What is the Best Hockey Bag for Coaches?

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Here’s why I use my specific bag:
IT FITS MY WHITEBOARD - There are plenty of cool bag designs out there… but if they can’t fit your basic coaching gear, they’re worthless. I have a specific coaches whiteboard I use for practices. It’s fantastic, and I’m very committed to it. So my bag had to be big enough to fit my whiteboard along with my other gear.
IT’S WELL BUILT - This bag is well built, heavy duty, and has lasted me over a decade without anything falling apart. The stitching and zippers are all as good as new.
IT HAS WHEELS - I’ve been known to tease my players who use the wheelie bags (all in good fun), so you know they tease me back when they see I’m rocking a wheelie bag as well 😂. The difference is… First, I’m old. Second, and most importantly, coaches have way heavier stuff than players. If you’re bringing your own pucks, cones, or any other training aids, you’re racking up poundage like crazy! Get a bag with wheels and save your arm from ripping off at the shoulder.
END POCKETS FIT MY CLIPBOARD - End pockets are nothing unique. But this bag fits my needs because it fits my stuff. My clipboard fits perfectly into the end pockets of this bag, making it easy to haul everything I need into the rink.
This is not a full-size gear bag. It’s about 30 inches. When I measured it it was measuring about 33 from the wheels to the far end. So we’re in and around 30 to 33 inches.

[@BenBreeg1138]

I'm still confused after being in hockey for over 40 years the weird anti-wheel sentiment people have. My son is tiny, and even small bags dwarfed him when he was little. The Grit bags sit vertical in the locker room and save a ton of space, great for those tiny locker rooms. As for coaching, I like the PR backpack. Cones and pucks are at the rink, so never have to worry about those, but I can put about 12 pucks in the front sleeves if my son and I are going to stick time.

[@JeremyWeiss]

All your reasons are valid... I'm just old school on that, I guess 😂. Ya, if you have cones and pucks at the rink, that saves a ton of space. Do you use a whiteboard? I've got a PR backpack, but I can't fit my whiteboard in it.

[@BenBreeg1138]

@@JeremyWeiss I carry a clipboard sized whiteboard, it fits in a slot inside that is kind of like a laptop sleeve on regular backpacks. I just carry my bigger board when I bring it. Other things I have in there are extra laces, helmet parts and screwdrivers, scissors, and markers.

[@JeremyWeiss]

@@BenBreeg1138 Gotcha!! That works then!

[@bradfa]

I'm also confused by the wheely bag hate. If we want more kids to play hockey then we need more first-time hockey parents and we need to make it as easy as possible for new players to get into the sport. U6 and U8 kids have a real hard time carrying a bag but they can all roll one. A few kids on my team have wheely bags, it works. Sure it's not old school hockey but they're U8 players, Crosby is an old-time guy to them!

[@BenBreeg1138]

@@bradfa My son just got a regular Pacific Rink bag now that his Grit bag zipper bit it. He is an 81 lb 12 year old. He carries it himself but it is nuts watching him, he could fit inside. But eventually he will grow. The wheeled bag was perfect for many years.