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From the Trainer’s Room: Use two simple exercises to improve your speed on the ice
April 17th, 2017Today’s hockey game is faster than ever. Today’s young stars like Connor McDavid and Johnny Gaudreau are so effective because of their speed. Perennial MVPs Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin have an unreal ability to accelerate and beat their opponent to the puck. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE Speed is determined by stride length times stride…
New pro team in Reno would mean progress for area youth hockey
April 13th, 2017Recently, a 10-year agreement to bring minor league hockey to the Reno Events Center was approved by the Reno City Council. Management of the facility would then be turned over to the Reno Puck Club. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE A hockey team, most likely in the ECHL, would then begin play in the fall 2018…
Golden Knights get their man, tab Gallant first head coach
April 13th, 2017Last month, the Vegas Golden Knights signed their first player in Western Hockey League standout Reid Duke. This month, the new NHL team finally has a head coach. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE On April 13, the club announced that former Florida Panthers and Columbus Blue Jackets head coach and Montreal Canadiens and New York Islanders…
Ducks break ground, kick start new era of hockey in SoCal
April 11th, 2017Hockey in Southern California is finally receiving the long-awaited boost it deserves. For years, the hockey community has grown rapidly in the region. However, the amount of ice sheets has not. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE “What’s limiting the participation in all of those (hockey) programs that we have is availability of ice time,” Anaheim Ducks…
Jr. Sharks program bigger than ever, yet retains strong focus on development
April 5th, 2017The number of kids playing hockey wearing San Jose Jr. Sharks sweaters was higher this season than it’s ever been. The Bay Area’s top youth hockey program boasted a whopping 29 teams. The Jr. Sharks had an estimated 400 kids playing travel hockey, 500 playing in-house and about 400 more playing high school hockey –…
Tahoe Hockey Academy looks to ride momentum into Year 2
April 4th, 2017If it’s late March, that means the majority of youth hockey teams have finished their seasons and have begun to set their sights to building for 2017-18. Tahoe Hockey Academy (THA) is no different, and is well into its recruiting season and in search of its next high-level prospects. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE “We were…
Newport Beach’s Comrie making his mark in AHL
April 4th, 2017Newport Beach’s Eric Comrie appears to have a promising career ahead of him in the National Hockey League. He’s already made his mark in the American Hockey League, the second best pro hockey league in the world. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE An Edmontonian by birth but a Californian by choice, the 21-year-old goaltender for the…
WCRHL teams head to Florida for collegiate inline nationals
April 2nd, 2017Nine teams from the Western Collegiate Roller Hockey League (WCRHL) will be out to accomplish the same goal at April’s National Collegiate Roller Hockey Championship tournament in Ft. Myers, Fla. That goal: to win the championship title in their respective divisions. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE Teams traveling from the West Coast for the April 5-9…
Four different CAHA programs capture Tier II state titles
March 31st, 2017The California Amateur Hockey Association Tier II state playoffs were held March 17-19 at IcePlex Escondido, north of San Diego, and four different programs – two from Northern California and two from Southern California – went home with state titles. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE 18U AA The Golden State Elite Eagles (pictured above) took home…
Barnes golden again while investing in fellow Californian Petrie
March 29th, 2017Not only did Cayla Barnes lead the U.S. Women’s National Under-18 team to its third consecutive Under-18 World Championship in January, but in the process, she helped pave the way for another young woman from California. Barnes, a 1999 birth year from Corona, achieved a rare goal, winning her third gold medal at the U18s,…