RINK Training Centre has been developing hockey players, goaltenders, and coaches out of Winnipeg for 15 years. Fewer people outside Manitoba know that RINK has been traveling to communities across North America for just as long.
It used to be called satellite training. Regional Development is what that looks like now that it has grown into its own division with its own team, its own infrastructure, and a lot more communities on the map.
The coaching staff travels. The curriculum travels. The community keeps its ice and its kids.
RINK recently released a video showing what this looks like in practice: [YouTube link]
How It Works
An organization reaches out, RINK does a consult, and a plan gets built around what that community actually needs. Some want a concentrated three-day minicamp. Others want a full week with dryland, classroom time, and team building. Some just want a single clinic targeting a specific skill gap. Others bring RINK back multiple times throughout the season as part of a longer development plan.
Every program is customized. RINK works with the organization to figure out the right format, the right age groups, and the right focus areas before anything gets scheduled.
What RINK Brings
Player, goalie, and coach development are all available through Regional Development, in formats that range from a single session to a full season-long plan. The most common entry point is the three-day minicamp, which packs focused on-ice development, dryland, and classroom time into a weekend or mid-week structure. Five-day camps run the same components across a full week. Single day camps and clinics work well for organizations that want something targeted without the multi-day commitment.
Goalie programming runs alongside player sessions in every format and includes 1:1 private instruction. Coach development covers practice planning, systems, and special teams, with ongoing mentorship access after the visit ends. For organizations that want something built out across the full season, RINK puts together a custom plan combining all three disciplines across multiple scheduled visits.
By the Numbers
30 plus MHAs signed on in 2025-26. Over 50 communities across North America have had RINK come through. That number keeps growing because the demand is there, and RINK is committed to meeting it wherever it exists.
The division will go anywhere there is ice and athletes who want to get better. That has been true since day one.