USA Hockey introduces new concussion acknowledgment with national registration period.  USA Hockey has taken a major step forward with the inclusion of the required acknowledgment below, effective with every new annual registration. Concussion Chronicles April 2018 Special Edition

Jeff Jackson is the head coach of the highly ranked Notre Dame men’s hockey team and has coached at various other levels, including with USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program. No matter what level he has coached at, though, Jackson has found the old cliché to be true: The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. Read …

When the clock is winding down and a youth hockey coach looks up from the bench at a one-goal game, there is a natural temptation … to win. And with that temptation comes the competitive-nature’s no-brainer to handpick the best players for the next few shifts and salt away the W. Read More

USA Hockey initiatives, increased NHL and AHL presence spur interest Young boys and girls in California have plenty of choices when it comes to sports: soccer, baseball, softball, basketball, football, dance, martial arts… and that’s just scratching the surface. There was a time when hockey would have been at the bottom of such a list, if it made it at …

So here’s an uncomfortable question: Will hockey still be considered Canada’s game in 2028 when there are more Americans than Canadians playing in the NHL? I’ll wait here while you mop up that coffee. While the idea of an NHL dominated by the U.S. may sound preposterous to any Canadian told from birth that we’re the greatest hockey-playing nation on …

USA Hockey, the Central District and the Amateur Hockey Association of Illinois are proud to welcome and invite you to the 14th annual Toyota-USA Hockey Disabled Hockey Festival to be held at the Leaf’s Ice Centre in West Dundee, Illinois. Read More

The need for diversity has been something that has plagued the NHL for much longer than their Hockey Is For Everyone initiative has been around. Latino communities in particular haven’t seen themselves reflected in the world of hockey until recently. The first Latino NHL player, Bill Guerin, who is of Nicaraguan descent, was drafted in 1989. Another Latino player wouldn’t …

Keeping up with the Joneses may as well be an epidemic for the hockey community. What is he or she doing this summer to get ahead? What team is she playing on next year? Who are they working out with now? Finding a spot on an elite youth or high school team is one of the most worried-about aspects of …

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman stressed the importance of youth hockey during a summit with the commissioners of the other three major sports — Rob Manfred of Major League Baseball, Roger Goodell of the National Football League and Adam Silver of the National Basketball Association. Bettman said Tuesday that the amount of young players registering to play hockey has allowed the …