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Excellent! 1-0-1....not a bad day!

Man...that is a lot of net to cover for the little guys....


Little Man plays at 4:45 in Provo....so we have to drive a bit today.

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No matter if you're a hockey parent or not, this advice holds true for any involvement in our children's lives.

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No argument there peter. I actually work swing shift just so I can raise my kids and avoid daycare. I have been blessed to experience and help my children develop and grow. I know I will cry when my first graduates hs and college as I will likely with all of them.

Als point I couldnt agree more hockey is a game of codes and honor. The codes and honor are based on respect. Couple this with a sense of sacrifice you don't find in most other sports. The player who takes a hit to get his teamate the puck, the player who dives to block a shot, etc. All this translates to building character of sacrafice and working for the greater good. Out of all the sports football, baseball, basketball and hockey I would argue that these qualities make hockey players are the least likely to get arrested, the most respectful. Creating young men and women with honor respect and character.

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Hockey is a true every-persons game. Its amazing seeing all the different characters that create a team. Gentlemen, Goons, Plugs... The true joy in coaching is getting everyone with different personalities to mingle as one.

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Inter-squad full scrimmage tonight... Pretty intense skate and the Little Man's side came out on top. He had a great game.....very pleased with his night...

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Little man got a crap ton of new gear for christmas.
New stick, new gloves, new roller hockey skates. Kid is going to be geeked in the am.

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:tu:tu:tu....NICE!

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Bell Capital Cup starts tomorrow!

http://www.bellcapitalcup.ca/

huge tourney in ottawa! You guys should consider bringing a team down in the future!

Follow my team!

Major Peewee A - Ottawa West Golden Knights!

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Good luck to you and your Golden Knights, Mike!

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We won 5-4 last night, tough game, I scored 2 goals. (adult hockey)

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Good Luck to your team! We are headed to Nashville for the Music City Invitational Tournament.

Game will be broadcast online if anyone is interested, here is the link.

My son plays for the Queen City Steam, 98 birth year also.

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Scott let us know the game time and I will watch

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Looks like the boys are 2-1! That last loss, looks like your boys let one in early and then couldn't find the back of the net. I assume that knocked you out. There is no bracket, so I cannot see how things play out....

Anyway, nice job!

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Scott, I was looking to check up on your team....but I can't find anything in the way of scoring/results????

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Mitch went to Arizona State and got to skate a practice with the team.

He said he had a great time.

Looking forward to full details when he returns.

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I am excited for Mitch.... Spending your college years as an athlete in Tempe would not suck.......:r

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Al, Arizona has a d1 &d2 team. Do you know which one?
The d2 team plays sjsu. SJSU plays its home games where Micah skates. I would have no issues being his fan club if he comes. Rocking signs etc. :tu. I could even get some kids from micahs team. Not sure how the d1 d2 thing works there. Didnt even know a school could have both a d2 and d1 team.

http://www.sundevilhockey.com/



Oooo and agreed EJ. To say Tempe has some hot women is putting it mildly. Head on a swivel.

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They totally noobed up that schedule. I think only one of my kids' games were broadcast, and during game that we learned they were listed and being called the "Quad City Steam"

lol

It was a tough weekend, our boys went 2-5, but they were against some very good AAA teams.

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Good for them.... Hey, 2-5 is better than 0-7 and I bet it was a great experience for them!!!!

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Yea, needed to go 3-0 to move on... Oh well. 1-0 loss to a team a division higher than us in regular season is a solid effort!

Now back to the regular season! If you guys want to keep track of our season, go to Ottawaminorhockey.com then go to leagues/b league/peewee (not MINOR PEEWEE!) Thats us near the top :P...

2-5 record is def much better than a 0-7 record! AAA tourneys vary all over the place with skill level...

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Without a doubt! (BTW did I say 2-5? sorry it was 2-3. 5 games total, must have had a brain fart while typing!)

They beat Carolina Hurricanes AAA and Affton Americans AA, and lost to Blue Jackets AAA, St Louis Selects AAA and Hurricanes (consolation game).

In 2009 our boys went to the Nike/Bauer Invitational in Chicago (we missed the deadline for 2010!). They had 2 divisions, AAA and Elite. We were in the AAA and the competition was solid. We went 2-2 that weekend but did not move past the pool play. The 2 teams we beat were evenly paired with us and the 2 teams we lost too were VERY good. Sun County Panthers 98's were impressive.

This tournament in Nashville only has 1 division, but again the teams varied. My son's team is listed as AA, and one of our wins was against another AA team, the Affton Americans. I think TPH Thunder (the tourney hosts) are teir 1 AAA.

So at least as far as this Nashville tournament, the teams were not exactly evenly matched, but our boys knew what they were getting into. Same with the Affton Americans, they are striving to take that next step up to Teir 1 as well.

Our boys' coach tries to get the boys into games and tournaments with higer skilled teams as often as possible. They have a very short bench, only 11 skaters and 2 goalies, so our boys are pushed to the limit every game. And they can still hang with teams like the Ohio Blue Jackets, they only beat us 4-3 I think. It was a close game.

The problem is that Tier 1 teams don't like to play Tier 2 teams very often. So we look for tournaments like Nashville to test our boys.

My son has said he would be just as happy being ranked 45th in Tier 1 hockey as he is being ranked 17th in Tier 2. He is considering trying out for the Ohio Blue Jackets next year, at the very least to see where he stands against that type of program.

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Mike, it's the D1 team he was with.

He's there for another day then heads home.

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Have not been to a game since the 24th... Feels like FOREVER!

Heading down South to try to pull a win this evening....'bout time...:ih

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The boys got back to action today.
Micahs goal streak is intact. Had a beautiful breakaway goal never stopped moving his feet even when he shot. Nice to see at his age, most kids are either skating or shooting, not doing both at the same time. Takes his goal total to 8 on the season. Had the camcorder on almost the whole game. Guess what happened when I shut it off. Faaaaaaaack!

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http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...flSmileyLJ.gif

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Tomorrow we are playing at HP Pavilon where the Sharks play.
They do this once a year for the kids.

Will make sure to take pics and leave the camcorder running the whole time. Will have family there hopefully micah gets jacked up and skates his arse off.

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QTF

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Well today I recorded the whole game. On the last shift of the game micah scores a beautiful wrister to tie the game and keep his team from losing . Al I got it on tape and will be posting. Also going to try to post some clips showing his speed. He definetly had his wheels today.

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NICE! Can't wait for the clips....


Rough night on our end.... Kids looked a half step slow and couldn't get anything going after the first, where I thought they played okay.

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Hahaha oh the camcorder fun! lol.

Always a fun experience to play on NHL ice, sens do that here A LOT for the kids.

Our boys have a bunch of nights off without games, but 3 straight practices... see what we can do!

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Last night was not a grand success, but the Little One was sure happy to get back to "Start Smart" today....

Some training/stretching -

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Drills and then a scrimmage....

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Someone was pretty excited to sneak one in....:r

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Awesome EJ.
Kind of pissed my camcorder isnt the best, but you can still see what happens. He lifted the shot, but you just cant tell in the video. You can see in the video he went to the net looking for the puck and got the pass. We have been teaching the boys to go to the front of the net and look for a pass. Micah has taken well to this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UJ3b...=youtube_gdata

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http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=14005526

Grizzlies(local ECHL team) are having a benefit game for Dave Brown tonight. To generate interest, a local news station did a piece on Dave that I linked to above.

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Oh...and Murray Hockey's Biggest Fan made it to the Maverik Center.... Note, she is wearing her personalized official Murray Hockey warm up suit... (guess just the top, the bottom is too big:td)
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I wish I had my video camera today, it was a classic moment:

I was working the clock and doing music at my son's game, the whistle blew, stopping the play and he came over to the bench, talking to the coach. I couldn't hear what he was saying but the whistle blew and the puck was about to be dropped and the coach yelled at him to get back out there.

I was trying to pay attention to the puck-drop to stop the music and start the clock so I missed exactly what happened. My buddy in the booth with me keeping score said "Your kid just lost a tooth!" I found out later that he had it in his hand when he came over to the bench and when the coach yelled at him to get back out there, he just threw the tooth on the floor of the bench area and went back to hockey.

Luckily it wasn't a permanent tooth. We didn't find out that he threw it on the floor til after the game, we just assumed it was out on the ice somewhere. I was telling the Refs to keep an eye out for a tooth and they just laughed and said "good luck with that!"

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Utah Grizzlies? Oh noes.... GO Wranglers!

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Yes, Utah Grizzlies:tu

83 penalty minutes last night for the Grizz last night....66 for the Thunder. Everyone in the starting line-up for both teams dropped the gloves 2 seconds into the game last night....and it didn't end there.

Still have 1 point on the Wranglers, but not for long if they don't start playing better.

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GREAT STORY Scott... Yes, VERY lucky it wasn't a permanent tooth....

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Nice pics EJ.

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I'd love to see that. 149PIM WOO HOOO.

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Boy them Grizzlies are a crazy bunch!

Coaches Gone Wild

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Going to drink a few celebratory(took down the team we are tied with in 3rd) beers downstairs, but I hope to post a pic tonight that will make up for all my doting on the kids....:r

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Boom....:r

Better keep your head up Little Man....

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Did anyone get the license plate of that truck?

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I hear ya Mike....:r

I actually ask him if he cared if I posted for all the friends to see(FB), he laughed and said, why not.... Spend any time out there and this is going to happen,....biggest problem was, Dad had the shutter moving...


Great game. 2 fairly evenly matched teams going at it for 1.5 hours...not a bad way to spend an evening. I had the added bonus that the Little Man was playing....:tu

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Cut and paste from one of his youtube videos, but Micah hit this kid pretty good for some reason. I think he thought it was this one kid he doesnt like much . :r
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/ahbroody/hit.png

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Micahs goal streak ended. :(
He played well had some good chances, but didnt convert.
Had a big hit again :r

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"OH NO" on the goal streak..... "NICE" on the big hit!

Tell Micah streaks always come to an end, but it's time to start another...:tu

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No points?!! Bench him!! Bag him!! This is not about fun it's about winning!!!!

:D

Alina left for PA to see Jr. and now headed to Mitch's game. I'l watch him from home on fasthockey.com Not the best video but for seven bucks it beats not seeing it at all.