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Storm gets behind high school’s popularity
October 18th, 2015High school hockey’s growth and popularity is soaring at a meteoric pace in California, and its neighbors to the east are studying up on its success in an effort to eventually form a league of their own. The Nevada Storm organization has taken the lead on icing the state’s first-ever high school team this season….
Thompson looks to push Avs to next level
October 17th, 2015Don’t expect inexperience to be an issue for the newest head coach of the Ontario Avalanche. After a 13-year pro career that included over four years in the American Hockey League, Jamie Thompson entered the 2015-16 Western States Hockey League (WSHL) season in an unfamiliar position – at the helm of the Avalanche in the…
Product Review: USA Hockey Mobile Coach App
October 17th, 2015USA Hockey recently re-launched its Mobile Coach app, which is available for iOS and Android and can be downloaded through USAHockey.com/MobileCoach. Robbert McDonald, head coach of the Los Angeles Jr. Kings’ Bantam AA1 team and an assistant on the club’s 18U AAA and 16U AAA squads, offered his thoughts on the re-engineered app. I familiarized…
Give Blood Play Hockey not just a numbers game
October 15th, 2015Give Blood Play Hockey (GBPH) inline charity tournament co-founder Mary Quayle remains “astounded,” in her words, by the numbers generated by the event: $500,000 in funds raised for CHOC Children’s Hospital and 1,673 pints of blood gathered (enough to save 5,000 lives). “And we have some pretty big numbers to hit this year, too,” Quayle…
Newport Beach’s McManus cops USHL honor
October 12th, 2015Newport Beach’s Brannon McManus was named the United States Hockey League (USHL) co-Forward of the Week for the week ending Oct. 11 after striking for two goals and two assists, along with posting a plus-4, in two games for the Omaha Lancers. McManus, a former LA Selects player who previously skated at Shattuck-St. Mary’s prep…
AHL clubs open season on promising note
October 11th, 2015The American Hockey League’s (AHL) new western pod of five California teams faced off their inaugural season the weekend of Oct. 9-10 with high expectations and excitement rippling through opening-night crowds as a new era in professional ice hockey dawned on the West Coast. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE HERE The Bakersfield Condors, Ontario Reign, San…
Training regimen keeps McGrew on the power play
September 30th, 2015Something was wrong, and Jake McGrew knew it. He had experienced plenty of hockey success – most notably a championship at the Quebec International Pee Wee Tournament with the LA Selects in 2012. He had played AAA hockey for several years and clearly was on the radar of junior scouts in the Western Hockey League…
The Rinks engages local homeschool community
September 30th, 2015Within Southern California – Orange County, specifically – The Rinks name has become synonymous with hockey and skating. But as both sports continue to grow across the Golden State and ice time becomes more and more scarce, finding unique ways to get more people involved poses an obvious challenge. How can the facilities continue to…
Outdoor holiday tourney coming to Sacramento
September 29th, 2015The American Hockey League (AHL) went all in on California this past spring, creating a five-team division to house the top farm teams of the Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks, as well as the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers. That gave Rich Cubin an idea. Cubin, the co-owner and vice president…
Two recognized by NHL Central Scouting
September 29th, 2015Two players with California ties – forward Zak Galambos and goaltender Evan Sarthou – were recognized by NHL Central Scouting on its “Players to Watch” list for 2016 draft-eligibles, which was released today. Galambos, a Walnut Creek native who played locally for the San Jose Jr. Sharks, is listed as a C-rated prospect (a potential…