Typically, prep programs offer quality education and competitive hockey, enabling student-athletes to experience a balanced curriculum. They also accommodate academic schedules with athletic responsibilities and help prepare youngsters for the next level.

• Players gain exposure from major junior and college programs.
• Prep schools offer an organized environment structured to fit the student-athletes’ schedules.
• Prep school hockey teams often enjoy proximity to the home rink, allowing players to practice about four-five times a week.
• A typical day for hockey players at prep school includes classes, on-ice practice, and off-ice conditioning, allowing the evening to finish their homework.
• Prep schools give teenage prospects a chance to play high-level hockey, but also provide an opportunity for teenagers to be high school students.
• More balanced social life

Between league, exposure trips and tournaments, our teams will play 40+ games each.

Cutting right to the chase, prep school tuition and fees, which include academic, athletic, and hockey expenses, can range from $30,000 to $60,000 (with boarding) per year.

Here are two things to consider:

•  Most student-athletes who attend prep schools could graduate with a higher-level education.
• Universities in the U.S. and Canada look favorably at applicants who graduated from prep schools and participated in extracurricular activities, like hockey.  They have been trained to multitask, deal with deadlines and work under pressure.

The primary principals of VPA, have an extensive background in Academy operations.  Fred Voser was one of the founding members of the prestigious Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL).  Darcy Hodge is a father of 2 former Academy players and has been a General Manager in the CSSHL for the past 8 years.  The pair have worked with players that are currently playing in the NHL, for their National IIHF programs, NCAA D1/D3 and nearly all levels of Junior hockey in North America.

• Students can work with their teachers during every tutorial period.
• All teachers are available by email, telephone or in person. Google meets is the preferred platform for meetings. Students click on a link to schedule an appointment with their teacher.
• Students can also access instruction in their course through APEX (an online learning management environment), online, or through distance packages provided by their teacher.

Each team will have around 150 on-ice development sessions and 120 dry-land/multi-sport training sessions. The sports schedule is subject to change, based on welfare of kids (fatigue), travel timing, programs discretion, and educational requirements.

Unless in a billet home, or local, all athletes will need to be dropped off at the facility or at the BUS DROP OFF POINTS.

We do have a billet (host family) program. Most of our student athletes are placed with teammates. If not, we have a billet coordinator that we work with, to vet host families and their homes, for our members to live with.  The host family is supplied a monthly stipend, paid for by the athletes’ family directly to the host family.

Starting in early August and continuing until the end of May, our student athletes will fulfill their daily academic requirements, train, and skate 3-5 times a week and partake in specialty classes and clinics.  Our teams start their days around 7:30am and will be with the Academy and its providers until about 4:30pm.

Included in our price is: professional coaches, dedicated athletic trainers, all travel expenses (transportation, meals and accommodations), off-ice training fees, equipment (two sets of jerseys and socks, practice jersey, team coloured helmet, gloves and pant shells, team coloured hockey bag), as well as team issued clothing.