Clinics and Camps

The Grand Rapids Blades are excited to announce that we will be offering a 10-week

skills and power skating program this fall to help bolster and refine core skills. Six of

the initial sessions will be led by Mitch Parsons (Parsons Hockey School), as noted

below, while later sessions will be run by Blades Director of Player Development Alec

Slazas along with help from current Calvin players when available.

Coach Cassady, Blades Director of Goaltending, will be working with the goalies in

the specific sessions noted below and separated on the ice from the other skills skaters

on those dates. On the weeks there is Goalie Clinic, we ask that all goalies, no matter

their age group, attend the first (Squirt) session (7:00PM and 2:30PM times). Goalie

instruction will be available for those sessions only. On weeks that there is not goalie

clinic listed, goalies can skate out as players as part of the player skill sessions. 

The sessions are open to Blades players only and will be broken up by age group. We

encourage all eligible Blades players to participate as there is no additional cost to join

for these skates!

To learn more about Parsons Hockey School, follow the link below for a complete bio of

Coach Mitch and his team. Home (parsonshockeyschool.com) We look forward to

seeing you on the ice!

Friday dates: 7:00 p.m. – 7:50 p.m. (Mite/Squirt), 8:00 – 8:50 p.m. (Peewee/Bantam)

Sunday dates: 2:30 – 3:20 p.m. (Mite/Squirt), 3:30 – 4:20 p.m. (Peewee/Bantam)

Session dates are as follows:

Friday, October 4 - PARSONS

Friday, October 11 – SLAZAS (GOALIE SESSION)

Sunday, October 20 - PARSONS

Friday, October 25 – PARSONS (GOALIE SESSION)

Sunday, November 3 – PARSONS (GOALIE SESSION)

Sunday, November 10 - PARSONS

Sunday, November 17 – PARSONS (GOALIE SESSION)

Friday, November 22 – SLAZAS

Sunday, December 8 – SLAZAS (GOALIE SESSION)

Sunday, December 15 – SLAZAS (GOALIE SESSION)