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Riveters select Laguna Hills native, Lady Ducks graduate Pankowski with top pick in NWHL Draft
December 19th, 2018Laguna Hills native and Anaheim Lady Ducks graduate Annie Pankowski was tabbed as the first overall selection in today’s NWHL Draft by the Metropolitan Riveters. Pankowski currently sits second in University of Wisconsin scoring with 14 goals and 23 points in 18 games as a senior. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE “Annie is a fabulous, dynamic…
West Ranch team giving back, coaching special needs players
December 19th, 2018There’s something amazing happening with the West Ranch Wildcats program, and it has nothing to do with the team’s performance on the ice in the LA Kings High School Hockey League. The program, based in Stevenson Ranch, (north of Los Angeles) has signed on to have its players work with special needs hockey players from…
San Jose’s Vernon grabs NAHL honors for second straight week
December 18th, 2018The North American Hockey League (NAHL) today announced the Divisional Stars of the Week, presented by Bauer Hockey, for the week ending Dec. 16, 2018. The Divisional Stars of the Week is a weekly feature during the 2018-19 regular season that honors the top performing players in each of the four NAHL divisions. Only players…
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Taking Liberties With… Matt Tennyson
December 12th, 2018MATT TENNYSON Position: Defenseman, Rochester Americans (American Hockey League) Hometown: Pleasanton Youth Team: San Jose Jr. Sharks Last Amateur Team: Western Michigan University (NCAA D-I) A veteran of 122 NHL games (as of Dec. 12), Matt Tennyson found himself playing youth hockey in California in his teens after his father’s job transfer to the Bay…
Pavel Barber’s Top 10 Hockey Training Tips: Part 2 of 2
December 11th, 20185. Use slow-motion video capture: I can’t overstate how important slow-motion video capture is. I would have killed to have this technology on my phone as a kid. Slow motion picks up on things that we often overlook when we look at video in real time. It is a great tool to offer awareness in…
Lady Ducks grad, Laguna Hills native Pankowski named WCHA Forward of the Week
December 11th, 2018The women’s WCHA today recognized four student-athletes as the WCHA Players of the Week, including University of Wisconsin redshirt-senior Annie Pankowski as Forward of the Week. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE Pankowski tied for the NCAA lead with a WCHA-best three goals and extended her goal-scoring streak to seven straight games, the third-longest in Wisconsin history,…
San Jose product Vernon garners weekly division honors from NAHL
December 11th, 2018The North American Hockey League (NAHL) today announced the Divisional Stars of the Week, presented by Bauer Hockey, for the week ending Dec. 9, 2018. The Divisional Stars of the Week is a weekly feature during the 2018-19 regular season that honors the top performing players in each of the four NAHL divisions. Only players…
Tustin native, Jr. Kings alum Wolf tabbed WHL Goaltender of the Week
December 10th, 2018Former Los Angeles Jr. King Dustin Wolf was named the Western Hockey League (WHL) Goaltender of the Week and league nominee for the Canadian Hockey League Goaltender of the Week for the week ending Dec. 9, 2018. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE The Tustin native posted a perfect 3-0 record with the Everett Silvertips, including one…
Now in its 25th season as a junior hockey league, WSHL has stood the test of time
December 7th, 2018Dr. Don Thorne is a Vietnam veteran, but he didn’t teach his son to shoot guns. He taught his son to shoot pucks. To the rest of the country, hockey across the Sun Belt has always been an unfathomable concept. Ideas of the sport taking the Southwestern United States by storm were almost fictional constructs….