What do you do for goalies?
Global Hockey is proud to announce that we have hired former NHL goaltender Brian Eklund and his staff to run all of our goalie skills in order to bring consistency to our goaltending program. In addition each goaltender will be given 10 semiprivate lessons with Brian and his staff from BE Goalies. Please check out Brian's site at www.begoalie.com

Do you have a consistent schedule?
Each family will be given a full 30 week schedule in August that will list all games, practices, and skill sessions for the whole season in order to make things as convenient as possible for all of our families. For the 2008-2009 we have switched our skill sessions to the weeknights, practices to Saturdays, and games on Sunday.

What is the difference between the AA and A Pee Wee Division?
Global hockey has been lucky enough to have well over 250 pee wee players tryout each year. Unfortunately, we have been unable to place well over 125 players each year because the league has been so competitive. Beginning in the 2008-2009 season we will have a 6 team AA division which will be the higher division and a 6 team A division for those players who need a little more development and time to make that jump to the AA division.

Are all teams balanced out?
Global Hockey does its best to try and make each team as even as possible talent wise. After week 6 the coaches meet to move some players around to different teams in order to keep the competitive balance.

What is the coaching philosophy at Global Hockey?
Global Hockey will emphasize play making and creativity. We will discourage dumping the puck and chasing it around the ice. Teaching positional play is easy. Teaching skills such skating, puck handling, and creative decision making makes the difference between a good player and a great one.

Will we have to travel to other rinks for games, practices, or skills?
All Global Hockey practices, games, and skills, will take place in our rink, Mark Bavis Arena in Rockland, MA. Travel Hockey without the travel!

Who is coaching the Global Hockey Teams and skills?
Global Hockey uses paid professional coaches. Please check out our coach's page to see a list of our coaches and their experience. Global Hockey is always striving to add highly experienced coaches in order to make our program the best in the area. We have former NHL players, College All Americans, and high school coaches from the best programs in the state coaching here at Global Hockey.

Do the better players get more ice time than the other players?
All players will receive the same amount of ice time. There are no power play units or penalty kill specialist. We want each of our players to learn to play in all situations of a game. At all levels we strive for each shift to be between 30-45 seconds in order to maximize the effort level and productivity of each shift while allowing proper rest for the other lines.

How many players will be on each team?
All teams will have 10 forwards, 6 defenseman, 2 goalies, and 2 practice players. The reason we do 10 forwards is simple. There is always at least one or two kids missing each week for various reasons. Again, to make sure each player can go hard every shift we want at least 9 forwards and 5 or 6 defensemen at each game. Players get into bad habits when they are playing the game tired.

Does Global Hockey allow players to play for other teams?
Global hockey does allow the players for other teams however if a scheduling conflict does arise we expect 100% commitment to Global Hockey. Our coaches are very good but even they can't make you a better player if you are not here.

Does Global Hockey have Select Teams that compete against EHF AA, Metro, and Select Teams?
For the 2008-2009 season Global Hockey will have a squirt major, pee wee minor, pee wee major, bantam minor, and middle school team that will compete against those teams. Tryout times and information will be given out our league tryouts in April.