Category: Blogs
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Caples: Sometimes change is good, right?
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By @MichaelCaples – In our latest edition of MiHockeyMag, we list off some of the events and news items to be excited for in 2015 (that hits rinks this weekend, by the way). You know, some of the usual suspects, like youth and high school state championships, the NHL/OHL/USHL drafts and the Wings’ run…
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Naurato: Attention parents – coach your kids in life, not hockey
By Brandon Naurato – I have had the luxury of wearing a number of different “hats” throughout the course of my hockey journey. I am and have been a son, a brother, a student-athlete, a mentor, and a coach. Soon I will be a father myself. Just like any other soon-to-be-father, I have already planned out…
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Lerg: A lateral cut drill to incorporate into your training (with video)
By Jeff Lerg – Below is a drill that I think can help many different aspects in a goaltender’s game. Have two shooters line up in the middle of the ice. One will be at the top of the circles and the other will be a few feet inside the blue line. One of the…
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Lerg: A Future Pro goaltending chat with OHL netminder Mike Giugovaz
By Jeff Lerg (head director at Future Pro USA Goaltending) – Future Pro students are having a remarkable amount of success this season. This month, we are featuring Mike Giugovaz of the OHL’s London Knights. Mike has attended Future Pro USA’s Prospect Camp over the last two summers and also worked a handful of our summer…
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Lerg: Bad angle/short side/behind net option drill
From guest writer George Bosak, Future Pro Director in New Jersey and Princeton’s goalie coach – This drill is designed to work on bad angle play integrated with in the crease movement when the puck goes behind the net. This will help you gain confidence with your net awareness. Many errors in technique can easily…
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Caples: Breaking news on Jack Johnson’s financial troubles a scary story for hockey players
By @MichaelCaples – The Columbus Dispatch has broken a scary story involving an Ann Arbor fan favorite. According to an article released this morning, former University of Michigan star and Ann Arbor native Jack Johnson has filed for bankruptcy, due to a string of questionable financial decisions. A source in the Columbus Dispatch article,…
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Lerg: Add quickness to your game
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By Jeff Lerg – Are you still missing that x-factor in your game? Now that the season is underway, it’s time to build on your foundation and take your game to the next level. One thing that every goalie can always work on is his quickness. You will never hear a scout describe someone as…
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A reminder to work on your ‘relative skill’ this season
By Sean Perkins (guest writer) – The term “skilled” hockey player is often lost in translation to many youth players as they are growing up. Many think of hockey skills like “dangling” or “throwing a sweet saucer pass” across the ice as a highly skilled play. We have all seen players who look unbelievable…
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Naurato: Are you a “true” hockey player?
By Brandon Naurato – What makes a hockey player a “hockey player?” Is it their skill level? Their love of the game? Is a hockey player who is only playing the sport because his/her parents want them to any less of “true” hockey player? Does spending a fortune on hockey-specific training make you more…
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Caples: OHL suspensions serve as social media behavior reminder for players
By @MichaelCaples – On Nov. 5, the Ontario Hockey League handed out 15-game suspensions to two of their players. What were they in violation of? The OHL’s ‘social networking policy.’ The suspensions weren’t for headshots or dirty elbows. They were for how the players were conducting themselves on Tinder, a popular social dating app. For…