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Springtime is often significant in the hockey world. If you are fortunate, your team is still playing in a playoff series, and you are hopeful in pursuit of raising that championship trophy with your teammates. For others it can be another significant season, the off season in hockey. The truth is, today, there is no […]

Many top NHL coaches and scouts were interviewed to determine in their opinion what was “most important” for a player to make it in the National Hockey League. The scouts and coaches were asked to reveal what they looked for when drafting players. “Desire”, “determination”, “attitude”, “heart and self motivation” were most often mentioned as

A hockey team is made up of many ingredients. Chemistry is important, people in pursuit of a common goal includes many individuals needed to bring different things to the table. There are many ways a player can contribute to the success of a team. For the player in many cases, it all starts with being

The game of hockey can prepare us for many things in life, preparation for a job, a higher level of education or the next level of hockey in pursuit of a college or professional career. We can use the resources around us to prepare. In some cases, some of our best resources are the closest

The game of hockey can enrich our lives in many ways. Along the way there can be many disappointments as well. At the end of the day if we choose to focus on the positives it can be a journey that we will look back on with favour. I think of the fond memories starting

When talking with Coaches and General Managers for the last number of years one subject has always been forefront in discussions. “I need a defenseman” is heard at all levels of junior hockey to all levels of college/university hockey and even minor professional teams in North America and Europe. It is always an interesting request

A hockey team is made up of many ingredients. Chemistry is important, people in pursuit of a common goal includes many individuals needed to bring different things to the table. There are many ways a player can contribute to the success of a team. For the player in many cases it all starts with being

Hockey has truly become an international game. It didn’t happen overnight. The process has been gradual since the Canada Cup in 1972 brought it to our attention that there were teams outside North America that were for real. Fast forward almost fifty years to 2021 and we see players from all over the world pursuing

It was a typical November night in 1981 heading to the Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener Ontario to see the visiting Ottawa 67’s and the hometown Kitchener Rangers. My first scouting assignment with a start up agency in the west. “Green as green can be” I went to see two great, young hockey players, Moe Lemay