Category : TJHN Originals
Breaking Down The 2015 NAHL Draft – Where Did The Players Come From And What Can We Learn?
The is the second season I will be breaking down the NAHL draft. The fist season break down can be found here 2014 NAHL Draft...
The Death Pool – Special Report – USA Hockey NO Expanded Import Rules For Tier III
OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH Snap! Talk about a kick in the nuts kids. Many USA Hockey Tier III teams were counting on getting three import players this season...
Hockey Mom Chronicles – Is Your Son Going To College?
Can you believe we are sitting in June already, the NHL Stanely Cup finals are split 1 game each and we are just weeks away...
Confessions Of A Junior Hockey Coach – Politics And Relationships
To be sure we all have our own group of friend in the business. People we trust, people we have work with over the period...
The Death Pool – Special Report – RIP Rio Grande
Yea though I walk through my own shadow…get it?! Ha Ha Ha So yeah kids, its official, the Rio Grande Killer Bee’s are worm food. ...
The Death Pool – Pay To Play Teams Struggling With Recruiting – One Down Twenty To Go
Happy Monday boys and girls. Did everyone have a good weekend at camp? Or were you so busy answering all the phone calls and emails...
Hockey Mom Chronicles – Hockey Dads Are The Crazy Ones
Hockey, loved by many…by the players and by their parents. But the love is different. For the players it is being on the ice and...
Confessions Of A Junior Hockey Coach – Advice To Parents
It is the height of tryout season. The summer is here, and the cycle begins again. Change is everywhere, in every league and in every...
The Death Pool – Goodbye Rio Grande Hello Aston Pennsylvania
Well kids, its June 1st, and it finally looks like the NAHL Eastern Division is set with four teams. So much for the potential six...
Hockey Mom Chronicles – Contract signing time
Oh my, let the totally one sided pay to play hockey contracts begin! A parent’s worst nightmare…..hockey contracts are not a democracy, they are completely...
USHL Indiana Ice Expected Back In 2016 – USHL Expansion For 2017
It was less than a year ago, June 2nd 2014 to be exact, that Bob Fallen was announced as the new President and Commissioner of...
Confessions Of A Junior Hockey Coach – The Process Of Making The Right Team Choice
To be sure, we all want to know where we will play next season as early as possible. It is a good thing to have...
Graham James Facing New Sexual Abuse Charges
While it may be a holiday weekend in the States, it certainly isn’t in Canada. A lawyer for James appeared by phone in Swift Current...
The Death Pool – NAHL’s Keystone Ice Miners Dead Or Just Zombified?
Ummmmmm yeah, so, about those Keystone Ice Miners. No tryouts listed. No Pre Draft camps listed. No tenders signed and announced. Ohhhhhh snap. Lets not...
Guest Writer – Junior Coach Advice To Players
I am sure a lot of players and parents have debated this question… Is it better to be part of a higher level team/league and...
Hockey Mom Chronicles – A New TJHN Series
A Hockey Mom The 2014-15 season comes to an end and it seems like there is no break and we immediately start preparing for 2015-16...
Confessions Of A Junior Hockey Coach – So You Want To Move Up?
To be sure, every player, every coach and anyone involved in the game of hockey want to move up to the highest level possible. There...
The Death Pool – Crack Kills So Step Away From The Pusher
Good morning boys and girls, and welcome to another friendly edition of The Death Pool. Where you will read things that other writers wish they...
An Advisers Life – Why I Do The Work
After this past weekends Pre Draft Combine, and talking to many of the parents and players attending, many asked me the same question; “Why did...
Confessions Of A junior Hockey Coach – Taking The Next Step
To be sure, we all aspire to continue to reach higher levels. If we do not, then we are only killing time and “living the...