Pat Gaffney

[Pat Gaffney @pmgaff]

@InStilettos_NHL 🥺

[Mike McMahon @MikeMcMahonCHN]

Under the hockey counterproposal, the 5-year clock begins the academic year following a player's 19th birthday or initial college enrollment. Whichever comes first.

Huge win for college hockey. The commissioners worked extremely hard on pushing this proposal.

[Pat Gaffney @pmgaff]

@TurdFerguson_01 How would using school grade solve the concern you raise? Instead of an age classification being made up of 2 birth years, you’d have them made of 2 school grades. The “problem” would be the same - as noted above, you’d just be moving the line. 🤷‍♂️

[Pat Gaffney @pmgaff]

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[CLANKO MEDIA @ClankoMedia]

Excerpt from a conversation with a current D1 Hockey player and NHL Draft pick.

Food for thought from a guy who made it:

[Pat Gaffney @pmgaff]

@AATJerseyBlog I like Nemec as a player — a LOT, actually — but his apologists are becoming tiresome. “The GM and HC are mean to him” is a weak defense for his… uh… weak defense.

Man up, get better (and knock off the crazy salary demands). Be a net positive for the team or move on. Simple.

[Jared Doerfler @DoerflerJared]

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[Pat Gaffney @pmgaff]

@MrWhite1079 Counterpoint: He didn’t play well enough for a 2OA and, rather than work hard at getting better, has pouted when his NHL playing time reflected that.

[Pat Gaffney @pmgaff]

@SMLDuke @typocatCAv2 @grok https://t.co/2Rdn9T24YU

[Kenny Jacoby @kennyjacoby]

In the last decade, a private investment firm has consolidated much of youth hockey, turning what was once a community-based activity into a profit machine for wealthy investors.

I spent nine months investigating Black Bear Sports Group. Here's our story:
https://t.co/dMs4pylHE8

[Pat Gaffney @pmgaff]

@JacDods @JhanHky https://t.co/VXo2GJVf0M

[D-III Hockey News @DIIIHockeyNews]

“The Full 60” RETURNS in the coming weeks! Some fun interviews with all the Men’s #d3hky Frozen Four coaches.

We also speak with some other guests who give insight on what it takes to run an event like this internally and externally.

This was all possible due to the extremely generosity of Utica University and their staff for allowing us to fully use their facilities in the early AM / late PM.

Shoutout once again to @uticawih HC @MelissaLomanto for lending us their incredible locker room for the weekend & @UticaMensHockey HC @GaryHeenan making theirs available if needed on a moments notice.

Thank you all and look out for the full episodes coming soon! Enjoy the trailer.

Video by @JRmediaIII

[StickyRiceStudios @JRmediaIII]

Any athletic department looking for a decent videographer? I’m available!

[Pat Gaffney @pmgaff]

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[WINK @tristan_wink]

The Economics of Coaching 🏀

1. Opportunity Cost
Every rep you spend on a play set is a rep you didn't spend on decision-making. Every minute in practice has a cost. The question isn't what you're doing, it's what you're giving up to do it.

2. Scarcity
You have a limited amount of time with your team every day. A limited number of possessions per game. Great coaches treat everything like it's scarce, because it is. Stop acting like you have time to waste and focus on things that actually move the needle.

3. Marginal Utility
The 10th rep of a drill isn't worth as much as the 1st. At some point, more reps stop producing more results.

4. Diminishing Returns
At some point you can have TOO many plays and TOO many drills. Are you doing too much and in turn hurting your team?

5. Market Inefficiency
Most coaches are chasing the same trends (same plays, same systems, etc.) The edge is in the overlooked stuff. Decision-making. Spacing. Habits. Shooting. That's where the value is underpriced.

6. Incentives
Your players do what they're rewarded for. If you celebrate hustle but only play scorers, they'll figure it out fast. Culture is just incentive structure that you make visible consistently.

7. Information Asymmetry
This one is interesting. our opponent doesn't know everything about you. You don't know everything about them. The team that does their homework wins the information war. Film work isn't extra, it's an edge.

8. Cost-Benefit Analysis
Before you add another play, another drill, another concept, ask yourself: What does this cost me in time, reps, and mental load? And is the return worth it?

The best coaches are teacher and economists!

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Overprotected kids become unprepared adults.

Dawn Staley nailed it.🔥

You can’t shelter your child from every hard moment and then expect them to handle adversity when it counts.

Hard is the lesson.

Watch. Share. Bookmark.

[Pat Gaffney @pmgaff]

@BB_URSentinel Love this guy’s story!

Still grinding, these are the players to root for, IMO.

[Pat Gaffney @pmgaff]

@adam_purner Can confirm the character traits. 👍

[Pat Gaffney @pmgaff]

… or the first night of Learn to Skate. 😬😜

[Chris Boettcher @chrisboettcher9]

Nothing will humble a man quite like coaching the first night of T-ball practice.

[Pat Gaffney @pmgaff]

@JhanHky Seems ironic that parents, who drive demand for everything that is youth hockey these days, are unhappy with everything that is youth hockey these days.

[Utica Men’s Hockey @UticaMensHockey]

🚨NCAA TOURNAMENT SELECTION SHOW

Refresh this link at 9:30pm to find who the Pioneers will play on Saturday night!

@Utica_Pioneers @uticauniversity

https://t.co/iz31MDGRiO

[Pat Gaffney @pmgaff]

Thank you, @BB_URSentinel , for your coverage of high school hockey in Central NY.

… and all the lesser sports (😜) for that matter.

[Ben Birnell @BB_URSentinel]

Stick taps, @pmgaff