Sick of the "Top Ten of the Decade" Stuff?

Hold on to your touques...this is one sweet video:

I Wish I Had the Crew Don Cherry Does...

What in the name of  Bad Suits are you talking about???

Watch this video from Hockey Night in Canada from this past Saturday night (12/19/09).  If I had a whole T.V. production crew behind me, I could really pump out some great clips, too:



While watching it, pay attention to the part where he starts talking up former UND Sioux player, Matt Greene (around the 6:00 mark, "Here's a guy having a look.").

What in the name of High Collars does this have to do with hockey refs???

It all has to do with the new buzzword these days (thanks to the Northwest Airline Pilots who overshot the Twin Cities by 100+ miles) -- situational awareness.   

It's all about knowing who is where and doing what on the ice.  

It's all about knowing what any of the 10 skaters are doing on the ice.  


It's about knowing what type of play might unfold (good or bad).  


It's about knowing any number of given factors and processing them at once. 

The hockey refs who are in the Ultimate Officials 3 Month Camp will get much more information on this.  If you have the desire, the need, or the interest in becoming a championship level referee, contact me at: info@ultimateofficials.com and we will set you up.

* (You could be like this guy -- "I got a good eval with scores of good or excellent in all categories.  Although I'm shooting for all excellents for next time so I have work to do.  I got a lot of positive comments and I have to thank you for those because most of them were on things I had picked up from watching your videos and game critiques. ")

* (You could also be like this guy --  I did a Bantam A game...in walked a evaluator to watch me tonight. I was a little nervous a first but just did the things I have learned and all went well. He sat down and went through it with me after the second period and it was a very very good eval. He loved my skating and hustle.

     He said I was always in good position, and checking players at face offs ( don’t move) and gave me an excellent on my awareness. He really liked the way I circled back though the zone when players left to the neutral zone as I was always after the last player offensive player out.  I hope this helps me get some bigger games.  Thanks for all the help and advice you have given me.")

Annual Holiday Post (I Always Love this One)

As the holiday season is upon us, just thought I'd once again show the sweetest holiday hockey video out there.  A tribute to the old Soviet teams (not to mention some 'unique' training methods).  Plus Igor Larionov's two good looking (they don't sing too bad, either :) daughters:

UO New Year's Resolution Workout

What do I suggest???  How about a mental makeover...

   

  Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io 

 

Contact me to sign up for the 60 Day Challenge.  It just might save your life (no hype intended).

my email: info@ultimateofficials.com

Boogey Actually Fights (only his 4th this year)

A quick left to the face, and two quick rights to end the fight:

The "Ultimate" New Year's Resolution

New Year's Resolutions 2010:

1. Lose those 10-20 extra pounds
2. Gain some muscle definition
3. Work the Championship Game

Ultimate Officials Announces the 2010 New Year's Resolution Fitness Challenge:

Who: Anyone who wants to make a change in their life.  Lose weight...gain muscle...get quicker...better stamina.  All hockey referees contact me [ info@ultimateofficials.com ].

What: A Fitness Challenge that lasts 60 Days -- January 1, 2010 through February 28, 2010.  (60) Days to make a serious change in your physical self!

When: Register by the end of December (deadline is Jan 15th - Take Action NOW!).  As stated, we are going from January 1 until February 28th.  Let's call it "The Push for the Playoffs"

Where: At your gym, your home (I got stuff for you - click here), or anywhere you can work off some pounds and add some muscle!

Why: See what past participants in our Fitness Challenges have said before:

" I know I have gotten strong and faster in my legs and that was one area I brought it nearly every time.  Happy to be up 6 lbs, I was hoping to eclipse the 160 mark with this as those 6 came early, but I plateaued after that.  I think part of that comes from losing some fat and gaining some muscle.  I know endurance and strength have improved."

Neil M.

"There is no question that my core, legs and stamina are better than they were when I started and I will continue w/ my 3 per week, plus playing hockey once a week and officiating as many games as I can."

Mike D.

"So far I have lost 18 lbs and have restructured my body. I used to wear size 38 pants and now wear 36s. My work shirts fit better but some of my other shirts look a little baggy to my wife. My face and chest look a lot slimmer and it is very noticeable."

Ken T.

"I have gotten a few questions/compliments about how skinny I look lately. I think a lot of it had to do with the nutrition part. I was in the group of guys that really had no idea was would be a good diet and what/when should I be eating.  The nutritional instruction provided in the swat team manuel and blogs/e-mails was really helpful for me.  I have changed a lot of what/when I eat.  That I think is a lot more than a 12 week contest for me."

 Darren G.

And much, much more...

** NOTE: NO MORE FREE REGISTRATIONS.  EVERY SINGLE HOCKEY REF WHO REGISTERED FOR FREE DID NEXT TO NOTHING, HAD LITTLE TO REPORT, AND PROVED THAT WITH NO INVESTMENT, THERE IS NO RETURN (OK, the percentage of those who did something was less than 1%-not good odds). **

You can register by contacting me [ info@ultimateofficials.com ].

I will give you all kinds of information on (a) workouts, (b) nutrition, (c) hockey referee specific information, and (d) resources you can use over and over again.

What Could You Win???:  (A) $100 for First Place (Adam Shadiow won the last contest), (B) a healthier body, (C) less weight to lug around the ice, and (D) mayber even that Championship Game!

Contact me to register [ info@ultimateofficials.com ].

All I Got to Share About Tiger

I have written on here before about how much I admire Tiger Woods and his killer instinct, his drive for perfection, his work ethic.

And now this...

All I have to say right now is the Tiger, Buddy...man up. Don't go hide in the corner.

This is funny:

Happy Hannukah (this is funny)

OK, for those of you who know Adam Sandler, or are from about my age range and remember the "The Hannukah Song" from about the mid-1990's...well...you should love this one.  If you don't know the song, go [here], or even check the lyrics [here].

Now, on to John Buccigross. This is a funny, funny man, and I love reading his NHL stories. To give you some background, he has a funny fascination with Hakan Loob (you'd have to be from my age range or older to remember the Swede on the Calgary teams of late 80's or so -- he was the one who wore the funny Jofa helmet).

Soooo...as a parody of the "Hannukah Song", Buccigross wrote the "Hakan-Hannukah Song".

Here's the lyrics:

This is a song that, uh ... there's a lot of Norwegian songs out there, but not too many about Hakan Loob and Swedish hockey players. So, I wrote a song for all those nice Swedish kids who don't get to hear any Swedish hockey songs. Here we go ...


Put on some ABBA-kah,
Here comes Hakan-Hanukkah!
So much Swedish-funukah,
To celebrate Hakan-Hanukkah!
Hakan-Hanukkah is a festival of ice
Instead of one night of hockey, we have 180 crazy nights.
When you feel like the only kid in town without a Synergy,
Here's a list of people who are Swedish, just like Mats Sundin:
Henrik Zetterberg was once pulled over for speedin',
Henrik Lundqvist and twin bro, Joel, were born in Are, Sweden
Guess who eats crayfish at a bistro in Malmo?
Patrik Berglund, Fredrik Modin and ex-Oiler Tommy Salo


Victor Hedman's rookie card will be something worth collectin'
So is Kent's and Ulf Nilsson's and Pelle Eklund's.
Swedish names are awesome, and Swedish names are fun,
There's a Nik Backstrom in Minny, and one in Washington! One's Swedish!


Put on your ABBA-kah,
It's time for Hakan-Hanukkah!
The ex-captain of the Vancouver Canuck-anukkahs, celebrates Hakan-Hanukkah!


Saku Koivu, not a Swede
But guess who is? Hakan's older brother Pete (he scored one goal in nine NHL games)


Peter Forsberg has bad feet, but he still likes dancin',
So do Roger, Mathias, Calle, Bjorn and Andreas Johansson.
Mike Grier's not from Sweden, nor Dainius Zubrus
But Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin and Hakan Loob is!


So many Swedes are in the NHL,
Tobias Enstrom's in Atlanta, but it feels like hockey hell!


Tell your friend Per-onica,
It's time for Hakan-Hanukkah!
I pray for new Graf-onikahs
On this lovely Hakan-Hanukkah!
So drink your cold Fal-connika
And golf 18 with Annika
If you really, really wannakah
Have a happy, happy, happy Hakan-Hanukkah!


Happy Hakan-Hanukkah!