NEW - Huskies Mite Development Program
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by posted 05/14/2012
 
The Huskies Program would like to inform you of some off-season programs we recommend for this coming season.
Depending on your availability, I’m sure at least one of these programs will fit your needs.
 
(In no order)
 
Currently running at Skate III, Headed by Current Boston University Assistant coach Mike Geragosian the 2012 Spring Training Development program has a limited number of spots available.
 
Here is some detail:

GOALIES These sessions are designed for dedicated goaltenders interested in steadily improving their abilities through a 8 week training program.  Each session will be 1-hour long and take place on Monday evenings at 6:50 pm The sessions are uniquely designed to focus on specific aspects of goaltending and how to incorporate these aspects into game situations.  This program will sharpen existing skills and develop new ones necessary to compete at a higher level.
*Space is limited to 9 goalies keep quality and repetitions high. All levels welcome!
PLAYERS These sessions will focus on skill development such as hands, skating, scoring strategies and body core training under the direction of prep, pro and college instructors .  space is limited to only 15 players
 
To go http://files.leagueathletics.com/Text/Documents/3189/30381.doc for more information.
 
 
During the week, During the day time The Edge: Hockey Clinics and Training want to welcome you to check out our summer youth programs. Our staff has put together an 8 week program that will provide your kids with instruction from Junior coaches with numerous years of playing and coaching experience. The clinics will be out of Skate 3 in Tyngsboro and run from June 25th till August 23rd (excluding the 4th of July week). Each week your kids will be on the ice 2 days, for 2 hours each day. The Junior coaches that will run the clinics include, Nate Bostic, Phil Rose, Paul Jenkins, and Mike Tenney. There will also be Junior age kids helping out to making sure everyone is doing the drills properly. Each day will bring different drills and challenges but the basic outline of the camp will be an hour of skating drill work (edges, power skating, pivots, etc.), and an hour of puck skill work (shooting, passing, stick handling, etc.). We will also incorporate competition based drills to add a little excitement and fun, while still teaching. The cost for the 8 week program (16 clinics, 32 hours of instruction) is $450.  please visit us at edgeelitehockey.com. You can contact us at with any questions. We Also have the Elite Training program for the High School / JR age player, go to our web site for more information.
 
 
Select Skills Hockey is offering a 12wk skills camp this summer in Lawrence every Thursday night for Huskies players.
 

Location:             Lawrence Valley Forum Cost:                      $295 Dates:                   5/31 – 8/23 Camp Links:        12SUM-LAWRENCE (Birth Yrs: 07 thru 00)                                 12SUM-LAWRENCE (Birth Yrs: 97 thru 93)

 
For any Huskies players registering for a summer camp, enter the promo code “12SUM-HUSKIES” and receive a $25 discount now thru 5/20/12.
 
Select Skills Hockey also offers boys and girls camps every night of the week through the summer at various locations in MA.
Got a busy schedule, grab a 12SUM-FLEXPASS which allows you to attend any (6) sessions, any location that fits YOUR schedule!
 
For more information, please email

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by posted 05/14/2012
 
There are a limited number of spots available for the 2012 Spring Training Development program currently going on at Skate III
 
Here is some detail:

GOALIES These sessions are designed for dedicated goaltenders interested in steadily improving their abilities through a 8 week training program.  Each session will be 1-hour long and take place on Monday evenings at 6:50 pm The sessions are uniquely designed to focus on specific aspects of goaltending and how to incorporate these aspects into game situations.  This program will sharpen existing skills and develop new ones necessary to compete at a higher level.
*Space is limited to 9 goalies keep quality and repetitions high. All levels welcome!
PLAYERS These sessions will focus on skill development such as hands, skating, scoring strategies and body core training under the direction of prep, pro and college instructors .  space is limited to only 15 players
 
To go http://files.leagueathletics.com/Text/Documents/3189/30381.doc for more information

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by posted 04/17/2012
 

After complaining about the lack of recruits a couple months ago, they’re coming fast and furious now. Over the weekend UMass picked up a commitment from Casey Miller, a 5’8” 165lb center who played this past year for Kimball Union (same prep school where Steve Mastalerz played). Hockey is in the family for Casey. His father Paul played at BU when Toot Cahoon was an assistant coach there, winning a national championship his freshman year. His uncle Bob played at UNH and then went on to a pretty long pro career, including four seasons with the Bruins. He even spent a season in Springfield with the Indians (precursor to the Falcons).

Casey had 18 goals and 24 assists in 31 games in his junior season for the Wildcats, finishing second on the team in goal, assists, and total points. KUA won the the championship for their level of prep hockey with Miller forcing a turnover and assisting on the overtime game winner against Holderness for the title. He just had a solid performance in the recent Beantown Classic showcase event that may have helped him land the scholarship offer from UMass. According to USHR his hands and intelligence are his biggest assets, making up for his lack of size and quickness, and helped to consistently generate a lot of offense. USHR ranked him as the 26th best junior this past season (Mark Hamilton was ranked #7). The Billerica native will likely arrive in Amherst in 2014 after playing out his senior year at KUA and then a year in juniors

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by posted 04/10/2012
 
The 02 Squirt Majors have 2 positions open for the 2012-13 season, one forward and one Defenseman. We also have alternate spots available as well
If you are interested please contact

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by posted 03/22/2012
 
Join our Development/05 Program by April 30th and Receive a $50 discount and a chance to win A YOUTH HUSKIES HOCKEY STICK!
Registration form will be on line Friday March 23rd!
Envelope must be post marked by April 30th

Mite Development Program 2012-13 Season
Mite Development Hockey Program:
will focus on teaching the fundamental skills necessary for competitive hockey in a fun high tempo environment.
This program will follow the USA Hockey ADM Development Program and will be a feeder for the Huskies Select / Elite teams.  Highlights of the program will be:
 • Great Schedule: Set at start of season with the same times each week.
• Three Practices or Two practices, and one game per week (Mid September to Early March).
• Focused on the skill development, competing and working as a team.
• Games will consist of 15 cross ice games and 10 full ice games plus one tournament.
• Practices and most games will be at Skate 3 in Tyngsboro.
• Member of the USA Hockey and will follow along the guide lines of the American Development Model.
• Professional coaching directors.
• Open to a maximum of 36 players generally between the ages of 6 and 8 (2004 to 2006 birth years, may except some 2003 births) who have successfully completed learn to skate and learn to play hockey programs
Recommended for players with 2 to 3 years of skating experience.
Mite Minor (Born 2005 or Later):
Will be a supplemental program to our Mite Development. Players will participate in the Mite Development program(skate 3 times per week) and also play in the Hockey Northeast League (or have play a independent schedule) of approx. 12-14 additional “full-ice” games and participate in any league cross-ice, playoff and *tournament competition. Go to web site for more information.
*Tournaments will not be included in the tuition.

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by posted 03/21/2012
 

What is the Difference Between Sports and Energy Drinks?

Sports drinks and energy drinks, is there really a difference? You bet there is, and it’s time athletes distinguish between the two. Below is a special article by Dave Ellis about the role sports and energy drinks are playing in today’s youth.

 

When we talk about helping hard-working athletes have more energy, we think about supplying them with the sources of fuel they primarily use during training and competition.

So, for example, hockey athletes burn a pretty even mix of carbohydrate and fat during training, and probably a bit more carbohydrate than fat during a game where the rest intervals are based on a three to four line bench. Thus most sports drink focus on supplying carbohydrates in a fast digesting form to supply energy to hard-working muscles so that you have something in the tank until that last drill or shift.

Sports drinks also supply some of the components we lose in sweat (fluids, sodium, and potassium) and intentionally avoid ingredients that could speed the rate of fluid loss, like caffeine.

On the other hand, energy drinks primarily depend on the consumer to feel energy from caffeine more so than carbohydrate, and more and more of these beverages don’t even contain carbohydrate (diet versions). While carbs supply a source of energy that muscles can use, caffeine makes you feel like you have energy by stimulating your nervous systems. This is entirely different than actually supplying energy that will keep you on the ice.

Caffeine might make someone feel amped up early in the game, but it’s not going to give you legs period after period. In fact, caffeine will make you feel up right until the minute you crash and burn. The reason is that caffeine will temporarily blunt the feeling of exertion and fatigue, but when it wears off you will feel like a refrigerator jumped on your back.

Another problem with caffeine is that it makes you go to the restroom more often and that is just the opposite of what we want for athletes when they are sweating. We want to retain as much fluid as we can when we’re sweating, not speed up the fluid loss process.

Athletes who lose fluids quickly during activity can’t cool themselves as quickly, and inevitably this will lead to more rapid fatigue. Dehydrated muscles are hot muscles that struggle to neutralize the metabolic by-products you feel in your legs after a hard shift. And a tired muscle not only is a poor performer, it is also vulnerable to a cramp or pull.

The evidence that caffeine can help aging minds stay a bit sharper is offset by the recent research that shows the inflammatory out-comes of caffeine use that can lead to a compromised immune system. And just this past month some new evidence has emerged that older athletes who don’t exercise much and who don’t use a lot of caffeine might set themselves up for a heart attack by breaking out an energy drink before an adult game.

This is not a joke and when you look at the labels on these energy drinks you might see several sources of caffeine. All of these ingredients supply caffeine; cola nut, guarana, mate leaves, espresso, tea extracts and coco.

It’s not uncommon for many energy beverages to have more than one source of caffeine and in some cases the manufacturers are not even sure how much caffeine is in their products.

A strong cup of coffee will come in around 100-120 milligrams of caffeine per 8 ounce (cup). Most of these energy drinks are going to come in at 85 milligrams of caffeine or higher per 8 ounces, and because they are often sweet tasting, consumers are drinking 16 ounces or more at a time. That’s a pretty good jolt for any adult and enough to cause a young athlete a positive doping test by previous Olympic standards.

While caffeine was removed from the Olympic banned substances list in January 2004, it is still under review by the World Anti-Doping Association, and with mounting performance and health concerns, caffeine could once again revert back to a banned substance when elevated in the blood in high concentrations.

It’s also worth noting that the concentration of caffeine required to create the feeling of being amped up changes over time. Athletes who use to feel one 8-ounce serving of caffeine suddenly don’t get the same feeling and begin to drink additional servings.

This is a very slippery slope that often leads athletes to try stronger and stronger stimulants, including sources that are currently banned substances (ephedra, synephrine or amphamines).

And if an athlete can’t get to sleep because of the amount of caffeine or stimulants used before activity, they often resort to use of alcohol as a way to wind down. This is known as the amphetamine-alcohol cycle and always results in trouble.

College and pro athletes with promising careers inevitably crash and burn long before their real playing days were over. It’s very predictable and very sad, and it all started with the idea they needed a caffeinated energy drink to compete.

So don’t get confused between a sports drink and an energy drink when it comes to fueling your hard work. And adults please realize that even at the collegiate level we are not allowed to supply caffeine to athletes. Please think twice about supplying any source of caffeine to your child, or someone else’s child on the team.

No other generation of young athletes has ever witnessed such cavalier attitude about using stimulants as the youth we are working with right now.

Dave Ellis is celebrating his 25th year of practice in sports as a registered dietitian, certified strength and conditioning specialist and as a Level V USA Hockey coach. This year USA Hockey gave its top 1,500 athletes a copy of Dave’s Fundamental Fueling Tactics nutrition education DVD. Go to fuelingtactics.com for more information

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by posted 03/10/2012
 
Learn To skate – The Huskies added a LTS program for 2010-11 season on Tuesday nights at 5PM. We will offer this program again for the 2012-13 season.

Development Program – 2010-11 season was our first and a very successful season for the Development program.  The Program consists of 2 skills practices a week and either cross-ice or full ice games throughout the season. This is a skills based program with our primary focus on Skill development not the games.

Select Program – this will be the 2^nd season the Huskies will be having second level teams for those players who are not your “Elite player” but strive for better instruction and but wanting to still play recreational hockey. The program will consist of 2 practice\skills per week and approx. a 30 game season. The select Teams will participate in the EHF or comparable league(s). Bantam majors will play in the Mass Development League.

Elite Level – the Huskies Elite teams will participate in arguably New England’s most competitive leagues. The Hockey Northeast has proven itself to be the right decision for the Programs who make up the league. The league consist of 9 of the most competitive programs that were in the Mass Select League during the 2010-11 season and have keep all league games competitive. The Midgets will have teams in the most competitive Midgets leagues in New England, the Mass Selects Tier I Midget League and the Mass Development league. Both Leagues have produced National Champions.

Below is a description of each level:
Mite Minor(04) – The Mite minor team will play a 18-20 game league schedule as this team will be a skills based team with 2 practices a week and league games on Sundays only.

Mite Major thru Bantam Minor -
2 practices a week
15 skill sessions
32 League game Schedule
3-5 tournaments per season (additional costs)
Includes practice jersey, game jersey, socks & team apparel (or bag)

Bantam Major thru Midget U18 –
we will field teams at the Bantam Major Tier I , Bantam Tier II, U16 Tier I, U16 Tier II, U18 Tier I and U18 Tier II Levels all National Bound
Split season - Approx. 12 League games
10-15 Practices
Includes practice jersey, game jersey, socks & team apparel
Labor Day Face-Off Tournament fee included


* program layout is as of 3-9-2011 and is subject to change and will be updated with tuition information*
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by posted 02/15/2012
 

2012-13 Elite & Select Tryouts!

The Huskies will be having teams at Both the
Elite & Select Levels at all Age groups
Elite Teams will play in the Hockey Northeast
Select Teams will play in the EHF or comparable League
For more information on the area’s premier program check our website
www.huskieshockey.net or contact

	Day	Date	Time	Rink	Level
	Sat	17-Mar	4:50p	White	Mite Dev & 05 Supplemental team
	Wed	21-Mar	5:25p	White	Mite Dev & 05 Supplemental team
	Mon	12-Mar	6:05p	White	04 mite Major
	Thurs	15-Mar	5:50p	White	04 mite Major
	Tues	13-Mar	6:40p	Blue	03 Squirt Minor
	Wed	14-Mar	5:25p	White	03 Squirt Minor
	Wed	14-Mar	6:35p	White	02 Squirt Major
	Fri	16-Mar	6:00p	Red	02 Squirt Major
	Mon	12-Mar	7:15p	White	01 PW Minor
	Fri	16-Mar	7:10p	Red	01 PW Minor
	Tues	13-Mar	7:40p	Blue	00 PW Major
	Thurs	15-Mar	7:00p	White	00 PW Major
	Wed	14-Mar	7:45p	White	99 Bantam Minor
	Thurs	15-Mar	8:10p	White	99 Bantam Minor
	Tues	13-Mar	8:40p	Blue	98 Bantam Major
	Sat	17-Mar	6:00p	White	98 Bantam Major
	Sun	18-Mar	10:20a	Red	U16 (90 Minutes)
	Sun	25-Mar	10:20a	Red	U16 (90 Minutes)
	Sun	18-Mar	12:00p	Red	U18 (90 Minutes)
	Sun	25-Mar	12:00p	Red	U18 (90 Minutes)

   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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by posted 11/05/2011
 
The Huskies Hockey Program is pleased to announce that they will be hosting a USA Hockey American Development Model (ADM) Clinic at the Skate III Arena, Tyngsboro, MA on Wednesday, November 9, 2011. There will be one on-ice session and an ADM presentation for parents and coaches. All Huskies Squirt players, parents and coaches are expected to attend this event. This is a great opportunity for our families to learn about their Childs development and how to help them. The Huskies Program has a long history of developing players and embraces the same principles as USA Hockey.
 
The American Development Model (ADM) provides age-appropriate guidelines and curriculum to hockey associations across America to help more kids play, love and excel in hockey.
 
The schedule for the clinic is as follows:
 
5:30pm – 6:45pm          U10 USA Hockey ADM Presentation (Conference room)
6:45pm – 7:05pm          Review Practice Plan with Coaches
7:05pm – 8:05pm          On-ice U10 Practice run by USA Hockey
 
 The ADM Clinic will be directed by:
 
Michele Amidon: She began her duties as USA Hockey's first-ever director of women's hockey in August 2006. She held this position until being named regional manager of the American Development Model in August 2010. In this role, Amidon helps provide a blueprint for optimal athlete development focusing on age-appropriate training utilizing long-term athlete development principles.
 
In early 2008, after Amidon had been in her role with the National Governing Body for just a year and a half, Team USA captured gold medals at both the International Ice Hockey Federation World Women's U18 Championship and the IIHF World Women's Championship. Then, at the 2008 Women's Four Nations Cup, Team USA earned its first championship since 2003. In 2009, both the U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team and the U.S. Women's National Team successfully defended their World titles. Her tenure culminated at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, where she oversaw the women's team as it garnered the silver medal. She is currently a member of the IIHF women's committee (term 2008-2012).
 
A former U.S. Women's National Team player, Amidon spent eight seasons (1998-2006) as the highly successful head coach of the Bowdoin College women's ice hockey team. During her nine seasons at Bowdoin – eight as head coach and one as an assistant coach – Amidon led the Polar Bears to unrivaled success. She guided the team to a 140-52-12 overall record, which included four NCAA tournament appearances, two New England Small College Athletic Conference championships and four NESCAC championship-game appearances.
 
Bowdoin began its rise to national prominence during the 2001-02 season, a year in which Amidon guided the Polar Bears to a school-record 23 victories, the NESCAC championship and the school's first-ever appearance in the NCAA tournament. For her efforts, she was honored as the NESCAC Coach of the Year. The 2002-03 campaign brought even more success, as Amidon guided Bowdoin back to the NCAA tournament and a third-place national finish. That year, she was named both the NCAA Division III Coach of the Year by the American Hockey Coaches Association and the NESCAC Coach of the Year.
Amidon also has coaching experience at the international level, having served as assistant coach with the U.S. National Women's 22 & Under Team that competed in the 1999 Christmas Cup in Fussen, Germany.
 
In addition, she has been involved as a head coach at USA Hockey's Player Development Camps on several occasions. Amidon has a multitude of international playing experience on her resume, including winning a silver medal as a member of the U.S. Women's National Team at the 1992 IIHF World Women's Championship.
 
A 1994 graduate of St. Lawrence University, Amidon was a four-year letter winner and three-year captain of the SLU women's ice hockey team. In her first year with the team, she was voted ECAC Rookie and Division III Player of the Year. Named the ECAC Most Valuable Player as a junior and to the ECAC All-Star Team her senior campaign, Amidon was a three-time MVP of the St. Lawrence team and was inducted into the SLU Athletic Hall of Fame in fall of 2009.

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by posted 10/31/2011
 
NHL, Bruins team up to promote ADM

October 28, 2011

By Justin A. Rice
Special to USAHockey.com

BOSTON — About 500 youth hockey coaches from across New England filled one side of the lower bowl at the TD Garden on a Saturday morning as the defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins took the ice. The coaches weren’t just there to watch the players take their morning skate before facing the San Jose Sharks later that evening, but rather to learn from the best and brightest minds in youth hockey.

“In these tough economic times, ice time is limited and coaches can see what the Bruins do on a half sheet of ice,” Chris Uber, the Bruins’ manager of youth hockey development, said during the 2011 Boston Bruins Coaching Symposium last weekend. “They come out here and see the Bruins put it in action. They might have to use half sheet of ice, but they make it work just fine.

“It’s good to hear it firsthand from coaches but also see it on the ice.”

The symposium was one of several clinics that are part of the NHL’s partnership with USA Hockey to increase support for the American Development Model, USA Hockey’s almost two-year-old philosophy of training the United States’ youngest players.

“We looked at the sport and tried to make it age appropriate as possible,” said Ken Martel, USA Hockey’s Director of ADM. “We looked at the season and the amount of ice time required for young kids. Obviously we want them to play ice hockey, but they don’t need to play ice hockey year round, whereas 18 and 19-year-olds trying to progress in the sport, you do have a very specialized schedule, you do train predominantly year round.

“For 8-year-olds, at those ages they should play multiple sports, play lots of sports that require different physical movements and skills. What we’re looking at is the winter months, a five-month season, but what’s happening now is you got kids, people trying to force 8-year-olds to play year round. Look at players that have made the highest level of the sport; that’s not what they did, but you have people out promoting that that’s how you get there.”

After watching the Bruins and Sharks skate, the youth coaches heard members of the Bruins staff and front office speak, along with Boston College coach Jerry York and the President of USA Hockey, Ron Degregorio. The coaches were also paired off in breakout sessions specific to the age groups they coach.

“When you hear those guys saying it, it makes it real,” Kris Wing, a youth coach in Maine, said of the importance of the NHL supporting ADM. “USA Hockey is doing a great job of informing coaches and parents.”

But Wing said it’s still a tough sell on some parents who hold tight to the old model of playing as many games as possible on full ice.

“There are those parents that say ‘This is what we need to do,’” Wing said. “They are panicked; they say ‘If my kid doesn’t play full ice when he’s 6 he will never make it to the NHL.’ Well, wait a minute; let’s do some reasoning.”

The ADM model puts young players on a half sheet of ice for what’s known as cross-ice games because studies have shown that the average player touches the puck for about 20 seconds during a game. Cross ice allows players to better develop skating, passing, shooting and puck handling skills.

Another study detailed in the New York Times best-selling book Outliers by New Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell, found that more NHL players are born in January, February and March than other months. That’s because the kids born closest to the cut-off date for their age group in youth hockey are not only older but usually bigger too. They end up being singled out by coaches to receive specialized training when they are 8 or 9-years-old, Gladwell says.

Therefore, late bloomers often get overlooked.  

Martel said USA Hockey is trying to address this by giving all kids the same coaching and similar ice time until they can figure out who is actually better. He said the best 8-year-olds rarely become the best 18-year-olds.

“Other countries do this and they produce players by the boat load compared to the U.S.,” Martel said.

But Uber, the Bruins’ manager of youth hockey development, said it’s also important that parents don’t think just because the NHL supports ADM that their children are guaranteed to play professional hockey if they adhere to the new model. He said parents should focus on helping their kids obtain the skills they need to play at the next age group, not the NHL.

“We try to keep everyone’s goals realistic and encourage everyone to have fun,” he said. “At 8-years-old everyone should be having fun.”

In fact ADM was developed to be more fun for kids, coaches and parents. Cross-ice games and drills are designed to teach kids hockey skills in the context of fun games and drills. Martel said ADM keeps kids engaged and interest longer because they are learning fundamentals without realizing it. In the old model kids often stand around and watch one player at a time perform a drill.

“If practice isn’t structured right it can be boring,” Martel said. “Play is the secret to unlocking extended effort. We do games that focus on skating backwards and its’ something they don’t know they are doing. At the end of the day if they don’t have fun they don’t come back.

“We tell everyone we take our fun very seriously.”

Howard Breslan, a youth coach from Needham, Mass. who attended Saturday’s clinic, said that before ADM it felt like youth coaches were coaching in a vacuum without much direction.

“For years youth hockey was a lot of up and back and for parents it was like watching grass grow,” Breslan said. “The cross-ice program is great. It gets more kids involved and is much more beneficial. It’s more fun for them and they come back when it’s more fun for them.

“Bringing us together, hopefully it’s a good thing. The Bruins should be commended for doing it.”

And Martel said USA Hockey couldn’t do it without the support of the NHL, which also held an ADM clinic as part of last season’s NHL All-Star Game weekend in Raleigh, N.C. Martel said USA Hockey and the NHL both have an interest in not only getting more American kids to play hockey but to get them to play it more skillfully.

“We took a critical look at our sport,” Martel said of when they adopted ADM about two years ago. “We as Americans, we want to be the best. We have tremendous resources in our country that are not available elsewhere yet we always seem to fall short [in hockey] of what we hope for as country. We made lot strides in the last 10 years but still nowhere as good as we could be, as we want to be.

“We want to rival Canada as the No. 1 hockey playing country in the world. That’s a long term goal to be the best. That goes for everything we do from little kid hockey to the national team.”

Story courtesy of Red Line Editorial, Inc.

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by posted 10/25/2011
 
In today’s version of youth sports we have a very unhealthy ratio of practice to games. In many youth hockey
ssociations the practice-to-game ratio is 1 to 1 or 2 to 1. To me practice is the healthy meal and the games are
the dessert. What would serve our young athletes much better would be a healthier ratio of 3 to 1.
Unfortunately, many of today’s players look at practice much in the same way they look at broccoli, with a
great deal of distain. In my mind the goal of every coach is to make the healthy meal more appealing to our
athletes in order for them to attain and build the necessary skills to guide them throughout their journey
upwards in the youth hockey ranks.
The ultimate goal is to make practices as much fun as the games, because in the end it is practice that allows
our players to develop the skills that will allow them to have the success they desire in the games.
As a coach this can be difficult to achieve. How do I make practice appealing enough and the games special
enough to drive the desired outcome? In my mind you feed them the healthy meal so that when the dessert
comes they can really enjoy it and it becomes a special event that they have earned.
So how do we do this? First of all, you have to change the culture and get both the players and the parents to
understand how important practice is to their development. The pace, intensity and focus needed in every
practice session is critical in order to have positive, productive movement forward.
How do you get your child to eat a healthy meal? Trick them, hide the fact that they are working hard and
getting the necessary touches and repetitions through FUN, CHALLENGING and CREATIVE drills and
games that takes the mundane aspects of developing a player and masks them.
Kids love to be challenged they love to compete they want to have fun. If I can get my players to enjoy coming
to the rink, working hard and leaving with a smile on their face then I have won the most important challenge
I face as a youth hockey coach.
We get so consumed with the games and wins and losses that we lose sight of the real fight. I feel strongly that
if I can get my players to give as much as they can and be passionate about how hard they train then I have
already won.
As a coach practice is my opportunity and responsibility to make my players better, and games are the
player’s opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned from their dedication in practice. As a coach the
practice sessions are mine that is my world and I take great pride in what I put forth. To the players the
games are theirs and we need to respect that; however we need to make sure we have given them the tools and
skills to have the success they desire.
At the end of the day it comes down to the willingness to fight, to change the way we look at practice. It is
about the skills we are developing not about the systems or the positioning or where a kid stands for a face
off.
If I am a conductor of a marching band do I focus as much of my student’s time on marching and where they
stand as I do on how well they play their instrument?
It is our responsibility as coaches, administrators and parents to make sure our kids are eating properly so
that at the end of the journey we can look back at a healthy young adult who has a strong base of skills and
knowledge of the sport, and take pride in the fact that they got to a great place because of the environment we
created.
Lets collectively change the way our kids look at practice and together we will have given the great sport of
hockey a much healthier, larger and passionate pool of young players.
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by posted 10/25/2011
 
Looking for extra ice? Need to work on your shot? If you play for the Huskies we are looking for 4-5 shooters every week to work with Gera goaltending shooting at our Goalie skills

If you would like to come weekly, bi-weekly send me an email and I will add you to the list


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by posted 10/08/2011
 
The Huskies will be putting together a Mite (03) Supplemental Elite Team. 
 
Practices will start in the end of October and games will begin in November after fall sports have ended.  The team will have one practice or skills session a week, and approximately 10 games.
 
This is for players that are looking to play at higher level than their current town team or full time AAA team.
 
The Huskies have had a supplemental mite team for the past 25 years and have won many state championships.  Recently over the past 3 years the Huskies Mite teams have had undefeated regular seasons which included playing teams from the former Massachusetts Select league, the New England Hockey League and the Eastern Hockey Federation.
 
The 2000 & 2002 Elite teams each earned a First place finish and the 2001 Elite team earned a Second place finish in the State Championship at the Tier I level.
 
If you have any interest or have questions please contact Rob Wilkie at or
 
Tryouts will be October 17^thin the White Rink at Skate 3 in Tyngsboro.
 
The first (4) sessions will be on:
 
Monday                10-17-11                 Skate III White                  6:05PM
Tuesday               11-8-11                   Skate III Blue                    6:40PM
Tuesday               11-15-11                 Skate III Blue                    6:40PM
Tuesday               11-22-11                 Skate III Blue                    6:40PM 
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by posted 10/05/2011
 
The Huskies are offering four free skill sessions for kids born in 2004.  The Huskies have been the top program in the area for the last 25 years and continue to prove themselves as one of the top programs in New England.  The Huskies have 23 Massachusetts State Championships including 3 straight final appearance and 2 championships at the Mite level over the past 3 years.  Our two Mite head coaches played NCAA college hockey and have a combined coaching experience of over 25 years.  Their coaching experience includes college, prep school, past Huskies Mite teams that have won State Championships, and over 20 teams under the age of 8.
 
Our coaches are committed to developing players, not just recruiting the top players in the area and have a longrecord of developing elite hockey players.  We believe that the Mite years are the best years to teach the basics skills needed to play hockey at a high level and are offering four (4) free 1 hour clinics to kids born in 2004. These Clinics will be on:
 
Monday               10-17-11                 Skate III White                6:05PM
Tuesday               11-8-11                  Skate III Blue                    6:40PM
Tuesday               11-15-11                 Skate III Blue                    6:40PM
Tuesday               11-22-11                 Skate III Blue                    6:40PM
 
If these dates do not work for your family we are offering the following optional times
 
Saturday’s  Skate III Red 10:00AM
October 15
October 22
October 29
November 5
 
 For more information or to register please send an email to or .
 
The Huskies also have 1 full time spot and 2 alternate spots available on their 2004 AAA Elite Minor team.  Cost for a full time position is $1,000 and would include 2 practices a week plus 20 games.  The alternate position would include 1 practice/skill a week and 10 games for a cost of $600.
 
 
Thank You
 
Brian Ferraro
President
Huskies Hockey, LTD.
P.O. Box 302
North Billerica, Ma 01862
 
978-362-1902
www.huskieshockey.net 

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posted 09/27/2011
 
Registration is open for the following programs:

• Learn to Skate - Learn to Skate - 3 to 6 year olds

• Mite Development - Mites (U8) who have completed LTS & LTP

We also have openings on the following teams:
• Mite Minor - 2004 ( 2 part-time and 2 full time)
• Mite Major - 2003 (supplemental Team, tryouts mid-October) (*)
• Squirt Minor - 2002 (1 alternate spot)
• Squirt Major - 2001 (2 alternate spots)
• Peewee Major (1 goalie alternate spot)

* The Mite Major Supplemental 2003 team will have practices/skills,
up to 10 games for the 2011-12 season, plus one tournament 

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by posted 08/04/2011
 

FYI - We are in the process of looking at different options for our Web site and we have pretty much narrowed it down and look like will be using the same web Developers as the Hockey northeast will be using. The major advantage to this will be any changes(i.e. Schedule) that directly affect one of the teams that will be playing in the Hockey Northeast, the schedule will be updated through the League site. currently this option is only Available in the Tier II Midget league and with the Midget teams only being in a ten week season, there are very few changes if any at all.

Once our new site is complete we will make the change over hopefully this will be within the month but more likely 6-8 wks. with this in mind we will update the current web site with all necasssary information ASAP

 

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by posted 07/28/2011
 
Click on our Learn to Skate and Development Programs or at the links above
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by posted 07/08/2011
 
visit us on Facebook and see the video and note on Body Contact for the Mite thru Pee Wee Age groups.
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by posted 06/12/2011
 
http://www.usahockey.com/Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=AU_02_03&id=288372  
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by posted 06/12/2011
 
more info to follow
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by posted 03/30/2011
 
We are proud to finally announce the AA program layout. We have recently been able to secure the proper amount of ice needed to get our program off the ground. Below is our layout of the program:

Huskies Hockey is excited about the addition of Mite,  Squirt & Pee Wee AA teams for the 2011 – 2012 season.  The AA teams will be built on the same principles that have brought the Huskies success for decades, including 23 state championships and several undefeated seasons including 4 state championships, one 2^ndplace finish at the mite and squirt levels over the past 3 seasons.  The AA teams have been accepted into the EHF AA league.  The Huskies AA program is a great opportunity for kids to increase their skills so that they can play at a higher level. 
 
What does the Huskies AA team offer that a town team typically does not?

1. Professional Coaching Oversight
2. Same practice times for the entire season
3. Two practices every week
4. Professional skill sessions every 3 weeks
5. A higher level of hockey with kids that what to develop their skills to the next level
6. Opportunities to skate with AAA Elite teams
7. Minimum of 60 practices and 32 games
8. Strong focus on kids enjoying the game but still being challenged
9. Strong focus of teaching life lessons through hockey
10. Competing against kids that also want to play at a higher level
11. Consistent leadership that has been developing players for over 20 years, not board members whom often have never played hockey
12. No 6 am games or practices
13. Experienced coaches excited about the game
14.  Season that focuses on developing skills so that kids do not need to do summer camps to develop basic skills
15. Season ends mid March not mid April
16. Cost $1895

 
What does the Huskies AA team offer over most AAA teams?

1. There are over 40 AAA hockey teams in the area, many of which have the same or a lower talent level of the Huskies AA teams
2. The Huskies AA teams have the staff and the resources that the Huskies AAA Elites have which are some of the best teams in New England
3. Generally significantly lower costs than most AAA teams and similar in cost to town programs
4. An atmosphere  of working hard and becoming the best you can be through encouragement and not through just winning
5. Practice plans based on developing kids over a season and many years and not for the game that weekend
6. Huskies AA teams are part of an organization that likes to develop the talent that they have and not just recruit star players in so that they can win
7. All players will play the same in games; they will not be sitting on the bench wanting to be part of the team
8. Parents that are ok with there kid not being the superstar and happy to see their kid and the team progressing, a culture established with the Huskies AAA Elite teams
9. Coaches that are not just there for their kid or to see the team win but cares about the kids
10. Less pressure more focus of working hard and developing skills, less yelling from coaches
11. Lower turnover of kids, every mite 38 out of 40 mites (Mite Dev and AAA) returning

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by posted 03/26/2011
 

Coming this Summer.....Huskies Hockey Sticks!!

Limited number of sticks being ordered.... be one of the first to a Huskies Hockey Stick. For more info go to http://files.leagueathletics.com/Text/Documents/3189/18999.pdf 

Order form will be up shortly or contact

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by posted 03/15/2011
 
The Mite Development Hockey Program will focus on teaching the fundamental skills necessary for competitive hockey in a fun high tempo environment.
This program will follow the USA Hockey ADM Development Program and will be a feeder for the Huskies AAA Elite teams.  Highlights of the program will be:
 
• Great Schedule: Set at start of season with the same times each week.
• Two practices, and one game per week (Mid September to Early March)
• Focused on the skill development, competing and working as a team.
• Games will consist of 15 cross ice games and 10 full ice games plus one tournament and playoffs.
• Practices and most games will be at Skate 3 in Tyngsboro.
• Member of the USA Hockey and will follow along the guide lines of the American Development Model.
• Professional coaching directors.
• Open to a maximum of 36 players generally between the
ages of 6 and 8 (2003 to 2005 birth years, may except
some 2002 births) who have successfully completed
learn to skate and learn to play hockey programs
with 2 to 3 years of skating experience.
• Fee of $1200 per player.

Application can be found under the Documents section of our web site.

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by posted 03/14/2011
 
The Huskie sent 3 teams to the the Playoffs this past weekend and come home with 2 out 3 State Titles.

The Squirt Minor team played on Saturday, very detrimined to get back to the championship game but fell short to the Jr Bruins 4-3. This squad gave the Bruins everything the could handle but just couldn't get it in the back of the net late in the game. The Huskies ended up losing to the State champions as the Bruins beat the Northstars 5-1 in the finals.

Huskies Mite team go undefeated (20-0-6) for the season, win Massachusetts Select League, and are the 2010-2011 State Champions after beating the River Rats 3-1 in the championship game.

Massachusetts State Tournament - Tier I: (2-0-0) Champions
Massachusetts Select League: (15-0-3) Champions
Top Gun Tournament: (3-0-2) Champions


Squirt Majors 2000 Dual State Huskies completed their third consecutive undefeated Mass Select Season with a wild weekend of competition.   In its second game of the playoff tournament, the team rallied from down 2 – 0 with 5 minutes left scoring three times including two goals in the last 17 seconds of the game to WIN 3 -2.   The finals saw no less of a thriller with the team winning 2 – 1 with the game winning goal being scored less than a minute into overtime.   Over the past three seasons, the team has compiled a record of 73 Wins – 0 Losses – 2 Ties.   Congratulations Players, Coaches and Families for an outstanding accomplishment.

The Huskies org is very proud of all their teams and we hope to see every this week at tryouts 

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by posted 03/12/2011
 
The 2011-12 Mite Development Program Application is now avaialable online under the Document Section of our web site
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by posted 03/12/2011
 
Tryouts Begin Monday March 14th.  All Huskies teams will be full time for 2011 - 2012 season.


All Tryouts at Skate III - Sign in will be in the Pro Shop 30 minutes before first tryout.

Date correction in RED

Elite Tryouts:

Mite Minor - 04
Sunday 3-20-11
1:50 PM Red Rink
Monday 3-21-11
6:05 PM White Rink

Mite Major - 03
Wednesday 3-16-11
5:25 PM White rink
Sunday 3-20-11
12:40 PM Red Rink

Squirt Minor - 02
Wednesday 3-16-11
6:35 PM White Rink
Thursday 3-17-11
5:50 PM White Rink

Squirt Major - 01
Monday 3-14-11
6:05 PM White Rink
Thursday 3-17-11
7:00 PM White RInk

Pee Wee Minor - 00
Monday 3-14-11
7:15 PM White Rink
Wednesday 3-16-11
7:45 PM White Rink

Pee Wee Major - 99
Sunday 3-20-11
3:00 PM Red Rink
Thursday 3-24-11
8:10 PM White Rink

Bantam Minor - 98
Monday 3-14-11
8:25 PM White Rink
Thursday 3-17-11
8:10 PM White Rink

Bantam Major - 97
Wednesday 3-16-11
8:55 PM White Rink
Sunday 3-20-11
4:10 PM Red Rink

Midget U16 - 95/96 Tier I & II
Saturday 3-26-11
6:10 PM Red Rink
Sunday 3-27-11
12:40 PM Red Rink (1.5 Hrs)

Midget U18 - 93/94 Tier I & II
Saturday 3-26-11
7:20 PM Red Rink
Sunday 3-27-11
2:10 PM Red Rink (1.5 hrs)


AA Tryouts:

Mite AA - 03/04
Wednesday 3-23-11
5:25 PM White Rink
Thursday 3-24-11
5:50 PM White Rink

Squirt AA - 01/02
Wednesday 3-23-11
6:35 PM White Rink
Thursday 3-24-11
7:00 PM WHite Rink

Pee Wee AA - 00/99
Monday 3-21-11
7:15 PM White RInk
Tuesday 3-22-11
6:40 PM Blue Rink

Girls Tryouts:

Girls U12
Tuesday 3-22-11
7:40 PM Blue
Wednesday 3-23-11
7:45 PM White Rink





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by posted 03/03/2011
 
The Huskies are proud to announce that Billerica Native Paul Ames will now be a part of the U16 Tier I coaching staff.
Paul is considered one the area’s premier coaches in the area. Paul had been a part of the Jr Huskies coaching staff for 5 Years, stepping done for family reasons.
Paul has been a Lead instructor of the Hockey Academy and the NEWHL.
 
Paul will Co-Coach with George Popp and Robert Greenburg.
Like Ames,  Popp and Greenburg both played for National Champion Ulowell teams in the early eighties (Popp has 2 rings). Popp who originally was going to step down, has been the 95 head coach for the past 8 years, taking his team twice to the Nationals and with his current work schedule cannot commit to being the “full-time” head coach. Along with Greenburg who has coaches Mites thru Jrs. , this staff is well rounded to produce a great playing experience help the players be prepared to move on to the High School teams.
 
Paul’s playing bio:
Paul Ames has a stellar record as a hockey player. He was a two sport star in baseball and hockey at Billerica High School and was inducted into his high school's Hall of Fame. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins his senior year of high school.
He went on to play college hockey at U-Mass Lowell where he went on to develop as one of the best defensemen in the country. He was named three times to the Hockey East All Star team. He played in the World Junior Championships on two occasions playing against the best 18 and 19 year old players on the world. He was selected to the All-Anniversary team at U-Mass-Lowell as one of its best defensemen in over 30 years.
After college, Paul went on to play professionally for 6 years, finishing his career in the German Elite League.

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by posted 02/15/2011
 

The Huskies are currently accepting applications for coaches for the 2011-2012 season. Please submit your hockey background to by March 1^st
 

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by posted 02/15/2011
 
The 2011-12 Huskies are set to launch a AA program. The Huskies AA teams will participate in the EHF AA League. The AA division is best described as a division between Town and select hockey. With teams throughout Massachusetts this league gives those players a chance to play more competitive games. Details of the program will be posted ASAP.
 
To round out the program The Dual State Huskies Elite teams will now be part of Hockey Northeast. Fielding Full season teams from Mite Minors thru Bantam Majors.
The Midgets will continue to play in the Mass Select Midget League.

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by posted 02/05/2011
 
Please see the press release from Hockey Northeast. It will be to our teams benefit to play in this new league due to increased competition. No changes to the number of games just the level of competition

February 5, 2011 - For immediate release

 
It is with great anticipation that we announce the formation of Hockey Northeast for the 2011-2012 season. The new league will feature USA Hockey National Bound registered teams playing at the Tier 1 Elite AAA level.
 
The Connecticut Bobcats, Dual State Huskies, Greater Boston Jr. Bruins, Middlesex Braves, Neponset Valley River Rats, Northstar Selects, Rhode Island Saints, Valley Jr. Warriors and Western Mass Blades will be the founding programs competing in Hockey Northeast.
 
Hockey Northeast was formed to strengthen player development and competition that is expected from its founding members.
 
Hockey Northeast will include highly competitive divisions at each age level, Mite to Bantam Minor, with an anticipated 32 game regular season schedule as well as league playoffs. Bantam Major will play a 16 game short season schedule as well as playoffs.
 
Our new comprehensive website will be up soon at www.hockeynortheast.com
 
Please contact the individual programs for further information and tryout dates.

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by posted 01/06/2011
 

Join our Facebook Page - Huskies Hockey,Ltd.

 We will be posting information about the Huskies and we will also be posting updates that may pertain to us like League, rule changes, tournaments and tryout information. Along with any positive sports related itiems.

Chekc it out- its young but will grow soon!!

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by posted 01/04/2011
 
Mass Hockey Development Camp Tryouts Announced

For players born between 94 & 98, mass hockey runs a off-season development camp. Troyuts are posted at ttp://www.mahockey.org/player_development.htm 
Times are TBA

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by posted 01/04/2011
 
Mass Hockey Frees up Mites and Squirt Minors
 
Beginning 2011-12 season the Mass Select League will no longer require Mites and Squirt Minors to play for a Hometown.
Last night Mass Hockey took Article 13(which governed the select league) out of the their Rules and regulations allowing the Select League to operate on its own and are no longer required to have Mass Hockey’s approval for rule changes.
 
Currently The Huskies offer the following programs\teams:

Learn to Skate Program (still have a few openings for this season)
Mite Development Program
Mites
Squirt Minor
Squirt Major
Pee Wee Minor
Pee Wee Major
Bantam Minor
Bantam Major
Midgets:
U16 Tier II
U16 Tier I
U18 Tier II
U18 Tier I
 
We will be adding more options to the Huskies’ program for the 2011-12 season. More info will follow ASAP

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by posted 11/11/2010
 

The Huskies have started a learn to skate group on Tuesdays at 5:05 at Skate 3.  This  learn to skate program is intended for kids 2 to 5 years in age that have zero to very little skating experience.  Kid 6 years of age with minimal skating experience are also welcome if appropriate for the group.  This session will run between November 16^th and March 1^stand will cost $100 or $10 per session, please contact Brian Ferraro or Kurt Amidon if you are interested.  Hockey helmet and any kind of gloves are required.

Parents are welcome to skate with their child.

Space is Limited - Contact us ASAP

This offer will be opened up to the general public Monday November 15th

If after the 4^thweek your child skates you want to opt out of the program, we will refund 75% of your $100 membership, no refunds if you pay by the session


Brian Ferraro
978-362-1902


Kurt Amidon


 

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by Brian Ferraro posted 07/28/2010
 

Out of the shadows

Note: Casey Currently plays for the U18 Huskies.

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by brian ferraro posted 07/28/2010
 
Congratulations to Tim Houston,  Eric Seigel and Criag Serino. These former Huskies help the Norwich Cadets win the 2010 Division III National Champions! 

From the Norwich Cadets Website:

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by brian ferraro posted 03/24/2010
 

 Bauer vows to replace hockey sticks after lead-paint recall

Bauer Hockey is promising to send a brand new “elite level” stick to every one of the 67,000 Canadian customers who returns one of the 13 models of junior sticks currently being recalled due to high-levels of lead.

“Clearly we have to make some changes here to make sure this doesn’t happen again,” said Bauer Hockey Corp. President and CEO Kevin Davis. “We have product ready right now and we have customer service representatives waiting for people to call. As quickly as the mail can deliver the stick to us, we’ll send them the brand new one.”

The hockey equipment giant is recalling 100,000 Chinese-made junior hockey sticks worldwide – 67,000 of which were sold in Canada – after a random Health Canada test found excessive lead in the paint of their Nike Bauer Supreme One50 JR-52 composite stick.

Health Canada found that the stick’s yellow paint contained a total lead level of 23,000 mg/kg–nearly four times the allowable lead limit in Canada for surface coating materials, such as paint.

Davis said the length of time it takes for sticks to be sent out will depend on how many are returned. “We apologize to customers and any of our consumers for any inconvenience that this may have caused them.”

The specific models currently under recall are:

Nike Bauer Supreme One90 youth and junior stick, including shafts and replacement blades

Nike Bauer Supreme Junior One50 junior stick, including shafts and replacement blades

Nike Bauer Supreme One40 junior stick

Nike Bauer Supreme One70 junior stick

Nike Bauer/Bauer Supreme One75 junior player and goalie stick

Nike Bauer/Bauer Vapor XX junior player and goalie stick

Nike Bauer Supreme LTX junior stick.

Nike Bauer Apollo junior stick

Nike Quest Apollo junior blade

Nike Bauer Supreme Force junior stick

Nike Bauer Vapor XVI junior stick

Nike Bauer Vapor XXX Lite “Woody” junior stick

Nike Bauer Supreme Accel junior stick

The company says anyone who has purchased one of the above models should call 1-888-734-0443 to arrange to have the stick returned. Retail outlets are also advising customers that they can return the stick for store credit.

Health Canada issued recall notice on March 9 for One50 composite stick after random testing found its paint contained lead “in excess of the allowable limit.”

Health Canada is advising consumers to stop using the stick immediately. They have yet to issue a warning about any of the other sticks recalled by Bauer.

After receiving word from Health Canada about the lead levels in the One50 stick, Bauer internally tested every stick manufactured since 2004 – about 200 different models, according to the company – when they moved production to China.

This internal testing found an additional 12 sticks that did not meet U.S. standards for allowable lead content in children’s products.

On Wednesday, the company issued a “stop sale” notice for those models to all of their retail outlets, triggering an automatic recall in Canada.

Davis said some of the sticks under recall actually meet Canadian standards, but Bauer uses the more stringent U.S. lead-content requirements as their minimum.

“Anything that didn’t pass in the U.S. is on this stop-sale notice globally.”

Davis expects recalls to follow elsewhere in the world over the next few weeks.

Ingesting even small amounts of lead paint can be harmful to children, says Dr. Jacqueline Moline, a heavy metals poisoning expert and associate professor of preventive medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.

“While I doubt most kids are actually going to put the sticks in the mouth, the risk could come from the paint on the shaft, which I imagine could get worn from wear and tear through hockey play.”

Dr. Moline said exposure to lead can cause a variety of symptoms, ranging from headaches and nausea, to sleep disturbances, learning disabilities and irritability.

“There certainly is the opportunity for exposure here,” she said, adding that concerned parents should take their kids to the doctor, who can easily diagnose lead poisoning through a simple blood test. “The most important thing is to stop using the contaminated hockey stick to prevent further exposure.”

Bauer and Health Canada say they haven’t received any reports of illness or injury related to the recalled sticks.

“Obviously the fears are that kids always tend to play with the stick and might pop it up into their mouth or something,” said Dave Beaton, senior store manager at Just Hockey in Don Mills – where the One50 stick is regularly retailed at $89.99.

Davis said as soon as the company was aware of the high-lead content in the paint, they acted “as quickly as possible” to fix the problem.

“We’ve identified all the raw materials that have triggered these specific product failures and we’ve immediately discontinued their use.”

Only one of the models under recall – the Nike Bauer and Bauer Supreme One75 – is listed in their current catalogue.

“These are generally sticks that were manufactured two years ago and earlier.”

He also said that as a result of the recall, the company has added third-party testing on all paint and decals – on top of their existing internal tests – for all of their products, not just sticks.

“We feel that we’ve identified what is at risk here and we’ve put even more stringent procedures in place immediately to make sure this doesn’t happen again.”

All of Bauer’s sticks include an overcoating that covers all the paint and designs, Davis said, adding that the overcoat met minimum lead standards “everywhere in the world.”

He said he doesn’t know how much the recall will cost the company, because it will depend on how many sticks are returned.

But he took issue with some reports suggesting the recall will damage the company long-term.

“Every current Vapour stick, every stick that we are about to launch this fall and every stick in the Supreme line with the exception of the Supreme 175, passes all of the requirements for sale.”

In an emailed statement to the Star, a spokesman for Health Canada wrote that the mere presence of lead doesn’t make the sticks unsafe.

“The risk of health effects increases upon ingesting the surface coating material or sucking, chewing” or eating the material, wrote Stephane Shank.

The government is proposing to lower the allowable level of lead in paints from 600 mg/kg to 90 mg/kg.

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by brian ferraro posted 12/31/2009
 

Must see Video

Max vs. Sid
 

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by posted 10/24/2009
 

1. Provide individual water bottles. Do not share water bottles.
2. Regularly wash hands.
3. Clean workout gear for each practice/competition.
4. Keep gloves on during the traditional handshake with opponents.

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by posted 04/04/2009
 

MacDonald continues hockey tradition with Dual State 14-U Tier II team

March 30, 2009 By Lok-Tin Yao Special to USAHockey.com In the case of the MacDonald family, several apples will not be falling from their hockey tree any time soon. This hockey family resides in Westford, Mass. Blaise MacDonald is currently the head men’s hockey coach at UMass-Lowell. His wife, Carol, is the “hockey cheerleader” of the family, which is how she met her husband. Their younger two sons have also developed a love for the rink. Joseph, 9, mans the net at goalie and Jake, 7, is just starting in the Mite division. Even their youngest, daughter Carly, 5, is starting to skate. In March, their eldest son Cam, 13, contributed a crucial Dual State Huskies goal in a 2-1 victory over the Middlesex Braves in the USA Hockey Massachusetts District 14-Under Tier II championship game. Dual State will continue its postseason at the USA Hockey National Tournament presented by Easton and McDonald's April 1-5 in Frisco, Texas. Cam, a Buffalo Sabres fan, first laced up the skates at the age of 4. “[My dad] used to coach at Niagara University, so I would skate out on that rink,” Cam said. The right winger’s love for hockey would grow from there, and he became a natural scorer. He tallied four goals and two assists in four games during the Mass District Tournament. Cam likely picked up his scoring touch, if not his quiet demeanor, from his dad. During his collegiate career at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Blaise set previous records for career assists (109) and points (119) by a defenseman. In 1983 and 1985, he led the Tigers to the NCAA Division II championship. As a proud father, Blaise makes an effort to balance his work at UMass-Lowell with staying proactive in his son life. He still remembers when his son’s team won the state championship to qualify for the USA Hockey National Tournament two years ago. The nationals were held in Buffalo, N.Y., Cam’s birthplace and home for five years. Blaise would take his child through a trip of nostalgia, reuniting with old friends. An experienced coach and player as a father can bring some tough love when it comes to hockey. “He’s very grateful that I don’t coach him. I’m more of a yeller and demonstrative,” Blaise says. Even so, Cam is always glad to get some tips and pointers from his dad. “He is always supporting me, and telling me what I could work on,” Cam said. Coach George Pop of the Huskies has reaped the benefits of Cam’s quick development as an athlete. “I’ve coached him through some youth hockey and now the Dual State Huskies. He’s got some great skills, great work ethic, and he really works his tail off. He gives it his all,” Pop said of his experience with Cam. Cam fits in perfectly with the Huskies. “He’s a lot like much of our team, in that we have 17 guys that work really hard to play as a team. It’s really been the way our team has played all year long. And that’s just to give it 110 percent and work as a team,” Pop said. After the seventh-grader finishes the hockey season, in the spring he grabs his mitt and cleats. Cam debates he’s “alright” on the baseball diamond, but Pop attests that “he is being modest.” Blaise and Carol have instilled their experiences into their son, turning Cam into a special young man on and off the ice. “Be kind to others,” and “there are people who win and people that don’t, and you can learn from both” are some of life’s lessons they have reiterated to their son. Although Carol admits making sure that Cam does homework can be “tough at times,” both parents have seen their messages shine through Cam. As Pop confirms, “Cam is a great kid.” Story courtesy of Red Line Editorial, Inc.

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by posted 03/17/2009
 

2008-09 National Bound State Champions!

DUAL STATE HUSKIES GRAB TIER II 14-U TITLE: The Dual State Huskies 14-U Tier II team, based in Tyngsboro, earned their own spot in the national tournament with a 2-1 victory over the Middlesex Braves.

The Huskies got on the board first in the first period. The Braves answered in the second period with a goal by Brian Bythewood, assisted by Mark Dente. The Huskies reclaimed the lead in the third period following a goal by Brendan Robbins, off a pass by Brendan McDonough.

Christian Houda, son of Boston Bruins assistant coach Doug Houda, laced up for the Braves. Cam MacDonald, son of UMass-Lowell coach Blaise MacDonald, skated for the Huskies.

Story courtesy of Red Line Editorial, Inc.
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by posted 03/16/2009
 

2008-09 Undefeated State Champions!

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by posted 03/15/2009
 

The Dual State Huskies sent two teams to the State Champoinships and came home with two titles!

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DUAL STATE HUSKIES GRAB TIER II 14-U TITLE: The Dual State Huskies 14-U Tier II team, based in Tyngsboro, earned their own spot in the national tournament with a 2-1 victory over the Middlesex Braves.

The Huskies got on the board first in the first period. The Braves answered in the second period with a goal by Brian Bythewood, assisted by Mark Dente. The Huskies reclaimed the lead in the third period following a goal by Brendan Robbins, off a pass by Brendan McDonough.

Christian Houda, son of Boston Bruins assistant coach Doug Houda, laced up for the Braves. Cam MacDonald, son of UMass-Lowell coach Blaise MacDonald, skated for the Huskies.

Story courtesy of Red Line Editorial, Inc.

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by posted 12/04/2008
 

Hockey Helmets Recalled

02 Dec 2008

Hockey helmets have been recalled by Reebok due to head and neck injury hazard.

Click here for detailed information (PDF)

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by posted 10/23/2008
 
Long time Husky, Brodie Stone of Concord\Carlisle won the Dual County League's Individual Medalist in golf yesterday at Quail Ridge Golf Course.

Brodie and two others ties at 77 went to the Sudden death play-off and on the 2nd extra hole Brodie's Birdie was enough to pull out a victiry over  Steve Winslow ,(who had a brief stint with the Huskies) of Cocord\Carlisle and Keith Webber of Acton\Boxboro.

You can read more at http://www.lowellsun.com/sports/ci_10793052

Congratulations Brodie!

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by posted 10/10/2008
 

 

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All Rights Reserved
The Globe and Mail (Canada)

September 26, 2008 Friday

YOUTH-HOCKEY BURNOUT;
Pg. A3

The Great One's message to parents: Let your kids have fun;

It's important for children to play other sports,
says Gretzky after a spate of young stars have lost their desire for hockey

BYLINE: ERIC DUHATSCHEK

DATELINE: CALGARY

He doesn't pretend to have all the answers about youth-hockey burnout, but Wayne Gretzky knows what worked for him - and what works for his kids.

Mr. Gretzky reiterated yesterday a gospel that many Canadian parents have ignored - that too often, young hockey players can get burned out by the pressure and the time commitment.

"First of all, I think every kid is different," said Mr. Gretzky, a Hall Of Fame player and currently the coach of the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes. "Some kids can play every day, all year long, like Gordie Howe - until they made him take his skates off( Gordie did not play summer hockey, there was no summer hockey in the 1940's). But that's a rarity, I really believe that.

"In youth hockey, in most cases,
it's really important for kids to play other sports
- whether it's indoor lacrosse or soccer or baseball.

I think what that does is two things. One, each sport helps the other sport. And then I think taking time off in the off-season - that three- or four-month window - really rejuvenates kids so when they come back at the end of August, they're more excited. They think, 'All right, hockey's back, I'm ready to go.' "

Mr. Gretzky's comments came after a handful of recent examples of young athletes who, for whatever reason, lost their desire for their sport.

Stefan Legein, a Columbus Blue Jackets' draft choice and a member of Canada's world junior championship squad, notified the team last month that he wouldn't be attending training camp, reportedly because he'd lost his passion for the game. Brandon Regier, a 16-year-old from Abbotsford, B.C., passed on a chance to play for the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League this year (he was the team's first-round choice in the bantam draft) because he wasn't interested any more. Colorado Avalanche prospect Victor Oreskovich, a second-round pick in 2004, retired last October and returned to school to complete a business degree.

Mr. Gretzky, the NHL's all-time leading scorer,
spent much of his youth as a multi-sport athlete and became good at both baseball and tennis as a youngster.

Winters, he'd spend hours skating on the backyard rink that his father, Walter, flooded every year in Brantford, Ont., once the weather got cold enough. But once hockey ended - and in that era, hockey usually ended in April - he was ready for something else.

Today, many young athletes, seeking to achieve an elite level in a single sport, often devote all their energies toward that pursuit.

Summer hockey camps are so common that many parents fear their children will be left behind if they don't participate in them.

"It's a fine line," Mr. Gretzky said.

"I know, for myself, when the hockey season was over,

I couldn't wait to play baseball.
I had no interest in playing ice hockey until September.

Then you get a guy like Gordie Howe, he couldn't skate enough. I don't have the answer, other than I think it's good for kids to participate in all sports."

Mr. Gretzky and his wife, Janet Jones-Gretzky, have five children - and the three oldest have chosen different paths athletically. His oldest daughter, Paulina, was mostly a dancer. Ty spent a year playing hockey for Shattuck St. Mary's, a prep school in Minnesota, but is now devoting more time to golf. Trevor is a two-sport athlete at Westlake Village Oaks Christian - high-school quarterback on the same team as Trey Smith, son of Will Smith, and Nick Montana, son of Joe. Trevor is also the catcher on the school's baseball team.

Mr. Gretzky said he encouraged all his children to sample a variety of sports.

"I always tell them, at a young age, you should just go out and play, just enjoy it," he said.

"As you go along and you get better, then you can start thinking, 'Okay, I can go to school' or 'I've got a chance to maybe get a scholarship.' But at a young age, 12 or 13, 14, 15 - just play and enjoy it. Learn what it's like to be around your teammates - the highs of winning and the lows of losing. Just enjoy it - and my kids do that."

The year after he retired from the NHL, Mr. Gretzky coached his son Trevor's little-league team.

Over the years, one of the most frequent questions he's been asked by parents seeking his advice was to assess the chances of their children playing professionally.

According to Mr. Gretzky, there is a neighbouring town close by his Los Angeles residence that he described as "a baseball factory."

"But not one kid has ever made it to major-league baseball from there," Mr. Gretzky said.

"It's a tremendous program; a lot of them get scholarships and play Division 1, but to actually play major-league baseball, not one.

"But everybody asks the same thing, 'Do you think my son can make pro?' The answer is, he's 15, just enjoy it. Just let them have fun."
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by posted 09/29/2008
 
Please view the following video

http://www.nfhslearn.com/Resources.aspx

It is recomended that each player bring his or her own water bottle to each game, practice, Skill and off-ice training seesions.
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by posted 09/29/2008
 

Grin and Wear It® More than 5 million teeth are knocked out each year through sports injury, accident, or play. Just as helmets, shoulder pads, and kneepads are worn to protect against sports-related injuries, mouthguards, also called mouth protectors, are an equally important piece of protective gear. Grin and Wear It is a program sponsored by the Massachusetts Dental Society that educates parents and children on the importance of wearing mouthguards during contact sports.

Find out how you can receive a low-cost mouthguard from a participating dentist. Learn about types of mouthguards, tips for care, and costs.  Sign-up as a Grin and Wear It provider.

We Can Help You Avoid Putting A Lot of Money Where Your Mouth Is! As part of the Grin and Wear It program, the Massachusetts Dental Society has enlisted the help of our member dentists across the state. These dentists have volunteered to fit school-aged children with custom-made mouthguards at a discount or nominal fee. The amount of the discount is up to each dentist. To find a dentist participating in this program, use the Find a Dentist search, or call the MDS at (800) 342-8747. And be sure to mention the Grin and Wear It mouthguard program when contacting participating dental offices.   Find a Provider

What Are Mouthguards?  As the name implies, mouthguards help prevent injury to the mouth area, especially to the teeth, lips, cheeks, and tongue. Even athletes who use helmets or face masks should wear mouthguards, since they also protect against head and neck injuries by cushioning blows that could otherwise cause concussions or jaw fractures. In Massachusetts, mouthguards are required in football, field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and wrestling. The MDS recommends that adults and children wear mouthguards during all sports in which injury to the mouth may occur.

Athletes are 60 times more likely to suffer damage to the mouth when not wearing a mouthguard. Mouthguard use prevents approximately 200,000 oral-facial injuries each year. The cost to repair a knocked out tooth and follow-up dental treatment can cost thousands of dollars—many times greater than the price of a mouthguard.

Types and Care of Mouthguards There are three different kinds of mouthguards. Each one is different in comfort, fit, and cost.  Be sure to consult with your dentist to determine which mouthguard is best for you. However, because they offer the best protection and are considered the most comfortable to wear, the MDS recommends that athletes wear custom-made mouthguards when participating in contact sports.

Custom-Made Mouthguard: This type of mouthguard is by far the best mouthguard in terms of its fit, comfort, and protection. It is made by a dental lab from a dentist's impression of the teeth. By pressure-laminating the mouthguard during its fabrication, the final product is designed to fit the athlete's mouth exactly.   Boil and Bite Mouthguard: The boil and bite is a thermoplastic mouth-formed protector and is usually softened by immersing it in hot water. It is then shaped to the teeth by using finger, tongue, and biting pressure. This type of mouthguard, however, may not fit as well as the custom-made version. Stock Mouthguard: The ready-made or stock mouthguard is found at most sporting good stores. It comes in several shapes and is constructed of rubber or polyvinyl material. However, because little can be done to adjust its fit, it may be uncomfortable and can interfere with breathing and speaking.

Like other sports equipment, mouthguards can wear out, become lost, or deteriorate over time. After each use, clean the mouthguard in cool, soapy water and rinse it thoroughly. Check the condition of the mouthguard from time to time to see if it needs replacement. Tears and perforations can irritate the teeth and mouth tissues. These conditions also diminish the amount of protection the mouthguard can provide on the playing field. As athletes grow, changes in tooth position and jaw size will also require changes in the mouthguard. Be sure to visit your dentist regularly to have the fit of your mouthguard checked.

 

Special News for Orthodontic Patients A properly fitted mouthguard is especially important for those athletes who wear braces or have fixed bridge work. A blow to the face could damage the brackets or other fixed orthodontic appliances. A mouthguard also provides a barrier between the braces and your cheek or lips, limiting the risk of soft tissue injuries. Although mouthguards typically cover only the upper teeth, your dentist or orthodontist may recommend that you wear a mouthguard on your bottom teeth, as well, if you also have braces on your lower teeth. (And remember, do not wear a retainer or other removable appliances while participating in any contact sports.)

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by posted 06/05/2008
 
Greg Who has played 5 seasons with the Dual State Huskies has also been a stand-out lacrosse player and has been selected as a Jr in high School to the Eastern Mass. All-Americans for boys' lacrosse. for more info go to http://www.boston.com/sports/schools/extras/schools_blog/lacrosse/

Greg Was also Voted Lowell Sun Player of the Year:
http://www.lowellsun.com/ci_9735885?IADID=Search-www.lowellsun.com-www.lowellsun.com


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by brian ferraro posted 03/17/2008
 

The Bantam Minor team won the State Tournament on Sunday & will head to the National Tournament in New Jersey April 2nd thru 6th.
The Huskies went into this weekend on a 7 game winning streak and having only lost 2 games since the end of November.
On Friday night the Huskies took on the 2nd place west. Mass Blades and scored the first four goals to roll to a 4-1 win. On Saturday the Huskies had 2 games to play and first up the 4th place NV River Rats. Huskies came out a little flat and ended up on the wrong side of 3-1 game. On the second game of the day the Huskies new they needed a win to make it to the finals and came out flying, scoring the game first 5 goals and rolled to a 7-3 win. This was a great win as they had 7 different goal scorers and dominated the game from the time the puck was dropped to the final buzzer. The Win put the Huskies in the finals and a chance to represent Mass Hockey at the Nationals!

Having to go all out on Saturday night and being down 3 players (2 to injuries) the Huskies new it would be a tough game against the 4th place River Rats.
The Huskies jumped to an early 1-0 lead and it held up to the Huskies gave up a power play goal a third of the way though the second period. The game was going back and forth with both teams coming up empty on their chance until the Rats scored with 3:14 to go in the second period. The Lead held up until 9:44 of the third when the Huskies tied it up. mid way through the third period the Rats to a penalty and the huskies put on a show moving the puck around and finally took the lead, though the ref missed the puck going into the net and with the Huskies celebrating in the corner the play continued & the Huskies had to regroup and held their poise as the play continued to what seemed like a "forever" with 5:50 left in the third period the play finally stop and the Ref could check with his linesman to see if they saw the goal. After about a minute of discussion the referee awarded the goal to the Huskies. After explaining to both teams the decision the play continued and at 4:01 the pesky Rats stormed back to tie the game.  Both teams continued to get their chances the teams ended the third tied at 3.
The overtime started and both teams went right back to work, and both goalies continued to come up big for their respected teams. at 8:05 of the overtime the Huskies took a penalty. for the next minute the Rats pressured the Huskies and the penalty unit kept them outside to limit their scoring chances. Though the next 20 seconds turned the game around for the Huskies. They managed to get the puck into the neutral zone and took position of the puck bringing it over the Rats blue line only to have the puck come back to the Neutral zone at which point the Huskies stepped up and took possession and went in to score the game winner shorthanded!

This was a complete team effort, playing short to begin with the Huskies team and the coaching continued to roll and have only lost 3 games since November - great effort and a they capped of a Great Day for the Huskies!

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by posted 03/15/2008
 
If you are looking for Additional off-season Training, the Mass Hockey Satellite Training Program is the way to go. For more information click on the link above.
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by posted 03/14/2008
 
Huskies U-18 Goalie Dave O'Brien Leads Bishop Guertin to another New Hampshire State Champoinship!
See WMUR Channel 9 Video
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by posted 03/11/2008
 
Reading's hit show: Twins on ice Boston Globe
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by posted 03/10/2008
 
Lozzis: Twin ’em up ( link to Boston Herald Article)

Huskies Note -

Both Dominique & Michael played for the 1990 Huskies under Coach Paul Picano

Michael continues to play for the Huskies U-18 Team

Dominique played through the Bantam Major Season and continues to practice with the Huskies when no conflicts arise from her current team

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by posted 03/10/2008
 
Current Huskies have Success at Area High School Championships!

Congratulations and Good Luck to Micheal Lozzi and the Reading Rockets - two more wins!

NH State Champions
Bishop Guertin
David O'Brien
Spencer Roth
Sean White

Massachusetts Division I North Champions
Westford Academy
Derek Dirubbo
Jim Houghton
Mike young

Massachusetts Division II North Champions
Wilmington
Eric Siegel

Currently still playing for his team in the Super Eight
Reading
Mike Lozzi

Massachusetts Division III North Finalst
Concord \ Carlisle
Michael Anastos
Alex MIlofsky
Brodie Stone
Michael Van Siclen

Please forward any name  we may have missed in this news item
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by posted 01/30/2008
 
The Dual State Huskies will now have 2 teams at the Midget Minor and Midget Major Levels. Currently we had one team at each level and with two age groups combining at each of the Midget levels, we wanted to insure we had enough spots available(to tryout for) for all players who played for us the previous year.

The Huskies will place the second team at each Midget level in the "year old " Mass Tier II Midget Development League. Which Currently has some very strong teams. Both the South Boston and Wellesley Midget teams will represent Mass Hockey at the Tier II nationals this coming season - Good Luck to both teams!

Midget Tryouts begin March 29th - tryout info will be posted ASAP
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by By Mike Scandura posted 03/27/2007
 

By Mike Scandura                                                                     March 16, 2007
Special to usahockey.com
 
Seven proved to be a lucky number for the Dual State Huskies. Coach George Popp’s team played the Central Mass. Outlaws for the seventh time this season on March 11, and they skated away with a 4-1 victory in the championship game of USA Hockey’s Massachusetts District Tier II 12 & Under Boys’ Tournament at Marlboro’s New England Sports Center.
 
Brendan Robbins, Jack Wilkie, Andrew Popp and Adam Kmetz accounted for the scoring, as the Huskies (who won the Massachusetts Select League title) improved to 28-3-5 and punched their ticket to USA Hockey’s National Championship in Buffalo, N.Y.
 
Popp had a premonition that his Huskies, who finished 4-1-2 overall vs. Central Mass., would hook up more than once with the Outlaws before the final buzzer sounded.
 
“We play in a very competitive league and we knew coming into this tournament it was going to be a battle, because we had very close games [during the regular season] with each of the four teams we were playing,” said Popp. “We had great games with [the Outlaws]. Really, there were never any one-sided games. They always were very closely-checked games.
 
“We knew we probably were going to have to play them twice in order to make it to Nationals. I really was proud of my kids because they played hard.”
 
Unlike in Saturday’s preliminary round game, the Huskies also played ahead.
 
Central Mass. grabbed a 2-0 lead by the midway point of the second period during the preliminary round, before Dual State rallied for a 6-3 victory. In the rematch, Dual State led 2-0 nearly halfway through the middle period.
 
Robbins gave Dual State a 1-0 lead by snapping home a pass from Jack Eichel at 8:22 of the first period. Then, about four minutes later, Andrew Popp intercepted a clearing pass and scored on a wrist shot from the bottom of the left circle.
 
Popp’s goal came moments after Central Mass. goalie Riley Witham had robbed Stephan Crocker.
 
“When we’re successful, we keep the forecheck on them and we seemed to do that,” said coach Popp, referring to his son’s goal.
 
The Outlaws sliced their deficit in half with a power play goal at 8:51 of the second, when Hunter Burdick set up Kevin Merle's slap shot from the left circle -- 17 seconds after the penalty was assessed.
 
Then, after the Huskies were hit with a minor, Central Mass. had an opportunity to tie it. Wilkie and Robbins, though, teamed up for arguably the game’s key play, with Wilkie scoring a shorthanded goal at 13:20 on a wrist shot from about 12 feet out.
 
“We were on them early and had a 2-0 lead, and then they scored,” said coach Popp. “Then, we really knew we were in a fight at that point. We had a few more penalties than we would have liked, but that shorthanded goal changed the game.”
 
Dual State put the game out of reach when Kmetz finished off a two-on-one rush with Dan Moynihan at 3:06 of the third period. Kmetz scored top shelf with a wrist shot.
 
Coach Popp felt as much as anything the Huskies’ depth was a key to his team’s success in the tournament.
 
“Unlike maybe some teams, we play three lines,” he said. “We have a very deep team compared with some of the teams in our league. We have three very solid lines and try to play quick shifts.”
 
Playing in a national tournament isn’t something that’s built into the schedules of teams in the Dual State program.
 
“I would say we’ve had a couple of teams go to Nationals, but maybe not as many as some of the other programs,” said coach Popp. “Some of the other programs, like the Valley Warriors and the Middlesex Braves and South Shore, maybe have had a few more.
 
“But the Dual State program had four teams -- Pee Wee minor, Squirt major, Squirt minor and Mites -- make it to this tournament. The Squirt minors also won their division, so it was a good weekend all the way around for the Dual State Huskies. Maybe this is indicative of a change in our fortunes."

Story courtesy Red Line Editorial, Inc.

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by brian ferraro posted 03/26/2007
 

The 2006-07 State Champoin Dual State Huskies Pee Wee Minors are headed to New York for the National Champoinships!

After winning the league Title with a 25-3-5 record, the Huskies went into the playoffs as the the Heavy Favorite, going 5-0-4 against the other three playoff bound teams during League play!

They Started with the round robin with a 6-2 win over Greater Boston on Friday night.  And then came the early game, but escaped with a 3-3- tie. Looking good going into saturday night the Huskies turned the jets on a beat the second play CM Outlaws 6-3. And the Jets never cooled off as the Huskies skated to 4-1 victory over the Outlaws in the Finals on Sunday.

They are now head off to Buffalo New York for the Tier II National tournament. to check to see how the Huskies are doing go to U12 Tier II Nationals

GOOD LUCK HUSKIES & HAVE FUN!

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by Brian Ferraro posted 03/26/2007
 

No program sent more teams to the playoffs this season, than the Dual State Huskies .  The DS Huskies had 5 teams make it to the playoffs, winning 2 and losing 1 Final.

For more info see below:

Congratulations to all Teams!!!!

The hard work started back in November when the U-16 Midget team went into the playoffs with a record of 7-3-1, good enough for a 3rd place finish. This group of players has been always in the mix for the League and State titles going back to their Pee Wee Days. Coach Paul Picano has always had them ready to play and his record shows it.

Going into the March the Pee Wee Minor Huskies had not lost a league game since Dec. 2 going 14-0-3 . heading into the playoffs they were the heavy favorite to win and they did. A great season and a great group of Players & Coaches - Good Luck in Buffalo! - see Pee Wee Minors Are Headed to New York.

What can you say about this next group of players! winning the last 2 State Championships, losing 1 league game in two years - Just Awesome! The Squirt Majors went into the playoffs for the 3rd year in row . Second as the favorite, but it just was not in the cards running up against a goalie who stopped everything but the kitchen sink!

Going 1-3-1 in their last five league games, the Squirt Minor Huskies still managed to squeak into the playoffs, but the sure managed to grease the wheels when the hardware was on the line. Winning the last 2 games of the season was enough to make them the State Champs!! see Squirt Minors win States!

The Last and certainly not forgotten Playoff team was the Mite Black team going going 6-1-1 in their last game 8 games to finish in a 3-way tie for first(13-3-2 in League play). With the 3-way tie for first the Huskies new it was going to be a grind ( as it had all year) to move forward. Unfortunately it was not their day as they came up on the short end of the stick in a hard fought 2-1 loss to the Northstars.

 

 

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by Brian Ferraro posted 03/25/2007
 

The Squirt Minors won the Squirt Minor Tier I State Championship. Finishing 9-7-2 for the 4th place playoff seeding. The Huskies were not considered the favorite, But in true Huskies' fashion they out worked the 1st place Mariners and came out with a 3-2 win and managed to carry the momentum into the finals against the Greater Boston League Bruins ( 2nd place in league play)with a 2-1 finish. This Huskies team worked hard all weekend and receive the hardware to prove it!

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