DRILL OF THE MONTH: Four Station Puck Control Skills Age Groups Under-9 Skill Description – First Progression Place five pylons (can also use pucks) in formation as shown. Player must skate around each of the outside pylons and come back to the middle before skating around one of the outside pylons again. Keep toes pointing … Read more
Click here to view the 2024 Winter Breakout Magazine in your browser. From an experienced hockey mom It’s that time of year: the regular season is wrapping up and all eyes are set on the playoffs! Anyone who has ever played hockey or has a child who plays, knows the hockey community is a big … Read more
On February 9-11, the Under-13 ‘A’ George Bell Titans made the trip up to Whitefish River First Nation for the second leg of the Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL) and Whitefish River First Nation home-and-home exchange. The visit came following the first leg in October 2023 which featured youth from Whitefish River First Nation coming to Toronto. In its second … Read more
For the second consecutive season, the GTHL and Whitefish River First Nation are together participating in a home-and-home exchange. After the first leg welcomed youth from Whitefish River First Nation to Toronto in October, the Under-13 ‘A’ George Bell Titans took the trip up north for the weekend of February 9-11. The weekend included on-ice … Read more
Click here to view the 2024 Winter Breakout Magazine in your browser. By: Katherine Henderson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hockey Canada A great sport done in a great country In September, I was proud to become Hockey Canada’s president and chief executive officer, a role that means so much to me as a … Read more
Click here to view the 2024 Winter Breakout Magazine in your browser. The Greater Toronto Hockey League’s 2024 Winter Breakout Magazine is all about the next generation. The magazine shares first words from Hockey Canada’s President and Chief Executive Officer Katherine Henderson, takes a look at the pros of esports, a family of officials, hockey’s … Read more
TORONTO, ON (February 12, 2024) – LiveBarn, the leading provider of live and on-demand streaming for amateur sports, and the Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL), the largest minor hockey organization in the world, today announced a new five-year partnership that will bring LiveBarn’s technology to facilities across the Greater Toronto Area. Under the terms of the … Read more
This February, in honour of Black History Month, the Greater Toronto Hockey League continues to celebrate the stories and contributions of so many in the game of hockey and our local communities. As part of the celebrations, the latest spotlight is on Jalen Smith-Pelly, the GTHL’s Coordinator of League Scheduling. In his second full season as … Read more
As part of National Girls and Women in Sports Day celebrations, the Greater Toronto Hockey League is shining the spotlight on two members of the League’s staff: Stephanie Hyde and Patty Micolino. National Girls and Women in Sports Day is an annual day of observance held during the first week of February to acknowledge the accomplishments of … Read more
Nearly 100 officials from coast to coast to coast have been selected to attend Hockey Canada Officiating Program of Excellence (OPOE) camps. Among those selected include seven former and current Greater Toronto Hockey League officials. FORMER & CURRENT GTHL OFFICIALS National High Performance Selection Camp (Calgary, AB – Feb. 1-4): Tara Benard-Rae, Referee (MHL/GTHL) Brian … Read more
