Preseason Questions

So everyone has been asking what happens with no ice to skate on? Believe it or not we have a plan. We’ll be playing at the fairgrounds this season just like everyone else. We’ll be working off our ice time helping set up the rink and other manual labor duties just like we always have. Practicing one a week around 11 pm, but we’ve improved our time slot to early in the week, no more Sunday night after traveling.

If your one of the few who’s seen our schedule, it’s almost all away games (sorry parents). Due to an unsettled rink schedule we’re playing most of our games on the road, but don’t worry, next year we’ll be back at home for half of our games just like normal.

The fairgrounds won’t be open till the 1st of October at the soonest, so what do we do for a month with no ice and our first games fast approaching? Well like I said, a plan. We’ll be doing dry land training and systems work twice a week. It’s not ideal, but it’s what we have to do be ready for the season. Justin Braun, the strength and conditioning coach for MSU athletics, has been kind enough to help me design a dry land program to help the boys, no dodge ball for the month, sorry fellas.