New England Future Stars Hockey League

• The Future Stars program provides the ultimate in competition and skill development for the dedicated, top level youth hockey player
• By combining game play with weekly skills session, the objective is to enhance the players' skill, skating and intellect by creating an enviornment that fosters each player's development
• The nine-team, statewide system will ensure that the on-ice competition is at its highest level drawing from a pool of New England's most accomplished and talented youth hockey players
• The Future Stars program challenges players to achieve excellence by enabling them to play in their upcoming winter season age division

• Season Dates: May 1, 2012, through the week of August 19, 2012
• (12) 90-Minute Weekly Games
• (13) 50-Minute weekly practices focusing on skill development
• Stop-It-Goaltending Clinics for league goaltenders
• Boston College Hockey Strength and Conditioning clinic
• Team Uniform (Reebok Edge Gamewear Jersey and Socks)
• Professional Coaching and Instruction
• All-Star Game and Skills Challenge presented by the Boston Bruins: July 14, 2012
• Playoff Weekend: August 17-19, 2012
• USA Hockey Sanctioned

• Introduction of the tag-up offside rule at the Bantam and Varsity level
• New website constructed by Sport NGIN
• Two-tiered playoff format at all levels - all teams participate in the playoffs
• Stop It Goaltending semi-private goaltending clinic for all goalies
• Strength and Conditioning clinic for all players from BC Men's Ice Hockey strength and conditioning coach
• The Natick Chill return for 2012 at the newly renovated William L. Chase Arena
• Redesigned team logos and new Reebok Edge Gamewear jerseys

• Phenomenal value with over 30 hours of game and skills time scheduled
• Quality instruction and coaching from some of the top coaches in New England
• Two great developmental clinics
• League is structured to allow families to make summer plans and limit conflicts with a set schedule and consistent day for games and skills sessions
• No regular season games scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend or practices scheduled during the week of July 4th
• Average travel time of only 30 minutes between locations

SQUIRT: Open to players from the 2002 and under age group (born after December 31, 2001)

PEEWEE: Open to players from the 2000 and 2001 age groups (born after December 31, 1999)

BANTAM: Open to players from the 1998 and 1999 age groups (born after December 31, 1997)

VARSITY: Open to high school eligible players from the '94, '95, '96 and '97 age groups (born after December 31, 1993)

Our team of professional coaches is hired directly by the New England Future Stars based upon their achievements and abilities within the sport of hockey combined with their experience teaching young athletes.

Through a professional approach to coaching and instruction, the Future Stars program will create an atmosphere focused on discipline, teamwork, communication, personal responsibility, effort, goal setting and success.

Parent Testimonials:

- "I have to say my son took his game to a new level. He had a wonderful experience and he hopes he can play next summer. He felt like he was learning and imporving all the time. Thank you."

- "Michael really learned a lot from his coach, such as offensive and defensive zone play and strategies. He learned discipline, character, leadership qualities and how to play as a team. He also learned respect from his coach; on the ice towards players, referees and coaches, too. He also taught them to respect the game."

NEFS has teamed up with Stop It Goaltending, the preeminent goalie development training center in New England, having graduated 25 NHL draft picks and over 75 goalies that have gone on to play college, junior and professional hockey. Stop It Goaltending is led by Brian Daccord, former goaltending coach for the Boston Bruins and current goalie consultant with Mannheim of the German Elite League.

Goalies that train with Stop It Goaltending enjoy success because of their ability to be on the cutting edge of goaltending techniques. S.I.G. has developed a system in which to teach goaltending that is second to none and do so in an enviornment where the goalies are challenged yet have fun at the same time.

These one hour, semi-private clinics for all Future Stars goalies will focus on a series of dynamic drills that reinforce efficiency and control while at the same time encouraging goalies to battle for every puck. Goalies will have the choice to attend either the Stop It Goaltending Development Center in Foxboro or the S.I.G. Development Center in Woburn.

Thomas Shruhan, assistant strength and conditioning coach for the 2008 and 2010 NCAA champion Boston College Eagles hockey team, will be hosting a dry land clinic for every NEFS team. Shruhan has assisted the men's ice hockey team through in and off-season workouts, pre-game warm-ups, off-season program design as well as team evaluation and testing. He has worked closely with numerous Eagles who have gone on to play in the NHL, with the most recent being Cory Schneider, Brian Boyle, Nathan Gerbe, Benn Ferriero and Ben Smith.

The clinic, which will be held at each location, is intended to take NEFS participants through a proper off-ice exercise program that players can continue on their own or as a team for the remainder of the season. The program will combine active-isolated and dynamic flexibility exercises for complete warm up and recovery. In addition, he will teach specific stability and strengthening exercises for healthy shoulders, as wll as single and double leg training basics.

Presented by the Boston Bruins, July 14, 2012

• 34 players from each age level will be selected to play in the All-Star Game
• 36 players from each age level will take part in an NHL-style Skills Challenge, featuring speed, agility stick handling and accuracy shooting
• To be hosted at the newly renovated William L. Chase Arena in Natick, MA

The New England Future Stars is a highly competitive and skilled program designed for youth hockey players who compete at the highest levels of play and want to take their game to the next level. The competition in this program will be comparable with a AAA/AA level of play with players coming from top tier winter teams and leagues such as:

• the Eastern Hockey Federation
• NEHL
• Hockey Northeast
• Valley League
• MIAA