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by Scott Schulte 21.AUG.07 – Original Publication – Davis County Clipper
DAVIS COUNTY — Twelve-year-old Kade Servass of Farmington spent this summer doing something a little different. While other kids were learning to swim and going to Scout Camp, which this young man may have also done, Servass was learning how to play hockey. “I’ve been wanting to do this for two years and I learned this summer,” he said. “It’s a great sport because it’s sort of rough and tumble and it’s real nice to play in the summer because it’s cool inside the rink.”
The rink at the South Davis Recreation Center is the home ice for the Davis County Youth Hockey Association and houses one of the few official Olympic-sized playing surfaces in the area.
“With a rink like this there’s a little more room for playing,” said Dave Soutter, the coaching director for DCYHA (www.dcyha.org). “During these summer months we offer Learn to Play Programs. They are designed to teach young people the fundamentals of hockey like skating, stick handling, and passing and shooting.
“It helps them become comfortable with the sport so when we have our in-house and travel teams put together this fall these guys will already have a good foundation to work with.”
Sign-ups for youth hockey is Sept. 5 at the Rec Center.
Soutter’s son, Alex, 10, has been playing hockey since he was 6 years old.
“My favorite part is that I get to spend time with my friends,” Alex said.
It’s this idea of building friendships and learning life skills that is the fire and foremost goal of the DCYHA. “We want these kids to come out here and learn how to play hockey,” Dave Soutter said.
“Our first objective is that they are having a good time. We have our in-house teams and travel teams and we are all competitive people and we play to win, but there’s much more to playing hockey than just winning.”
Soutter went on and explained that the coaches in the program, although very skilled and great teachers of the game, also understand that the boys should come away from this experience with life skills.
“We want these kids to learn about teamwork and what it takes to get up when they get knocked down,” he said. “Knowing how to pass a puck isn’t going to necessarily help them in the work place in 10 or 15 years, but the overall experience of having played hockey will help them in their adult lives.”
1880s Nova Scotian Hockey Team
1880s Hockey Team Features
Skates were attached with small screws to boots, bought separately. The handles of sticks were rounded – later made rectangular for better grip. The players have bare hands as padded hockey gauntlets did not appear until 1904. Players sometimes used leather work gloves or mittens. Short shin pads, worn outside of stockings and held in place with leather buckled straps, were not worn by all players. Most Goal Tenders used cricket pads into the early 1900s as they would not be used otherwise through the winter months. Larger Ice Hockey Goal Tender Pads appeared around 1900. Most goal tenders used ordinary hockey stick until early 1900. Winnipeg Victorias used wider blade beginning in 1893, and, from review of photos, appear to have been first to do so. Heavy hand-knit turtle neck sweaters were the only form of body protection. Long trousers or over-the-knee jodhpurs were commonly used. Short trousers appeared of necessity around 1915 when knee pads were invented and began to be worn under long stockings.
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