If you are new to youth hockey you may find yourself wondering just how long your player’s game will be once regular season starts up. Let’s discuss youth hockey game length by age. How Long are Youth Hockey Games? First, let me say that USA Hockey does not seem to have a set standard as […]
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The Best Hockey Training Aides for Summer
This post contains affiliate links. As rinks close up for the summer months at home hockey training aides are a must have for any youth hockey player. Keeping up skills and continuing to work on new skills at home is important for hockey players of all ages during the off season and even during in […]
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How To Save Money On Hockey Gear
As our players grow, the hockey gear we have invested in gets outgrown. It’s just a fact of hockey life. When it’s time to replace these pieces of equipment, are there strategies to save money? Yes! The easiest way for any hockey family to save money on gear is to buy used equipment either online […]
How to Simplify Hockey Mom Life
This post contains affiliate links. Let’s face it: modern parenting life is hard. People are busier than ever and that definitely includes our kids! And we’re just talking school, work, friend, and family schedules. Should we just resign ourselves to a packed schedule once we add in a time intensive sport like ice hockey? No, […]
5 Easy and Healthy Meals to Eat at the Rink
We all know that homemade meals are best, but the life of a hockey mom can make it awfully hard to not only plan healthy meals for our family, but to just find the time to eat the healthy meals. Between on ice practice schedules and off ice schedules our evening calendars can often look […]
5 Skills Every Hockey Player Needs to Master
This post contains affiliate links. I may make a small commission should you decide to purchase a product through that link. Thank you for your support! As parents we often want to help our kids to make something easier on them or even just easier on us. However, as parents we also want to raise […]
How to Have the Best Hockey Summer
After our first season on a true travel hockey team I remember being so relieved when the end of season came around. Even though it was March, it felt like the beginning of summer vacation. There are a lot of paralels between the two. Both school and a hockey regular season have long and intense […]
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How to Make Buying a Hockey Stick Easier
Buying your hockey player’s first ice hockey stick comes with a lot of options. Wood or composite? Flex? Length? While all of these are important aspects of finding a hockey stick, here is the number one tip to make buying a hockey stick easy: how to tell if your kid needs a right or left […]
The Hockey Parent’s Role
We’re going to take a little more thoughtful and serious turn for this post because this has been on my mind for some time. At first thought, the hockey parent’s role seems pretty simple, right? You schlep your player to and from practice, you’re rink side for games, you make sure their water bottle is […]
4 Hockey Game Bag Essentials for Mom
This post contains affiliate links. I may earn a small commission at no cost you. Thank you for your support! Ice Hockey of any level is an equipment intensive sport. Each player comes with their own (big) bag of gear and it doesn’t stop there. Moms and any regular spectator come with their own bag […]