Heather Rule

Minnesota

Freelance Writer at Minnesota Hockey Magazine

Freelance journalist/writer for hire | IG: @hlrule | Editor @MNHockeyMag | 🖊@StribSports, @BreakdownUSA, @RedLineSport @MinnesotaCities | Views are my own

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Articles

Coach Educator of the Year Award is a Reflection on the Organization, not just Winner Heather Mannix

2 weeks ago | usahockey.com | Heather Rule

The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee named Heather Mannix its Coach Educator of the Year for 2024, an annual award with winners selected by a USOPC panel. Mannix is the manager of education and player development for USA Hockey and has enhanced and revolutionized coaching education, although she’s quick to credit others who’ve worked with her, too.
Tim Grewal’s Lifelong Passion For Hockey Has Continued To Grow

2 weeks ago | usahockey.com | Heather Rule

Tim Grewal, while he holds players accountable as a hockey coach, also knows how much fun hockey can be for his players. As the coach of the San Jose Jr. Sharks Girls 16U Tier I team, he describes an environment for his team that includes elements of fun like playing music at practice to keep the pace up and enjoying snacks at video review sessions to keep things loose while offering constructive feedback. He’s helped lead the program to growth and success for the past seven years.
Rink Rule: Sharks vs. Wild

1 month ago | minnesotahockeymag.com | Heather Rule

ST. PAUL, MINN. — A Wild game broke out at Xcel Energy Center on Wednesday night. No, really. It was a wild game in every sense of the word. Going up against the league’s worst team, the 20-win San Jose Sharks, the Wild were hunting two points in the standings. They got them, but it took an offensive outburst and overcoming defense lapses to get there with an eventual 8-7 overtime win that also included a combined six goals from two returning starts.
As Girls Hockey Continues to Grow, Kristine Wing is Working to Get More Women Behind the Bench

1 month ago | usahockey.com | Nicole Haase |Craig Handel |USA Hockey |Heather Rule

Over the past 15 seasons, girls hockey in the United States has seen a participation increase of 36.5%. With that increase in players, there is further opportunities to grow the coaching ranks, which is only 7% female, according to Kristine Wing, USA Hockey's coach-in-chief for female development. One of the refrains surrounding the PWHL has been, “If she can see it, she can be it,” and Wing wants to make sure that line of thinking extends to coaching pathways for women.
Rink Rule: Stars vs. Wild

2 months ago | minnesotahockeymag.com | Heather Rule

ST. PAUL, MINN. — The Wild were winless in its last four games, managing just two extra-session points in a three-game road trip earlier in the week. They came back home staring at five games left on the schedule and still in a position to clinch a wild card spot in the playoffs. It took a little extra time, but the Wild got the two points it desperately needed in a 3-2 overtime victory over the division rival Dallas Stars on Sunday at Xcel Energy Center.
USA Hockey Names CWENCH Hydration™ As Sponsor

2 months ago | usahockey.com | USA Hockey |Nicole Haase |Heather Rule |Jim Hoehn

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Hockey announced today a multi-year agreement with CWENCH Hydration™ to be an official sponsor of USA Hockey and also the organization’s official hydration partner. “It’s exciting to welcome CWENCH to our USA Hockey family,” said Pat Kelleher, executive director of USA Hockey.
Frost Thaws Scoring Drought

2 months ago | minnesotahockeymag.com | Heather Rule

ST. PAUL, MINN. — Minnesota Frost players looked to the other end of the ice at Xcel Energy Center after a 4-1 loss, their third consecutive regulation loss. Meanwhile, the first-place Montreal Victoire players were engulfed in smiles and hugs near their net as they celebrated clinching a playoff berth, the first PWHL team to earn their spot in the playoffs.
USA Hockey Adds Long Drink Company as Official Sponsor

2 months ago | usahockey.com | USA Hockey |Heather Rule |Jim Hoehn |Bob Reinert

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Hockey announced today a multi-year agreement with The Long Drink Company, producer of the famed Finnish Long Drink, as an official sponsor of USA Hockey and title sponsor of a number of the organization’s signature events. “We welcome the Long Drink Company to our USA Hockey family,” said Pat Kelleher, executive director of USA Hockey.
Becoming Boston Fleet’s GM has Been a ‘Whirlwind’ of Excitement for Danielle Marmer

2 months ago | usahockey.com | Heather Rule |Jim Hoehn |Bob Reinert |Dan Scifo

During the inaugural PWHL Draft in September 2023, sports icon Billie Jean King offered this piece of advice to Danielle Marmer, the general manager of PWHL Boston: “Journal this.” “She’s like, ‘I wish I could remember these moments in my life,” Marmer said. “I know I’ve had these incredible, groundbreaking experiences, and they’re hard to remember.
Rink Rule: Kraken vs. Wild

2 months ago | minnesotahockeymag.com | Heather Rule

ST. PAUL — A quick 3-0 lead. A timeout called by the trailing team. Both happened within the first five minutes of the game on the ice at Xcel Energy Center during a March game. No, this was not an encore performance from Mason Kraft and the Moorhead Spuds boys’ hockey team. This was the Minnesota Wild getting out to the fastest goal-scoring start at home in franchise history when they jumped all over the Seattle Kraken following an 8:52 p.m. puck drop Wednesday night at Xcel Energy Center.