2011 Supervising and Instructing Clinics

Instructing the USA Hockey DOS in Duluth, MN

Nick / Paul / Kelli / BJ

DOS in Duluth
Kelli / KuKu

Lake Itasca (start of Mississippi River)
On the way to Berrrmidji to Instruct an USA Hockey Level 3 Seminar

Kelli / Mark at Itasca

Mark / Paul Buynan / Kelli in Berrrrmidji

My friend Charlie on the wall at the Berrrmidji rink

USA Hockey Women's Elite Experience in Blaine, MN

The girls at Elite gave me their rings to hold when they were on the ice:)

My last WCHA weekend series at OH State (pre-prego)
Kelli / Kevin / Jer / Doocy

Supervising MN Girls HS Elite League in Blaine, MN
Spresser with White Castle a M

Kelli was teaching at the following seminars this year:
08/28/2011 Duluth Level 4
09/17/2011 Bemidji Level 3
09/25/2011 Duluth Level 3
10/01/2011 Blaine Level 1
10/02/2011 Blaine Level 4
10/03/2011 Hutchinson Level 3
10/04/2011 Blaine Level 3
10/09/2011 Blaine Level 2
10/23/2011 Redwood Falls Level 3

02.25.2010 - Day 15 - GOLD!!!

Got up and had breakfast at the hotel.
The Bronze medal game, Sweden vs. Finland (Finland's first medal since 1998 in the Olympics) was at 12.00 so watched the last part on TV. Tried to take a short nap, but hard to do and ended up going having lunch in the lobby of the hotel.
Met in the lobby with the crew and the back-ups and went to the rink. We took some photos and warmed up on the ice. And sat around waiting for the game to start; it seemed like forever. When we heard the crowd erupt from the locker room I told my partners not to worry as I just left the TV on:) We got out on the ice and the place was packed. I will never forget this game. The house was rocking and we were a part of it! We worked the game and had a celebration in the locker room after. There was a Gold coke can waiting for each of us. Oh, and we left a message for the boys!After the game we went back to the hotel and had a pizza and beverage social with all the men's and women's officials. Thanks to Bill McCreary for getting this done. We were presented with a gold medal (not the real one) from the IIHF, with Vancouver 2010 engraved on the back. The STANLEY CUP showed up and we got to take photos with it; yes, I referred to it as a person. It was a super great night; the game I will never forget. I just worked the Stanley Cup Final of Women's hockey and survived!

Hello to "the Cod Fish" from Anna, Sly and OB!

TV Coverage of the Olympics

02.25.2010 at 15.35 (Vancouver time) / I am working the GOLD medal game! USA vs. Canada with Referee Aina (Norway) and Lines Heather (Canada).

Hockey Coverage Information:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv-listings/zone=CT/sport=IH/index.html

All Olympic Coverage Information:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv-listings/index.html

02.17.2010 - Day 7 - Game Day

Breakfast in the morning at the hotel.
Meeting at 9.30 with the team and game supervisions with the crews.
Mom, Dad, Katie, Ava and Cory went to the men's game Finland vs. Belarus at the Canada Hockey Place.
I leave for my game Canada (13) vs. Sweden (1) at UBC for a 14.35 start time. We (Referee Leah from MN / Lines Anna from Finland) got a pep talk from Jarmo as these two teams fought last time they were on the ice in Canada in Sept. We had some back and forth, banter (things I can't put in print were said) and slashing on changes in the 1st period, but Leah did a nice job keeping them in check and Anna and I were between everything right away. It certainly didn't feel like a 13 to 1 game except the small stretch in the 3rd when there were back to back to back goals and we waited for the review to happen and the light to go off so we could drop the puck.

MA (Canada) giving us a pre game pep talk! Self proclaimed "Puck Bunnies"; yes, they had a sign too!

Went back to the hotel and met up with Cory then Anna Cory and I went out to dinner at Joey's which was very good. Then back to the hotel and to bed early; I fell asleep with the men's late game on the TV.

02.15.2010 - Day 5 - Game Day

Breakfast at the hotel.
Meeting at 9.30 with group and review of games with supervisors.
Off to the rink skating the Canada (10) Swiss (1) game with Nicole (Referee from Germany) and Anna (Lines from Finland). The rink was super loud and the crazy. They did the wave during our game; we usually don't have enough people in the building at home to accomplish this. My family could not get tickets as all the Canada games are sold out but they watched me on TV and many people at home! Somewhere in between Ken, one of our hosts took us to meet his daughter Sara, who is one of the mascots!
Went back to the hotel and changed after the game then back to the rink to watch the late game.
Eric; please note that I am smiling when I am skating hard on the ice, not just on your treadmill!

02.14.2010 - Day 4 - Family is here!

Met down for breakfast at the hotel with the crew and picked up game tickets for the USA (12) vs. China (1) game; the deal is the crew working gets first dibs on the tickets and we can use the left overs if needed. The good news is the family got to watch a hockey game the bad news is that I work the home country, Canada, tomorrow there are no comp tickets available and the people outside the rink wanted $300 a ticket! (Ben; I don't think that I will have much luck with the men's gold medal tickets... sorry...) Finland (5) played Russia (1) in the late game today.

Met Mom, Katie, Ava and Cory out front and had a harder time, but finally found Dad and we watched the game together. Ava loved chanting USA and dancing to Beyonce's single ladies and later telling everyone that she watched her auntie on the ice, but auntie did not skate today at the game. Joe Biden, US Vice-President was at the game and got booed when on the jumbo-tron. As you can see Cory brought the super duper lens, we rented, so that we can look like we were really close to the Vice-Pres.

We went and saw some of the things going on downtown, visited the Olympic Store and had a nice dinner at the Keg. Yes Adam, I said the Keg:)

Back in the hotel early and to bed so I can be fresh for the morning meeting and game.

The hotel internet connection is super slow and choppy so uploading pictures is not always working...

02.13.2010 - Day 3 - Game Day!

Woke up and ate breakfast at the hotel.
Made some calls to touch base with Cory and Mom and Dad as they are all flying out to Seattle today and making the drive up to Mary Jo and Johnny's house to stay for the week, just outside of Vancouver.
We took off from the hotel around 9.45 and got to the rink the security wasn't too bad they waived Miyuki, Mary Anne, Jackie and Theresa (our host) through the metal detectors, but snagged Matt and Leah. We got past many volunteer guarded check points and finally to our room where we settled in.
13 Feb 12.00 Women's Preliminary Round at UBC Thunderbird arena
Sweden (3) vs. Switzerland (0) a good, fast, close game with a "capacity crowd" of 5,222.
Leah (Duluth) is the referee and Miuki (Japan) and I will be on the lines.

http://www.iihf.com/channels10/olympics-2010/news/news-singleview-world-championship-2009/article/sweden-opens-olympics-with-win.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=3471&cHash=0af0344657
After the game we showered at the rink, headed back to the hotel and changed into street clothes and headed to the other game. Canada (18) played Slovakia (0) game at the Canada Hockey Place. Joy (referee - UK), Meg (lines - US) and Zuzana (lines - CZE) worked the game in the packed rink. While making our way up to the VIP area we ran into some players from the men's Slovakia team. http://www.ancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/womens-preliminary-round---group-a-game-1_ihw400a01Sa.html I should mention that the security on the way into the rink was a ton of fun; we asked them if we could take some photos with them and before we knew it they wanted their picture taken with all of us! We hit the "official" Olympic store on the walk back from the rink. http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/womens-preliminary-round---group-a-game-1_ihw400a01Sa.html Cory, Mom, Dad, Katie and Ava all made it in safe and are in duty free shop on the border.
There are 2 games tomorrow, but I am not skating again yet. http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/womens-preliminary-round---group-a-game-1_ihw400a01Sa.html