Reply To: Diary of a Season 2013-14

[Tom Molloy]

We had two goalies on the Tuesday practice. I had Blair Yaworski who played at Yale and then minor pro up to the American league and in Europe come help me as my asst. was out of town. We did a lot of skill review especially on weight transfer with the pass and shot. The girl's tend to lift up instead of follow through on their shots and passes.

The Wednesday practice was on a day with a blizzard outside. White out conditions where the police didn't allow travel in some areas. We had 11 skaters and one goalie. The other goalie was there but has an injured wrist. Blair came again and we spent the first half of practice on the individual skills and then played 4 one goalie games.

They had a press conference to announce the groupings for the Mac's Midget Tournament that goes Dec. 26-Jan 1. We are in the toughest group with last years champions who we play the first day and another team that has won a few times. So I guess we will see how much we have improved.

One of my coaching friends Kalle Kaskinen is bringing the Finnish U17 team to play on the boy's side. Next year he will be assistant coach for the Helsinki team that is joining the KHL. Erkka Westerlund (who will coach the Finnish team in the Olympics) will be the head coach and former NHL D Hannu Virta will be the other assistant. They get here Dec. 22 so he will miss spending Christmas with his family.
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My +55 hockey on Wednesday was fun as a few former Wings/Maple Leafs played to get some ice time before going to participate in the outdoor alumni game. One former Wings captain and the other the all time NHL PIM leader. Four former NHL players are regulars with out group, so that is why some other guys come out.

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