ABOUT CWS

Get a great workout while playing a game!

Chicks with Sticks (CWS) is a learn-to-play hockey program for women. Clinics offered by CWS range in skill level from beginner through advanced, from basic hockey skills to game concepts. The ladies participating in CWS clinics have found hockey to be a fun alternative to the health club treadmills. CWS clinics are scheduled throughout the year with convenient morning or evening time slots. Visit our Clinics section to learn more.

CWS also offers year-round daytime hockey leagues in two skill levels: Novice & Intermediate/Advanced. The Chicks with Sticks Hockey Leagues (CWSHL) are great for moms with kids in school or ladies with flexible work schedules. Visit our Leagues section to find out more.

ABOUT OUR COACH

Mike Curti has played and coached hockey for over 50 years. He participated in youth hockey in Bloomington through ninth grade, settling in at the goalie position in sixth grade. Mike played high school hockey at Bloomington Kennedy from 1975 to 1977, where in 10th grade he experienced his first indoor practices and games.

During college he had his first coaching job as goalie and defense coach for Bloomington Lincoln's youth hockey PeeWee A's. After college Mike moved on to many different senior men's hockey leagues at various levels. He finally hung up his goalie pads in 2004 to chase around and coach his four boys in youth hockey.

Mike has been coaching youth and women's hockey for over 20 years. For the past 17 years he has owned, managed and coached Chicks with Sticks Hockey, a learn-to-play program and daytime leagues for women. In 2013 Mike Curti was inducted into the WHAM Hall of Fame for his contrubution to the growth and development of women's hockey.