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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…
Five Reasons Why I Love Hockey

Five Reasons Why I Love Hockey

The idea for this post was not my own. Rather, aided on a time-killing mission by my Google Reader, I stumbled onto a weekend post on the best pro hockey blog in the world, Yahoo’s Puck Daddy. It asked a simple question,…

Joe ProulxAugust 9, 2010August 9, 2010 Misc Hockey 1 Comment
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Chatter Cup Recap, T-Shirts, Twitter and More

Chatter Cup Recap, T-Shirts, Twitter and More

Just a bit of Friday morning administrivia. New content coming Monday! Chatter Cup This past weekend was the 2010 Chatter Cup tournament, and if you’re in my social circle, you’re probably sick of me mentioning it. But my drive and motivation…

Joe ProulxAugust 6, 2010November 14, 2010 Misc Hockey No Comments
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If These Walls Could Talk

If These Walls Could Talk

My wife looked at me and shook her head, her disdain hidden by a wry smile. “Go ahead,” she said. But I could tell in her tone that what she really wanted to say was, “Go ahead, you freaking lunatic,…

Joe ProulxJuly 30, 2010July 30, 2010 Backyard Rinks 5 Comments
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The Coolest Hockey Bedroom EVER – The Dresser

The Coolest Hockey Bedroom EVER – The Dresser

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 locker here. Have an idea? Comment below. Selling a house and buying a new…

Joe ProulxJuly 26, 2010May 11, 2011 Misc Hockey 3 Comments
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Top 12 Backyard-Hockey Posts

Top 12 Backyard-Hockey Posts

As we approach the six-month birthday of Backyard Hockey, and after putting together a set of site statistics for a potential advertiser, I thought it might be a good time to list out our most popular blog posts. The majority…

Joe ProulxJuly 21, 2010July 21, 2010 Misc Hockey 3 Comments
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