Twin Oaks offers its skaters the finest professional hockey instruction in the region. Our experienced staff have trained and skated with the best—from youth programs to intercollegiate to the NHL.
All instructors are independent contractors who use Twin Oaks Ice Rink to teach private lessons. Instructors set their own fees and maintain their own schedules. In addition to the instructor’s fee, there is a minimal ice fee to Twin Oaks Ice Rink.
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Coach Tim Halewicz grew up in Wayne, New Jersey and began playing travel hockey for the New Jersey Rockets at Ice World in Totowa. He spent the majority of his youth playing for Devils Youth, and he later re-joined the Rockets as a Midget. Tim developed and grew as a student-athlete at Seton Hall Prep where he led the team as captain in 1996. After SHP, he played four years of DIII college hockey at Wesleyan University in the NESCAC. While playing in college, Tim also started to take coaching seriously at Floyd Hall Arena Summer Hockey School (Montclair State Ice Arena).
While teaching and coaching at The Harvey School from 2000-2014, Coach Tim also ran Hat Trick Hockey School, which offered camps and clinics throughout the year on campus. At Harvey, Tim primarily taught Upper School English while coaching Varsity Ice Hockey and Baseball. Harvey Hockey solidified itself as a local private school contender as well as a competitive team among small New England Prep Schools. Under Tim’s lead, Harvey and St. Luke’s (CT) spearheaded the founding of the Fairchester Athletic Association Hockey League. Tim also coached all levels of the Bedford –Katonah Youth Hockey Bears during those years, acting as hockey director and serving on their Board of Directors.
After moving to Brooklyn in 2014, Tim coached the GNY Stars U18 team which captured 2 LIAHL championships, 2 trips to the NY state finals, and a trip to Nationals. Since moving back home to NJ, Tim coached at the NJ Rockets at the 16U, 14U, and 12U AAA. He also served as the head coach of the Rockets Junior Premier team in 2018. This past season, Tim acted as an assistant coach for Protec Jr. Ducks EHL team after helping the merger between Flemington Ice Arena and Protec Ponds.
Coach Tim is a USA Hockey Level 4 certified coach who spent several years teaching and hosting the CEP classes on Harvey’s Campus. He believes in the importance of practice and teaching all aspects of the game through a progression of high tempo drills and small area games. He prepares players for the next level, moving many players on to Prep, Junior and College hockey.
At Twin Oaks, Tim is excited to continue to grow the game of hockey close to home with a focus on developing the complete player and helping them reach their full potential. From the moment he or she steps on the ice with our Mini-Mites, we will provide a path and opportunities to grow in the game of hockey.