F A C e o f f. Moorhead Hockey Opportunity Revisited

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1 F A C e o f f Volume XVI Issue 7 April, 2014 The Official Scorecard of Moorhead Youth Hockey MYHA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Layne Hanson President Brian Stavenger Vice President, Gaming Liaison Equipment Coordinator Brian Gramer Treasurer, Membership Kathy Fischer-Thom Gaming Manager Julie Durgin Board Secretary, Office Manager Dennis Bushy Arena Manager, Scheduler Stephanie Gess Membership Angie Searls Membership Brent Teiken Kelli Dronen Mark Johnson Johnathan Judd Tournament Director Jeremy Gregoire Hockey Director Rob Gramer In-House Director Jon Ammerman Hockey Committee Moorhead Hockey Opportunity Revisited Playoff hockey is as exciting as it gets. Over the past few weeks, Minnesotans especially have been fortunate enough to watch outstanding hockey games. In addition, we ve been lucky to watch some of the games best compete every shift. Case in point, with their season on the line, Nino Niederreiter and Jared Spurgeon were lifted to stardom with outstanding goals scored late in the game. Yet, the only thing that we get to see is the end result. Newly crowned Minnesota folk heroes; willing their team to victory late in game seven. What we do not get to see is the countless number of hours dedicated to their craft. These young men have been given outstanding natural ability, sure. But they ve also taken their given ability and perfected it with work. It cannot be overstated that practice with a purpose cannot be replaced. These small time commitments add up in a hurry. The next few months are important opportunities for young athletes to refine their skills, with just a little bit of time set aside. Instead of sleeping in, get up and stickhandle. Rather than watching a movie, grab a buddy and shoot a few pucks. On a rainy day, head over to the youth rink and take advantage of ice times set aside for your age level. Who knows, maybe those small time commitments here and there can pay off and you could be that person scoring an overtime game winner! Summer Office Hours 8:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Monday-Thursday Closed Fridays Phone: Fax: Arena: Jon Ammerman Moorhead High School Hockey

2 NEW HOCKEY DIRECTOR Welcome to Jeremy Gregoire, our new MYHA Hockey Director! Jeremy is a Moorhead native and a MYHA alumni. He is excited for this new venture, and is looking forward to continuing the success of our youth programs. Jeremy and his wife Heidi have three boys, Maccoy, Martan and Maddox. Maccoy is a 2nd year Pee Wee and Maddox is a 2nd year Rookie. Jeremy replaces Brad Franklin who served for 10 years in the position. Thank you Brad for your years of dedication to MYHA. ATTENTION ROOKIE, MITE/8U, FIRST YEAR SQUIRT/10U IN THE FALL TOBOLT LEASE INFO Dates have been set to re-issue leased equipment from Tobolt. Monday, May 19th Thursday, May 22nd 6pm-8pm at the Hockey Zone in Moorhead For more details or if you have questions, please contact Tom Greene at tomg@amsjanitorial.com Sled Hockey Fundraiser May MYHA 8-5 Area businesses, FM police and fire departments and local radio celebrities will participate in a 1-day tournament at the Moorhead Youth Hockey Arena, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Come on out and cheer on the teams...and thank the participants. All sponsorship fees benefit HOPE, Inc.

3 Reminder to NOT leave hockey bags, sticks, etc. at the MYHA Arena overnight. The Arena and Office Staff are NOT responsible for items that are left unattended, lost, stolen or missing. This procedure will help maintain the cleanliness of the Arena, the Locker Rooms as well as allow the Arena Staff to properly clean. Thank you! Rookie, Mites, 8 U Many trophies are left for those who were unable to attend the banquet. Please stop in the office to pick yours up. ****Coaches/Parent Coordinators**** If you have not turned in your scorebooks and/or team folders to the office, please do so as soon as possible. Thanks!! Grizzlies Newz: Thank you for all the donations of equipment so far and for all the volunteers that come out every Sunday to help!! We are still in need of gloves and elbow pads if anyone has any to donate. Also, anyone that would like to volunteer to help with the team can contact Jackie Beedy at or jlbeedy@gmail.com. If any MYHA team would like to scrimmage us on a Sunday, please contact Jackie. Job Openings Gaming is looking for people with good customer service skills, and evening and weekend availability to work Pull Tabs and Bingo at various locations. Must be 18. Contact Kathy at the MYHA office for more info. DIDJA KNOW. HAT TRICK-When a player scores his third goal of a game Rumor has it that a Toronto haberdasher gave players in the 1940s free hats if they would score three goals in a game. The term however, probably evolved from cricket. In 1858 a cricket player in England took three wickets with consecutive balls, an incredible trick. As a reward, his club gave the bowler a new hat, hence the name "hat trick". A natural hat trick is when a player scores three goals in a game, in a row. That is to say that no other player on either team scores in between. Today is an exciting time to be a part of Moorhead Hockey!! Through the hard work and dedication of many, Moorhead Hockey has become a leader in the State of Hockey. For the past fifty years a countless number of individuals have contributed to the program on and off the ice. The framework for a celebration in January of 2015 has started to take shape, and we are looking for volunteers to step forward and help make the event a celebration of all involved. We hope you will consider using your talents to make our 50th an amazing event! If you are interested, please contact the MYHA office. ARENA NEWS With the weather being cold and wet (and snowy!) the turf on the north side is being used quite a bit for spring sports. We will take the turf back out the middle of May and put the ice back in for summer camps and tournaments, and then put the turf back in the end of June for the summer. We ve been doing a lot of deep cleaning in the concessions area and re-painting the locker rooms and hallways, as well as work on both rinks while the ice is out. We also will be changing out some of the lights and ballasts on both rinks to brighten up the ice. Through the generosity of Jason Blake, former spud and NHL player, we will have a skating treadmill installed in our rink this summer. More info coming on it s use, etc. Watch the website for open hockey times once the summer starts! Thanks, Denny

4 Off-Season Office Hours Monday thru Thursday 8:00 am 1:00 pm Closed Fridays Mark your Calendar: Check our website for exact practice/ game times. May 5 Annual Meeting 7 pm May 9 Girls Hockey Club Deadline for signup May 21 MYHA Board Meeting 7 pm May 22 Ice Back on. June 9 Girls Hockey Club and Blue Line Hockey Starts June 27 Tobolt Golf Meet Save the Date! 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, May 7:00pm, at the MYHA Board Room. If you would like to be added to the agenda please contact Julie Durgin at or admin@moorheadyouthhockey.com at least one week prior to the meeting. GOALIE EQUIPMENT FOR SALE Used/no longer in condition to be used in practices and games, but would be great for outdoor or street hockey. There are six sets of leg pads (28, 29, 3-30, and 33 ), six gloves and one blocker (unsure on sizes), and three chest protectors. Contact the office if you are interested for prices, etc. New Address? Please call or the office at or myha@moorheadyouthhockey.com to notify us of any change of address (home or ) to keep our information updated. Thanks. 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!! SPORT NGIN Trouble keeping all your accounts straight? Each FAMILY should have only one NGIN login. It can happen. New addresses, forgotton passwords, his and hers, etc. Our records show some people with multiple logins. This can effect DIBS records as well as s sent via Sport NGIN. If you want to check your account(s), the MYHA office at MYHA@moorheadyouthhockey.com and Alane will you back a report that can help you. Let s try and get the bugs out! 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! We have earned over $830 so far. Accepting small and large cartridges! Lisa Schmidt Ink Recycling Coordinator GAMING Pull tab and bingo gaming help to support and reduce the costs of youth hockey for the Moorhead Youth Hockey Association. MYHA appreciates the partnerships we have with the following gaming sites. Please patronize our MYHA gaming sites: ** RED HEN TAP HOUSE** CROWBAR ** DAVE S SOUTHSIDE TAP **GALAXIE **JC CHUMLEY S** **JC CORRAL ** MAINLINE** **MICK S OFFICE **O LEARY S PUB ** SPEAK EASY **VIC S BAR & GRILL

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