Hockey Player Magazine

Category: Hockey Blogs

  • Straight Shooter: The Brad Park Story

    The official biography of an NHL legend – Available now!By the time he retired, Brad Park had surpassed the great Bobby Orr in career assists by a defenseman. Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame the first year he was eligible, and later named one of …

  • The Year of the Los Angeles Kings

    The Year of the Los Angeles Kings: Celebrating the 2012 Stanley Cup Champions, is the only officially endorsed and licensed Championship book by the NHL and is the must-have Stanley Cup collectible for all fans of the game!Buy The Book: Amazon.ca – Cha…

  • Now On Kindle: Cold War by Roy MacSkimming

    One of the best books on the 1972 Summit Series is now on available as an ebook.Cold War: The Amazing Canada-Soviet Hockey Series of 1972 is newly re-released available on Kindle for just $9.99.Here’s my original review of the identical traditiona…

  • 2012 Hockey Grant from How To Hockey

    Congratulations to the Chillihitzia family and the Bieda family. My initial plan was to pay for one child’s hockey registration but I had so many applicants for the grant that I found it extremely difficult to choose just one person. After reviewing all the applications I narrowed it down to about 5 people who could…

  • IHD Newsletter – August 2012

    This months newsletter has been sent.  You can read the August 2012 Newsletter here Related articles: Newsletter sign-up

  • How to Improve Skating Acceleration

    When you are in a game one of the biggest advantages that you can have over your opponent is quick acceleration. Your ability to quickly go from coasting to full speed will help you win foot races, out-skate your opponent, get more loose pucks and get more opportunities to shoot and score. Speed is a…

  • Coaching Today’s Athlete Part II

    In today’s post I want to talk about how to gain the players trust and keep that trust throughout the season. We all know that a player will play much harder for you if he trusts you as a coach. The players have to see that the coach is the most committed person associated with…

  • Product Review: Drill Diagrammer

    Most of my drills are still hand drawn simply because I’m never at the computer when I think about them.  I’m sitting watching a game or a practice and see something I need to address or come up with a way to really reinforce a concept. &nbsp…

  • Coaching Today’s Athletes Part I

    Times have changed and coaches need to change with the times. No longer is it likely that the Vince Lombardi method of coaching will work with younger players. Today’s players are raised in an entitled atmosphere where they are given more than they earn. Coaches need to learn how to motivate the new athlete because…

  • Goalie Iron Cross

    Drill: Goalie starts in the center circle and forward skates to the top of the circle.   Goalie drops and covers 5 hole.Then a right leg pad kickThen a left leg pad kick Skate backwards to the center, repeat step 2 Slide to the left, repe…