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Feature stories/columns

Below is a sampling of stories from the November 13, 2008, issue of Let’s Play Hockey. Pick up a copy of the 40-page edition at your favorite hockey spot. This issue contains the first installment of the LPH youth hockey rankings as well as thousands of youth hockey tournament dates for 2008-09 in our Tournament Calendar. To get your copy, head to your local ice arena or sporting goods store, or e-mail or call us at 612-729-0023.

 

NEXT WEEK: The 2008-09 Boys’ High School Hockey Team Preview Edition

 

Hockey sense can be taught

  By Hal Tearse

 

Highs, lows and lessons learned from youth hockey

  By Glen Andresen

 

A homegrown pro: Oakdale’s Mike Howe

  By Andrew Vitalis

 

Why you can’t shoot a cannon from a canoe

   By Kim McCullough

 

 

Next issue

Watch for the next issue of Let’s Play Hockey at your favorite hockey spot on Thursday, Nov. 20. Deadline for ads, hockey articles, feature stories, scores and photos is Monday, Nov. 17.

 

Reader submissions

Let’s Play Hockey wants to publish your hockey stories. From tournament reports, to feature stories on teams, players or coaches, to opinion pieces on the game of hockey, to team photos, to you name it, Let’s Play Hockey always accepts submissions from readers throughout the hockey community. To submit your hockey story, e-mail the editor.

 

 

Warrior Hockey 2008-09 Rankings Page

Associated Press High School rankings for boys’ and girls’; official rankings for Youth boys Bantam A, Bantam B, Peewee A, Peewee B, U-16, Junior Gold A, Junior Gold B; and Youth girls’ U-14 A, U-14 B, U-12 A and U-12 B.

 

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Upper Midwest High School Elite League

Let’s Play Hockey provides media relations duties for the Upper Midwest High School Elite League. Weekly wrap-ups, statistics and standings can be found by clicking here (2007 season here), in each edition of Let’s Play Hockey and at hselitehockey.com (boys) and girlselitehockey.com.

 

 

Past feature stories/columns

  John Russo

Canadian Major Junior vs. American College

Golden Rules for Forwards (PDF)

Golden Rules for Defensemen (PDF)

Golden Rules for Goaltenders (PDF)

Russo article archive

 

  Jack Blatherwick

Don’t be a spectator coach

Timberwolves drill is a model for all team sports

Being the best you can be – for your team, that is

Blatherwick article archive

 

  Kim McCullough

Next great hockey player or next top model?

How to become an elite female hockey player

No. 1 hockey pet peeve

McCullough article archive

 

  Andrew Vitalis

A homegrown pro: Hermantown’s Jon Francisco

A homegrown pro: Bemidji’s Joe Motzko

A homegrown pro: Coleraine’s Gino Guyer

Vitalis article archive

 

Hal Tearse

Coaches and referees: friends or foes?

Wheels in motion

 

  Kevin Kurtt

A love affair with hockey

From college to the NHL

The state of hockey players

Kurtt article archive

 

  Dr. Rob LaPrade

The Hockey Doc on early-season groin injuries

The Hockey Doc on groin strains and sports hernias

The Hockey Doc on Osgood-Schlatter’s syndrome

Hockey Doc article archive

 

  Wally Shaver

News and notes from the 2008 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four

Standing tall between the pipes

This is how you grow hockey

 

  USHL

Arnt experiences it all in the USHL

Knelman takes the road less traveled

All hockey, all the time for DeCenzo

USHL article archive

 

  NAHL

Wild answers call with sweep

Ice Dogs beginning to bark out west

Springfield Jr. Blues get on track

NAHL article archive

 

  MJHL

Ice Hawks make it 10 straight

Aces starting to take flight

MJHL article archive

 

  Elite League

Shattuck captures Nike Bauer NIT title

Minnesota Elite girls win Bauer NIT

Southwest no surprise as Elite League leader

All in the family

Selecting Minnesota’s Elite

Sean Toomey joins the Elite League

Elite League article archive

 

  High School

Another NHL star joins the Minnesota high school coaching ranks

Staying home for the last hurrah

From the B-team to the NHL

High School article archive

 

  Others

Rachael Drazan: confidence, passion and compassion

Girls’/women’s hockey in Minnesota

Hockey parenting made simple

Minnesotans make movie magic

The LPH interview: New Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold

 

 

ARTICLE ARCHIVE

 

2008 Summer Camps, Schools and Leagues Guide

 

2008 Ms. Hockey Award

Bemidji’s Sarah Erickson named Ms. Hockey

Ms. Hockey Award down to top five finalists

Ms. Hockey Top 10 finalists announced

 

2008 Senior Goalie of the Year Award

Eagan’s Grogan named Senior Goalie of the Year

Top 5 finalists for Senior Goalie of the Year Award announced

 

         

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