Youth Hockey Clinics
For those hockey players who are ready to take their game to the next level or who want to improve their skills to make their next team, Montclair State Ice Arena offers all types of skills clinics throughout the year for players to improve. From power skating and shooting clinics to goalie clinics and stickhandling clinics, Montclair State Ice Arena has a program to enhance your hockey skills. Check out one of the classes on our schedule that are taught by our highly trained professional coaching staff.
Learn to Play Hockey
Teen 11+
This program will work on the basic skills of skating, stick-handling and shooting. Sessions will include game situations as a way to teach players to excel at the next level!
11 years old and up – Players will be divided up by age and skill level.
ALSO OPEN TO ADULTS!!
Rangers Learn to Play Hockey
10 and under
Your program fee covers a lot of great stuff. First-time Learn to Play participants get a free complete set of gear, including skates, as part of a USA Hockey sanctioned program. You’ll enjoy a family-friendly schedule with 10 weeks of one-hour sessions, all led by professional instructors alongside Rangers staff. Plus, there will be special guest appearances from Rangers Alumni.
Robby Glantz Power Skating Clinic
AUGUST 28, 29, 30
Train with one of the best in the game!
Robbie Glantz, skating coach to the stars, is bringing his world-renowned power skating clinic to Montclair Ice Arena this summer!
This high-energy clinic focuses on speed, explosiveness, edge control, and stickhandling under pressure. Players of all ages and levels will benefit from Robbie’s innovative techniques, including his famous bungee cord resistance drills and acceleration training used by NHL pros.
What’s Included:
• 4 hours of total on-ice instruction
• Power moves and speed with the puck
• Stickhandling & footwork techniques
• Specialized bungee cord training
• Skating drills designed to boost confidence and game-day performance
DETAILS:
Dates: August 28–30, 2025
Total On-Ice Time: 6 hours
Discount Tuition: $435 (Reg. $485 – Save $50!)
Group A: U10–Adult
Thu & Fri: 6:30–7:30pm, Ice Cut, 7:40–8:40 PM
Sat: 8:30–9:30 AM, Ice Cut, 9:40–10:40 AM
✅ Open to boys & girls
✅ Players split by age/level
✅ U8 Travel players welcome
Questions? Contact Mike Liu – [email protected]
Maffei’s Mites Gameplay Mondays
PLAYERS 8 AND UNDER
Get ready for real hockey games with Coach Nick and Maffei’s Mites!
Mondays: July 8 – August 26
6:10pm – 7:10pm
Lead Instructor: Nick Maffei
$360 per session or $55 Walk-on (Day of only, if space available)
Powerskating with Kaden Pickering
Tuesdays: July 8 – July 29, 2025
7:20pm – 8:20pm
Lead Instructor: Kaden Pickering
$220 per session or $65 Walk-on (Day of only, if space available)
Summer Squirt + Peewee Skills Clinic with Adam Carlo
Need that extra push for the upcoming season? Join MSU Arena Coach Adam Carlo and sharpen your skating, stickhandling, and shooting so you’re peaking for the 2025 – 26 season!
Wednesdays: July 9 – August 13, 2025
6:10pm – 7:10pm
Lead Instructor: Adam Carlo
$330 per session or $65 Walk-on (Day of only, if space available)
Summer Goalie Clinic with Neil Scancerella
Coach Neil Scancerella leads this goalie clinic which will blend technique refinement and movement. We will work on power skating and goalies will take shots during each session!
Wednesdays: July 9 – August 13, 2025
6:10pm – 7:10pm
Lead Instructor: Neil Scancerella
$330 per session or $65 Walk-on (Day of only, if space available)
Under the Direction of
Hockey Director
Liu has an extensive coaching history in the NJ area, including growing the Hockey in New Jersey program to one of the largest Hockey is for Everyone programs across the NHL. Before playing 4 years at West Virginia University, he was part of the 2003 Randolph State Championship team that was inducted into the New Jersey High School Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018.