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Hockey is one of the few team sports played on ice. Its fast-paced gameplay is filled with precise passes, blistering slapshots, and hard collisions—making hockey one of the best spectator sports. Two teams faceoff with a total of twelve players on the ice at a time, including two goalies. 

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NHL Workouts With Patrick Kane’s Trainer
April 3, 2019
All athletes have different imbalances, limiting factors, overall attitudes etc. Because of that, it would be hard to put together a generic plan and expect a high-level result. We recently had the pleasure of interviewing a sports scientist, Ian Mack, who works with many NHL players and was recently featured on ESPN for his work […]
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Did Your Child Learn to Check This Year?
April 3, 2019
“Guys like that are out there possessing the puck,” Gosselin said. “That’s what we do today. That’s the way the game is played, and that’s what we’re promoting.” In 2011, USA Hockey rocked the youth hockey world by delaying legal body-checking from Peewees (ages 11-12) until Bantams (13-14) for boys. While most have accepted and […]
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Chicago Blackhawks Patrick Kane on Favorite Childhood Memories and Player
April 3, 2019
Chicago Blackhawks Patrick Kane talks about favorite youth sports experience when he moved to Detroit at age 14 along with his favorite hockey player during his childhood, Peter Forsberg.
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Hockey Mindset
April 3, 2019
Instead, the best hockey players harness the power of self-talk, whether consciously or unconsciously the quality of their mindset always determines the quality of their behavior. The body always follows the mind, it doesn’t work the other way around.  We see this so often in those who seem like such prospects at a young age, […]
Black Girl Hockey Club Growing in Numbers, Impact
April 1, 2019
“That to me is the most important aspect of this; just making sure everyone feels welcome in the sport,” To Renee Hess, the next step for the Black Girl Hockey Club was a natural one. The associate director of service-learning for community engagement at La Sierra University in Riverside, California, Hess founded the club at […]
Developing the Best
April 1, 2019
Whether it’s offense, defense or goaltending, we’ll take them at all levels, but I do believe the development is there and our development path in our country with junior hockey is really growing. Perhaps even before a player takes the ice, USA Hockey is dedicated to developing boys and girls, able-bodied or disabled, to be […]
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How Are You Building Confidence?
April 1, 2019
Instead of punishing players for making mistakes, coaches should shift their focus to guiding players through the learning process and making an effort to recognize and reward them for their successes. 
Hockey Families Get Creative in Solving Time, Cost Concerns
March 31, 2019
The cost of protective equipment, sticks and ice time is one factor that keeps hockey lagging behind sports such as basketball and soccer in the U.S. among minority children. Megan Lincoln couldn’t put her son into hockey right away when he wanted to play. She didn’t have the time to take off from work to […]
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Not All Champions Win Championships
March 31, 2019
The ending scoreboard needs its winner and loser, but no single outcome will ever define you.
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Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche Discusses his Youth Hockey Years
March 27, 2019
Colorado Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon talks about his dad's impact on his youth hockey experience, the importance of playing multiple sports, and his favorite player growing up.
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