St. Peters Peewee Minor Central States Team: My Site News

There will be someone at the rink tonight if you want to risk it...

The skills competition will be moved to Wednesday.  Please bring your game jerseys (already laundered) at that time...see you then!

For the final four practices, we will be doing th efollowing events...

 Mon 4 Feb and Wed 6 Feb- Skill practices...themes will be announced at the rink

Mon 11 Feb- Skills competition...events: fastest skater, hardest shot, accuracy, etc

Wed 13 Feb- Dads vs. Lads game...Moms are encouraged to come out to this one also

See you at the rink for the final four ice times.

15 Dec, Saturday

            Before 9pm…Check in at the hotel…

                                  Comfort Inn and Suites

                                  1253 John Q. Hammond Dr.                               

                                  Madison, WI 53717    

                                  608-836-3033

            9:00pm….Player curfew- player must be in their own rooms trying to go to sleep.

16 Dec, Sunday

            6:00am….Coaches will provide “Express Breakfast” for players…go to coaches room at 6:00am

            6:30am….Arrive at Capitol Ice

            7:10am….Game #1 vs. Madison Capitols

            9:00am to 10:00am….Break to refuel

            10:00am…Arrive for Game #2 vs. Madison Capitols

            11:10am…Game #2 vs. Madison Capitols

            12:40pm…Depart Madison for home, enjoying points earned

For Wednesdays practice...

1. we will hold our regular practice from 6:00 to 7:15pm.  After we will be scrimmaging the PeeWee Major team from 7:15 to 7:45pm.  Players will be out of the rink by 8:00pm.

2. all players will also need to bring a white and balck jersey with them for the scrimmage, along with their proper current Central States practice jersey colors.

3. intineraries will be handed out after practice to the kids for the Madison weekend.  For planning purposes we will only have two games and all players will be in their rooms by 9:00pm for curfew or they will sit for a portion of the first game.  This means you must be at the hotel by 9:00pm.  If your son is at the hotel at 6:00pm, the coaches will work with them on proprioception/reaction drills (like in off-ice Monday, ask them what this is).  At 7:00pm, anyone who wants can go to dinner together at a greasy spoon around the hotel.

If the ice storm gets too bad, we might call off practice.  This will be the main mode of communication if we have to cancel.  Please check this website page (Home Page) for up to date information regarding practice.  If I had to guess now, practice will continue.  I you have any questions, call Coach Jeans at 314-249-3568.

Please realize that if we call off and the update is late, at least one coach will be at the rink.  Your son can still come out and get time.  If we start to call, we plan on calling the remote players (Skaggs, Raftery, Case, Farber, Lorraine, etc) first. 

Personally, and I hope I can speak for the entire coaching staff...the kids really came together this weekend and played good to great hockey for the most part this weekend.  Many of the games felt like tight playoff game style games.  It was great to see the kids come together.  If we keep it up, we will have a successful second half of the season.  Congrats on a fun, good weekend.  Let's get ready to play Madison this weekend. 

See you at the rink this week???

Here is some information regarding the Thanksgiving Holidays...

1.  We will have a Parent vs. Player Football Game on Monday 19 Nov...6:15pm.  During the game, we will have 15-20 minutes for other family members to skate (at halftime). 

2. A team meeting has been set for budget review after the skate.  During this time, players are going to do off-ice.

3. Practice Wednesday is optional...Coach Klein will be available to supervise and work out the kids.  If you are not going to be there, contact Coach Jeans so we can potentially open it up to other teams practicing after us, for a potentially longer sheet (3.5 hour block).

4. Have a Happy Thanksgiving, eating turkey, watching football (Go Tigers!!!, MIZ-), and enjoying libational times with the family.

5. Monday, 26 November starts the second half of the season.  Let's be refreshed and ready to go to work!

We are adding a practice on Saturday 20 October at 4:15-5:45pm at Rec-Plex either A or B rink in the South Complex...

 This will be a combined practice with the PeeWee Majors and will be used as a pre-game skate.  If you have any questions, call Coach Jeans...

Thanks to the players and parents for all of their efforts during the trip to Pittsburgh.  The kids definitely played better as they went along during the four games.  Many good things happened that the entire coaching staff are proud of...including

** goalies shutting the door after shaky starts

**skill and systems were adapted to at a faster pace (the reason why we went)

**a grind line provided major momentum

**certain parents stepped up to help out the greater cause, whether it was finding a restaurant for lunch, organizing catering and helping injuries at any situation

There are so many more great things that happened, that we could go on forever...but to wrap it up...the games start for real now, and the kids are ready for them.

 See you at the rink...

Please respond to the survey by Friday 28 Sept 7:00pm for the Sunday BBQ.. Directions will be given at the Sunday practice to get to coaches house...

The BBQ will be from 1pm to ???.  It is BYO Drinks and BYO Chairs.  I am offering to those who live to far away (Klein, Skaggs, Raftery,Case, Farber, etc.) for them to come over and help set up while your sons take showers at the house.  Please bring everything but a towel for your kid (I think we have enough).

We need all buns (hotdogs/brat buns-6 dozen,  hamburger-5 dozen), baked beans, slaw, potato salad, chips, all condiments (ketchup, mustard, relish, lettuce, tomato, cheese, mayo), various desserts and appetizers.   

If you have any questions, call Coach Jeans.  See you then.

Check out the 'Calendar" page.  Both Off-Ice and On-Ice events have been added through 23 Sept and double checked...see you soon.

Remember players will need t-shirt, athletic shorts, socks, shoes and a beach towel for ALL Off-Ice events...call Coach Jeans if you have any questions.

We have a practice scheduled for the following dates...

Wed 5 Sept 2007, 7:10-8:10p at Lindenwood, Off-Ice 8:25-9:00p

Sun 9 Sept 2007, 9:30-11:00a at Rec-Plex North, Off-Ice 11:15a-12:15p

The rest of the schedule throught the 23 Sept will be released tomorrow, 4 Sept.

Hope everyone had a great and safe Labor Day Weekend.  Let's get ready to fire it up once again.  Remember to come to practice and be ready to work like a champion.  Any questions, call Coach Jeans.

We are adding off-ice conditioning before or after each of our remaining August practices:

Thurs 23 Aug, On-Ice 7:15p- 8:15p at RPN, Off-Ice 8:30p- 9:00p-ish

Sat 25 Aug, On-Ice 8:15p- 9:15p at RPN, Off-Ice 7:00p- 8:00p

Mon 27 Aug, On-Ice 6:00p- 7:00p at RPN, Off-Ice 7:15p-8:15p

Wed 29 Aug, On-Ice 6:00- 7:00p at LG, Off-Ice 7:15p-8:15p

Reminder you need athletic shorts, shoes, and old beach towel.

Here we go...the season has begun!

 General practice info will follow the guidelines below...

1. For weekday practices, I expect the players at the rink 30 minutes before practice.  This should give them enough time for dynamic warm-up (1/2 hour before ice time), to get dressed and to receive instructions from the coaches reagrding practice.

2. For Monday practices, we will hold an off-ice after for at least one-hour, sometimes maybe more depending on what we are doing.  Players should have the following for the off-ice events (they can put them in their bags)-- t-shirt, athletic shorts, socks, tennis shoes and a beach towel (beach towel can be old and nasty, as it will be on the ground for the most part).

 3. For games, players will need to be at the rink one-hour prior to the start of the game.  This means they should be in the locker room, ready for instruction or personal game preparation.

We will discuss all of this in a parents meeting upcoming.  Your players should have already heard of all of this as we have discussed these in practice.  As usual, if you have any questions, please call Coach Jeans at 314-249-3568.  If you are going to be late, please have your player call Coach Jeans before the time they are supposed to be at a designated location.  If there is need to miss an event (as long as it is not an emergency) please give Coach Jeans 24 hour notice.

This website will be the main mode of communication this season, reagrding changes and updates.  Please get your players used to checking it, and informing you the parents of changes!!!

see you all soon!

Practice for Thursday at Wentzville has been cancelled and resceduled for Wednesday 23 Aug at 7:15pm at Rec-Plex North.  Please make this note, and we will see you then.  The calendar has already been changed.

There will be a parents meeting to vote on the team budget after this meeting.  Each family is required to have one representative at the meeting.  There is one vote per child on the team regarding the 2007-08 team budget.  If you have any questions, please call Coach Jeans.  I will have copies of the budget for review available Monday at practice.  If you require a copy for review, please ask Coach Jeans for a copy on Monday.  Another copy will be provided on Thursday.