Overview
BHA student athletes attend The Banff Community High School which provides a comprehensive academic program including French as a second language, instrumental music, art, and CTS (Career & Technology Studies).

BHA students' studies are supplemented by daily individual support, tutoring and study hall.

The way of life in Banff is unparalleled. Students have access to local indoor swimming pools, fitness and recreation facilities and work-out rooms.

Faculty/Staff Directory

BHA Professional Staff

• Bill Doherty – President/Head Coach
• Adam Culligan – Athletic Director/Assist. Coach
• Garry Unger-Director of Hockey Operations
• Brad McEwen – Strength and Conditioning Coach
• Ron Viet – Goaltending Coach
• Richard Monette – Peak Mental Performance Coach
• Andrew Waite - Registrar

Educators

• David Brazeau, BCHS Principal
• Lois Vanderlee, College and Guidance Counseling
• Keri Taylor, Study Hall Tutor
• Tim Waggot, Study Hall Tutor
• Mathew Hamer, Study hall Tutor

School First!
The Banff Hockey Academy (BHA) is proud of its academic programming. A strong collaborative relationship with the Banff Community High School has allowed BHA students to pursue their athletic dreams but not compromise their high school graduation. The BHA has a SCHOOL FIRST policy in the event of conflicts between training and academic activities. The BHA enjoys a history rich with stories of academic success and achievement with many BHA students having gone on to Canadian, USA and International post secondary schools. About the Banff Community High School

The Banff Community High School offers an academic program to meet the needs of all students in grades 7 through 12. The program meets the requirements of Alberta Education and affords all students the opportunity to graduate from B.C.H.S. and receive an Alberta High School Diploma or Certificate of Achievement.

Ice Time, Competition, Coaching

Philosophy for Player Development

We believe that the student-athletes who are most successful are the ones who are the most passionate about what they do. Be it in their sport, their school or their career. Our recruiting process directs us to those students who demonstrate passionate behavior. We must as coaches also demonstrate this behavior. We also believe that success comes to those who have a clear vision of what they are after as far as their athletic , academic and personal goals go. We will teach and encourage our student-athletes to set goals that are realistic yet challenging enough to be always reaching.

We believe that every student-athlete wants to be successful. In order for there to be achievement, one must have the skill set to do so. Therefore, individual skills must be taught and developed. However, the most important factor in developing skills are the habits of the mind that allow skills to be developed. The habits of the mind that we will focus on are confidence, persistence, teamwork and organization. We will support, encourage and demonstrate these behaviors.

We will support, encourage and demonstrate a CONFIDENT behavior. Confidence is having an optimistic attitude in all situations or an “I can do it” approach to all situations.

We will support, encourage and demonstrate a PERSISTENCE behavior. Persistence is again an optimistic attitude that contains tolerance for limits imposed or tolerance of others. It is the “I STILL can do it” attitude when one gets knocked down or fails.

We will support, encourage and demonstrate TEAMWORK. Teamwork is the collaborative mind set that sees one demonstrating helpful and cooperative behavior to peers, mentors, teachers and coaches. It is again a tolerance of others and a willingness to accept people as they are. It is a “we can do it” attitude to all group situations.

We will support, encourage and demonstrate ORGANIZATION. Organization is the ability to set goals, develop a plan to achieve them and then LIVE the plan to get it done.

We value hard work, we value confidence, we value persistence, we value organization and preparedness. We value teamwork, honesty, trust and integrity.

The BHA summer programs takes our experience of working with athletes on a ten month basis and provides an intense, comprehensive week-long program that will help you with your upcoming season.

Focused on building your confidence, skills and conditioning, the week will be a high tempo week featuring 15 hours of ice time (3 hours per day, 1 hour skating development-Power Skating, 1 hour skills and tactics and one hour game featuring 1vs 1, 2vs 2, 3 vs 3, and 5 vs 5 situations). We are actively recruiting committed athletes who want to benefit from a great week of training and competition. Registration is limited to 30 skaters and 4 goaltenders.

The program is designed and run by Billy Doherty. A former major junior and college star, Coach Doherty has been advancing athlete’s skills for 30 years.

Other inspiring staff includes. Garry Unger, BHA's Director of Hockey Operations, Adam Culligan, BHA’s Athletic Director; Richard Monette, from Inner Warrior Consulting for Peak Mental Performance training; Steve Margeson, Lake Erie, AHL; Bruce Mulherin, Las Vegas, ECHL; and Tyler Doherty, Concordia University are a few of the faces you will work with.

The cost is $ 595 for the week and includes the following:

1. 15 hours of ice time
2. 5 hours of off ice training
3. 3 hours of peak mental performance coaching
4. 1 hour nutrition seminar
5. 5 lunches, 10 snacks
6. Jersey, socks and water bottle
7. Video review of daily sessions
8. Testing of 8 skills
9. Written anecdotal and quantitative evaluation

The cost for a full year term (10 months) for an international student is $ 35,000.00 CDN funds. For Canadian students, the cost is $ 28,000.00 CDN.

The cost for a full year term (September 1 to March 31) for an international post-graduate student is $ 13,000.00 CDN funds. For Canadian post-graduate students, the cost is $ 10,000.00 CDN.