This is more than a hockey program. This is a movement.
Next Level Player Development was built for families who refuse to choose between elite athletics and elite education — and for athletes who understand that greatness is earned in every area of life.
We train with purpose. We coach with detail. We demand habits that translate to junior, collegiate, and professional levels.
Our development model focuses on:
We teach athletes how to think the game, lead the room, and carry themselves with confidence on and off the ice.
Through our partnership with Brighton Area Schools, (BAS) our student-athletes receive a structured, accredited, and respected academic experience.
So when your player moves on to Junior Hockey as a student-athlete, they will have full access to BAS teachers, because in Junior Hockey, all players will be attending school online.
Your player will receive a diploma from Brighton High School.
What separates Next Level is our business development group — accomplished professionals and decision-makers who believe in preparing young athletes for life beyond the rink.
Our players are exposed to:
Character is the destination.
Our commitment doesn’t end when the game does. Through our business development group — we stay with our players — we empower our players to transition with confidence, help build new skills, and design a life beyond the ice they’re proud of.
All aligned. All intentional. All driven by character.
We are Next Level Player Development.

I hereby give my permission for my child(ren) player to participate in the Next Level Player Development Academy or Program(s) or as known as (NLPD Hockey Academy or NLPD Academy or Program(s)) Participation in any program which involves physical activity exposes the skaters to certain risks and dangers. Accidents and injuries are always a possibility, and it is impossible to foresee and protect the skaters from all conceivable dangers. I hereby affirm that my child(ren) player has/have no conditions that would make it unsafe for him/her/them to
participate in Next Level Player Development Academy and program(s).
I understand that the Next Level Player Development Academy or Program(s) may exclude my child(ren) from skating or off ice workouts in the event that I or my child(ren) fail to abide by the NLPD Academy or Program(s), or Brighton Area Schools, health and safety protocols, disrupt, impede or interfere with the operations of the NLPD Academy or Program(s) or threaten the health, safety or welfare of other participants or Next Level Player Development Academy or Program(s) staff, and that no refund of any fees will be made in such circumstances. Medical Consent: I understand that the NLPD Academy or Program(s) will NOT be held liable and parent(s) accept responsibility for the costs of all such medical treatment.
Photography Release: In consideration of child(ren)’s participation at the NLPD Academy or Program(s) and without any further consideration from the NLPD Academy or Program(s), I hereby grant permission to the NLPD Academy or Program(s) staff and affiliates to utilize my child(ren)’s appearance, performance or voice in any and all manner and media throughout the world for the purpose of promotion, reporting or publication. The NLPD Academy or Program(s) may use my child(ren)’s, likeness, voice and biographical material in connection with publication, promotion, and distribution of such material. I understand that no royalty, fee or any other compensation of any kind shall become payable to me by reason of such release and use of any photograph on ice or off ice workouts
By signing this Waiver and Release of Liability, with full appreciation of the risk involved, on my own behalf and on behalf of my child(ren), I hereby voluntarily release and forever discharge the NLPD Academy or Program(s), its staff Arena (Hartland Ice House) or Brighton Area Schools, responsibility for any personal injury, disability, illness, damage, medical expense or death, arising from NLPD Academy or Program(s) or related to my child(ren)’s participation in NLPD Academy or Program(s). I agree, for myself and my child(ren), not to make any type of legal or equitable claim on the NLPD Academy or Program(s), or any of its trustees, officers, employees, staff, agents, insurers or contractors with respect to any injury I or my child(ren) may suffer, whether or not it arises through the negligence, omission, default or other action of anyone affiliated with the NLPD Academy or Program(s), including other skaters, I further agree that if any such claim is made, I will indemnify and defend the NLPD Academy or Program(s) with respect to any such claim, injury or damage.