Tonight is the night!
7:30pm @ the Dr. Pepper Stars Center!
I hope this provides a touch of inspiration!
This one has a little foul language in it!
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Coach Mo's Corner
BLACKHAWKS,
First off, good practice last Saturday. Everyone skated well and it appears that everyone has some control over their own feet. Remember, knees bent, butt down, head and chest up and hands away from your body. I believe we are fortunate to have another practice this week instead of a game. Before long you will be sitting on the bench gasping for air wondering what the heck just happened and why is the coach yelling at me.
Here are a few items that you will be thinking to yourself during a game and a few of them you will say out loud between gasps for oxygen.
Is there less oxygen on the bench?
Do we have those paddle thingys on the bench in case my heart stops.
I was lying perfectly flat on my back on the ice, not my fault they scored, the centerman was out of position.
Why doesn’t our D see me wide open standing on their blue line?
How come the right winger doesn’t backcheck? That lazy SOB.
These refs blow, they need to learn how the game is played.
Crap, they have the puck and they are going really fast the other way. There is no way I catch them. That’s ok, our Dmen are good and they will stop him, I don’t need to get back.
Our goalie is a freakin stud.
Two orange cones in front of the net would stop more pucks than our goalie.
After falling: Did you see the size of that rut in the ice? My right skate caught it and down I went.
After fanning on a shot: I hate this stick, it’s too short and slick. Is it broken? There is something not right about this stick.
Why doesn’t he pass?
Why doesn’t he shoot?
This is going to hurt like a mother ____ tomorrow.
What am I doing out here?
Coach is an idiot, he thinks that he knows the game. My 7 year old knows more about this game.
Anyway, I got a little carried away there. I’d like to work on the basics on Friday again. Break out, maybe a little offense. We can go over face offs and probably the Penalty kill and power play. If there are any questions please let me know. I know that there are some first time players so if you are shy about asking in front of everyone, send me an email or call. We are not running any systems, I just want everyone to know basic positions and the fundamentals of the game. I can also go over the basic shots so everyone knows the mechanics.
First off, good practice last Saturday. Everyone skated well and it appears that everyone has some control over their own feet. Remember, knees bent, butt down, head and chest up and hands away from your body. I believe we are fortunate to have another practice this week instead of a game. Before long you will be sitting on the bench gasping for air wondering what the heck just happened and why is the coach yelling at me.
Here are a few items that you will be thinking to yourself during a game and a few of them you will say out loud between gasps for oxygen.
Is there less oxygen on the bench?
Do we have those paddle thingys on the bench in case my heart stops.
I was lying perfectly flat on my back on the ice, not my fault they scored, the centerman was out of position.
Why doesn’t our D see me wide open standing on their blue line?
How come the right winger doesn’t backcheck? That lazy SOB.
These refs blow, they need to learn how the game is played.
Crap, they have the puck and they are going really fast the other way. There is no way I catch them. That’s ok, our Dmen are good and they will stop him, I don’t need to get back.
Our goalie is a freakin stud.
Two orange cones in front of the net would stop more pucks than our goalie.
After falling: Did you see the size of that rut in the ice? My right skate caught it and down I went.
After fanning on a shot: I hate this stick, it’s too short and slick. Is it broken? There is something not right about this stick.
Why doesn’t he pass?
Why doesn’t he shoot?
This is going to hurt like a mother ____ tomorrow.
What am I doing out here?
Coach is an idiot, he thinks that he knows the game. My 7 year old knows more about this game.
Anyway, I got a little carried away there. I’d like to work on the basics on Friday again. Break out, maybe a little offense. We can go over face offs and probably the Penalty kill and power play. If there are any questions please let me know. I know that there are some first time players so if you are shy about asking in front of everyone, send me an email or call. We are not running any systems, I just want everyone to know basic positions and the fundamentals of the game. I can also go over the basic shots so everyone knows the mechanics.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Jersey Update
Team!
The jerseys are scheduled to arrive Thursday, I've checked the UPS status and everything looks great.
When these come in and if I/we really like them I'm going to go ahead and order me a white one with an upgrade in the material, I'm going to get the one with a fight strap. As well I've got our designer working up a sleeve logo and I'll post it.
The white jersey will be at least $50 more than the black, I'm ordering one for myself just to see what it is like. If anyone else wants one let me know.
The jerseys are scheduled to arrive Thursday, I've checked the UPS status and everything looks great.
When these come in and if I/we really like them I'm going to go ahead and order me a white one with an upgrade in the material, I'm going to get the one with a fight strap. As well I've got our designer working up a sleeve logo and I'll post it.
The white jersey will be at least $50 more than the black, I'm ordering one for myself just to see what it is like. If anyone else wants one let me know.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
USA Hockey Resgistration
Guys and Gals,
Please do not forget to get your registration done, if you forget you won't get to skate.
http://www.usahockeyregistration.com/
Please do not forget to get your registration done, if you forget you won't get to skate.
http://www.usahockeyregistration.com/
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Practice Tonight
Don't forget, first practice tonight @ 9:30pm. We will do team stuff for the first half hour, coaching from 10:00pm - 11:00pm and then get ready for ice time around 11:15pm.
See you then!
See you then!
Friday, April 11, 2008
Jersey Pic!
The Jerseys are done and scheduled to leave Toronto on Monday! Here are a couple of pictures that were sent to me! 
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Team Update Good News - Not So Good News
Good Evening!
I will send this out in an email tonight or in the morning as well.
I’ve got good news and not as good news!
We had the coordinators meeting this evening and I have all the juicy details.
First let’s get the money out of the way.
We will be signing up as a team so we will pay the “team fee”. This means each person will get around $20 off the price of the league, I still need to figure out the math. Most of the teams divide the cost of the goalie into the players and they do not charge the goalie. With this session I did not know this so I won’t “mandate” this for this session. If 75% of you respond that you do want the goalie fee split amongst all of the players then I will do this, I will not divulge who is for and who is against this. Going forward for the next sessions we will do like the other teams and have our goalie play for free, this is only fair since all the teams do it and the goalie has a much larger investment then we do.
Jersey update….
Now for the not so good news, I will speak with the Jersey folks in the morning to get some clarification;
We will now play our first game on April 18th, instead of April 26th, this is a Friday night and we will play in Plano. I would like to have the uniforms for the first game.
I have sent an email to the jersey guy and asked for a quote on shipping the jerseys 3 day UPS, he was going to ship Canadian Post but I paid out of my pocket to upgrade to 5 day UPS. There also maybe some confusion in the exchange rate for the money, if so I’ll eat that as it will only be $25 or so. What I want to do is spread the extra cost of shipping 3 day instead of 5 day amongst the team. So for example if it cost an extra $180 to get everything 3 day shipping then we’d need each player to pay me $10. So if it is less than $10 per player to expedite the jerseys I’ll make a “corporate” decision to pay the extra and you guys can bring me the difference on Saturday.
The good thing is with the extra savings signing up as a team you will net less money spent even if we need to pay extra to get our jerseys quicker!
My only fear is one of the captains mentioned it took his jerseys 4-6 weeks to get to him because of customs, I’ve been told by the jersey company that we will not have this issue but I do want to confirm this in the morning.
Schedule
April 12th Practice 11:15pm – 12:15am Frisco Stars Center
April 18th Game 1 TBD Plano Stars Center
Remaining Schedule
TBA – This week
I will send this out in an email tonight or in the morning as well.
I’ve got good news and not as good news!
We had the coordinators meeting this evening and I have all the juicy details.
First let’s get the money out of the way.
We will be signing up as a team so we will pay the “team fee”. This means each person will get around $20 off the price of the league, I still need to figure out the math. Most of the teams divide the cost of the goalie into the players and they do not charge the goalie. With this session I did not know this so I won’t “mandate” this for this session. If 75% of you respond that you do want the goalie fee split amongst all of the players then I will do this, I will not divulge who is for and who is against this. Going forward for the next sessions we will do like the other teams and have our goalie play for free, this is only fair since all the teams do it and the goalie has a much larger investment then we do.
Jersey update….
Now for the not so good news, I will speak with the Jersey folks in the morning to get some clarification;
We will now play our first game on April 18th, instead of April 26th, this is a Friday night and we will play in Plano. I would like to have the uniforms for the first game.
I have sent an email to the jersey guy and asked for a quote on shipping the jerseys 3 day UPS, he was going to ship Canadian Post but I paid out of my pocket to upgrade to 5 day UPS. There also maybe some confusion in the exchange rate for the money, if so I’ll eat that as it will only be $25 or so. What I want to do is spread the extra cost of shipping 3 day instead of 5 day amongst the team. So for example if it cost an extra $180 to get everything 3 day shipping then we’d need each player to pay me $10. So if it is less than $10 per player to expedite the jerseys I’ll make a “corporate” decision to pay the extra and you guys can bring me the difference on Saturday.
The good thing is with the extra savings signing up as a team you will net less money spent even if we need to pay extra to get our jerseys quicker!
My only fear is one of the captains mentioned it took his jerseys 4-6 weeks to get to him because of customs, I’ve been told by the jersey company that we will not have this issue but I do want to confirm this in the morning.
Schedule
April 12th Practice 11:15pm – 12:15am Frisco Stars Center
April 18th Game 1 TBD Plano Stars Center
Remaining Schedule
TBA – This week
Monday, April 7, 2008
Updated Pickup and Stick and Puck
I've updated the right side of page to show the evening pickup and stick and pucks for April. I did not include the Saturday options since we will be playing.
This is for Plano and Frisco only, I did not check the other ice!
This is for Plano and Frisco only, I did not check the other ice!
Sunday, April 6, 2008
It is a full bench!
Welcome, Duane Masengill!
Duane now makes the 16th member so we will now have a full bench, 15 + goalie. Duane will be #4!
I have collected all the jersey money and will be placing the order on Monday. Watch for an email with the spelling, size, and your number.
I'd appreciate a confirmation as I will order from that list.
Duane now makes the 16th member so we will now have a full bench, 15 + goalie. Duane will be #4!
I have collected all the jersey money and will be placing the order on Monday. Watch for an email with the spelling, size, and your number.
I'd appreciate a confirmation as I will order from that list.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Adult Drop In Tonight and Jersey Money
Guys and Gals,
I will be attending the Adult Drop In at the FARMERS BRANCH Stars Center tonight, it starts at 8:45pm so we can finish up earlier. I need to hook up with everyone today to get jersey money, I forgot I’m going to be at the race all day tomorrow.
I do have an option for those who can not meet me today, you are welcome to leave a check in the drop box at the magazine office in downtown Frisco. The drop box is located in the rear of the building next to the door that faces east, the driveway goes all the way around the back of the house.
The address is 7776 Main St. and it is at the corner of Dogwood and Main, we share the home/office with Twin Designs.
I really need to get all the checks this weekend in order to place the order on Monday! I will give each of you a call today!
I will be attending the Adult Drop In at the FARMERS BRANCH Stars Center tonight, it starts at 8:45pm so we can finish up earlier. I need to hook up with everyone today to get jersey money, I forgot I’m going to be at the race all day tomorrow.
I do have an option for those who can not meet me today, you are welcome to leave a check in the drop box at the magazine office in downtown Frisco. The drop box is located in the rear of the building next to the door that faces east, the driveway goes all the way around the back of the house.
The address is 7776 Main St. and it is at the corner of Dogwood and Main, we share the home/office with Twin Designs.
I really need to get all the checks this weekend in order to place the order on Monday! I will give each of you a call today!
Friday, April 4, 2008
....and the winner is!
Good Morning Hawks (is that cheesy?)......
Well the clear cut winner is logo #1! What I am real curious about is did 15 people actually vote or did Vince just really like number one so he voted 14 times? You do know Vince is a democrat so I would not put it past him!
Don't forget I need your jersey money this weekend, I thought the best chance to play would be at an Adult Drop-In Saturday night in Plano. I swore I saw it on the schedule and now it is not there.
There is a drop-in tonight in Frisco but I know I can't make that.
So give me a call this weekend, I will probably go ahead and play the Adult-Drop In in Grapevine Saturday night @ 9:45pm. I will be around Saturday and Sunday so if I need to meet you somewhere just let me know!
Well the clear cut winner is logo #1! What I am real curious about is did 15 people actually vote or did Vince just really like number one so he voted 14 times? You do know Vince is a democrat so I would not put it past him!
Don't forget I need your jersey money this weekend, I thought the best chance to play would be at an Adult Drop-In Saturday night in Plano. I swore I saw it on the schedule and now it is not there.
There is a drop-in tonight in Frisco but I know I can't make that.
So give me a call this weekend, I will probably go ahead and play the Adult-Drop In in Grapevine Saturday night @ 9:45pm. I will be around Saturday and Sunday so if I need to meet you somewhere just let me know!
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Team Logo's
Here is your chance to take part in a truly democratic process, I will let you know later how the electoral votes are awarded. I've patterned this vote to follow the same path as the democrats so in the end your vote may not count!
#1
#2
Vote NOW and Vote Often!
#1
#2
Vote NOW and Vote Often!
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Team News
Good Afternoon!
I had a brief meeting with John McManaman this afternoon and wanted to update you guys on a few things.
There will be a team captain meeting either Wednesday or Thursday of this week, I can't make it Thursday so I may need someone to stand in for me. I will let you know as soon as I know.
John and I discussed a great option and that would be the Blackhawks having either "home" or "away" status the entire season. This would allow us to only have to purchase one jersey, we will know more about this after the team meeting.
I've updated the player roster with "paid" next to the names of those who have registered at the Stars Center, it looks like we could use a few more players as well we need the reaming members to go ahead and get registered.
The first two weeks will be a team practice/scrimmage, I don't know for certain who the team coach will be yet.
It was brought to my attention that in the event of an "odd" number of teams one team each week may have to play on Friday nights in/against Plano. I have/will request we also play 2 games during the year either last or have the Friday night game. This will be Saturday, June 7th and Saturday, June 21st as I have to shoot weddings on those days.
I'm waiting on a little more info from a couple of jersey providers, once I have that info I'll need a check from everyone, I'd also like to get phone numbers from everyone.
Have a great day and let me know if you have any other questions!
I had a brief meeting with John McManaman this afternoon and wanted to update you guys on a few things.
There will be a team captain meeting either Wednesday or Thursday of this week, I can't make it Thursday so I may need someone to stand in for me. I will let you know as soon as I know.
John and I discussed a great option and that would be the Blackhawks having either "home" or "away" status the entire season. This would allow us to only have to purchase one jersey, we will know more about this after the team meeting.
I've updated the player roster with "paid" next to the names of those who have registered at the Stars Center, it looks like we could use a few more players as well we need the reaming members to go ahead and get registered.
The first two weeks will be a team practice/scrimmage, I don't know for certain who the team coach will be yet.
It was brought to my attention that in the event of an "odd" number of teams one team each week may have to play on Friday nights in/against Plano. I have/will request we also play 2 games during the year either last or have the Friday night game. This will be Saturday, June 7th and Saturday, June 21st as I have to shoot weddings on those days.
I'm waiting on a little more info from a couple of jersey providers, once I have that info I'll need a check from everyone, I'd also like to get phone numbers from everyone.
Have a great day and let me know if you have any other questions!
Frisco Stars Center Schedule Change - Woo Hoo!
Hey Blackhawks,
I just checked out the Open Hockey schedule and it seems our (well at least mine) wishes have come true. Take a look at all the Adult Drop In and Stick and Pucks now on the April Schedule!
Frisco
Tuesday April 1st 8:30PM - 10:15PM Drop-In
Wednesday April 2nd 8:30PM - 9:45PM Stick & Puck
Thursday April 3, 10, 17, 24, 8:15PM - 10:00PM Drop-In
Friday April 4 8:30PM - 10:15PM Drop-In (I can't make this one)
Friday April 11 9:15PM - 10:45PM Drop-In
Plano
Friday April 11, 18 7:45PM - 8:45PM Stick & Puck
Saturday 12, 19 & 26 5:15PM - 6:45 Adult-Stick & Puck
Plano is also offering Adult Drop Ins on Monday, Wednesday, & Saturday evenings this month. Looks like we have a bunch of options for some ice time!
I'm certain I will join in most of these sessions. I will check my calendar and confirm later today!
This is great news for us as we get ready for our games!
I just checked out the Open Hockey schedule and it seems our (well at least mine) wishes have come true. Take a look at all the Adult Drop In and Stick and Pucks now on the April Schedule!
Frisco
Tuesday April 1st 8:30PM - 10:15PM Drop-In
Wednesday April 2nd 8:30PM - 9:45PM Stick & Puck
Thursday April 3, 10, 17, 24, 8:15PM - 10:00PM Drop-In
Friday April 4 8:30PM - 10:15PM Drop-In (I can't make this one)
Friday April 11 9:15PM - 10:45PM Drop-In
Plano
Friday April 11, 18 7:45PM - 8:45PM Stick & Puck
Saturday 12, 19 & 26 5:15PM - 6:45 Adult-Stick & Puck
Plano is also offering Adult Drop Ins on Monday, Wednesday, & Saturday evenings this month. Looks like we have a bunch of options for some ice time!
I'm certain I will join in most of these sessions. I will check my calendar and confirm later today!
This is great news for us as we get ready for our games!
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