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My NHL Bubble Experience

Behind the Scenes of Sports, COVID Edition 30 Nov 2020
Lightning Strikes in the Bubble 25 Nov 2020
Skip Cunningham in the News 29 Sep 2020
Skate Blade Alignment Options for Goaltenders: Could be a Gamechanger 20 Aug 2020
Sports Fight the Coronavirus, Too 07 Jul 2020

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

President’s Message – Fall 2020

December 01, 2020 | President's Message

President’s Message – Spring 2020

April 09, 2020 | President's Message

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EDUCATION

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MEMBER SPOTLIGHTS

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Vendor Spotlight: CFS

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Vendor Spotlight: Momentous

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Vendor Spotlight: HockeyStickMan

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Vendor Spotlight: Krampade

Krampade? is a family-owned company with a revolutionary approach to solving muscle cramping, while also enhancing muscle performance and recovery. Our powdered drink formulations provide a rapidly absorbable form of dietary potassium that quickly resolves acute cramps and helps prevent the onset of cramps. Krampade? is a unique formulation of electrolytes that rapidly mitigates acute […]

Vendor Spotlight: Migun

Introducing the newest members of your training staff, they will never call in sick or take a lunch break, and they are made for commercial use, so they never get tired. ?The migun has been a great adjunct to our rehab and recovery process for our players. It is easy to use, and the players […]

Vendor Spotlight: CFS

About Certified for Sport? About NSF International: A Public Health and Safety Organization We Take Our Public Health Mission Seriously PAID ADVERTISEMENT

Vendor Spotlight: Momentous

Vendor Spotlight: HockeyStickMan

Vendor Spotlight: Krampade

Vendor Spotlight: Migun

Vendor Spotlight: CFS

About Certified for Sport? About NSF International: A Public Health and Safety Organization We Take Our Public Health Mission Seriously PAID ADVERTISEMENT

Vendor Spotlight: Momentous

Vendor Spotlight: HockeyStickMan

Vendor Spotlight: Krampade

Vendor Spotlight: Migun

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LEAGUE UPDATES

AHL League Update – Fall 2020

By Tom Bourdon,Head Athletic Trainer, Cleveland Monsters PHATS AHL Executive Committee President For the first time in the 84-year history of the American Hockey League the Calder Cup was not awarded as the season was abruptly suspended on March 12, 2020 and then officially cancelled on May 11, 2020 due the COVID-19 Pandemic. With […]

ECHL League Update – Fall 2020

By Scott AllisonHead Athletic Trainer, Kalamazoo Wings Holy $(*#*(. That’s all I can think of so far for this year. Yet here we are, prepping for the return of another ECHL season. Much appreciation and respect for all of you staff out there for what you have done so far with the abrupt ending of […]

NCAA League Update – Fall 2020

By Nate LaPointHead Equipment Manager, University of Wisconsin Well things have sure been strange this offseason in the NCAA. The big topic of discussion has been when we will get back to playing games. Each conference has its own directives for its member schools and that has made things interesting for scheduling games. A few […]

OHL League Update – Fall 2020

By Bryan A. BoyesHead Equipment ManagerOshawa Generals On Thursday March 12, 2020 we had the bus loaded and were about to head out on a two-game trip. The only thing left was to determine our final standings and see who we would meet in the first round of playoffs. But wait…with the news of the […]

QMJHL League Update – Fall 2020

By Brian St-Louis Baie-Comeau Drakka andJean HuynhEquipment Manager, Sherbrooke Phoenix What else can be said about the end of the 2019-20 and the start of the 2020-21 seasons besides that these are the craziest of times. Who would have said that hockey would be paused for such a long time and that this would create […]

WHL League Updates – Fall 2020

By Brian CheesemanAthletic Therapist, Edmonton Oil Kings I hope this update finds you and your families healthy and doing well. All quiet on the western front since my last update but I do have some optimistic news to share. Last week the Western Hockey League has announced a projected start date for the season of […]

USHL League Update – Fall 2020

by Todd KleinHead Athletic TrainerWaterloo Black Hawks Welcome back to hockey from the USHL! Our teams and league office have been working hard during these times of uncertainty to get hockey going again. We were able to start training camps on September 14th with a slightly shortened regular season starting on November 6th. We would […]

USHL League Update – Spring 2020

by Todd KleinHead Athletic TrainerWaterloo Black Hawks What a crazy finish to the hockey season! Here in the USHL we have suspended operations for now hoping to return soon, but things don’t look too good. Hope to see everyone at the PHATS/SPHEM this summer. Stay healthy!

WHL League Updates – Spring 2020

By Brian CheesemanAthletic Therapist, Edmonton Oil Kings As I sit here writing this update on what would’ve been opening weekend of the WHL playoffs I can’t help but think about all of our PHATS and SPHEM members here in the Western Hockey League who work tirelessly behind the scenes each and every day. Long hours […]

QMJHL League Update – Spring 2020

By Brian St-Louis Baie-Comeau Drakka A few notable milestones were reached this season by a few of our highly committed members. Congrats on a job well done for 400 games worked by René Arbour EM Shawinigan Cataracts, Robin Hunter AT, Halifax Mooseheads. For 800 games worked, Stéphane Savard, EM Quebec Remparts and Francis Denis, AT […]

OHL League Update – Fall 2019

By Bryan A. BoyesHead Equipment ManagerOshawa Generals Someone not too long ago asked me about many of my great Assistant Equipment Managers that I have had in Oshawa. That lead to an interesting conversation about the many Athletic Therapist and Equipment Managers that have worked in the Canadian Hockey League and are now either in […]

NCAA League Update – Spring 2020

By Nate LaPointHead Equipment Manager, University of Wisconsin Here in the NCAA things have ground down to stop like all the other leagues. Would like to congratulate Atlantic Hockey champs American International, B1G champs Penn St., ECAC champs Cornell, NCHC champs North Dakota, WCHA champs Minnesota State, and Hockey East champs Boston College on wining […]