D3 Performance

Happy Thanksgiving from our D3 family to yours! 🦃🏒🇨🇦

We’re thankful for the players, families, teams, coaches and associations who trust us and support what we do, and the facilities, arenas and staff who make it possible to get on the ice.

From early mornings at the rink to the friendships built along the way, hockey brings us together. We’re proud to be Canadian and grateful to share this game with such an incredible community.

This is our game. You’re what makes it special. 💙🩷

Thank you for being part of the D3 family. Enjoy the holiday with your loved ones, and we’ll see you at the rink!

❤️

🏒 Make development part of your weekly routine.

Join D3 Performance in Bowmanville, Colborne, Douro and Campbellford / Trent Hills to build skills, confidence and habits that carry into game day.

🔥 Full blocks or individual sessions to fit your schedule.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multi-child & multi-program discounts available.
🥅 Goalies always attend FREE!

Morning sessions: birth years 2012–2017
Thursday afternoons: birth years 2009–2014

Find your session and register 👇
https://puck--it.ca/d%c2%b3-programs/

DEVELOP • DRIVE • DOMINATE

🏒🧡 WE’RE PASSING THE PUCK TO YOU.

This Thanksgiving, we’ve been talking about what we’re most thankful for. Every conversation comes back to our athletes, our teams and the families behind them.

The early alarms. The late nights. The drives to the rink. Making time for morning development, pop-up clinics, PA Day camps and team sessions in already busy schedules.

We see your commitment, we appreciate your support, and we never take your trust for granted.

To our player development athletes and team development teams: thank you for showing up ready to work and allowing us to be part of your growth. To the families making it all happen: we couldn’t do this without you.

We planned to wait until Thanksgiving Monday, but we couldn’t wait to give something back—and wanted everyone to have more time to enjoy the savings.

🍂 SAVE 25% ON ALL NEW REGISTRATIONS
Use code THANKFUL at checkout.

Applies to all active and upcoming programs—for new and returning families alike!

🏒 Find your next development opportunity and register:
https://puck--it.ca/d%c2%b3-programs/

⏰ Offer expires at the end of Thanksgiving Monday, October 12.

You make D3 possible. Helping your players build skills, gain confidence and grow their love for hockey is something we’re thankful for every day.

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at D3 Performance! 🧡🏒

🎄🏒 CHRISTMAS BREAK = MORE ICE, MORE TOUCHES & MORE HOCKEY! 🏒🎄

We’re excited to bring our D³ Christmas Practice & Play Mini Camp to South Courtice Arena this December!

This isn’t just a skills skate — we’re combining development + game application every single day.

🔥 45 MINUTES — SKILL DEVELOPMENT
⚡ 45 MINUTES — INSTRUCTIONAL SCRIMMAGE / SMALL-AREA GAMES

Players will work on the skill, understand when & why to use it, and then get the opportunity to apply it in competitive game situations.

3 DAYS. 3 FOCUSES.

🏒 DAY 1 — SKATE & HANDLE
Skating • Edgework • Puck Handling • Puck Protection

🎯 DAY 2 — PASS & SCORE
Passing • Puck Movement • Shooting • Scoring

💥 DAY 3 — BATTLE & COMPETE
Puck Battles • Compete • Small-Area Situations • Game Habits

📅 DECEMBER 21, 22 & 23, 2026

GROUP 1 | 2015–2017
⏰ 8:00–9:30 AM Daily

GROUP 2 | 2012–2014
⏰ 9:30–11:00 AM Daily

📍 South Courtice Arena — Pad A
1595 Prestonvale Rd., Courtice

💰 $165 + HST — ALL 3 DAYS
🔥 ONLY 20 SKATERS PER GROUP
🥅 GOALIES PARTICIPATE FREE
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 MULTI-CHILD DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE

Registration will be FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. With only 20 skater spots available in each group, space is limited!

📧 For registration information & inquiries:
[email protected]

🎅 Get up. Get to the rink. GET BETTER.

PRACTICE. PLAY. REPEAT.

🏒 Great hands are impressive. But can your player use them when the game gets fast?

Hockey development is about more than stickhandling through cones.

It’s learning to read pressure, recognize space, anticipate what’s coming and make the right decision — quickly.

Our latest D³ blog looks at why Hockey IQ matters, how it can be developed, and why the best play isn’t always the fanciest one.

🧠 Read the full blog:
👉 https://puck--it.ca/why-hockey-iq-matters/

Develop the player. Not just the skill.

Why Hockey IQ Matters More Than Fancy Stickhandling - Pro Shops by Puck-It Why Hockey IQ Matters More Than Fancy Stickhandling Watch almost any hockey skills video on social media and you’ll see it: quick hands, complicated stickhandling patterns, impressive moves and players weaving through obstacles at high speed. There’s nothing wrong with developing great hands. Pu...

🏒💙 INTRODUCING PASS THE PUCK

Sometimes creating an opportunity for another player is as simple as passing the puck.

With Pass the Puck, you can purchase a $45 D³ Development Skate for another player in our community.

No nominations.
No need to choose a player.
No public recognition of who receives it.

Just one hockey family helping another.

Your Pass the Puck purchase will be added to our available community sessions and used to give another player the opportunity to get on the ice with D³.

Maybe it's an extra skate they otherwise wouldn't have had.

Maybe it's an opportunity to work on something they've been struggling with.

Or maybe it's simply another hour doing something they love.

Whatever the reason, you've helped put another player on the ice.

🏒 One session. One player. One simple way to give back.

PASS THE PUCK.

💙 $45 = One D³ Development Skate

Develop. Drive. Dominate.

🏒 OCTOBER PLAYER DEVELOPMENT — BUILT TO FIT YOUR HOCKEY SCHEDULE.

More opportunities to develop. More flexibility in how you register.

With D³ Player Development running Monday through Thursday across Bowmanville, Colborne, Douro & Campbellford, families have more ways to add purposeful development without having to rearrange their entire hockey schedule.

CHOOSE WHAT WORKS FOR YOUR PLAYER & YOUR FAMILY:
🔹 FULL PROGRAM REGISTRATION
Commit to the full block and build week-to-week through progressive, purposeful development.

🔹 SINGLE SESSION REGISTRATION
Have an open morning or afternoon? Jump into a single session and get some extra work in.

🔹 MULTIPLE SESSION REGISTRATION
Choose multiple dates and build additional development around your existing team schedule.

🔹 D³ DEVELOPMENT PACKS
Purchase sessions upfront and use them across eligible D³ Player Development programs as your schedule allows. Development Packs can also be shared between players in the same family.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 MULTI-CHILD DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE
More than one player in the family? We want to make development accessible for both.

🏒 MULTI-PROGRAM DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE
Training with us more than once per week or registering for multiple D³ programs? Ask us about multi-program pricing.

🥅 GOALIES ATTEND AT NO CHARGE — AS ALWAYS.
Goalie spots are limited and advance registration is required, but there is no registration fee for goalies at our Player Development sessions.

🔥 PLUS — OCTOBER 26 | PA DAY HOCKEY CAMP
A full day in Douro built around development, competition, friendships and fun.

YOUR DEVELOPMENT. YOUR SCHEDULE. YOUR WAY.

Full Block • Single Sessions • Multiple Sessions • Development Packs • Multi-Child Discounts • Multi-Program Discounts

There shouldn’t be only one way to develop — and there shouldn’t be only one way to register.

📩 DM us or email [email protected] and we’ll help find the option that works best for your family.

FIND YOUR ICE. BUILD YOUR GAME.

DEVELOP. DRIVE. DOMINATE.