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Washington Wild Email Newsletter:
January 18, 2017
WASHINGTON WILD NEWS
19U AA Repeat as MLK Tourney Champs
Congratulations to the 19U Rep AA team for winning the 14th Annual 2017 MLK Girls/Women’s Ice Hockey Tournament Championship title in San Jose, CA for a second year in a row!
The Washington Wild won gold by defeating the Colorado Select 5-1 in the Championship game. In their undefeated tournament run, they beat the Utah Lady Grizzlies (3-0), Colorado Select (4-0), Anaheim Lady Ducks (4-0) and Colorado Tigers (6-0) in pool play before winning the finals.
The team tallied 21 goals, with 3 goals from the power play, and only 1 goal against in five games — fantastic!
14U AA Earn MLK Tourney Championship
 Congratulations to the 14U Rep AA team for taking the 14th Annual 2017 MLK Girls/Women’s Ice Hockey Tournament in San Jose, CA by storm and winning the Championship title for the first time!
The Washington Wild took gold by beating the Anaheim Lady Ducks 3-2. In their undefeated tournament run, they beat the Anaheim Lady Ducks G2 (3-2), Dallas Stars Elite (2-1), and Anaheim Lady Ducks G3 (5-2) in pool play. They sent the Anaheim Lady Ducks G3 home (4-0) before winning the finals.
The team of ten skaters and 1 goalie tallied 16 goals, 1 from a power play and 1 on a penalty kill, and only 6 goals against in five games — awesome team effort!
19U A Wild in Lumby, BC Tourney Play
The 19U A Wild traveled to the Lumby Female Recreational Tournament this past weekend. This small—2 goalies, 10 skaters--but big-hearted team played three games against tough opponents with at least 14 skaters on their respective benches.
The Wild met all new competition this season as they faced Merritt, Penticton and Kamloops in three games. Despite some bad luck and mishaps (lost ID documents and empty gas tanks) in the 24 hours prior to the tournament, the girls played solid hockey, demonstrated a never-say-die attitude and showed tremendous spunk. Congratulations to the 19U A Wild for their heart and work ethic at this tournament!
WA Wild Beginners Class Sets Record
What an amazing scene and event for the growth of girls hockey. 48 players registered for the January session of the Washington Wild Beginner Hockey 1 and Hockey 2 class – the largest in WWFHA history!
23 coaches mentored the players through 5 ice stations, learning basic skating and hockey skills. The new players worked hard and had a lot of fun as they progressed through each station.
 The Goal of the WA Wild Beginner Program
- To introduce girls ages 4 - 10 to a lifetime love of the exciting sport of hockey.
- To prepare girls for the next level of hockey - whether that is the next class or a team in the Fall.
The Philosophy
- FUN! We design our Learn to Skate/Learn to Play Hockey practices around small area games and stations. Our players gain skills fastest when they enjoy how they are learning.
- We intend our program to build self-confidence starting from the players' very first steps on the ice via the use of smaller practice spaces and a small player to coach ratio.
- Small playing groups within the program promote teamwork and positive sportsmanship. The girls get to know the others in their group and look forward to spending time with their new hockey friends.
 The Process – USA Hockey ADM Model
- Players learn at their own pace in groups of similarly skilled players. These groups allow the girls to build confidence in their skating.
- Some of the games/drills that you may see during practice: freeze tag (promotes agility and quick decision making on skates), obstacle course (promotes balance and agility), carry and shoot (promotes beginner stick handling and shooting while maintaining proper hockey skating), and beginner skating skills such as forward stride, rudimentary stops/starts, backward skating, and more.
3 WA Wild Teams Play Back-to-Back in Bellingham on Saturday - Come Watch!
Don’t miss a great opportunity for a mini-road trip to see three Washington Wild Rep AA teams play back-to-back on Saturday January 21 at the Bellingham Sportsplex - 1225 Civic Field Way, Bellingham, WA 98229. The schedule is:
- 3:00pm: Washington Wild 12U Rep AA vs. South Delta
- 4:30pm: Washington Wild 19U Rep AA vs. Vancouver
- 6:15pm: Washington Wild 14U Rep AA vs. Tri Cities
It is only 1.5 hours away and well worth the drive to see the top female hockey teams in Washington State play against their Canadian counterparts -- an cheer on your Washington Wild sisters!
WA Wild Team and Individual Pictures
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2017 PNAHA Washington State Female Development Camp Registration
All Washington female hockey players who are born in 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 are eligible to attend this camp at the Xfinity Community Rink in Everett, January 28 & 29, 2017.
WWFHA encourages all of-age Washington Wild players to participate, and all other players to watch the event so they can see the top players in the state skate together. Do not miss this once-a-year opportunity to be seen by evaluators, and possibly be chosen to attend the USA Hockey Multi-District Camp in Colorado Springs, CO in June, which is a precursor to the USA Hockey National Camp.
For more information, registration, and a full schedule visit: PNAHA Girls/Women's Hockey
Find a list of frequently asked questions and their answers at the bottom of page: PNAHA Girls/Women's Hockey
For specific questions, contact Cindy Dayley, PNAHA Girls’/Women’s Director, at FemaleDir@PNAHA.com
PCAHA Weekend in Review
12U Rep Tier 2/AA
- 1/14/17 vs. Langley, Tie 2-2
- 1/15/17 vs. Surrey, Win 3-2
10U WA Wild Player Madeline Kimball Receives Honor From WA Capitals
Congratulations to Madeline Kimball of the 10U Washington Wild who was selected as the Washington Capitals Player of the Month! Click here to read more.
All Hockey Elite Spring/Summer Camp
All Hockey offers programs for 7-10, 11-14, and 15 and over age groups. Each age group will train on the large ice at Highland with some of the best coaches in the area and engage in off-ice stick-handling and a separate off-ice conditioning session. Shaun Miller leads a team of excellent coaches for this camp May - July.
Click here to earn more.
The Experts’ Edge: If they are not failing, they are not improving.
In the film “Apollo 13,” actor Ed Harris famously utters the line, “Failure is not an option” in regard to the American mission to land on the moon for a third time.
The line reflects the life-or-death nature of decisions made in space, but one also needs to consider this: in order to conquer space travel in the first place, rocket scientists had to fail countless times.
Youth hockey is not rocket science, but we can still learn a valuable lesson by comparison. Failure in hockey most certainly is an option. It’s really the only option when it comes to making kids better.
Rich Hansen, USA Hockey American Development Model regional manager of the Atlantic and New York districts, is constantly emphasizing that point.
“Let them fail,” he said. “Let them fail in the drill until they get it right, then add another component.
“As a parent, you see a kid failing and you think a coach is doing something wrong. But it’s all a work in progress. If it’s too easy, it’s not worth doing.”
Click here to read more of Michael Rand’s (special to USA Hockey) article.
Q: Why are my kids playing cross or small ice hockey and not on a full sized rink?
A: The way Jamie Rice describes it makes perfect sense.
Young baseball players don’t play on a Major League-sized diamond. Youth soccer players don’t use a full-sized field. The reason? Their still-growing bodies aren’t suited for playing surfaces designed for adults.
It seems obvious, but while those sports (and others) figured it out long ago, some in youth hockey left the answer to better player development hidden in plain sight.
Rice, the men’s hockey head coach at Babson (Mass.) College, has a 14U son and twin 10-year-old girls. From a number of perspectives, he is an advocate of cross-ice hockey at the younger levels.
“In terms of puck touches and opportunities, I like it because it’s the only thing at that age that will resemble the whole game,” Rice said. “A game with 8-year-olds in anything will not resemble what it does at an older age. To me, they’re actually playing hockey when they’re playing cross-ice instead of just skating on a full-sized rink.”
Click here to read about the evidence of benefits.
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