How Far We Have Come
Powerplay International Inc. (established 1995)
Powerplay Hockey Schools was created by Tom Nickolau in January of 1995 with a vision of providing young hockey players an opportunity to develop and improve their skill levels in all areas of the game. Tom ran his first school at Ice Sports Scarborough and over the next decade grew to a number of GTA arenas. In 1999 Tom saw an opportunity to open one of the first Indoor Hockey Shooting ranges and for over 5 years helped a vast number of hockey players improve their shooting skills. In 2001 Tom expanded Powerplay Hockey Schools by establishing the 1st ever AAA/AA contact and non-contact 4on4 Youth Summer League at Vaughan Iceplex and Westwood Arena, he went on to adding select / A non-contact division and running the league for 12 years. In 2015 Tom's focus moved towards helping players through running Powerplay Youth Spring/Summer Teams while helping sponsor various summer teams. To this day Tom continues to offer Individual Skills Training, Team Systems Instruction, and Powerplay Sports Youth Spring/Summer Teams.