First, nobody is perfect. As players start to make the transition from the youth and junior levels of play to college hockey, it’s very important to avoid mistakes that could easily cost any prospective student athlete an opportunity. Today’s Five is our second such article on the subject. This one is short and to the […]

Wow. Just when we think that hockey’s on-ice official problems could not get any worse, we experience a number of different fiascos across the spectrum of the game. From mites to the National Hockey League, the problem is just getting worse, and the absolute integrity of the game is at risk.

By Martin Unger Over 25 years ago I began a career of coaching basketball at the NCAA level. When I first started my coaching career I was caught up in the wins and losses and the moving up in the professional world of how to get the next or better job. I was so young […]

If I were the king of junior hockey, one of the first orders of business would be to clone the character and principles of former USA Hockey board of director Dave Tyler into a newly created position of standards enforcement czar. If Tyler was running the show today, guys like Dave Boitz, Tony DeSilva, and […]

What is the single word that can force just about any college hockey coach to think again about a prospect? Marijuana. There are even junior organizations with players toking up on the funny weed courtesy of the resident head coach. In the hockey house, on the team bus, and likely just about anywhere else the […]

By Michael Moore Something amazing happened last night. As I sat on my couch wrestling a ball away from my dog (Playing with dad and watching hockey are his favorites), the lowest seeded team in the NHL’s Eastern Conference swept the top seed. Every game was close. Every game was a battle. Every game was […]

There’s not a freshmen college hockey player on the planet that knows it all before stepping into the room for the first time. Mistakes are made by just about everyone and that includes rookie head coaches. Today’s Ten topic will give players transitioning into the college game a bit of insight from a coach’s perspective. […]