JMS Hockey

Pros and Cons.With the forecast for severe weather this afternoon, I am thinking once again about a question I pondered for the first time in 2002, when I was starting to play summer hockey.Is it safer to be in hockey gear during a tornado, or not?…

I spoke to my

Guest blog by Michael BernardThree Mondays ago, I had the good fortune to become a newbie all over again. My lifes resume now includes a new line-- Sessions at Goalie: 1. And what a fine experience it was.I am an adult hockey player. I started pla…

People have been asking for new sessions close to home. Youve seen the forum posts, and *I* have seen the many e-mails with these requests.Voila! I have booked this ice for you. I put my checkbook on the line, so I hope all who asked will respond …

This is the last week of the hockey season, the pinnacle: the Stanley Cup playoffs.What do you think the players are thinking about?For us, hockey is a game, its something we do to have fun, stay in shape, even see friends. It falls squarely into …

Some words have their genesis in the hockey culture and some have been adopted in. Of the latter, hat trick (which came to us from the cricketers) is one of the most familiar--even people who dont play or watch the game know what a hat trick is. There…

That is the question.I took a shower this morning after finishing the EXCELLENT Rob Little morning skills clinic, but only because I was heading to work. (GREAT shooting drills btw!)Breck has nice showers but some rinks arent so clean. Some rinks …

(Guest blog by Steve Feinberg)Just a few problem skaters can really make a big difference on the ice. Some of the trouble comes from:1) Players who cherry pick because they dont want to play in the defensive zone or miss out on every scoring o…

My favorite hockey sound is a puck slapping the ice. At the start of every level 1 session, I toss them out onto the ice and each one makes a SMACK if it hits just right. Its almost silly how much I enjoy that. I also like the sound of my blade edges …

How do you keep your gear from smelling disgusting?I air mine out--I have a hockey tree and when its muggy, I turn a fan on the stuff. I used to just dump my hockey bag out on the floor, but the tree works better even though its a pain to hang it all…

People want to look like they know what theyre doing--even if they dont.In our hockey community, some people who care seek to develop (for want of a better definition),

So there I was, hanging from the overhead bar, the skating treadmill whizzing by under my feet, grabbing the support in front of me and trying to bend, bend, bend my knees--and staring at my reflection in the mirror in front of me as I huffed and puffed in…

Oh, dread. The words strike fear in the heart of any avid hockey player.This injury can end your season, or at minimum, keep you off the ice for weeks. And it WILL happen: if youre a hockey player, youve either had one, or will have one, guaranteed.…