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Wade Minter made improbable journey from Section 328 to ice level as Carolina Hurricanes public address announcer If you had told 15-year-old H. Wade Minter that he would one day become an avid hockey fan and passionate player, his resulting facial expression may have been that of confusion. If you added that he would also […]

St. Louis area’s Angie Bigogno is do-it-all office manager with flair for registrations Webmaster of the Week: June 12-18 Name Angie Bigogno Site Affton Americans Hockey Position Office manager Use of platform Registration, Sitebuilder Background Bigogno split time between Washington D.C. and the St. Louis area growing up, when for her hockey was mostly an […]

Winning. It’s what we play the games for. it’s the root of one’s competitive fire. And it’s something that is much bigger than sport- life is a competition, with people constantly trying to better than the person next to them. “Just win, baby.” “You play to win the game.” “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only […]

Shelby Osborne is a high schooler with a big dream that just came true: She has been tapped as the first-ever female defensive back in college football history. The Lafayette, Indiana, girl has played just about every sport there is, but she found that football is her real passion. “It has to do with the […]

St. Louis area’s Christine Raye pulls double duty for Kirkwood youth and high school programs Webmaster of the Week: May 22-28 Name: Christine Raye Sites: Kirkwood Pioneer Hockey, Kirkwood Youth Hockey Association Position: Communications director/Webmaster Use of platform: Dibs, Registration, Sitebuilder, PowerPay Background: It’s hard to believe given the amount of hours she devotes to […]

Today I want to cover how to defend a common defensive scenario: the 4 on 3 fast break. By now you should understand that a lacrosse goalie is the field general on defense. Therefore, every lax goalie must understand how his/her defense should defend a fast break so he/she can direct them accordingly. The fast break […]

Today I’m going to talk about an extremely important part of playing goalie – clearing. Clearing is just as important as saving the ball and it should be a favorite of all goalies because it means either you’ve just made a save or your defense has forced a turnover. Is there a better feeling than […]

Houston Wild president Karen Fraser fueled by passion for the game Webmaster of the Week: March 13-19 Name: Karen Fraser Site: Houston Wild Position: President, webmaster Use of platform: Registration, Sitebuilder Background: When Fraser moved from her hometown Calgary to Houston with her family in 2010, topping the to-do list was finding a home in […]

Joseph LaBate remains close with his high school buddies as he works to stick with the Vancouver Canucks .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Former Academy of Holy Angels standout […]

Many youth teams struggle to find someone who wants to play goalie. One of the main reasons is simply that youth goalies feel that practices are no fun. For the youth coaches out there who are wondering how to make practices more fun for youth lacrosse goalies when it seems like for most drills the […]