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Season Starts To Heat Up
Sailor Hockey will start on Tuesday November, 3rd. ALL high school aged players are welcome to come out and skate in preperation for try-outs. However, players seeking to try out for the Sailor varsity team must have all of the high school's paperwork filled out and turned in to the high school office in order to try out. If you have any questions, please contact Coach Ruff.
November schedule:
11/3 ice time 2:45 - 3:45 PM / weight room 4:15 - 5:15
11/4 Sailor systems overview - middle school Rm #142 3:45 - 4:45 PM
11/5 ice time 2:45 - 3:45 PM / weight room 4:15 - 5:15
11/9 ice time 2:45 - 3:45 PM
11/10 ice time 2:45 - 3:45 PM / weight room 4:15 - 5:15
11/11 ice time 2:45-3:45 PM
11/12 Try-outs - 2:45 - 3:45
11/13 Try-outs - 2:30 - 3:45
11/14 Try-outs - 6:45 - 8:00 AM
Steamboat hockey players getting off-season ice time
August 1, 2009
By Luke Graham
The Steamboat Springs High School hockey team advanced to the second round of the state playoffs for the first time in the program’s history last year.
But as sports mentalities go, that’s not enough.
The team, the coaches and the players want more.
“I think both (assistant coach) Dave (Strang) and I share a commitment to this program,” Steamboat coach Jeff Ruff said. “We understand the need for more workouts and keeping the focus on improving. The results have spoken for themselves.”
Those results are boosted by summer workouts Ruff and Strang have put together for the past four summers. This year, the two have held informal workouts from 8:15 to 9:15 p.m. Mondays and 9 to 10 p.m. Thursdays at Howelsen Ice Arena.
The workouts started in early June and run until the beginning of September. They’ve featured players from the high school team, former players, girls on the Steamboat U-18 team, as well as incoming freshmen.
Players from Oak Creek and Moffat County also have participated.
“One of our goals is ... to use this summer time to build that level so when our season does roll around we’re right on top of games,” Strang said. “Every game matters. Every game is so critical.”
As much as the sessions are a refresher to the team, they also serve as the prime skill and technique building blocks for the season.
The sessions usually focus on one skill element of hockey. For instance, a lot of the practices work on 1-on-1 or 2-on-2 situations. Others work on passing, skating, stick handling and positioning.
The camps are essential for Steamboat. Whereas powerhouse teams from Colorado Springs and Denver often play in a quasi-high school league in the summer and spring, Steamboat doesn’t have that luxury.
Teams from the Front Range often get more than 20 games in during the offseason, essentially equating to another season.
Although Steamboat will play in a fall club league with some teams from Denver, Vail and Summit, it’s these summer workouts that should go a long way come playoff seeding time.
It’s critical for Steamboat to develop skills in the summer, so the team can focus on other areas when the winter season begins. Ruff said the workouts allow the team to work on systems, power plays and penalty kills when the first practice of the high school season begins, rather than belaboring the finer points of shooting, skating and passing.
“We’re committed to a successful program,” Ruff said. “This is all part of what it takes. Other coaches do the same thing and we want to be competitive.”
Sailors hockey players receive All-State honors
March 11, 2009
By Luke Graham
Steamboat Springs — After making the second round of the state playoffs for the first time in years, the Steamboat Springs High School hockey team raked in the postseason awards.
Topping the list for the Sailors were Matt Dawes, Grant Ehrick and Cody Fritz.
Dawes, a junior, and Ehrick, a senior, each earned first team All-State from the Colorado High School Activities Association. In the regular season, Dawes led the state with 14 wins, tied for second with three shutouts and was sixth in save percentage.
From his defenseman position, Ehrick had eight goals and nine assists in the regular season.
Fritz, a senior, received an honorable mention All-State nod after leading Steamboat in scoring.
Ehrick and Dawes also were named first team Peak All-Conference. Joining them on the list was Fritz on the second team, along with sophomore Jake Bearss and senior Eric Bonner as honorable mentions.
“It was such a good group of guys,” Steamboat coach Jeff Ruff said. “The guys we have that were named to All-State or All-Conference got there because they have a strong supporting cast that made them play well.”
The team also was named All-State academically with a 3.26 grade point average. It’s the fourth year in a row the hockey team has received the award.
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