to the Phoenix Coyotes and played at the professional level for four years. After being forced to retire early because of a heart condition, Brett has been involved in skill development for the past 10 years. In that time Brett has worked with players from age 10 all the way up to the NHL as well as working with members of the 2022 Team Canada women's Olympic team to help them find areas of improvement in their game.
Brett MacLean
General Manager - Hockey
Travis Wight
Head Coach Prep Hockey
This is Travis’ eighth year as a senior school teacher and coach for the prep hockey team. He is a graduate of the University of Maine where he played NCAA Division I hockey. During that time the Black Bears competed in 2 Frozen Fours, losing 1-0 in the national championship to Denver in 2004. After graduation Travis went on to play 8 years of professional hockey in North America and Europe. During his professional playing career Travis was also able to complete his master’s degree in education.
Brett Robinson
Assistant Coach Prep Hockey
Brett has an extensive and impressive hockey background. Brett received a NCAA Division 1 scholarship to Mercyhurst University. He played 4 seasons with the Lakers and graduated with a BA in Sport Business.
After graduating Brett went on to play more then 500 games professionally throughout his 10-year career across the United States and Europe. Brett has a strong desire to teach and develop future players.
The past 3 years Brett has focused on coaching and high-level on-ice skill development for athletes of all ages, including NHL, NCAA, OHL and Jr.A players.
Frank Longo
Admissions Manager &
Director of Goaltending
Frank Longo has been actively coaching goaltenders for the past 11 years ranging from Major Junior and NCAA caliber goaltenders, all the way to beginners. Frank was heavily involved in Whitby Minor Hockey, as he became the assistant coach & goaltending coach for the U14 AAA program in 2015 - the youngest bench coach at the AAA level in recent Whitby Minor Hockey history. Frank then went on to coach at Stanstead College where Frank was responsible for goaltending development. Frank went on to Nipissing University as the assistant coach and goaltending scout with the women’s varsity hockey program