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our favourite activity, nothing is better.” november crossword puzzle
His coaching techniques are grounded
in a balance between accountability and THEME: CATCH-22, 3-D AND 23 SKIDOO
fun. For his current team, the U11 Rep THEME: CATCH 22, 3-D AND 23 SKIDOO

Char-Lan Rebels, he emphasizes the
importance of building a love for the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 DOWN

game while nurturing individual skills. 14 15 16 1 UK culture channel
“My overall approach is for the 2 Rock orchestra ’73 follow up
children to have fun on the ice with drills 17 18 19 3 It begins Caesar’s mo.
4 Toe taps?
and training, which I hope will also build 5 Dreaded aging number
lasting memories off the ice. I plan to do 20 21 22 6 ‘Well’ on a taverner’s desk
this by keeping everyone accountable in 7 67s “Hell ___ won’t go”
a positive manner. I believe every child 23 24 8 Gibb harmony
deserves the same opportunities, and as 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 33 34 9 Tactile
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their coach, I will be using all my players 10 ___ Theory, in music
in different situations so that they can 35 36 37 38 39 11 PortaBell?
develop to become complete players,” 12 Got the shaft
said Bissonnette. “The ‘We before Me’ 40 41 42 13 Sergei snub
concept will be highlighted where it is not 21 To dye for prefix
about me, it is about WE.” 43 44 45 22 Tangled number?
Reflecting on his coaching journey, 46 47 48 49 50 25 Inflexible

Bissonnette shares two cherished 26 Mideast monarchy
memories: coaching the Char-Lan U15 51 52 53 54 27 Diamond-shaped fish
team with his father when he was just 29 Round ‘em up
seventeen and winning a championship 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 31 Exodus writer Leon
while coaching with his childhood best 32 Hawaiian geese
friend in Ottawa during university. 63 64 65 33 Four, for one
But beyond his successes, Bissonnette 34 On a ‘boxcar’
has a message to share: “STOP ‘over- 66 67 68 36 Shady and green

coaching’.” He passionately advocates 69 70 71 38 Offings
for unstructured play, where children can 42 “Right back!”
be creative and enjoy the sports they love 44 Region in east Scotland
without constant instruction. 47 UK ‘lesser’ award
“As a coach, this was a term that was ACROSS ACROSS 49 Short shoe, bit wide
hard to learn but once I understood the 1 Burden bearing being 42 100 percent supporter 52 Less is more in ___ Golf
meaning, I instantly adjusted my approach 6 How good things come 43 In a ‘lather’ acronym 54 ‘Pace’ maker
to coaching, along with how I played 10 Relay roster 44 Guit’ arm 55 1908 US modernist grp.
with my children at home. We need to 14 Jason Bateman’s Michael ___ 45 With up, consume 56 Tipped, at times
stop ‘over-coaching.’ By this I mean, we 15 Rearrange ‘open’ to ‘close’ 46 Cano a cano with rival Sprite 57 Like an ostrich

48 Bond’s?
58 Goes before going
16 Like Sponge Bob

need to leave our kids to have fun and be 17 Scot’s drinking vessel 50 Aves. 59 It has curveS
creative when they play non-structured 18 1998 icy Olympian Michelle 51 In at this time, says dad 60 ___ hole (Burrow)
activities,” said Bissonnette. “Sports are 19 At liberty 53 Soaks it up 61 Follows Col. in the NT
fun, and kids like fun. Therefore, sports 20 London flat - It’s elementary 55 Sixty + this number (Life span) 62 Mil. action times
and activities don’t always need to be 23 00, in fashion 63 Funny echo
coached. Whether these activities are at 24 Job with some pull 64 Bard villain Number/word ‘catch’phrases
home, in a park, or at a stick and puck, 25 Monopoly’s Util. and B & O 65 Remark, in the Bard’s time 23 Skidoo is an American slang
let the kids play. We all need to step aside 28 Theatre-___ 66 Suffixes for locals term whose origin is uncertain,
and leave the coaching to the coaches 30 Time of Rocky’s ’53 Moore KO 67 Brought in but was likely the first national
for the practices and training. When kids 35 Put your feet up 68 Alps pass of fame fad expression. It combined two
are at home, let them play. Unstructured 37 Annual MVP acronym 69 Single-wind longcase clock previous terms – ‘twenty-three’
activities are where kids fall in love with 39 America Pie’s Tara 70 Stamp followers? (1899) and Skidoo (1901). Both
the sport.” 40 The Boot prefix 71 Sophistication terms referred to either leaving
Right now, Bissonnette’s season is 41 Before it was Tokyo or to being kicked out, as in the
1-0. He says he thinks they have a good word ‘skedaddle’. It was all the
competitive team that is willing to learn. rage in the USA in 1906.
In Char-Lan, Bissonnette isn’t just Puzzle by Douglas Taillon Time’s up. 23 Skidoo!
a coach; he’s a mentor, a friend, and a Puzzle by Douglas Taillon Solutions on page 63
beacon of positivity.