Line Combinations and D Pairings

Corrine    Gracie     Kiki 

Keira       Maggie     Karina

Annie      Chloe       Amy

Emmersyn         Coco

Ella                  Emma

Lauren            (Ginny....dog in the face...injured)

What It Takes and Tomorrows Practice....

If you are reading this with sore or Jello-like legs...good for you! What we will do this year won't always be easy... but it will be fun, worthwhile, and challenging. It was a great first day of many to follow. I'm proud of the push each of you made during our practice as well as our sprint/plyometric training. Tomorrow is practice number two and training number 2 as well. Practice will be the same except we will get to the Stampede Angling Drill for sure so take a look at the video in the previous posts.

And....speaking of videos, take a look and a listen to the following video and draw some inspiration for those times when you feel like you are competing your hardest and you have to give a little more. Remember...GREATNESS IS NOT GIVEN...IT'S EARNED...
If you watched the Olympics you've probably seen this but, I think it's pretty cool to watch a few more times.

See you at the rink,
Coach Mike 

 

Videos and Stuff...

The following three posts are videos of skills and drills that we will be introducing tonight at practice. The Practice plan is posted in the left-hand sidebar under "Practice Plans". There may be slight modifications or additions to the plan but if you take a look it will give you a good idea of what we will be doing.

See you at the rink,
Coach Mike

Stampede Angling

Rabbit - Coyote

Skating Warm Up

The numbers are in....

The numbers are in and here they are!

1 Sydney

2 Keira 

4 Lauren 

5 Ella

6 Maggie 

7 Coco 

8 Kiarra 

9 Corinne 

10 Annie 

11 Gracie 

12 Karina 

13 Emma 

14 Chloe 

15 Emersynn 

16 Ginny 

17 Amy 

31 Kara

Awesome! 

Coach Mike

First Ice Times for the Wildcats Pride

I hope everyone is enjoying the wonderful weather and long summer days as much as we are in the Speer family! That being said we have a few new items to add to the upcoming days in August. 

Our first two practices have been scheduled for:
August 29th @Splex 3 from 6:30 PM-7:30PM
August 31st @Splex 2 from 6:30 PM-7:30PM

Please arrive at least 40 minutes before the practice on August 29th as we would like to go over some routines and expectations. We also need at least one parent available in order to sign our ODWHA waiver. This needs to be completed before the end of August so if you are unable to make it to either practice please let me know so other arrangements to sign can be made.

Also, I would like to have a brief parent meeting on August 31st, to answer any questions that may have arisen over the summer and to hopefully vote on the revised budget that Michelle sent out and that is available to print out in the sidebar labelled Team Documents. 

Lastly, we are going to try to make available teamwear for players to try on at one of the practices. We will be looking at purchasing Team jackets and hoodies, and pair them with black tights/yoga pants/track pants that your girls already have in their wardrobe. Thanks to Viv and Lori for pulling this together.

Very lastly, Andrea has done a ton of leg work to set up a trip to the Jay's game for Friday evening of the North York Showcase. A huge thank you and pleas be sure to sign up for tickets ASAP. I am attaching her Teamsnap message below in case you missed it.

Thanks,
Coach Mike

Hi Everyone,
We may have an opportunity to see a Jays game while we are at the North York Showcase on Friday, September 9th.  The tournament organizer is graciously coordinating our game times to allow us to get to this 7:00 game (Good Job Mike!)
Tickets are about $25 each (final number to be given once ordered) and they are selling out so I would like to get this finalized as quickly as possible.  Please follow the link below to indicate the number of tickets you would like and I will order together. 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TJM7BJHZjyFsxVAwUZQq2Xv7OrR_RA4E_g9xGrqRhqE/edit?usp=sharing

It isn't guaranteed until I order the tickets but hopefully all will go smoothly if everyone fills out the form and the tickets are still available. 
Andrea

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