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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…

Ryan Donald’s sick backyard move on Matt Dalton

If this isn’t a backyard rink move, then I don’t know what is.  Or, as they say in the Pond Hockey documentary, “PARK MOVE!”  Either way, Ryan Donald showed some nifty hands during the final day of the Boston Bruins’…

Joe ProulxJuly 13, 2010December 8, 2010 Misc Hockey No Comments
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NHL Scores Good Karma With Military Donation

NHL Scores Good Karma With Military Donation

Cool story out of Baghdad about the street hockey gear that the NHL donated to the troops last month.  Upon receipt of the equipment, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Thomas Maddock teamed up with Army Sergeant Joel Kirk to put…

Joe ProulxJuly 9, 2010July 9, 2010 Street Hockey No Comments
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2010 Chatter Cup Hockey Tournament – Help Raise Money For Autism!

2010 Chatter Cup Hockey Tournament – Help Raise Money For Autism!

It’s really pretty easy to coast through periods of life without making much of an impact on anyone other than ourselves. After all, every one of us has jobs to do, kids to raise, dinners to cook. Traffic jams, business…

Joe ProulxJuly 6, 2010 Misc Hockey 3 Comments
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Heroes, Homes, and Hockeyboyz

Heroes, Homes, and Hockeyboyz

We throw the word hero around quite a bit in our culture, often in a haphazard manner. According to Merriam-Webster, a hero can be a legendary figure endowed with great strength or ability, an illustrious warrior, a man admired for his…

Joe ProulxJune 11, 2010June 11, 2010 Misc Hockey 1 Comment
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Backyard-Hockey Profiles: Ross Bergen

Backyard-Hockey Profiles is a series that looks to shed light on the people who embody the true spirit of the game and the pure joy that comes from sharing it with others. If you would like to nominate someone to…

Joe ProulxJune 8, 2010June 8, 2010 Backyard Rinks No Comments
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