Achieving Your Hockey Goals

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Achieving Your Hockey Goals

• Stephanie Gray
• Girls Director, Northern Plains District
• And
• Titia Leisz
• Girls Director, Wyoming

May 1, 2009 GIRLS Northern Plains District Player
Development Camp
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What next?

• Womens Adult Hockey
• Collegiate Club Hockey
• Post-graduate hockey
• Division I, II and III Womens Programs

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What are the numbers?

• D-1 32 Teams, 776 players 496 US (64), 258 CAN
  (33.2)
• D-3 37 Teams 1,070 players 916 US (86), 152
  CAN (14)
• All Women There were 1,847 female players.
• There were 1,413 female players from the United
  States (76.5) and 410 from Canada (22.2).
• The leading sources of female players last year
  Minnesota (370), Massachusetts (206) and Ontario
  (205).
• Registered USA Hockey numbers (12.5) 1/8
• ACHA Div 1-2 1,125 Female Players (16.7) 1/6

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Typical Questions

• What is my best route to college hockey? Is there
  more than one option?
• Where do I fit?
• How important are academics?
• What is best for me?
• How do I get noticed?
• If I am a good player, will they find me?
• What role should my current coach play?

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Typical Routes to NCAA Womens Hockey

• Prep School (72 boys 56 girls programs, /-)
• Solid Academics plus who do they play?
• Placements Where are girls being placed?
• Cost
• Distance from Family
• Public High School sanctioned /accredited
• USA Hockey Tier 1 (ages 18 under)
• 9,000 U.S. 24,980 Canadian Girls ages 15 to
  20

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Factor to Consider When Selecting Your Route to
College Hockey

• Academic Impact NCAA eligibility
• Reputation of the Program History
• Recruiting foot print
• Location you should visit before committing
• Cost Direct Indirect
• Be Realistic play or watch
• Are they really interested in you?
• Social Aspects
• Coach

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What is important to the coach?

• Academics - note for every Athletic Scholarship
  dollar there are 12 Academic scholarship dollars
• Passion Purpose Hungry Spirit
• Mental Toughness Discipline
• Training Nutrition Strength
• Practice habits Coach-ability
• Respect
• Skills
• Hockey Sense
• Team Player accept your role
• Character Counts

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181 College Hockey Programs(includes Mens
Womens)

• SAT Scores of Schools you ACT
• (Verbal Math only) Qualify for
• 1400 181 Avg ACT 31
• 1200 to 1299 153
• 1100 to 1199 115
• 1000 to 1099 75
• 900 to 999 17 Avg ACT 17

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NCAA Female Players Where they came from -
2007-2008

• Division 1 Women 776 players (258, 33 Canada)
• Minnesota 136, 17.7
• Massachusetts 71, 7.4
  
• New York 40, 5.4
• Connecticut 25, 3.2
• Illinois 20, 2.5
• Division 3 Women 1,070 players (152, 14
  Canada)
• Minnesota 233, 21.7
• Massachusetts 148, 13.8
• New York 103, 9.6
• Michigan 61, 5.7
• Wisconsin 49, 4.6

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• NCAA COLLEGE HOCKEY

• Division I 34 Womens Programs
• 776 Females (1/8 12.0)
• Leagues HEA, ECAC, AHA, CHA, WCHA, CCHA
• 18 full scholarships per team maximum (1/450
  0.22) 190 new scholarships each year
• Operating budgets 875,000 to 2,000,000
  average 1,100,000
• Must register through NCAA Clearinghouse
  Eligibility Center
• Academic Certification in 16 Core Subjects
• Recruiting
• Can have 7 contacts/evaluations in Senior year
  (5 official visits)
• Can receive written materials after September 1
  in Junior year
• 34 games per year
• 30 player roster 62 females are U.S.
  Citizens
• Full time professional coaching
• NCAA National Championship

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• NCAA COLLEGE HOCKEY

• Division 2 2 Womens Programs
• 48 females per year
• ECAC III East
• 18 full female scholarships per team
• Must register through NCAA Clearinghouse
  Eligibility Center
• Academic Certification in 14 Core Subjects
• Recruiting
• Can contact June 15 before Senior year
• 5 official visits
• 30 games per year
• 22 to 25 players on roster
• Full time professional coaching
• Similar to Division I, but No NCAA
  National Championship
• 
  
  
  2008

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• NCAA COLLEGE HOCKEY

• Division 3 37 Womens Programs
• 1,070 females
• Leagues NESCAC, MIAC, ECAC, SUNYAC, NCHA,
  IND
• No athletic scholarships
• Operating budget average 250,000
• Official visits only one per school
• Unlimited contacts
• One expense paid official visit
• 28 games per season
• 30 to 35 players on roster
• Full time professional coaching
• NCAA National Championship

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ACHA Non Varsity College Hockey

• Since 1991
• Division 1 - 17 women programs
• Division 2 28 women programs
• 25 to 30 players on playing roster
• Part-time coaching staff varies by school
• Members of USA Hockey 501 (c) (3)
• Standard college admission process
• Tuition based varies from program to program
• Player Fee
• Range from 0 to 2,500 -Average 1,000 to
  1,500
• ACHA / NCAA National Championship
• Tier II can play at this level (1 /10 10)

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Northern Plains DistrictCurrent College Players

• Division 1
• MT 1 (Prep. School)
• ND 5
• SD 0
• WY 1

• Division 3
• MT 0
• ND 7
• SD 2
• WY 1

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2007-2008 Freshman What programs did they come
from?

• Program Div. 1 Div.
  3 Total
• U.S. Prep Private Schools 78 97 175
• USA Hockey Associations 62 98 160
• Canadian Hockey Associations 61 29 90
• U.S. Public High Schools 52 146 198
• Canadian Prep Private 17 16 33
• Europe 13 0 13
• Canadian Public High schools 6 3 9

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WCHA Western Collegiate Hockey Association
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ECAC Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference
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• Womens Hockey
• Womens National Team
• Competes yearly in
• Four Nations Cup
• IIHF Womens World Championship
• Competes every 4 years in
• Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, February 2010
• Blaine (MN) Residency Program
• Started in 2008. Play games against the WCHA
  women's teams, local boys' teams and men's
  league teams, as well as the professional
  women's hockey team in Minnesota, the
  Whitecaps.
• How Players are Selected
• Womens National Festival Performance Camp
• Under 22 Camp (Invited from college programs)
• Womens National Festival
• Open Tryouts in May, 2009. (Boston
  Minneapolis)

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Womens Hockey

• Under 22 Womens National Team
• Competes yearly
• Under 22 Series v. Canada
• How Players are Selected
• Under 22 Camp (Invited from college programs)
• Under 18 Womans National Team (since 2007)
• Competes yearly
• Under 18 Series v. Canada
• IIHF Womens World U18 Championships
• (won last 2 championship v. Canada!)
• How Players are Selected
• National Player Development Camps

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KEYS TO GETTING NOTICED SUMMARY

• Be academically attractive
• Select a good skill development program
• Select a program with a history of moving players
  to the next level.
• Target recruiting area(s)
• Your coach must be your strongest advocate
• Alumni speak on your behalf
• Participate in USA Hockey District National
  Tournaments
• Participate in USA Hockey District National
  Camps
• Showcase Camps-Rinksport, Chowder Cup, NAHA
• Pick commercial camps carefully skill vs.
  games, staff and record of alumni
• Give your best at all times you never know who
  is watching

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Post College Hockey

• Recreational Hockey
• Coaching youth hockey local assn
• Referee Program
• Local Association
• National and International
• Professional Coaching
• High School Prep School
• College
• Hockey Schools, Summer camps

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References

• Thomas Keegan College Hockey Guides 2008/2009
• www.nhl.com
• www.ncaa.org
• www.usahockey.com
• www.achahockey.org
• www.collegehockey.com
• www.prephockey.org
• www.achahockey.org
• www.playcollegehockey.com
• Rae Briggle - USAH Assistant Executive Director,
  Member Services
• Scott Borek University of New Hampshire NCAA
  Hockey vs. CHL
• Jeff Sauer former Head Coach University of
  Wisconsin
• Jim Johannson USAH Assistant Executive
  Director, Hockey Operations
• Al Bloomer Opportunities in Hockey - 2008
• THANK YOU GOOD LUCK!

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College Hockey . . . Live It!!!
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Discussion Panel
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• Prep School Kelli Vossler Natl Sport
  Academy Lake Placid, New York
• Tier I 19U Dan Clafton Andrew
  Downing Minnesota Crunch Grand Rapids,
  Minnesota
• ACHA College Leif Snyder Minot State
  University

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• NCAA Div 3 Terry Manon St. Marys
  University Winona, Minnesota
• NCAA Div 3 Joel Vannett Concordia College
  
  Moorhead, Minnesota
• High School Calla Lundquist Blaine High
  School
• Blaine, Minnesota