Darrin Sawchuk

[Darrin Sawchuk @sawch10]

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[Nolan Sawchuk @nsawch]

Hi everyone! I'm excited to share that we will be running back the Sawchuk and Steege Summer Hockey Camp in the summer of '26! Details attached, please feel free to share and reach out with any questions!

[Darrin Sawchuk @sawch10]

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[Darrin Sawchuk @sawch10]

If you have a youth hockey player (son or daughter), please check out the information below regarding a Summer camp June 9th-August 20th. A Great opportunity for hockey development @nsawch

[Nolan Sawchuk @nsawch]

Hi everyone! Attached are details of a summer hockey camp I am putting on and co-instructing. Since graduating college I have been coaching players of all levels and for a variety of training programs. Please share with anyone who may be interested or for other inquiries!

[Darrin Sawchuk @sawch10]

@RussoHockey But we get to watch Johansson.

[Topher Scott @HockeyThinkTank]

Years ago when I was recruiting for Cornell, I remember watching a preseason game in Western Canada with Brett Larson, now the Head Coach at St. Cloud.

The game we were watching was turning into a bit of a blowout in the second period and wasn’t going to be a great evaluation so we got into talking some hockey. Just an unreal hockey mind and a great coach.

At one point he goes to me - “Watch every time a team makes 3 passes in a row and see what happens…”

I was like OK, not thinking much of it.

But then as we keep talking and I’m watching, very rarely are there three passes being made on the tape in a row. It’s a dump, someone tries to beat someone one on one, it’s a turnover, etc…

And then finally BOOM three passes in a row - and there’s a scoring chance.

Go a little while longer, not a ton of plays being made and then BOOM again - three passes on the tape in a row and there’s a scoring chance.

It didn’t happen often, but when it did…offensive chances and goals were created. It was like clockwork.

PASSING is the most underrated and under-worked-on skill in hockey. Hockey is a TEAM game and when I watch the game, especially at the youth levels, the team that passes the puck better typically wins. We need to prioritize it more with our kids…BIG TIME.

This goal is an incredible example. Just flawless execution of passing, making the game look so beautiful. What a display of hockey sense, support, puck protection, and poise.

I know there’s a lot of coaches out there on social media working their ass off to create content. Only problem is, 90% of the content I see from skills coaches on social media have zero passing in them. The kids are seeing dangles, tight turns, spins, etc…but they aren’t seeing what is going to make them an actual “hockey player”.

High level scouts today are telling us all the time they’re seeing a ton of skilled players…who just don’t understand the game. They can all do “The Michigan”, they have incredible speed and hands…but they struggle to make plays or play as part of a unit.

Working on skills is important - but let’s make sure that we don’t forget the one most important for playing a team game. If we get back to that, we’ll see a lot more goals like this one in the future.

[Joel Cressman @JoelCressman]

Wayne Gretzky, on his concern on the stifling creativity in today’s young players:

“What we’ve lost is playing on the pond and just going out there and using your creativity and your imagination… learning how to make funny plays and good plays and creative plays. And we’ve lost that imagination and creativity that we had in the 60s and 70s and 80s.”

[Darrin Sawchuk @sawch10]

Congratulations Avery!!! It was fun to watch.@asawchuk2👊👍🏻

[Augsburg Athletics @AugsburgAuggies]

Augsburg's Avery Sawchuk earns All-MIAC honors, tying for 10th place with 54-hole school-record 236 at MIAC Championships! Auggies finish 8th as a team.

Story: https://t.co/R5HVcr97x3
#d3golf #AuggiePride

[MIAC @MIACathletics]

St. Catherine wins 2024 #MIAC Women's Golf Championship
READ MORE: https://t.co/vNoUl66gha

[Darrin Sawchuk @sawch10]

Great team Win @ UW-Superior Twin Ports Tournament @AugsburgGolf

[Darrin Sawchuk @sawch10]

Congratulations Avery!!! 1st College individual win @ the UW-Superior Twin Ports Collegiate Tournament👏👏👊👊Embrace the grind. ⁦@asawchuk2⁩

[Augsburg Athletics @AugsburgAuggies]

WOMEN'S GOLF - Augsburg wins UW-Superior Twin Ports Collegiate tournament! Avery Sawchuk claims medalist honors, 1 of 4 Auggies in top 11!

Story: https://t.co/Ll6GycqDi7
#d3golf #AuggiePride

[Augsburg Athletics @AugsburgAuggies]

On Augsburg women's golf photo day, it's always Avery Sawchuk's world. #d3golf #AuggiePride

[Augsburg Athletics @AugsburgAuggies]

Day 4 of Augsburg's 2023-24 #31DaysOfAuggiePride review features Auggie women's golfer Avery Sawchuk! #d3golf #AuggiePride

[Darrin Sawchuk @sawch10]

@BizNasty2point0 Obviously you never watched hockey from the 70s, 80s and 90s. This is not even close to those eras.

[New Prague HS Boys Hockey @NewPragueHockey]

SECTION GAMEDAY! We host Farmington tonight in our first-ever AA home playoff game! Let's pack our rink!

🏒 @tigerfarmington
📍 New Prague Ice Arena
⏰ 7:15 pm
🎟️ https://t.co/nu9R0Q6ret
📻 @kchkradio
💻 NONE (Section rules prohibit)

[Darrin Sawchuk @sawch10]

@MapleLeafs @LGCanada @akubas10