 WWFHA ASSISTS
Washington Wild Email Newsletter:
September 20, 2016
WASHINGTON WILD NEWS
Wild Jamboree
Join us for the Sunday Wild Jamborees -- monthly all-girl hockey scrimmages! All girls ages 5-10 years old at every skill level are welcome, and the first session on Sept 25th is FREE! There will be up to 3 games happening at one time based on skill level.
The jamboree will occur at Highland Ice Arena from 8:45am – 9:45am on ice with other fun activities occurring from 10am – 11am.
Click here for more information.
Beginner Hockey Starts with 20 Players!
20 new players started playing hockey in the newest sessions of the Washington Wild Beginners Hockey 1 and Hockey 2 classes. All the players are off to a great start!
Want to help on or off the ice? We need student coaches and adults, too! Contact Daniel Brown, Beginners’ Manager, to help full-time or part time at beginners@wwfha.com
- Click here for more information and to sign up!
Support our Big Sister Team, the NY Riveters
 Purchase a NY Riveters T shirt with the name and number of your favorite player! Click here to see the NY Riveter t-shirt options!
Or, you can purchase a t-shirt to support WWFHA’s new Honorary Board Member, Olympian and Harvard Grad -- Michelle Picard #27, if you click here.
Cell Phones and Recording Devices
 For everyone’s safety, cell phones and other mobile devices with recording capabilities, including voice recording, still cameras and video cameras, are not permitted in the locker rooms, per USA Hockey rules.
Please take phones or other mobile devices outside of the locker room for use. Team managers or other designee please collect players’ cell phones and other mobile recording devices prior to locker room activity.
Click here to refer to more of WWFHA's Policies.
Manager Meeting
The Washington Wild teams’ managers' meeting is tonight, Tuesday, September 20th 7:00pm at Highland Ice Arena. All managers should attend; the attendance of coaches is optional.
We will discuss USA Hockey, PNAHA and WWFHA rules, pre-season and early season duties, continuing duties, tournaments, PCAHA- and MHL-specific rules, injuries, communication, contacts and SportNgin. Each manager will receive notes from the meeting, a Manager Handbook, SafeSport Handbook and locker room signs.
Ian Gordon Goalie Coaches' Session
Ian Gordon will sync with Wild coaches on Thursday September 22 7:30pm at Highland Ice Arena.
Coach Gordon will review proper methods for warming up goalies during practice and games, and get everyone on the same page for supporting and growing Washington Wild goalies for this season.
Support the Wild when You Shop
 For those of you who love the convenience of shopping online, shop AmazonSmile at https://smile.amazon.com/.
Amazon will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to the Washington Wild. Your shopping can promote learning and support players in WWFHA, and it provides an easy way to contribute to WWFHA throughout 2016.
Practice Jerseys / Team Store Update
 Practice jersey have arrived and will be handed out at practices for all teams over the next 2 weeks. Practice jersey are for each player to keep.
The team stores open again in a few weeks! Stay tuned to order team track suits, shells, bags, and NIKE apparel.
Team NIKE apparel shipped! Key an eye on your mail box as thee items ship directly to the customer.
Team track suits and shells arrive in the next 7+ business days and will be delivered to practices.
Shoot and Score Club--Correction
Congratulations to all the winners of the Washington Wild Shoot and Score Club Summer Competition. We accidentally listed Michaela Kidwell as a member of the 12U Rep Tier 2/AA team, but she is actually on the 14U Rep Tier 2/AA team.
The Experts’ Edge
 Cross Ice Hockey Prominent at NHL Development Camps [by USA Hockey]
It’s NHL Development Camp season and all across North America, teams are utilizing cross-ice hockey, small-ice hockey and small-area games to teach their prospects.
“To me, the (small-ice) 3-on-3 is more important than the full-ice scrimmage,” said Buffalo Sabres general manager Tim Murray. “It’s a lot harder type of game than it is playing end-to-end. It’s a battle. Everything’s a battle. The guys that don’t battle are on the periphery and they don’t have a big impact.”
Those battle characteristics are intrinsic with cross- and half-ice hockey, making it more like the pace and style of elite-level hockey. As a result, it’s a development tool used by every NHL team. And while it’s important for aspiring professionals, it’s even more valuable for 8U players, emphasizing fast-twitch bursts of skating speed, agility and competence in traffic that define success at advancing levels. It also creates more puck touches and confidence for every player, making it both functional and fun.
Click here to see photos and videos.
Ask WWFHA
 Q: What’s the history of female hockey in PCAHA?
A: During the 1990’s the number of girls and women playing the game increased dramatically. From 1992-2000 the Senior Female league, the Lower Mainland Female Ice Hockey League (now the South Coast Female Amateur Hockey League) undertook the project of promoting Minor Female registration, with remarkable success. The number of Minor Female teams within PCAHA increased from 3 in 1993-1994 to 92 in 2004-2005, and Female participation rates continued to increase at 15%-20% per season until the late 2000’s.
Q: Where can I find a summary of women’s hockey history?
A: The history of women’s hockey from 1889 to the present is summarized nicely on the page link below, including a great old photo of an early team. Click here to read more.
Thank You to Our Partners
Share the News with Other Female Hockey Enthusiasts!
Click below to share this email on Facebook, tweet or forward via email.
|
