Category Archives: Columns
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…
Parental Guidance: There’s no set handbook
September 22nd, 2015It’s only taken me a year to notice that the banner across this column reads “Parental Guidance,” but, to be honest, advice has certainly never been on the agenda here. And to be fair, parceling out advice to parents is like putting on a tuna suit in shark-infested waters. Or coming up with a compliment…
Editor’s Column: More locals make D-I plans
September 20th, 2015While many were taking a well-deserved break from ice rinks over the summer, a few California-groomed products were deciding where they’re going to play their college hockey in the coming years. Six players from Southern California made NCAA Division I plans in recent months: Rory Herrman (Arizona State University), Will Johnson (University of Wisconsin); Trevin Kozlowski…
Industry Profile: Sebastien Fortier, OneHockey
September 19th, 2015Sebastien Fortier remembers playing in hockey tournaments during his youth days back Canada and feeling like none were as good as the event his father, Gaetan, ran in Quebec for more than a decade. So when he set out to start running youth tournaments in 2003 after his playing career was over, he was determined…
Chalk Talk: Get on same page from get-go
September 19th, 2015It’s hard to believe another hockey season is here. The question is: Are you ready for it? Whether you’re a coach, player or parent, there’s a lot to do in preparation for a new campaign. Let’s start with the coach. Selecting the team and coaching staff are the first orders of business, and both are…
California Referee School returns to TSC
July 28th, 2015In recent years, hockey has seen vast expansion in California. From the advent of high school hockey and new American Collegiate Hockey Association programs to the arrival of the American Hockey League, plenty more doors have opened for fans and players alike to partake in the game. Many factors have contributed to the rise of…
Q & A: Goalie Action’s Reto Schurch
July 8th, 2015Reto Schurch has long known that being a hockey goaltender takes a special set of skills that includes not just physical talent, but also mental prowess. That’s why the 40-year-old native of Switzerland and former National League A goaltender has built the foundation of his goalie coaching camps and clinics on the three tenets of…
Q & A: CAHA president Steve Laing
June 23rd, 2015Steve Laing is in his eighth year as the California Amateur Hockey Association’s (CAHA) president, making him the longest tenured person in that position. Under his watch, the state’s governing body for amateur hockey has introduced several measures aimed at making the game safer and growing participation, which is especially pronounced at the high school…
Taking Liberties With… Mitch Callahan
February 25th, 2015Forward, Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) Hometown: Whittier Last Amateur Team: Kelowna Rockets (WHL) Age: 23 Youth Programs: Norwalk Knights, Paramount Panthers, LA Hockey Club, Los Angeles Jr. Kings Not only has Mitch Callahan, a 6-foot, 195-pound forward, improved his point total during each of his seasons in junior and the pros, but he’s won two…
Star instructors headline Gretzky School
February 5th, 2015Wayne Gretzky has had his name and likeness attached to all kinds of products over the years, from hamburgers to soft drinks to sneakers. All those opportunities came to him via the game of hockey, of course, and now The Great One has lent his appellation to a series of hockey camps across North America….