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https://www.thesudburystar.com/sports/happy-healthy-hudson-chitaroni-set-for-big-season-with-sudbury-wolves

Happy, healthy Hudson Chitaroni set for big season with Sudbury Wolves Third-year OHLer from Sault Ste. Marie has been a standout all week at training camp

Rosters named for National Women's Under-18 Team and National Women's Development Team Forty-four players will represent Canada in U18 and development series against the United States in Richmond.

🥇🇨🇦 **2026 HLINKA GRETZKY CUP CHAMPION**

A huge congratulations to **Brock Chitaroni** on winning **GOLD with Team Canada at the 2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup!**

An incredible accomplishment and a well-deserved moment for Brock, his family, teammates, coaches, and everyone who has supported him along the way.

Congratulations, Brock! 🇨🇦🥇

**2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup Champion.**

GOLD FOR OUR GUY 🥇

Ottawa 67's forward Brock Chitaroni wins gold with Team Canada at the 2026 !

Back on the international stage! 🇨🇦

Hockey Canada announced today that Ottawa 67’s forward Brock Chitaroni has been selected to attend Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team training camp ahead of the 2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup.

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At TMX Athletics, every aspect of training is guided by one question:

How will this help the athlete perform on the ice?

From speed and power to coordination, force transfer, movement efficiency, and repeated sprint ability, our focus is developing the qualities that hockey demands.

Every exercise has a purpose.
Every session has a goal.

To help athletes perform at a higher level when the game demands it most.

The only truly sport-specific activity is the sport itself.

The role of sports performance training is not to replicate the sport in the gym.

The purpose of physical preparation is to develop physical qualities such as:
• strength
• power
• speed
• coordination
• tissue capacity
• force production
• force transfer

Sport requires athletes to:
• produce force
• absorb force
• redirect force
• reapply force

All under constantly changing:
• postures
• velocities
• force directions
• movement demands

As movement speed and complexity increase, performance becomes increasingly dependent on:
• intermuscular coordination
• timing
• dynamic stabilization
• force sharing
• efficient force transfer across the body

—not simply isolated muscle output.

No physical preparation method can perfectly predict transfer.

The sport itself will always be the primary source of sport-specific adaptation.

The question is not whether a gym exercise IS the sport.

The question is whether training develops physical qualities under demands that are more likely to transfer back to athletic performance.

Sports science consistently shows that adaptation is influenced by:
• posture
• force direction
• velocity
• stabilization demands
• coordination
• movement constraints

This does NOT mean training should attempt to “copy” the sport.

Rather, movement-based loading strategies can be used to create adaptation under different postures, velocities, force directions, stabilization demands, and movement environments relevant to athletic performance.

The goal is not to imitate sport in the gym.

The goal is to develop physical qualities through loading strategies that improve transfer back to sport performance.

Ultimately, successful training is not defined by whether an exercise “looks like the sport.”

It is defined by whether training improves the athlete’s ability to express force efficiently and effectively within the demands of competition.

TMX ATHLETE Ben Campbell. LFG SOUP!

Big things coming for TMX Athlete Jacob Wierzbicki! LFG!

TMX Athlete Ashlyn Kobzick has been selected to represent Team Ontario at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championship, taking place in Saskatchewan from May 3–9, 2026.

This is a tremendous accomplishment and a reflection of Ashlyn’s hard work, dedication, and commitment to her development.

Congratulations, Ashlyn — enjoy this incredible experience and opportunity to compete on the national stage! 👏🏒 .kobzick_hockey