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Clinics

The Ice Dogs offer dedicated skills sessions at the Mount Vernon Ice Arena for those players who want additional development opportunities. These clinics are all designed to improve and elevate your game.

Goalie/Shooter Clinics (10U-14U)

Join us this fall for Goalie/Shooter clinics! Choose one or come to all! These clinics are an opportunity for 10U-14U skaters and goalies to work together and elevate individual performance. Space is limited to ensure individual attention, quality instruction, and a challenging environment.

Dates and Times:
- Friday, 10/3 from 6:00-7:30pm: REGISTER HERE
- Friday, 10/17 from 5:30-7:00pm: REGISTER HERE
Where: Mount Vernon Ice Arena
Instructors: Mark Chapman + 2
Age Groups: 10U - 14U. Players will be grouped by age and ability to ensure a challenging and fun environment.
Cost:
- Skaters: $35
- Goalies: No cost
Open to NOVA players and players from other clubs.

Hockey Skills and PEP Drop-In Sessions

For players looking to improve their individual skills, the Ice Dogs are holding dedicated skills sessions at the Mount Vernon ice rink. This clinic is a mix of skills and Power Edge Pro (PEP), all designed to improve and elevate your game.

See below for drop in sessions available.

Program: Hockey Skills and PEP Hockey skills sessions
When: Wednesday Nights
Where: Mount Vernon Ice Rink
Instructors:
- Hockey Skills: Lyon Messier
- PEP Staff
Age Groups:
- 6pm: 8u-12u Travel
- 7pm: 12u Travel
- 8pm: 14u Rec
- 8pm: 14u-16u Travel
Cost: $40 per session

Registration:

9/24: https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/499878

10/1: https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/499882

10/15: https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/499883

10/22: https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/499884

Learn to Play

The Ice Dogs have partnered with the Caps to offer the Future Caps Learn to Play program for new hockey players, as well as our own Ice Dogs Learn to Play program for those who have a bit of experience.

Fall sessions begin Sept. 21! Dates for winter LTP sessions to be announced. Please sign up on our interest form to be alerted when winter LTP registration opens.

Future Caps Learn to Play (Level 1)

**Future Caps has reached capacity for the fall session.

WHO: Kids aged 5-9 who have never enrolled in Future Capitals LTP before. New players! No hockey experience necessary.

FALL SESSION: 9/21-11/23 (8 Future Cap Sessions plus 2 bonus LTP sessions)

DAY/TIME: Sundays 4-5pm

WHERE: Mount Vernon Ice Rink

INCLUDES: New membership with USA Hockey, FREE full head-to-toe Hockey gear, 10 lessons.

PREREQUISITES:

Must be 5 by 9/21/25
Participants MUST have prior skating experience (Learn to Skate, private skating lessons, etc.) prior to registering for the Future Caps Learn to Play program.
Participants must be confident being on the ice without a parent and must be able to skate cross-ice without “marching.”
Participants must be able to fall on the ice and get back up without assistance.
Must not have enrolled in a Future Caps LTP session before.
- If they have, have them consider our LTP Level 2 sessions.

Cost: $299

Ice Dogs Learn to Play (Level 2)

WHO: Kids aged 4-10 (Players who’ve graduated from Future Caps or have some LTP experience)

FALL SESSION: 9/21-11/23 (10 consecutive sessions)

DAY/TIME: Sundays 4-5pm

WHERE: Mount Vernon Ice Rink

INCLUDES: 10 lessons

PREREQUISITES:

Players should have basic skating skills, such as those taught in “Snowplow Sam” programs 1 and 2 (offered through the Fairfax County Parks Authority) or the equivalent. This includes knowing how to fall down and get up, start, stop, and turn.

Participants need to register with USA Hockey. Registration fees vary by birth year.

LTP skaters will need to already have full gear (helmet, pads, gloves, sticks, skates, neck guard) to be on the ice. Check out gear inventory lists here.

COST: $299

CCHL Rec Hockey (10U-18U)

We anticipate 2 CCHL teams at each age group. We are thrilled to have so many Ice Dogs returning to our program, and we are eager to welcome more players to our home at the renovated Mount Vernon Rec Center.

**NEW: We are now offering a 50% discount to all CCHL GOALIES!**

Details & Registration Information

CURRENT CCHL AVAILABILITY (as of 8/13/2025):

Goalie spots open at all ages. CCHL goalies get a 50% discount on registration!
A few 16U/18U skater spots remain.
We are FULL for skaters at 10U, 12U and 14U. We welcome skaters at those age groups to sign up for our waitlist here.

Season details:

Season will start mid-September
Practices at Mount Vernon or Tucker Road
10U, 12U, 14U: Saturday afternoons at Mount Vernon
- 10U 1:30pm - 2:45pm
- 12U 3:00pm - 4:15pm
- 14U 4:30pm - 5:45pm
16U/18U: Wednesdays 8:30pm-9:45pm at Tucker Road Ice Rink

Cost: $1,550

50% Discount for Goalies
20% Sibling Discount. Reach out to kristi.carbone@novaicedogs.org for your code.

You will need a 2025-26 season USA Hockey number to register. Get your new number here.

REGISTER HERE

If your age group is full, sign up for the waitlist here.

If you have any questions, please email info@novaicedogs.org.

8U/6U Program

In our 8U/6U hockey program, the focus is on skill development, teamwork, and having fun! For the 2025-26 season, we expect to form 4-5 teams, each with 10-12 skaters. Depending on the skill level of players, these teams will compete across various divisions: Lower A (travel), Upper B (travel), Lower B and House/Rec.

Details & Registration Information

Season details:

8U/6U season runs September 2025-February 2026
Practices on Saturday and Sunday mornings (7:15-8:45am anticipated) at the Mount Vernon Rec Center
Regular practices supplemented by optional skating instruction (offered at no additional cost) on Mondays 6:00-7:15pm, from August 18-October 6
Birth years 2017-2020

Cost:  $1,250 for the season

Includes home and away Jamborees
Home games and jamborees are on half-ice with multiple away games at local area rinks during the season
Pre-season August start (optional)
20% Sibling Discount. Reach out to kristi.carbone@novaicedogs.org for your code.

REGISTER HERE!

Note: You will need a 2025-26 season USA Hockey number to register. Get your new number here.

CBHL Travel Tryouts

Travel tryouts have concluded. We still have openings for 10U/12U girls' travel team players. Please contact Larry Blake at larry.blake@novaicedogs.org for more information.

For any other questions about our travel teams, please contact Liz Townsend at liz.townsend@novaicedogs.org.

Questions? Please email us!

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