Through four 20-minute interactive lessons, students in grades 6-9 take on real-world challenges across four key areas of professional hockey operations:<\/p>\n
Facilities Operations: Diagnose and solve ice quality issues before game time
\nPlayer Performance: Analyze injuries and develop treatment plans to keep athletes at peak performance
\nFan Engagement: Develop strategies to boost attendance and energize fans through marketing and social media
\nBusiness Intelligence: Ensure financial health by analyzing ticket sales, merchandise revenue, and corporate sponsorships.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor over a decade, Future Goals has engaged and inspired students to look at hockey through a different lens, and we couldn\u2019t be prouder to introduce a new course that highlights the many diverse career opportunities within the sports industry,\u201d said Aliya Meaney, Sr. Director, Community Development & Industry Growth, NHL. \u201cWith the addition of modules in sports science, business operations, marketing, and technology, we\u2019re excited to challenge the next generation of hockey fans both on and off the ice.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe expansion of our program with Everfi is extremely exciting as it will now offer a complete picture of the game on and off the ice,\u201d said Chris Campoli, Divisional Player Representative, NHLPA. \u201cHockey players, like students today, have all had a teacher or coach make an incredible impact on who they are or who they become. Through our work with Future Goals, we\u2019re extremely proud to offer more creative ways for that connection to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
“Future Goals inspires students to see how their passion for hockey can open doors to exciting careers\u2014not just on the ice, but in science labs, training rooms, and marketing departments. This new course takes that even further, giving students hands-on experience navigating real challenges that professionals face every day,\u201d said Ray Martinez, CEO, Everfi. \u201cWe’re proud to expand this partnership with the NHL and NHLPA and continue inspiring the next generation of sports industry leaders.”<\/p>\n
Aligned with the National Career Clusters\u00ae Framework, Common Career Technical Core (CCTC) Career Ready Practices, and Canadian Provincial Curriculum expectations, Hockey Careers Beyond the Ice is available to teachers in the U.S. and Canada at no cost. The course includes implementation guides, offline learning resources, student discussion prompts, and built-in pre- and post-lesson assessments with automatic grading to help educators track student learning gains. If you\u2019re interested in bringing Future Goals: Hockey Careers Beyond the Ice to your school or district, please visit https:\/\/futuregoals.nhl.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Through four 20-minute interactive lessons, students in grades 6-9 take on real-world challenges across four key areas of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-292762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}