“You know what you know.” Young players only know what they have been taught or what was emphasized in their previous experiences within the game
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.
Everything Will Be “Different”
It didn’t take Taylor and Gardiner MacDougall too long to make everything different for the Moncton Wildcats. Different is one of those words in the
The Spark, Passion and Burnout
One Michael Jordan quote from the The Last Dance that still resonates with me is; “All you need is that one little match, to start
Unforgettable Advice
I was given some advice as a beginning teacher 23 years ago. “Craig, always make an effort to go to every retiring teacher ceremony.” I will
Thank you Fredericton,
Today I’m stepping away from my position as head scout of the Fredericton Red Wings of the Maritime Hockey League. Words really can’t describe how
2024 QMJHL Draft Review: Which Team’s Had a “Good” Draft? and Who Won the 2024 QMJHL Draft?
Which team won the 2024 QMJHL Draft? Obviously, they all did. That’s the answer and that’s probably not the answer you all wanted. But seriously
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