"THE EDGE"

THE OFF-SEASON STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING PROGRAM
FOR SERIOUS HOCKEY PLAYERS

OFFERED THROUGH THE RINX HOCKEY SCHOOL

Under the direction of Alison Chlanda, The Rinx Hockey Operations Direct, and Bobby Goepfert, The Rinx Hockey Director.

PROGRAM GOALS

OFF-ICE COORDINATOR

CrossFit - HPP Training Center, under the direction of Frank Gilroy (M.S, CSCS, CPT) will compose a dryland training regiment that will optimize a players speed, power, agility, reaction and first-step quickness.  CrossFit programs are the nation's premier provider of advanced athletic performance enhancement training and protocols.  The newly renovated CrossFit - HPP Training Facility, located at The Rinx, along with its highly professional staff, will provide a systematic series of supervised Hockey specific training protocols and specifically designed exercises to help enhance the physical performance of all enrolled in "The Edge".  Players can improve their speed, conditioning, skating mechanics, puck handling and shooting skills by participating in this program.

ON-ICE COORDINATOR

Bobby Goepfert, The Rinx Hockey Director, grew up playing goalie at The Rinx for PAL Ice Hockey.  He went on to play Jr.'s for the Cedar Rapids Roughriders (USHL), played College Hockey at Providence and St. Cloud St. and was drafted in 2002 by the Pittsburgh Penguins.  He was a 2006 & 07 All-American and 2007 Hobey Baker Finalist.  He played professionally for 10 years with the Anaheim, Washington and Carolina organizations as well as in Europe in Austria and Germany.

Coach Aleksey Nikiforov, a Rinx professional ice-hockey instructor/coach.  Aleksey has been training Hockey Players at The Rinx for over 20 years, and has advanced many players to the ranks of College and Professional levels.  He was formally trained at the Central Institute of Sport and Physical Culture in Moscow.  Aleksey is a former member of the Latvai Dinamo Riga and Latvias Berzs teams.

This Summer at The Rinx

Dates: June 26th through August 18th, 2017