The wait is officially over! Hockey Alberta is thrilled to welcome players, families, coaches, officials, volunteers, and fans back for another exciting season of hockey!<\/p>\n
To kick off the new season, check out our official 2026-2027 Puck Drop Video and feel the energy of hockey returning to communities across Alberta!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
A Message from President & CEO Rob Litwinski<\/p>\n
As the 2026-27 hockey season begins, welcome to all the players, families, coaches, officials, volunteers and communities who make hockey in Alberta possible.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s something special about this time of year, the excitement of getting back on the ice, seeing familiar faces, meeting new teammates and starting another season together. For some, it\u2019s their first experience with hockey. For others, it\u2019s the beginning of another season of friendships, memories and moments that will last well beyond the final whistle.<\/p>\n
Hockey Alberta\u2019s vision is “Hockey for Life.” That vision is made possible by the people who show up every day: the parents driving to the rink, coaches helping players grow, officials making the game possible, volunteers giving their time, and communities supporting the sport we all love.<\/p>\n
There will be wins and losses, tournaments and league games, celebrations and challenges. Competition is part of hockey, and the scores will be different for everyone. But there is one measure of success we all share:<\/p>\n
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Did we create an experience that makes players, coaches and officials want to come back and do it all again next year?<\/p>\n
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That\u2019s the result that matters.<\/p>\n
So, Alberta, lace up, hit the ice and enjoy the season ahead. The puck is dropped. Welcome back to hockey, Alberta!<\/p>\n
Share Your Story with Us<\/p>\n
You can submit story ideas through our Story Submission Form <\/a>or email Hockey Alberta\u2019s Marketing Department<\/a>. We also encourage you to tag @Hockey.Alberta when sharing your stories, events, and accomplishments on social media so we can help amplify them.<\/p>\n We\u2019re excited to continue telling the stories that make hockey communities across Alberta so special. Thank you for everything you do to support players, coaches, officials, volunteers, and families throughout the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The wait is officially over! Hockey Alberta is thrilled to welcome players, families, coaches, officials, volunteers, and fans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":939695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-939694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/939695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}