It's been a tough offseason for Marton, watching some of his best Texas friends head over to other teams, including a couple of the guys who looked up to when he was new and his best friend on the first line. It's tough to realize how much closer he is to the end of his career than the beginning and wrap his head around all the changes. It does, however, make very clear that he is now a veteran in the locker room and needs to set an example for the young guys.
Never one to shy away from putting in his own work, this offseason is a chance for Marton to lead by example. His Island Gym because training central off the ice, with closed nights and weekday mornings dedicated to putting Renegades through their paces, both physical and mental. Not being able to bring a cup to Texas hurts, but at least Marton can help leave the franchise in a better place than it was when he came in and prime the future to keep being bright.
Captain Obvious has a lot of time in the offseason to volunteer towards animal shelters in the San Diego area. He enjoys helping walk, play, feed, clean up, and generally make the shelter dogs happier and healthier in the hopes that every single one of them will eventually find a forever home.
Captain Obvious also enjoys spending time with his parents. They are, obviously, lovers of hockey and a big reason why he was able to grow and thrive in the hockey world from a young age. They love cooking, and even own a restaurant in his home town, which is where he likes to spend time, cooking and talking to customers and fans alike.
Captain Obvious does workout during the offseason as well but he likes to keep things simple, choosing to do his own workout regimen at the school where he played hockey as a kid. He spends time with the youth team, teaching them some basics as well as just having a good time as a player.
For me the offseason training goes through stages. The first stage is recovery. After a long and grueling season it's important to make sure that you take time to reset and get yourself back to healthy before passing yourself. The next stage is purely physical work, getting stronger and faster in the gym. Two a day workouts, an absurd amount of protein, and the complete destruction of my muscles they can build back stronger. This is usually done alone, as I find I can get myself into a mental headspace more conducive to progress that way. Then in the back half of the offseason the brutal gauntlet of gym training slows down to a little closer to what the in season training looks like, and that extra effort goes into on ice work. This offseason I've really focused on developing my point shot. This is done with my d-partner Hans Gronlund, who also happens to be my best friend. We can really push each other to new heights on the ice and our chemistry elevates both of our games.
Kristian Seppanen, the star right defenceman and alternate captain for the Atlanta Inferno ice hockey team, of the Atlantic division of the Eastern Conference of the Simulation Hockey League, otherwise known as the SHL, typically spends his offseason training alone, back at his home in Finland. He tries to maximize spending time with his loved ones, eating good (but healthy!) food, and enjoying his time off of work. He still goes to the gym once a day, but does a modified gym routine that's more about maintaining his muscles and staying in shape than it is about finding improvements - improvements are for when he's back in Atlanta, working with the best training coaches in the league to be in tip-top shape. Weather and ice time permitting, Seppanen will do a few skates with some buddies from high school, or his pre-SMJHL days, preferably on an outdoor rink, but beggars can't be choosers! Likewise, weather permitting, Seppanen typically tries to get out to Ottawa, to skate the entire length of the canal.
In the off season of the SHL, Jeff embraces the slower pace of life with his family and his passion for music. At home he spends his days cooking with his wife and helping her get ready for her training. Being married to a Olympic gymnast can be just as rigorous as her being married to a hockey player. So when they both have time off from their sports they spend the days together with their two sons exploring the outdoors on scenic walks or just playing in the front yard. When the weather turns and makes outside unenjoyable Jeff turns to his second passion, jazz piano. As the frontman for the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra he invites his bandmates over for jam sessions. Without hockey he is not lost, but he is found.
02-16-2025, 01:25 PM(This post was last modified: 02-16-2025, 01:26 PM by Benpachi.)
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Rodrigo Banes is a lucky man. He has had the opportunity to train with the most elite hockey minds and sport scientists on the planet to prepare for this upcoming Montreal Patriotes Season. Truly a groundbreaking and next-level opportunity, as he endured a long offseason in brutal isolation, battling with all his will to become a Super Saiyan a better, more complete hockey player. Training in a hyperbolic oxygen chamber to simulate high-altitude, he faced off in a frigid, mechanical arena against robotic drone defenders, unbreakable, unflinching, stronger than than any human being. He did battle with these scientific horrors, never knowing the sun, training day and night in a ceaseless cycle of body-breaking conditioning, and data-driven recovery. Sleep, meditate, train, eat, train, meditate, sleep. On and on he toiled in this secret scientific battle bunker, eyes on the prize, body pushed beyond its limits.
Now he has emerged, and his ability to shoot puck gud has increased by several points. Will this be the season the Montreal Patriotes finally defeat Frieza win a Championship? TUNE IN NEXT WEEK, FOR DAY ONE OF REGULAR SEASON!
In the off season, my player decided to train during the summer with a group of his team mates in STL. We do this so that we would always have a rink available to us, along with being close to the teams training staff so they can tell us what things we should work on. Some people in the group took a broader approach with their training in the off-szn, meanwhile others like myself targetted weaknesses in our game, for myself that would be his skating, so he mainly targetted that, while others worked on their shot, passing, defence, etc. Around the room, coaches always say "train how you play", so we were giving our 100% all of the time. The team who runs the toughest bootcamp would probably be the Monarchs, since although we aren't top of the standings, we give our 100% every game, and practice and my player is always worked hard, and he enjoys that as he wants to simply get better at the game and have his chance to crack the roster.
The offseason is a great time to slow things down. And while the last few seasons have not ended in long playoff runs in Chicago, that has allowed Lee-Smokes more time to spend with his four legged friend. While I'm traveling during the offseason, Penny stays with my parents. And while they are perfectly capable fill-in dog parents, they aren't quite as active as Lee-Smokes is. When not on the ice, I'm starting to spend even more time on relatively easy hiking trails. Because while getting out in nature is really fun, especially with my best friend, its not something that I can afford to have hurt me during the offseason. So we stick to well traveled trails and hike 3-4 times a week. The dog loves the time out in the world, exploring with her little nose. And I love an opportunity to see more of my fuzzy friend. There's no better way to spend the warm summer months than outside with your very best friend.
The season was over, but for Valtteri, the work never stopped. While the other relaxed, he knew that it was time to move forward. He booked snow time with some companions, but also arrived for old junior friends - players who pushed him the most difficult. Every morning, they hit the gym, focusing on explosive power and endurance. On ice, the edges, hands and shot release were spent on perfecting. One week, they found an invitation to the Gauntelet - a brutal training camp run by a former SHL Grinder that is known to break the players before strengthening them. The best young talents showed, expected to prove themselves. Valtteri accepted without hesitation. Skating drills until the legs are burnt, the war drills until the bodies were achieved - this was the place where mental cruelty was forged. By the end, Valtteri knew one thing: when the Pak fell in the next season, it would not be ready. He would be better as he left the rink on the last day, tired but faster than ever, he knew that this offsen had established him for his best season.
When Abbe Wass goes on vacation in the offseason he heads home where it all began. Where his parents still live their lives.
And during his stay at his sumercottage that he has bought near his parents house he trains with old friends and the team who he played his first games with.
It is two types of training. With his friends it's all from beach-volleyball, golf, soccer, the swedish type of baseball and beer lifting.
With his old team it is more of classic hockey summer training.
running around, lifting weights and stuff like that.
Of Course Abbe likes the friends training best, but it is also nice to practice with his old team. He doesn't really know anyone who is on the team. But they are young and he is the best at pretty much any exercise. The only thing that he only is top 5 is the benchpress. But he has never really understood why he should train that muscle group more than any other. So he doesnt think so hard of not being number one on that.
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In the offseason the first I like to do is go back home to spend time with family and friends. To me, that is the most important thing after a long season of being on the road and really missing out on time with those you love. When it comes to training, I do a lot of different things. I always start out with some training when I'm back home, I have a lot of guys I used to play with that still play hockey and stay in shape, so it's fun to hit the gym and the ice with them while I'm there.
When the offseason gets a little closer to the season I usually go back to LA to train with my trainer and some SHLers to really try and get back to game shape and ready for camp. I do a lot of on and off ice training as I think they're both important. However now that I'm getting older I put a lot more emphasis on stretching and flexibility training as not to get hurt.
NoNo Jo has a great life outside of hockey. He has a dad and a mom. They never thought their son would always remain a baby but they are happy about it. NoNo Jo and Dad Jo like to play basketball and pool together. They have always had a pool table in the basement for such shenanigans. Mama Jo works at an elementary school and NoNo always comes around and does some volunteer work to help out his mom. Gardening, painting, serving lunch. Mama Jo always takes NoNo out for an ice cream treat afterwards.
NoNo Jo has too many siblings to count. Some of his favorite siblings are Gerber Jo, Baby Jo and Nestle Jo. They like to play 2 on 2 foosball and mario kart together when NoNo Jo comes back to visit the family house.
NoNo Jo also has lots of pets! A dog named pretzel, a cat named candy and a bunch of fish named after the letters of the alphabet. Bee, Cee, Dee, Jay, Kay, Elle, and so on and so forth.
Family is super important to Celeste, but as they get older what that looks like and what that means for their life in the offseason has changed quite a bit. As a juniors player, they'd just go home to Lewiston during the offseason, but now they're living in New York more of the time now with people that are important to them scattered all over the place. They travel quite a bit more than they have in the past, too, and essentially split their offseason between Lewiston, New York, and wherever the hell Leo is. And when they're home in New York, they do their best to get together with whichever of their teammates are still in town for a workout or a little adventure in the city, because they do mostly genuinely like spending time with these people even outside of obligatory working hours. So it's big extended family gatherings up in Lewiston, Chicago and wherever else for Leo, and then friends in New York and Quebec. Weird transitional point in time, really.
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