The Boys Varsity hockey program at Providence Academy is a very competitive program that participates in the Tri Metro Conference.  In the first five years the program has proven to be very competitive, posting a slightly better than .500 record playing with the top single A teams in the state.  The team has permanent locker room facilities in the new addition to Plymouth Ice Center located two miles from the Providence campus.  The conference schedule includes Breck, Blake, St. Paul Johnson, SPA, Como Park, Saint Bernard’s and Minnehaha Academy. The team also plays non- conference games with a number of local A and AA high school teams.  During the Christmas holidays the team has competed in the Silver Bay tournament, the Duluth Marshall Tournament and more recently, the Schwann’s Cup.  Each year several boys are invited to participate in the U of M Model Camp in June, USA Hockey Select Programs, and the Elite League in the Fall and the Xposure Tournament in Spring.

The head coach of the hockey program is Hal Tearse.  Coach Tearse has 38 years of coaching experience.  He has coached at all levels of youth hockey, Junior A and B hockey and college hockey.  In addition to his coaching duties, he is the Coach in Chief for Minnesota Hockey, USA Hockey Associate Coach in Chief for the Minnesota District, and a regular speaker and development coach for the Minnesota and Great Plains Districts of USA Hockey coaching clinics and Select development camps.  He is the owner of Edgework Power Skating schools.  Coach Tearse has taken teams to 5 state titles at 3 levels of youth hockey and 5 teams to national tournaments at 4 different levels.  In the fall of 2009 he will have ten former players competing as Division 1 college athletes and 6 players as division 3 college athletes.