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    2010 U16 Girls National Camp Selections

    As I stated in the U17 post, the 2010 USA Hockey (USAH) national camp selection process pretty close to complete with only the national goalie and at-large selections remaining.    For 2010 it looks like there are 6 forwards, 3 defense, and 12 goalies that...

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    2010 U17 Girls National Camp Selections

    The 2010 USA Hockey (USAH) national camp selection process is almost complete for the 2010 season.  Each of the 12 USAH districts have completed tryouts for the U17 (1993 birth year) girls and have submitted the names to USAH.  As was done last year, goalies...

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  • USAH Girls U15/U14 Day 5

    USAH Girls U15/U14 Day 5

    Morning 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....

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  • USAH Girls U15/U14 Day 4

    USAH Girls U15/U14 Day 4

    Sorry 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...

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  • USAH Girls U15/U14 Day 3

    USAH Girls U15/U14 Day 3

    Day 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...

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  • USAH Girls U15/U14 Day 2

    USAH Girls U15/U14 Day 2

    Day 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...

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  • USAH Girls U15/U14 Day 1

    USAH Girls U15/U14 Day 1

    Well 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...

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  • USAH U17/U16 Camp – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

    USAH U17/U16 Camp – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

    Well, 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...

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  • USAH U17/U16 Day 6 Summary

    USAH U17/U16 Day 6 Summary

    Well 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...

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  • USHA U17/U16 Day 5 Summary

    USHA U17/U16 Day 5 Summary

    Well 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...

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