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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…
State of the Blog Address

State of the Blog Address

Backyard-Hockey.com has grown tremendously in the last several months, and what started out as a simple running diary of my backyard rink adventures has grown into a full-fledged destination for the hockey purist.  The site is only two months old,…

Joe ProulxApril 13, 2010 Misc Hockey 1 Comment
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Street Hockey Festival Comes To NH’s Lake Region

Street Hockey Festival Comes To NH’s Lake Region

Before this past year, if you were an over-22 hockey player in New Hampshire looking for a tournament to play in, your choices were limited.  There were a handful of indoor men’s ice hockey tournaments in the region, but you…

Joe ProulxApril 10, 2010April 10, 2010 Street Hockey 2 Comments
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Backyard-Hockey Profiles: Bob DeGemmis

Backyard-Hockey Profiles: Bob DeGemmis

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 ProulxApril 2, 2010April 8, 2010 Street Hockey No Comments
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A Hero’s Homecoming

Wow, did it just get a bit dusty in here?  I don’t mention the NHL very often, but kudos to the Washington Capitals organization for helping facilitate this emotional homecoming.  Hockey, at its most basic level, is about family and friends and a…

Joe ProulxApril 2, 2010April 2, 2010 Misc Hockey No Comments
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Book Review: ‘Open Ice’ by Jack Falla

Book Review: ‘Open Ice’ by Jack Falla

I originally wrote this book review in January 2009 for a website I belong to called Goodreads.  I’ve gone back and refined it, and thought I would post it here, since I believe the primary tenets of this book very…

Joe ProulxMarch 26, 2010March 29, 2010 Misc Hockey No Comments
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