Real-World Guide to Storing Hockey Equipment
Be honest: What happens to the hockey bag at the end of the season? You come home from your last game of the long season, pull it out of the car, toss it in the garage and forget about it for the time being, right? The next time you open the bag—whether it’s a week from now for a skating lesson, a month from now for a spring league or five months from now for tryouts—one thing is for sure: It’s going to stink.
Develop Wicked-Fast Hands with the Halo Hockey Trainer!
The Halo teaches proper mechanics in wrist shots, crisp passing, muscle memory and wicked-fast hands. The Halo works equally as well for inline, ice or street practice. This is one of the best home tools available. The Halo fits all senior composite sticks, making it easy to plug into an old or broken stick
Review: S-19 Z-Shock Helmet
This is the coolest helmet ever! Why? Because it’s significantly lighter than other helmets yet more protective. You barely feel it on your head. It doesn’t even make sense, yet it does. The answer is “monocoque construction” and “z-shock technology” (Easton’s lingo). Now let’s break this down scientifically: Read more
Glossary: Top Shelf
Top shelf, going upstairs, high heat…What do these have to do with ice hockey nets, which clearly have no shelves, stairs or space heaters? They all mean the same thing: A shot that goes in at the top of the net.
Are Steroids and Creatine a Threat to Your Child?
As we have become painfully aware in recent years, the use of performance-enhancing drugs and supplements has invaded the world of sports like never before. For parents, the scary fact is that the use of anabolic steroids, human growth hormone and other body-enhancing measures has begun to appear even at the youth sport level, and they are readily available to the young athlete who has the money and poor judgment to purchase them. These chemical substances are not only outlawed in sports, but many of them are known to have devastating long-term effects on the body. Lyle Alzado, a star professional football player, campaigned against the use of anabolic steroids before his death from cancer, which was attributed to steroid effects.
No Name: Hockey Kid of the Year Contest Winners
No state knows hockey like Minnesota, and no one knows great tasting meat like No Name. No Name is a part of Minnesota culture, just like great hockey, and has been bringing you great steaks and other products for other 25 years. That’s why No Name is proud to bring you the Hockey Kid of the Year Contest where one boy and one girl were once again chosen to represent No Name and the State of Hockey.
Attention: Youth Hockey Associations! Win $2,500 to Total Hockey
Contest Encourages Efforts to Grow the Game – Total Hockey teamed up with USA Hockey to challenge youth hockey organizations to grow the game for the second year in a row. The Grow the Game Award encourages youth organizations to submit a story describing how they are helping grow the great game of hockey in their local community. The winning submission receives a $2,500 gift card to Total Hockey for their local hockey association.
Contest Entries: Top Skating Tips
Thank you to the players, coaches and parents who submitted their top skating tips in the last couple weeks to win a free Laura Stamm Power Skating Clinic. Rhymes, hand signals, games and more all add to the fun while improving skating skills. Read on for a sampling of tips.
Glossary: Zones
Do you zone out when the hockey play-by-play announcer starts yammering about the neutral zone? I admit, I was more than 10 years into living in an NHL town and more than eight years into youth hockey before I figured out the neutral zone let alone the offensive, defensive and danger zones. Decipher the zones and you can significantly increase your chances of at least sounding like you know what you’re talking about.
Kid Stuff: Why Every Player Needs a Checking Clinic
No doubt you’ve seen – or felt – what happens when you get hit on open ice. Or seen someone throw a check and knock themselves down rather than the opponent. Or had teammates perpetually in the penalty box for illegal hits. A few years into the “checking years,” you can recognize the players who never had a checking clinic. And this is why anyone moving up to PeeWee needs to learn how to take and give a check. A second-year Bantam player shares his top three reasons to take a checking clinic: Read more
