Tacoma Rockets & Firestreak Youth Hockey
Tacoma Twin Rinks, 2645 S 80th St, Tacoma, WA 98409
About
Tacoma Rockets & Firestreaks Youth Hockey offers ice hockey through clinics, team competition, and structured programs such as Rockets Launch Pad Stages 1–3. The program also includes 8U/10U Skills & Scrimmage, 12U & Up Skills & Scrimmage, Female Skills & Scrimmage, Friday Night Scrimmage for 12U & Up, and an All Day Summer Camp. Rockets Launch Pad focuses on skating skills, team-focused skills, and in-house play that leads into team hockey with Tacoma Rockets or Firestreaks.
• Ages: 4–18 years old
• Schedule: Numerous 6-week Launch Pad Stage 1 sessions throughout the year; Launch Pad Stage 2 runs 6 weeks; Launch Pad Stage 3 runs in three 8-week seasons with one practice and one game per week; All Day Summer Camp runs July 6–10; recreational/house teams have two hours of weekday on-ice practice and 16 scheduled games; Tier II/Rep/Travel teams have three hours of weekday on-ice practice
Tacoma Rockets & Firestreaks hockey club is part of the non-profit 501C3 PS Ice Sports, which also supports the Tacoma Junior Hockey Association, Rainier Hockey League and Rainier Women’s Hockey League, Tacoma Figure Skating Club, Puget Sound Speed Skating Club, and Rainier Curling Club, and offers activities such as open skating, special club events, broomball, and private event rentals. The club’s mission is to teach the sport of ice hockey through clinics and team competition while emphasizing sportsmanship, cooperation, fun, self-discipline, self-confidence, and respect for others, and to maintain and grow hockey in the Tacoma area while providing a positive and welcoming ice sports facility.
The program offers recreational/house teams and Tier II/Rep/Travel teams. Recreational/house divisions include youth 8U, 10U, 12U, 14U, 18U and girls 8U, 10U, 12U, 19U, and anyone is welcome to play on a recreational team. Tier II/National Bound divisions include youth 14U, 16U, 18U and High School, and girls 16U, and Travel/Rep divisions include youth 10UA, 10UB, 12UAAA, 12UAA, and 14B. In the event there are not enough girls for a recreational/house girls team, they are rostered to a youth team. Registered recreational/house and Tier II/Rep/Travel players receive a set of game jerseys and socks, and both groups may have additional fee-based tournaments, with fees not including tournament fees, travel costs, or lodging. Youth Tier II 14U, 16U, and 18U teams participate in the Northwest Hockey League; girls 16U participate in the PNAHA League and TBD; and 12UAAA, 12UAA, 14UB, 18UB, and High School participate in the PNAHA League. Tier II/Rep/Travel Team players have an additional tryout fee, three hours of on-ice practice during the week, games that may require some out-of-state travel, and possible fly-away tournaments.
Rockets Launch Pad (Learn to Play Hockey) requires Learn to Skate (USA BASIC 1) or equivalent before registering for Launch Pad Stage 1, and full hockey gear and a USA Hockey Membership are required before stepping on the ice as a hockey player. Launch Pad Stage 1 focuses on skating skills used for hockey, including forward skating, backward skating on one and two feet, stick handling, and some game instruction, and requires a program code obtained by emailing [email protected]. Launch Pad Stage 2 focuses on team-focused skills for game situations, adding more passing, shooting, skating with the puck, and additional skills. Launch Pad Stage 3 is for players ready to commit to hockey twice a week, with one practice and one game per week, and each player receives a team jersey and is placed on an in-house team. Upon completion of the Rockets Launch Pad Program, players are ready for team hockey with Tacoma Rockets or Firestreaks.
For the 2026 spring/summer programs, Tacoma Rockets & Firestreaks offers an All Day Summer Camp July 6–10 for 8U–16U, 8U/10U Skills & Scrimmage on Mondays, 12U & Up Skills & Scrimmage on Mondays, Female Skills & Scrimmage on Wednesdays, and Friday Night Scrimmage for 12U & Up on Fridays. Players need a 2026/2027 USA Hockey number to register for the season, and a USA Hockey Membership is required before registering for Launch Pad Stage 2 and other hockey programs.
Tacoma Rockets & Firestreaks hockey club is led by President Steve Videto, Secretary Laura Burress, Treasurer Kristin Videto, Executive Director Donna Kaufman, Hockey Director Chris Weaver, Registrar Tara Kaufman, SafeSport lead Donna Kaufman, Discipline lead Robert Cummings, and Youth Hockey Managers Lead Kaitlen Williams. The PS Ice Sports Board of Directors includes President Steve Videto, Secretary Laura Burress, Treasurer Kristin Videto, Director Rob Kaufman, Director of Hockey Operations & Coaching Director Christopher Weaver, and SafeSport Director Donna Kaufman, with committee roles including Learn to Skate/Launch Pad Program lead Christopher Weaver, Discipline lead Robert Cummings, Youth Hockey Managers Lead Kaitlen Williams, and Rainier Hockey League Commissioner Ryan Reed. PS Ice Sports established its home at Tacoma Twin Rinks on December 19, 2016, and by January 2017 all club programs were moved there, with Alces Media© 2017–2026 PS Ice Sports at Tacoma Twin Rinks noted in the program history.
Last updated June 13, 2026.
• Ages: 4–18 years old
• Schedule: Numerous 6-week Launch Pad Stage 1 sessions throughout the year; Launch Pad Stage 2 runs 6 weeks; Launch Pad Stage 3 runs in three 8-week seasons with one practice and one game per week; All Day Summer Camp runs July 6–10; recreational/house teams have two hours of weekday on-ice practice and 16 scheduled games; Tier II/Rep/Travel teams have three hours of weekday on-ice practice
Tacoma Rockets & Firestreaks hockey club is part of the non-profit 501C3 PS Ice Sports, which also supports the Tacoma Junior Hockey Association, Rainier Hockey League and Rainier Women’s Hockey League, Tacoma Figure Skating Club, Puget Sound Speed Skating Club, and Rainier Curling Club, and offers activities such as open skating, special club events, broomball, and private event rentals. The club’s mission is to teach the sport of ice hockey through clinics and team competition while emphasizing sportsmanship, cooperation, fun, self-discipline, self-confidence, and respect for others, and to maintain and grow hockey in the Tacoma area while providing a positive and welcoming ice sports facility.
The program offers recreational/house teams and Tier II/Rep/Travel teams. Recreational/house divisions include youth 8U, 10U, 12U, 14U, 18U and girls 8U, 10U, 12U, 19U, and anyone is welcome to play on a recreational team. Tier II/National Bound divisions include youth 14U, 16U, 18U and High School, and girls 16U, and Travel/Rep divisions include youth 10UA, 10UB, 12UAAA, 12UAA, and 14B. In the event there are not enough girls for a recreational/house girls team, they are rostered to a youth team. Registered recreational/house and Tier II/Rep/Travel players receive a set of game jerseys and socks, and both groups may have additional fee-based tournaments, with fees not including tournament fees, travel costs, or lodging. Youth Tier II 14U, 16U, and 18U teams participate in the Northwest Hockey League; girls 16U participate in the PNAHA League and TBD; and 12UAAA, 12UAA, 14UB, 18UB, and High School participate in the PNAHA League. Tier II/Rep/Travel Team players have an additional tryout fee, three hours of on-ice practice during the week, games that may require some out-of-state travel, and possible fly-away tournaments.
Rockets Launch Pad (Learn to Play Hockey) requires Learn to Skate (USA BASIC 1) or equivalent before registering for Launch Pad Stage 1, and full hockey gear and a USA Hockey Membership are required before stepping on the ice as a hockey player. Launch Pad Stage 1 focuses on skating skills used for hockey, including forward skating, backward skating on one and two feet, stick handling, and some game instruction, and requires a program code obtained by emailing [email protected]. Launch Pad Stage 2 focuses on team-focused skills for game situations, adding more passing, shooting, skating with the puck, and additional skills. Launch Pad Stage 3 is for players ready to commit to hockey twice a week, with one practice and one game per week, and each player receives a team jersey and is placed on an in-house team. Upon completion of the Rockets Launch Pad Program, players are ready for team hockey with Tacoma Rockets or Firestreaks.
For the 2026 spring/summer programs, Tacoma Rockets & Firestreaks offers an All Day Summer Camp July 6–10 for 8U–16U, 8U/10U Skills & Scrimmage on Mondays, 12U & Up Skills & Scrimmage on Mondays, Female Skills & Scrimmage on Wednesdays, and Friday Night Scrimmage for 12U & Up on Fridays. Players need a 2026/2027 USA Hockey number to register for the season, and a USA Hockey Membership is required before registering for Launch Pad Stage 2 and other hockey programs.
Tacoma Rockets & Firestreaks hockey club is led by President Steve Videto, Secretary Laura Burress, Treasurer Kristin Videto, Executive Director Donna Kaufman, Hockey Director Chris Weaver, Registrar Tara Kaufman, SafeSport lead Donna Kaufman, Discipline lead Robert Cummings, and Youth Hockey Managers Lead Kaitlen Williams. The PS Ice Sports Board of Directors includes President Steve Videto, Secretary Laura Burress, Treasurer Kristin Videto, Director Rob Kaufman, Director of Hockey Operations & Coaching Director Christopher Weaver, and SafeSport Director Donna Kaufman, with committee roles including Learn to Skate/Launch Pad Program lead Christopher Weaver, Discipline lead Robert Cummings, Youth Hockey Managers Lead Kaitlen Williams, and Rainier Hockey League Commissioner Ryan Reed. PS Ice Sports established its home at Tacoma Twin Rinks on December 19, 2016, and by January 2017 all club programs were moved there, with Alces Media© 2017–2026 PS Ice Sports at Tacoma Twin Rinks noted in the program history.
Last updated June 13, 2026.
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