Hockey Player Magazine

Category: General

  • Defensive Zone Coverage

    By Gianni Raimondo Printer friendly page Players need to accept defensive responsibilities as a crucial part of the game and understand the importance of keeping things simple and basic in your own zone. If you make a mistake in your own end, the opposition will get a direct scoring chance. Some key elements of Defensive Zone Coverage…

  • One Last Shot: The Story of the 2007 Towson University Roller Hockey Team

    One Last Shot: The Story of the 2007 Towson University Roller Hockey Team

    By Matt Vensel As the charter bus pulls up to the leading docks of the University Union on a sunny Monday afternoon, it’s too late for the members of the Towson University roller hockey team to work on their slap shots or to hit the gym for one last workout. As the bus slowly comes…

  • Face Offs

    Face Offs

    By Gianni Raimondo Every player should learn the basic elements of taking a face-off, no matter what position you play. You do not have to be a center to take a face-off. There might be an opportunity during the game when you will be called upon to take a face-off. Becoming a face-off specialist is…

  • The NHL: The Red-Headed Stepchild of Professional Sports

    In 1980, Lake Placid, N.Y. saw possibly the most influential moment in sports history. We all know the story. The men’s U.S. ice hockey team defeated the Soviet Union at the Winter Olympic Games. The victory for the U.S. unified a country, helped bring an end to the Cold War and told the greatest underdog…