M I N N E S OTA H O C K E YJ O U R N A L . CO M // MARCH.2017
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NEWS & NOTES
Youth Coaches Recognized
for Excellence
Minnesota Hockey, in partnership with Park
Dental and the Minnesota Wild, hosted nearly
50 coaches for the Coaching Excellence
Award program in Saint Paul this season.
The coaches were recognized for their
dedication to youth hockey and provided with
the opportunity to watch a Minnesota Wild
practice, meet coaches Scott Stevens and
Darby Hendrickson and have lunch at Tom
Reid's Hockey City Pub.
"These coaches give so much of their
family time and work time to come out and
work with these kids, so they probably don't
get thanked enough," said Minnesota Hockey
Executive Director Glen Andresen. "This is
a way to recognize them, and they seem to
enjoy this day."
Players, parents, officials and other coaches
can now nominate coaches for the 2017
Coaching Excellence Award. To nominate your
coach, go to minnesotahockey.org/programs.
CCM High Performance
Programs Start Soon
The CCM Minnesota Hockey High
Performance 14, 15, 16 and 17 programs are
designed to identify and develop the best
players in Minnesota by providing the top
players from each district or section a chance
to play with and against the best players in
the state.
At the conclusion of the CCM Minnesota
Hockey High Performance programs at the
15, 16 and 17 levels, our top 20-25 players
represent Minnesota Hockey at a national
festival sponsored by USA Hockey involving
the best players from each of the USA Hockey
districts. The national festivals are used to
identify the top performers in each age
group for possible opportunities to represent
the U.S. at advanced levels of national and
international hockey competition.
The CCM Minnesota Hockey High
Performance programs also include exciting
opportunities for boys and girls at the 18 level
who still have high school eligibility as well as
the Dave Peterson Goalie Camp for our top
15-18 boys and girls goaltenders. For more
information, go to minnesotahockey.org/
highperformance.
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Minnesota Hockey Offers Skill
Development Sessions
Minnesota Hockey will once again be offering
skill development sessions this spring and
the coming fall. Each of the affordable skill
practices will be led by professional coaches
who will design sessions that emphasize long-
term athlete development and maximize the
number of high quality repetitions each
player receives.
Six body contact and body-checking clinics
have been scheduled for this spring, including
sessions in Moorhead, Rochester and St.
Cloud. Additional checking clinics will added
in the fall, and other skill sessions focused on
defensive skills, goaltending and girls' hockey
will be added as well.
For a current schedule of available
skill sessions, visit minnesotahockey.org/
playerdevelopment.
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