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Washington Wild Email Newsletter:
June 7, 2017
WASHINGTON WILD NEWS
Brown Assistant Coach Return Visit to WWFHA
WWFHA welcomes a return visit from Katelyn Parker, former Washington Wild assistant captain (2008-2010). She graduated from Colgate, where she played for their NCAA DI team and earned a degree in Environmental Studies and Geography. Currently, she serves as a first-year assistant coach at Brown University.
Katelyn will be a guest on-ice coach at the June 10th All Hockey elite camp session, and she will talk afterwards about playing college hockey.
Click here to learn more about Katelyn’s playing career at Colgate.
Click here to read her bio as a coach at Brown University.
Quinnipiac Alumnae Guest Coach
Meghan Turner, a 2016 graduate of Quinnipiac with a degree in International Business and a member of their NCAA D1 women’s ice hockey team, will help with Wild Tuesday 3v3 sessions and during the All Hockey elite camp on Saturdays June – August. Look for her starting June 17th.
A two-time ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team selection and a two-time ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week, Meg hails from Bedford, NH. Welcome Meg!
Congrats to Players' Success at Rush Showcase
Congratulations to Washington Wild 19U Rep AA team’s Allison Reeb and Dylan Hammond for their successful showing at the Rush Hockey Rush the Show tournament – North America’s leading, collegiate-scouted, individual entry AAA tournament.
As part of ‘Team Northeastern’, the players took 3rd place out of 34 teams in the tournament, with a 5-2 record.
Congratulations!
Good luck at Multi-District Development Camp
Good luck to the eight Washington Wild players selected in their age groups for the 2017 USA Hockey Multi-District Girls’ Development Camp, which will be held this weekend in Colorado Springs, CO.
The players include:
- Allison Reeb: F – 2000 – 19U Rep AA team
- Anna Stensland: G – 2000 – 19U Rep AA team
- Dylan Hammond: F – 2001 – 19U Rep AA team
- Leah Johnson: F – 2001 – 19U Rep AA team
- Halle Hansen: F – 2002 – 14U Rep AA team
- Reese Dubicki: F – 2003 – 14U Rep AA team
- Abby O’Neil: F – 2003 – 14U Rep AA team
- Gwen Holloway: D – 2003 – 14U Rep AA team
Good luck to the other sixteen players from Washington State also selected to attend the camp.
Click here for more information about the 2017 Multi-District Camp.
Meet the Board
WWFHA announces the Board for this coming season. Each board member serves a 2-year term prior to re-election. They include:
- Colin Nurse: President
- Kelly Goscinski: Vice President and League Director
- Adam Young: Vice President and Registrar
- Kathy Demoors: Treasurer
- Jim Cerenzia: Secretary
- Cindy Dayley: Coaching Director
- Daniel Brown: Beginners Director
- Jim Ericson: Equipment Manager
- Jenn Wood: Board member at large
- Dave Patton: Board member at large
Click here to learn more about each board member.
Washington Wild Shoot & Score Club
 Once again, WWFHA hosts the Washington Wild Shoot & Score Club Summer Challenge! This challenge helps inspire players to improve on their shot or goalie defending skills by working on the specific skills during the summer months.
College coaches look for players who shoot and score (or stop shots) with accuracy and consistency.
To join the fun, check out the full rules online and submit your shot logs on a monthly basis!
PLAYER GOALS
- 19U Rep AA and A, and 14U Rep AA: 1500 shots per month; 4,500 in 3 months
- 14U & 12U Rep AA, and 12U/14U players: 750 shots per month; 2,250 in 3 months
- 10U, 8U and 6U players: 250 shots per month; 750 in 3 months
AWARDS OF THE WASHINGTON WILD SHOOT AND SCORE CLUB CHALLENGE
- Monthly Club Award – Reach the designated amount of shots for your age/team in a 1 month time period to receive a Monthly Award. You can receive 1 award per month between June 1 and August 31!
- Grand Prize Club Award – Reach the designated number of shots in 3 months for your age/team between June 1 and August 31 to receive the grand award!
RULES OF THE CHALLENGE
- Track your shots and have your parents initial each day you shoot pucks – on or off ice.
- Keep your logs and return the completed sheets to WWFHA by August 31, 2016.
- Awards and Prizes will be presented at the Washington Wild Season Kick-Off Event!
CLICK HERE to read the full rules, download a shot log, and learn more!
Positions Available for 2017 - 2018
We need you! Are you interested in helping WWFHA run smoothly? Each key role directly benefits each player, team, parent, and the association as a whole.
Consider applying for one the following positions:
- Age Division Directors
- Parents’ Advocate / Liaisons
- Players’ Advocate / Liaisons
- Managers’ Director
- Special Committees Members: Fundraising (example)
- Assistant Registrar
- Assistant Beginner Director
- Assistant Equipment Manager
Let us know of your interest at info@wwfha.com.
2017-18 Tryout & Evaluation Skate -- Registration OPEN!
Register for tryouts and evaluation skates for placement on Washington Wild teams for the 2017-2018 season!
Washington Wild tryouts for Rep 19U AA and 19UA, 14UAA and 12UAA teams are Saturday August 5 and Sunday August 6th. Rep AA teams practice each weekend throughout the month of August.
On Saturday August 26th WWFHA hosts the Evaluation Skate for league teams & league travel teams for the 12U/14U, 10U and 8U age groups. All players interested in playing for a Western Washington Female Hockey League (WWFHL) team and subsequent Travel Team should attend this evaluation skate.
Players will be placed on balanced teams for league play in WWFHL. Those interested in playing on a tiered Travel team arranged by skill level will also be evaluated. Travel teams play local exhibition games against boys’ teams, female teams and tournaments.
Click here to register.
WWFHA League (WWFHL) & Washington Wild Select Travel/Tournament Teams
League Features:
- Age Groups: 8U, 10U and 12/14U
- Practices: 2 practice per week; players practice in small groups by skill level ; ADM
- Off-Ice: training designed by Engineered Sports
- Teams: Balance/equally skilled teams
- Development: skills, systems and hockey IQ
- Games: once a week games on Sundays (Saturday 5pm for 12/14u division)
- Female-Centric: 'Hillary Knight Rule" - no more than 3 goals can be scored by one player
Select Travel/Tournament Team Features:
- Team Age Groups: 8U, 10U, 12u/14U (participation is optional)
- Open to: all female hockey players in WA State interested in tournament/exhibition play that is registered with WWFHA (full time or as a double-rostered player)
- Team Formation: teams set up by skill level; two teams per age group (12/14u will have 1 team): Red Team (Tier 1) and White Team (Tier 2)
- Practices: once per week (younger teams may be less)
- Off-ice: conditioning designed by Engineered Sports
- Games: monthly exhibition or tournament games
More specific details coming soon!
Questions? Click here to visit the WWFHL main page
or email Kelly Goscinski, League Director
Spring/Summer Opportunities
 There is still time to sign up for each of these great Spring and Summer hockey programs. Add to your personal training or just keep the dust away during the off-season!
- Weekly Wild Tuesday 3v3 Sessions: All Age Groups & Drop-In!
- Spring/Summer Female Hockey League
- All Hockey Elite Spring/Summer Camp
- Stick and Puck Sessions at Highland
- Sundays
- 5:00pm-6:00pm: for ages 17U and parents-
- 6:15pm-7:15pm: for ages 18 and older
- Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
Expert Edge
Social Media Pitfalls for Players
With the recent announcement by Harvard rescinding at least ten acceptances to the university due to obscene memes, we feel it important to re-post the information on the dangers of social media when applying for college and trying to get the attention of collegiate scouts.
While players can benefit from sharing the growth of their athletic careers as they build a positive online reputation, they must be aware of the pitfalls of the fast-paced nature of social media and how it may spin out of control and harm one’s future.
We realize most parents know that USA Hockey their member hockey associations have social media policies; however, it is just as important, if not more so, that players abide by their own set of rules online to build their reputation.
Nothing is ever private online, as this article following indicates, and colleges and coaches keep tabs (and employers, too). If you are flaming online with friends in jest, or with all seriousness, it could cost you your future. A good rule of thumb--never post anything you would not want your grandmother to see.
Click here to read the Harvard article.
Last posted in the February 22 edition of WWFHA Assists’ Expert Edge, please re-read this post and click at the bottom to read the full article:
What goes online, stays online
[by Patrick Carver]
Social Media is everywhere, including youth sports. It can work wonders growing your league but it can also endanger your players’ reputations with future employers and recruiters.
We want to help you understand the power of Social Media.
US Youth Soccer found nine out of 10 college coaches said their perception of a recruit has been negatively affected by a social media post.
A growing number of children have their own mobile devices and document their lives through Social Media. Survey reports have shown almost 58% of kids 8-12 years old have their own smartphones. By 13-17 years old, 78% of kids have their own.
Pew Research Center found that 92% of teens report going online daily and that 71% of those teens are using more than one social network site. While most children are innocent in their posting on those sites, they must remember that nothing is truly private once it’s posted online.
“Never let a 140 character tweet cost you a $140,000 scholarship.”
– Brandon Chambers, Former Marymount University Men’s Basketball Coach. @ChambersPVI
Think twice about your social media posts!
PLAYERS
Instead of using Facebook to let out your frustration or Twitter to retweet trash talk, it’s more acceptable to share game updates and photos with your teammates. Remember, future coaches, managers, and family members could be seeing what you’re putting online.
What should players post?
- A thank you to supporters
- Words of encouragement to others
- Topics they find interesting (as long as they are appropriate)
- Updates on their personal and athletic progress
Click her to read the full article.
ASK WWFHA
Q: What were Olympians doing at age 12?
A: If the stereotypical image of an Olympic athlete is that of someone who has toiled for almost an entire lifetime, from a very young age, to hone his or her particular craft by training in one sport year-round, the athletes themselves would like to set the record straight.
According to results from the United States Olympic Committee’s Path to Excellence Survey, which looked at athletes who competed in the Olympics between 2000 and 2012, there is great value in playing more than one sport. You might even go so far as to say that if you are a 12U hockey player right now, the path to the Olympics is paved by variety instead of early specialization.
Chris Snyder of the USOC’s Coaching Education Program helps shed more light on the survey’s findings.
Is it just the Genes? Click here to find our more from USA Hockey ADM Kids.
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