Community hockey blogging

According to Globe and Mail staffer and hockey blogger, James Mirtle, there are over 100 hockey blogs [1] 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 [2] was used recently to post the list of those who made the cut for the Atom Rep Team. Winfield Minor Hockey [3] 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 [4] news site, and although this website talks about all things hockey in general, they have a great post up [5] about the history of minor hockey in BC.

Moving across the prairies, Saskatchewan Hockey Association has a blog news page [6] and their posts are open for comments. The Flin Flon Bombers [7], Kindersley Klippers [8], and Humboldt Broncos [9] all have nice looking websites with news archives, photos and videos available online. The Yorkton Terriers [10] link out to Craig Stein's blog [11], where he also covers the Melville Millionaires and the Wayway Wolverines.

The Canadian Hockey Parents [12] have a massive directory [13] 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 [14] on Hockey Stars, and if your team has a blog, we'd love to hear about it in the comments below.