Some people like sports team uniforms more than the actual sport.  And some people like the sport so much, they can barely remember the uniforms the teams wore.  There are fans of traditional (Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks) and fans of way out there (Oregon Duck football). My opinion on uniforms is all about the [...]

Note: It is graduation time for high schools throughout the state, by this coming Friday most seniors will be throwing their caps in the air at their high school’s commencement ceremony.  As this corner of YHH has found out, one of the most often questions posed by a parent at the rinks, “is should a [...]

This past month, Minnesota Hockey approved the split of the 2013-2014 Bantam and Peewee A levels into AA and A teams.  Last season’s test of splitting the two A levels was a success.  Now, the associations and districts will have to decide what level teams they field and what level of district play will there [...]

I’ve often joked that if you look hard enough, you can find a game in Minnesota 359 days a year.  There are six sacred days a year: Easter, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas.  Other than those six, it would not be hard to find a practice, a skating treadmill or probably a decent [...]

AT&T put out a great ad a couple years ago (see above). I think the point was internet speed. My takeaway was “Awkward Moment”. Standing around a rink for sometimes hours can produce some doozies, too. Here are a few: The time when a dad yells out, “we win this game if we get better [...]

Has Minnesota Hockey created a fiefdom with the establishment of district referee coordinators and refs.  There have been several incidents that happened the 2012-2013 season that would led one to believe that is so. The district referee coordinator start with a simple idea.  Each district has a district referee coordinator who is responsible for assigning [...]