3/8ths of a Thought

Moving Away From Home | Young man walking in front of a building with his gym bag - SkateGuard

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24 Jan 2024

Moving Away From Home Part 1

One of the topics with the widest discrepancy between the impact on a young player and the amount of dialogue it gets is the process of moving away from home.

Rob Martini

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11 Dec 2023

Major Junior or the NCAA? – The NCAA Case

In Part 1 of this series, we made the case for why some 15-to-17-year-old hockey players might benefit from heading down the path of playing Canadian major junior hockey. But

Rob Martini

Major Junior or NCAA? | Young players playing in an indoor ice rink - SkateGuard

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30 Nov 2023

Major Junior or NCAA? Part 1: The Case for Major Junior

If you grow up playing hockey in North America, there are essentially two paths to the NHL once you reach the age of 16: the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

Rob Martini

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28 Sep 2023

Women’s Pro Hockey, Part 2: Where We’re Going

I sit here writing this on the day after the inaugural PWHL draft. Ninety young women heard their names called yesterday. It’s the kind of moment that many of these

Rob Martini

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