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Pretty excited about these

I could see it being the order form for the store. We give people steel options if we are putting on holders in house after market. LS2 LS3 LS4 Step and black Step

Update: Helmet: Bauer 4500/CCM V08 Elbows: CCM Super Tacks Shoulders: CCM Quicklite QLT Shins: CCM Quicklite Gloves: Warrior Covert Gaudreau 13" Pro Stock/True Hoffman 13" Pro Stock Pants: CCM HP70 Jersey Devils Pro Stock/CCM UCP LA Kings Pro Stock Skates: VH/True Custom Pro Sticks:Sherwood EK 15 Rekker Coffey Pattern

When I placed my order I was told Step Blacksteel was not an option. If I wanted it I had to order the skates without steel and go through Step directly for the Blacksteel. I called Step and they said 272 would be about 6 weeks. Obviously, I went with regular Step steel because that's a hell of a long wait.

Cyclone Taylor. Maybe it was through step but it looked like a true order form. I could be wrong. Regardless, at least you know you can and how to get them.

That is a sick jersey and I want one.

Mike Hoffman True XC9 Pro Stocks and our Updated Tournament Jersey

My boy does skating lessons one to two times a week. When asked by other parents how he got good so fast that is my response. He is not the strongest stick handler or has the best shot, but he is not getting out skated. He also goes to every public skate he can. It's amazing what a game of tag of their friends will teach a kid. He is now part of the figure skating club as well. Which means he is wearing figure skates and getting coached by The figure skating coaches. His edge work began to increase almost instantly. I had to promise him that he wouldn't miss any hockey due to figure skating. This also gives him access to the ice that is specifically intended for him to work on skating. The importance of skating is lost on a lot of parents and kids. Most of the kids he plays with don't like working on "just" skating. My boy is the rarity, i think. Bottom line, kids need to learn to skate and skate well to have success or just have fun being able to compete. Glad to hear you guys preach this.

in terms of 5v5 open play, one thing you can develop your awareness for is the Dot Lane - its a great reference point that 'smart' players at all levels use production quality on that clip isnt great but darryl knows what he is talking about. he's got a bunch of YT clips that are useful to players of all levels

This goes for everyone, regardless of gender.... Particularly recently, a disturbing trend in youth hockey in the States has been to jump way too quickly from coaching the technical fundamentals to ATTEMPTING to coach "system play". I've seen/heard way too many 8U - 10U coaches brag about how they've taught their teams to 'trap' or 'weak-side-lock' or whatever. Honestly, what a load of solid waste from a male bovine. At those levels, we should be focused on teaching our teams to skate, pass, handle pucks, shoot, and compete. Sure, they also need to learn simple team concepts such as defensive zone coverage and breakouts; but wasting precious ice time teaching a complex, overarching 'system' to younger players only stunts their skill development and creativity. I had a long, drawn out argument with a 10UBB parent at the start of this season - he was adamant that I should be teaching 'system play' to the team. I demurred and tried to deflect the conversation to a different tack. Of course, he was groin-grabbingly persistent - even in the face of my obvious reluctance to 'go there', so I finally flat out refused and said the following: "Shawn, I would waste the entire season trying to teach this group of 9 year olds how to trap and then transition to an aggressive 2-2-1 forecheck...and most of them STILL wouldn't 'get it'. Instead, we're going to work on skating, passing, shooting, and competing. And we're going to work on those 4 things again and again. And again. And we'll work on them next year. And all through pee-wees, too. Then, when they're 13 and 14, they'll (a) be mentally ready for 'system play', and (b) be able to execute the fundamentals well enough that we can teach a 'system' in about 45 minutes...instead of wasting an entire season." He was unconvinced. Until last week, when he came up to me, shook my hand, and told me that his daughter had improved more this year than she had in any year before now. He didn't tell me that I was right about the systems thing...but he didn't have to.

As some of you know, my wife is battling breast cancer. She decided that she wanted to play hockey a couple of months ago and has been playing since last month. She wanted a pink stick, and so the fine gentlemen at Warrior did these up for her. Thanks to Keith and Doug!