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Player Evaluation and Selection Scott Halpenny Director of Scouting Erie Otters OHL Hockey Club

Evaluate the (Reachable) Potential

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ERIE OTTERS PROSPECT EVALUATION FORM

(From RinkNet Scouting System)

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CREATING AN EVALUATION CRITERIA

Create an evaluation criteria that makes it clear to the evaluators (scouts) what they should observe and value.

Ensure that the evaluation criteria are calibrated with the team’s mission statement, goals, and long term plan.

Evaluators need to be aware of the ‘type’ of players who will be successful within the team’s goals, and therefore lead to team success.

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EVALUATION CRITERIA THE FUNDAMENTALS

Base skills. The traits that every coach wants, and every player needs to possess:

Skating Hockey Sense Puck Skills


"Individual commitment to a group effort -‐ that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civiliza<on work." -‐-‐Vince Lombardi

OBJECTIVE:

To iden<fy and dra@ players whose aAributes will contribute to both individual and team success within the framework and expecta<on of the coaching staff.

AGGRESSIVE REQUIRED SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS

Forecheck hard. Send two men hard. Create turnovers. Set an ‘in your face’ tone. Take away <me and space in all three zones. Fast and Physical.

TENACITY!

Ska<ng Willingness to compete Ini<ates and enjoys contact. Ability to understand angles and cuMng down the ice. Ability to play with pace, keep feet moving

Physical. Majority of team that finishes checks, without compromising defensive posi<oning. A team that is willing to defend each other and are willing to be physical for their teammate.

Intelligence. Able to finish checks without taking themselves out of the play. Tenacity. Finishes every check. Start to end of shi@. Selflessness. A good teammate. Wants to defend teammates.

Speed. Can get to and aAack spaces quickly. High tempo. Roll four lines, who all play with high pace.

Ska<ng Discipline. Willing to keep shi@s short, pace high. Keep feet moving Intelligence. Hockey sense allows the coach to use larger bench, more fresh bodies

DEFENSIVELY RESPONSIBLE REQUIRED SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS

Most important iden<fying factor. Players who stay on the defensive side of the puck. A team of players who do not ‘cheat’.

Disciplined. Willing to play within the system. Unselfish. Plays for the team, and not himself.

OFFENSIVE REQUIRED SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS

Puck possession team. Team that can cycle down low, and create scoring chances off the cycle.

Strong on puck. Good puck protec<on skills. Good quickness. Ability to ‘spin out’ and aAack space or a seam. The ability to physically overmatch an opponent to create a scoring chance, vs trying to s<ckhandle by him.

"Offense sells <ckets; Defense wins championships“ Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant.

COMPETE REQUIRED SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS

A required base for a coach to use as a building block to develop the player. A player who fights for posi<on and looks for an edge all over the ice. Create a culture wherein other players feel a responsibility to adapt to.

Examples: Winger figh<ng for posi<on on a faceoff, or a defenceman baAling to box out, despite there being a remote chance of the puck geMng to the net.

High character. Willingness to compete. Hard to play against. Engages in baAles, takes a piece of his opponent from every baAle. Ability to ‘get it’.

Posi<ve leadership. Leadership by ac<on.

Natural leadership quali<es. A player who others naturally follow.

SIZE REQUIRED SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS

All other things being equal, a bigger player can be more effec<ve and in<mida<ng at an ‘in your face’ style of game. Bigger players, with some excep<on are beAer at winning baAles. Effort has to be made to weigh size against speed and tenaciousness.

Above average height, or poten<al (gene<cs) for above average height.

Signs that the player has room remaining for both growth and development. (body type, physical maturity, coordina<on level)

Connor Brown Erie OGers Ska<ng, skills, smarts and tenacity. Makes things happen.

Andrew Shaw Chicago Blackhawks Owen Sound AGack Tenacious, Speed, Compe<tor, In your face, aggressive

Adam Pelech Erie OGers BaAle, willingness, defensive play, leadership, size, aggressive

Coaching

Scou<ng Hockey Opera<ons

To create ‘excellence’ within the organiza<on, Coaching, Scou<ng, and Hockey Opera<ons need to ensure that goals and expecta<ons are communicated and aligned.

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EVALUATION CRITERIA THE VARIABLES

The traits that coaches may place differing importance on. Players may be able to succeed with a differing

levels of competency in the following. These are also more difficult to evaluate than the base skills:

Physical Play Defensive Play Competitiveness Psychological Factors


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EVALUATION CRITERIA THE NEEDS

The traits that every coach wants, and every player needs to possess:

Focus Area (Hard to play against, Dynamic Leadership, Skilled Dman) Defensive Play Competitiveness Psychological Factors


On-Ice Games Practices

Formulate evaluation drills Evaluate skills, team skills, hockey sense, work ethic, compete Off-Ice

Fitness Testing (Fitness, team skills, ability to compete, leadership) Interviews (team skills, character, knowledge on others) Team Building exercises (team skills, leadership, character, problem

solving)

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EVALUATION TOOLS (TANGIBLES AND INTANGIBLES)


RECOMMENDED READING • Scout's Honor: The Bravest Way to Build a Winning Team Author – Bill Shanks

In this fascinating and insightful look into what criteria major and minor league baseball scouts use to determine talent, Scout’s Honor shines a bright light on the job done by ‘old-school’ scouts and their killer instincts. The author uses the success of the Atlanta Braves as the focal point for a mesmerizing investigation into the debate of stats versus scouts, and why, if it’s a successful franchise you’re after, there is no debate about the bravest way to build a winning team.

• Built to Win: Inside Stories and Leadership Strategies from Baseball's Winningest GM Author – John Shuerholz

He lost two Cy Young winners in two years, signed a 47-year-old to be his starting first baseman, played 17 rookies in 2005, and still took his team to the playoffs. Baseball is John Schuerholz's world--everyone is just playing in it. Now, in BUILT TO WIN, the legendary manager takes readers behind the scenes of the most successful franchise in recent history--and shows how his unique philosophies and leadership have helped the Atlanta Braves achieve something no team has ever come close to accomplishing. He candidly peels back the curtain, from his first World Series with the Kansas City Royals to his departure for the struggling Braves. No sooner did Schuerholz arrive than they won their first title in 1991...and the rest is history.


RECOMMENDED READING • Patriot Reign: Bill Belichick, the Coaches, and the Players Who Built a Champion

Author – Michael Holley

With unprecedented access granted by Belichick and his staff, author Michael Holley spent two years with the coach, his team, and his brain trust. Holley provides insights into how Belichick and his coaching cabinet prepare for opponents, evaluate talent, run the draft, and design their offensive and defensive schemes. Patriot Reign captures Belichick at his most candid, and what emerges is a portrait of a complicated man who is cerebral, yes, but also tough, demanding, stubborn, funny, profane, and a master strategist.

• War Room: The Legacy of Bill Belichick and the Art of Building the Perfect Team Author – Michael Holley

Bill Belichick is one of the titans of today’s game of football. Now, sports commentator and bestselling author Michael Holley follows three NFL teams—the New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs, and Atlanta Falcons—from training camp 2010 through the Super Bowl and into the April draft, opening a new window into Belichick’s influence on the game. This one-of-a-kind exploration takes football fans behind the scenes of the most popular sport in America, with unprecedented insider access to the head coaches, scouts, trainers, and players who make the game what it is—including new insights from Bill Parcells, Todd and Dick Haley, and Belichick himself. For true fans of the game, and for readers of Badasses, Patriot Reign, and Boys Will Be Boys, Holley’s War Room is not to be missed.


RECOMMENDED READING • Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game • Author – Michael Lewis

Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. Following the low-budget Oakland Athletics, their larger-than-life general manger, Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts, Michael Lewis has written not only "the single most influential baseball book ever" (Rob Neyer, Slate) but also what "may be the best book ever written on business" (Weekly Standard).


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