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Quebec tournament on tap for Jr. Ducks’ Pee Wee AAA squad
December 1st, 2016Alex Vasilevsky played in Quebec during his extensive pro career, but he’s never coached there. Suffice to say, he and his Jr. Ducks’ Pee Wee AAA team are excited to head to the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament in February. “This will be a memorable experience for the boys,” he said. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE…
Wildcats hire ex-pro Reichert to oversee private training
November 28th, 2016The Wildcats Hockey Club has always put a heavy emphasis on player development and now, the program is adding to that focus by beefing up its private training offerings. The program recently hired former professional player Craig Reichert as its director of skill development and training facilities. Reichert started with the Wildcats in September and…
CAHA ensuring equal opportunity for mixed-gender teams
November 27th, 2016Even with the explosion of girls hockey in California and across the United States, not all female players are suiting up on all-female teams. The number of girls playing with boys on mixed-gender teams is shrinking, says Kathy McGarrigle, director of the Anaheim Lady Ducks and a member of the California Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA)…
Scholastic inline hockey faces off across the Golden State
November 24th, 2016It’s the time of the year when fall is starting to turn into winter that scholastic inline hockey leagues across California traditionally face off their seasons. The Anaheim Ducks Inline Scholastic League (ADISL) remains the largest of Southern California’s scholastic inline leagues. The ADISL faced off its 2016-17 Fall-Winter season on Oct. 30 with 21…
Giving back: Jr. Gulls thriving under Carlyle’s guidance
November 23rd, 2016Hockey is in his blood, and Craig Carlyle never envisioned himself doing anything else. While his dreams morphed from playing in the NHL to serving as a player agent and to coaching, the happy accident has turned out to have benefited not only him, but the San Diego Jr. Gulls organization. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE…
New NHL team unveiled as Vegas Golden Knights
November 23rd, 2016The Las Vegas NHL franchise tonight announced it will be known as the Vegas Golden Knights. The long-awaited name of the city’s first major-league sports franchise was revealed during a public ceremony at the Toshiba Plaza outside T-Mobile Arena. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE During this historic event, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman shared comments about the…
Acton product Madsen grabs ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week award
November 23rd, 2016Harvard University junior goaltender Merrick Madsen has been named the ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week, for the week ending Nov. 20, 2016. The award is the first such honor for Madsen and the first weekly award bestowed upon a Harvard student-athlete this season. Going up against No. 3 Boston College, Madsen stopped a season-high…
Laguna Hills’ Pankowski claims WCHA women’s weekly honors
November 22nd, 2016Laguna Hills native, Anaheim Lady Ducks graduate and University of Wisconsin junior forward Annie Pankowski was named the WCHA Offensive Player of the Week for the week ending Nov. 20, 2016. Pankowski tallied Wisconsin’s first natural hat trick since 2012, leading the top-ranked Badgers to a 4-1 win at No. 3 Minnesota-Duluth in Saturday’s series finale….
Harper never took a shift off, now takes them in the NHL
November 22nd, 2016Shane Harper just kept going about his business. Undrafted, demoted, injured, through all the stops and starts, Harper kept doing what he’s always done – work hard. That dedication paid off in mid-October when the Valencia native made the Florida Panthers out of training camp. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE Making that achievement more impressive is…
Titans, OC Hockey Club alum Delia takes home weekly Hockey East honor
November 22nd, 2016After his efforts between the pipes backstopped Merrimack College to a 2-0 shutout victory on the road against Wisconsin on Saturday night, junior goaltender Collin Delia has been named the Hockey East Co-Defensive Player of the Week for the week ending Nov. 20, 2016. Delia, who becomes Merrimack’s first major weekly award winner from the…