Coaching
An Interview with U11A3 Assistant Coach Jake Trueman
Tell us about growing up playing hockey in Richmond and do you have a coach that inspired you to coach one day? Growing up playing hockey in Richmond was an amazing experience. I played hockey every season from the ages of five to seventeen. Most of my years were spent bouncing around the A2 and…
Read MoreRichmond Jets U13A1 win in Vegas
The Jets’ U13A1 won the Las Vegas President’s Day 12U Tournament, beating a trio of U.S. teams en route to the title. A Richmond Jets hockey team returned from Las Vegas a little heavier in the luggage department earlier this week. In the round-robin, the team beat the Idaho Steelheads 6-4, the Santa Clarita Flyers…
Read MoreRichmond Jets U13 A1 enjoy storming start to season
The Richmond Jets U13 A1 hockey team is off to a flying start to the season, after clocking up an 18-4 record and bagging the Nanaimo Bardown Remembrance Day Tier 1 Tournament. The team went undefeated, 6-0, on the weekend, claiming the gold medal after an exciting final against the Victoria Racquet Club. Despite being…
Read MoreRichmond Jets U13C5 Win U13 C Division in the Ice Breaker C Tournament
Coming into the tournament, the Richmond Jets C3, ’The Mighty Pucks,’ were poised for a strong outcome as they had only lost one game during their pre-season tier-balancing games. With a strong defence and a smart offensive unit, the Mighty Pucks breezed into the third round and squeezed out a win. From there, the semi-finals…
Read MoreWelcome Tim Preston & Impact Hockey Development
The Richmond Jets are excited to partner with Impact Hockey Development and announce Tim Preston as the Director of Programming. This role will be to build, manage and coordinate the development blueprint- align the focus of all developers and coaches, coordinate the on ice instruction, and support our coaches. Given the current climate related to…
Read MoreCoach Ray Hung
The definition of “volunteer”, according to the Cambridge Dictionary is “a person who does something, especially helping other people, willingly and without being forced or paid to do it”. Coach Ray Hung is the epitome of “volunteer”. There are seasons when everything comes together – a fabulous player group, a terrific parent group and a…
Read MoreRichmond Jets Coaching Announcement for the 2019/20 season
Photo by Spacebound Visuals Atom A1 – Shawn McQuistin Shawn returns as the coach of the Atom A1 team. During his seven years of coaching, he has coached at various ages from Hockey 1 to Bantam at both the rep and recreational level as well as spring hockey for the past five years with the…
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