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Emily's Atom hockey team knocked off a team that finished above them in the league tonight. The kids played great-really shared thje puck well-at that age the improvement from fall to now is awesome. She's playing defence which suits me fine-her head coach is an exNHL defenceman himself. He really did a great job of bringing the practice tempo down to a 9-10 year old skill level. We were lucky to have him alot of guys that talented get frustrated when kids don't catch on to a new drill right away-he's been very patient and every kid on that team is a better hockey player because of it. Us old railbirds stand up in coaches corner and try and figure out which kids will be playing at a AA or AAA level in a few years-it's nice when a hunch you have comes through.
 
I like your qualification of good hockey being sharing the puck rather than the enforcing stuff. When a team coordinates like arms from the same body its good watching. Congrats on the win.
 
Our game tonight got a bit ugly-three guys jumped our bench but we got it sorted out. I met with the opposing coaches and reffs in between periods and just the captains and coaches shook hands at center ice. was in no mood for a line brawl at the handshake. We have them back in our barn on Sunday should be interesting to say the least. There's no lack on intensity with 15-17 year old hockey players-I had the 'no fight' rule in effect tonight and the boys obeyed it-they showed pretty good discipline because they were getting sticked a fair bit.
 
I'm not opposed to fighting so much, but that's what so many Americans define as good hockey. I think hockey is unique in that team play can come closer to overcoming talent more than most sports. If Hoops were like hockey, Dennis Rodman would have gotten the hell beaten out of him a few times and cleaned up his trashy play - as it was he played 15 years pulling really trashy and dangerous crap. Enforcing is honest, but I don't like it to define good hockey.

Its cool your kids respected the no fight rule - I'm sure it was hard for them at times.
 
Northern Rancher said:
Our game tonight got a bit ugly-three guys jumped our bench but we got it sorted out. I met with the opposing coaches and reffs in between periods and just the captains and coaches shook hands at center ice. was in no mood for a line brawl at the handshake. We have them back in our barn on Sunday should be interesting to say the least. There's no lack on intensity with 15-17 year old hockey players-I had the 'no fight' rule in effect tonight and the boys obeyed it-they showed pretty good discipline because they were getting sticked a fair bit.
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:lol: Yup trying to get that age group of boys to harness the testosterone is alot of fun for a coach...sounds to me like your doing a great job Cory...keep up the good work :!: Man I wish I could be in the arena Sunday...I love that intensity.
 
Our senior team just beat Kindersley in Provincial playoffs tonight so were spanking them at all levels-I imagine there will be some tough play tomorrow in our Midget game-nothing better than watching players compete at a high level. good players know who-when and how to fight-kind of cool boys go toe to toe then pat each other on the back when it's done. i'll take a good scrap over a check from behind or a spear any day.
 

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