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Its been a long season for everyone, and now players and parents will turn the page to 2025-26, looking for the ideal place for their daughter or son to develop and have a positive experience in the game of hockey. The person your youth athlete will engage with the most is the coach, and just […]
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Manzione 3 on 0 3 lines at each end of the ice. Pucks start in the middle line. On whistle group of 3 break the puck out, advancing it up the ice towards the other end. Once they reach the far blue line, puck carrier will pass to one of the 3 lines waiting at
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In 2024-25 the Eastern Hockey League altered their playoff format to eliminate the round robin Frozen Finals format and instead create two Regional Championships, before a Frozen Finals best of three format with the two remaining teams. In doing so, they created a truly unique regional event, where teams can pack college rinks with their
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Trimble’s Drill of the Week Favorite Rush/ 3 v2 Drill Continuous 3 v 2 Position your team with alternating lines of different color jerseys at the far blueline. By Andrew Trimble To pick up more drill ideas and practice templates purchase Andrew’s new book, The Hockey Planner, available on Amazon at this link- The Hockey
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4 Small Area Games for the 18U, Midget or even older Levels PP/ PK Split Game Take your two Power Play units and put them on each side of the ice in one zone. Have pads or cones separating the zone. Take 4 penalty killers and put them within the 5 PP group. These killers
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Trimble’s Drill of the Week- Stations and Drills at a Jr skill session practice Here are some of the drills at a recent Skill Session Practice This and variations of this is the warm up. Handling the puck at high speed and performing an edge work or puck maneuver before shooting. Right/ Left shots on
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Recently, I posted a tweet that got a lot of attention in the hockey community. It was about the pre-season planning my coaching staff and I did—and how it played a huge role in our successful season. If you missed it, here’s a copy of the two pictures I shared: The story behind them is
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Congratulations to these teams, organizations, players and coaches for their outstanding seasons so far in the 2024-25 regular season! In the USHL, Lincoln Stars has been setting the pace all season long, leading the way offensively (253 goals for- 1st in the league) and first team to get to 40 wins on the season- ushl.com/ht/#/team-stats
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I saw a recent post (3/18/2025) in which an “Advisory” company claimed which leagues are “Worth it” or “Not Worth it”. Clearly the post/video is click bait, designed to peak the viewers interest with a controversial title. A title where they pull you in with a thought provoking subject matter, that appeals to fans, players
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Trimble’s Drill of the Week- Anaheim 2 v 1 4 Lines at Bluelines- Forwards diagonal opposite lines with pucks and defenseman diagonal opposite without pucks. On Whistle Forward with puck skates across the blueline and sends a long pass to the defenseman facing him, as the D steps out and collects the puck with his
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