According to Globe and Mail staffer and hockey blogger, James Mirtle, there are over 100 hockey blogs in North America right now that cover NHL teams. I started to wonder if there were hockey blogs out there that didn't only cover professionals, but were on a grassroots, community-based, and at the amateur/minor hockey level. After a few quick searches, I was in luck!

Starting in BC, the Whistler Minor Hockey Association's blog was used recently to post the list of those who made the cut for the Atom Rep Team. Winfield Minor Hockey has their blog in the form of a news page that you can subscribe to. They've used this online space to update parents on recent meeting notes. Congratulating players on making jumps to new teams is a highlight of the Williams Lake Minor Hockey news site, and although this website talks about all things hockey in general, they have a great post up about the history of minor hockey in BC.

Moving across the prairies, Saskatchewan Hockey Association has a blog news page and their posts are open for comments. The Flin Flon Bombers, Kindersley Klippers, and Humboldt Broncos all have nice looking websites with news archives, photos and videos available online. The Yorkton Terriers link out to Craig Stein's blog, where he also covers the Melville Millionaires and the Wayway Wolverines.

The Canadian Hockey Parents have a massive directory of most of the hockey association and team websites across the continent as well.

Being online is a great way to engage an audience, update everyone on upcoming games and tournaments, and also highlight your stars with posts and photos about games won and lost in hard-fought battles. You can start today by creating a player or team profile on Hockey Stars, and if your team has a blog, we'd love to hear about it in the comments below.