What makes a Team good?

AVPuck2010 · Post by **AVPuck2010** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:38 pm

What qualties makes a team good?

HockeyMN1 · Post by **HockeyMN1** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:56 pm

Kyle Rau and friends.

AVPuck2010 · Post by **AVPuck2010** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 12:17 am

chemistry

HSH1212 · Post by **HSH1212** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 12:23 am

good players. People sometimes look at coaching, chemistry, tradition, but the reality is that it comes down to players. Give Curt Giles Sleepy Eye and they still are going to suck. The whole "home grown" chemistry argument is clearly off as the private schools have done well without kids having played together their whole life.

Good teams start at small rinks when the kids are young.

formerplayer37 · Post by **formerplayer37** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 12:24 am

Coach O'Ryan: What do all great teams have in common?
Averman: Great Coaching

AlterEagle · Post by **AlterEagle** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 12:46 am

4 parts: Part 1 is talent, but that in itself will only get you so far. Part 2 is unselfishness. Part 3 is a willingness to be "coachable". Part 4 is good coaching.

bubblehockey27 · Post by **bubblehockey27** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 1:30 am

If they score more than the other team...

PuckU126 · Post by **PuckU126** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 1:31 am

Herb Brooks

windtomyback · Post by **windtomyback** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 6:33 am

AlterEagle wrote:4 parts: Part 1 is talent, but that in itself will only get you so far. Part 2 is unselfishness. Part 3 is a willingness to be "coachable". Part 4 is good coaching.

Agreed 100% with this. You can have a lot of talented kids, but if they don't play well as a "team" (as in passing to each other, etc.), they won't produce in the end. You can also have a lot of talented players, but if the coach doesn't get how, where and when to play them, it becomes a lost opportunity for the team and the players.

Rossbury21 · Post by **Rossbury21** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:48 am

formerplayer37 wrote:Coach O'Ryan: What do all great teams have in common?
Averman: Great Coaching

TO WORK COACH O'RYAN SIR!

AVPuck2010 · Post by **AVPuck2010** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:52 am

Talent, must trust ur teammates and coaches(chemistry), coach, willingness to do things during certain shifts on the ice, endurance and strength and not letting other people influence you

narpsauce · Post by **narpsauce** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:16 pm

HockeyMN1 wrote:Kyle Rau and friends.

johnnyquest · Post by **johnnyquest** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:13 am

#1 a large pool of players to draw from

#2 great youth hockey coaches

#3 people commited to their association via summer hockey

the high school coach that has the microphone placed in front of him during the h.s. hockey tournament claiming victory, has very little to do with the end result. It is the youth coaches and summer AAA coaches that have groomed these kids in their formative years and then "handed them over" to their respective h.s. programs - or in some cases, handed them over to their local suburban high school all star teams.

nipeshow18 · Post by **nipeshow18** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:31 am

johnnyquest wrote:#1 a large pool of players to draw from

#2 great youth hockey coaches

#3 people commited to their association via summer hockey

the high school coach that has the microphone placed in front of him during the h.s. hockey tournament claiming victory, has very little to do with the end result. It is the youth coaches and summer AAA coaches that have groomed these kids in their formative years and then "handed them over" to their respective h.s. programs - or in some cases, handed them over to their local suburban high school all star teams.

I agree about having good youth hockey coaches, but what these great programs have involvement in the youth program by the high school coach. Great high school coaches get involved, set up the booster program and are able to get kids excited to play. For the most part these great programs and coaches have a hand picked coach coaching the Bantam A team. Trebil was Saterdalen's right hand man coaching the A bantams at Jefferson during their glory years, and he knew exactly what Saterdalen wanted. It was an extension of the high school program so that when the kids finally moved up they didn't waste time having to teach systems and things like that.

Oldtimehockeyguy23 · Post by **Oldtimehockeyguy23** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:24 pm

6 forwards that can score every night. 3 shut down defensemen and a good goalie there you go.. basically just described Eden Prairie.

defense · Post by **defense** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:02 am

You do not have to have big numbers. You do have to have the right kids buying into what a good coach is coaching. The coach also should be coaching his team, not another team. In other words, if a coach is not flexible enough, he will likely not be as successul.
Hard work. Things that go along with this are toughness, work ethic in many different levels.
Good chemistry. The players do not have to necassarily like each other outside of hockey(though it deffinitely doesn't hurt), they do have to play hockey TOGETHER.
My final ingredient will get blasted. I will be chastised for this. Hard as it is to swallow, most very successful teams has players who make plays. In other words they have standouts. Guys who can produce something from nothing. A lot of times there is a very strong team, one who plays close with anyone, but cannot seem to win. they generally are lacking that person who can score a goal in a pinch, or a goalie who can make a great save to finish off the game, or keep his team in it.
Among the most important to me would be coaching. From the youngsters all the way up. They are the ones teaching the game.