Polar Ice House Grapevine

Polar Ice House Grapevine is home to the Dallas Ice Jets, one of the most successful travel hockey programs in the country.

The Ice Jets have been the premiere AAA/AA organization in DFW for the past 10 years and have built the program around our superior training and professional coaching. Ice Jets teams have won numerous AAA/AA tournaments, Tier I and Tier II State and Rocky Mountain District Championships as well as being the only Metroplex and RMD organization to win both a Tier I and Tier II National Championship.

The Ice Jets offer teams through Midget Major and compete locally in the NTXHL as well as play in many of the most prestigious AAA/AA tournaments across North America. We also have a Junior A team, new for the 2011-2012 season.

The program provides state of the art training facilities that include Synthetic ice rink for shooting and stick-handling, weight room, plyometric training room, Fast-Twitch training room, 60-yard running track and locker rooms with full amenities. Dryland and on-ice practice are part of each training session.

The Ice Jets goalie program is built on a skill development curriculum that is age specific for our goalies. All goalie skills are broken down, demonstrated, and drilled. All drills performed represent a focus on the following aspects of the position:

Squirt and Pee Wee Goalies
Stance: Balance, Body Positioning
Skating Movement: Shuffle, T-push, C-cuts
Save Selection: Pad, Stick, Glove, Blocker
Rebound Control: Glove, Blocker, Stick, Chest
Net Play: Post Coverage, Post-Movement, Visual Tracking
Game Situations: Wrap-arounds, Angles (ropes), Deflections, Screens

Bantam and Midget Goalies
Includes all of the fundamental skills above plus the following:
Skating Movement: Butterfly slides, Body rotation
Positioning: Specific Movement Skills, Finding the angle, Stance, Depth awareness
Rebound Control/Recovery: Post Save pads, body, Blocking vs Reacting Transitional Play/Tight Situations: Wrap Arounds, Breakaways, Traffic Situations
Intangibles: Playing the puck, Reading the shooter, Game Awareness, and Off-Ice Training