player tips

There’s an old saying in sports about hitting home runs in baseball, scoring touchdowns in football or scoring goals in hockey: “Nobody asks how, they just ask how many.”

As you start your youth hockey season that will include ups and downs, it’s important to stay focused and keep your eye on the prize. 

In youth hockey, that prize should be development, improving fundamental skills and ending the season a better hockey. Of course championships are great as well, and typically if players are improving throughout the season, championships will follow!

And this is where they ask how many, not how. But the how is a key to how many. And the how is:
• The how is hard work.
• The how is the 10,000 pucks shot in the driveway, basement or training facility.
• The how is the extra strength training and powerskating.
• The how is teamwork, selflessness, discipline, character and focus.

As you start your own youth hockey season, work on the how, and ultimately it will lead to how many!

Thanks for reading and we look forward to seeing you at the rink soon!