What is Network54 ?

Many viewers come to the Minor Hockey Blog looking for Network54 Hockey posts.  The Minor Hockey Blog is simply a website using blog format which touches on issues in Minor Hockey such as player movement.  It also identifies Hockey Classes, Hockey Camps and Hockey Products.  I hope that this is helpful to you.

The Minor Hockey Blog is not in any way affiliated with Network54.  Network54 is a social networking website which contains forums created for different topics by various owners.  Sports is just one section within Network54, and within the Hockey Category there are many different forums and threads.  Users may post anonymously, as they can here, and there are rules in place to prevent children and people from being named, but things can get out of control and inappropriate.

Link to Hockey: http://www.network54.com/Browse/Sports/Hockey
Female Hockey: http://www.network54.com/Forum/752492
Minor Hockey 2002 and Under: http://www.network54.com/Forum/672275/
(It's discouraging how much negativity can be posted regarding kids under 12)
Minor Hockey 2001 and Over: http://www.network54.com/Forum/672359/

I first came across Network54 when I found that all of the parents on a team seemed to know much more than I did about the coaching staff.  I was shocked when I visited the site.  It was amazing to me how many parents posted about each other while clearly socializing and living next door to each other.  Later, I was disappointed to hear that my child was part of a Network54 controversy.

On a positive note, Network54 pointed me to teams that needed players, OMHA movement rules, gave me a heads up about spots being taken during tryouts, and pointed me to some great camps.

Please feel free to post your opinion.  Have you ever found anything useful on Network54?

New Brunswick Complaint

New Brunswick minor hockey parent allegedly assaulted by a parent coach after he was trying to get back on the bench after serving a penalty.

""The penalty box door wouldn't shut and I was trying to shut it and it got stuck or something then the dad that was volunteer coach he started freaking out,” Jeffrey said.
"Went there and he grabbed my shoulder and he's like, 'Sit down.' And then I just told him he doesn't have the right to grab me,” he said......Jeffery was kicked out of the tournament and has decided to withdraw from the team."
The full story is at:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2012/03/09/nb-parents-hockey-complaint-607.html

British Columbia Complaint

"A British Columbia mother says a Pee Wee hockey coach humiliated her 12-year-old son by cuffing the young player on the head with a hockey glove in the change room. But the coach is denying the allegations and other parents have come forward to defend him."  The story is at :

CTVNews.ca Staff

Date: Fri. Feb. 24 2012 8:58 AM ET

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/CanadaAM/20120224/hockey-bc-coach-120224/

A Good Read

An old article from the Globe and Mail about the end of being a hockey dad is a classic. "A hockey dad’s last ride" by PETER CHENEY Globe and Mail Update Published Wednesday, Apr. 28, 2010 12:00AM EDT
go to http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/car-life/cheney/a-hockey-dads-last-ride/article1548710/

A Good Hockey Read

"All Our Hockey Children"  is a hockey family blog about a family from Omaha Nebraska.  They have two hockey playing kids and also house teenage hockey players for the Omaha Hockey Organization. It's a great read about real hockey family life.  Check it out at  http://deanhockey.blogspot.com/

Hockey Bullies

This was actually a viewer comment today but it deserves to be published as a post on it's own.  Thanks for posting and if you would like to add further info/comments, please do!

"I would love to see someone addres in the media the effects of minor hockey parents bullying other minor hockey parents. You know, if the parents can't get to the child, they will go after the parents of the child. It often leads to good kids being removed from hockey by exasperated parents. But who can blame them? Right, their children do. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Very stressful."

Thanks!

Goalie Training - a Goalie Parent

When your kid's hockey becomes all encompassing, why not buy a hockey school.  One example is Moe Tanel who owns Team Shutout Goalie School at Varsity Hockey in Brampton.  There's an interview with one of his sons Daniel Tanel at the sportseast.ca website.  19-year-old Acadie-Bathurst Titan is a defenceman and in the article, talks about his brother, goaltender Matt Tanel." "He was a goaltender with the Mississauga Ice Dogs," said Tanel, a native of Brampton, Ont. now in his third season with the Titan. "When my brother became a goaltender, my dad enrolled him in a goalie school and eventually became good friends with the guy who owned it and became an instructor for the goalie school. Then (eventually) my dad bought the school." "  Check out the rest of the story at http://sports.canadaeast.com/article/981448

Team Shutout Goalie School at Varsity Hockey was a good solid spot to take my goalie for regular goalie lessons.  As always, you need to shop around and decide on which trainer suits your goaltender's personality and style, but goaltenders often need regular practice and reviews away from their teams.  This is a convenient and well organized place to get that regular training.

Least favourite sayings from the crowd:

It's the start of a new season, and I'm not sure whether I look forward to least or most is the yelling from the crazy hockey crowd during the game.

"The puck, the puck, the puck......" - Junior is so busy hitting that he forgets to chase the puck.

"Where's the defense?" - from the Goalie's parent (in tears)
"Where's the offense" - defense parents
"The defense keeps turning over the puck" - offense parents

Thanks coach:  "It's not like any of them are going to the NHL"

From the sitting goalie to the playing goalie "I hope you get a shutout today."

"In my line of work, I can't be doing fundraising."

Network54

Have you been to Network54 ? This site is frequented by people who anonymously post comments about their teams and issues. The site can be hysterical, offensive and downright mean. I have never posted there, but I occasionally find myself checking in to see what is being said. What do you think?  The worst day ever was when I found one of my kids initials posted there.  Thanks friends.

http://www.network54.com/Forum/672275/  This link is now for 98 players and under.  This link is for the main menu,: http://www.network54.com/Browse/Sports/Hockey.  This link is for players 97 and over: http://www.network54.com/Forum/672359/  Finally this link is for female hockey http://www.network54.com/Forum/679250/  Have a look around from the main link, in case I've missed something.

Welcome to this blog, which is about Minor Hockey or Youth Hockey. This blog has absolutely no affiliation with Network54 and there will be no tolerance of gossip or criticism of players, coaches or teams on this site. Please visit the Minor Hockey Blog's other pages, and comment, if you like.  Most of our visitors come in looking for hockey camps and classes, OMHA boundaries and looking for Network54.  Comments can be anonymous - so go for it, but be polite please.  The blog will cover boundary type issues if anything new comes up, and our experiences in hockey, and any hockey camps or clases we find along the way.  Keep visiting!

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