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STOPs & STARTS USA Hockey News & UPDATES The USA Hockey Mobile Coach app is now available in an iPad version, which gives coaches more options to log in for great information. Mobile Coach App Continues To Take Off A fter charging out of the gate, the recently released USA Hockey Mobile Coach app is about to hit warp speed with the launch of the iPad version. By the end of November, the Mobile Coach had been downloaded more than 17,000 times on Android and iPhone devices. Now coaches with iPad tablets have a new way to consume the hundreds of skill manuals, drills and videos. The iPad version includes a soup-to-nuts whiteboard where coaches can create and animate drills and share them with players, parents and other coaches via email. Coaches can also take video and photos with their iPad and pull that content into the app. Or they can take a photo of a goaltender and then draw on the picture to show proper positioning. Scan this code with your mobile device to access the Mobile Coach landing page and find the links for downloading. Join In The HWAA Celebration With CCM���s Pick Six Contest They said it ���My wife Jessie says the success of a coach is contingent on three easy steps ��� an understanding wife, a loyal dog and one heckuva goalie.��� Jon Cooper, head coach of the Syracuse Crunch AHL team who spoke at the USA Hockey National Hockey Coaches Symposium in Washington, D.C. 06 JANUARY. 2013 CCM is proud to serve as the presenting sponsor for the 2013 Hockey Weekend Across America, a celebration of the game of hockey and those involved at all levels. This year, to kick the sixth annual event into high gear, USA Hockey is launching the CCM ���Pick Six��� Sweepstakes with three grand prize equipment packages highlighting its daily giveaways. Each day of Hockey Weekend Across America, which runs from February 15���17, CCM will award a special prize pack to one lucky fan, who can select six items from a list of CCM equipment and apparel, including protective equipment, sticks, jackets and equipment bags. In addition, CCM will give away three RBZ hockey sticks as well as other USA Hockey prizes. Entry runs from 12:01 a.m. EST, on Jan. 1 until 11:59 p.m., on Feb. 17. For the official USA Hockey/CCM ���Pick Six��� Sweepstakes rules, go to HockeyWeekendAcrossAmerica.com and click on the sweepstakes section. USAHOCKEYMAGAZINE.COM National Championships Going Places With Toyota There���s no doubt that those who compete at the USA Hockey National Championships are driven to succeed. Now they will be able to get there in style as USA Hockey has teamed up with Toyota, one of the world���s most prominent automobile manufacturers, to sponsor the Toyota-USA Hockey National Championships. The ultimate youth hockey tournament in North America dates back to 1949, and currently features approximately 7,000 athletes facing off in 19 divisions for amateur hockey���s holy grail. While some details of the sponsorship are still being worked out, Toyota will be on site at the seven National Championship host arenas when the puck drops on March 20 for the start of the high school tournament, and April 3 for the start of the youth and girls��� events. The women���s tournament takes place two days later. ������We���re extremely pleased to have Toyota join our family of corporate partners,��� said Dave Ogrean, executive director for USA Hockey. ���We hope this relationship will continue to expand in its reach over the course of time.������ Photos courtesy of Syracuse Crunch