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Daily Dish: Time For the USA Hockey Waiver Wire?
Stephen Heisler • 8 mos. ago I'm not sure how many of you have been paying close attention to USA Hockey's Add/Drop lists, but there is a common trend of moving the same players on and off various teams' active roster. How does the word development fit into ...

Daily Dish: Remember when?
Stephen Heisler • 8 mos. ago Growing up in Alaska, one of the fondest memories was the endless supply of ice time. The Anchorage School District and city had outdoor rinks with boards set up all over the area, Elementary schools, and the parks. All these rinks ...

Daily Dish: Monday Mash
Stephen Heisler • 9 mos. ago While the beerly-virus continues to cause chaos and over-reactions the world over, its always nice to know that we can count on the North American Hockey League to divert our attention. We are going into mid-March wee with a ...

DAILY DISH: Psychologically Fit?
Stephen Heisler • 9 mos. ago It's often said that on-ice success depends more on a good attitude than physical ability. By the time the player reaches the junior level play, his attitude in regards to the development of his talent is what separates the ...

Daily Dish: Checking Game
Stephen Heisler • 9 mos. ago Hockey is a contact sport. Is there an element of danger to the game? Certainly. Is the risk of injury warrant a change to the game? I don't think so. What we do need is better enforcement of the existing rules in the book and maybe a bit ...

Best of the Daily Dish: Prospect or Pretender?
Stephen Heisler • 9 mos. ago There are two types of players in the game. The prospect generally has a grasp on reality and the vision of what it is going to take to get to the next level. The pretender talks a good ...

Daily Dish: Commitment Means Something
Stephen Heisler • 9 mos. ago Commitment. Some feel it is a dirty word. Others take the word to heart and make it one of the foundation principles of their lives. Most of us are somewhere in the middle. For junior hockey, we hear the word often used in relation to an ...

Daily Dish: Monday Mash
Stephen Heisler • 9 mos. ago Are you ready for the grand finale? The last weekend of February marks the last turn before the race to the finish line of the North American Hockey League's regular season. While the league's South Division have already locked in ...

Daily Dish: Should NHL Take a Page from Major League Soccer's Playbook?
Stephen Heisler • 9 mos. ago Development is more than just a word; it's a commitment to the process. Part of that process has to be a natural elevation to higher levels of play. I feel that the sport of soccer is often kicking hockey's backside when it comes to ...

Best of the DAILY DISH: Hard Realities of the Bantam Draft
Stephen Heisler • 9 mos. ago 'He is only fifteen, how are we suppose to make the right decision?” A concerned parent once asked me in regards to the Western Hockey League's Bantam draft. 'The numbers don't lie.” I responded. 'Players selected ...

Daily Dish: Monday Mash
Stephen Heisler • 9 mos. ago All but three North American Hockey League teams have turned the corner into the fourth quarter of the 2019-20 season. The interesting part of that reality is the fact that only four teams are 'out of it” when we start talking ...

Daily Dish: Is it time for Pay-to-Play leagues to collect the player fees?
Stephen Heisler • 9 mos. ago Every year we have to hear about operators that are unable to maintain their end of the bargain at the pay-to-play level of junior hockey. Has the time has come for the leagues to take over the player fee collection and distribution ...

Daily Dish: Did Owner Cross the Line?
Stephen Heisler • 9 mos. ago Unfortunately, what I am about to tell you is a shame. We are not going to disclose the names of the team, league, player, or coach with hopes that the situation will correct itself and this article serves as a reminder of what an owner ...

Daily Dish: The Host Family
Stephen Heisler • 10 mos. ago We ran this article years ago and have been asked to run it again. Host families are one of the most important elements of the junior hockey developmental experience. Hosting an athlete is an exciting and rewarding ...

BEST OF THE DAILY DISH: Six Steps to Becoming a Humble Hockey Player
Stephen Heisler • 10 mos. ago Hockey is a team sport that has a tendency to glamorize numerical achievements. The fact remains; there is nothing worse than a 60-point forward that ends the season with a plus/minus ...

Daily Dish: Monday Mash
Stephen Heisler • 10 mos. ago Maybe we should call this the super hangover mash this morning. Aside from Sunday's super Super Bowl, the North American Hockey League pulled all the stops again over the weekend. The Odessa Jackalopes shut the door on ...

Daily Dish: Waste Management
Stephen Heisler • 10 mos. ago 'About this weekend's games, sorry to say this but the team does not have the finances needed to make the trip.” A league commissioner had to tell the coach of the home team. 'You will need to pay for all their expenses if you ...

Daily Dish: Monday Mash
Stephen Heisler • 10 mos. ago Today's going to be fun. Somebody asked our private discussion group about which team is the biggest spoiler in the North American Hockey League. In my not so infinite wisdom, I voted for Maine. I think it's fair to say that ...

Daily Dish: The Talent Race
Stephen Heisler • 10 mos. ago Hockey is a great sport, so why is it that the game has slipped so far, in terms of relevancy, in the United States? It was not that long ago when the NHL and NBA were pretty much running head to head in the race for the #3 spot behind the ...

Daily Dish: It's Time to Eliminate the Import Restriction
Stephen Heisler • 10 mos. ago With an excess of 300 junior hockey teams across the continent, is there any reason to keep import restrictions in the rule books? That's the question many struggling junior operators are asking themselves this season. It has always been ...

Daily Dish: The Dawn of Alaska Junior Hockey
Stephen Heisler • 10 mos. ago "Rob, we really need to put a team into Fairbanks," I said to (Fairbanks GM) Rob Proffitt, at Anchorage's Ben Boeke Arena, back in the spring of 1997. Jack Knue, Dave Childers, and I had started ...

Daily Dish: Anthony DeSilva (Part 3, The Enablers)
Stephen Heisler • 10 mos. ago This series regarding the situation with Anthony DeSilva has somewhat soured my impression of the hockey community. We are supposed to be protecting these kids. Don't get me wrong, I love the game, but I can't understand ...

Daily Dish: Anthony DeSilva (Part 2, Back in the Game)
Stephen Heisler • 10 mos. ago Criminals often suffer from the illusion that certain laws do not apply to them, that targeted restrictions can be worked around, and that they can reach their goals regardless of the means. It is my opinion that Anthony ...

Daily Dish: Anthony DeSilva Story (Part 1, The Handcuffs)
Stephen Heisler • 10 mos. ago This is going to be a multi-part series regarding disgraced hockey coach Anthony DeSilva, his case, and attempt to return to the game. Before getting started, the idea of this series is not to pass judgement, it is to ...

Daily Dish: Monday Mash
Stephen Heisler • 10 mos. ago Let this be a warning to you…I'm not in the best of moods this week. Why is that you ask? One of the nastiest predators in junior hockey history has tiptoed back into the game. Let's put the smile back on for the day before ...

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