Boston Junior Bruins Try-Outs

We're running tryouts for the Greater Boston Junior Bruins are at Roche Arena, VFW Pkwy, West Roxbury, MA.
They start March 21st and run through Wednesday 30th.
For a schedule and more information, look at the Boston Junior Bruins Try-Outs website.

   

"A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be."

Wayne Gretzky

 

Photo courtesy of Andy~B  All rights reserved.

Santa Coach

Drops in at the Allston Brighton Youth Hockey Team in Cleveland Circle.

 Who is that bearded man? :)

Fall, Winter Skills

Skills for the 495 Stars are on recess.
Skills in process for the Boston Junior Bruins.

Boston Bruins game at the TD Center tomorrow night, see you there ?

Ice hockey players can walk on water.

 ~Author Unknown

Ayers near Perfect

Mon, February 13, 2006
Near-perfect week nets honor for Ayers (Past MASTP participant)

Mike Ayers was nearly perfect in net over three games for Syracuse, stopping 102 of 103 shots.


SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Syracuse Crunch goaltender Mike Ayers has been named the CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending February 12, 2006. In three games last week, all victories, Ayers stopped 102 of the 103 shots he faced, good for a 0.33 goals-against average, a .990 save percentage and two shutouts.

Ayers returned to the Crunch early in the week and was in net on Wednesday, making 34 saves as Syracuse earned a 3-1 victory at Chicago. On Friday, Ayers turned aside 35 shots in the Crunch’s 2-0 win over Binghamton. And Saturday, Ayers recorded 33 saves for his second consecutive shutout as Syracuse posted a 6-0 win over Rochester.

In recognition of his achievement, Ayers will be presented with an etched crystal award prior to an upcoming Crunch home game.

Ayers has made 12 appearances with Syracuse this season, posting a record of 8-3-0 with a 2.16 goals-against average, a .932 save percentage and three shutouts. A second-year pro out of the University of New Hampshire, where he backstopped the Wildcats to two Frozen Four appearances, Ayers was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in 2000, and signed a contract with the Crunch on Nov. 17, 2005

Q&A With Tim Taylor

USCHO: What message would you send to youth coaches and parents regarding
their approach with young players?

TIM TAYLOR:
I think the strongest message I can send to youth hockey
players and parents is that the amount of time spent on skill development
and overall athleticism development during the younger and more formative
physiological years is key to the improvement of hockey in this country.
Unfortunately, our society and our culture is geared far too much to playing
competitive games and these young ages, where there is a high emphasis on
winning and losing. I know I sound like a coach preaching about how the old
times were different and better, but certainly, when youngsters were playing
shinny in fun games on the pond when they were young, and spending countless
hours doing so as compared to long hours traveling to competitive games
between the ages of 8 and 12, it certainly was a different time and a
different era.

I think a better path for development when we look at the amazing resources
we now have in this country, in terms of ice facilities and well trained,
knowledgeable coaches, I think now all that remains is that we get our
priorities straight in the value of skill development at the young ages.
Kids can still have a great deal of fun playing hockey without playing an
inordinate number of games. I constantly scan the NHL's scoring leader
board and I guess I feel deep down in my heart that there should be more US
born players on that list given the number of kids we have playing hockey
and the resources we have in this country.