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Timberwolves High School Hockey Booster Club Meeting
Locker Room #2 6:30 Feb. 11th (before the silver bay game) All parents of the Timberwolves High
School Hockey team are encouraged to attend. Items to be discussed: *ELECTION OF OFFICERS *PARENT/SENIOR NIGHT *HOCKEY BANQUET *FLEA MARKET *BRAT SALE NORTHLAND MARKET We need volunteers! PLEASE COME
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simple rules for hockey parents everywhere By
John Buccigross ESPN.com “Today,
kids, teenagers, adults and Sean Avery don't so much stare up to the
trees, clouds, airplanes, stars and 6-foot-9 NHL linesman Mike Cvik as much as
they used to; now, most stare down at their cell phones and personal digital
assistants. As a result of all this "looking down," we miss so
much up in the heavens. We even look down at these things during dinner,
hockey games and Heisman Trophy presentations. People even look down at their
PDAs while they drive. Who needs This is
my gigantic preamble to why you should one day sign up your young son or
daughter to play youth hockey at a local rink near you. If nothing else, it
gets them away from electronics and teaches them a small slice of humanity
that they can take forward through life, a life with more heart and less
battery power. The rink's cold robs electronics of their battery power and
signal reception, anyway. So, if you
are a first-time hockey parent, or dream of one day spending more than $10,000
and sacrificing weekends for a decade of glamorous youth or "minor"
hockey, here are 13 important things you need to know about the youth hockey
universe -- and hockey in general" 1. Under no circumstances
will hockey practice ever be canceled. Ever. Even on days when school
is canceled, practice is still on. A game may be canceled due to inclement
weather because of travel concerns for the visiting team, but it would have to
rain razor blades and bocce balls to cancel hockey practice at your local
rink. It's good karma to respect the game. 2. Hockey is an emotional
game and your child has the attention span of a chipmunk on NyQuil. The hockey
coach will yell a bit during practice; he might even yell at your precious
little Sparky. As long as there is teaching involved and not humiliation, it
will be good for your child to be taught the right way, with emphasis. 3. Hockey is a very,
very, very, very difficult game to play. You are probably terrible at it. It
takes high skill and lots of courage, so lay off your kid. Don't berate them.
Be patient and encourage them to play. Some kids need more time to learn how
to ride the bike, but, in the end, everyone rides a bike about the same way. Your kids are probably anywhere
from age 4-8 when they first take up hockey. They will not get a call from
Boston University coach Jack Parker or receive Christmas cards from the
Colorado Avalanche's director of scouting. Don't berate them. Demand
punctuality and unselfishness for practice and games. That's it. Passion is in
someone, or it isn't. One can't implant passion in their child. My primary
motive in letting my kids play hockey is exercise, physical fitness and the
development of lower-body and core strength that will one day land them on a
VH1 reality show that will pay off their student loans or my second mortgage. 4. Actually, I do demand
two things from my 10-year-old Squirt, Jackson. Prior to every practice or
game, as he turns down AC/DC's "Big Jack," gets out of the car and
makes his way to the trunk to haul his hockey bag inside a cold, Connecticut
rink, I say, "Jack, be 5. Your kids should be
dressing themselves and tying their own skates by their second year of Squirt.
Jack is 67 pounds with 0 percent body fat and arms of linguini, and he can put
on, take off and tie his own skates. If he can, anyone can. I don't go in the
locker room anymore. Thank goodness; it stinks in there. 6. Do not fret over
penalties not called during games and don't waste long-term heart power
screaming at the referees. My observational research reveals the power-play
percentage for every Mite hockey game ever played is .0000089 percent; for
Squirts, .071 percent. I prefer referees to call zero penalties. 7. Yell like crazy during
the game. Say whatever you want. Scream every kind of inane instruction you
want to your kids. They can't hear you. In the car ride home, ask them if they
had fun and gently promote creativity and competitiveness, but only after you
take them to Denny's for a Junior Grand Slam breakfast or 7-Eleven for a
Slurpee. Having a warm breakfast after an early morning weekend game will
become one of your most syrupy sweet memories. 8. Whenever possible,
trade in your kids' ice skates and buy used skates, especially during those
growing years and even if you can afford to buy new skates every six months.
Your kids don't need $180 skates and a $100 stick no matter what your tax
bracket is. They will not make them better players. 9. Missing practice (like
we stated above) or games is akin to an Irish Catholic missing Mass in 1942.
We take attendance at hockey games very seriously. Last week, the
Islanders' Brendan Witt was hit by an SUV in Philadelphia. Witt got up
off the pavement and walked to Starbucks for a coffee, and then later played
against the Flyers that night. Let me repeat that: BRENDAN WITT WAS HIT BY AN
SUV ... AND PLAYED THAT NIGHT! Re-read that sentence 56 times a night to your
child when they have a case of the sniffles and want to stay home to watch an
"iCarly" marathon. By, the way Philadelphia police cited Witt for
two minutes in jail for obstruction. Witt will appeal. 10. Teach your kids not
to celebrate too much after a goal if your team is winning or losing by a lot.
And by all means, tell them celebrate with the team. After they score, tell
them not to skate away from their teammates like soccer players. Find the
person who passed you the puck and tell him or her, "Great pass." We
have immediate group hugs in hockey following a short, instinctive reaction
from the goal scorer. I am proud of my boy for a lot of things, but I am most
proud at how excited he gets when a teammate scores a goal. He is Alex
Ovechkin in this regard. 11. There is no such
thing as running up the score in hockey. This is understood at every level.
It's very difficult to score goals and unexplainably exhilarating when one
does. Now, if we get to 14-1, we may want to take our foot off the gas a tad. 13. Do not offer cash for
goals. This has no upside. Passion and love and drive cannot be taught or
bought. I do believe a certain measure of toughness and grit can be slowly
encouraged and eventually taught. Encourage your kid to block shots and to
battle hard in the corners. It will serve them well in life. Enjoy the rink. Keep it fun, keep
it in perspective and enjoy the madness. In this digital world of electronics,
you may find hockey to be the most human endeavor you partake in. Cell phones
run on batteries. Hockey players run on blood. Blood is warmer. Welcome. “
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The Ely Blue Line Club, Incorporated
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| President | Dawn Gerzin | 235-1553 | dawncg@live.com |
Vice President |
Heidi Meskill | 365-8179 | hmeskill@hotmail.com |
| Secretary | Tammy Halberg | 235-1090 | alydawn@hotmail.com |
| Treasurer | Tracy Anderson | 365-5012 | tracylyn@frontiernet.net |
| Game Scheduler | |||
| High School Coach/CoachCoordinator | Kurt Mattila | 365-6749 | mattila@frontiernet.net |
| Board Member: Bantams | |||
| Board Member: Peewees | Mat Roderick | 235-1030 | mat@elyconstruction.com |
Board Member: Squirts |
Kim Daugherty | 984-2284 | mkdaught@hotmail.com |
Board Member: Ice Mites |
Karen Pick | 365-8638 | karendpick@gmail.com |
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Board Member: Popsicles |
Pat Richards | 365-2518 | plsrichards@frontiernet.net |
Board Member: Player representative |
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Referee Scheduler: |
Sara Burger | 365-5550 | |
| Ely Ice Arena Manager | Jake High | 365-5041(Arena phone) | |
| Assistant Manager | Tim Hegman | 365-5041(Arena phone) | |
| Arena Concessions Manager |
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The Timberwolves Varsity Hockey Booster Club
The purpose of the Timberwolves Varsity Hockey Boosters is a Minnesota non-profit corporation, its mission is to support, encourage and advance the activities of the high school hockey program. Financial support will be achieved through the distribution of contributions, and earnings acquired through fundraisers1.
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The Hockey Booster Club Blueberry Arts Festival Craft Show is the primary
fundraiser.
Timberwolves Varsity Booster Club Contact Information
Timberwolves Varsity Hockey Boosters
PO Box 151
Ely, MN 55731
President: Betsy Leustek (218-365-4903 home 218-235-1780 cell), email: leustek@frontiernet.net
Vice President: Denise Myers (218-235-1238 cell) email: denise@elybikeshop.com
Secretary/Treasurer: Trisha Schreffler (218-365-6655 home
218-340-1517 cell), email: tschreffler@frontiernet.net
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