Now 7 Bridgedale grads with NTDP ties

by Mike McPartlin, Headmaster, Bridgedale Academy

We are proud to congratulate three (3) Bridgedale Academy graduates who have been chosen to compete for USA Hockey's National Team Development Program (NTDP) for the 2019-20 season. 

The announcement that Sean Behrens, Jack Devine and Colby Saganiuk had been selected to be on next season's Under-17 team makes it seven (7) Bridgedale Academy grads who will have played for the NTDP.

They will etch their names alongside the likes of Jacob Pivonka (Notre Dame), Spencer Stastney (Notre Dame), Bode Wilde (NY Islanders signee) and Zak Karpa (future Princeton) as Bridgedale grads to compete for the NTDP.

Camp takes place March 21-25, 2019

by Mike McPartlin, Headmaster, Bridgedale Academy

We are proud to congratulate five (5) Bridgedale Academy graduates who have been invited to USA Hockey's National Team Development Program (NTDP) Evaluation Camp later this month. 

Getting to the Next Level

by Mike McPartlin, Headmaster, Bridgedale Academy

How can a player get to the next level?

Every year thousands of youth hockey players try out for their next season’s teams. Virtually all are trying to “get to the next level.” In Illinois the next level might be AAA, or it might be their club’s Central States or Gold level teams. In some cases it might simply be making that first travel team.

How can a youth hockey player "guarantee" his own success?

by Mike McPartlin, Headmaster, Bridgedale Academy

What kind of mindset does a player need to realize his full potential?

The burden of doing what is necessary to an athlete's development falls squarely on the shoulders of the individual athlete.

Parents indeed do play a crucial role when the athlete is younger. But ultimately it is up to the athlete to do what he must to turn his potential into reality.

To do this the athlete must develop a certain mindset.

It is a mindset that will allow the player to do those 7 key things that "must" be done, i.e. for the player to eventually realize his full potential.

And ultimately, this mindset is dependent on what I'll call a "crucial understanding."

First I'll address the 7 "keys" ... and then the crucial understanding. 

See for yourself why Bridgedale Academy is so incredible

Bridgedale Academy offers the best of both worlds to 5th thru 8th graders:

- an outstanding classical-based education

- the best on-ice and off-ice training available anywhere.

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Boys are still being discriminated against in our education system

By Mike McPartlin, Headmaster, Bridgedale Academy

 
"Being a normal boy is a serious liability"

In the last few years I've written blogs about how the US public education system discriminates against boys, as girls continue to leave the boys in the dust academically and all indications are that the problem is getting worse.

I concluded at the time that it's crucial our schools get back to letting boys be boys.

But for a much more authoritative take on this serious issue, listen here to scholar Christina Hoff Sommers (PhD and author of "The War Against Boys") in this Prager U video:

At Bridgedale Academy, boys can still be boys!

Bridgedale Academy offers the best of both worlds to 5th thru 8th graders:

- an outstanding classical-based education

- the best on-ice and off-ice training available anywhere.

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See for yourself why Bridgedale Academy is so incredible

Bridgedale Academy offers the best of both worlds to 5th thru 8th graders:

- an outstanding classical-based education

- the best on-ice and off-ice training available anywhere.

Learn more:

See for yourself why Bridgedale Academy is so incredible

Bridgedale Academy offers the best of both worlds to 5th thru 8th graders:

- an outstanding classical-based education

- the best on-ice and off-ice training available anywhere.

Learn more:

 Leading Rookie Scorer in CHL had 17 points in 10 games in December

Bridgedale Academy grad Jacob Perreault, standout forward for the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League, was named OHL Rookie of the Month for December of 2018.

Jacob continues to lead the entire CHL in rookie scoring.

Read more here.

Wilde Top Defenseman and Perreault Top Rookie for December, 2018

Bridgedale Academy grads Bode Wilde and Jacob Perreault were honored by the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) as Performers of the Month for December.

Bode, standout defenseman for the Saginaw Spirit, and Jacob, standout rookie forward for the Sarnia Sting, were named OHL Defenseman of the Month and OHL Rookie of the Month respectively.

Read more here.