Martian Sports Skills Announces the 2021 Spring Xice Hockey League!

Stoneham Ice Arena

Sunday’s

March 28th thru May 23rd

Are You looking for something different to do this Spring! Are you bored with playing the same old full ice slow paced game?

Come join the fast paced world of Xice 3v3 hockey.

A young player who plays 3 ON 3 Hockey will learn how to read and react to numerous offensive and defensive situations, in a smaller area, and at a higher intensity, which ultimately forces the body and mind to move quicker.  A player will build individual physical skills, quicker hands, quicker minds, and quicker feet to make real game decisions.   as well as the ability to "see the ice" and "be creative with the puck."

The more times a player gets to touch the puck, the more confidence a player gains, and the more their passion for the game grows. The MSDHL knows that kids love to play hockey, and the more fun they have learning the game, the more they will want to play it.

The MDHL's 3 ON 3 hockey concept speeds up the game of hockey by reducing the size of the rink and taking out the lines allowing players to be creative and find open space.

A set of boards are positioned along the center red line which split up the ice so that two games can take place on one surface.
Translation: Two games going on at one time.

Each MSDHL team will consist of 9 players total: 9 skaters and 1 goalie.  Each week you will play 2 (28 min  running time games in your 60 minute slot. There will be quick, one minute shifts. A horn will sound to signal each line change. During the change, the players skating back to the bench must leave the puck and the players replacing them will pick up the puck from where it was left.

There will be no stoppages of play. No off-sides. No icings. No checking. Penalties, however, will be called for infractions, the result of which rewards the opposing team with a penalty

Shot at the end of the game, which could ultimately determine who will win, loose, or tie each game.

If you are looking to bridge the gap between tryouts and the parity rounds of your leagues, look no further. We will have multiple divisions based on parity.

Divisions

Mites (Birth years 2012-2013)

Squirts (Birth years 2011-2010)

Pee Wee (Birth years 2009-2008)

Bantams Birth Years (2006-2007)

Girls (Grades 7-8 and HS Grades 9-10-11)

Cost is $1575 per team

If you’re interested in playing please email

info@martiansportsskills.com or

call our office at 978-887-0600

We will send you out your team application.

We are excited to finally announce the Summer of 2021 Skills program. All skills will be currently held at Phillips Academy in Andover. Our summer program will begin on 6/21 and conclude the week of 8/9.

Our Registration will go live at 7 pm on 2/26. This will be our 24th year. Please do not hesitate to sign up. We are a little late getting this rolling, so i am sure there will be a lot of traffic to the web site. Spots are available on a first come first serve basis.

If you have questions please call the new office line at 978-887-0600.

Everyone,
The policy for the league regarding cancellation is as follows:

If the Ice arenas are open the games will be held. The registration system put in place will be used to communicate rink closures as well as the web site.

It is important to have players log onto the web site and check email throughout the afternoon.

Coaches please make sure you email your team if a cancellation occurs.

Applications being accepted for the 2020-21 Middle School Hockey League

Martian Sports Skills is now excepting Applications for the 2020-21  Middle school Hockey League

Come Join over 35 communities participate in thr Middle School T League representing 10 different divisions.

We are excepting applications for new teams for the upcoming season

We are the organization that started the Middle School League  concept to bring back the ability for friends to play with friends. The hockey world has become very disjointed and too many team choices for players. The Middle School Hockey League serves as the bridge for player to come back and play with their friends each week.

If your interested in joining the largest Middle School Hockey League in the nation, please contact us today or register by hitting the Middle School League button above.

For an application please click on the Middle school League button above and download the team registration document.

email: info@martiansportsskills.com

call -978-887-0600

Thanks

John Pellerin

Director

Everyone

The 2020 Summer skills program registration has been disabled until tomorrow night. We are looking at the numbers for each session and may have to make adjustments to meet the state guidelines that have been sent out in draft form.

We have also had to make another change in ice venues. Stoneham Ice arena has been closed by the city and will not reopen until sometime in August. We are going to move our program to the Salem Ice Center in Salem NH.  The Ice Center is working on the final version of the schedule that we will communicated as soon as we receive it from the management this week.

We will not begin on June 15th. We are looking to have our first night the week of June 29th.

There will be a few changes. We will publish the proposed sessions , but not final tomorrow afternoon. At that time we will publish how many spots will be left in each session, and how many are over our state mandated limit. If a session is over subscribed we will ask players to move if needed based on Registration date. Thanks!

Martian Sports Skills is pleased to announce that the office number has changed. You can reach us our new number by calling 978-887-0600.

MARTIAN HOCKEY 2020 SUMMER SESSIONS ANNOUNCED

SKILLS PROGRAM FORMAT (GIRLS & BOYS)

Skills and Cross Ice Combined program for the SUMMER of 2020!!

MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY

STARTING THE WEEK OF JUNE 15th AND FINISHING BY AUGUST 18TH

120 minutes weekly sessions, 8 weeks, PHILLIPS ACADEMY

COST $285

Martian Sports Skills will continue with our new format to our successful skills program for the SUMMER of 2020! We will expand this combination of our successful skills format and the success of the development of our Cross Ice game format to 120 minutes each week for the summer of 2020. Each player will receive 60 minutes of skills instruction weekly and a 60 minute XICE GAME EACH WEEK.

Paul Sacco , Jerry Markem, and Kirsten Mathews, will once again return to run our successful 8 WEEK, WEEKLY program for mite, squirt, and pee wee/ bantam players. Each of these programs will meet once a week for 8 weeks for 120 minutes. The program is designed around the following weekly lessons:

Weekly Lessons

Week 1: Discovering your edges

Week 2: The importance of balance

Week 3: Stopping and starting

Week 4: Crossovers / quick acceleration

Week 5: Backward skating and transition

Week 6: Shooting and Stick handling

Week 7: Battle Skills and Body position/angling

Week 8 : Martian Cup

All of our weekly lessons are weekly skills are reviewed each week with the purpose of building a foundation for the young players to build on throughout the entire program.

COST IS $285 PER SESSION PER PLAYER

EACH PLAYER WILL RECEIVE A TOTAL OF 16 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION.

MARTIAN CUP TOURNAMENT 2020

Martian Sports Skills is pleased to announce that our 22nd annual tournament will cap off our summer skills programs. This tournament is the highlight of all of our participants as they play for the right to carry the cup around the ice like their hero’s of the NHL. The winners will also have their name etched on the cup for future players to admire. The tournament will take place  August 5th to August 18th, 2020.

Everyone,
The policy for the league regarding cancellation is as follows:

If the Ice arenas are open the games will be held. The registration system put in place will be used to communicate rink closures as well as the web site.

It is important to have players log onto the web site and check email throughout the afternoon.

Coaches please make sure you email your team if a cancellation occurs.

Everyone,
The policy for the league regarding cancellation is as follows:

If the Ice arenas are open the games will be held. The registration system put in place will be used to communicate rink closures as well as the web site.

It is important to have players log onto the web site and check email throughout the afternoon.

Coaches please make sure you email your team if a cancellation occurs.