Day 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 movement around obstacles. The morning sessions were single team full sheet for 1 hour. The afternoon sessions were shared ice sessions lasting 1.5hrs each. The theme of these sessions were offensive zone attack and shooting progressions from small area to full ice by the time the drills were complete. Most teams finished with 20 minutes of full ice scrimmage or small games.
General observations: After 3 days I stand by my earlier comment that this camp is much better from an on ice standpoint than what I observed last year. Might be the right balance between skill development and games but only time will tell. I also notice the on-ice sessions seem more intense and the difficulty has been raised over last year. I don’t know this for sure but it sure feels that way.
Additionally, It seems the trainers are getting a workout this year. I don’t think I’ve seen so many girls nursing minor injuries at previous camps. Lots of ice bags seen after practices.
Day 4 brings the beginning of the competition schedule and probably an increase in the number of observers. This afternoon there was a notable increase in observers over the previous days but up until now nowhere near the numbers seen in Rochester. We shall see what tomorrow brings.
Hopefully I’ll be able to make most of the games tomorrow and I will be updating the page via twitter with scores.
Here is the Day 4 Schedule:
Morning On Ice :
Rink 2, 7:30-8:45 All 16/17 Goalies + 17 White, 17 Gold, 16 Black forwards shoot
Rink 1, 9:15-10:45 u17 White/u17 Gold
Rink 2, 9:15-10:45 u16 Black/u16 Green
Rink 1, 11:00-12:30 u17 Black/u17 Red
Rink 2, 11:00-12:30 u16 Royal/u16 Purple
Rink 1, 12:45-2:15 u16 Gold/u16 Grey
Game Schedule:
Rink 1, 2:30-4:15 17 White vs. 17 Gold
Rink 2, 3:15-5:00 16 Green vs. 16 Black
Rink 1, 4:30-6:15 17 Black vs. 17 Red
Rink 2, 5:15-7:00 16 Royal vs. 16 Purple
Rink 1, 6:30-8:15 16 Gold vs. 16 Grey
Strength and Conditioning Schedule:
9:30-10:30 16 Grey, 16 Gold
11:15-12:15 16 Green, 16, Black
2:00-3:00 16 Purple, 16 Royal
7:15-8:30 All U17 Teams Nutrition Lecture
Great blog thank you for all your work keeping us informed. Sorry to here so many girls hurting. My daughter is on the U16 Purple team number 11. I hope the girls fell better with the injury and can get back on the ice.
Thanks! I’ll try to get some photos of her in the game this evening.
Thank you