3 Keys to the Wild’s Winning Ways

By Jessi Pierce, Special to Minnesota Hockey Coaches and parents are constantly stressing to their young and developing hockey players the importance of fun; the importance of teamwork; the importance of keeping a positive attitude—especially when things aren’t going your way. And while it’s easy for players to roll their eyes at the barrage of cliches,…

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REPETITION IS THE MOTHER OF LEARNING

By Enio Sacilotto “It is frequent repetition that produces a natural tendency.” Aristotle I am a firm believer in building and practicing the fundamentals of sports. Recently we hosted zoom meetings with Mike Johnston (Portland Winter Hawks, former Penguins coach), Ken Hitchcock (long time NHL coach), and Grant Armstrong (Lightning scout, former Wheat King GM).…

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Frozen Four Coach on Talent, Patience & Development

By Mike Doyle, Special to Minnesota Hockey, 04/27/21 Like any fish tale, most good stories grow in myth every year. And after scoring the game-winning goal against Boston College to send St. Cloud State University to this year’s Frozen Four in Pittsburgh, SCSU senior Will Hammer’s hockey legend grew a bit more. The story goes that after playing three…

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How To Schedule Your Off-Season Hockey Training

By Dan Garner, from hockeytraining.com The term “periodization” simply represents the process of organizing your training into phases. These phases are placed in a logical order for the purpose of optimizing your long-term hockey performance, avoiding psychological burnout, and preventing injury. Single weeks of training are most often referred to as microcycles, and longer “blocks” of training…

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