Private Lessons
Learn new Skills. One-on-one with A coach. Reach your goals.
Polar Ice offers two options to enhance you or your athletes skills! Whether that is to improve skating strength or stick handling techniques. Personalize your on ice goals this season and contact us to achieve them!
Meet the coaches
Jake Bailey
- Born & raised in Franklin, Pennsylvania
- Retired military
- Operations associate
- 5 years of hockey experience
- Participant of Icemen and Polar Rec & Beer league
- 4 years of coaching experience with 6U to 10U players
- Skater/Player Coach
Tommy Dephillips
- Born & raised in Monroe, New York
- Operation Manager
- 20 years of hockey experience
- Founder of PBR League
- Captain of Eilson Icemen
- 5+ years of direct coaching experience
- Skater/Player/Goalie Coach
Corinna Rady
- Born & raised in North Pole, Alaska
- Competes for North Pole High School and Hockey Club Fairbanks
- Beginner player/Learn to skate Coach
Kolt Gutzman
- Born & raised in Fairbanks, Alaska
- Played Team Alaska 18U AAA
- Extended hockey career at the junior level in 2023
- Fraser Cup Champion in 2025
- Back operation associate at Polar
- Skating/Player Coach
Cheyenne Koop
- Born & raised in Wasilla, Alaska
- 10+ years of playing in boys' competitive hockey,
- Continued education and hockey career by attending 4 years at Bufffalo State in New York for Bengal NCAA D3 Women's ice hockey,
- Honored with recognition of All- NEWHL Second Team in 2017
- Mulitple years of coaching experience including Assistant coach for 12UB Girls team in New York (2017), Volunteer coach for USA Girls Hockey Development Camp(2018), and Head coach for North Pole High School Junior Varsity Hockey (2024).
Arina Jusczak
- Born & raised in North Pole, Alaska
- Played Little Caesars 19u AAA
- Captain of ACHA D1 Collegiate Women's hockey team at Indiana Institution of Technology
- Assistant coach of HCF 14U Tier 2 Boys
- Skater/Player Coach
Option 1:
Private lessons during one of the public skates offered; open skate or stick and puck.
- $75
- Helmets and skates required ($5 Skate rentals available)
- Individualized skill focus
- 45 minutes for 8 and under; 1 hour for 10 and up (may also vary based off skill and attentiveness)
- If the ice time is longer than the time with a coach, athlete is able to use the whole ice time outside of the lesson with no additional admission fee.
Option 2:
Private sheet of ice. One on one coaching with access to the whole ice arena.
- $150 (additional cost for each additional player)
- Helmet and skates are required ($5 Skate rentals available)
- Subject to ice availability
- 45 minutes for 8 and under; 1 hour for 10 and up (may also vary based off skill and attentiveness)
- The athlete 8 and under will be able to use the remainder 15 minute of rented ice for individual skating outside of the coaching time.