Club Sportif Renegade – Montréal

Montréal Renegade Hockey Camp

Cet été, du 12 au 14 juillet, Renegade Training™ vous invite à Montréal afin d`initier avec nous notre camp inaugural d`entrainement physique spécifique au hockey. Cette formation de trois jours donnera naissance à la nouvelle certification "Renegade Hockey Specialist". Dédiée essentiellement aux techniques les plus avancées d`entrainement physique hors glace, la formation permettra aux entraineurs et joueurs d acquérir les compétences pratiques et théoriques nécessaires au succès. Faites partie du Camp Renegade où le hockey nous est plus qu`un sport.

Le participant qui réussit ce cours sera invité au nouveau “Club Sportif Renegade – Montréal” plus tard cette année. Le “Club Sportif Renegade – Montréal” est fièrement un club régionalement fonctionné dévoué à remonte le sport d'Hockey dans Québec et dans la conservation de son patrimoine et son mode de vie riche dans le Quebecois.

This July 12-14 Renegade Training™ embarks on an exciting new frontier with its first Hockey Training camp for Coaches and Athletes. This extraordinary three-day class will see the release of the very special “Renegade Hockey Specialist” certification and what better place than beautiful Montréal. Within this class coaches and athletes will be exposed to the most advanced dry-land training methods in the world specifically for Hockey players and Coaches dedicated towards success. If you are serious about Hockey and it is more than a game to you, the Renegade Hockey Camp this July 12-14 is a place in history.

Attendee’s who successfully complete the course will receive an invitation to the new Renegade Sporting Club – Montréal later this year. The “Renegade Sporting Club Montréal” is proudly a regionally operated club dedicated to uplifting the sport of Hockey within Quebec and preserving its rich heritage within the Quebecois.

Please contact sales@renegadetraining.com for special team discounts.

Canada beats Sweden 5-4

In an incredible tight game, Canada scored four goals in the second period to lead them to a victory over the tough Swedish team 5-4 in the semi finals of the IIHF. The Dany Heatley, Ryan Getzlaf, Rick Nash line is paying rich dividends and leading the charge for the Canadians.Canada now faces its arch-nemesis Russia in the Gold Medal game, after they beat Finland, on Sunday.

Canada and Sweden at the IIHF World Championship

The semi-finals of the IIHF World Championships are today in Quebec City with Russia against Finland in the first game and then a showdown of superpowers Canada and Sweden. This is the third years in a row that Canada and the Swedes have met in the semi's and each time they have went on to win the gold medal.

Montréal Renegade Hockey Camp

Cet été, du 12 au 14 juillet, Renegade Training™ vous invite à Montréal afin d`initier avec nous notre camp inaugural d`entrainement physique spécifique au hockey. Cette formation de 3 jours donnera naissance à la nouvelle certification "Renegade Hockey Specialist". Dédiée essentiellement aux techniques les plus avancées d`entrainement physique hors glace, la formation permettra aux entraineurs et joueurs d acquérir les compétences pratiques et théoriques nécessaires au succès. Faites partie du Camp Renegade où le hockey nous est plus qu`un sport. Le participant qui réussit ce cours sera invité au nouveau Club Sportif Renegade – Montréal plus tard cette année.

This July 12-14 Renegade Training™ embarks on an exciting new frontier with its first Hockey Training camp for Coaches and Athletes. This extraordinary three-day class will see the release of the very special “Renegade Hockey Specialist” certification and what better place than beautiful Montréal. Within this class coaches and athletes will be exposed to the most advanced dry-land training methods in the world specifically for Hockey players and Coaches dedicated towards success. If you are serious about Hockey and it is more than a game to you, the Renegade Hockey Camp this July 12-14 is a place in history. Attendee’s who successfully complete the course will receive an invitation to the new Renegade Sporting Club – Montréal later this year.

Reds beat Avalanche 4-3

The Red Wings defeated the Avalanche 4-3 tonight. After taking a 4-1 lead on two goals by Johan Franzen they hung on to take game one of the series. Game two is set for one of those ridiculous Saturday afternoon match-ups to suit the eleven people watching hunting and fishing network.

Canadiens over Flyers 4-3 (OT)

The Montréal Canadiens beat Philadelphia 4-3 in overtime to take the first game of the best of seven series. Tom Kostopoulos scored forty-eight seconds into overtime off his own rebound after the Habs had came back to tie the game on a Alex Kovalev goal with only twenty-nine seconds left in the game.














Game two is set for Saturday night in beautiful Montréal.

Canada U-18 win Gold

In Kazan, Russia today, Canada's under-18 squad won the gold medal in a historic 8-0 domination of Russia. The game was never in question with Canada taking control early with a 5-0 lead in the first period and handing the Russians their first loss of the tournament.

Canadiens win game seven!

5-0, beautiful game seven win by Canadiens over the Bruins

btw...

Montréal up 3 - 1

This was a great game - very tight play. I was concerned I had to move from the Béliveau back into the Lafleur or bring out the ultimate (more on that later...and yes, I will post pictures if it goes the finals). Canadiens beat the Bruins 1-0 on a great goal by Patrice Brisebois at 19:18 of the second period. Montréal leads 3-1 in the series.

Game 5 returns to Montréal -

seven matches on Saturday

There's a host of great Football matches this Saturday that you'll want to stay up-to-date on. So before you throw on your Lafleur (hmm..maybe the Béliveau) jersey for game 2 in the quest for the twenty-fifth, remember to check-out;

Serie A
A.C. Milan @ Juventus F.C.
A clash of titans and a Juve win could lock down their Champion League visions as well as seriously harm AC. Milan will limp in without Alexandre Pato and both Kakha Kaladze and Alessandro Nesta are serving suspensions. Juventus will miss Pavel Nedved and Cristiano Zanetti in what is going to be a great clash. Looking forward to the Alessandro Del Piero show once again.

Bundesliga
FC Schalke 04 @ SV Werder Bremen
The race in the Bundesliga is incredibly tight and a Werder Bremen could send them two points above Schalke, into a Champions League spot and push Schalke into a UEFA Cup bid. A lot is on the line with this one and Schalke also has to respond in a short-week after losing to Barcelona.

La Primera División de México
América @ Chivas El Súper Clásico - it may not have the impact of some years with them on opposite ends of the table but this is a must see event (well...actually this one is in the Sunday list - but one to watch for)

Monterrey @ Pachuca exciting match to watch and to see if the magic of Ricardo Lavolpe and the goal-scoring machine, Humberto Suazo continues.

Championship League
Watford F.C @ West Brom
Watfords 3-0 debacle against Barnsley mid-week was a dreadful loss this time of year with promotion in sight. With Wolverhampton surging up the table a loss today could put them perilously close to losing their playoff position. A victory by West Brom puts them firmly in the lead with automatic promotion.

Wolverhampton @ Bristol City
The Wolves are on a mission and thundering up the table but face a massive test against Bristol City. At least four squads, Crystal Palace, Ipswich Town, Charlton and Plymouth will be watching this intently as as Wolves win could seriously harm their promotion efforts.

League One
Carlisle United @ Leeds United
Massive match with far too many complexities given the Leeds arbitration hearing is next week and the possibility of the fifteen point reduction being reversed. A victory here and a reversal of the points could see Leeds move within a point of the league title.

I'm off for the weekend..join-in mes amis Allez l'OM, allez

upcoming camps

As announced last week I will be hosting a special Kettlebell certification class in the metropolitan NYC area this June 14. This is a private closed-door class and my only scheduled appearance in North America through the balance of 2008. This class will provide attendees with the knowledge to launch a highly rewarding and exciting professional career. As is my customary practice, I keep classroom size to a smaller workable amount to ensure the optimum learning environment. Spaces are highly limited and I expect this camp to sell-out very early so if interested please book your spot as soon as possible.

In addition to this camp I am finalizing two other clinics this summer that will be open to the public, including a very special camp Adventure camp getaway and a hockey-specific camp. I will be releasing information, including locations, on these as well as details on my European dates shortly.

QMJHL - LHJMQ All-Stars announced.

QMJHL - LHJMQ All-Stars were announced today:

The First-Team All-Star Team :
G- Kevin Desfossés Québec
D- Marc-André Bourdon Rouyn-Noranda
D- Marc-André Dorion Baie-Comeau
LW- Stefano Giliati Lewiston
C- Francis Paré Chicoutimi
RW- Claude Giroux Gatineau

The Second-Team All-Star squad:
G:Marco Cousineau Baie-Comeau
D: Kevin Marshall Lewiston
D: Ivan Vishnevskiy Rouyn-Noranda
LW: Michael Dubuc Rouyn-Noranda
C: Mathieu Perreault Acadie-Bathurst
RW: Jakub Voracek Halifax

Mr. Hockey

With it Gordie Howe's eightieth birthday today I thought I would point out a great series at TSN on Mr. Hockey.

On the tribute page is one of favorite comments of Mr. Howe:

"I remember my first NHL game against him. 'Don't mess with me, old man,' I told him. Next thing I remember was the smelling salts." Derek Sanderson

LHJMQ / QMJHL update

Results from tonights opening games LHJMQ / QMJHL with eastern division teams in high-scoring affairs.

Acadie-Bathurst 8 St. John's 5
Cape Breton 8 Lewiston 3
Halifax 6 Victoriaville 2
Saint John 10 PEI 4

Shawinigan 2 Gatineau 3 (2nd)
Québec 0 Chicoutimi 0 (2nd)
Val-d'Or 2 Rouyn-Noranda 4 (2nd)


Baie-Comeau /Rimouski postponed due to weather conditions

QMJHL - LHJMQ playoffs

With the LHJMQ / QMJHL ready to start tonight, I just wanted to make everyone aware that all games presented online live by Telus.

Val-d'Or @ Rouyn-Noranda
Rimouski @ Baie-Comeau
Shawinigan @ Gatineau
Québec @ Chicoutimi
Victoriaville @ Halifax
Lewiston @ Cape Breton
PEI @ Saint John
St. John's @ Acadie-Bathurst

Previews to follow...

Québec Remparts - Chicoutimi Saguenéens

Early today I received an email simply noting that the “playoffs” (LHJMQ / QMJHL) start tomorrow including a great series that he knew I’d be following between the Québec Remparts and the Chicoutimi Saguenéens who feature Bobby Nadeau of Lac Etchemin, QC, another in the line of great Québecois goaltenders. With it playoff season a hot goaltender such as Chicoutimi’s Bobby Nadeau or Lewiston’s Jonathan Bernier (of Laval, QC) can take a team anywhere

- amazing how somethings never change.

Get out and support the world's fastest sport. I’ll posting updates on all the playoffs of the CHL leading up to this years Memorial Cup.

Fix

Proper strength training of the shoulder capsule has been virtually eliminated from most common "modern" exercise facilities / strength training programs over the last twenty years and unfortunately the lack of it, along with poor training regimes, has created an alarming high incidence of shoulder problems within the exercise enthusiasts and athletes. Within each of my books and training clubs we spend a great deal of time with shoulder to ensure optimal shoulder health, postural alignment and force production.

In presenting this summary of part of the resistance section it should stressed that this in no-way replaces a more exhaustive review that includes the infamous RED2 and LPS systems as well as a thorough review of FIX. Professional Coaches, Trainers or dedicated exercise enthusiasts should pay particular attention to these educational tools for optimal results.

As you review the following exercises, noteworthy is the use of fitness bands as the training medium. Bands will provide a unique tension and further assist in creating a strong shoulder capsule, thus improving postural alignment and ultimately force production. With bands, tension can be easily manipulated and the risk of injury in training is all but eliminated with these movements.

The following two exercises
are performed thrice weekly using the standard protocols within the pre-hab section of "supplemental" resistance work. It is critical that these movements are performed along with the aforementioned RED2 and LPS systems to ensure optimal strength and range of motion.

all photos courtesy of "More than a Game"

Cuban Press
• Cuban Press; holding bands at sides, pinch shoulders back, then pull weight up such that upper arm is parallel to ground and constant tension.














































• Internal External Rotation; with bands looped under feet and upper arm parallel to ground, rotate hands down so that it is level with the elbow and back up with constant tension.

when it's More than a Game

The following is a brief excerpt from "More than a Game" a highly detailed book on dry-land training for Hockey. "More than a Game" is dedicated to Hockey purists, to those who know it is more than a game and part of their heritage.





Chapter 1: The Pathway to Greatness™

Theory is defined as a particular conception or view of something to be done or of the method of doing it; a system of rules or principles is a peculiar concept.

When it comes to the development of an athlete, the phrase “theory” raises a unique eyebrow of terminology and actual action. Through the looking glass, the ultimate question keeps begging to asked and for that matter, answered. What precisely are the goals of training and more directly does (off-ice in this situation) actually enhance performance?

It was a question I first raised as a young athlete. Muttered under my breath bewildered how most training seemed to dilute playing abilities and do little to improve physical attributes needed in sport. And yet some thirty years later not only has the very same question been swept underneath the proverbial rug but generations of athletes have to been trained simply to train.

As a young athlete moving unknowingly and somewhat reluctantly into the coaching ranks, I considered this intently. The link between the practicality of training, medical science and the knowledge of the function of sport skills seemed to have rarely walked the same path. While only in its infancy the dawn of the new training world was beginning, the birth of the testing-day accomplishments super-ceding the goal of the athlete; to perform better. And so as I sit back now in this hard-to-conceive year of 2007, the world of coaching has sunk to levels I could never have believed. Mirroring a listing society, the obvious is no longer obvious.

The climate of the present training world is a cloudy, murky cauldron of half-truths and clever marketing ploys. Poor grade salesmen hawking his wares at the swap meet now litter the world of sports performance coaching. Tools and gadgets and fairy tale dreams of grandeur rule the world now, again clouding the truth. Little things that shine and glimmer to keep the attention away from the fact that hard work done the right way is the course to take. But it is 2007 isn’t it and as I pen “hard work” on this page, I give-away my graying temples and the out-of-date, oh-so unfashionable notion of “things worth having are worth working for”.

Why and how this happened is an amusing, if not maddening question that likely is at best, guess-work to answer. Yet the facts are rather simple, the barrier to entry into the world of coaching is set incredibly low and results have been diverted from enhancing performance (on the ice) to testing day accomplishment that may have nothing to do with this. Sadly for athletes that “train to train”, goals are rarely met and questions later on abound. What went wrong, how did this happen to which no answer stems an unfulfilling tide of emotion.

Prior to even conceiving dry-land training the goals of training need to be spelt out succinctly. I also wish to expand the notion of “training” to a broader idea of “developing an individual” as a culture we must address the need for responsible leadership that is sadly astray in the athletic world. One of the greatest gifts a coach can give an athlete is showing a positive direction to lead their lives but every coach must recognize that with every action there is a consequence.

In the simplest form the goals of our training (in this case for Hockey) are;

• elevates on ice performance
• improves the quality of the incumbents life

I wish to place heavy stress on these points in particular with the final comment. Sadly this is the one that isn’t stressed enough because as coaches, mentors, trainers, concerned parents success never comes at that hands of teaching poor values. It is an error that plagues the sporting world today as we deal with some athlete’s that are extremely poor examples in our society. And while I note this, I am not pointing the figure at the athletes but instead pounding the gavel down hard and proclaiming blame upon the coaching profession.

The origin of modern sport was to enhance the quality of life, to be a conduit to teaching principles that will better their life and to simply elevate society. Our role as coaches / trainers starts at the basic fact that we are teaching and molding the minds of tomorrow. The foundation that we build is not merely one that will show itself on the ice but throughout a lifetime.

Training Focus

The question of where training went wrong is a peculiar one. From one vantage it has become too generalized, the training of most athletes lack the necessary varied stimuli to develop a solid foundation. From another standpoint, the training industry has been inundated with gadgets to assist “specialized” work that is both foolhardy and ineffective. And finally from yet another standpoint, most situations lack the organic and reactive nature of sport. The plan of attack used by Renegade Training™ first develops an infallible foundation of general athleticism that specialized sports skills can be developed upon but in a manner that is easily transferable to the chaotic nature of competition.

The basis of the Renegade Training™ protocols is based upon understanding of fluid, natural movement that is both organic, instinctive and reactive. With this in-mind the Renegade Concepts of Training™ were set in stone that is a part every training decision made. These concepts need to be understood clearly and cannot be emphasized enough as they weave there way through every aspect of training. These concepts are:

• Movements trained, not musculature
• Efficiencies of movement reinforced
• Motor patterning and grafting of movement
• Postural alignment is emphasized and perfected
• Stabilization in the most destabilized training environments
• Force developed such that it can be projected, accepted and redirected at maximal levels
• Adopt chaos as your “home”. When Hell becomes the cradle you rest in – all else is easy.

be a part of the Renegade Hockey Club and have a chance to train in the exclusive RHC off-season training camp

Important Business readings / points

Crude Oil hits $108 mark
America's Economy; The Economist
FRB Beige Book

Ligue 1 tables

	GP	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals	Against	Total
Olympique Lyonnais	28	18	4	6	55	26	58
FC Girondins de Bordeaux	28	15	7	6	48	30	52
AS Nancy Lorraine	28	12	12	4	31	18	48
Olympique Marseille	28	12	9	7	39	28	45
Le Mans Union Club 72	28	12	5	11	32	35	41
OGC Nice-Côte d'Azur	28	9	13	6	24	20	40
FC Lorient Bretagne Sud	28	9	11	8	23	27	38
Valenciennes FC	28	10	7	11	32	27	37
AS Monaco FC	28	10	7	11	29	30	37
Stade Rennais FC	28	10	7	11	29	33	37
AS Saint-Étienne Loire	28	10	6	12	30	30	36
SM Caen	28	9	9	10	29	36	36
AJ Auxerre	28	10	6	12	25	35	36
RC Strasbourg	28	9	8	11	29	30	35
Lille O.S.C.	27	6	15	6	26	23	33
Racing Club de Lens	27	8	9	10	29	31	33
Paris Saint-Germain	28	7	10	11	24	29	31
FC Sochaux Montbéliard	28	7	10	11	25	33	31
Toulouse FC	28	6	11	11	25	33	29
FC Metz	28	4	6	18	19	49	18

Allez l'OM, allez
Mars 12 Olympique Marseille @ Zenit St Petersburg (UEFA Cup)
Mars 15 Olympique Marseille @ Racing Club de Lens (Ligue 1)
Mars 18 Olympique Marseille @ USJA Carquefou (Coupe de France)
Mars 22 FC Sochaux Montbéliard @ Olympique Marseille (Ligue 1)
Mars 30 Olympique Marseille @ FC Lorient Bretagne Sud (Ligue 1)

Avril 5 Olympique Lyonnais @ Olympique Marseille (Ligue 1)
Avril 12 Olympique Marseille @ FC Metz (Ligue 1)
Avril 19 Lille O.S.C. @ Olympique Marseille (Ligue 1)
Avril 26 Olympique Marseille @ AS Monaco FC (Ligue 1)

Mai 3 FC Girondins de Bordeaux @ Olympique Marseille (Ligue 1)
Mai 10 Olympique Marseille @ Le Mans Union Club 72 (Ligue 1)
Mai 17 RC Strasbourg @ Olympique Marseille (Ligue 1)

finally - you're in The City...so get to 317 W. 33rd St., between 9 am and 6:30pm for this & on Thursday to Saturday 76 Greene St. for this (something discreet if you insist...44 tall)

Portuguese Liga Tables

	GP	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals	Against	Total
FC Porto	22	17	3	2	39	7	54
S.L. Benfica	22	10	10	2	35	14	40
Vitória de Guimarães	22	11	5	6	25	23	38
Vitória de Setúbal	22	9	10	3	30	20	37
Sporting Clube de Portugal	22	9	7	6	28	20	34
Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses	22	8	8	6	24	24	32
Sporting Clube de Braga	22	7	9	6	24	25	30
Club Sport Marítimo	22	9	3	10	26	23	30
Clube Desportivo Nacional	22	7	8	7	15	15	29
Boavista Futebol Clube	22	6	10	6	27	33	28
Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora	22	5	10	7	25	26	25
Associação Naval 1º de Maio	22	6	5	11	17	32	23
Associação Académica de Coimbra	22	4	10	8	22	32	22
Leixões Sport Club	22	3	12	7	22	27	21
Futebol Clube Paços de Ferreira	22	4	4	14	20	35	16
União Desportiva de Leiria	22	1	6	15	18	41	9

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

So here I am, a slice past 4 am checking every weather service I can find, tracing (or is it hoping) for the grace of a storm that'll blanket the mountain with fresh powder. Fresh powder is the orgasmic dream of every Snowboarder and the the threat of it has me up well before dawn wondering and hoping, for what lays ahead and memories of heavy snowfalls of the past.

A competition looms ahead, to navigate a tight and winding course but in fact to chase my dreams and deny time once again, finding a taste of freedom unlike anywhere else in the world as I blindly hurtle down the mountain, bandana wrapped tight over my face.

My day will be like so many others, waking in the cold waters of the ocean for dawn patrol and as sunset approaches finding the rich allure of the mountain calling me. It is what I do, faster faster, denying time, pushing life at 90 in a 60.

IIHF World Juniors
Canada's quest for their fourth gold medal in a row continues as they face Sweden in the Gold Medal game

First Period
Canada: Marchand (Giroux, Turris) 1:27 Canada 1 Sweden 0
Canada: Giroux (Marchand, Turris) 17:01 (PP) Canada 2 Sweden 0

end of first period Canada 2 Sweden 0

Second Period
no scoring

end of second period Canada 2 Sweden 0

Third Period
Sweden: Carlsson (Alcen, Berglund)5:13 (PP) Canada 2 Sweden 1
Sweden: Larsson 19:22 Canada 2 Sweden 2

Sweden pressuring Canada hard now for the equalizer.
2:26 minutes to go - Sweden calls a time-out
45 seconds left, icing, face-off in Canada zone
Sweden swarms and with scramble in-front of net scores with 38 seconds left

- END OF THIRD PERIOD - Canada 2 Sweden 2
20 minute overtime ahead for the gold medal

Overtime
Canada: Halischuk 3:36 Canada 3 Sweden 2

Canada wins; 4th in a row

~ to those who want to understand "heart", when a sport is woven into the fabric of a nation with pride & honor and played with passion; there is no better example.

Far and wide in every corner of the world, this moment single-handedly typifies what sport should represent to society. Amongst the disgrace of failed drug tests and the vapid morals of those who rationalize it, the lax scholastic standards of once great Universities who have forgot the notion of student-athletes and allow entrance qualifications to fall merely to field a "better team" and their alumni who sit idle as the value of their degree is devalued, the arrest records of athlete after athlete who believe society owes them special privileges because they can throw or catch a ball and the children who look towards their now disgraced hero's on trial, amongst the entire foul pus that elite level sport stews-in, this my friends is what sport is about.

Overcoming adversity for the pride of wearing their nations jersey with honor and integrity. In a profound and noble manner, a team who many considered out-matched on paper by their competition triumphed over adversity on the power and commitment that lays within their heart.

The 2008 World U20 Champions: Canada
Photo: Mikael Fritzon, HHOF/IIHF Images

A week of global Hockey dominance completed for Canada winning the Spengler Cup, the Ontario squad winning Worlds Under-17 Challenge and of course, the IIHF World Juniors. Next stop May 2-18, Quebec City & Halifax for the IIHF World Championships.