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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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Improve Your Game With Six Puck Protection Drills
January 21, 2019
It is extremely beneficial to show players video clips so the teaching can come full circle. This will allow them to fully grasp what the skill is, why it is beneficial and how it can be applied in practice or a game situation. What would happen if you were given an extra 1 to 5 seconds […]
10 Years Ago Today: USA Hockey Approves American Development Model
January 20, 2019
“It was a revolutionary concept at the time, but approving the ADM has done great things for American hockey and American youth sports as a whole,” BOARD OF DIRECTORS VOTE INITIATES NEW ERA IN AMERICAN YOUTH SPORTS Ten years ago today, the USA Hockey board of directors unanimously approved the launch of a new paradigm […]
The Flinstones Vitamins Approach to Coaching
January 17, 2019
Coaches and parents can try these five tips to keep practices fun
Dedication, Diversity and Talent
January 17, 2019
As anyone in the youth hockey world knows, the players and the families both need to be dedicated to make the season work. In the recent years ice hockey in California has taken off. Players from the state are getting drafted and playing in the NHL at a rate that I am sure that the […]
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Claude Giroux of the Philadelphia Flyers Shares His Best Youth Sports Memory
January 16, 2019
Claude Giroux shares his favorite youth sports memory and gives advice to his 12-year-old self.
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Hockey Weight Training
January 15, 2019
Stride length training offers hockey players the chance to have their “breakout” year because if they have never trained it properly before, this type of training can turn a good athlete into a great athlete. It’s very well established in sports science that getting stronger can improve your overall functional outputs and lead to an […]
Joe Bertagna’s Hockey Life Always Fun, Never an Obligation
January 15, 2019
Through all of his experiences over the years, Bertagna is still as enthusiastic about hockey as he was when he first got into the sport. The longtime administrator has been involved in hockey almost all his life During a six-year span in the late 1960s and early ’70s, Joe Bertagna had the honor of being […]
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Cut to the Middle On Off-Hand
January 15, 2019
There will be a tendency for player to want to stickhandle before the shot but we want them to push the puck into a position where they can release the shot. The Off-Hand Pull and Push is an effective skill for zone entry as well as changing the angle of the shot. Here are a […]
Getting the Call
January 15, 2019
“You have to be on top of the play at all times because the penalties are much more subtle and much more difficult to see. You have a stick that’s only 100 centimeters long, so that hook is really hard to see.” One phone call led Johnathan Morrison into a tenured career with the International […]
Pee Wee Hockey Team Creates Video to Find Coach a Kidney
Pee Wee Hockey Team Creates Video to Find Coach a Kidney
January 13, 2019
The members of the Spirit, a Vancouver Minor Hockey Association Pee Wee A2 hockey team, need your help to find a kidney for their coach, Stephen Gillis. The video message is simple: The members of the Spirit, a Vancouver Minor Hockey Association Peewee A2 hockey team need your help to find a kidney for their coach, Stephen […]
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