Cathy Andrade
Groups
About
Professional skating development coach with 40 years dedicated to improving the most fundamental part of hockey: skating. Founded Power Hour in 1998, and for the past 27 years focused exclusively on skating mechanics and stride efficiency, teaching more than 50,000 lessons to athletes across all levels: youth to NCAA Division I, PWHL, OHL, AHL, KHL, USA Hockey National Team, Olympians, and NHL players. Currently serves as the Skating Consultant for the NHL San Jose Sharks, and is a member coach and presenter for both the NHL Coaches Association (NHLCA) Female Development Program and The Coaches Site. In 2025, Power Hour became a Proud Partner of the AHL San Jose Barracuda, allowing us to expand our impact across the Sharks/Barracuda development systems and we teamed up with Bauer in their Powered by Bauer partnership which reflects our shared commitment to innovation, development, and excellence in hockey training.
Cathy's work has been featured in NHLCA, The Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, NHL.com, The Coaches Site, Sharks’ Making Waves, The Undercurrent podcast, The Fin Factor, and other national coaching platforms. She also advises sports-technology companies on skating analytics, product testing, and development.
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Coaching Experiences
Owner
Extra Hour Hockey Training Facility
2018-06-11 - Present
Opened Extra Hour Hockey Training to provide a controlled environment for skating development, combining skating treadmill (10,000+ lessons taught), synthetic ice lanes and mini rink small-area stations. By isolating stride techniques, balance, edge control, and posture - while providing far more high-quality repetitions than traditional ice time - we help athletes accelerate their learning and transfer these skills directly to real-ice speed, confidence, and game performance.
Owner
Power Hour Hockey
1998-08-01 - Present
Nor Cal's first formal power skating program. Power Hour Hockey Skating School operates 200 days per year on ice. 50,000+ lessons delivered to youth players Clinics, camps, player development & organizational consulting