i play competive hockey in the acha. i am looking to improve reaction time and foot speed. does anyone have any sugestions of exercises or lifting programs to help me

strength training.... but you need to be sport specific with your functional strength and include periodization and more importantly different areas of the speed spectrum.
power liftingwill help increase your speed and strength without the useless muscle bulk.

thanks for the advice. i am going to look into different power lifts.

I personally think resistance machines are better IF you can't really gain size - but depends what sport you play, i'd guess if you're a goalie in ice hockey you dont ideally want any more weight as it may compromise your reactions - but i dont play ice hockey so i dont know if weight is an issue :-)

also look at polymetrics and ballsistic training for fighters....

I would recommend plyometrics training. maybe like a 6 to 8 week workout to build up your fast twitch fibers for speed/agility. During the workout i would increase resistance somehow by using a weighted vest/ankle weights/weighted belt/ etc.... whatever is most comfortable or available to you.
Some plyometric exercises would be like lateral cone hops, exaggerated skipping, bounding, box jumps, and just jumping as high as you can.
Also, some resistance should be worked into your regime. Such as, squat lunges w/ resistance and step ups w/ resistance... and other misc. leg workouts.

thanks for the responses guys..i am going to try and set up a plyo rutine into my workout

Yeah and please update us on how it is going on.

Hey admn we may even setup a special forum for this ?

LOL TW is full of subforums )

Run suicides dude... not til your legs fall off because you don't want to get overuse injuries, but pace yourself... say start at 10-20 a day or every other day the first week or two, then move up to 30 every other day the next two weeks, etc... like catching a ball and throwing a ball with accuracy, to build up speed, etc takes practice & hard work. As for reaction time... I don't know - maybe get a prescription for adderal or ritalin lol.