The Portland Hockey Dad

Vancouver Rangers Midget Practice

pdxhockeydad@gmail.com (Jay Birchill) — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 20:18:00 +0000

After Action Report

9/8/2017

ACTION: Vancouver Rangers Practice
LOCATION: Mt View Ice Arena, Vancouver, WA
TIME: 7:30pm

Hardware

Canon Vixia HF M41 (camcorder), Seesi HDV-UH60 HDMI to USB3.0, InnerTeck Tripod (70in), Toshiba SATELLITE P55W-B5318, Huawei Nexus 6P (hotspot), Anker PowerCore+ 20100mAh External Battery, AC Portable Charger RAVPower 27000mAh 100W(Max.)

Software

OBS Studio 19.0.2 (64bit, Windows), Chrome Version 58.0.3029.110 (64bit)

Broadcast Details

Basic Ingestion - 500-2000Kbps (480p), Enable 60fps NOT checked.

Primary Server URL - rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2

Network - TMobile hotspot
Data Usage - 219MB

Made sure to setup the USB Video Capture Device (camcorder) to 1280x720p resolution. Then set Output stream to 852x480. This matched the Youtube page's Ingest setting. Had some difficulty with sound until I realized that OBS was set to stream the laptops default mics, in addition to the camcorders mics. The laptop mics were peaking terribly. Once I muted the onboard mics, the sound became clear over YouTube.

Setup the broadcast as an event. Learned that you can stop the stream in OBS, change a setting, then start the stream in OBS all while the event is live. The video stalls out on YouTube of course, but when the stream starts again in OBS it picks up again. I had previously thought that if you did that it would kill the Event. This is good. It means I'll be able to set up each game as an 'event' Should make it easier to distribute the links. I can get them in advance and send them out over Teamsnap.

The new tripod is working, but it is stiff when panning up and down. Side to side is smooth. Strange thing; I can't find a way to lock the head so it doesn't pan horizontally. Still a work in progress. The new AC charger worked well. I used it to power the camcorder. I plan on using it to power the computer during games. I used the Anker PowerCore to power the phone. Both worked great.

New Hardware, New Process

pdxhockeydad@gmail.com (Jay Birchill) — Sun, 28 May 2017 19:18:00 +0000

Warning! This post doesn't involve Hockey or Hockey things. This post is all about game broadcasting. In this case, live streaming on the PDX Hockey Dad YouTube channel. I always try to use a systematic approach to improving the quality, efficiency, and entertainment value of the game broadcasts that I put out. I'm going to formalize that going forward by writing post game reports. I'm going to include Hardware, Software, Settings, problems, etc. So, without further ado, the first After Action Report.

After Action Report

5/28/2017

ACTION: BOLO West Linn 7/8 vs Hillsboro 7/8

LOCATION: Lakeridge HS Turf 2

TIME: 9:15 am

Hardware: Canon Vixia HF M41 (camcorder), Seesi HDV-UH60 HDMI to USB3.0, Quantaray QSX9500 tripod, Toshiba SATELLITE P55W-B5318, Huawei Nexus 6P(hotspot), Anker PowerCore+ 20100mAh External Battery, Folding Barstool (computer table)

Software: OBS Studio 19.0.2 (64bit, Windows), Chrome Version 58.0.3029.110 (64-bit)

Broadcast Details:

Basic Ingestion - 500-2000Kbps(480p), Enable 60fps NOT checked.

Primary Server URL - rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2

Network - TMobile hotspot

Data Used - ~700mb

The video appears choppy. It could be because when you are streaming as a 'Live Event' you need to choose the quality of your stream. 1280x720 (which is what was set in OBS) resolution (720p) requires a bitrate of 1500-4000. The resolution should have been set to 854x480 in OBS Settings/Video/Output(Scaled) Resolution. That might solve the problem. NOTE Apparently this is only necessary for 'Live Event' streaming. From the YouTube Help page "If you're using Stream now, you do not need to set a bitrate. Stream now will automatically detect your encoder settings."

At halftime of the game, I clicked the Stop Streaming button in the Live Control Room page of the broadcast. This stopped the stream AND stopped the event. I wasn't expecting that. I looked for a way to re-open the event and couldn't see anything right off. Since this was a 'proof of concept' outing and not anything I was interested in preserving, I ended up packing up and going home.

I arranged for YouTube to share on Twitter when the event started, but I am not entirely thrilled with how that turned out. A Tweet was sent, but it was pretty generic. It did have the link and the video description that I entered into YouTube.

I had the score bug up but didn't feel confident enough in using it to give it a whirl. my screen real estate is eaten up by OBS and the YouTube window.

Further preparation will be necessary for the score bug to be used. Still do-able, but need to go through some dry runs.

UPDATE

After some playing around, I determined that what was happening with the 'stutter' was that I had the resolution of the input device set at default. The default was 1920x1080. That is what is coming out of the camcorder, but my capture device was having a hard time keeping up with that. I changed that to 1280x720 and the picture is now much smoother. So the steps in OBS... Add Video Capture Device, Select USB3.0 Capture Video, Change Resolution/FPS Type to Custom, Change Resolution to 1280x720.

You need to adjust the video in OBS studio to match the new input setting. Go into Settings, Video, and change the Base Canvas resolution to 1280x720.

Portland Jr Winterhawks U16 vs Everett Jr Silvertips U16AAA

pdxhockeydad@gmail.com (Jay Birchill) — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 17:50:00 +0000

Image Credit Anders Nystroem, @AndersNystroem on Twitter

The Portland Jr. Winterhawks U16 team hosts the Everett Jr. Silvertips U16AAA team this Sunday at Sherwood Ice Arena. I thought it might be fun to dust off the old blog and give people a primer on the two teams they will see this weekend.

The Everett Jr Silvertips have tapped former NHL player, and Seattle Thunderbirds coach Turner Stevenson to coach their U16 team this year. The Jr. Silvertips have 12 players that attended WHL camps this summer.

Spokane Chiefs: Cade Pattison (16), Dawson Tritt (11), Dawson Butt (9)
Seattle Thunderbirds: Gabriel Kwiatkowski (18), Nico deVita (6), Cole Dubicki (14)
Vancouver Giants: Alonzo Colburn (10)
Calgary Hitmen: Hunter Campbell (27)
Everett Silvertips: Jake McNeil (19), John Studioso (2), Jakob Stevenson (22)
Portland Winterhawks: Sammy Willman (13)

After some tune up games in Canada to start the season, the Jr Silvertips began league play in the North American Prospects Hockey League on September 22nd in Blaine, MN. The Silvertips went 3-2 in the showcase with wins over the Esmark Stars, Washington Little Capitals, and Meijer AAA. Colburn and Stevenson led the team in goals with 4 each. Butt and Campbell led the team in Assists with 6 each. Dubicki led the team with 7 PIM's.

'01 Goalie Devin Chapman (35) was in net for four games, going 2-2 with a 3.51GAA and a .873 SV%. Goalie Jakob Fry (1) was in net for the Silvertips 6-1 win over the Little Capitals. He allowed 1 goal on 13 shots. Jakob was on the SnoKing Jr. Thunderbirds Bantam team when they went to USA Hockey's Tier II National Championship in 2015.

The Portland Jr Winterhawks are 7-5 on the season. A rough 0-2 start against the Couer d'Alene Hockey Academy U16 Varsity team, led to a 3-2 showing in San Jose, CA. The San Jose trip included two wins against the West Coast Renegades U16 National team, and a win over the Las Vegas Jr Storm U16AAA's. Portland spent last weekend in Richmond, BC at the Seafair 2016 Ice Breaker tournament. They went 4-1 in the tournament, losing in the championship game to the Vancouver Thunderbirds.

Portland is led by team Captain Greg Ross (15), and Alternates Owen Ward (10), Henry Andres (4), Walker Reiersgaard (16), and Austin Pick (8). Austin Pick returns to Portland after playing the last year in Canada for Pursuit of Excellence. Clayton Littlefield (11) played for the Everett Jr Silvertips last year and made the jump to Portland this year. Goalie Ben Greenlee (20) comes to Portland from Temecula, CA.

08-12-2015 Episode 007 of The Portland Hockey Dad Podcast

pdxhockeydad@gmail.com (Jay Birchill) — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 19:42:00 +0000

Episode 7 of The Portland Hockey Dad Podcast

Checking for Charity: Beef and Beer Charity Auction Tickets Remember to put "Jr Hawks" or "Midget" after the Name of Ticket Purchaser to make sure part of your ticket proceeds go directly to supporting the PJW U16AAA team

PJW Travel Team tryouts have been held, rosters have been posted on the website

Coaches:

Squirt Minor (2006) - Paul Doherty

Squirt Major (2005) - Paul Doherty

Peewee Minor (2004) - Neil Wilkinson

Peewee Major (2003) - Jason McBain

Bantam A (2001/2002) - Dean Rurak

Bantam AA (2001/2002) - Bruce Pritchard

U16AAA (1999/2000) - Scott Brown

Portland Winterhawks Assistant Coach Kyle Gustafson is holding a Jr Prep camp this week at Winterhawks Skate Center in Beaverton, OR.

3 Former Portland Jr Winterhawks will be attending the Portland Winterhawks main camp:

Caleb Dahme (99), 6’3, 205lb D-man. Caleb grew up playing in Portland. He played last year with the West Coast Renegades U16 team. He is currently on the Portland Jr Winterhawks U16AAA roster.
Sammy Willman (00), Sammy was one of the team captains for the U14AA PJW team that won the USA Hockey Tier II 1A National Championship. He had 102 goals in 54 games last year, Including an end to end OT game winner in the Natl Championship game. He was credited with 31 assists, but because of deficient stat enterers that number is incomplete. He had 17 Short Handed Goals, and a Shot Percentage of 32%. He took 948 faceoffs last year and won 56% of them. Sammy was selected to participate at the USA Hockey U15 National Development camp put on in Buffalo NY in July.
Riley Morgan (00), Riley played for the Portland Jr Hawks from Mites through Peewee’s. He left Portland for the Arizona Bobcats to play his Bantam hockey. He made it out of USA Hockey’s Rocky Mountain Region to compete at the USA Hockey U15 National Development camp where he led all goaltenders with a .926 Save Percentage. He allowed 4 goals in 5 appearances, including 3 shut out showings.

The newly created Vancouver Rangers are getting ready to host their first ever main camp. Follow them on... Facebook, and Twitter

Yes Checking for Charity is here twice. No it wasn't an accident, and thanks for reading all the way to the bottom of the show notes!

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07-23-2015 Episode 006 of The Portland Hockey Dad Podcast

pdxhockeydad@gmail.com (Jay Birchill) — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 23:04:00 +0000

Episode 6 of the Portland Hockey Dad Podcast
Recorded July 23rd, 2015 at SnoKing Ice Arena in Kingsgate Washington.

Follow Quinn's Ultimate Goaltending Camp on Facebook. New pictures are being posted daily.

USA Hockey Youth Tier II 14U 1A National Championships
USA Hockey Tier 2 Championships were held in Salt Lake City UT.

Ridge Meadows Hometown Heroes Spring Tournament
Peewee AA team played in the Peewee Tier 2 bracket. The highest Peewe bracket in the tournament.

John White Memorial Hockey Tournament
The PJW Squirt Minor team travelled to Victoria BC to play in and win the 2015 John White Memorial tournament.

Whistler All-Star Hockey Invitational
The Pacific Northwest Hawks, a new Spring team of predominantly PJW players was put together to compete in the Whistler All-Star Invitational this Summer.
2006: 0-4 with a -39 goal differential
2005: 0-4 with a -44 goal differential
2003: 0-4 with a -29 goal differential
*2004: 0-3 with a -27 goal differential
2002: 0-4 with a -34 goal differential
2000: 0-4 with a -36 goal differential
Avg of -34.8 goal diff
*Couldn't find the results from their 4th game

Coming up
Progressive Goaltending Camp at WSC Aug 3-7.
Put on by Adam Gardner
Adam played for the University of Denver from 2010-2012. He has experience coaching with PJW and he spent this last season working with KHL Sisak over in Croatia

Junior Prep Camp at WSC Aug 10-13
Put on by Kyle Gustafson

San Jose USHL showcase
The U16 team will be travelling to San Jose over Labor Day weekend to compete in the USHL showcase.

Intro Music - Life is a Highway, Tom Cochrane
Outro Music - Can't Stop Us, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

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03-24-2015 Episode 005 of The Portland Hockey Dad Podcast

pdxhockeydad@gmail.com (Jay Birchill) — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 21:30:00 +0000

Notes from today's podcast:

03-15-2015 PJWU14A vs Vancouver Jr Vipers (2015 Holiday Inn Express Coeur D' Alane, ID)

PJW Peewee AA's Win Ridge Meadows Hometown Hero Hockey Championship

PJW Squirt Minor wins the 2015 John White Memorial Championship

Nationals!
USA Hockey Nationals 14U
Sign up for FastHockey...

My Hockey Rankings

Camps
Winterhawks Hockey School
Okanagan Hockey Academy Summer Camps
Gold In The Net
Progressive Goalie Camp

Flyers up at Winterhawks Skating Center
Put on by Adam Gardner. Get in touch with him at coach.adamgardner@yahoo.com for more information.

Quinn's Ultimate Goaltending Camp

Questions or Comments about the show? Leave a note here or contact us through
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Episode 005

03-03-2015 Episode 004 of The Portland Hockey Dad Podcast

pdxhockeydad@gmail.com (Jay Birchill) — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 03:11:00 +0000

This week on the PDX Hockey Dad podcast...
14U Tier II Nationals are coming up. Keep up with them on Twitter @14UNationalsTII

Check out My Hockey Rankings. Great spot to see how good those teams you don't know are.

Contact the show
Email PDXHockeyDad@gmail.com
Twitter @PDXHockeydad
YouTube ChannelThe Portland Hockey Dad

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02-25-2015 Episode 003 of The Portland Hockey Dad Podcast

pdxhockeydad@gmail.com (Jay Birchill) — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:17:00 +0000

It took some time to pull this together. A re-cap of the President's Day Tournaments, a bit about me and the show, and a look ahead into what's coming up in the next couple of months.

Episode 003

02-15-2015 Episode 002 of The Portland Hockey Dad Podcast

pdxhockeydad@gmail.com (Jay Birchill) — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 06:52:00 +0000

Episode number two of the podcast covers the round robin results of the 2015 Phoenix Presidents Day Invitational, and a look at the upcoming Semi-Finals. The Vancouver Jr Vipers Bantam team had two games against Kent this weekend, and did you know that the 2015 Portland Presidents Day Cup hockey tournament was happening? We'll check in on the WVHL Selects.

Episode 002

02-14-2015 Episode 001 of The Portland Hockey Dad Podcast

pdxhockeydad@gmail.com (Jay Birchill) — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 19:15:00 +0000

After much threatening, and watching others have the guts to put together podcasts and publish them, (I'm looking at you Pucklandia, and you NW Sports Desk!) I've decided to give this a try.

Episode 001

2015 Rose City Challenge Jan 17-19

pdxhockeydad@gmail.com (Jay Birchill) — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 04:29:00 +0000

The 2015 Rose City Challenge Bantam AA/A Hockey Tournament is coming up this Jan 17-19. I'm very excited to say that for the first time Portland will be entering a team into both the AA and the A brackets.

A quick breakdown of the brackets...
AA Bracket
Portland Jr Winterhawks AA, Portland, OR
SSAC United Cycle, Edmonton, AB
Peninsula Eagles, Saanich, BC
Coquitlam Chiefs A2, Coquitlam, BC
Delta Hockey Academy Varsity, North Delta, BC
Shawnigan Lake School, Shawnigan Lake, BC
Port Moody Panthers A1, Port Moody, BC
North Vancouver Storm A2, North Vancouver, BC
Mission Stars, Mission, BC
Capital Thunder, Roseville, CA

That's 10 teams from 2 states, 2 provinces and 1 island. A fine looking group. I look forward to getting a look at the Port Moody Panthers A1 team. They've been playing in PCAHA Flight 2 this year. The PJW Bantam AA team has won and lost against DHA Varsity and Shawnigan Lake this season. I expect them to play close. A good looking group of teams!

A Bracket
Portland Jr Winterhawks A, Portland, OR
Oceanside Generals, Parkville, BC
Campbell River Tyees, Campbell River, BC
Port Moody Panthers A2, Port Moody, BC
North Vancouver Storm A3, Vancouver, BC
Richmond Blues A2, Richmond, BC

6 teams from 1 state, 1 province, and 1 island. Another good looking group of teams. Oceanside and Campbell River both play on Vancouver Island in the VIAHA. A tough league, very competitive. Port Moody A2, North Vancouver A3 and Richmond Blues A2 all play in PCAHA Flights 6 & 7. This will be a tightly contested bracket. Very competitive.

2015 Rose City Challenge Schedule

2015 Langley Minor Hockey Shatter The Glass Tournament

pdxhockeydad@gmail.com (Jay Birchill) — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 23:11:00 +0000

Save Made vs Cloverdale Colts 1/4/2015 - Jay Birchill

The Portland Junior Winterhawks Bantam AA team competed in the 2015 Langley Minor Hockey Association Shatter the Glass tournament in Langley, BC last weekend. The Bantam AA's faced re-matches against the Comox Valley Chiefs and the Aldergrove Bruins in Round Robin play Friday, beating Comox 2-1 in OT and Aldergrove 6-2. The 3rd Round Robin game held Saturday morning was a 5-4 victory over the Chilliwack Bruins.

Saturday afternoon the team faced the Cloverdale Colts in the Quarter Final game beating them 6-3.

The Junior Winterhawks faced the hosting Langley Eagles A2 team in the Semi-Finals on Sunday morning, but couldn't make it over the hump, dropping the 3-0 decision.

5 games in 3 days with a short bench (12 skaters, 2 goalies) is nothing to sneeze at, but the rhinovirus going around the team could be. Nice job boys, and hurry up and get healthy. The Bantam AA's next games will be at their home tournament, The Rose City Challenge, January 16-19, 2015.

Video Links:

32 01-02-2015 PJWU14AA vs Comox Valley Chiefs AAA (2015 LMHA Shatter The Glass)
33 01-02-2015 PJWU14AA vs Aldergrove Bruins A1 (2015 LMHA Shatter The Glass)
34 01-03-2015 PJWU14AA vs Chilliwack Bruins (2015 LMHA Shatter The Glass)
35 01-03-2015 PJWU14AA vs Cloverdale Colts (2015 LMHA Shatter The Glass)
36 01-04-2015 PJWU14AA vs Langley Eagles A2 (2015 LMHA Shatter The Glass)

2014 SJHA Holiday Classic

pdxhockeydad@gmail.com (Jay Birchill) — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 16:14:00 +0000

PJW Bantam AA Champions 2014 SJHA Holiday Classic - Photo R. Munzel

The Portland Jr Winterhawks Bantam AA team brought home the championship in the Bantam division of the Seattle Junior Hockey Association's Holiday Classic tournament last weekend. The Bantam division had teams from Alaska, Idaho, British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington.

The Jr Winterhawks came out of Round Robin play unbeaten with a 9-1 win over SJHA Bantam A2 on Friday (Game MVP #12 Owen Ward), and a 4-1 win over the Fairbanks Arctic Lions AA on Saturday (Game MVP #31 Cam Birchill). Due to injury, illness, and vacations the Kent Valley Storm were only able to dress 6 skaters for the last game in RR. Kent decided to forfeit the game. An impromptu scrimmage was held instead, with a couple of Portland skaters dressing with Kent to even up the benches.

Portland played the Idaho Jr Steelheads Bantam AA team in the 7am Semi-Final game at Olympic View Ice Arena in Mt. Lake Terrace, WA. The Portland team jumped out to a 3-0 lead and held on to win 4-2 sending them into the finals to face the Comox Valley Chiefs AAA (Game MVP #11 Sam Willman). The Chiefs beat Fairbanks in their Semi-Final game 3-1.

Portland jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period of the Championship game and held on to win 7-2 (Game MVP #5 Ryan Neilsen-Webb).

Video Links:
28 12-26-2014 PJWU14AA vs SJHA Bantam A2 (SJHA Holiday Classic)
29 12-27-2014 PJWU14AA vs Fairbanks Arctic Lions (2014 SJHA Holiday Classic)
30 12-29-2014 PJWU14AA vs ID Jr Steelheads AA (2014 SJHA Holiday Classic)
31 12-29-2014 PJWU14AA vs Comox Valley Chiefs AAA (2014 SJHA Holiday Classic)

Next up for the Bantams; the Langley Shatter The Glass Tournament, Jan. 2-5.

The Winterhawks Varsity Hockey League Select team was at the SJHA Holiday Classic competing in the Midget division. The Midget division had 2 teams from Idaho, 1 from British Columbia, 1 from Oregon, and 4 from Washington.

The Varsity Selects went 1-2 in Round Robin play, losing to the SJHA NW Admirals A1 team 6-2, and the Kent Valley Rainiers 5-0 before beating the Seattle Midget A's 6-0. They faced the Tacoma Jr Rockets in their consolation game, beating them 4-1.

Portland Jr Winterhawks Bantam AA vs SnoKing Bantam A2

pdxhockeydad@gmail.com (Jay Birchill) — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:35:00 +0000

The Jr Winterhawks Bantam AA team played SnoKing Bantam A2 last Saturday night at SnoKing Ice Arena in Renton, WA. SnoKing Bantam A2 is playing in PCAHA flight 3 this year, which is a jump up from flight 5 last year.

Seattle beat the Jr Winterhawks in two games back in September, 7-3 and 10-1. This game ended tied 2-2. Two competitive teams. They'll get the chance to see each other again at some point this season.

Follow the link below for full game video.

27 12-06-2014 PJWU14AA vs SnoKing Bantam A2