St. Charles Hockey Club

Edmonton Minor Hockey Club (Knights of Columbus )

Archive for October, 2009

St. Charles water bottle policy

Oct 17

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Everyone has heard a great deal about the upcoming flu season, so we’ve brought in two new rules regarding water bottles that will help curb the spread of flues and other sicknesses.

  1. There will be no sharing of water bottles allowed in any circumstances.
  2. Bottles with long spouts on the end will no longer be allowed.

Coaches will be doing their best to remind players of these new rules, but we are also asking parents to do their part and help out by ensuring that your child is aware of these rules and by replacing any of the water bottles with the long spouts.

For more information on H1N1 prevention at the rink, please click here to view a memo from the EMHA (PDF format).

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St. Charles Chatter – October 2009 Club Newsletter

Oct 8

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Welcome  Newcomers & returning Players!

Skate clipartWe are anticipating another exciting hockey season and we have grown bigger than ever! We have 274 registered players!  These numbers are broken down into 6 Initiation teams, 5 Novice teams, 4 Atom teams and 3 Peewee teams. A HUGE Thank You to all of our dedicated coaches and volunteers that helped make our evaluation process as painless as possible!  Please visit our New and Improved Web site for all of your club news, schedules, rink information, etc Read the rest of this entry »

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Why is practise and skill development so important?

Oct 6

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Games

  • Players will have the puck on their stick an average of 8 seconds per game.
  • Players will take an average of 1-2 shots per game.
  • Players will take an average of 18 shifts per game.
  • 99% of the feedback coaches give players is directed for when they have the control of the puck.  Ironically players have the puck on their sticks for 0.2% of the game.

Practise  (by numbers)

  • 1 individual practice will give a player more skill development than 11 games collectively.
  • Each player will have a puck on their stick for 8 – 12 minutes.
  • Each player will have an average of 30 shots on goal.

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St. Charles templates and forms for coaches and managers

Oct 6

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We have collected a number of forms and documents meant to make things a little easier for St. Charles coaches. We would like to thank one of our coaches, Dale Cherpin, who created the handy practise templates that coaches can use to keep a record of the drills they like to use, jot down drills they see elsewhere, or prepare practice schedules for their players.

Please click on any of the links to download the template or file you would like to use:

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