10/28/23 Practice Summary

Today was team picture day. A special thank you goes out to Frank and his helper for graciously snapping team photos of the Dare Devils in the retro red and green jerseys. We'd also like to commend all of the players and coaches for listening, sitting still and smiling for the photo. Most of the parents listened too - we only witnessed a few that were openly defiant of Frank's instructions to wait until he was finished taking the team photo to take personal phone pictures (on a side note, Bernard chose the under on this and wins a one week reprieve from providing us with a head shot to put up on the website). Thanks again Frank! We can't wait to see the team picture! Frank has already posted the action photos of today's practice and they can be found here.

During the actual practice, Coach Myles was all business. He had the players working hard the entire time doing power skating drills, suicides and net races. The players can now safely enjoy their halloween candy knowing that they burned so many calories today.

We also welcomed our newest addition to the team: our gold-plated "shooter tutor" arrived during the week and Captain Ryan took the ceremonial first shot on it (video evidence of "Cap" taking the inaugural shot on the shooter tutor can be found here in our photo gallery section). We now have a viable backup plan if our star goalies, Matty Brighton and Ari Berlin, can't make it to a practice or game.

A few housekeeping notes:

As a reminder, all jersey, shell and warm-up suit orders need to be submitted by 10pm tomorrow (10/29/23) per the instructions in Bernard's emails. The order form can be found here.

If your player is planning on attending the games in Brick, they will only be permitted to play if they are registered for USA Hockey. Please see Bernard's emails for additional details.

The team store is up and running and there is a lot of Dare Devils spirit wear available to purchase. I ordered several items that arrived this week and I am very happy with the quality. The direct link to the team store can be found here. You can also navigate to it via the "Resources" section of this website.

Pam Saunders (Matty Brighton's mom) is running a winter clothing drive and we will be accepting collections at practice through December 2nd. More details can be found in Andy's previous post.

Next week (Saturday, 11/4), we will have our normal split practice with the learn-to-skate session going from 9 to 9:45 and the advanced/intermediate practice running from 9:45 to 10:30. We also have an away game at Brick next Sunday, 11/5 at 8:30am. If you are planning to attend, please update your availability on the website and you must be registered for USA Hockey.