Bill Fenwick writes:
 
>>The team had been skating together for the past two weeks, so the
>>focus was on puck handling and shooting.
>
>Just a point of clarification -- I'm going to guess that this means the
>Gophers were doing the skating on their own, with no coaches present.  (That's
>probably what "officially started practice" means, at least I hope so)
 
This, I believe, is referred to as "captain's practice," in which the team
practices without the presence of coaches, directed by the team captains.
 
-- Erik
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