{"id":16,"date":"2026-04-22T19:35:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.snailknight.com\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-04-28T02:52:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T02:52:30","slug":"background","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.snailknight.com\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"Background"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coach Owen brings years of competitive playing experience and a deep understanding of the game to every lesson. He began his hockey journey at a young age and went on to play Varsity hockey at Chisago Lakes High School, where he developed strong fundamentals, teamwork skills, and a passion for helping others improve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After high school, Owen continued his hockey career at a higher level, playing two years of junior hockey in the USPHL with the Minnesota Mullets. Competing in a fast-paced and demanding league helped him grow his skills, discipline, and knowledge of the game. He currently continues to play club hockey in college, staying actively involved and up-to-date with the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to his playing experience, Coach Owen has attended dozens of individual lessons, skill sessions, and hockey camps over the years. This has given him valuable insight into what makes a training program both effective and enjoyable. He uses that experience to create practices that are well-organized, engaging, and tailored to help young players learn, improve, and most importantly, have fun on the ice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.snailknight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0964-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.snailknight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0964-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wp.snailknight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0964-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/wp.snailknight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0964-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/wp.snailknight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0964-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/wp.snailknight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0964-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coach Owen brings years of competitive playing experience and a deep understanding of the game to every lesson. He began his hockey journey at a young age and went on to play Varsity hockey at Chisago Lakes High School, where he developed strong fundamentals, teamwork skills, and a passion for helping others improve. After high [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.snailknight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.snailknight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.snailknight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.snailknight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.snailknight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wp.snailknight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70,"href":"https:\/\/wp.snailknight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/70"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.snailknight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.snailknight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}