NAVIGATORS VISION STATEMENT

“FINDING A WAY TO WIN”
 
Our Players win by being part of a comprehensive program designed to mold our players into young men who are taught how to be committed, held accountable, love discipline, willing to sacrifice, and taught responsibility.

Our Fans win by being able to enjoy fast paced junior hockey produced by the Navs and the NWJHL.

Our Community and Sponsors win by reaping the social and economic benefits of having a junior hockey club that is focused on being an asset in our community.

WELCOME! TO THE NORTH PEACE NAVIGATORS JUNIOR HOCKEY CLUB

Our Mission
To strive for continual improvement in the development of a comprehensive program for developing players helping them achieve their athletic potential, while fostering young men through commitment, accountability, self-discipline and responsibility. 

Our Success
This will be our twenty third season in the exciting NWJHL. We have been a team that has achieved a lot of success in our previous twenty seasons. We have won 6 NWJHL titles, appeared in the league finals 15 times and have been to provincials 9 times, capturing 3 bronze medals, 1 silver medal and 1 gold medal title.
     • NWJHL Champions – 2004, 2005, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016, NWJHL Championship Series – 2020
     • Provincial Champs – 2016
     • Keystone Cup – Bronze Medalist 2016

Our Program
As a Navigator you will be developed in three areas; athletically, academically and socially. We are able to achieve this through efficient practices with a coaching staff committed to developing you into a complete all-round player.
• The Navigators believe very strongly in developing young players both on and off the ice. Dedicated to a solid work ethic and team commitment.
• Coaching staff committed to help develop aspiring junior players and prepare them for the challenges of making the jump from minor hockey to junior.
• We focused on providing young players the opportunity to develop or improve their skills and take their skills and game to the next level;
   o Team culture building
   o Position specific development
   o On and off ice strength and conditioning
   o Personalized strength and conditioning
   o Individual and team development with position-specific coaching
• Long life skills in perseverance, hard work, determination, commitment, sportsmanship, leadership and trust.
• Focus on 2 games a week (40 game schedule, plus playoffs), competing against older stronger faster opponents.
• Team video reviews; Hudl (Instat); Flo Hockey
• Dryland training with team fitness instructor. Modern gym and weight training facility.

Facilities
With a dressing room that rivals most junior A dressing rooms, players have their own key coded dressing room equipped with laundry facilities, tape and other accessories, coach’s office, therapist room, flat screen television and Wi-Fi. All Navigator players receive a free membership for the season at Fitness On The Go; a modern gym facility.

Player Advancement
We are committed to helping players advance to the next level of their hockey career. As a player, if you have the drive, attitude and commitment to advance your skills and potential, we have the connections to help you advance to the next level. Throughout the years, the Navigators have advanced dozens of players to the next level of their hockey career.  We are deep in history and individual success, visit our website at www.navshockey.com/history/alumni to see the individual Navigator successes regarding player advancement.

Billets
It takes special people to open their homes and hearts to our players and we take the utmost care to ensure our players are placed in environments that are conducive to care, understanding and safety. The players are encouraged to maintain a structured schedule in order to balance hockey, school, fitness, and community involvement. The team has established rules for game day curfews that all of the players abide by in order for our team to be successful. For more on billeting visit our website at www.navshockey.com.

Contacts
General Manager/Head Coach:  Jody Menssa (780) 617-4737
Assistant General Manager: Sandy Schumann (780) 618-1423
NORTH PEACE NAVIGATORS JUNIOR HOCKEY CLUB
•www.navshockey.com     navshockeyclub@gmail.com

Player Recruitment Info
Player Testimonials