Wouldn’t it be great if more people could be mindful of what they say, analyze or report on. Wouldn’t it be great if more people
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.
The Slippery Slope
Sometimes teams go down a slippery slope. They don’t know how it starts or where it might end, but that’s all part of the game.
The Game Within the Game: How Some Coaches Chose to Communicate?
There’s out of position and then there’s out of position and buried. It’s hard to imagine how some coaches would bury a young player that
Observations From the Rink: Routes to Pucks, Board Play and Can They Play the Other Side?
Above BoardI’ll never forget teeing it up at the Meadows as a kid with two older gentleman. One was a former British Naval officer, the
Out of Position
Playing a player out of position isn’t developing them it’s hurting them. Playing a player out of position and giving them no support, instruction, or
Right to the End
“Character is tested when you’re up against it” Dick Vermeil. Character is what everyone is looking for. It’s always been important, but now it seems
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