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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…
Wanted: Your Grassroots Hockey Pictures

Wanted: Your Grassroots Hockey Pictures

——- ——- I use Flickr as a source for many of the images you see on this site. Every so often I browse the Creative Commons in search of beautiful, inspiring, breathtaking, or just plain strange hockey-centric images to use…

Joe ProulxAugust 31, 2010 Misc Hockey No Comments
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World Hockey Summit Talks Youth Game, Roots, And Growth Of The Sport

World Hockey Summit Talks Youth Game, Roots, And Growth Of The Sport

Last Friday afternoon saw the final day of the World Hockey Summit in Toronto come to a close.  Per its website, the Summit was “an event designed to dissect the current state of hockey and collaboratively identify and address key…

Joe ProulxAugust 30, 2010August 31, 2010 Misc Hockey 2 Comments
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Honda’s ‘Other’ Hockey Commercials

A few months ago, we posted the video of Honda’s ‘Outdoor Rink’ commercial. In it, US hockey legends Mike Richter, Neal Broten, and Pat LaFontaine drive their assorted Hondas to a pond in Minnesota and build a little pond hockey…

Joe ProulxAugust 26, 2010August 29, 2010 Misc Hockey 2 Comments
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EA Sports Releases New ‘NHL Slapshot’ Trailer

EA Sports Releases New ‘NHL Slapshot’ Trailer

I wouldn’t consider myself a hardcore video gamer by any means. The only current-generation system I own is a Nintendo Wii, I’ve never so much as held a controller for the XBOX 360, and I have never once stood in…

Joe ProulxAugust 19, 2010August 19, 2010 Misc Hockey 2 Comments
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The Coolest Hockey Bedroom EVER – The Locker

The Coolest Hockey Bedroom EVER – The Locker

The Coolest Hockey Bedroom EVER is a series of posts chronicling the transformation from a boring bedroom to a hockey heaven for my toddler son. You can read about his dresser here. Have an idea for the room? Comment below.…

Joe ProulxAugust 13, 2010May 11, 2011 Misc Hockey 1 Comment
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