By Brent Woodside,Head Athletic Trainer, Colorado EaglesPHATS AHL Executive Committee President As we move towards the end of the regular season, many teams are preparing end of season checklists and some for extending the season a little longer. The AHL held their All-Star game at Place Bell Arena in Laval, QC, Canada on February 5th […]

By John Sellars, Head Equipment Manager, Florida Everblades As the 35th ECHL season nears its conclusion, the push for the 2023 Kelly Cup Playoffs is in full swing!  A big thank you to the Norfolk Admirals and staff for their hospitality and hosting the 2022-23 ECHL All-Star game. Also, thank you to Warrior Hockey as […]

By Nate LaPoint, Equipment Manager, University of Wisconsin Things in the NCAA are moving into the post season with the Men’s tournament getting started and the Women’s tournament just ending. Would like to congratulate Sis Paulsen and Stef Arndt with the Wisconsin Women’s team on winning the NCAA Championship. Back on the Men’s side of […]

By Bryan A. Boyes, Head Equipment Manager, Oshawa Generals The 2022-2023 season was finally a normal season!  It seems like it was so long ago that we had played those teams in the other conference. A shout out to all the Equipment Managers and Athletic Therapists for all their work in adapting to any new […]

By Brian St-Louis, Head Equipment Manager, Baie-Comeau Drakkar In our Fall newsletter, I forgot to mention and congratulate Tyler Jay, EM and Jeff Kelly and their staff on winning the 2022 Memorial cup. Great job gents. A milestone was reached during this past February. Our good friend, Chris “Macker” MacDonald, EM with the Moncton Wildcats, […]

By Rich Campbell, Athletic Trainer & Strength and Conditioning Coach, Portland Winterhawks From the Dub to the Show is the goal of many PHATS/SPHEM members, which has occurred again this year.  There does seem to be a trend starting here but not the one you would expect. Dub to the National league is a big jump […]

By Todd Klein, Head Athletic Trainer, Waterloo Black Hawks It’s hard to believe the 22-23 season is winding down and the playoffs are right around the corner. Best of luck to those of you that get to continue your seasons. Here in the USHL, we have one month left in the regular season. Congratulations to […]

By Todd Klein, Head Athletic Trainer, Waterloo Black Hawks It’s time to get back to hockey! Hope everyone had a great summer. It was fun seeing people again at the summer meeting in Marco Island. Now that everyone has been back at it for a month or so, I hope you are all having a […]

By Rich Campbell, Athletic Trainer & Strength and Conditioning Coach, Portland Winterhawks The Western Hockey League’s AT’s and EQM’s began the 2022-23 pre-season in Calgary attending the WHL Red Cross/Sports First Responder BLS Certification Course.  This was an intensive 3 full days of hands-on training followed by a three-hour CLOSED BOOK 328 multiple choice exam with […]

By Brian St-Louis, Head Equipment Manager, Baie-Comeau Drakkar To start off, congratulations are in order to one of our alumni, former AT of the Val D’or Foreurs, Donavan Delarosbil, now an assistant AT with the Colorado Avalanche, on winning the Stanley cup. Job well done Don, the entire Q league is proud of you. Congrats […]