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Washington Wild Email Newsletter:
March 14, 2016 

WILD TEAM SCHEDULES

• Tuesday, 3/15/16
  • 6:00 – 7:00pm dryland
  • 7:15 – 8:15pm (Highland small ice)
• Thursday, 3/17/16
  • 6:45 – 7:30pm dryland
  • 7:45 – 9:15pm (Everett Main ice)
• Sunday, 3/20/16
  • 8:45am game vs. Williams, Bellingham Sportsplex

• Tuesday, 3/15/16
  • 7:15 – 8:15pm dryland
  • 8:30 – 9:30pm (Highland small ice)

• Tuesday, 3/15/16
  • 6:00 – 7:00pm (Highland small ice)
  • 7:15 – 8:15pm dryland

• Monday, 3/14/16
  • 6:15 – 7:15pm practice ice (Highland small ice)
  • 7:30 – 8:30pm dryland

• Thursday, 3/17/16
  • 6:45 – 7:30pm dryland
  • 7:45 – 8:45pm practice ice (Highland small ice)

• Sunday, 3/20/16
  • 11:30 – 12:30pm practice ice (Highland small ice)

• Sunday, 3/20/16
  • 10:15 – 11:15am practice ice (Highland small ice)

WWFHA NEWS

 Anderson Commits to Salve Regina University

Congratulations to Washington Wild 19U Rep team’s senior captain, Mikayla Anderson!  Salve Regina University in Rhode Island accepted her, and she will pursue a nursing degree there and play hockey for their women’s NCAA DIII Seahawks starting in fall of 2016.

Mikayla: “I am so lucky to have the opportunity to play hockey and study nursing at such a great school, and I still can't believe it's actually happening. I am very excited about my future at Salve, but my time with the Washington Wild has been so special. I am so grateful to WWFHA for all the guidance over the years. It's going to be incredibly hard to say goodbye to people who have been such a huge part of my life for so long, but I know I'll end up back here.” 

Read the full story on WWFHA.com 

14U and 12U teams meet in final game

The WA Wild 14u house and 12u travel teams end the season today in a playoff game against their sisters. A great game. Go Wild - a fun year with a lot of growth and development!

US Women’s National Hockey Team Coming to Town!
 

The best U.S. female hockey players in the world are coming to Xfinity Arena in Everett, WA Mach 18 – March 24. The team is preparing for the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championships in Kamloops, BC – March 28 – April 4. Their practices are open to the public. 

Their practices are open to the public. This means you can greet players as they get off the ice and that sort of thing.  The schedule is:

• Friday, 3/18/16
  • 9:00 – 10:15am, Main Arena
  •  3:00 – 4:15pm, Community Rink
• Saturday, 3/19/16
  • 10:00 – 11:15am, Main Arena
  •  5:00 – 7:00pm, Main Arena
• Sunday, 3/20/16
  • 9:30 – 11:00am, Main Arena
  •  5:00 – 6:15pm, Main Arena
• Monday, 3/21/16
  • 5:00 – 6:15pm, Main Arena
• Tuesday, 3/22/16
  • 10:00 – 11:15am, Main Arena
  • 5:00 – 7:00pm, Main Arena
• Wednesday, 3/23/16
  • 3:45 – 5:45pm, Main Arena
• Thursday, 3/23/16
  • 10:00 – 11:15am, Main Arena
  • 5:00 – 7:30pm, Main Arena scrimmage vs. a local team

January Shoot and Score Club Winner

• 19U Rep,19U and 14U Rep: 1500 shots per month
• 14U and 12U: 750 shots per month
• 10U/8U/6U: 250 shots per month

Girls' Try Hockey for Free - April 10

Please help spread the news - either send an email, 'share' a social media post, or call someone up and tell them about the April Girls' Try Hockey for Free event.

Join Us - It's FREE

- Date: Sunday, April 10th

- Time: 12:45pm - 1:45pm

- Note: Please arrive 45 minutes early to get skates sized

- Location:  Highland Ice Arena - 18005 Aurora Avenue North, Shoreline

For more information and to register, please visit: http://www.wwfha.com/try-hockey-for-free

Register for Hockey 1 and 2





Registration is open for Hockey 1 and Hockey 2 spring/summer beginner classes, May 1 – July 31, 2016. This program is for females ages 4 to 12 years old to learn to skate and play hockey at Highland Ice Arena - Shoreline.  These classes are based on USA Hockey's ADM model. Each class can be taken over and over again until the player feels like she has mastered the basics, and is ready to move to the next level, and before she is assigned to a team in the Fall of 2016.

More info and to register visit: http://www.wwfha.com/beginner-may-2016.

Register for Wild Sunday 3v3

Wild Performance Camps Registration is Open

Olympian Lyndsey Fry Camp Reg. is Open

Miller's Wild Elite/College Wed. Training

Join Washington Wild Rep Head Coach, Shaun Miller and other Washington Wild coaches for the 2016 Youth Elite / College Wednesday Training Sessions this summer!

The program is designed to refine and enhance elite player skills (primarily collegiate and midget) and conditioning in preparation for the up-coming season. Each Thursday focuses on a new area and will entail intense on and off-ice programming for the elite player.

• To register: Email Coach Miller at
  miller014@comcast.net
• More info: http://www.wwfha.com/elite-camp

Seattle Wild Beantown Tryout Registration is Open

The summer ‘Seattle Wild’ returns to the 2016 Beantown Classic; however, this year we will send a 15U Rep team AND a 19U Rep team.

The tournament, located just outside of Boston, MA July 22 – 25, 2016, is one of the most highly attended events by collegiate scouts. Last year’s tournament spot-lit many WWFHA players and helped the scouts see their talents.
 

TEAMS

• 19U (birth years 1997, 1998, 1999 + exceptions)
• 15U (birth years 2000, 2001 + exceptions)

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The Experts’ Edge

College coaches love Multi-Sport Athletes? [From Dr. Rob Bell, Contributing Expert to STACK]
College coaches never say, "I hate my multi-sport athletes." The opposite is true. They love them!
Here are four reasons why multi-sport athletes are better and more attractive to college coaches.
Sport Skills Transfer
 
Eighty-seven percent of the picks in the 2015 NFL Draft were former multi-sport athletes. And this isn't a one-year anomaly. The long-term average hovers around 70 percent. All athletic movements transfer—quickness, running, jumping, agility, throwing, etc. For instance, jumping for a basketball is similar and builds the same muscles needed to push off the blocks and have a good kick in swimming.
 
Multi-Sport Athletes have Higher Sport IQs
 
They develop a feel for any game they play. They are more creative and less mechanical in their approach. For instance, some 10-year-olds look like demi-gods in the batting cage, but have no idea how to run the bases. Some collegiate volleyball players have never served a ball in competition, ever.
 
Multi-Sport Athletes Suffer Less Burnout
 
How long does traveling every weekend to compete in six showcase events remains fun? Maintain your passion and fun by taking breaks and time off.
 
Multi-Sport Athletes Learn to Compete
Each sport is different and requires different levels of focus and resiliency. To become mentally tough, athletes need to be in various sport situations that test their resiliency and ability to come back. If they learn to compete early, it will transfer into other areas later on. We can compete in anything.

• Marcelo Chierighini was SEC Swimmer of the Year at Auburn, a national champion and Olympian; he didn't start swimming until age 16.
• Maverik McNealy, golfer at Stanford University, the top-ranked amateur golfer in the United States, played hockey and soccer as well as golf into his senior year in high school. The balance, stability and core strength required for hockey transferred to golf.
• Future NBA Hall of Famer Steve Nash played soccer, rugby and basketball in high school.

Ask WWFHA

My child wasn't one of the top players this year. Should I be worried? [From Kenny Rausch, USA Hockey’s Youth Hockey Manager]
 
Absolutely not! The only thing that should cause you to worry about your child’s future in hockey is if your child doesn’t have burning passion for the game.
 
I’ve been involved with USA Hockey’s Player Development Camps for nearly twenty years and I can tell stories from both sides of the coin. There are many young standouts at our development camps that, quite simply, plateau early. Some players mature earlier than others and can be stalwarts at 14, 15, or 16 years old and then fall off of the development ladder later. I often look back through our evaluations of players and wonder whatever happened to so and so.
 
Conversely, in your child’s case, there are just as many stories – maybe more – of kids who were average players at the camps (or didn’t make the camps at all) who go on to have great hockey careers, whether it be college or professional.
 
I do a presentation about late bloomers (actually they are normal) who have gone on to stardom. I’ll highlight three players for you:
 
Jimmy Vesey, last year’s goal-scoring leader in NCAA Division I hockey, was a smaller player at the USA Hockey Boys Select 15 Camp. He certainly wasn’t out of place, but he wasn’t a standout at 5-foot-8, 135 pounds. He now stands 6-foot-1 and 195 pounds – just a bit of a difference from when he was 15!
 
Shayne Gostisbehere is another player similar to Vesey. He was only 5-foot-7, 125 pounds at the Select 15 camp and didn’t make a return to the Select 16 or 17 camp, but he developed his game sufficiently to become a leading candidate for the NHL Rookie of the Year award after a standout career at Union College where he was a mind-blowing plus-7 in the national championship game two years ago. 
 
Lastly, I’ll reference Johnny Gaudreau. He was always a relatively small player and still is. He was cut from his district team at 16 years old and almost didn’t try out at 17 years old. Thankfully, he did, and he made it to the festival and was a standout there. How could he not be with those moves and skill? But he’s another player who was overlooked at 15 years old and became an NHL star. 
 
Here’s a little more food for thought: Historically speaking, only about 55 percent of the players at the Select 15 camp make it to the Select 16 camp. Roughly 60 percent (depending on the year) make it back from the Select 16 camp to the Select 17 camp. What this means is that everyone still has a chance at 14, 15, 16, or even 17-plus years old to develop into a career hockey player. If they keep their passion burning, keep working on their skills, and always have the greatest work ethic, you never know where it will lead. 
 
Don’t be discouraged by lack of early success. After all, isn’t it more important to peak later anyway?

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