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18 BETWEEN THE PIPES Ron Petronella is a world-class goalie who played in the minor leagues for both the New York Islanders and Calgary Flames. Petronella has accomplished a lot in his hockey career, which is still going by the way, in the form of the Ron Petronella Elite Goalie Academy.
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ince its origin in 2003, Selects Hockey, a division of Select Sports Management, has seen 106 alumni drafted to the NHL -- 22 of which were drafted in the first round, and 9 of which were drafted in the top 10. That’s a whole lot of hockey talent. But you’re probably asking yourself, ‘what is Selects Hockey?” Selects Hockey is a player development program that offers young, standout hockey players the chance to play each spring in camps and tournaments across the country and even in Europe, exposing them to a high level of hockey in front of college and NHL scouts alike. As shown clearly its name, Selects Hockey is a select group. Even at just 11-yearsold, the best and brightest of hockey’s future are chosen to begin their climb through the hockey ranks. “We want to give kids a stage where they can really showcase their abilities,” says Joe Templin, who helped found the company and runs the boys hockey division. “We take the best players from their respective communities.”
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By: Benjamin Horney Along with coaching, Templin is the coordinator of player development, and the self-described “database” of who the best kids are. The program is designed to enable young, talented players to play with players of equal ability, a true test of who players really are. “When you take kids like that and put them on a team together, it’s just a really special opportunity,” Templin says. “They get to see that there’s other kids as good as them out there. It helps make them hungrier to be the best.” Templin, along with other scouts from the company, seeks out players across the country each year to join their teams and play in highly competitive spring AAA tournaments. While some of the bigger hockey markets are obvious -- there are plenty of superb young hockey players in Toronto or Detroit for example -Templin also tries to find hidden gems.
When Templin begins scouting players, when they are just 11-years-old, their bodies are not nearly fully developed. But, Templin says, he is still very much able to determine which players have the ability to shine in the future. “When you are 11 or 12 years old, everybody stands out for a different reason,” Templin explains. “You’re really watching for a player who consistently stands out.” And according to Templin, spotting the best players is not always as obvious as it may seem. For example, a player who seems to have a dominant shot, Templin says, might not always be the best player on the ice, even when his standout skill might make it appear that way to the untrained eye. It takes a keen eye to determine who truly has hockey instincts.
“We want to give kids a stage where they can really showcase their abilities,”
“We look at a lot of kids who might live somewhere where there isn’t highend hockey available,” he says.
“Sometimes there are kids that don’t stand out in the normal ways you would expect,” Templin explains, “but they just have really good awareness of where to be, where to put the puck. You might not be blown away by any certain skill, but if
you’re in the right place at the right time, that’s a skill.” So how exactly do you get picked for this exclusive club? And more importantly, how do you even get them to notice you exist? “My recommendation is that when kids are younger, parents can reach out to us and give us information about them,” Templin says, “and we’ll try to go see them play.”
While Conner is still young, Templin sees the very same potential in him that he has seen in players who have made it all the way to the top: Like Kevin Shattenkirk. “He was a 13-year-old out of New Rochelle, New York,” Templin says. “ It was the year of our first tryout. Some of the other kids who registered for the tr yout, and
ey for four springs, and was captain of his team each time. Kevin was drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in the first round of the NHL draft in 2007. Today, he is one of the premiere defensemen in the league. “I still maintain contact with him,” Templin says. “Three years ago he was a counselor at
But getting Templin or another scout to watch you is just the beginning of the scouting process. “We typically always try to do some research, “Templin says. “We talk to former coaches and people who have watched them play to evaluate if they are up to this level.” 12-year-old defenseman Conner Hutchison is a recent addition to the Selects Hockey family. Templin discovered Conner, who is from Long Island and plays for the Long Island Royals, while scouting various tournaments. He saw Conner play just twice before being convinced that he had what it takes. So Templin invited him to a tryout in Buffalo. Of the roughly 70 kids asked to try out, Conner, who also works for the New York Islanders (helping handle equipment), was one of the few who made the cut. “He’s one of my top defensemen now,” Templin says.
one of the parents, had said ‘you should really take a look at this kid Kevin. He’s one of the best defensemen around.’” Templin did his usual research, found where Kevin was playing, and began the scouting. The kids and parents had been right. Kevin made the team, but due to financial reasons, was going to be unable to travel to a big tournament in Europe. Templin didn’t want him to miss out on the opportunity, so he asked two friends who owned a local business to help sponsor the trip for Kevin. “They agreed to pony up the money from their business to get him on the trip,” Templin says.
o u r camp. He’s just such a topnotch kid. The best thing about Kevin was that, regardless of his ability or skill on the ice, he was a kid that you knew would do well in life because he was such an incredible kid. Now as a man, he’s just a great character guy. He’s always very positive, and even when he was young, always motivated everyone around him.” Templin estimates that somewhere between 20 and 25 percent of players who have gone through Selects Hockey have played at some level of professional hockey. “If you look at all the kids who have gotten [Division 1] scholarships, there’s over 150 kids,” Templin says. “We’ve worked with hundreds of kids who are legitimate NHL prospects, maybe more,” For more information on Selcts Hockey and their programs, you can visit their website at www.selectshockey.com.
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ver heard of the Kenora Thistles? How about the Montreal Victorias? Maybe the Ottawa Silver Seven?
All three teams are former Stanley Cup Champions, and yet none of them are past or current NHL teams. Are you getting confused? Me too. Let’s start at the beginning. A lifelong politician, Frederick Arthur Stanley was born in 1841, in England. On May 1, 1888, just 13 years after the first organized hockey games had been played in Montreal, Stanley, also known as Lord Stanley of Preston, was appointed Governor General of Canada by Queen Victoria -- which required him to pack his bags and go represent the Queen in Canada. Once in Canada, Stanley’s children immediately took a liking to the young sport of ice hockey. According to JeanPatrice Martel, the President of the Society for International Hockey Research, Stanley’s daughter, Isobel, is often credited with being the first female hockey player. Shortly after the family’s move to Canada, two of Stanley’s sons, Arthur and Algernon, formed the Ontario Hockey
But not long after their foray into an organized hockey league, the boys noticed that something was missing. There was no trophy to signify who was the best team in Canada -- so they asked their father, Lord Stanley, for help. Stanley agreed, and thus the Stanley Cup was born -- only it wasn’t called the Stanley Cup yet: It was originally known as the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup. “That name didn’t catch on,” Martel says. And it wasn’t long before the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup gave way to its catchier, more memorable moniker: “Lord Stanley’s Cup.” But in April of 1893, before the first Cup was awarded, Stanley’s brother died, and Stanley moved back to England to replace his brother as the Earl of Derby; so, despite being it’s namesake, Stanley never actually witnessed the presentation of his trophy, nor did he attend even a single championship game.
top hockey association in the country.
That first Stanley Cup was awarded to the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association hockey club, who were champions of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada, which, at the time, was considered the
So at this point, the Cup had found its name; but take notice of word “challenge” in the original name, because that’s important. The Cup wasn’t originally a oneleague trophy. Because there were multi-
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ple hockey associations in Canada, it did not belong to any one association in particular. Instead, teams from various associations could challenge the holder of the Cup. After a formal challenge was issued, the two teams would play a bestof-three series, with the winner becoming the holder of the Cup.
Victorias, and won the series 2-0, becoming the first team outside of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) to be crowned Stanley Cup champions. In 1914, after an agreement between two top-tier leagues: the National Hock-
championship of the PCHA, and the cup had been won by Vancouver, so the Rosebuds figured they won the cup by default, by being the champions of that league. But that wasn’t the case, because since 1914 the Cup was won by playoff.” **Interesting Side Note Over. Now, back to the show.
Interesting Side Note: According to Martel, Seattle was the first American team to win the Cup, but were not the first American team engraved upon it. “The first American team engraved was the Portland Rosebuds in 1916,” Bear with me, because it gets even more confusing. If, at the end of the regular season, a team held the Cup because they won a challenge, but were not the champions of their particular league, the Cup would be automatically awarded to whoever was the Champion of that league. So, in the old days, you didn’t even have to win the “Stanley Cup Finals,” so to speak, and you could still have a shot at being Stanley Cup champions. “That’s how the Quebec hockey team won their first Stanley Cup,” Martel explains, “They had just won the championship of their league, to which the holder of the cup belonged.” There were many challenges to the holder of the Cup in its early years, although most were failed attempts. The first successful challenge took place in 1896, and both teams were named “The Victorias.” Seriously. The Winnipeg Victorias, who were champions of the Manitoba Hockey Association (MHA), challenged the defending champion Montreal
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ey Association (NHA) and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), it was decided that the Cup would no longer be a challenge cup, and that it would be awarded each year to the winner of a best-of-five playoff between those respective league’s champions. Up to this point, the Stanley Cup had only been awarded to Canadian teams. In fact, there was a general consensus that the Cup belonged only to Canadian teams. But that changed in the 1914 season, when the Portland Rosebuds joined the PCHA, and it was declared that the Stanley Cup was no longer just for the best Canadian team, but for the best team in the world. The PCHA’s Vancouver Millionaires won the first “non-challenge” Cup. The first American team to win the Cup was the Seattle Metropolitans, in 1917. **Interesting Side Note: According to Martel, Seattle was the first American team to win the Cup, but were not the first American team engraved upon it. “The first American team engraved was the Portland Rosebuds in 1916,” Martel explains. “They won the
Between 1914 and and 1926, there were 12 playoff series’ to decide the Stanley Cup champions. The year 1919 never saw a champion crowned, because of the Influenza, or Spanish flu, outbreak. The series, featuring the Seattle Metropolitans and the Montreal Canadians, was tied 2-2, when the flu struck, killing one Montreal player and leaving many other players too ill to play. Montreal’s owner died from flu complications within the year. Yikes. During this period in Stanley Cup history, the championship series alternated locations each year; so each year, every game of the series was played in the same location, unlike today, when teams travel back and forth by plane or bus. Talk about home field a dvantage. Because of this practice, the home team had a severe edge, winning 10 of the 12 series’. The Ottawa Senators are the only team to have won the series on the
road, in both 1921 and 1923. In 1922, the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) was formed, and the Stanley Cup Finals format changed, allowing all three leagues to compete for the Cup. This just confused everybody, even at the time, and lasted only three seasons. The Victoria Cougars were the last non-NHL team to win the Stanley Cup, in 1925. Ahh, the NHL. Sound familiar? It quietly came into existence in 1917, and its original championship trophy was the O’Brien Cup. The history of the O’Brien Cup is another story altogether. But that’s a story for another time. The NHL began competing for the Stanley Cup in 1918, after the NHA folded. Soon after, the PCHA and WHL folded, leaving the NHL as the main and best hockey league in existence. And on April 6, 1926, the Montreal Maroons became the Stanley Cup champions, the first champions in a world where the NHL ruled above all over leagues. But despite giving out the Cup to their league’s champion for the last 86 years, the NHL does not legally own the Stanley Cup. While it is generally accepted that the Cup is theirs, such acceptance is not universal. For example, according to Martel, The World Hockey Association (WHA) took the NHL to court in the 1970s to challenge for the Cup; although, as the WHA’s popularity was declining, “it may have just been a publicity stunt,” according to Martel. More recently, during the 2004-05 lockout, which cancelled an entire NHL season, two hockey fans from Toronto took the NHL to court once again, claiming that other teams from other leagues should be allowed to compete for the Cup.
They settled out of court, and, according to Martel, the NHL agreed that the Cup could be competed for by other teams, should there be another full season lockout. “The key word is could,” Martel says. “I don’t think the NHL will let that happen.” So, Lord Stanley himself never actually got to see his own cup awarded, and there used to be crazy, cross country challenges for the Cup. Since 1926, the NHL has controlled, albeit not technically owned, the Cup. So for any ambitious young hockey players looking to start their own league in an effort to one day challenge the NHL, don’t give up on your dreams. “The Stanley Cup, in theory, is for anyone to win,” Martel says. SIDEBARS: Where is the original Cup? The original Stanley Cup is permanently located in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. In the late 1960s, the NHL realized that the Cup had become too brittle, so they made a replica, which is now the official Stanley Cup. “It’s the official one, but not the original,” Martel says. But, there are actually three Stanley Cups in total. There’s the original, there’s that first replica and then there’s a second replica, which is put on display whenever the now, “official” Cup is off with players and cannot be available. That last replica is probably the one you’ll take pictures with the next time you visit the Hockey Hall of Fame.
The Allure of the Stanley Cup: “It’s a special trophy in many ways,” Martel explains. “From the fact that each player gets to spend a day with the cup and can take it pretty much wherever they want, to the fact that each winning player’s name is engraved on it.” The Stanley Cup is awarded to the Captain of the winning team; the three other major professional American sports (basketball, football and baseball) award their ultimate trophy to the winning team’s owner. Interesting Places the Stanley Cup has been spotted: With the tradition of each winning player getting the Cup for a day, the Cup has been spotted in some truly strange places. Steve Yzerman showered with the cup after the Red Wings won in 1997. In 1996, Sylvain Lefebvre, of the Colorado Avalanche, had his daughter baptized while sitting in the Cup. Patrick Kane, of the Chicago Blackhawks, brought the Cup to Niagara Falls with him following the Blackhawks’ 2010 victory. In 2007, the Cup was brought to Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar, Afghanistan, an active war zone. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg: “One coach took it on a fishing trip,” Martel says, “and somebody else took it pretty high on a mountain. Mario Lemieux put it in his pool and discovered that it didn’t float.” Summer 2013
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ineola, NY - Building on his success of attracting a new privately-financed Expo Center to the Hub, Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano today broke ground on a new state-of-art sports and recreation center in Eisenhower Park that will also serve as home to at least two youth hockey organizations, including the Long Island Gulls Amateur Hockey Association and the New York Junior Bobcats. Ferraro Brothers Ice Center at Twin Rinks, to be built without taxpayer dollars, is expected to create nearly 20 new jobs and generate an estimated $35 million in
economic benefit for the local economy over the first five years of operation. County Executive Mangano stated, “This new state-of-the-art sports and recreation center is an exciting component of the Hub that will create jobs, complement Nassau’s sports-entertainment tourism plan and provide youth athletes access to world class skating facilities. I am delighted that Nassau County is able to partner with Chris and Peter Ferraro to bring this outstanding facility here. Creating this kind of sports entertainment destination will enhance our quality of life as well as create jobs and opportunities for residents.”
Nassau County selected Twin Rinks at Eisenhower, LLC to construct the $15 million private-financed facility after issuing a Request-for-Proposals in June 2012. Twin Rinks at Eisenhower, LLC is comprised of former NHL players Chris and Peter Ferraro of Ferraro Brothers Hockey, as well as Joel and Ronald Friedman of SilvermanAcampora LLP. Their consultant, Richard “Big Daddy” Salgado of Coastal Advisors, was also on hand for the ground breaking of the facility. To be completed in four stages, Twin Rinks at Eisenhower Park will include Ferraro Brothers Ice Center, an 85,000 square foot world-class facility with Summer 2013
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two NHL regulation-sized rinks and one outdoor recreational hockey rink that will host skating lessons, youth player development programs, tournaments, and hockey teams for all ages and skill levels. The facility will also include one full-size turf field with soccer and lacrosse lines, a sport court with four NBA/ NCAA regulation basketball courts, a handball wall and a rollerblade and stroller path connecting the complex with the pre-existing paths that surround the Nassau County Aquatic Center. The Ferraro brothers hope the new facility will provide youth players’ opportunities never before seen on Long Island.
“This is a great day for Nassau County and a great day for the sport of hockey,” “It is our passion to support Long Island families so that they will no longer have to be torn apart or have their family life disrupted just because a child excels in hockey and wants to try to make it to the NHL,” said Chris Ferraro. “This facility will enable us to create a hockey hot bed right here on Long Island.” “We were extremely fortunate that our parents had the means and the desire to take us where we needed to go to succeed. Because of our experiences, we are able to give back and guide young play-
ers along a path to develop, to teach the importance of camaraderie, sportsman Funded entirely by Twin Rinks at Eisenhower, LLC the center will be the home of at least two youth hockey organizations, including the Long Island Gulls Amateur Hockey Association and the New York Junior Bobcats. It will also play host to inhouse figure skating programs, learn to skate programs, a recreational youth hockey league and adult hockey leagues. “This is a great day for Nassau County and a great day for the sport of hockey,” said Richard “Big Daddy” Salgado. “I grew up here and know there has never been anything like Twin Rinks. The County Executive is bringing so much to Nassau with this project. More jobs, a world class facility and hockey programs which will provide quality coaching for kids and adults and start turning more Long Island youth into NHL stars.” About Ferraro Brothers
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Hockey Founded by twin brothers Chris and Peter Ferraro, Ferraro Brothers Hockey is dedicated to encouraging, supporting, and sustaining youth hockey awareness, safety, and education through on-ice training, off-ice instruction, charity events, and a presence in the community. With a combined 32 years of professional hockey experience, Chris and Peter Ferarro bring the knowledge and expertise garnered from their years spent in the NHL, AHL, IHL, Elite European Leagues, and the 1994 Olympics to numerous facilities across the tri-state area for one-of-a-kind hockey experiences. Having learned the game while play-
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Ron Petronella is a world-class goalie who played in the minor leagues for both the New York Islanders and Calgary Flames. He had all the skills to be an NHL goalie, but the timing just wasn’t right -- he played for the Islanders’ minor league team during the 1980’s, which just so happened to be smack dab in the middle of the Billy Smith era in which the team won four consecutive Stanley Cups. Poor timing aside, Petronella has accomplished a lot in his hockey career, which is still going by the way, in the form of the Ron Petronella Elite Goalie Academy.
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ike many young Long Islanders, Ron Petronella fell in love with ice hockey very early on. The youngest of five kids, the Manhasset, Long Island native immediately took a liking to the goalie position when he began watching the New York Rangers and their goaltender at the time, Eddie Giacomin. **Brief Eddie Giacomin Bio Break: Giacomin was the Rangers’ starting goaltender for nine straight seasons in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s -- three of those years he led the league in shutouts, and in 1971 he picked up the Vezina Trophy.** ... Okay, back to Petronella. It’s not often that a teenager’s boyhood hero moves in down the street, but that’s exactly what happened to the 16-year-old Petronella. “My mom invited Giacomin over for dinner one night withowut me knowing,” Petronella says, “and the next thing I know my idol came up to the door with his wife and we had dinner together.”
The Ron Petronella Elite Goalie Academy holds camps and clinics on Long Island and in the New York Metro area. Since 2007, he has worked with nearly 500 goaltenders -- from six-year-olds who are getting their first taste of the ice, to goalies in their 50’s who are still trying to improve. Hockey Town Magazine is proud to bring you some tips from Petronella each month. But instead of just telling you that you should heed his words, we’ll show you his credentials -- how his life as a hockey player makes him a fantatic resource for young goalies today. 18
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That night was the start of a true friendship between the NHL superstar and the young, then midget-level goalie. “He became my buddy,” Petronella says. “It was kind of like a dream come true.” Their relationship was a real motivating factor, Petronella says, because he was able to see that Giacomin was a regular guy -- a superb hockey player no doubt, but a regular guy nonetheless. “I couldn’t believe that a superstar like that would be that great a guy,” Petronella says. “He really was. He af-
fected me incredibly because he put a personal touch on what I loved.” Most importantly, Giacomin’s influence helped encourage Petronella to work harder than ever. “I was on the ice from the time school ended until I had to come home and have dinner,” Petronella says. Even when Giacomin was traded to the Detroit Red Wings in 1975, his influence lived on in Petronella. “It was very bittersweet to see him leave,” Petronella says, “but he left such an impact on me.” With Giacomin having left New York for Detroit, Petronella went on to play Junior A hockey in Binghamton for two years. “That’s where my game really improved,” he says. His stellar play upstate had Division I scouts looking at him, specifically Cornell. But, uncertain about going to such a big school, Petronella chose to play and study at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts. His college years were where he got his first taste of true goalie teaching -- during the summers he would come home and work as a goalie instructor for the New York Islanders summer hockey program. “Working for the Islanders really got my feet wet,” Petronella says. “It’s where I learned about goaltending and teaching it.” Despite all his hard work throughout his younger and college years, Petronella went undrafted after graduation. But he was undeterred. Even though they had not drafted him, the Rangers were interested in bringing Petronella to camp. “They didn’t have a solid number two goaltender,” Petronella remembers. “I was pretty hopeful that I was going to get invited to NHL camp.” But time went by, and the Rangers invite never came. It was disappointing, for sure, Petronella admits, but he wasn’t letting it discourage him from continuing to improve as both a goaltender and a goalie instructor, so he continued working with the Islanders summer hockey program. “It didn’t look like I was going to get invited
to camp,” Petronella says. But then he received an unexpected call: the Islanders, not the Rangers, wanted him to come to camp and compete for a spot on their team. At the time, the Islanders were halfway through four consecutive Stanley Cup Championships. “I knew there wasn’t much room on their roster,” Petronella says, “but I wasn’t going to pass up an opportunity to go to an NHL camp. Just to get a chance to play with their farm system was a great opportunity.” After a few days of playing on the same ice with the likes of Billy Smith, Denis Potvin, Clark Gillies, Brian Trottier and Bob Nystrom; Petronella finally started to feel like he belonged.
“It’s crazy how it went full circle,” Petronella says. But Petronella didn’t stop playing hockey just because he didn’t quite make the NHL. He continued his career as a goalie coach while simultaneously playing in various adult leagues. In 1996, Long Island Gulls head coach John Tenelli convinced Petronella to come back home to help the team for a season. They won the National Championship. “It’s like the Stanley Cup for that age,” Petronella describes.
“ I was on the ice from the time school ended until I had to come home and have dinner ”
“To say I was intimidated is an understatement,” he says. “But I settled down and actually played pretty well.” The Islanders sent him to their farm team in Toledo, Ohio. From there he was shipped to Nashville, Tennessee, playing two years for the Nashville South Stars. All in all, Petronella played in both the East Coast Hockey League and the Atlantic Coast Hockey League but was never called up to the NHL. A few years after his minor league career had seemingly ended, Petronella was picked up by Calgary’s minor league squad, the Salt Lake City Eagles. He played one season there, including his last pro game, which came against the Rangers farm team (The Denver Rangers). Opposite the ice from Petronella, protecting the goal for the Rangers, was none other than a young Mike Richter. In the stands as the Rangers goalie coach? Eddie Giacomin.
In 2007, Petronella finally came back home for good and started the Ron Petronella Elite Goalie Academy. And just like his hero Eddie Giacomin, he teaches a little more than just goalie training.
“Hockey is going to teach you about life, especially as a goaltender,” Petronella says. “As a goaltender you have to deal with a lot of pressure, you have to be able to accept the blame and not point your finger at anyone, and you have to be mentally strong. You have to work very hard, physically and mentally.” Most importantly, Petronella’s life experience allows him to shed light on what’s really important in the lives of the young people he teaches. “If your dream is to play in the NHL, this is what I say: If that happens, great. But use that dream as a vehicle to play college and prep school hockey. If pro comes, it comes. But if you can play college or prep school hockey, you’re going to have the greatest experience of your life, and you’re going to get an education.”
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• Two NHL regulation-sized rinks • One outdoor recreational rink • Stadium seating • Pro shop • 2 private party rooms • Dedicated video classroom • Figure Skating Locker Room • 8 visiting locker rooms • Dedicated locker rooms for our host teams: LI Bobcats, LI Gulls and Ferraro Brothers Hockey • Snack Bar and dining area • Free WiFi • Fireplace/sitting area
Our onsite, state-of-the-art dryland training facility will include: • Dedicated training staff • Puck handling and shooting stations • Goaltending stations • Sprint Lane • Free and fixed weights • Plyometric equipment and stations • Stationary bicycles
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By: Benjamin Horney n October 10, 2005, Eric Nystrom called his father, New York Islanders’ legend Bob Nystrom, to say ‘happy 53rd birthday, dad’ - along with some other, pretty substantial news. He had been called up. He was following in his father’s footsteps. He would be
playing that night as a member of the Calgary Flames. He had made the NHL.
mentating on his dad’s famous Stanley Cup-clinching goal by heart.
“What a birthday gift,” Eric says. “I’ll never forget that.”
“I had this one video tape called ‘Islanders Dynasty,’ a recap of all four of the cups,” he says.” I used to watch it on repeat all the time. Every single day.”
Predictably, Eric has wielded a hockey stick from pretty much the day he was born. Because his dad had retired when he was only three-years-old, Eric never got to experience his father’s heroics in real time. Instead, he experienced the elder Nystrom’s lore through grainy VHS tapes - little Eric could recite the com-
Eric, who grew up in Syosset and Woodbury, began playing organized hockey when he was seven-years-old, for the Nassau County Lions. His father never pressured him to play hockey, but then again, he never really had to. Summer 2013
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“He didn’t push me to play,” Eric says. “But I fell in love with it being on the ice, and I’ve always had him to guide me in the right direction.”
kept practicing, trying to get better.” Before he set off to college, Eric had been ranked very high by NHL central scouting, and had a choice to make: declare
He played for Nassau from the time he was a Mite to the time he was a Phantom, and in ninth grade, Eric went to Portledge High School in Locust Valley, New York -- which is when he finally started to realize some of his hockey promise.
“It was so physical and hard, and the schedule and traveling was grueling,” he remembers. “That’s when I knew that you have to put the time in. You don’t want to get stuck here.” After that brief, two-game call up on his dad’s 53rd birthday, Eric was sent back down for a full season in the minor leagues, where he scored 15 goals and collected 18 assists. Then, in training camp of the next year, he tore a labrum in his shoulder and missed almost the entire season.
“It was a crazy schedule,” he says, “I had tons of ice time.” That year, he grew -both as a hockey player and literally, as a boy becoming a man. “I became bigger than everybody,” he says.
“I had no idea how I stacked up against the kids of the state before that,” he says. “But during the tryouts I realized I was one of the better players.” He was selected to the team, played well in the tournament, and the next year was asked to play for the United States national program. There, he discovered that he wasn’t merely one of the best players in the state. “That’s when I realized I was one of the top kids in the country for my age group,” he remembers. “And it’s amazing how the door just kept opening.” He made the National Under-18 team, and then the United States Junior National team a year later -- which is when the NHL began to seriously scout him. But even when he got a full ride to play hockey at Michigan, Eric still didn’t believe that he would one day play in the NHL like his father.“I never thought, ‘I’m good enough to play in the NHL,’” he says. “I just kept playing at every level and
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“They had a really veteran team,” he says. “There wasn’t much room for a young guy to make it.” And playing in the minors, Eric discovered that the higher you climb, the more difficult the climb becomes.
Playing for both his high school team and the New York Apple Core Junior team, Eric played about 90 games during his freshman year of high school. And that’s not to mention two practices, one for each team, every day.
Eric tried out for a New York select team, without expectations of becoming a star.
was flown into Calgary, where he was immediately sent down to the minors.
for the NHL draft and forfeit his college eligibility, or head to Michigan and get an education while continuing to try and improve as a player. He chose school. “The decision was not difficult,” he says. In his first season at Michigan, Eric scored 18 goals to go along with 12 assists in 39 games. The next year, he was drafted 10th overall in the NHL draft, by the Calgary Flames, but chose to stay in school for his remaining three years. “I loved school so much. It was such a great experience. It really helps you develop and become a better player and person,” he says. “I’m so happy I got that opportunity.” Despite being the son of one of the most famous hockey players in existence and despite being drafted in the top 10 in the NHL draft, Eric knew that he still had plenty of work to do. “It’s a nice accolade, getting drafted,” he says, “but it doesn’t mean anything.” Once he graduated from Michigan, he
“I went to hit a guy and it just didn’t feel right,” he says. But despite the injury, Eric knew that he could recover and come back the same player -- as long as he put the work in. “I rehabbed so hard,” he says. “I wasn’t worried. Every player goes through injuries. It’s inevitable. You just have to stay positive.” That year, after a short stint in the minors, Eric was called up to the NHL for good. He played for the Flames for four seasons, before signing with the Minnesota Wild as a free agent in 2010. In October 2011, Eric was traded to the Dallas Stars, and scored ten goals in his first 21 games with the team. If there’s anything he wants to impart to young hockey players with aspirations of someday playing in the NHL, it’s to work hard, always be positive and stay in school; particularly his alma mater. “I tell kids there’s only one school to go to,” he jokes, “Michigan.”
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his month at the Coaches Clipboard, we turn our focus to off-ice training. Many young hockey players don’t realize its significance, but in order to continuously and drastically improve your on-the-ice game, off-ice training is of the utmost importance. According to Chris Ferraro, off-ice training is a big part of what pushed him and his brother, Peter, to the NHL and beyond.
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“Your body is a tool,” Chris says. A tool that needs to be constantly worked on and improved; especially for hockey, a sport that involves so many different aspects of athleticism. “Hockey is a very difficult sport to train for because you have to do it all,” Chris says. “You have to have stamina, strength, speed, agility. You have to be the ultimate athlete. And, you are doing it on ice, a slippery surface.” And what some people don’t recognize, Chris says,
is that your training off of the ice will translate directly onto the ice. “My brother and I weren’t the biggest, we weren’t the strongest, we weren’t even the most talented,” he says. “But with all of the off-ice time we put in, when we got on the ice, we were just flying past everyone.” Off-ice training can include many things, such as sprints on a track or agility drills -- even rollerblading and
jump roping. It also includes off-ice stick handling and puck-shooting practice. In their camps, clinics and schools, the Ferraros stress off-ice training, and give precise directions for different forms of training.
450 pounds,’” Chris says. “It’s all athletic-specific moves.” And, Chris notes, it’s never too early to start.
“Your body
is a tool,” A tool that needs to be
“It’s critical that players start off-ice training at very young ages,” he says. “There’s a myth where people always think their child is too young, but that’s not the case. If you’re putting them on skates and on the dangerous ice, then they can do sprints on a track.
An example, accordconstantly worked on and ing to Chris, is to go to improved; especially for the track two times a hockey, a sport that involves week and do sprints so many different aspects that mimic your shift of athleticism. on the ice at a 3 to 1 ratio -- so sprint hard The bottom line is, Chris says, is that for 30 seconds, and then rest for a minyou can train off of the ice as much as ute and a half. There are also low center of gravity exercises, where you can do you want, compared to usually just a few low skate walks with light weights times a week on the ice.
you ultimately get from your hard work is well worth the struggle. It takes sacrifice, Chris says. Like when the Ferraro’s father would wake them up at 6 a.m. to train before school. It also takes motivation, which, according to Chris, can be the toughest part. “You don’t always want to do it, you’re not always in the mood to do it,” he says. “But while other kids were on the beach, we were on the track doing sprints.” He suggests finding a partner or a training facility with coaches to help with the motivation. “It’s always a challenge to do on your own,” he says, “because it’s not fun and you don’t see the results right away.” But with enough hard work, Chris says, the results you’ll see will amaze you. “The first two years we played, Peter and I were just average,” Chris says. “Then we committed ourselves to off-ice training; we took off, and no one could catch us.” So, Chris says, the key to developing into a potentially great hockey player is incorporating off-ice training into your routine at a young age. You can buy the most expensive stick, pads and helmet, but you can’t buy upgrades to the most important tool -- your body. That, Chris says, is up to you.
around your waist. Off-ice training, Chris stresses, is not about getting as buff as possible when it’s not hockey season -- it’s about continuing to improve your hockey skills, even when you can’t be on the ice. “I’m not saying ‘go to the gym and squat
“You don’t have access to ice seven days a week,” he says. “Especially on Long Island, ice time can be very scarce. But you could train off the ice 24 hours a day, seven days a week, if you choose to.” While Chris admits that off-ice training isn’t as much fun as getting on the ice and scoring goals, he says that the results
“We found the time to do it,” he says. “You have to make the time to do it. If a serious hockey player wants to make significant improvements, it’s the only way.”
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UNITED STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE
2013 USHL PRESEASON EXPANDS WITH MULTIPLE EVENTS
USHL teams showcased in three separate regional preseason events
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he USHL today announced significant changes to its 2013-14 preseason schedule,
as it expands both its geographical reach and the opportunity for new audiences to see the USHL in action. As it develops a new Fall Classic format, the League will introduce the “USHL Fall Classic Week” this September. The week will feature two regional preseason tournaments in the League’s second preseason week. Events commence with the USHL Fall Classic West, featuring all eight USHL Western Conference teams competing at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa on Wednesday, September 11th
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and Thursday, September 12th. For the previous six seasons, the Sioux City Musketeers had hosted the traditional USHL Fall Classic, an event which had included all USHL Member Clubs but has been deferred for the 2013 preseason. “We are proud to be the host and honored to once again put on a wonderful preseason showcase for our fans and the community of Sioux City and have the best junior talent in the country from the Western Conference here in September,” said Rich Zaber, Executive Vice President of the Sioux City Musketeers. Following the conclusion of the western event, the League’s Eastern Conference teams will gather in Indianapolis, Indi-
ana for the USHL Fall Classic East, hosted by the Indiana Ice. The Ice are organizing a youth tournament to run in parallel with the USHL games, featuring top regional talent that will have the opportunity to both compete and watch the USHL in action. “The Indiana Ice want to thank the USHL and our Eastern Conference members for the opportunity to host the USHL Fall Classic East in Indianapolis,” said Ice President Paul Skjodt. “The Ice and Indiana Jr. Ice youth program are also excited to partner with the League to showcase the event for youth hockey teams attending The Bigfoot Hockey Showcase over the same weekend.” All USHL teams will play a minimum of
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two games at their respective USHL Fall Classic Week events. The separate preseason events will provide exposure to NHL and NCAA scouts and help cultivate team preparations for the regular season while reducing the time and travel necessary for a full event that includes all 16 USHL Member A completely Clubs.
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Brothers Ice Center in East Meadow, New York, partly owned and operated by two of the League’s most-storied alumni – Chris Ferraro and Peter Ferraro. The twin brothers litup scoreboards across the USHL during the 1990-91
part of the USHL coming east for this event,” said Dan May, Director of Hockey Operations for the Avalanche and Ice
House. “This is an unprecedented opportunity for the entire Metropolitan area hockey community. I personally believe playing in the USHL is the best training for a young man who aspires to play Division 1 colnew event will inaugurate 2013 prelege hockey and these games will give people in this region a play, as from September 6-8, a total of six firsthand view of the USHL’s elite brand of hockey.”
A completely new event will inaugurate 2013 presea“We could not have planned son play, as from this without the support and September 6-8, a generosity of the Gulls, Bobtotal of six USHL cats, and Avalanche,” said teams will travel to Prince. “This gives us the opthe largest exhibition of USHL talent outside the the East Coast to portunity to bring not just the Midwest in League history. compete in the USHL story, but the League itUSHL Atlantic self, to hundreds of participatChallenge – the ing youth tournament players largest exhibition and the general public – many of of USHL talent outside the Midwest in and 1991-92 seasons. Playing for the them getting the opportunity to see the League history. Hosted by three well-reDubuque best junior hockey in North America for spected Eastern youth and junior hockthe first time. ey organizations, the Long Island Gulls, Fighting Saints, Chris led the League in New York Bobcats, and New Jersey Avascoring with 97 points (53g, 44a) in just Event organizers are also planning a Satlanche, the Challenge will also feature 45 games in 1990–91, and earned USHL urday, September 7th reception, USHL an invitational youth tournament for Forward of the Year. The following sea- presentation and panel discussion feasome of the region’s top under-14, unson, Peter led the USHL with 101 points turing NHL, USHL, NCAA, and USA der-16, under-18, and junior teams. – two more than Chris (49g, 50a) – in Hockey management and coaches. 42 games split between Dubuque and The USHL Atlantic Challenge marks the the Waterloo Black Hawks, capturing A full schedule of teams and games for first time that USHL teams will play USHL Forward of the Year. Both were se- all USHL preseason events will be angames on the East Coast, a region that is lected in the 1992 NHL Draft by the nounced at a later date. sending an increasing number of players New York Rangers. Peter was chosen in to the League. Participating teams and a the first round (24th overall) and Chris Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the full schedule for the event will be anwas selected in the fourth round (85th USHL celebrates its 11th season as the nounced at a later date. nation’s only Tier I junior hockey league overall). in 2012-13. With 19 NHL Draft picks “The USHL meant a lot to my brother on team rosters and over 260 players al“Taken together, these three events by and I for the advancement of our careers ready committed to NCAA Division I far represent our most ambitious underon and off the ice and we are thrilled to schools this season, the USHL has taking to date inbringing the USHL to host several teams right here in our emerged as the world’sforemost producmore fans, and more future USHL playhockey community,” said Peter Ferraro. er of junior hockey talent. For more iners,” said USHL President and “It will be a great opportunity to show- formation, visit us on the web at www. Commissioner Skip Prince. “Just as imcase the USHL brand in the East and we USHL.com or visit the League’s social portant, it provides a well-sequenced are proud to be part of this event.” media platforms, including Facebook series of opportunities (www.facebook.com/ushlhockey), twitUSHL games as well as youth invitationter (www.twitter.com/ushl), and Youwfor the hundreds of NHL and NCAA al competition will also take place at The Tube (www.youtube.com/ushlinteracscouts focusing on our players to see, Ice House arena in Hackensack, New tive). Fans can also watch USHL action benchmark, and assess our ‘Class of 13Jersey, a four-surface facility and home all season long, live or ondemand 14’.” to the North Jersey Avalanche youth hockey organization. via FASTHockey (ushl.fasthockey.com). One of the venues for the USHL Atlantic
USHL teams will travel to the East Coast to compete in the USHL Atlantic Challenge
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“On behalf of the North Jersey Avalanche and the Ice House, we are excited to be
It’s not just hockey. It’s the USHL.
TIER 1 - AAA SPRING/SUMMER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
OUR EXCITING NEW DEVELOPEMENT PROGRAM Announcing the 2013 Spring Long Island Dynamo developmental program. The LI Dynamo will field exclusive teams at every age level. Chris and Peter Ferraro will direct the program and coach the teams. Also assisting on the ice will be Boris Bykovskiy, Victor Baryshevtsev and the staff of Ferraro Brothers Hockey. The Dynamo experience is a special program designed to offer the serious player an opportunity to improve his/her skill development; push the outer limits of their current “comfort� zones and gain greater hockey awareness. All while having an enjoyable experience. The selection of the team is by invitation only. If you would like to recieve more information about the LI Dynamo development program, please contact Michelle Tadross Ferraro at info@LIDynamo.com.
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