CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Monsters are hosting a variety of initiatives this summer to bring more people, particularly youth, into the sport.


What You Need To Know

  • The Cleveland Monsters are hosting a variety of initiatives this summer to bring more people, particularly youth, into the sport

  • These include their Summer Street Hockey Series, Monsters On-Ice Clinic, annual Summer Tour and Kivi Day goalie clinic, according to a team press release

  • The team will also be hosting an all-girls clinic

These include their Summer Street Hockey Series, Monsters On-Ice Clinic, annual Summer Tour and Kivi Day goalie clinic, according to a team press release. The team will also be hosting an all-girls clinic.

The street hockey series is open to those 11 and younger for a $5 donation to the team’s community foundation. In addition to a t-shirt and free ticket to the team’s home opener, participants “will receive USA Hockey-certified instruction in the fundamentals of stick-handling, shooting, and passing.”

You can register for the street hockey clinic here.

The On-Ice Clinic presented by Sugardale will occur from July 22-25 at the team’s practice facility at Brunswick Auto Mart Arena.

While they welcome players of any skill, they recommend graduation from a Learn to Play Program and registration with a youth hockey association for 2024-2025 and require full equipment.

“Participants will receive on-ice instruction from Stanley Cup Champion and Cleveland hockey legend Jock Callander, as well as goaltending classes from Monsters Goaltending Coach Brad Thiessen,” the release reads. “All skaters will receive an exclusive Monsters On-Ice Clinic jersey, specialty baseball hat and four tickets to the 2024-25 home opener.”

You can register here. They accept skaters ages 5-10 and goalies ages 7-13.

The summer tour will hit 10 stops in northeast Ohio.

“This fan-interactive hockey tour will include photo opportunities, giveaways and special appearances from the Monsters mascot, Sully,” the release reads. “Full details of the dates and events on the 2024 Monsters Summer Tour can be found here.”

The goalie clinic will be in late August, "in honor of Matiss Kivlenieks’ birthday to pay tribute to the late goaltender while also giving back to the local community."