As I look at the calendar, I see we are only 28 days from WIAA hockey practices being allowed to start and 39 days from the puck dropping on the opening games of the 2014-15 season. The season will start with many new coaches, players and dreams of making it to Madison in March.
Practices begin on Monday, November 10th.
First games can be played on Friday, November 21st.
As the season starts, I hope to make it to a few of the different scrimmages and to talk with coaches and players about thoughts on the upcoming season. The following are scrimmages that I know about, please feel free to make comments about days, times and teams participating in scrimmages which are not listed. Thank you in advance.
Antigo Boys Scrimmage
Date - November 18, 2014
Location - Langlade County Multi-Purpose Building
Participating teams - Antigo and Wausau East
Chippewa Falls Boys Scrimmage
Date - November 20, 2014
Location - Chippewa Falls Ice Arena
Participating teams - Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire Memorial, Somerset, Tomah and Wisconsin Rapids
Homestead Boys Scrimmage
Date - November 20, 2014
Location -
Participating teams - Fond du Lac and Homestead
Menomonie Boys Scrimmage
Date - November 20, 2014
Location - Dunn County Ice Arena
Participating teams - Altoona, Eau Claire North and Menomonie
Merrill Boys Scrimmage
Date - November 18, 2014
Location - MARC - Smith Center
Participating teams - Merrill and Rhinelander
Middleton Metro Lynx Scrimmage
Date - November 22, 2014
Location - Madison Ice Arena
Participating teams - Rock County Fury and Metro Lynx
New Richmond Girls Scrimmage
Date - November 18, 2014
Location - New Richmond Sports Center
Participating teams - ECA Stars and Western Wisconsin Stars
Oshkosh Boys Scrimmage
Date - November 19, 2014
Location - Fond du Lac Ice Center
Participating teams - Oshkosh, Fond du Lac Springs, Fox Cities, Germantown and Waupaca
Point-Rapids Girls Scrimmage
Date - November 18, 2014
Location - Ice Hawk Arena
Participating teams - Appleton United, Badger Thunder, Marshfield and Point-Rapids Red Panthers
RWD Boys Scrimmage
Date - November 20, 2014
Location - Reedsburg Area Community Arena
Participating teams - DeForest, RWD and Sauk Prairie
Sun Prairie Boys Scrimmage
Date - November 20, 2014
Location - Sun Prairie Ice Arena
Participating teams - Baraboo, Stoughton and Sun Prairie
USM Boys Scrimmage
Date - November 22, 2014
Location - Uihlein Ice Arena
Participating teams - Neenah and USM
Woodbury, MN Boys Scrimmage
Date - November 19, 2014
Location - Bielenberg Ice Arena in Woodbury, MN
Participating teams - Hudson, South St. Paul, St. Paul Academy and Woodbury