As the winter sports season begins, many teams have emerged, one of which is Development hockey. Development hockey was created last winter as a means to create a team for beginner-level hockey players. Last winter the team had eleven players, this season it has almost doubled with nineteen players. For most hockey players, getting dressed can take a long time around ten or fifteen minutes. Our practice begins at 2:30, but most players try to head down to the rink after classes in order to get dressed and maybe get a short pre-practice on the ice before the actual practice. Practice begins with a short stretch, followed by various skating drills in order to warm up our skates. This is followed by some drills of the coach’s choice, usually shooting drills or a mini scrimmage. 

During practice, in order to simulate a real hockey match, the coaches include one-on-one drills. These drills are when two players go against each other in a mini-game, their goal is to score first and defend the goal. 

On Mondays and Wednesdays in order to give the whole rink to Thirds hockey, our team is usually at the ski hill. This season we will have around six games. Our coaches Mr. Sean MacPhee and Mr. Evan Cummings are committed to preparing us for our first game, on the sixteenth of January, against Franklin County Tech. We will also have a game on the eighteenth against Cardigan Mountain School. 

Our roster consists of Ali L. ’25, Alex W. ’26, Gabo R. ’26, Santi R. ’26, Santi G. ’26, Iñaki O. ’25, Mateo M. ’25, Ronnie E. ’25, Monty V. ’28, Minku K. ’28, Alonso J. ’26, Chase G. ’26, Chris C. ’28, Xavier B. ’27, Eric B. ’26, Iago C. ’26, Sam H. ’26 Charlie S. ’26, and Nicolas M. ’25.