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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…
Backyard-Hockey Links (Discombobulated Edition)

Backyard-Hockey Links (Discombobulated Edition)

Greetings from an entirely new zip code, and apologies for making like a Maple Leafs’ first-round draft pick and disappearing (hey, at least I’m back before 2012). We are now pseudo-settled in our new home, where I have an internet…

Joe ProulxJune 3, 2010June 8, 2010 Misc Hockey No Comments
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The Hockey Bucket List: Skate the Rideau Canal

The Hockey Bucket List: Skate the Rideau Canal

The Hockey Bucket List is a haphazardly-created jumble of hockey-centric things that I would like to see, experience, or be a part of before I hang up my skates for good.  Have an idea for this series?  Email me! There is…

Joe ProulxMay 17, 2010May 18, 2010 Misc Hockey 1 Comment
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NHL Prospects Learn Skills, Develop Passion On Backyard Rinks

NHL Prospects Learn Skills, Develop Passion On Backyard Rinks

These days, professional hockey prospects have the greatest training in the world at their disposal.  Once a young player is tabbed as a potential draft pick, there is no limit to the amount of on-ice instruction, off-ice training, and nutritional…

Joe ProulxMay 13, 2010May 13, 2010 Backyard Rinks No Comments
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Sidney Crosby’s ‘Sticks’ Gatorade Commercial

If we’re rolling with the hockey purist television ads, we might as well go back to the vault for this 2006 Gatorade/Sidney Crosby gem.  My tardiness is forgivable, since (a) this ad played exclusively in Canada and (b) this blog…

Joe ProulxMay 10, 2010May 10, 2010 Street Hockey No Comments
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Savard’s Stick Pic Not Surprising

Savard’s Stick Pic Not Surprising

Google “Marc Savard” right this second and you’re bound to come up with a bunch of news stories that speak of ‘Bite-Gate’, or the non-story told by Flyers pest Dan Carcillo that claims that the Bruins’ forward bit his finger in…

Joe ProulxMay 6, 2010May 6, 2010 Misc Hockey 15 Comments
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