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March 7, 2011
Hockey Team Throws Game To Better Playoff Positioning
WinnipegFreePress.com, Adam Wazny
So where is the line between trying to win a championship and undermining the spirit of competition?Quietly, that was the question being asked around the MTS IcePlex in the aftermath of the Winnipeg High School ...
February 28, 2011
Hockey Coach Suspended For Class A Title Game, Team Wins
NYPost.com, Marc Raimondi
Jeff Stelmok’s presence was felt Friday night even though he couldn’t be with his St. Anthony’s team due to a league suspension. The coach was calling acting head man Mike O’Connell right up unti...
January 17, 2011
Referee Knocked Out, Hockey Coach Stays At His Side
Boston.comAsk high school hockey coach John Huether what he did last Sunday, and he’ll shrug it off.“It was no big deal,” he’ll say.Ask referee Richard Sweeney the same question, and he’ll tell you Huether’s action...
January 13, 2011
Mo Minicus Named National Field Hockey Coach Of The Year
Stamford Advocate (Conn.)
The plaque for the 2010 National Field Hockey Association’s National Coach of the Year Award only has one name -- Maureen Minicus -- engraved on it.However, the Darien High School field hockey coach is the fi...
October 14, 2010
UW-Stout Hockey Players Charged With Murder, Not To Be Reinstated
From uscho.com
According to a memo sent Wednesday to all Wisconsin-Stout students, faculty and staff from the school’s chancellor and athletic director, the two players charged with murder of another student, Jedidiah McGlasson and Jared B...
September 7, 2010
H.S. Field Hockey Adopts ’Self-Start’ Rule
The National Federation of State High School Associations has adopted the "self-start" rule for the upcoming field hockey season, meaning players can immediately advance the ball through dribble or self pass for 16-yard hits, side-ins, free hits, lon...
July 6, 2010
Former Girls’ Hockey Coach Cleared Of Sexual Misconduct
A former girls’ hockey coach at Park of Cottage Grove High School was found not guilty Tuesday morning on charges that he had illicit sex at his former Woodbury home with two 16-year-old players he coached the previous season.Eric P. Darwitz, 3...
April 20, 2010
Minneapolis Public Schools Merge Hockey Teams
Citing a rash of graduating seniors and a lack of players in the youth program, the seven public high schools in Minneapolis, Minn., have merged their teams into one squad.http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/91560369.html?elr=KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nD...
April 16, 2010
Hockey Team To Run Parts Of Boston Marathon With Coach
Richard Higgins, the junior varsity hockey coach at Weymouth High (Mass.), is running the Boston Marathon Monday...and his team is supporting his effort by joining him. Higgins suffered a mild stroke 18 months ago but has worked his way back into mar...
March 18, 2010
The benefits of variable resistance in training
Strength and conditioning coaches are always searching for ways to improve the equipment they have been blessed (or cursed) with. Some prefer free weights, others are more receptive to machines, while coaches like myself will incorporate all kinds...
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Powerline: Returning to action after a layoff
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The strength program has a lot of work to do when athletes return to a...