“Constantly tell kids what to do and how to do it, that can really hinder a child’s passion. Kids need to figure it out on their own.”

It takes a great deal of behind the scenes work to pull off an event. It's important to make sure you have the support staff in place in advance.

Make the most of practice. Put in some extra time stickhandling and shooting off the ice if you can. Get outside for some unstructured pond hockey with friends. Confidence is built on successes, big and small. Scoring a goal, posting a shutout, or even just completing a few simple passes can help a player’s confidence. […]

“If you look at all the youth programs, and how many girls teams are now involved in the sport, it’s pretty impressive,”

What causes Olympians to pursue their sport of choice?

“So I’m really proud of not just overcoming that part of my life, but also doing it in the public. It sends a strong message that it is possible.” The wonderful thing about the inspiring — shall we call it Olympian? — story of Mirai Nagasu is that it’s not over. Not even close. Nagasu […]

When your child is interested in talking about the game, try to do more listening than talking.

“You have to let them run free and have fun with it.”

Even the best goal-scorers, if they want to have special seasons, they need to get to the hard areas, create traffic and chaos on the opponent and get rebound goals. Seth Appert is developing some of the top young talent in the country. The USA Hockey National Team Development Program’s Under-18 Team head coach shared […]

It's been proven that physical activity leads to an increase in academic performance