The Second-Goal Parent

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1 The Official Scorecard of Moorhead Youth Hockey Volume XV Issue 5 January, 2018 MYHA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Brian Stavenger President Executive Committee - Facilities Mike Simonich Vice President Executive Committee-Facilities Anne Norris Gaming Manager Rob Gramer Executive Director Elli Laurila Board Secretary, Office Manager Dennis Bushy Arena Manager, Scheduler Chad Marsden Treasurer Executive Committee-Facilities Equipment Co-Chair Rachel Alderson Fundraising Sara Owen Fundraising Josh Krieg Membership Tournaments Robby Lundbohm Membership - Tournaments Tim Kolehmainen Tournament Co-Director Evan Marty Tournament Co-Director Equipment Co-Chair Jeremy Gregoire Hockey Director Sean Bertie In House Hockey Director Jon Ammerman Hockey Committee Whitney Restemayer Hockey Committee Office Hours 8:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. Monday-Thursday Fridays 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Phone: We are approaching the end of the regular season and heading in to playoff time! This time can be an exciting, stressful, anxious, and nerve racking time as we watch all our youth teams give their best effort to advance through District, Regional and State tournament play. Below is a good article from the Positive Coaching Alliance to remind us parents of our role as 2 nd Goal Parents in supporting our kids, their teammates and coaches. The Second-Goal Parent PCA s mission is to make high school and youth sports a Development Zone to develop Better Athletes, Better People. Parents have an especially important role to play as a Second-Goal Parent who helps their child become a Triple-Impact Competitor who makes self, teammates and the game better. The Big Picture in Youth Sports A Second-Goal Parent recognizes that there is a Little Picture and a Big Picture in youth sports. The Little Picture concerns things like whether the child is playing the right position, the team is winning, etc. The Big Picture, which often gets drowned out by the Little Pictures, is about what the child is learning from youth sports. There are two broad goals in youth sports: striving to win and building character so kids develop into successful, contributing members of society. As important as winning may seem, Second-Goal Parents let coaches and athletes worry about the first goal of scoreboard results. Second-Goal Parents have a much more important role to play: ensuring their children take away from sports lessons that will help them be successful in life. That is the Big Picture. Endless Procession of Teachable Moments If you embrace your role as a Second-Goal Parent, it will transform the way you see youth sports. It will help you seize the endless procession of teachable moments that will come your way again and again when you are looking for them. What might have seemed like a disappointing loss or a failure by your child becomes an opportunity to rein- force resiliency. A tough competition in forbiddingly hot, cold, or nasty weather can prompt a conversation with your child about learning to enjoy challenges. Whether your child succeeds or fails on the playing field, you will be able to use the experiences to reinforce the kind of person you want him or her to be. Rob Gramer MYHA Executive Director

2 Cullen Hockey Center Project Update Construction The Moorhead City Council has approved the design drawings and final design work is being completed to define items that will go out for bid for Phase 1. The new ice plant has been ordered and engineers are working on designing the new engine room that will house our upgraded plant! You can expect to see work being done shortly after wrapping up our season! Funding Phase 1 ($3M) is being funded by the City of Moorhead and MYHA through a bond issuance which has been approved by the City of Moorhead! Phase 2 ($5M) will be funded by money raised by MYHA. Of the $5M needed we currently have $2.167M pledged and are working closely with other interested corporate partners, grant opportunities, and individual donors to get the remaining $2.833M needed to complete the project. We will need the support of alumni and members to help get to our goal. If you are interested in contributing to this project contact Rob Gramer at or rob@moorheadyouthhockey.com Thank You This project is not possible without the support of community partners and supporters of MYHA. Thank you to all of the following for their contributions to this project and their commitment to the future of our community and our kids! The City of Moorhead Terry and Matt Cullen Fargo-Moorhead Convention & Visitors Bureau Scheels Thank You For Your Support Brian Stavenger - President Mike Simonich - Vice President Chad Marsden - Treasurer Rob Gramer - Executive Director MYHA Board of Directors Look for monthly project updates in future MYHA newsletters.

3 Mark your Calendar: Check our website for exact practice/game times and more info! Feb PWB2 Mashup Tournament February 21..Raffle Drawing Mar BAA Regional Tournament Mar March 3 v 3 begins Mar 13...MYTEAM Awards Banquet Click on Association Events on the left RECYCLING NOTICE: You are welcome to bring your aluminum cans to Minnkota Recycling and tell them they are for Moorhead Youth Hockey. Moorhead Youth Hockey will receive the rebate check back from the cans. Thank you!! (Almost) Famous Denny Quotes: GOOD players know where the puck is.. GREAT players know where the puck will be. DON T THROW THOSE DEAD INK CARTRIDGES! Please turn in your used printer ink cartridges to the drop off box in the MYHA lobby. We earn cash for each one we turn in for recycling/refilling so it's an easy way for us to make money for our organization! Accepting small and large cartridges! (sorry, no toner tubes or tanks) MEETING NOTICE The Board of Directors of Moorhead Youth Hockey meets on the third Wednesday of each month. At each meeting the financial records of the association and its gaming subsidiary are available to review by the members of the association. All members are invited to attend. The next scheduled meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 21st at 7:00 pm at the MYHA Board Room. If you would like to be added to the agenda please contact Elli Laurila at or admin@moorheadyouthhockey.com at least one week prior to the meeting. Parents! Out for a relaxing evening? Stop by one of the MYHA supporters and have fun playing bingo or pull tabs! Gaming is a vital component to reducing costs of youth hockey for the members of Moorhead Youth Hockey Association. Please consider patronizing one of our MYHA gaming sites: Mainline Dave s Southside Moorhead Billiards Red Hen Tap House

4 HIGH GAME SCORES Stack A Puck Jett Mercil 27 Pucks Breck McCreary 26 Pucks Hardest Shot Bantam Caleb Gardner & Payton Fischer-Nath 71 mph 15 U Madelyn Spaeth 64 mph 10 U Liv Deelstra 32 mph PeeWee Joe Gramer 60 mph Squirt Carter Huotari 50 mph Most Goals in 30 Seconds Mite/8U Grady Huotari 40 Pucks Rookie Henry Laurilla 30 Pucks CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE GHD DONATION DRAWINGS! $10 Buffalo Wild Wings Gift Card Rookie Berkeley Gaard Mite/8U Landon Kramer Squirt/10U Charlie Stenehjem PeeWee/12U Carter Olson Bantam/15U Chandler Gray Thank you to all who participated and donated to Moorhead Youth Hockey for Giving Hearts Day! Together we have raised over $8,000! SPECIAL THANKS to our Match Donors! We could NOT do this without YOU! Bytespeed, Courtyard by Marriot, Family Fare, Fiebiger, Swanson, West & Co., First International Bank and Trust, Johnson & Johnson Insurance Agency, John Stenerson, Vogel Law Firm A BIG THANK YOU TO Troy Gilbertson for Helping out in the Shooting Room!!

5 NOMINATIONS FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS The MYHA Board of Directors has three (3) directors whose terms are ending soon. These positions will be filled by an election of the membership at our Annual Meeting. At this time we are seeking nominations to fill these vacancies. The specific duties of these directors will be determined after they are elected to the Board. Nominations can be made by going to In order to receive the support of the nominating committee, the nominee must be willing to serve. This is an important consideration for the nominee and the nominee's family, as serving on the MYHA Board represents a commitment of time. Each member of MYHA has something to offer the Association, and serving on the Board is not something that should be decided on a whim. Attendance at the Board meetings and representing the membership is a large part of a director's duties. Other duties include delegating responsibilities to others to get projects completed, working with committee chair persons, and planning ahead to assure that MYHA will be a strong association in the future. Serving on the Board of Directors can be extremely rewarding. The nominating committee urges you to give consideration to becoming a candidate. If you are interested in being considered as a candidate, or if you have any questions about the Board or the nomination and election process, please contact one of the following individuals from our Nominating Committee: Brian Stavenger Chad Marsden bstavenger@eidebailly.com cmarsden@eagleridgecompanies.com If you are not interested in becoming a candidate for the Board of Directors, do consider seeking or accepting another leadership role in MYHA. While not everyone can serve on the Board of Directors, there is ample opportunity for everyone's involvement in this great organization. Thank you for your consideration and involvement! DISTRICT 15 GIRLS HIGH PERFORMANCE 15 (Girls born in 2003) AND HIGH PERFORMANCE 14 (Girls born in 2004) ALL female hockey players residing in District 15 and born in the year 2003 or 2004 are eligible to try out for the CCM High Performance 15 or CCM High Performance 14 program. For Details, see the District 15 Website CCM HP Girls 15 (or 14) Page, or contact District 15 Girls Coordinator, Chris Robinson, Mobile: (218) NOTE: Tryouts begin the weekend of March 24 in Wadena

6 Lou Nanne on What Makes Players Great By Jessi Hinrichs, Touchpoint Media, 01/22/18 Lou Nanne is a Minnesota hockey legend. He was an All-American, league MVP and remains the first and only defenseman to ever win the WCHA scoring title while at the University of Minnesota. After officially becoming a U.S. citizen in 1968, he captained the 68 U.S. Olympic Team in addition to two more national squads. Nanne starred for the expansion Minnesota North Stars for 11 seasons on the ice before he began a long and successful stretch as a coach and general manager for the North Stars and multiple U.S. National Teams. Throughout his illustrious career, Nanne watched and coached some of hockey s all-time greats. And while those players had elite talent, he said they all also shared something else in common: They were true gentlemen, Nanne said. They were kind-hearted, caring people who really cared about the game, teammates and everyone around them. That s what really made them great. While the game s best players are recognized publicly as great players because of their amazing talent, it s characteristics such as players work ethic, attitude, leadership and drive that are the true foundation of their greatness. Confidence and Humility Neal Broten remains one of the best to ever come out of the State of Hockey. The Roseau Ram captured an NCAA national championship, Olympic gold medal and a Stanley Cup. But if you met Broten on the street, you would never know he was an all-star. There s a quiet confidence that really says a lot about a player, Nanne said. You want that high competiveness and most athletes have that but the guys who remain humble in the face of greatness are pretty special. Character Counts For Nanne, what stood out even more than Wayne Gretzky s mind-blowing skills was the way he carried himself on and off the ice. That good guy trait makes it so much easier to coach, Nanne explains. I mean with Gretzky, there s no doubt it s his ability that made him great; that unique skillset that nobody else had or has had. But he is such a good guy with a lot of kindness and good character on the ice, which turned into off-the-ice kindness and guys like that are just a real pleasure to coach. Taking the Lead Mike Modano is the NHL s all-time leading point scorer among Americans. The former North Star s ability to score on the ice and lead off the ice is what made him exceptional, according Nanne, who was his first NHL coach. The leaders on the team are really a big asset to the coach because they not only carry the coach s message, they make sure that people understand that it s important, Nanne said. Leaders are like a liaison between coach and players because they have to make certain the team is always pulling together. Nanne adds that a leader isn t necessarily always the best player on a team. In fact, in his experience, most often the best leaders aren t the best players. Continued on next page.....

7 Continued.. I do not equate leadership with skillset, he said. You ll find on a lot of Stanley Cup championship teams where the leaders are the guys who might not be the star, and there are a lot of great leaders in the league that aren t the best players. One does not equal the other. Work Ethic The game might come easy for some players. But without a strong work ethic, those that put in the time and effort will eventually surpass them. You find very early on who wants to be a pro and who wants to be the best that they can be because they re the guys that work the hardest and work to get themselves better, Nanne said. A coach needs those types of people. It s even better if your best players have the best work ethic. The other guys on the team know they better not be cheating because they re going to stand out. Great players don t get anywhere without a solid work ethic. The player that strives to improve at every practice is one that every coach yearns for. The player that does all the right things when no one is watching. Your motto should be, nobody outworks me because if you re willing to work harder than the next guy, you ve got an advantage, Nanne said. You can t control everything, but everybody has the ability to control how hard they work. Jeremy Gregoire Hockey Director MARCH 3 v 3 INFORMATION March 3 v 3 is designed to provide our MYHA players additional ice time after their season is over. It s a fun, loosely organized format to promote unstructured, creative play. Coaches will organize the kids into teams for cross ice or half ice play and monitor line shifting to ensure equitable game time for all players. Age Levels for March 3 v 3 Bantam- All current Bantams/15U for this past season and Peewee/12U moving up to Bantam/15U in the upcoming season. PeeWee/12U-All current PeeWees/12U that will return to PeeWee/12U next season, and Squirts/10U moving up to PeeWees/12U next season. Squirt/10U- All current Squirts/10U that will return to Squirts/10U next season, and all Mites/8U moving up to Squirts/10U next season. Mite/8U- All current Mites/8U that will return to Mites/8U next season, and all Rookies moving up to Mites/8U next season. Goalies are welcome and encouraged to attend all sessions at your age level. Starting Date is March 12th. Click HERE for the Registration Link! Thank you, Josh Arnold, Asst. Hockey Director

8 Congratulations to Dan and Shandell McLellan for winning 4 Fargo Force Tickets by stopping at the YHIC booth in the lobby during the Spud Classic Tournament. Stop by the rink and sign up to win $20,000 in Home Improvements and a chance to win Fargo Force tickets! Rookie 11 Skate with the Spuds 12 U A & B SQUIRT BLACK

9 R O O K I E 7 PW Wayzatta PWA Christmas Party Squirt Orange in Duluth

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