Hockey Essentials was founded in 2007 with visions to create a program to assist players to develop their skills along with the exposure to take their game to the next level.Most recently Hockey Essentials has merged forces with TriState Stars operated by Mark Lotito.Paul Losik founder of Hockey Essentials looks forward to grow our program for 2011 with an Elite Summer Camp and numerous Showcase Tournament Teams.
Hockey Essentials will offer these various Select Summer Teams for 2011 to develop players and present them with ‘hockey options’ and opportunities for setting goals to reach for that next level.Our goal is to expose these players to highest level of competition possible and help them advance in their game at the top prospect tournaments in North America.
Our staff is excited about Hockey Essentials and its potential for helping each individual player, while presenting these Select Players with opportunities that are made available to them through the projected Prospect Tournaments attended.The Hockey Player years between Peewee and Midget are the most important to gain development and exposure within the vast hockey community.Hockey Essentials focuses on these important developmental years to expose our players to the highest level of competition.
Our program is designed that our on ice sessions and camps for local players are hockey-specific on and off the ice that will work on all the basic skills required in playing the game of hockey.The Hockey Essentials Staff keeps the training with a most competitive and positive environment for the off season while demonstrating challenging drills to advance the individual skill of each player. Throughout each session, players will most frequently be handling a puck, as our programs will improve each player's athleticism and it will build confidence in their puck handling skills, shooting, and playmaking ability in various game situations while also learning how to play the game away from the puck.
Hockey Essentials News
Another Hockey Essentials 95' Dominick Sacco
scores his first USHL goal
Matt Weis 95' has strong start with
Green Bay Gamblers with 5 points 2 goals 3 assists
Anthony Stolarz 94' Goalie signs on to play
for Coach Dean Blais
at University of Nebraska Omaha
Gamblers Acquire Forward Matthew Weis 95'
in trade with Corpus Christi from NAHL
The Green Bay Gamblers have acquired forward Matthew Weis in a trade with the Corpus Christi Ice Rays of the North American Hockey League (NAHL). Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Weis played the 2009-10 season with the Jersey Hitmen of the Empire Junior Hockey League. In 31 games, Wies tallied 17 goals 22 assists. The Madison, New Jersey native has played 25 games for the Ice Rays this season scoring 4 goals and 14 assists.
Stolarz earns honors as 1st Star Player of the Week
1st Star: Anthony Stolarz, goaltender, Corpus Christi IceRays Stolarz, 17, who was placed on The Hockey News hot list last month, showed this past week why he is such a highly-touted goaltender as he and the Corpus Christi IceRays fashioned two home wins over the 2nd place Texas Tornado. The two wins extended the IceRays win streak to a season-high five games as they are now just two points out of 3rd place in the South Division. On Wednesday, Stolarz allowed just one goal and made 26 saves in a 3-1 win over the Tornado. On Thursday, Stolarz got the start again and this time was even more spectacular in the game. Stolarz, who hails from Jackson, New Jersey made 39 saves as the IceRays were outshot 40-19, but thanks to Stolarz, came away with a 2-1 win as Stolarz earned 1st star honors. For the week, Stolars went 2-0-0, stopped 65 of 67 shots for a 97.0% save percentage and posted a goals against average of 1.00. “For a 17-year-old goaltender, I think Anthony plays with a certain type of confidence and swagger that his teammates have rallied around,” said IceRays first-year head coach Justin Quenneville. “I think more importantly is that each and every start, he gives is a chance to win and the team has played better recently knowing that fact.”
Jay Malone "Rookie of the Week" in the EJHL
Jay picked up three points in the Breakers’ two games last weekend at the Monarchs Showcase. He scored a goal on Friday in Bay State’s matchup with the Junior Bruins. He also added a goal and an assist on Saturday against Capital District. Jay, a 1993-born forward, hails from Beachwood, NJ.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX - The Corpus Christi IceRays are pleased to announce that goaltender Anthony Stolarz has been named to the “Hot List”.The list is released every week by The Hockey News andis aroundup of minor league, junior, college and high school players they’re excited to one day see in the NHL.
Stolarz is one of the hottest goaltenders in the NAHL to start the season.He has a goals-against average of 1.50 and a save percentage of .939.
“This is very exciting news for the IceRays and especially for Anthony and his family,” said general manager Pat Dunn. “We are all excited and wish him all the best this season. I know there were a lot of scouts asking about him at the Showcase last week, but to make it to the top 10 list is extremely cool.”
The Hockey News is a newspaper out of Toronto, Ontario and the “Hot List” appears every Tuesday.
Collin McDonald 92' commits to UNH
The Green Mountain Glades of Eastern Junior Hockey League would like thank Mark Lotito and Hockey Essentials for all their hard work and dedication to
help place their players at the highest level possible. We are fortunate to have built a strong relationship with coaches like Mark Lotito and Hockey Essentials
who have helped us put good players with good character into our program. Players such as Patrick Kerns, Steve Esposito, Dylan Troiano.
We look forward to continuing this relationship.
Green mountain Glades Coaching Staff.
Kevin Kerr Head Coach Green Mountain Glades
Matt Weis 95' & Anthony Stolarz 94' move onto
Corpus Christi in the NAHL
IceRays camp features higher caliber of talent
By Greg Rajan Published Friday, July 29, 2011
IRVING — In terms of the calendar, it's only a year. But as far as the IceRays are concerned, the difference might as well be in light years.
Corpus Christi's second main tryout camp as a North American Hockey League franchise commenced Friday morning at the Dr Pepper StarCenter in suburban Dallas, and it was a far cry from last year's event.
A year ago, the IceRays were making the transition to being a junior A franchise after 12 seasons in the minor-pro Central Hockey League, with a little more than two months to scour the country to build their inaugural NAHL team.
The results were predictable: A 19-34-5 record and fifth-place finish in the six-team South Division.
But with their first full recruiting offseason, the team cast the net far and wide searching for players. Friday's camp roster included players from coast to coast, with a handful of Canadians and even two players from Britain.
"It's night and day from last year's camp," IceRays assistant coach Justin Quenneville said. "I look back at where we were last year just scrounging for players willing to come to a team they've never heard of.
"This is an exciting situation for us to be in. The way we look at it, this is our first year of recruiting and building a program. This is the first step here. We've got some tough decisions to make. These kids are coming from all over the country and they're going to have to earn their spots. It's going to be an exciting couple of days."
The IceRays' search for upgraded talent, which included three other tryout camps this summer, could be seen in players such as Matt Weis.
The 16-year-old forward from Madison, N.J., figures to compete for a spot on the team's top forward line. In 31 games for the Jersey Hitmen of the Empire Junior Hockey League, Weis had 39 points (17 goals, 22 assists). Last weekend at the Chowder Cup, a select tournament in the Boston area, he put on a strong performance in front of Quenneville and scouting director Ryan Bennett.
"I had no clue where (Corpus Christi) was," Weis said. "But it's right on the beach, it looks nice and they play in front of 3,000 fans a night. I'm hoping that I get a chance to do that."
Another player expected to make waves for the IceRays this season is forward Dmitry Ermakov. He attended a predraft camp in Corpus Christi during the final week of the regular season before being tendered by the IceRays.
Ermakov, 18, spent the past two seasons with the Washington (D.C.) Jr. Nationals of the Atlantic Junior Hockey League. Ermakov, from Crofton, Md., posted 47 points (23 goals, 24 assists) in 44 games this season, leading his team in scoring and ranking 16th in the AJHL.
"There are a bunch of opportunities," Ermakov said. "You just have to go out and prove that you deserve to be on the team and deserve to play in the front of the arena there."
After the first few practice sessions Friday, it's apparent the IceRays will have some tough deliberations on roster spots, a problem the team's brass didn't mind.
"We have guys who are at this camp that we'll probably have to let go — just (because of) sheer numbers — who would've made our team last year and been impact players," Quenneville said. "It's widespread talent out there — size, speed, everything.
"When you look up and down the roster at the programs these kids came from, we were able to pull from some unbelievable programs because of our connections. And it's exciting."
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