chk hrd

Read my past posts, I've always been a fan of the team, just don't care for the owner or the name. Go figure, someone can like the team even if they don't like everything about it.

WOW!!! Just Wow!!!

The VGK are just tenacious! When they stick to their game plan they take every inch of space away and transition fast. I think the coaches have found that rare balance for lines. Every line buys into the program, knows their responsibilities and plays every shift hard. The lines haven't changed much from the start of the season and they roll all four. This lets the top lines get that extra break instead of having to jump out every 3rd shift.

If you play long enough it just becomes second nature. When I coached we always included drills like superman slides, butt slides and the like so the kids could learn and figure out how to get back up. Best way to learn is practice. Sometimes it's easier to get up while your sliding because you can dig an edge in and use momentum. Sometimes it's hard because you are just to tired and need to come to a stop to get everything underneath you. The worst is when you are sliding into the boards and you know you can't stop. If you're lucky you may have a split second to decide how you want hit, if not you just hope for the best.

In the immortal words of Stephen Hawking...Space here I come. Thank you from humanity for everything you did.

Watched the USA vs CA game last night. CA's 2nd goal sure looked offside. The USA bench didn't ask for a review. Since it was basically a throw away game my thought was the USA coach wants to put the team behind the eight ball to see how they react to being down. USA did a good job playing and if they had a little better puck luck could have won the game. Anyone who says Women's hockey isn't physical needs to watch the US and CA play. Those ladies were brutal.

If you are learning to skate get lessons from a figure skating instructor. You can still wear a hockey skate. In my experience a figure skating instructor will teach you how to use your edges, maximize your stride and all around balance. When my son was playing at a high level the teams always brought a figure skating instructor in to help them. Once you get the skating down then you can work in using a stick and puck.

you look great. my only thought was don't let your body get to tight. The way you are holding your right arm and glove looks like you don't want to move them. Keep the glove up but relax and let things move a little. Time to let your body go on auto-pilot. You are a great example of what persistence is. Keep i up.

It takes more endurance and sometimes strength to do things wrong. If you have good technique you use less energy in the motions. IMHO a physically weak person who has great technique is a better asset that a physically stronger player that has lousy technique. The best players are the ones who have both.

Most of the people I've talked to here would have preferred Desert Knights.

I was not a big supporter of getting a team from the start. The last thing the NHL and hockey needs is another Coyote or Panther problem. The team will do well here the first few years, but if they don't do well after that then what? Move them or sell them? Both will make the NHL and Las Vegas look bad. Las Vegas had a tough time supporting our minor league teams (Thunder and Wranglers). Foley said 6-7 years to become a contender for the cup. Hopefully he keeps his commitment on putting together a top notch team and lets management run it like a pro sports team, because we saw what happened in Tampa Bay when Koules tried to get involved. After the newness wares off I hope we don't have a tough time supporting a pro team. Up until the new team was local headlines most people didn't even know we have ice rinks, let alone a hockey program here. I guess what it feels like is the people here have put a lot of faith in Foley by purchasing enough season tickets to get the team. Instead of honoring the city with a name that means something to it, he gives it a name and image that don't connect with Las Vegas. We are more than the "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" image that most people think we are.

Anaheims' original name was because of Disney (which is pretty much what Anaheim is known for) and the movie so that ties it to the city and gives the name some value. When they were bought, the new ownership dropped Mighty but the Duck name was already established. The Whoopie, Bananana's and other goofy named teams are minor league teams which is a far cry from a pro team. Minor leagues are well know for off names. I guess the Canadian team can be called the Yellow Snowmen and the people are just suppose to support it.

No, they're complaining because it took many, many years to get a professional team and it seams like the Owners did not take any consideration for the city, only for the name they wanted and marketing. The last thing a city with a new team needs is the wrong name for a team. To a lot of real Las Vegans (especially natives) calling it Vegas and not Las Vegas would be like calling them the Philly Flyers, Tampa Lightning, Jersey Devils. Those are nicknames of cities, not the actual city name.

They're complaining because they feel it was an insult to the city of Las Vegas.

So he could keep his West Point theme he could have used Desert Knights and kept the black and gold. But a lot of natives here don't like "Vegas" and would rather it be "Las Vegas". Like I said. Seems like an ego thing to me. I'm afraid it will turn into another fiasco like Tampa Bay had with Koules/Barrie, more of a personal toy than a team.

Las Vegas looks more like a Christmas tree at night than golden. That is just their BS excuse to use his West Point team name. Like I said before, the city's name is Las Vegas, and that is what most locals, especially the ones born here, call it. The people who call it Vegas as mostly tourists or transient residents. They went with Vegas because some marketing idiot thought it sounded cool. This is suppose to be Las Vegas' team, why not treat it that way.

People that know me and my family know how important hockey is to us. They just announced the name of Las Vegas’s hockey team and to say I’m disappointed would be an understatement. It seems like this is more a toy for Bill Foley than something for our city. Everyone knows that he went to West Point and they are the Golden Nights but to call this city’s team that is absurd. Does he not know or care that Nevada is the “Silver State”? The Silver Knights would have been a much more appropriate name. At least it would have honored the state instead of stroking his ego. Yes, the Kings are silver and black. We still could have been that (how many black and yellow or blue and white teams are there) or just pick another color like scarlet or something. When they first showed the logo my first thought was that’s more of a Spartan helmet than a Knight’s helmet, if the name isn’t with the image it should confuse a lot people. We live in “Las Vegas” not “Vegas”. Las Vegas is the city we love, work in and raise our families in. It’s not perfect but it’s ours. Vegas is the place where tourists come to gamble and party. Vegas Golden Knights sounds more like a bad porn fetish movie than the name of a professional team. For Las Vegas and the NHL I hope the team does well or it will be an embarrassment. As for me, I might go to a game every now and then, especially if they are playing a team I want to see. I doubt you’ll see me in any of their stuff for a while. After this naming fiasco, they need to do something to earn my support instead of assuming I’ll support them since I live here. I’ll keep supporting the Red Wings like I have done for the last 40+ years.

First....NO CRYING IN HOCKEY!!! Don't ever be embarrassed if you can't do something or have a question. That is part of the learning process. We all had to learn, some just did it earlier than other. When you are practicing, don't every be afraid to fail or fall. You learn that way. As long as you are putting in a honest, hard effort you have nothing to be embarrassed about. If someone gives you crap because you asked a question, fell during a drilled or whiffed a shot they are the fools not you. Even the pros still make mistakes and they will tell you they are always learning something.

Keep up the hard work. Skating and stick handling all come with time and hard practice. Defense positioning takes a long time to get right. If you don't have speed you need to learn the spots and angles. That is what makes older D-men hard to play against and how you keep the faster guy under control. One thing I have always suggested is watch as much high level hockey as possible on TV. It gives you a great insight on where to play, how to play and why. It is even better when you have a commentator who breaks it down for you. You can freeze the screen, go forward, back ward and slow mo and it helps you understand things. As you play more you will start to put the two together.

I am convinced Keith Richards died about 15 years ago but his body doesn't know it yet.

You're doing great, keep it up....Loosen up and breath a little, you look pretty tense. Try to extend your leg more and pull it in all the way. keep your shoulders in line with your hips. It looks like you upper body is turned into the inside so it's twisting you up. Your hips are pointing one way and your shoulders another. Don't try to get your outside leg over to quickly, that's when you start developing that little hop. I would try doing it without even moving your outside leg. Just work on getting a good extension on the inside leg and pulling it in. Once that feels comfortable then work on bringing the other leg over. Make sure to work on both directions.

Our bench would have cleared from that, if no one on the ice did anything they should be ashamed. I feel your pain. We have one idiot we play against who tries to play tough guy. He got a 30 day suspension for two handing one of my team mates in the back. First game back from suspension and he boards me head first. We came together about 5 feet off the half wall. He gets to his skates first goes back about 10 feet and drive into me as I'm getting up. Fortunately I saw him out of the corner of my eye and was able to minimize his hit. I got up and literally chase him from almost the blue line, behind his net all the way to the bench. The POS wouldn't even stop to face me. He pulls this crap constantly. Always causes problem but won't back up his actions. Pretty much anyone who has a free shot on him tries to take it. At least we all know to keep an eye on him when he's on the ice. Guys like that are a danger to everyone and it would be better if they just left the game.

Said before but will say it again...love your commitment. To me you look like you are swinging with a bad golf swing. Start in a good position. knees bent (knees over toes, shoulders over knees), a little wider than your shoulders. Keep both feet planted. You can't raise your heel in skates. You need to turn your upper body and feel your back foot dig in (that is where you will get the power to load the stick), don't slide your hips back. When you swing, don't get the blade up, it should be a little lower and around your body (it should be just like unwinding a spring). When everything goes high like that it creates a steeper swing. Like a golf swing it starts from your planted back foot and goes up. As you go through the puck you transfer the weight from the back foot to the front (don't slide because it throws you off balance). I would move the puck to the middle or forward of middle. When you have it to far back there is a tendency to have a steeper swing that doesn't allow a good follow through and makes the stick want to bounce alittle instead of loading up and going through. You only need to hit the ice behind the puck far enough to load the stick. To far back and you loose everything, to far forward and you either hit part of the puck or miss it. Make sure as you are following through you roll your hands/wrists over and finish with the stick pointing where you want the puck to go. Keep your head relatively in the same spot. When you raise your heel you lift your body up and when you swing you dip down, this is another thing throwing your balance off. Less motion is better. Stand good, twist around, untwist and drive, turn the hands over. Just my thoughts. Keep up the hard work.

You are making great progress! Definitely keep both hands on the stick when you turn and put the blade into the side you are turning on. This helps shift your weight and body which gives you the edge bite you need to make a quick turn. I know you are trying hard to do everything perfect but you need to let your body relax. You look very stiff. Your body has trouble doing things if everything is tense. Don't forget to breath, this is another mistake people make. Before you know it you will get comfortable with things and your body will go into auto pilot.

I love the effort you are putting in. It's great to see. Couple of things to put on your list: Stop looking straight ahead and trying to use your peripheral vision to see the puck. In the video when you do this you look very tight and locked in. When you tense up lack that everything goes stiff. Relax, don't be afraid to look at the puck and everything around you, everyone does. In a game you have to keep your head on a swivel. Just keep practicing and you'll start to know where the puck is. before you know it stick handling will become second hand. For your cross overs do Russian circles, both forwards and backwards. Work on getting good leg extention because that is where the power will come from. After you get comfortable doing circles do figure eight circles using both face off circles so you use both legs and learn to use your edges better.