The European Hockey exhibition season is all set to kick off this week as teams begin to prepare for the upcoming season. For those unfamiliar with European hockey, players typically arrive late July or the first week of August for training camp.
If you're not following our boy and Colorado College equipment manager, Spud Hamilton on twitter you are missing out. Make sure to check him out for behind the scenes access to the CC hockey team and some of their travels his season.
At the close of every camp, the last thing we tell our students is to thank their parents for taking the time out of their busy schedules to give them the opportunity to develop their hockey skills. Some of the first hockey memories we have is of our parents dressing us in our hockey gear at home before driving us to an early morning practice in the middle of winter.
Good read for all you goalies out there courtesy of Jonathan Quick and The Players Tribune. Quick breaks down the elite snipers in the NHL.
I've already told this to numerous people that when I start playing recreation league hockey that there is no way I'll be a goalie. USA Adult Hockey made a list of the top 10 stereotypical adult hockey players.