I can remember sitting in the office one morning in Swift Current with Brandin Cote, our other assistant coach, trying to figure out what we were going to plan for practice that day. We had a busy road schedule the week prior and were now moving into a “college week,” where we would have practice Monday through Friday before playing on the weekend.
It was the second half of the season and we were in the middle of the grind. Practices typically run shorter then as the players start to get run down. Being in a rebuilding situation, our group struggled every night to capture those elusive two points. We needed to mix it up and find a way to get some jump out of our group on a Monday.
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Scott Dutertre
Scott Dutertre is a professional hockey coach based in Saskatoon, SK. He has been a Skating and Skills Coach for 24 years in addition to coaching junior and college hockey. He is a National Skating and Skills Coach for Ice Hockey Australia and has trained countless professional hockey players. Scott is currently Assistant Coach of the Tulsa Oilers in the ECHL, and was recently the Associate Coach for the Swift Current Broncos of the WHL. He can be found at www.scottdutertre.com.
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