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Recently I saw a post on the Junior Hockey Discussion Group regarding Host Families and billet meals. The moderator/creator of the Group was calling on its 10.7k members to actively call out and encouraged players and parents to post images of meals prepared by host families. This behavior made me sick to my stomach. Here […]
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With the recent news that the EHL Premier’s New Jersey Renegades franchise will be leaving the EHL Premier at the conclusion of the season to join the USPHL Premier, the number of teams competing in the USPHL Premier in 2025-26 will again be north of 70 teams. The largest league in North America. When does
When is a league too big? Read More »
Trimble: Well here we are for the first annual “Trevor and Trimble NHL Season Preview”. I think this will be a fun challenge to see if we can put together some bold predictions and also if when we look back on this in 8 months to see if we are not completely full of it…
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Trimble’s Drill of the Week- Power Skating Ideas, Patterns and Concepts Here is a video from a recent Power Skating practice I did with one of our Junior teams in New Hampshire. By Andrew Trimble Andrew Trimble is the General Manager and Co- Owner of the New England Wolves Hockey Club. He is also the
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Sports Psychology & Advisors Sports Psychology is an interesting field of study that is relatively new to the landscape. Works like “Hockey Tough” by Saul Miller, or “Hockey Grit, Grind and Mind” by Dr. Kevin Willis, are excellent books and should be read by coaches and players at this level. They can understand the visualization
Sports Psychologists & Advisors… do you need one? Read More »
Trimble’s Drill of the Week- 3 Puck Game From way to start or finish a practice. By Andrew Trimble Andrew Trimble is the General Manager and Co- Owner of the New England Wolves Hockey Club. He is also the Owner of Scoring Concepts LLC, a New Hampshire based hockey training company that offers camps, clinics,
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Each player and athlete will come to a crossroads during their final U18 season or the end of their High School season and they will ask you for advice. Do I go to college? Trade School? I still want to play hockey… am I good enough to play Junior or NCAA Hockey? Can you help
Should I Play Hockey after U18? Read More »
The USPHL Premier was founded in 2012 under the premise of creating a “Super League” from remnants of the Eastern Junior Hockey League. It operated as the top division in the USPHL until 2017 when the NCDC was formed when a handful of USPHL Premier owners and Eastern Hockey League teams bound together to create
USPHL Premier vs EHL Premier – Who’s Better? Compare The Data Read More »
Trimble’s Drill of the Week- Overspeed Shooting Warmup Simple skill drill that gets the team and goalies warmed up for practice. By Andrew Trimble To purchase Andrew’s new coaching book “the Hockey Planner” click on this link- The Hockey Planner: A Year by Year Plan to Assist You on Your Hockey Coaching Journey: From Learn
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So your Jr team started off with low roster numbers… this is common for many teams in the USPHL and NA3HL. What do you (as a coach) do? One pool of players I would avoid relying on is poaching players from your youth program. Why avoid poaching U18 or U16 players within your program? Here’s
Buyer Beware – Junior Hockey Team Roster Additions Read More »