Équipe Canada Junior 2010- 2011

[Bull 0]

Le Canada participera au match de la médaille d'or pour une dixième année de suite.

 

Rookie Coach , si vous avez regardé le match de hier soir vous auriez pu voir comment le hockey doit être joué.

 

Canada , bonne chance contre les Russes , qui ont démontré dans leurs derniers 2 matchs quelque chose qu'ils ont appris du Canada, jouer avec coeur et avec passion jusqu'à la fin , les bonnes choses peuvent arriver

[arès 0]

quel match parfait ils nous ont offert !! wow!

[rookie coach 13]

J'aime mieux le style suédois.

[CFL 0]

Le style suédois?... Pourtant j'ai l'impression qu'essaye de copier le style canadien depuis plusieurs année.

[mctru 68]

BIP! Mauvaise réponse CFL.

[mctru 68]

Hayley Wickenheiser: Swedish Player Development Model Preaches Patience

 

Playing and living in Sweden the last six months has been a great experience. From a cultural and living standpoint, the differences between Canada and Sweden are minimal. Climate, food and day-to-day living are quite similar. From a hockey standpoint, I have found that there are many differences in the approach to the game between the two countries—specifically, player development.

 

To examine the differences here, we have to look at the school system. Generally speaking, there is no rush to educate children in school. Children start school one year later. My son Noah, who is 8, would be in Grade 3 in Canada, but attends all Swedish speaking Grade 2 here in Sweden. He learns with the other children in Swedish but also works on his own with help from the teacher and our English tutours on the Grade 3 curriculum to stay on top for his return to Canada.

 

Right now, he is clearly ahead academically of the children in his Grade 2 Swedish class. The focus early on is about cooperation. The children in Sweden seem to be on more equal terms with the teachers, calling them by their first names. Discipline is not as much of a focus within the classroom, there is more free time to play outside, a perfectly balanced warm lunch for every child each day and very little homework. Contrast that to our school system here in Canada, it is a much different environment.

 

The same can be said for the way we develop hockey players. In Sweden, they are much more patient. My head coach, Mattias Karlin, grew up and played in the Swedish hockey factory MODO a few years behind Forsberg and Naslund before being drafted and playing in the AHL and NHL for the Boston Bruins. A very serious knee injury ended his career far to young at age 24, prior to that, he was said to be a higher prospect than the Sedin twins.

 

Having seen and played with some of the best Swedish players ever, he describes the Swedish system as ‘patient.’ One player in particular who is a perfect example of this is Henrik Zetterberg. Karlin made and played for the Swedish World Junior team in the same year as Zetterberg tried out and was cut. He described Zetterberg as an ‘ok’ player at the time, but nothing special. The difference he says is that no one gave up on him. He was given the chance to play and flourish in the All Svenskan and Elite leagues here in Sweden until 2003 when he was drafted in the sevent round, 210th overall. He was 23 when he played his first NHL season with the Detroit Red Wings. Since then, he has gone on to become a top 10 player in the NHL.

 

Karlin went on to say that if Zetterberg was a North American player, “there is no way he would have ever made the NHL because if you are 23 and not playing Major Junior or NHL, you are likely to be buried in the minor leagues.”

I would have to agree with him.

 

In Sweden, if you are not the best player when you are 15, the pressure is not as great on a young player to ‘make it’. There is an understanding that each player is unique and can develop at his or her own rate. Some take longer than others. This can also be attributed to the focus on skill and individual development and the fact that the practice to game ratio is higher here in Sweden than Canada. These factors likely help many of these players get that ‘second chance’ that we don’t see as much of in Canada. The Swedes also don’t seem to ‘rush’ development as much as we do in Canada.

 

For example, a 16-year-old Junior player on the average is much less physically mature as the

same player in Canada who is likely playing Junior hockey against 20-year-olds.

 

This is certainly not to criticize our development system here in Canada, but I think we can always take a look at other hockey nations and learn both on and off the ice. For a country of nine million people, Sweden has done a tremendous job of developing top talent not only within hockey, but other sports like soccer, handball, and track. It’s auto, design and music industries are also tops in the world.

 

It’s a system that is based on education, methodical approach and patience. I am sure that players like Zetterberg are thankful that they were allowed time and opportunity to continue to develop long after they might have been written off or pigeon-holed in North America.

 

Et pendant ce temps à l'aréna de votre quartier un entraîneur Atome B enseigne à ses jeunes joueurs comment jouer le power play...Tandis qu'un autre ..benche une ligne au complet pour gagner le tournoi bantam de St-Isidore de Salaberry.

[rookie coach 13]

merci beaucoup Mctru. J'espère seulement que plusieurs personnes liront ton post.

[mctru 68]

Il faut être capable de lire l'anglais, ce qui n'est pas donné à tous... :D

[Bull 0]

Rookie , Croyez-vous donc que, si le Canada a suivi le même modèle de hockey que les Suédois que le hockey canadien serait mieux que ce qu'elle est aujourd'hui ?

 

Peut-être vous avez raison, mais rappelez-vous , Ce soir Équipe Canada jouera dans son dixième match de championnat dans des dix dernières années.

Wow dix pour dix ... ils seront mieux ....... comment ?

[rookie coach 13]

Bull il n'y a pas que le championnat du monde. On parle de développement. As-tu pris le temps de lire le post de Mctru?