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By Graeme Townshend, ProSkatingCoach.com If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll never know if you have arrived there. People do not plan to fail they fail to plan. You must have a roadmap to follow in order to achieve your full potential as a player. Don’t be afraid to set big goals for…

Posted by Don MacAdam We all like to do unique things for our players. Skating is one area where there are lots of products and people suggesting they can offer just such a thing. Well, we have a special guy for you and your team- Graeme Townsend. I had the pleasure of coaching Graeme in…

Rookie defenceman Phil Oreskovic has turned some heads in his two games with the Leafs. The 6-foot-3, 217-pound Brampton native came up from the Marlies with the reputation as a strong defensive defenceman and a tough guy (he won a decision over the New York Islanders’ Tim Jackman in Tuesday’s 3-2 overtime victory at the…

If you want to skip the NHL playoffs’ second round this weekend and make a pilgrimage to Jonathan Cheechoo’s hometown, you’ll have to drive eight hours north from Toronto to Cochrane, Ont., hop the Polar Bear Express for the five-hour train ride to Moosonee and then, because of melting ice on the Moose River, catch…

Catch a Maple Leafs practice these days and you’re bound to see something new. On Saturday, for instance, at the end of the morning skate prior to that night’s rousing victory over the Montreal Canadiens, there was 22-year-old rookie defenceman Phil Oreskovic with a stick in each hand, skating backward at medium speed between the…

April 19, 2010 This season, 10 local minor hockey teams came out to cheer on the Marlies and compete in the Rogers Fastest Skater challenge as part of Rogers Minor Hockey Nights. On Sunday, April 11th each team’s winner returned to Ricoh Coliseum to compete for the title of Rogers Fastest Skater during the last…

I am proud to announce that Matt Rogers has been asked by our friends in the Buffalo Sabres and Portland Pirates organizations to come aboard as their skating and skills coach. Matt will be the Head Instructor at all Townshend Hockey Camps this summer along with Paul Vincent (Chicago Blackhawks), John McLean (Boston Bruins) and…

WHEN YOU PLAY FOR 10 MINOR LEAGUE AND NHL TEAMS IN 11 SEASONS, YOU THINK A LOT ABOUT GETTING FROM HERE TO THERE. GRAEME TOWNSHEND HAS MADE A SECOND CAREER OF THAT IN TORONTO, WHERE HE IS NOW ONE OF JUST THREE NHL MENTORS WHOSE PRIMARY FOCUS IS SKATEWORK. 1.I WORK WITH WHAT I AM…

Submitted By Kevin Gordon on Wed 10 02, 13 On October 2, 2001 I received a phone call from the coach of the Cornell Big Red inviting me to play for his hockey team next year. Cornell is an Ivy League Division I NCAA university. Its hockey program which is ranked 11th in the United…

Even before he started taking the American Hockey League by storm this fall, the Leafs were already getting more Joe Colborne than had been initially received in that headline-grabbing trade with Boston last winter. Literally. Since coming to Toronto along with a first rounder for veteran defenceman Tomas Kaberle, Colborne has actually grown half an…