Hi all,
Sorry for not getting this out yesterday - I was braving the snow driving to and from our tournament in Aurora.
RECAP:
We had an excellent week of training on and off the ice. We worked a lot on stick handling and shooting in our skills sessions and continued the power workouts off the ice. We had 3 potential student-athletes visiting us on Thursday and our players did a great job of showing them what PEAC is all about. We hope that all of them will be joining our program soon - fingers crossed.
THE WEEK AHEAD:
High School Tournament:
Here is a reminder of the schedule I sent out last week
Monday February 11th - Game #1 vs Gonzaga 9AM, Game #2 vs Loyola at 115PM
Tuesday February 12th - Game #3 vs St Joseph at 9AM, Game #4 vs Holy Cross at 11AM, Final (top 2 teams) at 145PM
Please ensure your daughter is at the rink with ample time to warm-up and be on the ice on time. We'd love to have you come out and support the girls at the tournament - so if you can make it out to watch the games, that would be awesome.
No Ice On Wednesday. We are cancelling the ice on Wednesday so that players can make up any classwork they miss due to the tournament.
We will still do a workout after school at 4pm
Thursday - regular PEAC time ice from 12-1.
A FEW KEY POINTS:
I know that this is a tough time of year with playoffs and play downs for the younger players, and the playoff run for the PW players, so I understand that sometimes PEAC time can be too much on top of all of that. I would ask that you and/or your daughter communicate with me if she will not be on the ice or working out so that MJ and I can plan accordingly.
All players MUST wear PEAC jerseys during PEAC time. I have to admit I've been a little too lenient on this recently, but want to make sure everyone is on the same page about it. If your daughter doesn't have a PEAC jersey on during PEAC time, she will not be allowed on the ice. Please speak to her directly about this to ensure there is no confusion.
Last but not least, I've been frustrated with the girls taking far too long to get ready for ice time at PEAC. Again, I've been too lenient in terms of letting the 12:05 start time slide to 12:10 or 12:15. That is not acceptable. The girls arrive at the rink around 11:45-11:50 and 15 minutes is more than enough time to get their equipment on and be on the ice. MJ and I will continue to police this on our end and would appreciate any help you can provide in reminding your daughter that arriving late on the ice is disrespectful to the team and coaches and will result in everyone having to be "skated" - which is definitely not something we want to do at this time of year - and/or in the late player being asked to sit on the bench for part or all of PEAC time.
I really don't mean to be a "downer" with all of this. In fact, I've been quite happy with the level of effort on the ice and in the gym. But these little details are what makes a really big difference in elite level performance and in life. That might be hard for the girls to understand sometimes, but we all know that being late, dressing inappropriately and communicating when you won't be at an appointment (or in this case, at PEAC time) are all much bigger deals as we get older. I don't expect that the girls understand this to the level that we all do, but I hope that you can take a moment to reinforce some of these lessons that we've been working on teaching them. We don't want to be the bad guy - but we want to do all we can to help each and every player in this program succeed and in order for that to happen, we need to make sure that we run a tight ship, especially as things get more hectic with hockey at this time of year.
Thank you for your continued support in all of this. It is very much appreciated.
Good luck to everyone in their games this weekend!
Coach Kim McCullough,
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