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    Good Afternoon Families,

    As we approach the most exciting time of year “The Playoffs” just a few reminders to players and
    parents.

    The players will continue to be held accountable for their work ethic, complete level and attitude as we
    proceed. The boys had a good training session Friday night as we gear up for the important part of our
    season starting today! Our team has played in 32 games this season and had 60 practices to this point.
    All players know the expectation when arriving at the rink and I believe they are ready for playoffs. We
    are only three wins away to play in a City Championship Series and I know players and Parents are very
    excited about this time of year.

    Please ensure all players arrive Ready and prepared for games (All equipment, Water bottles, etc)

    . Follow the game day Itinerary sent out before each game.

    A few Reminders For the Playoffs

    1. Let the coaches coach. If you are telling your son — or any other player for that matter —
    to do something different from what their coach is telling them, you create distraction and
    confusion.

    2. Make only positive comments from the stands. Be encouraging. Young athletes do not
    need to be reminded constantly about their perceived errors or mistakes. Their coaches
    will instruct them, either during the game or during practices. You can often see a young
    player make that extra effort when they hear encouraging words from the stands about
    their hustle.

    3. Try to keep interaction with parents on the other team as healthy and positive as
    possible. Who’s kidding whom? We all know that we want the Raiders to win, and they
    want their team to win as well. But that should not make us take leave of our senses,
    especially our common sense. Be courteous ‘till it hurts; avoid the ‘tit for tat’ syndrome.

    4. Parents on the ‘other’ team are not the enemy. Neither are the boys or girls on the other
    team. We should work to check any negative feelings at the door before we hit the arena.

    5. What is the easiest thing to do in the youth sports world? Criticize the referees. Oh, there
    are times when calls are missed, absolutely. And that can, unfortunately, directly affect the
    outcome of a contest. That said, by and large those who officiate at youth hockey games
    are a) hardly over-compensated, and b) give it an honest — and often quite competent —
    effort. At worst, they usually at least try to be fair and objective.

    6. On that note, outbursts from parents on the sideline made toward the referees only signal
    to our on children on the ice that they can blame the refs for anything that goes wrong.
    Learning early in life to make excuses and to blame others is not a formula for success in
    sports — or life.

    7. The coaches will ensure there is fair play as much as possible however they do reserve the
    right to exercise discretion for Power play/penalty kills and in the final 5 minutes of games
    if they feel it’s necessary.

    8. Most Important Support the team and have fun.

    I watched the Fisherman vs Royals game this morning and observed parents being thrown out for
    comments to players and refs. They are not taking any type of outbursts from coaches or fans. It’s no
    fun looking for game updates from the parking lot.

    I highly encourage parents to wear Raiders colours, bring noisemakers or make them, when I asked the
    players what they were most excited about for the playoffs most said the fans and the noise. So let’s
    cheer the boys to a deep run in the plays over the next few weeks!

    LET’S GO RAIDERS !!

    Raiders coaching staff.

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