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Training Drills For Your Backyard Rink
Training Drills For Your Backyard Rink
One of the secrets to many of the successes in the NHL lies in a player’s backyard growing up. Professional players got a huge advantage as kids if they had a rink, full size or miniature, by their house where…
Maine Pond Hockey Classic Reveals Trophy Photos
Maine Pond Hockey Classic Reveals Trophy Photos
The Stanley Cup. The Art Ross. The Prince of Wales. Hockey is full of famous trophies, each carrying with them an encyclopedia of history, memories, and stories. Now you can add another to the list – the championship trophies presented…
New England Youth Pond Hockey Jamboree – The Most Sought After Tournament in New England
New England Youth Pond Hockey Jamboree – The Most Sought After Tournament in New England
It all started with an idea. Richard Wood, Springfield College professor by day and hockey dad by night (and early weekend morning), was sitting with some friends at the Vermont Pond Hockey Classic when the group had an idea. Create…
Outdoor Hockey Holiday Gift Guide
Outdoor Hockey Holiday Gift Guide
The holiday season can be difficult. You have family staying at your place for far too long, a dozen fancy meals to cook, and a seemingly growing number of children to appease. You need to find the decorations, untangle the…

Earthtec’s Global Warming Pond Hockey Video

I like to think I’m somewhat in tune with the goings on in today’s world. I catch the news when I can, I read the newspaper online each day, and I’m moderately certain that I can carry a conversation about…

Joe ProulxMarch 3, 2011March 3, 2011 Pond Hockey No Comments
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Big Apple Pond Hockey Classic Brings Puck to Midtown NYC

Big Apple Pond Hockey Classic Brings Puck to Midtown NYC

Lake Nokomis. Eagle River. Meredith Bay. Manhattan? Sure, why not? Such was the mindset of Grant Hewit, tournament organizer for the first-ever Big Apple Pond Hockey Tournament, which concluded this past Saturday. “It’s the first tournament of its kind to…

Joe ProulxMarch 1, 2011 Pond Hockey 1 Comment
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Product Review: Kaskey Kids ‘Hockey Guys’ (plus a coupon code!)

Product Review: Kaskey Kids ‘Hockey Guys’ (plus a coupon code!)

Take a look at these two images: ……………. The one on the left was taken on Christmas Day in 2008. The one on the right was taken two years and two months later, on Friday, February 18, 2011. A lot…

Joe ProulxFebruary 23, 2011March 22, 2011 Misc Hockey 6 Comments
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Reader Videos: Sheamus Kelleher’s Massive Backyard Rink

I received a note from reader Sheamus Kelleher about two weeks ago. In it, he says: Check out our family rink.  We have hosted two parties for the Plymouth Sharks (Mites) and we have lots of great pictures.  Let me…

Joe ProulxFebruary 22, 2011 Backyard Rinks 1 Comment
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USA Hockey’s ‘Hockey Weekend Across America’ Kicks Off Friday

USA Hockey’s ‘Hockey Weekend Across America’ Kicks Off Friday

As many conversations with my four-year-old son go, my request was met with resistance. “But I love my Eruzione one!” he shouted, pushing back against my request that he refrain from wearing his stark white #21 and go with his…

Joe ProulxFebruary 16, 2011February 18, 2011 Misc Hockey 2 Comments
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