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Norris to Lead TPH Hockey Operation in Detroit

By designshopstan / August 11, 2018 / Comments Off on Norris to Lead TPH Hockey Operation in Detroit

Total Package Hockey is pleased to announce that Dwayne Norris will become the new Director of Hockey for TPH-Detroit. This announcement comes just weeks after former TPH-Detroit Director of Hockey Brandon Naurato accepted a position as a Player Development Consultant for the Detroit Red Wings. As part of this transition, Naurato will remain in his…

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Rutger McGroarty commits to Notre Dame

By designshopstan / August 13, 2018 / Comments Off on Rutger McGroarty commits to Notre Dame

Total Package Hockey is proud to congratulate Rutger McGroarty on committing to Notre Dame. One of the top players in the 2004 birth-year class, McGroarty announced today that he has verbally committed to Jeff Jackson and the Fighting Irish hockey program. “There is just no other place like it – I feel like it’s a…

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Damian Surma brings Detroit experience to TPH-Indy Team

By designshopstan / August 16, 2018 / Comments Off on Damian Surma brings Detroit experience to TPH-Indy Team

Total Package Hockey is pleased to announce that Damian Surma will assume the position of Player Development Coach & Mentor for TPH’s Indy division. Surma will take on the same role he has held within TPH’s Detroit division since joining the company in 2014. In addition, Surma will serve as the Head Coach of the…

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TPH Detroit Center of Excellence student-athlete a young entrepreneur

By designshopstan / August 23, 2018 / Comments Off on TPH Detroit Center of Excellence student-athlete a young entrepreneur

In the fall of 2016, Adam House Jr. moved from Florida to Michigan. His reasoning? To enroll at the Total Package Hockey Center of Excellence in Metro Detroit. The House family was intrigued by the Center of Excellence’s mantra of ‘study, train, play’ – helping student-athletes reach their full potential both on and off the…

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Josh Blackburn hired as new goaltending coach at Detroit CoE

By designshopstan / September 18, 2018 / Comments Off on Josh Blackburn hired as new goaltending coach at Detroit CoE

Total Package Hockey is proud to welcome Josh Blackburn to our coaching family. Blackburn is joining the TPH Center of Excellence staff in Detroit as the program’s new goaltending coach. Blackburn brings a wealth of playing and coaching experience to the TPH Detroit team. The native of Choctaw, Okla., spent four seasons as the starting…

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Dalton Norris to play with NTDP; Thomas Stift also practicing in Plymouth

By designshopstan / October 31, 2018 / Comments Off on Dalton Norris to play with NTDP; Thomas Stift also practicing in Plymouth

Total Package Hockey is proud to announce that Center of Excellence student-athlete Dalton Norris has been invited to practice with USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program, and will skate with the Under-18 Team in their game against the Muskegon Lumberjacks Thursday. Norris, the younger brother of NTDP alum Josh Norris, is currently a defenseman with…

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Bode Wilde first TPH Center of Excellence alum to sign NHL contract

By designshopstan / December 3, 2018 / Comments Off on Bode Wilde first TPH Center of Excellence alum to sign NHL contract

Total Package Hockey is proud to congratulate Bode Wilde on signing his entry-level contract with the New York Islanders. In doing so, Wilde becomes the first TPH Center of Excellence alum to sign with an NHL franchise. A Birmingham, Mich., native, Wilde was a second-round pick of the Islanders in the 2018 NHL Draft after…

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TPH announces new Center of Excellence location in Grand Rapids, Mich.

By designshopstan / June 13, 2019 / Comments Off on TPH announces new Center of Excellence location in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Total Package Hockey is pleased to announce the opening of its fifth Center of Excellence in Grand Rapids, Mich.  Grand Rapids will join Bloomfield Township as the second CoE in the state of Michigan, and will be housed inside Southside Ice Arena in Byron Center, a southern suburb of Grand Rapids. TPH will enter into…

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