Perfect Skating gives hockey athletes the edge to dominate in today’s game. Skating has returned as h
Perfect Skating is based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and runs programs and clinics across the National Capital Region, Montreal, Toronto and Western Canada. Perfect Skating programs and clinics are also customized and brought to players and teams around the world. Inquire at [email protected] to develop a custom program for you or your team! A professional player in Europe for more than 10 yea
rs and a member of the 1997-98 Canadian National Team, Shawn Allard has been a winning player all of his life. In addition to his extensive playing career, Shawn spent the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 seasons as head coach of the Epinal Dolphins of the French Elite League where he holds every coaching record in the club’s history. Before settling back in Canada, Shawn joined the staff of Lausanne HC, Switzerland and capped off the year winning the 2009 playoff championship. He is currently the Skills Coach for the Colorado Avalanche NHL team and has been since 2018. From NHL and European Pro’s to kids in their first years of competitive hockey, Shawn has a vast experience of coaching at all levels. Throughout his career Shawn has been known as a perfect skater, leader and master communicator. Over the years Shawn has developed these three skills into the Perfect Skating System, creating a program that not only focuses on power but perfects all aspects of skating.
03/11/2026
In a recent study, people felt more anxiety with the fear of regret vs the fear of opportunity. We get it. Athletes and families are pulled in a myriad of directions from school extracurriculars to playing various sports, how not get left behind? Pick the right development program. Work with a certified and energetic staff with a track record. Work with a brand that not only has tenure but is continuing to invest in R and D to provide the newest programming intensives to help athletes grow. Don’t want to get left behind? Click the link in our bio, to learn more, and find a PS Spring or Summer Program near you!
03/06/2026
Individual Competitive vs Athlete Competitive.
We get this question a lot about groups on the ice. How can a 10-year-old AA player train with a 12-year-old AAA player and get maximum enhancement? At Perfect Skating, our drills are designed to be individually competitive, not athlete competitive. It’s YOU vs YOU! You vs your movement proficiency and you vs your skill acquisition. And right there beside you is one of our PS-certified coaches to challenge YOU every rep! To learn more click the link in our bio and find the right program near you! .
03/02/2026
CONNECTION & COMMUNICATION.
One of our many differentiators at Perfect Skating is our ability to CONNECT with each athlete. It’s part of our ethos. We want to be a positive influence on each athlete that steps on the ice with us, whether that’s in a 10-week program or a Specialty Clinic. We want to help every player improve, succeed and reach their ultimate goal! We truly are .
02/23/2026
Congratulations to the USA Men’s and Women’s hockey teams for winning gold at the Olympics! Unbelievable two weeks of hockey at the highest level. What a treat to watch best on best. Can’t wait until 2030!
02/18/2026
Boots on the ground in Milan, Italy supporting our PS athletes!!
02/13/2026
Perfect Skating vs Small Area Movement Program
What’s the difference between PS and SAM programs? Which one is right for your athlete? If you need foundational skating and on-ice movement correction then the Perfect Skating program will improve your movement proficiency, joint mobility and joint stability. If you need to improve quickness, agility and evasive skating then the SAM program is the one you want. The main difference is that the SAM program is focused on the SPEED OF MOVEMENT, whereas our PS program works on the fundamentals of skating and ensures maximum MOVEMENT EFFICIENCY.
02/09/2026
Details.
How you do anything is how you do everything. Everything you do on or off the ice must be detailed. Working with the world’s best players you notice that every rep, every touch and every stride is executed with high detail and at game speed. That obviously doesn’t happen over night but it will if you focus on the details! Go to the link in our bio to find a program near you that is focused on DETAIL! hockeytraining
02/05/2026
Hardwork Pays Off.
It’s a marathon, not a sprint! Stay committed to getting a little bit better each day, each practice, each session! Control what you can control, embrace the grind and enjoy the process!
Visit our website (link in bio) to find a program near you! hockeytraining
01/27/2026
Timing.
When we set out to innovate the on-ice movement puzzle in the game of hockey, we quickly realized that the best movers looked effortless.
But timing...
It is everything.
Looking to grow your game? Go to the link in our bio to find a program near you!
01/01/2026
As the buzzer rings in the end of 2025, we feel incredibly grateful for the athletes we’ve mentored, your commitment to growth continues to be our WHY and our source of inspiration.
As we look to this new year with breakaway excitement, let’s make 2026 even more special by continuing to turn “Power into Perfect!”
Much love and respect,
The PS Family.
08/06/2025
Congratulations to our Perfect Skating Denver partner, Mark Popovic on becoming the new Skills Coach of the Colorado Avalanche!!
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2007-2008: Shawn created the first version of our PS Program while coaching in Epinal, France in the French Elite League. He noticed an inability for long standing Pro’s to control low tempo Movement. He was perplexed and began his journey of understanding general Movement and how its principles affect Hockey athletes. He spent those 2 years on a daily basis, identifying asymmetries in sequence and by trial and error designed correctives to increase their performance. An artist was born.
2008: In the summer of 2008, he piloted the first version of the method with the French Olympic Hockey Federation with great success. He decided it was time to try the method with the best player’s in the world. Mike Fisher was Shawn’s first ever NHL “Ginny Pig” and he absolutely loved it, “I feel better on my feet” said Fisher. With this renewed confidence it was time to begin sharing the method with athletes in Ottawa, On, Canada, where Shawn and his family decided to settle.
2009: Shawn continued piloting the system with NHL players but was in constant refinement of the program. Certain correctives worked with a type of asymmetry and body but others did not, he continued to re-work the method with a passion to ensure its transferability to athletes and coaches.
2010: In March of 2010, PS was officially born. We incorporated the company and started our first kickoff program in Kanata in Aug of 2010. With Shawn leading the way, those first 48 kids were the start of something special. A brand was born. Shawn also received his first contract in the NHL with the Columbus Blue Jackets; Scott Arniel gave Shawn a chance and is forever grateful.
2011: Really marked the era of our PS Program offered in Small Group Format. It revolutionized the industry with the exceptional delivery of our method along with the opportunity to give constant positive, detailed feedback in our Small Group Setting. The company grew astronomically and while working with NHL players in Nashville caught the eye of Nashville Head Coach Barry Trotz and they offered Shawn a position on their staff as their Skating and Skills Coach.
2012: Was an exciting year. With momentum on our side, we decided it was time to validate our method with science and became the first ever organization in the development of Hockey Athletes to purchase our own proprietary 3D Motion Capture System and with the help of the University of Ottawa’s School of Kinesiology, began an in depth study to perfect our method. Later in the year we launched our 2nd research driven program in Partnership with the Nashville Predators called Small Area Movement, a program that focuses on Movement Pattern Ex*****on within confined area or space; it was met with instant success and was a great compliment to our PS Program.
2013: Always searching for better ways to improve our athletes, we kept on teaching, learning and growing our ability to deliver messaging to improve our athletes. We also kept aggressively pushing the frontier of R and D and revising and improving the PS and SAM programs.
2014: After much demand from our athletes we launched our Elite Player Development Program modeled after Shawn’s work with players of the Nashville Predators. The Program was met with instant success and really gave our client base a wide array of choices to perfect their development. Going back to our R and D roots we also piloted a project within the analytics community to track Movement Patterns specific to position and in 2015 we officially launched our SAM program specific for Forwards and Defencemen. We also excitedly promoted our first ever coach to implant into a new market, after spending time as a coach at PS HQ in Ottawa, On, Canada, a young Nathaniel Marx embarked on his journey to share the PS Methodology in his home area of the West Island of Montreal. The expansion was met with instant success and today Nathaniel is regarded as the most respected On-Ice Movement Coach in Montreal.
2015: In addition to launching our SAM Program Specific to Forwards and Defencemen, Shawn decided to move away from a staff position with the Nashville Predators and become a consultant. With the Nashville Predators still a very important contract and relationship to Shawn, the abundance of NHL players requesting his services needed time and we officially launched our Professional Services Division, where Shawn leads and spends most of his time. While always in constant refinement of our On-Ice Programs, teaching and Research, 2015 was also a year that we began revising and perfecting our operations with a vision of Franchising.
2016: Our professional services division exploded and has now worked with +200 NHL clients, multiple NHL teams and Olympic Federations. Our Ottawa and Montreal locations continue to lead the way and we we’re excited to promote Kyle Allard as a pilot Franchisee in the Ottawa Valley. The response was amazing and we now had the confidence to continue perfecting our method, our communication and our operations to provide a business opportunity for special coaches around the world who would love to make a difference to athletes in their communities.
2017: Today we continue to grow and get better. PS has built continuous momentum and confidence from our first pioneer athletes and coaches. Together, we are relentless in our focus to share our method to hundred’s of thousands of hockey athletes around the world, not only to become better On-Ice Movers, but ultimately better people.
