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More Youth Coaching with Pat Burns
More youth coaching with Pat Burns By Alex Carswell ©BBS A coach plays a big part in how much any youngster enjoys his formative hockey experiences. That’s why parents and youth hockey organizers would be well advised to consider what kind of coach they want in charge of their kids. At the professional level, as…
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Youth Coaching Tips from Pat Burns
Youth coaching tips from Pat Burns By Alex Carswell Nov 6, 2001, 19:57 ©BBS Before he transformed the Toronto Maple Leafs from perennial losers into a perennial Final Four team, before he won 204 games with Montreal, and before he built a .594 winning percentage as an NHL bench boss, Pat Burns coached kids.…
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Coaching Defense, with Tim Army
Coaching defense, with Tim Army By Bob Cunningham Nov 6, 2001, 07:34 ©BBS At the NHL level, most players enter the league possessing the basic fundamentals of their respective positions. In the case of defensemen, they’re generally aggressive, conservative by nature, and knowledgeable of what to do with the puck as different situations present themselves.…
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Inside the Trap
Inside the trap By Bob Cunngingham Nov 5, 2001, 19:24 Lemaire’s goal: Frustrate them. ©BBS Some have called it the best coaching job in two decades. Others simply say that good strategy plus execution equals success. Regardless of how or why, the New Jersey Devils were quite a story after capturing the first Stanley…
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Larry Robinson: The joy of teaching
By Stan Fischler ©BBS Ranked among the greatest NHL defenseman of all time, Larry Robinson is now attempting to duplicate that achievement in the coaching realm. During the 1993/94 season, Robinson was an effective assistant to New Jersey Devils coach Jacques Lemaire. When the lockout forced suspension of NHL play this fall, Larry moved up…
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Andie MacDowell: Hockey Coach
