International
Hockey Academy
Brings New Home
to Clearwater
Today’s Way of Global Success in Hockey
Development and Education
International Hockey Academy is operated, managed and owned by
Fred Voser. The leadership team has many years of experience in
developing, coaching, teaching and preparing student athletes for College
and Professional Hockey. Our international hockey experience ensures that
our players receive high caliber performance coaching from the very best in
the industry.
Our Vision
To Combine Education and Sports Development
IHA is using modern tools to achieve the best in both, by taking the best
available tools and teachers/coaches and combining them to a yearround
program that gives every player around the world the chance to be
successful in both.
Having players from around the world in our Academy, gives us the
advantage of teaching the game of Hockey in a different way. Combining
cultural exchange sets us apart from other programs and gives us the
opportunity to offer different career paths to our students.
Fred Voser
I started playing hockey at a young age and all of my
hockey experience has been with the Swiss League.
After a long playing career, I have continued to coach in
the Swiss League. In 2003 after coming back to Canada,
I wanted to make a difference in developing young
players and combine their hockey development with
education.
I started one of the first 5 Hockey Academies in Western
Canada and was sanctioned by Hockey Canada in 2007
to play regular season games. Later, IHA became one of
the 5 founding members of the CSSHL (Canadian Sports
School Hockey League) and has been playing in the
league ever since. After starting with one Midget team
in 2003 we slowly grew and in 2011 added a second
Midget team to the program.
In 2016, the next expansion took place and we added
a U14 team to our program in Canada. Over the last
3 years, IHA has been approached by many people in
the US to expand and open an Academy in Florida. It is
Clearwater/Tampa area that is now making that happen.
Hockey is my passion and I have enjoyed making a
difference in a players development and helping them
move to the next level my entire life.
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