Ice Hockey

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 […]

As the regular season starts to wind down and playoffs enter the horizon, team benched have an uncanny way of getting a little shorter this time of year. Yet, running a short bench often has the opposite of its intended effect, especially over the long term. Here are five reasons why equal playing time is […]

Merger of six youth clubs has gone smoothly thanks to work of webmaster Mary Helmick Webmaster of the Week: Dec. 26-Jan. 1 Name: Mary Helmick Site: Kansas City Youth Hockey Association Position: Program director, registrar Use of platform: League, Registration, Sitebuilder Background: Helmick grew up in northwest Iowa, a farm girl whose only exposure to hockey […]

Morris/Benson senior goaltender Tony Bruns is so accustomed to facing insanely high numbers of shots each game that he brushes aside mass amounts of flying pucks as effortlessly as a northwoods outdoorsman swats mosquitoes. In his four seasons as a starter for the Storm, Bruns routinely has made 40, 50, 60 and even 70-plus stops […]

Yet, one of the keys to helping every player reach his or her potential is delaying the focus on a single position. “With USA Hockey’s push towards long term athlete development, we’re trying to build hockey players as opposed to building a center or right wing or a defenseman,” said Josh Hicks, Coach-in-Chief for Minnesota’s […]

Breakdown Sports USA’s Tim Kolehmainen has climbed from freelance writer to owner Webmaster of the Week: December 12-18 NAME: Tim Kolehmainen SITE: Breakdown Sports USA POSITION: Vice President, webmaster USE OF PLATFORM: Registration, Sitebuilder BACKGROUND: Kolehmainen grew up on the scenic north shore of Lake Superior in Silver Bay, Minnesota, and attended high school 51 […]

Kathleen Campbell helps push D.C. area’s Tri-City Eagles onto branded mobile app Webmaster of the Week: November 21-27 Name: Kathleen Campbell Site: Tri-City Eagles Hockey Club Position: Internal Communications Director Use of platform: Branded Mobile, Registration, Sitebuilder Background: Campbell (formerly Keller) went to high school in the northern Baltimore suburb of Towson, where she attended […]

Amy Anderson has been a goaltending mainstay since she was 5 It’s minutes before game time and the Snow Owls – a D-League men’s hockey team of SportsEngine employees – fire their practice shots at an empty net. Amy Anderson, the team’s goalie and best player, still hasn’t taken the ice and won’t until moments before […]

All-or-nothing mentality for SportsEngine sales manager led to brief career as yo-yo pro On a slow day at work, 20-year-old Ryan Hanson was killing time – as he often did – by making a mental list of things he was bad at and wanted to improve on. His thoughts drifted to growing up during the height of […]

Hockey-crazed daughter leads David Taylor into webmaster role for Taos Youth Hockey Webmaster of the Week: July 11-17 Name: David Taylor Site: Taos Youth Hockey Position: Hockey Director, Webmaster Use of platform: Registration, Sitebuilder, Tourney Background: Taylor grew up in the Longview area of east Texas, where football is the undisputed king. “I was taught […]