Welcome to the 2011 - 2012 Season

Email for KMH: kerrobertminorhockey@hotmail.ca

Tylo Anderson
is recovering from a broken collar bone suffered during the Provincial game in Lashburn. The bones have gone back together. He is still in pain and spends most of his time in bed. He can sit up for a bit, but for now, not long enough to write exams. He is sad about hockey and wishes to thank everyone for the well wishes and care packages.

We all hope to see you soon!

Novice Take Kindersley Tourney

Novice Tigers - Big Winners
in Kindersley Tourney

Atoms were down 3-2 after two
and would ran out of gas in third going down
to Unity Red 7-2 on Saturday

Bantams would head to Unity on the final leg of their 3 day
road swing Sunday. They were able to hold their
potent offence to one goal. Four at the other
end would hand the Lazers only their second
loss of the year and go 3 for 3 on the weekend.

Novice win big in Kindersley Tourney!

Bantams traveled to Outlook for game 2
of their 3 game weekend marathon to take
on Conquest. They would provide little
resistance as the Tigers passed and skated
their way to an 8-1 route!
They will make it to Unity to wrap up the
weekend to take on the second place team
who would love nothing better than
to knock the Tigers down a peg.

Midget Tigers opening round of Provincial
playoffs started out with the Midgets at
home on Friday night. A long delay before the
game waiting for the SHA assigned ref that
never showed. Ian Fischer was called at the
last minute to save the game.
Kerrobert played well in the first period and what
appeared to be dominating
the play. A couple of unfortunate goals got
the kids down by 2 in the first.

They were able to hold the score at 3-1
but into the third they started taking
penalties and Spiritwood would take
advantage of their frustration. The
last 10 minutes would be the local boy's
undoing while they allowed
the game to get out of control.
The Midgets have a 7 goal deficet
to dig themselves out of if they want
to move to the next round. Travis
Roszell would score the
2 Kerrobert goals

This commentator thinks they are the
stronger team if they can stay
out of the box. Good Luck!

Midgets will travel back to Spiritwood
on Jan 28 for game 2

Meanwhile the Bantams traveled to Lashburn
to take on Maidstone in game 1 on Friday.

Kerrobert would lose defenseman Tylo Anderson
when he went into the boards and suffered
a severe break in his collar bone.

He was taken to the Unity hospital for treatment.
The team carried on to beat Maidstone to
bring home a lead into game 2
on Friday Jan 27 at 8:00 PM
See you there!

Bantams will play 2 more league games on the road
this weekend.

Pee wees beat Kindersley 9-4.

Monday Jan 23
9:30 Unity at Ice Dawgs

Thank you for your support...

See you at the Rink!

Atoms celebrate first win against Biggar
Tied at 1 after the first period, up 4-3 after the second and a convincing 7-3 final. Jace Fischer with a Hat trick, and goals by Chayse Murphy, Avery Cholin, Carson Charteris and Casey Fruhstuk carry the Atoms on to victory. Cody Beswitherick played solid in net. Thats the way you do it!

Check out all the teams standings at http://www.hi-way14hockeyleague.ca/

Pee Wee, Bantam and Midget provincial draws are out and can be viewed here:

http://www.sha.sk.ca/provincials/draws

Bantam and Midget Zone camps:

February 10-12, 2012|

Midget Zone Camp is held in Kerrobert
Bantam (second year only) is in Maidstone

Pee Wee Girls Find out more about the Pee Wee Girls Prairie Thunder Hockey Team they play in the East Central Alberta Female Hockey League http://ecafhl.com/league/

Hi-Way 14 League has a new website!
http://www.hi-way14hockeyleague.ca/

Note! Looking for Scores and hilites! If your team's score is not on this page
you could easily text the score to 834-8285 after the game or
email schraefel@sasktel.net or you can write a short article about the game
with the highlites! Thanks for any help!

Power out of Your Wrist Shot?

Written by Jeremy Rupke from howtohockey.com

The wrist shot is the most commonly used shot in hockey, but you would be surprised how many players, young and old, are not harnessing all of their power and putting it into their wrist shot.

I know this for a fact because the topic came up in the dressing room at beer leagues. One of the guys asked me why my wrist shot was so much faster then his, and I was half his size. I gave him a few pointers, and many of the other guys were listening and added in their tips. A few days later I had a few players coming up to me and telling me how much of a difference they noticed by following my advice(and practicing of course). These guys are 30 years or older and all it took was a few pointers to help them get more power from their wrist shot.

I have added those pointers below to help you reach your full potential! Some are basic, the other tips are a bit more advanced, but I thought I would include everything.

Pull the puck back
- When taking a wrist shot, think of it like a sling shot. The further you can comfortably pull the puck back, the more time the puck spends on the blade of your stick, and the more time you have to transfer energy, and put power into your shot.
Start with the puck near the heel
- When you set the puck up on the blade of your stick it should be near the heel of your stick. The location varies depending on the shot, but no further than the middle of the blade. The puck will roll off of the blade of your stick, so starting with the puck close to the heel allows it to stay on the blade of your stick longer, and add more power to the shot.
Flex the stick
- A lot of the power actually comes from the shaft of your stick. When you lean into the shot, your are storing energy in the shaft of your stick (potential energy) When the shot is released, so is the energy, and a lot of that energy will be transferred into the shot, making your shot a lot more powerful.
Weight Transfer
- This goes hand in hand with flexing the stick. The more you lean into your shot, the more you are transferring weight, and the more power you will get from your shot. If you watch NHL players you will notice a lot of them lift their back leg when they shoot, this is because they are moving all of their weight into the direction of the shot.
Use Your Legs
- Your legs have the most powerful muscles in your body, if you do not use your legs when you shoot, you are missing out on a lot of energy that you could be putting into your shot! It may sound strange (a lot of players think that your wrist shot is all arms) but try it out, use your legs to push into the shot, you may be surprised. Also don't forget to rotate your shoulder and hips when you are shooting, this helps you put even more power into your shot.
Follow Through
- This is something most people learn as a youngster but I thought it was worth repeating. Don't stop pushing, push right through and continue into your follow through. In order to get full power from your wrist shot, you have to continue increasing the speed of your stick, this keeps the puck on the blade of your stick longer. Remember to point your stick where you want the puck to go.

One more tip for aiming

I thought I would tack this on for extra measure. Many players look down, fire and hit the goalie right in the chest. I see it too many times...solution? Look where you are shooting, you will be surprised how often the puck will go where you are looking and you will score more goals!

A Look Back at last year.....

Kerrobert Midgets
Win Provincial A

Provincial A Champions

Pee Wees Win League 2011

The five basic principles 
of Fair Play:
1. 
RESPECT THE RULES. 
2. RESPECT THE OPPONENTS. 
3. RESPECT THE 
OFFICIALS AND THEIR DECISIONS. 
4. HAVE EVERYONE PARTICIPATE. 

5. MAINTAIN YOUR SELF CONTROL AT ALL TIMES.

Fair Play DOES NOT CHANGE ANY RULES OF THE GAME.
Fair Play ENCOURAGES ALL PLAYERS TO BE AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE BUT WITHIN THE RULES.

Fair Play is introduced to promote SAFETY and RESPECT, and a positive environment in minor hockey for participants involved. The four main participant groups are; the players, the coaches, the officials, and the parents (spectators). How these four groups interact at any game determines how positive, or how negative the event becomes.

There are an increasing number of concerns becoming more evident in minor hockey today. These concerns go against the principles of Fair Play, what minor hockey represents, and the objectives of recreational minor hockey organizations.

Some concerns in minor hockey are; the lack of respect for opponents, verbal abuse of officials, inappropriate spectator behavior in the stands, violence on the ice, the win-at-all-costs attitude, the increased pressure on young players to win, and the lack of FUN for many.

Remember to cheer for the whole team,
we all wear the same jersey!

Congatulating the other team doesn't make 
you 
a bad parent!   It is JUST a game!

Brad Murphy - Head Coach, Western Prairie 
Thunder Midgets

ps. Gotta love the opening joke!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=eFsF0Z9EKDg

How to Host a Great Game A refresher on how to host a good game. It should be an enjoyable experience for the visiting town and the spectators.

Schedule your games through the Rec Director (834-2344) for rink and booth. Contact Darryl Fruhstuk for officials. Contact Clem to put your game on the website.

Workers on the gate should start before the visiting team arrives (about 1.5 hours prior to ice time!) Printed programs make the game much better for all.
50/50 collection should commence right away - Gate and 50/50 helps pay for referees and ice time and keeps fees low.
For games Pee Wee and up, it is advisable to have adult workers for the penalty boxes. For all levels, avoid having children in the clock/penalty box area for insurance and safety reasons. Remember that off-ice officials (scorekeepers, timekeepers, etc) are to remain neutral - no cheering!

Be sure visiting teams know where their dressing room is and have a key ready for them.
Manager or game timekeeper to set up game sheet and deliver to teams to fill out.
Game time keeper usually announces the game. Find out prior to the game how to pronounce the names of the visiting team.
Make sure clock and PA system are working and ready before the game.
Music is an amazing addition to the game during warm ups and play stoppages. Announcing is done during game play.
For playoff games, especially provincial games, announce the players, have them line up on the blue lines to 'Oh Canada". Either have someone sing it or have it on a CD.

Provincial games: Your provincial coordinator will tell you who schedules refs/lines and whether goal judges might be required.

Thanks and good luck to you all for a Great Game!

If you would like to visit the 2006,07,08,09 site please click on Archive link at left

Power out of Your Wrist Shot?

http://www.rmha.on.ca/FairPlay/fpmanual.html