J’ai le grand plaisir d’annoncer la création d’une nouvelle plateforme numérique dédiée au hockey et à la reconnaissance de talent. In Focus Scouting (IFS) sera
Author: Craig Eagles @Eags37
Craig Eagles majored in Kinesiology and Education at the University of New Brunswick. He once was head coach of the Moncton Purple Knights men’s AAA hockey program for four seasons, and head coach of the women’s program for another. He then made the jump to Junior “A” hockey as a video and practice coach with the Moncton Beavers. He returned to Moncton’s minor hockey level where he won a Provincial Championship and the Competitive Coach of the Year award in 2012. In December of 2016, Craig joined the QMJHL Central Scouting Agency as a regional scout for New Brunswick. On top of being a High School teacher, Eagles has been broadcasting hockey on Rogers TV since 2009 and has been a colour analyst for the QMJHL for the past five seasons before stepping away from that position in 2021.
He started the Co Coaches Corner Blog in 2012-2013 and has been writing about hockey and various other sports ever since.
Introducing IFS
I’m thrilled to announce a new venture in the scouting world. Starting this fall, I will be creating an independent scouting platform called In Focus
Whispers of Change
“Where there’s smoke there’s fire.” Coaching changes happen, it’s part of the game, it’s part of every sport. Coaches are hired to be fired, but
Relentless
There’s nothing like a great comeback story, especially when it happens to amazingly strong and deserving players and people. Jacob Melanson never gave up on
“Live and Learn”
Live and learn.It’s about as cliche as it gets, but it couldn’t be any truer for a young NHL defenceman.If we have learned anything this
“They Must Have Had a Great Summer”
You hear it all of the time. “They must have had a great summer.” Is the summer a magical time of year for development or
The Quick Shift 