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2010 Events
- Girls U17/U16 Select Camp, 6/25-7/1
- Girls U15/U14 Select Camp, 7/22-7/28
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USAH Girls U15/U14 Day 5
Posted on July 27, 2009 | No CommentsMorning practices on Day 5 were probably the best of the week. Power skating with a backward skating focus was the theme for the first half of the practice followed by small games and puck control drills. Good fast paced and hard practices all around.... -
USAH Girls U15/U14 Day 4
Posted on July 26, 2009 | 2 CommentsSorry I didn’t get to writeup the first competition day until now. Had a few things come up that required my attention. Anyway, as everyone knows, yesterday was the first day of games for the girls. But before that they had a morning practice. The... -
USAH Girls U15/U14 Day 3
Posted on July 25, 2009 | 3 CommentsDay 3 is over and games start tomorrow. The first 3 days have been all about development and now we get to see the girls in action. Personally, it can’t come soon enough. For some reason, this year’s U15/U14 camp is slower than previous one’s... -
USAH Girls U15/U14 Day 2
Posted on July 23, 2009 | 1 CommentDay 2 is a wrap. The day started off rainy and gloomy, cleared a bit mid-day, but returned sporadically in the late afternoon and evening. For the most part this didn’t hinder camp activities other than sometimes the girls got to ride a bus back... -
USAH Girls U15/U14 Day 1
Posted on July 23, 2009 | No CommentsWell today was the start of the U15/U14 USAH Girls National Development Camp in Rochester, NY (ESL). The weather here in Rochester hopefully will be an indication of the week to come, sunny and nice. Check-in was between 2-5 and was handled as it normally... -
USAH U17/U16 Camp – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Posted on July 8, 2009 | 3 CommentsWell, Its been a little longer than expected to get this summary out but here it is. Please keep in mind that the following contains my personal opinions and I’m sure readers will not agree with many of my observations, which is fine. In fact... -
USAH U17/U16 Day 6 Summary
Posted on July 1, 2009 | 7 CommentsWell Day six is over. Practice in the morning was pretty tame compared to the rest of the week. It’s definitely winding down time for the camp. The girls are visibly tired, a bit anxious about the games and some are worried about the possibility... -
USHA U17/U16 Day 5 Summary
Posted on June 30, 2009 | 2 CommentsWell it’s been a fun week so far here in the great state of Minnesota but I’m starting to long for home. I can imagine many of the girls are feeling the same but of course they are tired and sore as well. Two more... -
USHA U17/U16 Day 4 Summary
Posted on June 30, 2009 | 2 CommentsWell Day 4 was action packed for everyone at camp. This day is know as “over the hump day” and is typically the hardest day of the camp. All the hard work up to this point, a tough practice and the anticipation and nerves of... -
USAH U17/U16 – Day 3 Summary + D4 Schedule
Posted on June 28, 2009 | 3 CommentsDay 3 activities for the morning ice session consisted of a mix of power skating and puck handling drills. Power skating made up for the first 20 minutes with the rest of the session a progression of basic puck handling in place to movement, to... -
USAH U17/U16 – Day 2 & 3 Photos
Posted on June 28, 2009 | No CommentsHere are a few photos from Day 2 and 3. As noted, I haven’t been taking too many photos during the practice sessions. Certainly will have many during the games starting tomorrow evening. A link to additional photos is HERE. -
USAH Girls U17/U16 – Day 3 Schedule
Posted on June 27, 2009 | 3 CommentsHere is the Day 3 Schedule: Morning On Ice : Rink 1, 7:00-8:00 u16 Gold Rink 2, 7:15-8:15 u17 White Rink 1, 8:10-9:10 u16 Royal Rink 2, 8:25-9:25 u17 Black Rink 1, 9:20-10:20 u16 Black Rink 2, 9:35-1035 u17 Gold Rink 1, 10:30-11:30 u16 Green... -
USAH U17/U16 – Day 1 and 2 Summary
Posted on June 27, 2009 | No CommentsAs Day 2 comes to a close (for me) it’s a good time to post a summary of the activities that started yesterday. Checkin to camp was between 2 and 5 pm. The girls dropped their equipment off at the rink and then proceeded to... -
USAH U17/U16 – Day 1 Photos
Posted on June 27, 2009 | 2 CommentsHere is a link to some photos from Day 1. Most are of the 16′s mostly because they were on the big rink which is much better for photos (lights and shooting position). Here are a few samples. Additional and higher resolution images are here:... -
USAH U17/U16 Camp – Preview
Posted on June 26, 2009 | No CommentsWell, I’m in St. Cloud the day before the start of the 2009 U17/U16 Girls camp. I’ve been here in MN for the last couple of days visiting some old friends and stopping by some universities in the area. Of course I’ve spent some... -
2009 Girls USAH U14 National Camp Selections
Posted on June 18, 2009 | 8 CommentsThese are the 2009 U14 NDP selections I’ve been able to find thus far (* denotes returning player from previous year). The Camp will be held in Rochester, NY from 7/22 through 7/28. I will continue to update this list as information becomes available. Please... -
2009 Girls USHA U15 National Camp Selections
Posted on June 18, 2009 | No CommentsThese are the 2009 U15 NDP selections I’ve been able to find thus far (* denotes returning player from previous year). I will continue to update as information becomes available. Please let me know of any corrections or additions. U15 Selections (54 F, 36 D,... -
Hockey Photography – My Camera Body History
Posted on June 15, 2009 | No CommentsPhotography has been an interest of mine for the last 20 years ever since I purchased my first 35mm Nikon film SLR camera and lens set (N70).I used that camera exclusively until it was stolen in 1998. After that I began my move into the... -
2009 Girls USAH U17 National Camp Selections
Posted on June 15, 2009 | No CommentsThese are the 2009 U17 & U16 NDP selections I’ve been able to find thus far (* denotes returning player from previous year). U17 Selections Total Allocation (40 F, 28 D, 8 G, 76 total) Selected to date (35 F, 26 D, 4 G, 65... -
2009 Girls USAH U16 National Camp Selections
Posted on June 15, 2009 | 3 CommentsU16 Selections Total Allocation (54 F, 36 D, 12 G, 102 total) Selected to date (47 F, 33 D, 5 G, 86 total) Returning visits (33 F, 19 D, 3 G, 56 total) Returning % (70%F, 59%D, 60%G, 65% overall) Mid American District (3F, 1D)... -
Day 6 – games
Posted on July 31, 2008 | 1 CommentGreat afternoon of games at all levels. Of course the scores are posted on the usah site. Games were very physical and over the week this took a toll on the players with many injuries reported. The evening ended with group meetings where the “all-star”... -
Observations after 24 Hours
Posted on July 31, 2008 | No CommentsI arrived Wednesday and had a chance to watch the U16 games and practices today. First I watched last year the U15 games in St. Cloud…..a year makes a big difference in size, speed, strength, physical, smarter - I have a daughter who is 5″10″…..last year it seemed like... -
Day 6 – Morning
Posted on July 31, 2008 | No CommentsLast practices were this morning for all teams. This afternoon, all teams have games. Tomorrow morning will also be games followed by the end of camp, so this is it for the development portion of the camp. In practice, teams reviewed all the lessons if... -
Special Thanks
Posted on July 30, 2008 | No CommentsI want to personally thank everyone who has contributed to my reports from Select camps. I couldn’t get this done without you’re input. Additionally, thanks to all the people who have emailed support of these reports, we hope they have been helpful. There is still... -
Day 5 – game results
Posted on July 30, 2008 | 1 CommentFinal Green 6, Orange 4 Final, Navy (wearing gold) 5, Royal 4 Final, Maroon 4, Grey 1 -
U16 Game Observations on Thursday
Posted on July 30, 2008 | No CommentsVery physical play today. Kendal Coyne and Jordyn Burns both missed games due to ankle inuries from Thursday. Dana Gallop left the game and appeared to have seperated a shoulder. Audrey Hanmer left her game with a wrist injury. Blue jumped out to a 4-1... -
Day 5 – Morning
Posted on July 30, 2008 | No CommentsThe focus for today’s morning session at both ages was backward skating and neural zone transition. After warming up, the 15′s worked on backward skating with an emphasis on edgework. This was followed by neutral zone transitions that focused on the D moving at speed... -
Day 4 – Afternoon (games)
Posted on July 29, 2008 | No CommentsAs you may have seen from my previous post, the U15 games are complete for today. Overall the games had much different feels from each other but all the games were good. The first game, Red vs. Black, was a very physical grinding game that... -
Game results 15′s – Final
Posted on July 29, 2008 | No CommentsQuick game update: Black vs. Red – 5-4 Black wins in shootout Teal vs. White – 4-3 Teal comes from behind 3-1 to win Purple vs. Gold – 5-2 Gold wins -
Day 4 – Morning
Posted on July 29, 2008 | 2 CommentsThe theme for the morning sessions is shooting. The 16′s and 15′s pretty much did the same drills this morning. The warm-ups consisted of about 30 minutes of skating. Full ice at speed following the circles, center ice only circles, etc. This was followed by...
