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The Directors Club returns for Season 2

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To kick off season 2, we have teamed up with coaching legend Wally Kozak to present his Mission Statement Workshop.

We’re excited to announce the return of the Directors Club with Mike Bonelli! The FREE, live webinar series aims to support and collaborate with hockey directors, program administrators and anyone in a youth hockey leadership role, while building successful strategies for leaders in the hockey communities they serve.

Effective and successful teams have a common understanding of what they want to gain from next season. To kick off season 2, we have teamed up with coaching legend Wally Kozak to present his Mission Statement Workshop. Participants in the workshop will complete the exercise to provide a sense of direction and purpose for the program this season.

We will discuss how all stakeholders (coaches, parents & players) provide feedback to create an agreed upon “Mission Statement,” which gives direction for the entire hockey season with the goal of creating a positive hockey experience.

You can join the first webinar of the season on Wednesday, September 14th @ 11 am PST.

ABOUT MIKE BONELLI

Currently the owner of Mike Bonelli Hockey Solutions, Bonelli has over 35 years of program building and planning experience for ice hockey. He has coached at every level of hockey and is considered as an expert in youth hockey programming, development, retention, and communication.

Bonelli currently works in advisory roles with some of the best support groups in the business of hockey including USA Hockey, USA Floorball, NHL teams like the NY Rangers, NY Islanders and NJ Devils, The Coaches Site, Power Player assessment program, CoachThem drill and practice software, Edge Boss Hockey training aids and he is also a coach ambassador with True Hockey, GelSTX, Verbero Hockey, Hockey Wrap Around, XHockey Products, Sense Arena and The Edge Skate Sharpening and Profiling company.

Coach Bonelli has been a part of building programs at schools like the Harvey School (Director), Westchester Skating Academy (Director), Floyd Hall Arena (Director / Architect), Danbury Ice Area (Director / Architect / Manager), Waterville Valley Ice Arena (Manager / Director), Chelsea Piers Connecticut (Architect) and Prospect Park Ice Rink (Brooklyn). He has coached at Plymouth State University (Head), NWHL’s CT Whale (assistant), The Harvey School (Head), Iona Prep (Head), Immaculate HS (Head) and NYU (Assistant) along with coaching 8U learn to play through Midget AAA in many programs and organizations over the past 35 years.