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Washington Wild Email Newsletter:
March 7, 2016
WILD TEAM SCHEDULES
- Tuesday, 3/8/16
- 6:00 – 7:00pm – college hockey process with Zoë Harris
- 7:15 – 8:15pm (Highland small ice)
- Saturday, 3/12/16
- 5:00pm exhibition game vs. Surrey (Bellingham Sportsplex)
- Tuesday, 3/8/16
- 7:15 – 8:15pm dryland
- 8:30 – 9:30pm (Highland small ice)
- Friday, 3/11/16
- 5:45 – 6:45pm dryland
- 7:00 – 8:00pm practice ice (Highland small ice)
- Tuesday, 3/8/16
- 6:00 – 7:00pm (Highland small ice)
- 7:15 – 8:15pm – college hockey process with Zoë Harris
- Monday, 3/7/16
- 6:15 – 7:15pm practice ice (Everett Main Arena)
- 7:30 – 8:30pm dryland
- Friday, 3/11/16
- 5:45 – 6:45pm dryland
- 7:00 – 8:00pm practice ice (Highland small ice)
- Sunday, 3/13/16
- 8:45am game vs. Wild 12U, Highland Large Ice
- Monday, 3/7/16
- 6:15 – 7:15pm practice ice (Everett Main Arena)
- 7:30 – 8:30pm dryland
- Thursday, 3/10/16
- 6:45 – 7:30pm dryland
- 7:45 – 8:45pm practice ice (Highland small ice)
- Sunday, 3/13/16
- 8:45am game vs. Wild 14U, Highland Large Ice
- Saturday, 3/12/16
- 5:00 – 6:00pm practice ice (Highland small ice)
- Sunday, 3/13/16
- 10:15 – 11:15am practice ice (Highland small ice)
WWFHA NEWS
19U Rep Earns Silver at 2016 Pacific Districts
 Congratulations to the Washington Wild 19u Rep team for their second place finish at the 2016 USA Hockey Pacific District Championship tournament in Anchorage, AK.
The team made their WWFHA Family proud by representing their teammates, coaches, parents, sister players, and the entire association with class and character.
The 19u Rep team had a strong tournament winning several games in round-robin play in order to make it to the finals; however, they lost in the Championship game to the Alaska All Stars. The team played great hockey all season and we only see more growth year-over-year in store for this talented team.
14U Rep 2016 Pacific Districts Recap
 Congratulations to the Washington Wild 14u Rep team for making their WWFHA Family proud at the 2016 USA Hockey Pacific District Championship tournament in Anchorage, AK. They represented their teammates, coaches, parents, sister players, and the entire association with class and character.
While the 14u Rep team didn't place in the tournament, they played hard and learned a lot. This was the players first year at the tournament in the team's first year of existence. The team had a great season (developing quickly as individuals and as a team, winning the MLK tournament and the PCAHA League title), and we are excited for their bright future!
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. 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
Stay tuned for more updates!
14U House vs. Idaho Exhibition Games
The Washington Wild 14U House team hosted the Idaho Polar Bears for 2 exhibition games this weekend. The teams enjoyed some fun hockey, a pizza party, and brunch... all topped off with the “polar bear” slide! This is the second year that the Polar Bears have played the Wild and we look forward to making this an annual event!
February Shoot and Score Club Winners
 
Congratulations to Abby O’Neill and Fiona Boskovic of the Wild 14U Rep team for winning a Wild Shoot and Score prize for February. Abby and Fiona each completed 1600 shots!
Start logging shots (not during practice) for March and aim for the following targets to earn prizes:
- 19U Rep,19U and 14U Rep: 1500 shots per month
- 14U and 12U: 750 shots per month
- 10U/8U/6U: 250 shots per month
Submit action photos and month-end logs to info@wwfha.com
Girls' Try Hockey for Free - April 10
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Join Us - It's FREE
- Date: Saturday 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. To register visit: http://www.wwfha.com/beginner-may-2016.
Reg. for Wild Sunday 3v3 Sessions are Open
Registration is open for Wild Sunday 3v3! Space is limited so register soon!
What is 3v3 hockey?
- Fast-paced and creative: a great way for the girls to take control of their game - they have to, there is no one to hide behind! They learn to be aggressive and confident on the ice.
- Supervised, but driven by the girls themselves: we drop the puck and run two long periods with a short break in between. Girls bring the puck out after a goal, opposing team backs up to center ice - no face-offs!
Age groups, sessions, costs:
Wild Performance Camps Registration is Open
Registration for the age-specific May and June Wild Performance Camps opens this week!
For $99.99, each player receives:
- 3 hours of on-ice instruction by WA Wild Head Coach Shaun Miller and staff.
Each camp has a special focus.
- May Camp focuses on:
- power skating training
- speed training
- stick handling training
- shooting techniques
- small area battle games
- June Camp focuses on:
- skating with the puck with confidence, speed and strength
- puck protection with strength
- proper body contact to gain puck control
- angling and steering techniques
- small area battle games
3 hours of off-ice training by Engineered Sports - experts in hockey-specific performance training
- strength and power training
- speed-agility-quickness training
- core performance training
Age-Specific Sessions:
- 8U/10U: 7 - 10 years old
- 12U
- 14U
- 19U
REGISTER by April 30 for the May Camp and receive a FREE Wild Performance Camp T-Shirt!
REGISTER by June 4 for the June Camp and receive a FREE Wild Performance Camp T-Shirt!
Olympian Lyndsey Fry Camp Reg. is Open
Registration is open for the Olympian Lyndsey Fry Camp, April 29 - May 1, for 12U and 19U players. The camp includes on-ice sessions, off-ice conditioning, motivational talk and autograph session, nutrition, fitenss, and college recruitment discussions.
To Register Visit: http://www.FryHockey.com
Miller's Wild Youth 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.
 Seattle Wild Beantown Tournament Teams
The summer ‘Seattle Wild’ returns to the 2016 Beantown Classic; however, this year we will send a 14U 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.
Tryouts and practices will be held at Highland Ice Arena. Details on registration and cost are coming soon. Save the dates and times which are listed here: http://www.wwfha.com/beantown
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The Experts’ Edge
 Beyond the Plus-Minus [Adapted from USA Hockey Article by Jamie MacDonald]
Back in the day, hockey statistics relied heavily (and almost solely) on things like the plus-minus column or shots on goal. But as the game has evolved, so have the statistical measurements. Today there are advanced stats like Corsi (shots on goal + missed shots + blocked shots) and Fenwick (shots on goal + missed shots) and more.
But what do they mean? And more importantly for a youth hockey audience, do they matter?
While these statistics reshape some perceptions at the highest levels of the game, they are significantly less useful in youth hockey.
“At a lot of levels, they are ridiculous to look at,” says USA Hockey's Ken Martel, a key player in the creation, launch and managing of the American Development Model. He’s also a longtime data devotee with a deep interest in the evolution of advanced statistics and the application of technology in sports – both of which have their time and place.
“(Advanced stats) were developed for the pro game,” Martel says. “That’s where performance is everything. If you don’t perform at a really high level, if you make too many mistakes, you can’t play at that level. The youth game is different than the NHL game. Nothing about a Mite game looks like an NHL game. Nothing.”
Mistakes are part of the youth learning curve, part of what might be encouraged as a matter of getting better – and part of the fun.
If you think your youth team’s movements should be tracked 40 times per second, OK. But if you think your youth team should be measured by the number of smiles you see coming off the ice, the number of players who return from one season to the next, or the number of friends a young player has at the rink, you're on to something far more worthwhile and lasting.
“What’s important to a kid? She wants to have fun,” says Martel. “She wants to hang out with her friends. Hockey is a social game. Those are the things that bring kids back to youth sports. Remember, it’s a game. It’s fun. It’s really good for adults to know what’s going on, but you’re always managing information you put in front of your kids. Don’t overload them.”
Puck Possession Positives
Martel, however, does see application at the youth level for at least one statistic: puck possession.
“One of the things that advanced statistics reveal is puck possession,” he says. “In reality, we’re not a possession sport. In the average NHL game, the puck changes possession around 200 times. We really are a transition sport, but the teams that can maintain possession are generally successful.”
Martel sees a bright future for the sharing of this information with youth programs across the USA Hockey landscape.
“I want to utilize the technology to analyze what’s happening in practice, even to look at certain drills, to try to figure out whether certain drills have more value than others,” he says. “What’s happening statistically?”
“When it’s a kids’ game, you want them to be better, but they’re going to make lots of mistakes and they’re going to try things,” Martel says. “Sometimes we try to overdo things with our young kids that their brains can’t process. There are still cognitive functions that aren’t on-line at 8- or 9- or 10-years-old.”
The mistakes of a youth player shouldn’t be cataloged as a data set, unless that set is focused on the learning and developing of young players for greater success in the future.
Now that would be a welcomed advance in statistics.
Ask WWFHA
 What are WWFHA’s Safety and Risk Management Policies?
To maintain a safe environment, all WWFHA participants and spectators must adhere to USA Hockey, PNAHA, and PCAHA policies and procedures as outlined by each organization. These policies embody the minimum acceptable standards of safe conduct, and participants and spectators (even if they are not members of these organizations) may be disciplined or sanctioned for violating these policies, up to and including exclusion from WWFHA programs, activities and events.
Safety Rules
No one, other than WWFHA registered players, coaches, or team personnel may go on the ice or bench during any of a team’s activities, whether a game or practice.
No player, official or other participant will be permitted on the ice unless he or she is wearing appropriate helmet, pads and other personal safety equipment that has been properly fitted and is in good repair. Modifications to personal equipment that increase danger to the wearer or owner, or to others, are not permitted. All sticks, skates, gloves etc., must conform to standards established by USA Hockey and any other governing or standards setting bodies exercising oversight for WWFHA activities.
Coaches and other staff train all players and other participants in the permissible limits of physical contact during games, and in proper techniques for warming up, stretching, skating, playing the game, etc., to minimize the risk of injury or illness.
WWFHA forbids participants known to be under the influence of drugs or intoxicating substances, or with such substances in his or her system to participate in WWFHA programs.
Report any illness or injury suffered by or occurring to a player or other participant during any team on‐ice activity or other team event (including during travel) to the head coach immediately. Coaches and/or other WWFHA representatives will promptly and thoroughly investigate every injury, illness or accident to find its cause, and take corrective actions to prevent a recurrence.
Report any illness or injury suffered by a spectator during any team on‐ice activity or other event as a result of an interaction with a player or other participant (i.e., being hit with a puck or stick, a collision with a player, etc.) to the head coach immediately.
Report any illness or injury which causes a player to miss any team ice activity the head coach.
The above essential safety rules are not exclusive. Other specific safety rules and practices will be reviewed with participants by their coaches and/or WWFHA representative.
Screening and Record Check
Coaches must be properly screened in accordance with USA Hockey rules.
If, after passing the screening required by the USA Hockey Policies included in its Ethics Code Handbook, a coach or other participant engages in conduct that, if discovered in a Screening, would have disqualified the individual from participating in USA Hockey affiliated or sanctioned programs, the individual may be required to withdraw from participation or involvement in WWFHA programs and events, or to take other actions as directed by WWFHA that will minimize the potential risks to other participants or to the programs and events.
Substance Abuse
All participants involved in WWFHA will abide by a zero tolerance policy for misbehavior related to drugs and alcohol at any event and for threatening behavior to players, parents, volunteers and administrators.
Players shall not possess, ingest, sell, provide, be under the influence of, or have in their system alcohol, tobacco, performance-enhancing drugs or other controlled substances not prescribed by a licensed physician in connection with a legitimate and supervised course of treatment for a diagnosed medical condition.
Any player required to carry a prescription drug or other medication during practice or games must notify her coach at the beginning of the season (Please note on consent to treat form) or when the prescription is issued. WWFHA may require a physician’s authorization and, where appropriate, a note from a physician indicating any limitations on activity that may be necessitated by the prescription, or which may be advisable given its possible effects. This policy applies at all times to all participants in WWFHA programs, activities and events.
This policy applies: on the property of any WWFHA affiliates; during, or immediately before or after, any WWFHA programs, events or activities, including but not limited to practices, games, tournaments, and exhibitions; while en route to or from such programs, events or activities; at all times when traveling overnight with teams or other organized groups, in hotels, restaurants, airliners, busses, etc.
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