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Washington Wild Email Newsletter:
October 19, 2017

WASHINGTON WILD NEWS

Washington Wild Gear & Apparel Stores are Open - Last Chance for Gear!

The WWFHA Gear (team tracksuits and hockey bags) and SquadLocker Apparel Stores are now open!

This is the final order period for team tracksuits and hockey bags in the Gear Store.

The Team Apparel Store hosted by SquadLocker is now open all the time (no closing period; orders shipped 6-12 days after an order is placed).

Top sellers for the Gear Store:

Tracksuits
Player Hockey bags
Travel duffle bags – order an XL duffle for your clothes on a team trips!
Team backpack

Top sellers for the Apparel Store:

Hats
Hoodies
Shorts
T-shirts

Click here to access the Washington Wild Team Stores

PCAHA Week In Review

19U Rep AA
10/14/17, Tri-Cities, 3-1 (win)
10/15/17, Abbotsford, 1-0 (win)

19U Rep A
10/14/17, North Shore Winter Club, 0-4 (loss)
10/15/17, South Delta Midget, 1-3 (loss)

14U Rep AA
10/14/17, North Shore, 3-2 (win)
10/15/17, Richmond, 3-2 (win)

12U Rep AA
10/14/17, North Shore, 4-2 (win)
10/15/17, Tri-Cities, 8-0 (win)

WWFHL Week In Review

12U/14U League
10/14/17, 12/14U Red (7) vs. White (3)

10U League
10/15/17, 10U Red (5) vs. Grey (3)
10/15/17, 10U Grey (4) vs. White (3)

8U League
10/15/17, 8U Red vs. White – scores not kept

Note: the league is on a game-break this coming weekend: Saturday 10/21 and Sunday 10/22

Looking for Sponsors
Do you know a possible sponsor for WWFHA that wants to reach a healthy audience? WWFHA has reasonable rates on sponsorship and advertising prorams. For more information email executive director of operations, Zoe Harris

10U Travel Teams Hosts NSWC Atom

The Washington Wild 10UT1 Red and 10UT2 White Teams host North Shore Winter Club for their first exhibition games of the season at Highland Ice Arena.

The schedule is:
Saturday 10/21 – 4:15pm: 10UT1 Red Team
Saturday 10/21 – 5:00pm: 10UT2 White Team
Sunday 10/22 – 8:45am: 10UT1 Red Team
Sunday 10/22 – 10:15am: 10UT2 White Team

Come out and support the teams! Go Wild!

WA Wild Player Meets Metro Riveters & Russian Players

Washington Wild 10U player Josie Charette enjoyed an amazing weekend by attending the Metro Riveters vs. Russia game in NJ (a double header with the NJ Devils).

After the game, she met with Olympian, WWFHA Honorary Board Member and big sister, Michelle Picard, who helped get Josie’s practice jersey signed by the entire Riveter team!

Later, Josie connected with some players on Team Russia, in particular Lyudimila Belyakova, who played for the Riveters last year and took a year off to play full time for Russia.

She is known as the 10^th best female player in the world by Hockey News.

Photos of the Week

Submit photos to your team manager for the photo montage of the week!

WWFHA Team Photo Night
– Order Forms Distributed this Week

Receive the ClearImage order forms at practice this week! Bring the order form to your team session (whether you order pictures or not, it connects the player to the team).

Some of the most popular items:

Team and individual player pictures: Econo Package
Player Trading Cards
Team Photo Mug
Stainless Travel Mug

The teams and times are listed below. There will be no make-up dates.

Tues Oct 24

12UAA - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
19UA - 7:45pm - 8:45pm

Thurs Oct 26

19UAA - 6:00pm – 7:00pm
14UAA - 7:30pm - 8:30pm

Fri Oct 27

10U League Teams - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
12U/14U League Teams and 12U/14U Travel Team - 7:15pm - 8:15pm

Sat Oct 28

10UT1 Red Travel Team: 2:15pm - 3:00pm
8U League and 8UTI Travel Team: 3:00pm - 3:45pm
10UT2 White Travel Team: 3:45pm - 4:45pm

Experts' Edge Series

Want to Keep Your Daughter in Sport? Don’t Make Comments about Her Body

Special from Parents online magazine in Canada, author Debbie King notes that comments about female bodies are a sure way for them to quit sports.

I'm not a numbers person. No matter how engaging the subject, I often gloss over stats and figures. But this one I couldn't ignore. That 61% did more than stand out. It shot out from the screen and hit me in the gut. Hard.

Statistically, girls are six times more likely to drop out of sport, compared to boys. That wasn't news to me. The eye-opener was learning the degree to which body-related guilt, shame, envy and embarrassment increases, while feelings and pride decreases as adolescent girls who participate in sports get older. And the shocker was learning that 61% of weight commentary and body talk comes from parents!

Click here to read the full article.

Ask WWFHA

Q: When should a goalie become a full-time goalie?

A: Coaches and parents should be aware of a few things when asking this question about their son or daughter.

First, players should not go to the rink and be a backup goalie ever before the age of 13. There is nothing fun about sitting on the bench for an entire game and then going home. Coaches should either allow one goalie to play another position for the game or split the crease-time between two goaltenders. Goalies can split the game in half, split each period in half or switch every three to four minutes. Remember that the goalie’s experience each day is more important than the appearance of a goaltending pattern similar to what is seen in the NHL. Let them play. Let them develop. Let them be kids.

Secondly, if a goalie at the age of 8 or 9 has decided that all he or she wants to do for now is play goalie, that’s OK, as long as other players who want to try goaltending are still allowed the opportunity. Teams in these situations should still allow multiple players to play goalie during practice (utilize the QuickChange pads), and have players share time with the full-time goalie during games. Additionally, it’s important that even the full-time goalie continues developing his or her skating skills, so be sure to include them in skating drills.

And finally, for technical and cognitive development purposes, the optimal age for players to become full-time goaltenders is at 12 or 13 years old and above, in the USA Hockey American Development Model train-to-train stage (see chart at right).

From USA Hockey ADMkids.com – click here to view the article.