Darrin Sawchuk

Hi everyone! I'm excited to share that we will be running back the Sawchuk and Steege Summer Hockey Camp in the summer of '26! Details attached, please feel free to share and reach out with any questions!

Yeaaa Avery!!

If you have a youth hockey player (son or daughter), please check out the information below regarding a Summer camp June 9th-August 20th. A Great opportunity for hockey development @nsawch

@RussoHockey But we get to watch Johansson.

Johansson-Gaudreau-Zuccarello, so Rossi dropping to Line 3. Hynes hasn't been in love with Rossi's game of late. Feels he's been up and down

Years ago when I was recruiting for Cornell, I remember watching a preseason game in Western Canada with Brett Larson, now the Head Coach at St. Cloud. The game we were watching was turning into a bit of a blowout in the second period and wasn’t going to be a great evaluation so we got into talking some hockey. Just an unreal hockey mind and a great coach. At one point he goes to me - “Watch every time a team makes 3 passes in a row and see what happens…” I was like OK, not thinking much of it. But then as we keep talking and I’m watching, very rarely are there three passes being made on the tape in a row. It’s a dump, someone tries to beat someone one on one, it’s a turnover, etc… And then finally BOOM three passes in a row - and there’s a scoring chance. Go a little while longer, not a ton of plays being made and then BOOM again - three passes on the tape in a row and there’s a scoring chance. It didn’t happen often, but when it did…offensive chances and goals were created. It was like clockwork. PASSING is the most underrated and under-worked-on skill in hockey. Hockey is a TEAM game and when I watch the game, especially at the youth levels, the team that passes the puck better typically wins. We need to prioritize it more with our kids…BIG TIME. This goal is an incredible example. Just flawless execution of passing, making the game look so beautiful. What a display of hockey sense, support, puck protection, and poise. I know there’s a lot of coaches out there on social media working their ass off to create content. Only problem is, 90% of the content I see from skills coaches on social media have zero passing in them. The kids are seeing dangles, tight turns, spins, etc…but they aren’t seeing what is going to make them an actual “hockey player”. High level scouts today are telling us all the time they’re seeing a ton of skilled players…who just don’t understand the game. They can all do “The Michigan”, they have incredible speed and hands…but they struggle to make plays or play as part of a unit. Working on skills is important - but let’s make sure that we don’t forget the one most important for playing a team game. If we get back to that, we’ll see a lot more goals like this one in the future.

Wayne Gretzky, on his concern on the stifling creativity in today’s young players: “What we’ve lost is playing on the pond and just going out there and using your creativity and your imagination… learning how to make funny plays and good plays and creative plays. And we’ve lost that imagination and creativity that we had in the 60s and 70s and 80s.”

Congratulations Avery!!! It was fun to watch.@asawchuk2👊👍🏻

St. Catherine wins 2024 #MIAC Women's Golf Championship READ MORE: miacathletics.com/news/2024/9/30…

Great team Win @ UW-Superior Twin Ports Tournament @AugsburgGolf

Congratulations Avery!!! 1st College individual win @ the UW-Superior Twin Ports Collegiate Tournament👏👏👊👊Embrace the grind. ⁦@asawchuk2⁩

WOMEN'S GOLF - Augsburg wins UW-Superior Twin Ports Collegiate tournament! Avery Sawchuk claims medalist honors, 1 of 4 Auggies in top 11! Story: athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2024/9/8/… #d3golf #AuggiePride

Fab 4 Women finished 7th of 13 at the St. Ben’s invite at Blackberry Ridge. We were led by Avery. She shot a career best 156 (79-77) to finish 9th of 74! Next up is the UW Superior event at Nemadji. Go Auggies! ⛳️

On Augsburg women's golf photo day, it's always Avery Sawchuk's world. #d3golf #AuggiePride

Day 4 of Augsburg's 2023-24 #31DaysOfAuggiePride review features Auggie women's golfer Avery Sawchuk! #d3golf #AuggiePride

@BizNasty2point0 Obviously you never watched hockey from the 70s, 80s and 90s. This is not even close to those eras.

This has to be the greatest regular season in NHL history right??? I can’t remember something even close.

SECTION GAMEDAY! We host Farmington tonight in our first-ever AA home playoff game! Let's pack our rink! 🏒 @tigerfarmington 📍 New Prague Ice Arena ⏰ 7:15 pm 🎟️ gofan.co/event/1419245 📻 @kchkradio 💻 NONE (Section rules prohibit)

@MapleLeafs @LGCanada @akubas10

Who is your Leafs watching buddy? Tag them for a chance to win tickets to the game on February 5th courtesy of @LGCanada! ​ ​ R&R: bit.ly/3Oq3PgO