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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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Chalk Talk: 3-on-2 Transition Game
Chalk Talk: 3-on-2 Transition Game
August 31, 2018
Small-area games and engaging practice structure were hot topics at the 2018 USA Hockey National Coaches Symposium in Lake Placid, New York. 
A Radical Approach to Youth Hockey, Part II
August 29, 2018
Seeing what Duluth had done with Squirts, Wright immediately realized this was a blueprint they could use to provide a better experience for their youngest players. In July of 2017, Minnesota Hockey posted a feature taking an in-depth look at the Duluth Amateur Hockey Association’s decision to eliminate Squirt A “traveling” hockey. It was by far the […]
The Greatest Job in the World
August 29, 2018
It’s a much faster game now, so it’s actually harder on the referees to keep up. All joking aside, it’s really been a great thing for the league and I think anybody that’s been around the game would agree with that. After 26 years as an official in the NHL, Denny LaRue hung up the […]
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Gelatin Shots: A New Approach to Sports Nutrition?
August 28, 2018
When examining various food sources, gelatin was found to have a similar amino acid profile to collagen – primarily because of its proline content. A favorite childhood dessert part of a sports nutrition routine? Yes! What? A favorite childhood dessert part of a sports nutrition routine? Yes. A new University of California at Davis study […]
Hockey: A Better Way of Life
August 28, 2018
Gosselin encourages families to be active, whether that means taking gymnastics or swimming lessons, playing baseball or another sport in the summer, or simply participating in recreational sports like hiking. For those who live and breathe for the moments they spend on the ice (or watching their pride and joy do so), it comes naturally […]
Five Ways Hockey Players Ruin Their Performance During the Season
August 26, 2018
Even at the most fundamentally basic level why would somebody discontinue their training during the times of the year where performance is at its highest importance? Having a passionate dedication to improving the performance of hockey athletes for many years now and providing as much content as humanly possible in order to create a positive […]
Q&A with USHL Commissioner Tom Garrity
August 26, 2018
“When the situation arose for interim commissioner and they asked me to do it, I was happy and thrilled to do my part and help the league through a period of transition.” GARRITY TOOK OVER THE ROLE FULL-TIME IN MAY AFTER SERVING AS INTERIM COMMISSIONER SINCE NOVEMBER Tom Garrity became the ninth president and commissioner […]
How to Deload and Recover for Better Hockey Performance
August 19, 2018
You cannot always be on the attack in your training. An army needs time to rest, eat, let the wounds heal and take rest from the pressures of battle. If you want to become a better hockey player, it’s important to go all-out in your training. You shouldn’t be holding back when you’re in the […]
Division I Coaches on Minnesota’s ‘It’ Factor
August 14, 2018
While recruiting players in Minnesota, college hockey coaches know they are getting one thing for sure: well-rounded athletes, not just hockey players. This past year alone, the State of Hockey produced: 18,839 8U players (a new state and national record) 419 NCAA Division I and Division III men’s players 486 NCAA Division I and Division […]
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Real Balance Training for Hockey Players
August 13, 2018
The neural language your body is utilizing must have some degree of transfer/specific carryover to your sports demands – if it doesn’t, you’re just learning how to do circus tricks … not become a better hockey player. Balance training is something that has made its waves through the hockey training industry, but what it’s really […]
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