First week of Tiger Paw elite Summer Hockey School In the Books

The first week of the 2013 Tiger Paw Elite Summer Hockey School is coming to a close and what a great star to the summer.

The Championship Habits portion of the week was lead by instructor Kyle Hardy and Kyle was fortunate to host guest speakers Dan D'Astoli and Samson Mahbod this week.

The on ice work has been at a  much higher pace than we had expected from the group and the off ice workouts have been having their designed effect..."I can't feel my legs! They are dead!" Making the kids stronger and better able to compete.

This afternoon will feature the scrimmaging and game play that we wrap up the week on since inception.

Of course the Midget group get former Tigers and some professionals joining in for a skate to push the Midgets to play a little faster.

"I am very pleased from what I have seen from an effort perspective, from a speed perspective and the conduct of the group has been great for the first week," remarked Hockey School Director Chris Sides. " This is a great group of kids and our instructors are doing a great job working with them!"

The defense group have received some great instruction from Kyle Hardy and new member Matt Turcotte. Matt, of course, is the defense coach with the Chicoutimi Sagueneens.

Lead instructor Scott Lambton has worked in all the fundamentals, working on skating, stickhandling, shooting and then, added in some positional play . Instructors Sy Nutkevitch, Matt Bissonnette , Alex Cote  have been instructing at the stations influencing the kids corrections and nudging the kids to execute better.

Goalie instructor Vinny Lessard and his associate Jesse Turrin have been working the goalies, Vinny's been quick with the instructions and working the lesson plan and the goalies are gobbling that stuff up!

Michelle Sides has been working with the girls in the camp, chasing them through the flow drills to get them out of their comfort zone, mentoring them in the dry land sessions with dry land instructor Eyal Azimov.

Of course , dryland guru Yves Ethier has made his mark with his strength and conditioning plan.

So, its been a promising first week and Monday will be the beginning of a new week!

Tiger Paw Daily Agenda

Daily agenda
Arrival	12h00
	12h30	Bantams/Midgets Championship Habits
	12h30	Peewees do dryland
	13h00	Fast Feet
	13h30	Bantam/Peewees	go to get ready for on ice
	13h30	Midgets at Dryland
	15h00	Midget go to get ready for on ice
	15h25	Peewees/Bantams exit ice
	15h35	Midgets Access ice
	16h00	peeewees go to shooting
	16h00	Bantam Dryland
	Skills

REMINDER! WE START TUEDAY JUNE 25TH !

The Hockey School starts Tuesday June 25th, runs four days per week until August 2nd.

• June 25, 26, 27, 28
• July 1,2 4, 5
• July 8,9,11, 12
• July 15,16, 18, 19
• July 22, 23, 25, 26
• July 29,30, August 1, 2

Arrival at 12h00 and the students are done at 17h00
August 2nd, following our six weeks, we host a bbq to conclude the sessions, a personal touch you might not find elsewhere
The Tiger Paw welcomes Peewee, bantam and Midget aged students! Midget 1996,1997, 1998 born bantam 1999, 2000 born Peewee 2001, 2002 born

Guest Instructor Barberio chips in 2 assists and Crunch Force Game 6

Grand Rapids, MI – The Syracuse Crunch defeated the Grand Rapids Griffins 5-2 tonight to force the 2013 Calder Cup Finals to a Game Six.
The Griffins hold a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series, but tonight's win forces the series back to Syracuse for a Game 6 on Tuesday, June18 at the War Memorial.

Despite being outshot 42-22 Crunch netminder Cedrick Desjardins backstopped the Crunch to victory with 40 save performance.

Ondrej Palat, the league's post season scoring leader, gave the Crunch a 1-0 lead with an unassisted tally 8:39 into the opening frame. Palat intercepted a pass from Griffins defender Danny DeKeyser and beat Griffins netminder Petr Mrazek on the near side.

Brett Connolly doubled the Crunch lead 16:09 into the first while on the power-play. Connolly tapped a Tyler Johnson feed from the left wing circle past Mrazek to give the Crunch a 2-0 edge.

Grand Rapids got on the scoreboard less than a minute later with a goal from Triston Grant. Desjardins blocked a Landon Ferraro shot and the
Crunch were unable to clear the puck before Grant scored on the rebound.

The Griffins  power play struck 5:36 into the second frame to tie the game 2-2. Tomas Tatar beat Desjardins at the end of a three-on-one odd man rush. Assists went to Gustav Nyquist and Chad Billins.

Richard Panik regained the Crunch's lead with their second power-play tally of the game. Mark Barberio got his second assist of the night by setting up Panik at the top of the right circle. Palat also picked up his second point of the game with the secondary assist.

The Crunch extended their lead to 4-2 36 seconds into the third period. AHL MVP Tyler Johnson earned his first goal of the Finals by finishing the rebound of a Palat shot. Dan Sexton sealed the game with an empty-net goal at the 17:16 mark of the third period.
Tickets for Game 6 of the 2013 Calder Cup Finals are on sale now. They can be purchased by calling 315-473-4444 or visiting www.ticketmaster.com.

Crunchables: Richard Panik has a goal in four consecutive games… June 15 matches the latest calendar date ever for an AHL game…Mark Barberio leads all defenseman in post season scoring with 15 points in 17 games…With 3 points tonight Ondrej Palat has had eight multi-point games this post season…The 20 shots allowed in the second period is a season high for the Crunch…Defenseman Radko Gudas missed his fifth consecutive game due to injury…

Tiger Paw Elite Summer Hockey School Adds the Saguenéens Mathieu Turcotte to the staff

Mathieu Turcotte has agreed to join the Tiger Paw Elite Summer Hockey School this summer to help develop our defensemen students.

Mathieu, who serves as the defense coach with the Saguenéens de Chicoutimi of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey league, will join Kyle Hardy (Chamonix, French Magnus League) to put the defensive corps through the intensive school for 6 weeks.

Mathieu had served, prior to joining Saguenéens de Chicoutimi , the Val D'or Foreurs of Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and prior to that Commandeurs de Levis of the Midget AAA League.

" We are very pleased to have Mathieu join the staff and as a turn of events, Mathieu was Kyle's defense coach back in Bantam AA, so it is a bit of a "family reunion" so to speak, having Kyle and Mathieu working together, " offered Tiger Paw Director Chris Sides." We have a good group of defensemen in the hockey school this summer and we expect them to really benefit from their time with Kyle and Mathieu!"

Gues Instructor Mark Barebrio Sets Up winning Goal as Crunch Force Game 5

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (theahl.com) ... With their backs against the wall and their season on the line, the Syracuse Crunch pulled out a 3-2 victory over Grand Rapids on Friday night, spoiling the party for a sold-out crowd at Van Andel Arena.

The Griffins still lead the Calder Cup Finals three games to one, and get another crack at wrapping up their first championship in Game 5 on Saturday night (7 ET, AHL Live).
Richard Panik's goal with 3:08 left in the second period held up as the game-winner for the Crunch, who avoided being swept out of the Finals after winning 11 of 12 games through the first three rounds.

After surviving an early Syracuse power play, Grand Rapids broke in front on a goal by Joakim Andersson 3:37 into the contest.

The lead lasted just 87 seconds, however, as Brett Connolly answered at 5:04, beating Petr Mrazek on a breakaway for his fifth goal of the playoffs.

But the Griffins retook the lead at 11:04 when Jan Mursak knocked in a rebound of Jeff Hoggan's shot. The assist was Hoggan's fifth point in the last three games.

The Crunch killed off overlapping penalties midway through the opening period, including 59 seconds of 5-on-3 time, to hold the Griffins lead at 2-1 through 20 minutes.

Syracuse's penalty killers kept the Crunch in the game with two more successful kills in the second period, then Ondrej Palat fired a rocket from the left-wing circle past Mrazek at 14:01 to tie the game at 2-2.

On the next shift, Cedrick Desjardins robbed Andersson from point-blank range to keep the score tied, and at 16:52 the Crunch grabbed their first lead of the night as Panik redirected a point shot from Mark Barberio past Mrazek.

Syracuse got a golden opportunity to extend the lead when Griffins forward Gustav Nyquist was assessed a spearing major and game misconduct with 21.5 seconds left in the second period, but the Crunch could not extend their lead.

A Grand Rapids power play with 4:33 to play in regulation gave the Griffins another chance to pull even, but Desjardins and the Crunch held their ground.

The Griffins thought they had tied the game with 17.4 seconds left, but a video review confirmed that the puck did not cross the goal line.

Desjardins (12-4) stopped 26 shots in the win for Syracuse, ending a three-game losing streak. Mrazek (14-8) finished with 21 saves for the Griffins.

NOTES: Since 1993, teams are now 11-4 in games with a chance to clinch the Calder Cup championship on home ice... Grand Rapids fell to 3-7 in its AHL history with a chance to close out a playoff series on home ice... Of the 23 teams to trail a best-of-seven Calder Cup Finals series 0-3, the Crunch are the seventh to avoid being swept; only one (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 2008 vs. Chicago) has pushed the series to a Game 6... Syracuse was 0-for-6 on the power play in Game 5; Grand Rapids was 0-for-5... Attendance was 10,834.
2013 Calder Cup Finals – Series “O” (best-of-7)
E3-Syracuse Crunch vs. W3-Grand Rapids Griffins Game 1 – Sat., June 8 – Grand Rapids 3, SYRACUSE 1
Game 2 – Sun., June 9 – Grand Rapids 6, SYRACUSE 4
Game 3 – Wed., June 12 – GRAND RAPIDS 4, Syracuse 2
Game 4 – Fri., June 14 – Syracuse 3, GRAND RAPIDS 2
Game 5 – Sat., June 15 – Syracuse at Grand Rapids, 7:00
*Game 6 – Tue., June 18 – Grand Rapids at Syracuse, 7:00
*Game 7 – Thu., June 20 – Grand Rapids at Syracuse, 7:00

Warrior Mind Coach Gregg swanson Teaches us about Failure and Fear, don't let them be obstacles, use them as feedback! Important reading for kids in tryouts!

Today's message from Gregg Swanson, Warrior Mind Coach

"There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure."

― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

In many stories of aspiration there is one character that almost always gets a role in our tale.  That character's name is Failure; a giant, horrific monster.  It stands in our path, thumping its hairy chest, threatening to come and get us if we dare to move towards our dreams. 

There are times we manage to run between this wild creature's legs and reach our intended destination.  Sometimes, the introduction of the monster stops the story before it even begins.  The beast is just so frightening; we turn around and run in the other direction.  It's the only way Failure can win.  This beast's power is not in its bite; it relies entirely on its bark.

Those of us who are able to face their fears and run at Failure full force can often get a pretty major smack down but it almost never ends in our demise.  In fact, being knocked to the ground often allows us to see things from a different perspective. 

We stand up, dust ourselves off, and if we're really paying attention, take note of what prevented us from slaying the demon and file it under "useful" in our minds.  That knowledge makes us more powerful, more agile, and more likely to reach our destination in future attempts.  The most successful of us begin to realize that the monster is not a monster at all.  Failure is just Experience dressed up in a scary costume.

We, as humans, dress Experience in that frightening get-up.  It's merely an illusion.  We can liken it to a 3D movie, we know nothing is actually flying towards our heads, but we flinch anyway.  If we look back on our encounters with Failure, we'll find an extraordinary amount of evidence that our fears are irrational. 

We might even see that Failure is a loving, caring creature that is much more giving than Success when it comes to our growth.  When we can see this clearly, the deception is exposed and the paralyzing fear can't prevent us from chasing our dreams any longer.

The Monster is Born

There are a lot of factors that can increase the strength of our failure monster's war cry.  If we allow past disappointments to define and label us, we might be considering ourselves failures right out of the gate.  We might hold onto those failures as evidence of why we are not worthy, or enough, or capable.  The past failure might have produced a limiting belief that makes it very hard to for us to visualize ourselves dancing in the joy of a success.

Projection into the future can also fuel the mighty roar of Failure.  We've never taken the path we are considering before so it's easy to let our imaginations run away with us when determining how hard it will be.  We might be worried about letting others down, or what not reaching our goal will say about us.  No matter what's turning the volume up on our fear, the best way to silence it is by exposing the monster for the illusion it is.

How Failure Helps Us

"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor." ― Truman Capote

Failure becomes Experience when we allow ourselves to see the proof.  Look back at the experiences you deem as failures.  Ask yourself what good came out of that disappointment.  Was there knowledge gained?  Did you recognize a shortcoming in yourself that you were able to work towards correcting? 

Maybe when the path was blocked, you were forced to look in other directions and saw opportunities you hadn't even noticed before.  You might even realize during this reflection that Failure was just a stepping stone on your way to success.  Failure is not only misunderstood; it is also underappreciated.  How does it feel to view Failure in this kinder light?

The better our relationship to failure, the better we will be able to support our clients in recognizing that it's not really that scary after all.

Realization

Fear of Failure may be one of the most prevalent topics of coaching.  Shortly after selecting a goal, my clients often begin to suit up the terrifying beast and initiate its game of intimidation.  They begin to procrastinate, or back pedal on their desires stating that it's not as important as they had thought. 

These symptoms could represent a variety of other concerns such as values conflict, waiting for the right moment, or a plethora of underlying beliefs. 

The first step is in diagnosing the block. 

Once the fear has been identified, it's a great opportunity to introduce this powerful perspective shift that, if accepted, will change the way the client approaches his goals entirely.

Taming the Beast

The goal is not to try to eliminate the idea of failure altogether.  Failure is very clearly defined in the dictionary as not actualizing desired results and expectations; it is not imaginary.  The fear that we experience as a result of its potential for failure can be minimized greatly by recognizing that failure is temporary and quite often very helpful.

Turning Past Failures into Experience

The first step in exposing the monster is to redefine past failures as valuable experiences.  This is exceptionally powerful as the client begins to collect evidence from events that have already happened.

• What positive outcomes came as a direct, or not so direct, result of that failure?
• What new doors opened because you didn't get what you wanted?
• What awesome things in your life could not have happened if you had achieved your intended goal?
• What tools or wisdom did you gain from that experience?

Opening Ourselves up to Experience

If failure is a result of not reaching our desired outcomes, detaching from the outcome lessens the fear.  Now that the client has looked into the past and witnessed failure as experience, it will be much easier to welcome that outcome for their future actions.

• What would you do if you weren't afraid?
• What's the worst thing that could happen?  If that did happen, what experience might you gain from the event?
• What awesome alternate results have you not considered?
• What if the outcome was even better than you had hoped?
• How does it change things if you view this as an experiment?

Other Ways to Combat Fear of Failure

Taking inventory of our supports

• What skills and qualities do you posse that will help you on this quest?
• What resources might you need along the way?  What do you already have?  What do you still need help with?
• Who can you ask to support you on this journey?  How can I support you on this journey?

Removing the unknown

• What's the worst thing that could happen?
• How have you dealt with these types of obstacles in the past?
• Who do you know of who has travelled a similar path?  What insights can you gain from their journey to help you on yours?

By redefining Failure, we open up our ability to see it as a support and approach it from a place of gratitude and respect.  When that happens, we can move forward with the confidence that whether things go according to plan or not, the one certain outcome is Experience- and that's really not so scary, is it?

And remember, in the big picture....there is no failure, only feedback!

Interview with Tiger Paw Studnet and Alternate Captainof Lac St Louis Tigers, Kevin St amour

An interview with Kevin St Amour, alternate captain Lac St Louis Tigers  with Tiger General Manager Chris Sides, discussing his experience at the Tiger Paw Elite Summer Hockey School, his experiences with the Tigers and his preparation for the Lac St Louis Lions Midget AAA tryouts in August. And, Chris chimes in a bit.

Interview below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gijqP9ntxOo

discussion on using small space games and coaching

Kyle Campbell • Playing small area games is fantastic for development. Play 2 on 3 inside a faceoff circle. Watch how quickly your team becomes better with their sticks on the D side of the puck and offensively they move the puck better in short passes. All directly relate to both PK and PP. The whole game is small area game within the large ice surface. I don't understand why coaches forget/choose to ignore that.

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Dennis Chighisola • It's funny Kyle, but I've had just the opposite impression lately, especially as I engage in a number of LinkedIn hockey-related forums...

I do believe in small area games, and I've actually been using some of those since long before they became fashionable within USA Hockey (I believe they've been a staple in soccer for a long time, and that's where I first heard about them).

That said, I do not believe they are the end all and be all, but just one kind of tool available to a coach. More often than not, though, I'm hearing youth coaches in these forums prescribing small area games as the cure for almost everything. Worse yet, I've noticed for years some lazy coaches getting away without teaching a lick by relying on certain kinds of drills -- small area games and flow drills coming to mind right now. They set up the drill, they think the drill is doing the teaching, and they go lean against the boards to sip on their coffee and admire the drill (my old motor learning prof would kill me for doing that).

Again, they are great, but they are not the magic bullet. (By the way, I think your idea of a small area game is awesome. I'd just mix that with lots of other drills.)

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Kyle Campbell • Dennis

I wouldn't run a whole practice with small area games. That, I agree, would not be beneficial. I agree that with flow drills or small area games coaches can get lazy and just sit back but that's not a good coach. That's someone who's just running a practice. Big difference.

I firmly believe though that coaches are far too concerned with individual skill development on a skill by skill basis. I watch coaches all the time line up a whole team in the corner and make the 8 year old skate around the circles. All 5. Next time with a puck. Next time pivot....etc etc..And how boring is that? Kids want to have fun. So let them. You'll get more out of their development if they are having fun. Challenge them and make them go past their comfort zone. That's when you see development. But far too often coaches spend too much time on things like a break out or faceoff play. Not saying coaches shouldn't spend time but most teams have 2 hours per week (travel level) and that's not enough time to spend 20 mins doing breakouts once a week. Teach the kids how to find the open pass, fill in the lane, support the puck, move their feet and get to open ice. How? Simple, let them play (within a structured situation) and teach while they're playing. And I've seen it first hand, kids break out without any structure to a 'system' but do exactly what I would want to implement as a coach.

At the end of the day I think hockey as a whole has gotten too far away from having fun as a kid and we are relying on kids to enjoy being at the rink and with their friends to have their 'fun' while the actual hockey part of the game has become boring and mundane.

Well that's my rant for the day! lol. Thanks for the feedback Dennis. I appreciate it.

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Dennis Chighisola • LOL, Kyle, and an enjoyable rant that was to read! Honestly, I suspect that you and I are mostly on the same page, and we'd likely have a lot of laughs being able to talk the game in person (and it would be even more fun if we could drag Keith into it).

With that, I think one of the problems that often arises in these settings is that we can be talking about drastically different players as we support one idea or another. And, truthfully, what can be good for a pro player can be totally wrong for a Mite; and we could say much the same comparing all the levels in between.

Here's how I view the game, however, based on having worked with all levels for over 40-years...In a game atmosphere, players will almost always grasp for the skills they're most comfortable with. No way they're going to look or feel silly by cutting their least comfortable way, or stopping toward their least comfortable side. So, I'm going to suggest to you that young players -- although benefiting from some small area game play -- will only reinforce the individual skills they already have, and avoid the ones they really don't.

One thing you might not realize, but I sense that Keith will, is that we see an awful lot of shortcomings showing in supposedly advanced players, and they're mostly things that should have been fixed when the players were young. In fact, some of those things absolutely need to be instilled early. I could show you a college player who is a high scorer and can't comfortably stop to his left. My son just told me about one of his high scoring Junior players who can't really cross-to his right. How do they still manage? They learned to hide the skill so far, but it will ultimately bite them in the butt and end their careers. Oh, and I can show you a kzillion high level guys with hands of stone who can't either make or catch a pass. Sure, they know how to go to open-ice, etc, but what good does it do them if they then lose the puck?

So, if I get a kid -- hopefully young enough, I am going to make him work VERY deliberately on his cross-overs, his pivots and his stops. And we aren't going anywhere else in those skill progressions until they can do those things in their sleep. I'll do the same with stationary pairs passing at a stick's length apart. Oh, my drills might not look fancy, but I am doing those kids and their future coaches a huge favor.

To me, this turtle versus the hare approach is the only way to go -- for the players' sake. And I use that for lots of things, including how to cover a guy for real, how to play the 2 on 1, how to truly get open for a pass, etc.

Maybe you can see now why I only on occasion want to turn my players loose to fend for themselves. Yes, I do it -- with small area games and some flow drills, but I'm not leaving the real teaching to chance by relying very much on those drills.

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Kyle Campbell • Denis, I think we could have a great discussion and debate back and forth, both learning a lot along the way!

I understand what you're saying and agree. I do. And when I work with my JR. kids we do skill specific training. We'll cover pivots, or shooting, or whatever skill set they require to improve the most during that session. I would and do the same with my younger kids as well.

The problem I have is you can't focus on one skill or one kid for too long during a team practice. That's where most coaches have their time to 'teach/coach'. 2 hours per week is difficult to spend 20 mins on properly pivoting.

And the other part of the story is the kid who is only going to play to midget, Jr. A/B. If a player has become a pro hockey player with the deficiencies that you've mentioned then they have the ability and time to overcome that deficiency. They wouldn't have gotten to pro if they didn't have the skill set to over come their weakness. But for kids who are only looking to play rep/travel hockey until Midget/Prep school then be done with it why are we focusing on specific minor skills when the game is there for them to have fun. I'm not saying don't teach or spend time on pivoting or cross-overs but I think you can create games that are fun for kids to use. (IE 3 on 3 but can only cross or turn left/only able to pass and receive backhand pass...etc) Even JR groups. The last JR team I worked with we had about 8 small area games we'd use regularly and the kids loved them. Would ask us regularly to play them. Why? Because at the end of the day we all love to PLAY hockey. Coaches included. Your right that you can't put the cart before the horse but you can teach the horse to run with the cart quite quickly after teaching him how to run.

At the end of the day I think we are on the same page but differ with the amount of time put towards our areas of stronger believe.

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Dennis Chighisola • In fear of dominating Keith's post with an only slightly related topic, I'll just add one thing, Mark...

My dad was a successful baseball coach, and I played for him briefly. So one night, when I asked him why we didn't scrimmage, he explained that, "I can hit 30 straight grounders to the third baseman, and exactly the way I want to. In a scrimmage, I don't know if he'll even have one ball hit to him."

You probably know where I'm going with this, but... In a hockey scrimmage, the best players usually have the puck most of the time. So, while they might be getting what you want from a small area game, it's likely there are at least a few kids who hardly ever get any touches. Moreover, even with special small area game rules, there's no guarantee that the same play will happen again. In other words, there's little chance for repetition, which is one of the keys to ingraining either proper muscle memory or good decision-making.