On NHL Hockey Ice
So you think you’d like to skate on the NHL hockey ice?
Well, there are many ways to get to skate on NHL ice these days. NHL franchised hockey teams have many different promotions to facilitate your use of their ice. Playing professional hockey on NHL ice is a different story.
Play Pro Hockey – NHL Entry Draft
How does one get to play pro hockey, specifically nhl hockey? To be recruited to the NHL entry draft, NHL prospects are watched and chosen from the CHL (ohl, whl, qmjhl); junior hockey leagues; college hockey leagues from NCAA hockey; highschool and minor hockey; CJHL, USHL, and NAHL. Those players who attract the attention of NHL scouts have extensive hockey training from numerous hockey drills and hours on and off ice. They’ve attended hockey camps and hockey schools, and have superior hockey skills. Some will have to prove themselves in the AHL or even the ECHL first.
Ice Hockey Goals
If your goal is to play ice hockey on an NHL team, then it’s likely that you’ve already put in some effort, and hockey teams may want you also. Their scouts have to find you though. Do you know which are the best hockey leagues to play in to be scouted?
To Be A Pro Hockey Player
Not everyone can be a pro hockey player. Imagine the love of the ice hockey game, the dedication to hockey training, the number of ice hockey games you’d have to play. What would it take for you to play at the pro hockey level, NHL, AHL, or even the major junior hockey or junior A level?
NHL Hockey Ice will cover how to learn hockey so you can get to the NHL, common steps taken to get there, who is likely to get on a NHL ice hockey team, and what it’s like to play team hockey at that level.
League Hockey forthcoming articles
- AAA Hockey team
- Junior Hockey Tryouts
- College Hockey (NCAA Hockey)
- USCHO Hockey
- Atlantic Hockey
- CCHA
- CHA
- ECAC
- Hockey East
- WCHA
- USCHO Hockey
- Junior A Minor Hockey
- CJHL
- NAHL
- USHL
- Major Junior Hockey CHL
- OHL
- WHL
- QMJHL
- UK Elite
- ECHL
- AHL
- NHL
Hockey Training forthcoming articles
How To Learn Hockey
Hockey Camps
Hockey Skills
Ice Hockey Drills
Ice Hockey School
Private Hockey Lessons Plans
NHL Hockey forthcoming articles
Your First NHL Hockey Game
Pro Hockey Life forthcoming articles
What it’s like to live the life of an NHL star.
Hey I’m going to try out for junior b hockey next April. I will be 17, my goal is to hopefully have a great season to move on as 18 to go play Jr a so I can have more time to get noticed by colleges. How many kids go d1 from tier III junior a hockey such as the usphl? And if I don’t move up to Jr a by 18 will that be too late to get noticed by colleges ? Thanks for your time coach.
Congrats for intending to take the Jr B hockey challenge, Bill. Your plan seems logical except I’d set sights higher and shoot for tier I Junior A after playing Jr. B hockey for a season or two. Aim high, work extremely hard, be confident. While Tier III Junior A hockey to DI NCAA has been done, obviously Tier 1 Junior A hockey to D1 NCAA hockey is more common. Regardless, playing Junior A hockey first is a good goal, and 19 years old would not be too late to get on one of those teams. In some cases, even 20 year olds get a beginning on Junior A teams in their last year. Go for it.
Isn’t that the college team? I’m enlisting in the navy.
Yes, NCAA.
Hey there, I’m writing on behalf of a good friend of mine. I was wondering; he’s 22 years old and he’s been playing hockey all his life and has a great passion for the game, is there any chance at all that he could get into the NHL, or is it really too late? I know one can’t get in based on passion alone, it takes a high level of skill and experience, but I believe he’s got all of that. He is really an amazing player and I think he’d make a great asset to the league. He has the capability of being a great team leader too; he knows exactly what to say to reach deep into the core of others to truly inspire them and if he were to lead a team… Well that would be a team to watch out for. We have a hockey league at work and we’ve had for two years where we play against other teams in the company, and each year so far we’ve won almost every game with him leading us there. So, what I am wondering was if there was any way at all he could get noticed or do something so he could live out his dream of playing in the NHL? I think there has to be some way, and if you could help that would be awesome. Thank you.