2013-2014 Season of hard work and fun
It's not every year you can look back at the hockey season and say THAT was fun. This season worked in so many ways. We were fortunate to be with great parents, coaches and kids who worked hard all season to improve. The season ended on a sweet note with back to back tournament wins and good memories. Thanks kids!
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Test Your Hockey IQ
As seen in the March issue of USA Hockey Magazine!
http://touchpointmedia.uberflip.com/issue/273889/10
So your little hockey players think they know more about the
game than you do? Give them a mental hip
check with these fun hockey trivia questions, based on the terrific book “The Rookie Hockey Mom,” by Melissa Walsh.
1,The first US-
born NHL player was:
a) Mike Eruzione b) Billy Burch c) Chubby “Checker” d) Charlie Conway
2. Youth hockey teams average how many players?
a) 8 -10 b)
12-15 c) 14-17 d) 17-25
3. During the mid-nineteenth
century, the game had several names. In addition to wicket, the game was also
known as:
a) break-shins b)
blade runner c) slippery disc d) pond lacrosse
4. A goal, an assist and a fight in the same game is also
known as:
a) Toothless Trifecta
b) Three Amigos
c) Gordy Howe Hat
Trick
d) Putting the biscuit in the basket
5. She “got the biscuit in the basket, five hole” means:
a) She left a snack in her helmet
b) She shot the puck out of bounds and into a spectator’s
lunch container
c) She scored a goal
and got the puck through the goalie’s pads
d) She left the ice for the fifth time to eat between
periods
6. Another name for a hockey stick is:
a) twig
b) widow maker
c) woodwind
d) wand
7. The penalty for checking with excessive speed is called.
a) forgery
b) bankruptcy
c) Christmas shopping
d) charging
8 What do you call a hockey player who gives 100 percent to
the team?
a )grinder
b) mercenary
c) martyr
d) coach’s kid
9 How do you spot a true hockey mom?
a) When a truck passes by, her one year old points and says
“Zamboni”
b) When asked how old her children are, she responds with
birth years instead of ages
c) She brags to other parents how she dangled and deked her
way to the checkout line
d) all of the above
10 The Hockey Parent Commandments include ?
a) Cheer for all players as thou would have others cheer for
thine own
b) Thou shalt not throw things
c) Though shalt respect the core spirit of the sport: Fun
d) All of the above
11 It's mean to refer to a kid as a "duster." True or False?.
( True. Like "bender," a player would be very hurt to hear his team mates call him this. It refers to a player lacking skill.)
12 "Headman" is a noun. True or False?
13 If a player "delivers a pizza," his coach is happy. True or False?
Check your answers by clicking on the link to page 8 of the March issue of USA Hockey Magazine.
This quiz was just
for fun and I hope you enjoyed it. The
real test is of our ability to help our young hockey players build character
while creating positive, lasting memories. When that happens, everybody puts
the biscuit in the basket through the five hole.
Monday, March 10, 2014
Hockey is Whine-ding Down
by guest blogger Caroline Stanistreet
I think that everyone
I’ve talked to in the past few weeks is complaining, whining and whimpering
about the severe weather we’ve experienced this season.
All of you hockey moms (and dads, of course) have had the joy
this year to drive your kids to the rinks in the worst conditions possible, and
have had to shiver in some bitter cold rinks to support your player during
games. My guess is that many of those
rinks have broken heaters or perhaps a small warming area or lobbies that
don't feel quite warm enough! Meanwhile, your child probably spent some time
changing into his equipment in a locker room with no heat, and then playing,
and then literally thawing out after the game with some hot chocolate or
soup.
A fun experience?
No way.
Well, I let my dogs out last night and while they did what
they needed to do, I looked up at the clear sky, the thousands of brilliant
stars, the serenity of it all, then said to myself, hey, things aren’t so bad
in life!
Yes, it’s cold, and snowy, and cold again, but I’ve decided
that with spring approaching (sometime, somehow!), we should make this month of
March…wait for it…
Hockey Mom (and Dad) Appreciation
Month! Yippee!
Consider these points, then see if you can release some – or
all – of the whining from your system:
·
Your child stayed healthy enough this year to
play hockey and to finish out the season…and I mean NO flu, NO broken bones and
especially –
NO
concussions
·
Your player likely skated 3, 4, 5 or 6 times per
week and was still able to finish his homework and maintain a decent scholastic
average
·
Your family was able to afford the following:
-- Equipment…how about that larger pair of skates or a replacement
stick mid-year?
-- Gas…especially if you’ve read my previous blogs, I’ll say no more
about that, except Cha-Ching!
--Trips to tournaments, including hotel rooms, meals and
“incidentals” -- like that cocktail
or three you really needed after that overtime championship
game?
·
During those trips, you may have had the
opportunity to see family or friends you wouldn’t normally see.
·
He or she had something to do almost every weekend, and not sit around and
complain that there was nothing to do
during the winter doldrums
·
Your child secured new friends and maintained
the old ones, and maybe as a parent, you made some new friends too
·
Your kid might have had a tremendous improvement
in his game, be it defensively, scoring goals and assists, getting his or her
first shutout, hat trick or MVP award.
·
Your kid stayed in reasonable shape for the next
sport he or she may play in the spring, be it lacrosse, golf, baseball, or
track
· If you’re a younger parent, you get to enjoy
this all over again next year, where many of us “old” parents might have had
our final year of youth hockey.
So, moms, dads, kids, let’s appreciate
this hockey season for the memories it brought. And as for our winter, it is
what it is in our part of the world.
Things could be a lot worse, although I will admit it couldn’t have been
much colder this year!! And look
forward to spring – it IS coming, from what I hear…
followed by summaahhhh!
Friday, March 7, 2014
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