Who is skate to Excellence?
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Who is skate to Excellence?
Who is skate to Excellence? What is their story?
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HockeyDad41
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Re: Who is skate to Excellence?
Isn't that Centennial's summer team?scrapiron wrote:Who is skate to Excellence? What is their story?
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eastondude
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HockeyDad41
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old goalie85
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Don't know much about program, Terry was good player, at Cenn. 84 grad I think, Volcans I think, then Mankato State I know. I had a F.L. parent @ the 98 level tell me the 98's never lost a game in a tourny. I can't say because I've never in 8 yrs of kids playing in summer hockey tournys seen them in the same tourny.
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old goalie85 wrote:Don't know much about program, Terry was good player, at Cenn. 84 grad I think, Volcans I think, then Mankato State I know. I had a F.L. parent @ the 98 level tell me the 98's never lost a game in a tourny. I can't say because I've never in 8 yrs of kids playing in summer hockey tournys seen them in the same tourny.
Better not ask that parent much ... looks like they lost all games at 2009 caribou cup. But its a new year and I believe they won a Duluth Tournament earlier this year.
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blueliner5
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Re: Who is skate to Excellence?
Yes, it is Terry Hughes summer run program. If, you are questioning the type of program he runs my advice to you is look around there is much better out there for the money you will spend. Some of the trainers he uses are not that top notchHockeyDad41 wrote:Isn't that Centennial's summer team?scrapiron wrote:Who is skate to Excellence? What is their story?
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The other side of the story
Eastondude,
Nice first post. While I believe this forum should be used to share information--good and bad--about programs, there's another side to the Terry Hughes and Skate To Excellence story. We, too, have experience with Terry Hughes and Skate To Excellence. Fortunately, our experience is very different than your alleged experience. We have participated in 3 of the spring/summer programs run out of the Super Rink: Miracle, Legacy, and Skate To Excellence. In our humble opinion, Skate To Excellence is the best program for the money and delivering on their promises. But, frankly, it isn't our opinion that matters--it's our son's opinion that carries the most weight.
Ironically, I recently asked my son to rank his favorite winter and summer hockey coaches. He put Terry Hughes and Joel Peterson as one and two. You know Terry's story, but Joel deserves some kudos, too. My understanding is that Joel grew up in the Centennial program (we are not part of the Centennial Hockey Association) and did not make an A team until he was a second-year bantam. He went on to skate varsity for Centennial High School and then played hockey at St. Cloud. Joel is a nonparent coach and co-runs a lot of Terry's Skate To Excellence clinics.
On Thursday night, a former Wayzata Hockey president and parent of a Boston College hockey alum came to watch the '98 STE team in a game versus Bauer Supreme. He didn't have a kid on either team and his unsolicited observation was the '98 STE team, coached by Joel Peterson, was a well-coached team; not bad considering the team only came together last year and every tournament 5 different kids rotate on and off the tournament team. The '98 STE team is scheduled to play in 4 tournaments and each tournament player will play in 3 tournaments. By the way, the '98 STE team is 3-0 in tournament play in this weekend's open tournament.
Ritch Menne (former 2000 Miracle coach) is coaching STE's 2000 team. Ritch coached the Centennial A Squirt team that won District 10 this year.
Eric Knight (former 1999 Legacy coach) is coaching STE's 1999 team this year. The '99 STE is 3-0 in tournament play in this weekend's tournament; this is the '99 team's first year as a team.
Chris McAlpine (former Gopher and NHL player) is coaching STE's 1996 team this year.
Terry Hughes coaches the STE U10 girls' team. That team won the Caribou Classic Tournament last year in its first year as a team. This year, that team won the Northern Wings Tournament and has received a lot of positive chatter on this forum.
Based on our experience with other programs, Terry's instructors do a nice job. Like a lot of folks we spread around our hockey development dollars, STE has never made promises to us that weren't kept, and they've taken the time to get to know us and our son. Terry personally has worked with our son during his 1-on-1 shooting lessons to build our son's shaky self-confidence.
One closing note on Terry Hughes. A kid who plays on the STE '99 team has an older brother with Down's Syndrome. At the Meltdown Tournament, Terry observed the older brother cheering for his brother's team. Terry approached the dad at the next game and gave the older boy a STE sweatshirt, t-shirt, and hat. Terry made that boy's day. I only heard about Terry's kindness because the dad sent an e-mail to me telling me what a class guy Terry is and how his younger son is happy to be playing for STE.
There's two sides to this story . . .
Nice first post. While I believe this forum should be used to share information--good and bad--about programs, there's another side to the Terry Hughes and Skate To Excellence story. We, too, have experience with Terry Hughes and Skate To Excellence. Fortunately, our experience is very different than your alleged experience. We have participated in 3 of the spring/summer programs run out of the Super Rink: Miracle, Legacy, and Skate To Excellence. In our humble opinion, Skate To Excellence is the best program for the money and delivering on their promises. But, frankly, it isn't our opinion that matters--it's our son's opinion that carries the most weight.
Ironically, I recently asked my son to rank his favorite winter and summer hockey coaches. He put Terry Hughes and Joel Peterson as one and two. You know Terry's story, but Joel deserves some kudos, too. My understanding is that Joel grew up in the Centennial program (we are not part of the Centennial Hockey Association) and did not make an A team until he was a second-year bantam. He went on to skate varsity for Centennial High School and then played hockey at St. Cloud. Joel is a nonparent coach and co-runs a lot of Terry's Skate To Excellence clinics.
On Thursday night, a former Wayzata Hockey president and parent of a Boston College hockey alum came to watch the '98 STE team in a game versus Bauer Supreme. He didn't have a kid on either team and his unsolicited observation was the '98 STE team, coached by Joel Peterson, was a well-coached team; not bad considering the team only came together last year and every tournament 5 different kids rotate on and off the tournament team. The '98 STE team is scheduled to play in 4 tournaments and each tournament player will play in 3 tournaments. By the way, the '98 STE team is 3-0 in tournament play in this weekend's open tournament.
Ritch Menne (former 2000 Miracle coach) is coaching STE's 2000 team. Ritch coached the Centennial A Squirt team that won District 10 this year.
Eric Knight (former 1999 Legacy coach) is coaching STE's 1999 team this year. The '99 STE is 3-0 in tournament play in this weekend's tournament; this is the '99 team's first year as a team.
Chris McAlpine (former Gopher and NHL player) is coaching STE's 1996 team this year.
Terry Hughes coaches the STE U10 girls' team. That team won the Caribou Classic Tournament last year in its first year as a team. This year, that team won the Northern Wings Tournament and has received a lot of positive chatter on this forum.
Based on our experience with other programs, Terry's instructors do a nice job. Like a lot of folks we spread around our hockey development dollars, STE has never made promises to us that weren't kept, and they've taken the time to get to know us and our son. Terry personally has worked with our son during his 1-on-1 shooting lessons to build our son's shaky self-confidence.
One closing note on Terry Hughes. A kid who plays on the STE '99 team has an older brother with Down's Syndrome. At the Meltdown Tournament, Terry observed the older brother cheering for his brother's team. Terry approached the dad at the next game and gave the older boy a STE sweatshirt, t-shirt, and hat. Terry made that boy's day. I only heard about Terry's kindness because the dad sent an e-mail to me telling me what a class guy Terry is and how his younger son is happy to be playing for STE.
There's two sides to this story . . .
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HockeyDad41
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Re: The other side of the story
hockey_is_a_choice - does your son play for one of STE's teams? From the pedigree and recent tournament performances it looks like this could be an up and commer program in the northern suburbs.hockey_is_a_choice wrote:Eastondude,
Nice first post. While I believe this forum should be used to share information--good and bad--about programs, there's another side to the Terry Hughes and Skate To Excellence story. We, too, have experience with Terry Hughes and Skate To Excellence. Fortunately, our experience is very different than your alleged experience. We have participated in 3 of the spring/summer programs run out of the Super Rink: Miracle, Legacy, and Skate To Excellence. In our humble opinion, Skate To Excellence is the best program for the money and delivering on their promises. But, frankly, it isn't our opinion that matters--it's our son's opinion that carries the most weight.
Ironically, I recently asked my son to rank his favorite winter and summer hockey coaches. He put Terry Hughes and Joel Peterson as one and two. You know Terry's story, but Joel deserves some kudos, too. My understanding is that Joel grew up in the Centennial program (we are not part of the Centennial Hockey Association) and did not make an A team until he was a second-year bantam. He went on to skate varsity for Centennial High School and then played hockey at St. Cloud. Joel is a nonparent coach and co-runs a lot of Terry's Skate To Excellence clinics.
On Thursday night, a former Wayzata Hockey president and parent of a Boston College hockey alum came to watch the '98 STE team in a game versus Bauer Supreme. He didn't have a kid on either team and his unsolicited observation was the '98 STE team, coached by Joel Peterson, was a well-coached team; not bad considering the team only came together last year and every tournament 5 different kids rotate on and off the tournament team. The '98 STE team is scheduled to play in 4 tournaments and each tournament player will play in 3 tournaments. By the way, the '98 STE team is 3-0 in tournament play in this weekend's open tournament.
Ritch Menne (former 2000 Miracle coach) is coaching STE's 2000 team. Ritch coached the Centennial A Squirt team that won District 10 this year.
Eric Knight (former 1999 Legacy coach) is coaching STE's 1999 team this year. The '99 STE is 3-0 in tournament play in this weekend's tournament; this is the '99 team's first year as a team.
Chris McAlpine (former Gopher and NHL player) is coaching STE's 1996 team this year.
Terry Hughes coaches the STE U10 girls' team. That team won the Caribou Classic Tournament last year in its first year as a team. This year, that team won the Northern Wings Tournament and has received a lot of positive chatter on this forum.
Based on our experience with other programs, Terry's instructors do a nice job. Like a lot of folks we spread around our hockey development dollars, STE has never made promises to us that weren't kept, and they've taken the time to get to know us and our son. Terry personally has worked with our son during his 1-on-1 shooting lessons to build our son's shaky self-confidence.
One closing note on Terry Hughes. A kid who plays on the STE '99 team has an older brother with Down's Syndrome. At the Meltdown Tournament, Terry observed the older brother cheering for his brother's team. Terry approached the dad at the next game and gave the older boy a STE sweatshirt, t-shirt, and hat. Terry made that boy's day. I only heard about Terry's kindness because the dad sent an e-mail to me telling me what a class guy Terry is and how his younger son is happy to be playing for STE.
There's two sides to this story . . .
I'm still undecided about the logo though!
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old goalie85
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HockeyDad41
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I suspect that a lot of the talent in the northern suburbs will gravitate towards this program. After talking with several families, it sounds like the owner is working very hard to bring in legitimate coaching talent (looks like right now they have very very strong coaching at all levels.)old goalie85 wrote:They seem to be doing well this weekend. 00 invite team looks good. The 98's seem to be doing well also.
It will be interesting to see how quickly STE becomes competitive with some of the more established programs.
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GoldThorpe
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I have a friend who has dealt with Terry Hughes and from what he says he likes him as a person and knows that he is passionate about the game of hockey. He has good things to say about him and his boy has been on the ice with him on numerous occasions and has benefitted as a hockey player.
Skate To Excellence is good program and offers players in the northern suburbs a nice option to develop.
Skate To Excellence is good program and offers players in the northern suburbs a nice option to develop.
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irish skater
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I saw another person wrote about STE and their experience. I, too, have been around the block and really like what I've seen with this organization. I know a little bit about them. Not as much as some. More than others. Is it costly? Kind of. What's wrong with someone making a little money for their time and troubles? This kind of thing doesn't just fall together on its own. If someone makes a couple bucks in the process, good for them. It's not insanely expensive.eastondude wrote:Terry Hughes.
It should be called Skate to Excrement.
The guy is a Joke! Complete rip off. Promise you the moon and get nothing. We got took by these guys. Beware!!!
My (my child's) time there has been very positive. I have seen the coach of an STE team faced with the option of picking up a few ouitside kids to beef up his team for a tournament. Instead he brought the kids up from practice squad. Class act.
Is this program perfect? Probably not. I would recommend it, though, to anyone wanting a positive experience for their son or daughter for the summer. I can tell you they deliver what they promise. Come to think of it, I was never really ever made any promises. I was told how things would be. They've held up on their end of the bargain. What's the beef?