Each year in Canada and the United States, thousands of talented teenaged hockey players are faced with a life changing decision. They must make a choice between playing in the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) or going to college and playing NCAA DI (National College Athletic Association, Division I) hockey. This is such a big decision because each of these choices can help lead a player to a professional career, but in very different ways. The CHL is structured more like the NHL in the number of games they play and the day to day schedule of practice and games. College hockey plays fewer games and focuses more on the development of individuals both on the ice and in school. That being said, the purpose of this research was to determine which p...
Sport specialization and sampling are two ways youth athletes can play sports. Athletes playing in c...
Sport is one avenue through which positive youth development (PYD) can occur (Jones et al., 2011). ...
Youth sport provides the opportunity for children to develop skills, motivation, and interests towar...
Each year in Canada and the United States, thousands of talented teenaged hockey players are faced w...
The purpose of this study is to outline the differentiation of success of drafting and developing Pr...
The over-prioritization of a professional hockey career in junior hockey has impacts on athletes’ ac...
One of the main ways a National Hockey League (NHL) team can acquire players is through the Entry Le...
Major Junior Hockey (MJH) is a unique part of the Canadian hockey system. Beginning in the 1960s, re...
Presently, there is a trend of increasingly younger athletes entering the Canadian junior hockey sys...
Early sport specialization is a popular and contentious topic in the scientific literature and popul...
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is often considered the pinnacle of colligate sp...
Understanding salient factors influencing student-athletes’ decisions to attend particular universit...
Participation in youth sport has been recognized for myriad developmental benefits. When one conside...
There is a certain amount of physicality involved in all levels of hockey. The aggressive styles of ...
In route to the Majors, there are two major pathways. Talented players may either sign with a Major ...
Sport specialization and sampling are two ways youth athletes can play sports. Athletes playing in c...
Sport is one avenue through which positive youth development (PYD) can occur (Jones et al., 2011). ...
Youth sport provides the opportunity for children to develop skills, motivation, and interests towar...
Each year in Canada and the United States, thousands of talented teenaged hockey players are faced w...
The purpose of this study is to outline the differentiation of success of drafting and developing Pr...
The over-prioritization of a professional hockey career in junior hockey has impacts on athletes’ ac...
One of the main ways a National Hockey League (NHL) team can acquire players is through the Entry Le...
Major Junior Hockey (MJH) is a unique part of the Canadian hockey system. Beginning in the 1960s, re...
Presently, there is a trend of increasingly younger athletes entering the Canadian junior hockey sys...
Early sport specialization is a popular and contentious topic in the scientific literature and popul...
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is often considered the pinnacle of colligate sp...
Understanding salient factors influencing student-athletes’ decisions to attend particular universit...
Participation in youth sport has been recognized for myriad developmental benefits. When one conside...
There is a certain amount of physicality involved in all levels of hockey. The aggressive styles of ...
In route to the Majors, there are two major pathways. Talented players may either sign with a Major ...
Sport specialization and sampling are two ways youth athletes can play sports. Athletes playing in c...
Sport is one avenue through which positive youth development (PYD) can occur (Jones et al., 2011). ...
Youth sport provides the opportunity for children to develop skills, motivation, and interests towar...