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March Break Hockey Camp
5 March Break Hockey Camp Look For’s What should you be looking for when signing up for a March Break Hockey Camp this year? Well, we’ll tell you… 1) Explosive Speed and Intensity- Go somewhere that emphasizes intensity. A lot of parents are misguided by loud instructors being mean or intimidating, usually they are this way because they are intense individuals, but as long as they are not negatively or verbally abusive, intensity from a coach can be very contagious to a player! 2) Body Contact and Checking...
read moreThe Boards: Best Friend You’ll Ever Have
Here is a riddle for ya… what is one thing on the ice that is always unselfish and will always give the puck back to you right away… The Boards! That’s right, even though it isn’t alive to tell you, the boards is the best friend you have on the ice. Always sure to give the puck back exactly how you gave it, and always sure to return it, just as hard as you passed it. The boards will never let you down! If there is one thing, one thing coaches can teach their young players new hockey systems, it’s to use the...
read moreUsing The Boards 101
We saw Brad Marchant’s brilliant “Using the Boards Goal” in the last post, but let’s quickly break it down! It all boils down to science. We remember from grade 10 science (well some of us do anyway) that the angle of incidence always equals the angle of reflection for a beam of light! What this basically means is that if you want something to bounce of a flat surface a certain way, you need make sure that the angle that you bounce it is the same as the angle you want it to bounce off! In Brad Marchand’s case he...
read moreBoston Bruins Bar Tab
By now most of us have heard about the ridiculous amount of money the Boston Bruins spent on their infamous bar tab after capturing hockey’s most notorious prize. It has since gone under a lot of scrutinty because, hmmmm let me see, it is over a hundred ad fifty thousand dollars (with a $25,000 tip…. isn’t that waitress happy she took that extra shift that week!) but how many times can you say you were celebrating a stanley cup win? Also, what a lot of people don’t realize is that there is a $100, 000 bottle of...
read moreMoves like Jagr
Honestly, when I heard the song for the first time I was like “sick, can’t wait to see the highlight reel”, so pumped that someone made a tribute to Jagr’s dirty dangles. When I realized the song was about Mick Jagr and his pigeon like swagger, I was in disbelief. So in honor of that brief moment of enlightenment I decided to come up with… 5 Reasons Why Maroon 5′s Song Should Have Been About Jaromir and not Mick 1) He is the only guy on earth can sport such a Marvelous Mane. I don’t see fans...
read moreMaking the NHL
Ask any kid playing minor hockey what they want to do when they grow up and they’ll all say it… be an NHL hockey player. Ask any parent and they’ll deny it, but deep down inside they are living through there kids and there is no place they would rather be then sitting up there watching little Timmy start at center for the Maple Leafs. Is it a pipe dream, or is there light at the end of the tunnel for all of the Tim Horton’s clutching hockey mom’s out there who feel the need to go beserk everytime there son is...
read moreTop 10 Body Contact Myths
Here we go folks, the doctor is in the house with part 1 of a 2 parter on Body Contact. TOP 10 MYTHS ABOUT BODY CONTACT 10) Every hit should be highlight reel worthy Don Cherry sure made a lot of money on the Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em series of films, pumping up Old Time Hockey and all the bone crushing hits of the80′s and 90′s. Funny enough, these are the same hits we see ending careers and causing serious injuries out there. Any coincidence that the players in today’s game laying some of these brutal hits where...
read moreDoctor’s Diagnosis: Stay Sharp Out There!
So you are in line at the hockey section of the local sports store waiting to get your kids skates sharpened and ahead of you is “Super Enthusiastic Hockey Dad Guy”, you know the guy with more muscle tone for a gentleman his age, the almost made it but hurt my knee guy who spends his time now running a buisness from him cell phone wearing matching minor hockey jackets with his son? Anyway, you can’t help but overhear him talking to the slightly moustached teenager sharpening skates behind the counter. “Yeah, he’s...
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