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Herb Brooks Ideal Team

Welcome back to the revamped Biscuits and Breezers ! To start off the new publication of the blog I decided since it is the off season that I would talk about something different than player spotlights or trade updates, in a piece I would like to call Herb Brooks’ Ideal Team . In the Movie Miracle, we are taken on a journey of, well, the impossible miracles that can happen in sports, specifically hockey. Pretty much every hockey fan has seen the movie and if you haven’t, I highly suggest it. But what I am constantly thinking of throughout the film are the words he says in the very beginning of the movie. In a conference meeting, he mentions a progressive movement towards a team of chemistry rather than talent. While this was in the late 70’s, it was a relatively new idea that has now been incorporated into our modern game. Brooks understood that the teams that win are ones that have players connected, not talented. With a team of talent, you see a certain l

Blog Revamping

Hey readers, I’m Morgan Stoltz and I’m excited to be taking over this blog! Sophia is passing the torch onto me to start writing here on this blog. A little background on me, I’m based in Western Montana and am a passionate fan of all hockey. I’ve been following hockey for about three years and learned a wide variety of things along the way. Because of my love for the game, I’m studying Exercise Science at the University of Montana in the fall. To learn a little bit more about me, I would just like to divulge who my favorite types of players are. I especially love the guys on the ice who fly under the radar, you don’t see them right away, they’re not gleaming or eye-catching at all. But they work so hard and give 110%. If you watch TJ Oshie, he’s the perfect example of this kind of player. Watching old games, he’s constantly moving, never stationary. Sometimes this gets him an assist, sometimes he’s just a screen in front of the net. He spent an “average of 18:25 on the ice” in 2017