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Wolves JR Hockey

By Staff Reports, 12/26/19, 8:15AM EST

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By the Numbers...

The New England Wolves Hockey program prides itself on it's "Den of Development" model, an organizational philosophy that is centered on:

* Daily Skill Sessions in addition to Team Practices

* Position- Specific On Ice Sessions (Forward, Defenseman, Goalies)

* Specialized Workouts Each Day (Flexibility, Power, Conditioning)

* Multiple Video Sessions a week

* Peak Performance Counseling

This article will take a look at the data which is a by product of the Wolves Organizational Development model.

* Starting On Ice practices on August 28th until Dec. 20th, each member of the Wolves JR teams have had the Following Hours of Practice, Training, Volunteering, and Classroom Time:

Training & Practice Time

- 95 Hours of Team Practices

- 47 Hours of Skills Sessions

- 16 Hours of Unstructured Skill Time

- 12-18 Hours of On Ice Skill Session Assisting (Volunteer Coaching)

Off Ice Training

- 53 Hours of Video Time & Chalk Talks

- 59 Hours of Structured Team Workouts at Wolves Training Center & Pick- Fit

- 15 Hours of Peak Performance Counseling with Dave Pollak

- 30 Hours of Dedicated Classroom "Tutor Time"

- 5 Hours of Guest Speakers

- 17 Hours of Specialized Yoga or Stretching with Angela Pickowicz

Community Service & Outreach

* Wolves have volunteered with the following projects in the Fall of 2019- Laconia Multicultural Festival, Lakes Region Childrens Auction, RYHA Opening Day, LRYHA Tuesday Skills, LRYHA Learn to Skate, Pumpkin Fest, Pleasant Street School Fall Festival, Christmas Village Set Up/ Storage.

* 850 Man Hours of Volunteering

* Wolves have raised money for the following Charities through Benefit Games- Wounded Warrior Project, Laconia Fire, Blue Lives Matter, and Local VFW.

On Ice Performance

* EHL Stars of the Week 5 times (LJ Newell, Jack Loran, Julius Kvandal, DJ Schwenke, Matt Stephan)

* EHLP Stars of the Week 6 times ( Noah Wirth, Herbert Zeibots, Ricards Jelenskis (2), Mike Campbell, Carson Gates)

* EHLP Stars of the Month twice ( Andreas Matejka, Ricards Jelenskis) 

* 1 EHL All Star (DJ Schwenke - Captain)

On Ice Performance- Statistical

Style of play and On Ice performance matters.  The more successful/ productive your team is, the more attention it gathers from colleges.

* EHL record (18-9-2) / EHLP record (20-8-2)- currently on a combined 11 game win streak

* EHL- 6th best PP (21.9%)/ 8th best PK (83.8%)

* EHL- 8th best in goals for

* EHL- 7th best in Team Save Percentage

* Jack Loran - 2nd most EHL goals & PP goals (24/ 10)

* EHLP- 4th best PP (22%)/ 3rd best PK (86.1%)

* EHLP- 1st in goals for

* EHLP - 7th best in Team Save Percentage 

* Herbert Zeibots/ Ricard Jelenskis - Tied for 1st in Points in League (3 way tie with Johnny Malandrucollo- 57pts)

Age & Nationality

* EHL is the 6th youngest team in the league - average age -19.08 years old

* EHLP is the 5th youngest team in the league- average age- 17.93 years old

* 25 players have appeared in EHL games/ 27 EHLP

* Wolves have players from the Following Nations:

- US (40)

- Norway (2)

- Canada (1)

- Latvia (3)

- Belarus (1)

- Slovakia (1)

- Czech Republic (1)