Diary of a Season 2024-25

[Tom Molloy]

Diary of a Season 2024-25

We are coaching for Girls Hockey Calgary again. It starts this weekend with a pre season conditioning camp for the various age groups. u13-U15-U18. I have been asked to prepare five practices for the two older groups. Each practice has a warm up, SAG game or transition game, full ice pass and shoot, full ice game situation drill and a full ice game and four finish with a fitness skate. I will attach the pdf at the bottom.

Practice One U15-U18

15. Balance and edges.
10’ Overspeed
12’ Two pass at each net
13’. Machine gun
15’ Russian scrimmage
10’ Fitness skate – dot. Middle. Dot. Boards x 2

Practice Two

12’ Zig zag 4 options.
15’ Games of quick transition at each net
13’ Multiple pass and 1-1
15’ power play game
10’ Poddy 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2
10’ Ladder skate

Attachments

• GHC U18 Practice One.pdf (395 KB)
• GHC U18 Practice Two.pdf (428 KB)

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GHC Pre-season Camp Practices 3-4

Practice Three

10’ Transition skate shooting
15’ Three 5’ games 4-4 or 5-5. Pass to your D at pont to be on offense.
13’. Dizzy
15’ Full ice 5-5. At least one pass each zone.
10’ angling
12’ Fitness. Speed scoring x 2

Practice Four

10’. Give and go shots
15’ Krusel 2-2 or 3-3 each end and middle.
12’. Small horseshoe 1-0 and 2-0
8’ 3-0 Tomas NZ Regroup
7’ 3-0 regroup. 3-2 other way.
13’. Continuous 2-2 and 3-2
10’. F – D400 – 1-1 x 2 x 2 – Pro

Attachments

• GHC U18 Practice Three.pdf (368 KB)
• GHC Practice Four.pdf (464 KB)

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GHC Pre-season Camp – Practice 5

Practice Five

10’. A300 Skating and Puck Handling Warmup – U15 G
10’ B4 – 1-0 Outside-Middle Shots Czech U17
15’ One net Kings Court Games x 3 on – Modified rule of two pass.
10’ Read the rush. 1-1 or 2-2 or 3-1
10’ 3 one net games. Choose between 1-5 players 15’ full ice 5-5 game
10' D200 – 3-3 Game – Change on Their Own
10' D100 Full ice 5-5 game

Attachments

• GHC Practice Five.pdf (371 KB)

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Tryouts

Our season has started. Ran three conditioning practices Thursday.

Today tryouts started. 140 players trying for 3 teams. Those who don’t make it play in a lower division.

We play 5-5 games, no drills. Our coaching staff watches the game and then meet during the flood and do an overall ranking then watch the next game and repeat. After two games we submit our ranking and the executive lets the players know if they are invited back to the next evaluation games. We start with 8 teams, then 6, then 4 and then the three coaching staffs meet with the chairman and we draft three teams. We play against the top teams in our Province.

Tonight and Sunday 8 teams play and we rank them in the 4 games.

T-Th we cut 2 teams and we evaluate them 3 games each night.

Friday-Sat 4 teams play 2 more games each. We watch and rank them.

Sunday morning we draft our 3 teams in a snake draft. Straws for draft order then a snake draft by position. 1-2-3-3-1-2-2-3-1-1-2-3 etc.

Each team a few extra players to make final decisions on after a few ex games, then name our 18 skaters and 2 goalies. Late cuts are affiliates.

I think this format gives every player a fair chance.

Watched 4 games tonight. 12 more to go.

Cut down to 6 teams who played two games each then to 4 teams who played on each.

Had a draft with the three teams choosing from the final four teams. We no have 15 F, 8 D, 3 G and will practice and play exhibition games to get down to 12 F, 6 D, 2 G. The players not chosen will be our affiliates.

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U15 Black Practice Plan – 09-03-24

First practice of the season. We have 15 F, 8 D, 3 G and must get down to 12-6-2. We do fitness testing tonight, practice Thursday and I am using a long ice time to introduce team play instead of an ex game, We play an exhibition game on Sunday. Started with 3 goalies but one was sick and left. .

U15 Black Practice Plan Date: 09-03-24 Time: 8:45-10:00 Arena: Max Bell – Bracko
Lines: Notes:15 F – 8 D – 3 G
Divided white and dark
Goalies at one end with coaches 20’
A200 – Big Moves Puckhandling Jim
B600 – Tomas Nzone Continuous Regroup
B6 – 1 High 1 x 2 Low Shooting
B6 – 1 High 1 x 2 Low Shooting
Two Games of Quick Transition x 2
D100 – Full Ice Game of 5-5 – 45” shifts
Team cheer in middle
Parent meeting 15’ – short meeting to introduce staff, explain philosophy and see who wants to be managers.

Fire Black U15 Practice Plan : 09-06-24
Time: 18:45-20:00 Arena: Fr. Bauer
Lines: 15 F – 8 D – 3 G
B6 – Pass-Agility-Zig-Shoot x 2
C6 – Pardy’s 1-1 to 3-2
D1 One Pass in Each Zone
DT100 – Continuous 2-1 to 3-2 – U15
T2 – Breakout Sequence – Wally Kozak
D100 – Power Play Game – All Situation
Team Cheer
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Attachments

• Fire Black Practice 09-03-24.pdf (466 KB)
• Fire Black Practice 09-06-24.pdf (386 KB)

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Fire Black U15 Practice Plan 09-07-24
Time: 15f:15-19:00 Arena: Rocky Ridge
Lines: 15 F – 8 D – 3 G:
60’ outdoor magnetic board
Small horseshoe
Murdoch dice defense
Score vs passive 2-1-2
Controlled 5-5 scrimmage
Forecheck walk through
5-5 with dump in and freeze whistle
Flood
Jim power play intro one end
Emily and Mila pk in one end
Specialty team sequence
PP game – one defender in nzone
Cheer in middle
Meet with parents

Played an exhibition game and lost 3-5. They played night before and made their cuts, so had their team. We sat 6 of our better players and still need to cut 2 D, 3 F, 1 G. Practice twice this week then play two more ex games Sat-Sun and have to have our roster completed by 17 th. .
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Fire Black Practice Plan-: 09-10-24 Time:
20:15-21:30 Arena: Crowchild
Lines: 15 F, 3 G, 8 D
A300 – Cut backs
B6 – Machine Gun – 2 Pass x 2-Shot
B600 – Continuous 3-2 Regroup -add dump ins
DT400 3-3 Krusel Battling Game
C2 – Rexi 1-1, 2-2 – Gap Control
T2 – B202 – Four Chamber Attack
D1 One Pass in Each Zone

* Cut one G, 2 F, 1 D after practice. Now have 2 G, 13 F, 7 D and must cut one more F and one more Dwho we will make decisions on after our Saturday game.

Attachments

• Fire Black Practice 09-07-24.pdf (423 KB)
• Fire Practice Plan – 09-10-24.pdf (435 KB)

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Fire Black Practice Plan – 09-12-24
Time: 19:15-20:30 Arena: Fr Bauer
Lines:13F – 2 G – 7 D
Notes: Kaylin with goalies 20’
B6 – 3 Shots, 3 Zig zags, 3 Shots
B202 – Luhowy Passing
C500 1-1 – Race for Puck – Protection Battles
B6 – 2-0 x 2 Cross Pass x 3
C3 – Breakout, Regroup, Attack 3-2 x 2
B5 – Angling Along the Boards
DT100 – Continuous Game of 3-2 to 5-5
Team Cheer

Almost down to our roster. Need to drop one F and one D. Play Saturday to decide. Really close..
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Played two games on the weekend. Beat Okotoks Raiders 2-0 and Fire Red 2-1 in OT. Individual and team defense if good. We make the passes but only complete about 50% of them. Getting players to look and pass is the hard part. We need to get better at passing and receiving and that will be our focus in a lot of our practice drills and games. 6 practices and 2 games in the next 11 days. So pretty busy.
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Fire Black Practice Practice Plan – 09-16-24
Time: 20:00-21:15 – Bowness Arena: Bowness
Lines:12 F – 6 D – 2 G :
A200 – Big Moves Warm up – with shots – cutbacks
B200 Overspeed with a Pass – U18 F
B6 1-0, 2-0, 3-0 Small Horseshoe
C1-C600 1-1 – Slovakia U20
D4 Two Pass Game x 2 – 4-4 – 5-5 – Rules: only forehand passes then added you must make an escape move.
B6 – 2 Cross and Drop – Regroup – 3-0 – Carolina
E1 Change on the Go with Pass Shootout

* Did lots of passing starting with only top hand and rolling puck heel to middle and top hand moving away from body. Showed haw the puck will stop when it hits the blade that is square. Grandson Aidan helped as all other coaches couldn't make it.

Attachments

• Fire Black Practice 09-12-24.pdf (465 KB)
• Fire Black Practice 09-16-24.pdf (452 KB)

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Fire Black Practice Plan 09-18-24
Time: 18:00-19:15 Arena: Rose Kohn
Lines: 10 F-2 G – 6 D
D1 Puck Ringette Tennis Ball game
B6 – 2 Pass-Double Zig-Shot x 3 x 2
B4-B6 – Quick Up x 2 – Point Shot
T3 – Defensive Skating – Toe Caps Face Attacker –
T2 1-3-1 PP Rotation
T4 – Penalty Kill 1-3 Sweep Rotation
T2-4 – Specialty team Sequence
D100 -Pp scrimmage 1 ‘ each
D100 – Full ice 2” game
Team Cheer
* Players caught on to pp and pk really quickly. Passing was much better and pace was high. Two forwards were sick.
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Fire Black Practice Plan:- 09-21-24
Time: 13:30-14;30 Arena: Crowchild
Lines:11 Fk-6 D – 2 G
B4 – 1-0 Outside-Middle Shots- Czech U17
D4 Two Pass – Rules only forehand passes, must make an escape move
B600 – Continuous 2-2 Regroup
T2 – D4 – Torpedo 6-5
D100 – 6-6 – One Defender In Neutral Zone
D100 – Power Play Game – All Situation
Team Cheer
Parent Meeting in coach room – team play

Played Airdrie Friday night and won 3-0. Have a run of 10 periods with only one goal scored against us. Play them again Sunday.

Attachments

• Fire Clack Practice – 09-18-24.pdf (488 KB)
• Fire Black Practice – 09-21-24.pdf (376 KB)

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Fire Black Practice Plan – 09-23-24
Time: 18:00-19:00 Arena: ECTAS
Lines 12 F 6 D 2 G
2’ Cutbacks and moves
B6-600 Flow -Breakout 2 F Shoot – D Point Shot
28’ Goalies at one end D other end
T1 – A500 – D Breakout Options – Cassie
F Passing in middle – Mila
B202 – Passing in 4 Groups
T2 – 5-0 Breakout Options Routine
DT400 – Perry Pearn Game Rotation – 5-5
DT100 – 2-1 to 3-3 and 2-2 to 4-4 With Tag-up
Butterfly conditioning skate
Team cheer in middle

Played Airdrie again on Sunday. Had a bad first period and were behind 0-1. Got outshot 9-6 and we had no shots from the slot. Second period played a lot harder. Outshot them 17-3 and only gave up 2 shots in third. Tied game 2-2 late in third and won in a shootout.
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Fire Black Practice Plan Date: 09-24-24 -19:00-20:00
Arena: Crowchild
Lines: 12 F- 6 D -2 G Notes:
A300 Moves at the dots
One Timer Shots x 4
C3 Reijo 1-1 Both Sides – Gap Control – Defense No Stick
D100 – Game of 3-3 – No Dump Ins
Two Net – 2-0 x 2 Shootout
E1 Rebound Game

Parent Meeting: I went over all of our team play with the parents, so they know how we want to play Quite a few played a lot of hockey and many who didn't appreciate the information. Also went over player expectations.

Attachments

• Fire Black Practice 09-23-24.pdf (472 KB)
• Fire Black Practice 09-24-24.pdf (398 KB)

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Fire Black Practice 09-26-26
Fire Black Practice Plan -: 09-26-26
Time: 19:30 – Arena: ECTAS
Lines: 12 F – 2 G – 6 D
B6 – Double Zig zag-Agility Skate and Shoot – U15 G
B600 – Continuous 2-2 Regroup – Tomas – U18 F
T2 Spread Power Play 2 Below Goal Line
T4 Penalty Killing 2 Short vs the Spread PP
T4 Penalty Kill Two Short vs. Diamond or Umbrella
T2-4 – Power Play-Penalty Kill Sequence
D100 – Full ice game with rule there must be at least one pass made in each zone. Change on their own.

Team cheer
Meet in room a few minutes to talk about the tournament this weekend. Up to four games.

* Our Firestarter tournament starts this weekend. Teams from our league and Saskatchewan. We get three games, two vs. Sask teams and could get another two in playoffs if we go to the finals. This practice works on two short situations and now we have covered most situations that happen in a game.[/i]
Tournament
Game One. Friday played Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Won 1-0. First period was a saw off with 6 shots each. We were really good in second and outshot them12-3, still 0-0. Third was more back and forth outshooting them 13-10 and scoring one on a PP putting in a rebound. Passes 104, Shots 31-19. We played a really gritty game. Two games on Saturday.
Game before us Fire White lost to another Saskatchewan team 7-2. One player scored all of their goals. About 5'10" and really skilled.
Game 2 we won 5-0 vs Okotoks. One player got three goals. We played well.
Game3 played well but lost 4-6 vs. Swift Current. Took too many penalties.
Game 4 we played the team with the girl who scored all 7 goals in a previous win for them .The team we beat 1-0 beat this team 4-3on Saturday. It was a really close game. Tied 3-3 and our goalie who was having a strong game went to clear a dribbler into the corner and missed the puck and it slid into our net. We pulled the goalie late and their star scored her only goal into an empty net. Could have won both our last two games with a little luck and some better play in our zone.
Next practice in three days. the four games really showed us what we are good at and what we need to work on. We are in another tournament in Kelowna October 11-14 and our season starts after that.
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Fire Black Practice Plan 10-01-24
Time: 18:00-19:30 Arena: Village Square
Lines: 12 F 6, D, 2 G
B300 – Butterfly with Big Moves
B500 – 3 Spoke Passing
G – B6 Four Spot Shooting
B6 – 2 Cross and Drop – Regroup – 3-0 – Carolina
C6 – 1-1 to 2-2, 2-1 to 3-3, 2-2 to 4-4 – Pro Forwards
A300 – one timers x 4
T4 – B5 – Low F Support D in Corner – Pro
D100 – Russian Scrimmage – 1-1 to 5-5 College M
E1 – Shootout Race from Dots
Team Cheer in Middle

*Tournament showed we need to work on passing skills and low defensive 1-1 technique to avoid penalties. We also need our D to use deception when taking point shots.

Attachments

• Fire black Practice 09-26-26.pdf (392 KB)
• Fire Black 10-01-24.pdf (482 KB)

'The Game is the Greatest Coach'
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[Tom Molloy]

Fire Black Practice Plan 10-03-24
Time: 16:15-17:45 Arena: Crowchild
Lines: 2 G, 6 D, 12 F
B6 – Pass-Agility-Zig-Shoot x 2 – U15 G
F – Overspeed Skate with Tight Turn –
D4 Two Pass Game x 2 – 4-4 – 5-5
G o 30’ – Marlene with goalies
T2 – Breakout Sequence
DT400 3-3 Krusel Battling Game
C6 – Poddy’s 1-1 to 3-2
DT100 – Continuous 2-2 to 4-4
D100 – 3-3 Full Ice Game
Team Cheer

Tonight we went through the breakout options starting with one D and one F. Progressed to 1D-2F then 3F then 2D-3F. Worked on good habits like shoulder check, F face puck and open up, C low and slow, Wide W slash across. D sid tight turn, counter, wheel, D to D, reverse. Goalies worked with Marlene at the other end. On zig zag the D did two sets of transition skating and two of backwards with puck. F did one each of transition, backward, Crosby, quick hands and feet. Two pass rule was you must make and escape move before you pass or shoot.
Need to work on communication, creating 2-1's, good playing habits.
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Fire Black Practice Plan 10-05-24
Time: 18:30-19:45 Arena: Bowness
Lines:11F – 2 G – 6 D Notes:
A300 – Cutbacks
D1 Full Ice All Play – U18 F – 3 puck game
B300 – Tschumi Around the Clock One Touch Passing
B6 – Dizzy – Timing Around Circles
Goalies with Kaylin
T2 Overload PP Rotation
T4 Low Press PK Rotation
D100 – PP PK Scrimmage – Player in Neutral Zone
E1 Speed Scoring 2-1 to 2-2
Team Cheer in Middle

Most teams we play use an overload or slot set PP. Against this we use a low press that gives a low 3-3 and the 2-1 is at the point. If we are using a 1-1-2 pk vs a 1-3-1 or Diamond PP we rotate into this when they pass to the half boards at the hash.

The F rotation is the same if they get the puck to the mid point. This makes both PK rotations flow into each other with one effective vs. 2 point players and the other vs. one at the mid point.

Attachments

• Fire Black Peactice 10-03-24.pdf (222 KB)
• Fire Black Practice – 10-05-24.pdf (231 KB)

'The Game is the Greatest Coach'
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[Tom Molloy]

Fire Black Practice Plan – : 10-06-24 10-08-24

Time: 19:00-20:15 Arena: ECTAS
Lines:2G, 12F, 6D
Russian Big Moves
Jursino2-0 Passing
Pass – 1-1 Regroup with F – 1-1
Carolina 2-0 – 3-0
C600 – Neutral Zone Regroup – Attack 3-2
T4 – F3 Mirror-Backpressure – F1-F2 Backtrack
D100 – 5-5 Full Ice Regroup Game
E1 – 5 Puck Shootout Contest
Team Cheer in Middle

Busy day with the team party and pumpkin decorating contest. Skill focus is still on passing and receiving as well as playing with tight gaps on D. Team play focus is to get wide winger slashing and stretching. Every team we play pinches on both sides and the stretching forward makes them cautious and drives them off the line.
When we forecheck we want 2 in deep and F4 mirroring and doesn't join the forecheck but in good shooting position if we win the low battle and checks the player getting the first low pass wither to the C or W. She then back pressures she puck carrier. And fills for the weak side D on a pinch. To our forecheck only works if F3 does her job.
Diagram of the C600 1-1 isn't quite right as we started with D wheel and F slash across. We could have increased it to a 2-11.
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Fire Black Practice Plan -: 10-08-24
Time: 18:00-19:15 Arena: Village Square
Lines: 12F, 2G, 6D
A300 – Moves at dots
B6 – 3 Shots, 3 Zig zags, 3 Shots
D4 – Two Pass – Only Forehand Passes and Escape Move Kaylin Goalies at one end
T2 – Bob Johnston PP game vs 1-3-1
T2 – Bob Johnston PP game vs Low Spread
C3 – 1-1 Both Sides – Gap Control – D with no sticks
D100 – 3-3 One Pass in Each Zone No Dump Ins
E1 – 10 Shot Shootout
Cheer in middle

Last practice before we leave on Thursday morning for the 8 hour drive to the tournament in Kelowna. We play first game at at 8:30 on Friday morning. Won the tournament last year. It looks like they brought in stronger teams this year, so will be a big challenge.

Jim's hearing got tied up in court so he couldn't make practice to work on the power play. I changed the last half and we did the Bob Johnston PP game with both power play groups 1-3-7 and Low Spread. We also played full ice 3-3 with no dump ins and man on man defense. We ended practice with a 10 puck shootout.[/i]

T2 – Bob Johnston PP Game. – Low Spread PP – U15 G
https://www.facebook.com/518555930/videos/pcb.1572015187041606/1062574488847720
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Tuesday October 15, 2024
Great trip and tournament in Kelowna.

Thanks to all the parents who organized the food, bus etc. I hope you have recovered from the wine tour.

We got to see the girls play both strong and weak teams and the most impressive stat is we only gave up 5 goals against in six games. Our goaltending was very strong, defensive zone play was solid and the most important factor was how hard we put back pressure on the puck carrier. Most teams just started dumping the puck in because we had two checkers on the puck carrier.

It is very encouraging that our puck carrier usually looks and makes the right pass. We still have to get a lot better making good passes and receiving them while skating at full speed.

We had F3 mirroring the play most of the time and when we did our forecheck was really effective. This allows us to pinch on the weak side, close the gap on the strong side and F3 is usually wide open for a pass in the quiet zone near the dot. We go in trouble when we didn't have an F3.

Most of the time our D played tight gaps forcing them early on breakouts and defending the their blue, red and our blue line. Again when we were passive and backed in it gives time and space and they got scoring chances on us.

Our penalty killing was strong in our zone. We still have to implement how we play in the neutral zone. We also have to practice how to go to the point to block shots.

Our power play had good control and we need to shoot from inside the dots. We really need to work on our D to peek, fake, skate at the blue line so they can get shots past the first checker.

Most of our success is because we made them play faster than they wanted. We were on the puck so fast and battled so hard that they really struggled making plays.

I think the two tournaments show we can compete with anyone. I told the girls my mantra is 3 or more goals for and 2 or less goals against results in having a successful team. That is our target for every game.

We start our season this weekend vs. Lethbridge there and perennial top team Red Deer here.

Let the games begin.

Attachments

• Fire Black 10-06-24 Practice.pdf (450 KB)
• Fire Black Practice 10-08-24.pdf (415 KB)

'The Game is the Greatest Coach'
'Enjoy the Game'

[Tom Molloy]

Fire Black Practice Plan: -10-17-24

Focus on pass and receive, tight gaps, puck support, 1-1 skills .Shot blocking, D shooting

Fire Black Practice Plan Date: 10-17-24
Time: 16:00-17:30 Arena: Henry Viney
Lines: 10 F, 6 D, 2 G
Puck Handling – Cutbacks – Marlene work with goalies
B6 – 3 Shots, 3 Zig zags, 3 Shots
B600 – Continuous 2-2 Regroup – Tomas – Marlene work with goalies
D4 Two Pass
B6 1-0, 2-0, Small Horseshoe
B6 Point Shots – Shot Blocking
C3 Reijo 1-1 Both Sides – Gap Control
C6 Regroup x 2, 1-1 and 2-1
D100 – Full Ice Game of 3-3
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Lots of ups and downs in our game last night in Lethbridge.
First period neither team was great but they were making passes and we weren't.. Got outshot 13-10 and both teams scored 2 goals.
Second period we played really well and dominated, outshooting them 13-6 and scoring 2 but gave up a late goal and led 4-3.
Third period we looked exhausted and gave up 4 goals, mostly on giveaways that they took advantage of. Outshot us 17-10 for a 36-33 edge in the game.
I think we are still a little worn out from 6 games in 4 days and I hope all the players take it easy today and drink lots of fluids and get a good sleep before we play Red Deer who is always a very strong team.
Hockey is a game of energy. We have two forwards injured and are down to 3 lines which made it hard to keep up the constant pressure on the puck like we did in Kelowna. When you are tired you make mistakes in judgement and execution.
Great thing about sport is that every game has it's own story. Last night was a sad one for us but it has ended.
Sunday we can write a new and happier story.
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Game vs. Red Deer, Outshot them 15-5 in first but their goalie stoned us and 0-0. Outshot them by 5 in second, no goals and they got a lucky one that bounced off a shin pad and in. Third was pretty even and they scored a PP goal on a walk in. Three of our 4 pk F are injured and there was confusion on the rotation low which allowed a clear lane to the net. They also go an empty netter.
Outshot them 35-23 and that reflected the play. Our strongest overall game of the year. Passing stats were way up and we did everything but put the puck in the net.
Saturday bus 3 hours north to play Leduc and then on to Edmonton.
Practice T-Th with fitness W and go watch a AHL game F in a private suite one of the parents has.[/i]
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Fire Black Practice Plan -10-22-24

Time: 18:00-19:15 Arena: Village Square
Lines:12 F, 7 D, 2 G

G – 20' Kaylin with both goalies
B202 – Chaos and Goalie Warm-up – C U18 F
D1- Puck Dog
B6 – Machine Gun – 2 Passes x 2 Timing and Shots
T2 – 1-3-1 Diamond Power Play
T4 – Penalty Kill 1-3 Sweep Rotation
T2-4 – Overload PP vs Low Press Overload PP at one end
T2-4 – Power Play-Penalty Kill Sequence Power Play Game Full Ice
Cheer

Rotated players from PK to PP and PP to PK. Jim reviewed the PP and both the overload and 1-3-1 have three options to use instead of all options. Tom taught the Low Press PK. Lots of puckhandling at start of practice and Kaylin, Emily, Mila, worked with the goalies.

Attachments

• Fire Black Practice 10-17-24.pdf (494 KB)
• Fire Black Practice 10-22-24.pdf (468 KB)

'The Game is the Greatest Coach'
'Enjoy the Game'

[Tom Molloy]

Fire Black Practice Plan – 10-24-24
Time: 16:15-17:45 Arena: Crowchild
Lines: 12 F-6 D–2 G
B6 – Passing 2-0 and 3-0 Wide. Middle. Wide Lanes
D4 Two Pass – Must make and escape move, goals on one time shots
B6 – 3 Shots, 3 Zig zags, 3 Shots
T2 – 5-0 BO – Wide Wing Slash – Stretch
T2 – 5-0 BO – W Box Out Chip – Wide W Slash – Stretch
DT100 Continuous 2-2 With Tag-up – Pro
B 5 1-2-3-4-5 passes each zone
D4 1-1-1 Battle Game
6 on 5 game – one defender in nzone
Cheer in middle

Weekend Games
First game in Leduc vs North Central we played really well for 47 of 60'. Got a 4-0 lead in the first period. Goalie wasn't making stops she should have and giving out big juicy rebounds. They changed goalies and came out hard in the second and were out competing us. I called a time out to get us refocused and we played well after that. Won second period 1-0 and third 1-0 for the 6-0win. Outshot them 30-18 and completed 111 passes.

Our forecheck was too much for them to handle and we moved the puck really well.

Second game vs the 4-0 Edmonton Black was probably our best game of the year. We totally dominated the first period but they got a late goal in a scramble in front. Shots 16-11. Had a slow start to the second and then picked it up. We got a goal on a nice pass 7-14 and great finish. They got another winning a 1-1 rush and scoring. Outshot them 14-7 but the goalie stoned us and we missed the net on some great chances. Third period maybe best period of the season. Outshot them 13-5 and tied it on a great shot by 3 to tie it 2-2. Shots 43-25 after 60'. 112 completed passes. They got the only 2 shots in OT and scored when we turned it over tin the neutral zone and the girl cut hard to the net and made a great shot to win in for them.

2 GA in 2 regulation games is great.

Hockey is a funny game because we played great vs. Red Deer and even better vs. Edmonton but lost both. If we play like that the hockey gods will even things up.

Games showed the breakout practice we did really helped. Our specialty teams were good. Eliminated the confusion on coverage on walk outs. We got lots of scoring chances of the PP. We rotated many new players into the pp and pk. Our passing and receiving were better but still need a lot of work. Angling was much better as well. Not many fly byes.

Coaches are really proud of the girls for competing so hard.
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Fire Black Practice Plan Date: 10-29-24 – 18:00-19:15 Arena: Village Square
Lines: 11 F 6 D 2 G – one injured D got dropped making a TicToc video.1 F no contact jersey
A300 Puck Handling vs. Defender Warm-up
C600 – Multiple One Touch Passes 1-1 x 2
B200 Overspeed with a Pass – U18 F
C5 – Dump-in 3-2 – Pro
T2 – C6-C600 – Regroup x 3 – 3-2 – U15 G
T2 – Practicing the 1-3-1 Diamond Power Play Pro
T2 D100 Overload Power Play – Pro
T2-4 – Power Play-Penalty Kill Sequence
Cheer in middle

Players plan their Halloween costumers after practice for our tournament on Thursday. three teams of 6, 1-3, 2-3, 1-2, three 20' games.

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• Fire Black Practice 10-24-24.pdf (511 KB)
• Fire Black Practice 10-29-24.pdf (451 KB)

'The Game is the Greatest Coach'
'Enjoy the Game'

[Tom Molloy]

Fire Black Practices 10-31-24 – 11-05-24 – 11-02-24

Fire Black Practice Plan Date: 10-31-24 – Arena: Max Bell
Halloween Tournament
Lines: 3 teams of 6 Players
B2 – Transition Skate Shooting – College F
B4-B6 – Continuous Pass and Shoot Pro W
D100 – Three Team 6 Game 3-3 Tournament
E1 Change on the Go with Pass Shootout

Everyone dressed up in costumes. Girls teams – Refs – Chipmunks – Minnions Played each other 2 x 10' games and finished with a shootout.
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11-02-24 8:45: – Great Plains
B6 – 3 Pass-3-Shots-Agility Skate x 2 – 3 Shots
B6 – 2-0 x 2 Cross Pass x 2 – Finland U20
T2 – 5-0 BO – Wide Wing Slash – Stretch
T2 – 5-0 BO – W Box Out Chip – Wide W Slash –Stretch – Pro
DT100 Continuous 2-2 With Tag-up – Pro
D202 – Two Thirds Ice Game with Jokers Behind Nets

Before practice the parents and coaches met to create a Mission Statement with Wally and Craig from GHC.

Wally Kozak ran the Mission Statement exercise with the parents. I think it is an important thing to do to get everyone on the same page.

One hour practice after with Emily, Cassie and me. Jim is in New York for a week. Everyone in our league pinches on the strong side so we worked on breakout options that stretch the zone and force their D off the blue line or they give up breakaways.
We added indirect passing to the 2-0 drill so players know bouncing it off the boards either behind or sometimes in front of the receiver is a good option to avoid giveaways. The 2/3 ice game with a regroup to a player behind either net demands good puck protection and passing skills, players to get open and passer to get the puck to them. We play Sunday and then next Friday, Saturday, Sunday in Lethbridge, practice Tuesday, Thursday and do fitness Wed, so lots of hockey this week.
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Game vs Airdrie
We did a lot of things well on offense and scored 6 goals and a lot of things poorly getting 4 GA. Our goal going into every game is 2 or less GA and 3 or more GF.
Our passing wasn't as good with 84 completed passes compared to our last two games of about 110 and best game of 133. A little too much 1 on 5 hockey instead of moving the puck to someone in better position.
We outshot them 44-25 which is consistent with our last two games of 30-18 in a 6-0 win and 43-27 in our OT loss last weekend.
Eye contact is critical between passer and receiver. Example was Flames first shift vs. Oilers last night. They made two blind backhand passes at the start of the game and the puck was in their net after 20". So every level of hockey has the same principles.
We need to get better at our individual defensive skills to be a great defensive team. Fly byes are when you swing to the puck carrier and swoosh your stick at the puck and keep skating. Now everyone has to adjust because you lost your 1-1 and they now have a one player advantage. We did this a lot in the game.
We did a lot of good things on offense, especially hitting the net with our shots and putting in some hot rebounds.
We will work on these things at practice. This weekend we play three good teams and need our A game to be successful. We have shown that when we play hard with good habits we con compete with every team.
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Fire Black Practice 11-05-24

Date: 11-05-24 Time: 18:00-19:15 Arena: Village Square
Lines: 10 F – 2 G – 7 D
Puck Handling around the body
B6 – Machine Gun – 2 Passes x 2 Timing and Shots
C6 – Rush Recognition x 2 – U18 F T2 –
B5 – F Take Rim-1-0, 2-0
B5 – D to D Hinges – U17
B2 – D to D Options x 4 – Point Shots – U17
B5 – Breakout Reps – Czech U20
T2 – B5 – Triangle – F1 Pass Behind F2 – F3 – Shoot
DT400 Game of Quick Transition
D100 – Power Play Game
Team cheer in middle circle

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• Fire Black Practices – 10-31 – 11-02-24.pdf (531 KB)
• Fire Practice Plan – 11-05-24.pdf (492 KB)

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'Enjoy the Game'

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