Hanging up the blades is never easy. Every player should be granted the luxury of leaving the game they love on their own terms. It’s
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.
Unsolved Mysteries?
Now I Wonder Who That Might Be? God rest his soul Robert Stack couldn’t spin a mystery any better than the Saint John Sea Dogs.
It’s Never Too Late
How could I have missed him? I went back to look at my notes, I had definitely watched the player on countless occasions, but why
Sea Dogs to Hire Cameron?
It would appear the Saint John Sea Dogs are looking once again for a proud Islander to lead the team to the promise land. Gerard
Relentless
Tristan Sanchez is relentless. There’s no other way to put it. The undrafted gritty sixteen year old forward played inspired hockey this season for the
Promises
Promise: (noun) a declaration or assurance that one will do a particular thing or that a particular thing will happen. Promise: (verb) assure someone that
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