2019 Vault Summer Training Program
The Connecticut Polar Bears will offer the fourth annual Vault Summer Training Program for the 2019-20 season.
Players will receive 125 hours of on-ice training, 2 sessions a week of off-ice training, and 20 games, including participation in the Beantown, NAHA, and Stoney Creek tournaments.
Players will receive 125 hours of on-ice training, 2 sessions a week of off-ice training, and 20 games, including participation in the Beantown, NAHA, and Stoney Creek tournaments.
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U14 group is open to birth years 2005-2007.
U16 group is open to birth years 2003-2005. U19 group is open to birth years 2000-2003. Training will be led by current Polar Bear coaches as well as current & former female collegiate players at the Division I and III levels. Training will focus on skill development, small games, and game situational training. For a sample of the tempo and pace of our practices, check out the videos on this page or visit the Training Blogs. Click Here to sign up to our mailing list to stay up to date. For more information, please contact janice@ctpolarbears.com. |
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About the Tournaments included in the Vault Summer Training Program
The Beantown, NAHA, and Stoney Creek tournaments are some of the most highly recruited showcases. For a complete list of coaches that attended the NAHA Labor Day tournament, click here. For a complete list of the 147 coaches that attended the Stoney Creek Showcase in 2018, click here.
Vault Summer Training Program Coaching Staff
Maurice FitzMaurice
- As head coach, has won 7 National Championships and finished 2nd 6 times
- Coached in 28 USA Hockey National Championship Tournaments
- Coached 9 Olympians and 35 players that have gone on to coach at the prep or collegiate level
- Joe Burke Award winner from the American College Coaches Association for outstanding contribution, support, and dedication to women’s ice hockey
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Janice Yang
- Played for Brown University 2011-2015
- ECAC All-Academic Team 2014 & 2015
- Played for Choate Rosemary Hall
- NEPSAC First Team All-Star
- Former Polar Bear
- Four-year USA Hockey national camp participant
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Gwil Jones
Nicole Palazzo
- 20 Years coaching in Massachusetts and New York
- New York State Champion
- 2x runner up at Mass State Championship.
- EHF champion
- Coached dozens of national camp players who have gone on to play college hockey
- Focuses on player development
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Nicole Palazzo
- Played for Westminster School
- Played for Sacred Heart University 2008-2012
- Captain in Junior and Senior Years
- Amassed 85 points over 112 games (30-55)
- Former Sacred Heart Women's Ice Hockey Assistant Coach
- Strength & Conditioning Certified
- Former Strength & Conditioning Coach at Jim Ronai's Competitive Edge & Total Athlete Conditioning
- Former Polar Bear
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And current and former female collegiate players at the Division I and III levels
INTRODUCING: U14 VAULT PREP EXPOSURE SERIES
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Northford, CT -- Beginning in early June, the U14 team will participate in 110 hours of skills training plus two weekly sessions of off-ice training at the Vault Summer Training program.
Training will be led by current Polar Bear coaches as well as current & former female collegiate players at the Division I and III levels. Introducing the Vault Prep Exposure Series: Throughout the course of the summer, more than 10 sessions will be led by head coaches from the following prep schools with more to be announced:
"This is an exclusive opportunity for members of our U14 team and Vault skaters to experience playing and practicing under some of the best prep school coaches," said Janice Yang, Player Director. "We are very excited to support our players with these exposure opportunities while also providing the experience of training at the pace required at the prep school level." Dates are being finalized and will be announced in the next month. |