Beyond Your Wildest Dreams

We seem to live in a different dream world today “I don’t want any youngsters to stop dreaming, but I do wish parents would stop believing they are the determining factor in making that dream a reality. If the premium priced path was the key to the D1 dream, then [...]

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2026-27 WCHA Women’s Hockey Preview: The Conference’s Powerhouses Face New Challenges

2026-27 WCHA Women’s Hockey Preview: The Conference’s Powerhouses Face New Challenges The WCHA remains the dominant conference in women’s college hockey, but a changing of the guard could be coming as Ohio State, Wisconsin and Minnesota enter the 2026-27 season with plenty to prove. By Robert Brent The NCAA women’s [...]

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7 Minnesotans and 6 Frost players invited to U.S. Women’s National Team Training Camp in Blaine

  Event to Take Place, Sept. 13-19, in preparation for 2026 Women’s Worlds OLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – As part of its preparation for the 2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship, USA Hockey will conduct a women’s national team training camp, Sept. 13-19, at the NSC Super Rink in Blaine, Minnesota. A [...]

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Donate Your Used Hockey Equipment

Annual Used Equipment Drive at select arenas through Sept. 30 The Minnesota Wild, Let’s Play Hockey, and Minnesota Hockey today announced the organizations will partner for the annual Used Hockey Equipment Drive. AAA Movers will collect the drop-off boxes from select rinks on Wednesday, Sept. 30. Thousands of pieces of [...]

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Minnesota Wild Level 1 Referee Clinic Sept. 19

  The Minnesota Wild, in partnership with Minnesota Hockey, the Minnesota Hockey Officials Association and USA Hockey, today announced the 2026 Level 1 Hockey Referee Seminar and Clinic will be held at the Minnesota Wild Executive Offices on Saturday, Sept. 19 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event will [...]

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PWHL TRAINING CAMPS TO OPEN NOVEMBER 18

All 12 teams to each play two Preseason Scrimmages Nov. 22-30 NEW YORK AND TORONTO (September 10, 2026) – Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) teams will open training camps ahead of the 2026-27 season on Wednesday, Nov. 18, following the completion of the 2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship taking place [...]

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Amanda Kessel, Phil Kessel, T.J. Oshie and Ryan Suter to be enshrined into U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Amanda Kessel (Madison, Wis.), Phil Kessel (Madison, Wis.), T.J. Oshie (Warroad, Minn.), Ryan Suter (Madison, Wis.) and Stan Wong (Boca Raton, Fla.) will be enshrined into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame as the Class of 2026 it was announced today by USA Hockey. “You [...]

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PWHL Inks First National Television Contract

League’s first-ever season-long U.S. TV agreement features three national broadcast windows each week, led by Saturday “Game of the Week” League’s first-ever season-long U.S. TV agreement features three national broadcast windows each week, led by Saturday Game of the Week NEW YORK – The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) and [...]

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Ohio State tops WCHA Preseason Poll

Ohio State’s Dunne joined by Minnesota’s Milani in individual preseason honors The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) announced its 2026-27 Preseason Coaches Poll and All-WCHA Team selections, with Ohio State topping the prediction poll. Ohio State received six first-place votes and totaled 48 points in the preseason poll, while defending [...]

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Gophers Add Top Prospect in Defender Taylee Manion

Proctor/Hermantown standout will play for Hill-Murray for senior season Taylee Manion, a 2009-born defenseman from Hermantown, recently committed to the University of Minnesota after helping the United States win the U18 World Championship.  By Robert Brent, Let’s Play Hockey The University of Minnesota women’s program has wasted no time bringing [...]

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As tryouts loom, some quick tips to prepare for the season

Tips on building and maintaining strength for the season The clanging of lockers opening and closing in school hallways marks the end of summer and the start of fall. For hockey players, it means summer fun has turned into fall focus as tryouts loom and kids prepare for the upcoming [...]

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The Real Meaning of Fun

What kind of memories are we helping create? by Mike Schwartz, Let’s Play Hockey Author’s Note: This article is dedicated to the thousands of volunteer coaches who quietly shape young lives, often without realizing the lasting impact they have. Fun. We hear it all the time in youth hockey. “We [...]

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