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The Official Scorecard of Moorhead Youth Hockey Volume XVI Issue 1 July, 2018 MYHA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018-2019 Mike Simonich President Executive Committee Chad Marsden Vice President Executive

Executive Committee Rachel Alderson Fundraising Sara Selzler Fundraising Bob Bartelt Membership Ben Hammer Membership - Equipment Co-Chair Tim Kolehmainen Tournament Co-Director Evan Marty Tournament

m. Monday-Thursday Phone: 218.233.5021 Focus on the Fun As we move from summer activities into the start of fall activities I can see the excitement build in kids as they transition to a new season.

1 The Official Scorecard of Moorhead Youth Hockey Volume XVI Issue 1 July, 2018 MYHA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mike Simonich President Executive Committee Chad Marsden Vice President Executive Committee Equipment-Facilities Anne Norris Gaming Manager Rob Gramer Executive Director Elli Laurila Board Secretary, Office Manager Dennis Bushy Arena Manager, Scheduler Robby Lundbohm Treasurer Executive Committee Rachel Alderson Fundraising Sara Selzler Fundraising Bob Bartelt Membership Ben Hammer Membership - Equipment Co-Chair 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 Summer Office Hours 8:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Monday-Thursday Phone: Focus on the Fun As we move from summer activities into the start of fall activities I can see the excitement build in kids as they transition to a new season. It appears as though there is a heightened sense of fun. That got me thinking about how MYHA can continue to emphasize fun as a core value and ingrain it in the fiber of our organizational culture. Many studies get to the conclusion that the #1 reason kids play sports is to have fun. Often, coaches will instruct their kids to have fun. But, what makes something fun? How can fun be defined? I found a study (Amanda Visek-George Washington University) that focused on defining fun by asking the kids what makes youth sports fun? The responses yielded 81 different phrases used to describe fun by the kids, and then those 81 were ranked. Here are the top ranked phrases: Trying your best When a coach treats players with respect Getting playing time Playing well together as a team Getting along with teammates Exercising and being active Working hard When a coach encourages the team Having a coach who s a positive role model Playing well during a game Fun is difficult to define and quantify. But looking at these phrases there are a few themes that pop out: effort, respect, being a part of a team, and performing well. A good reminder that fun can mean a lot of different things and if we stay positive and focus on them it can make playing a great experience. Rob Gramer MYHA Executive Director

Cullen Hockey Center Project Update Construction The new refrigeration plant is in place and scheduled to be commissioned mid-august and prepped to have ice in September.

We have of a groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for Monday, August 20, 4:00pm at the rink with an open house to follow. Plan to be there!

2 Cullen Hockey Center Project Update Construction The new refrigeration plant is in place and scheduled to be commissioned mid-august and prepped to have ice in September. Other renovations are progressing to final stages. Phase 2 has started and you will notice changes happening to the site where the 3 rd sheet of ice will be constructed! We have of a groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for Monday, August 20, 4:00pm at the rink with an open house to follow. Plan to be there! 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 nearly $3.2M pledged and are working closely with other interested corporate partners, grant opportunities, and individual donors to get the remaining funds 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! City of Moorhead Terry & Matt Cullen Fargo-Moorhead Convention & Visitors Bureau Scheels Sanford Health 2018 Mom s Spring Event Valley Mortgage Inc. First International Bank and Trust Kovash Marine K & L Construction Showcase Masonry Northern Improvement Fox Underground Ledgestone Ellenson Caulking House of Glass Red River Glazing Cullen Insulation Advanced Garage Door Stephanson Drywall Floor to Ceiling Store Nova Fire Protection Spud Hockey Alumni Fund Tom & Rachel Alderson Family Josh and Margo Arnold Family Dale & Karen Bucholz Mark & Jayme Cullen Family Gregg & Stephanie Gess Family Bob & Kathy Gramer Brian & Jamie Gramer Family Rob & Laurie Gramer Family Jeremy & Heidi Gregoire Family Bryan and Amanda Kutter Family Brian Lee Chad & Jenny Marsden Family Danny & Sara Selzler Family Mike & Heather Simonich Family Brian & Alissa Stavenger Family Jeff & Marcia Stavenger Thank You For Your Support Mike Simonich - President Robby Lundbohm - Treasurer Rob Gramer - Executive Director MYHA Board of Directors Look for monthly project updates in future MYHA newsletters.

Mark your Calendar: Check our website for exact practice/game times and more info! Aug 1-31...Player Registration Re-Opens Aug 15.....MYHA Board Meeting Aug 20....MYHA Groundbreaking Event Aug 20-21.

com 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.

DON T THROW THOSE DEAD INK CARTRIDGES! Please turn in your used printer ink cartridges to the drop off box in the MYHA lobby.

MEETING NOTICE The Board of Directors of Moorhead Youth Hockey meets on the third Wednesday of each month.

3 Mark your Calendar: Check our website for exact practice/game times and more info! Aug Player Registration Re-Opens Aug MYHA Board Meeting Aug MYHA Groundbreaking Event Aug On Site Registration Aug 23..Tobolt Exchange Night 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: If you always do what you ve always done, You ll always get what you ve always gotten. 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! 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 Wed- Wednesday August 15th at 6:00 pm at Boulder Tap House. 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 Red Hen Tap House LEGENDS Sports Bar & Grill Moorhead Billiards Accepting small and large cartridges! (sorry, no toner tubes or tanks)

4 How NHL Scouts Evaluate Players By Steve Mann, Special to Minnesota Hockey, 06/05/18, 1:45PM CDT Looking at a player today and trying to determine who they will be tomorrow is not an exact science. Every NHL team and every scout have their own philosophies and traits they look for in players before their selections on draft day. With the 2018 NHL Entry Draft approaching, Minnesota Hockey caught up with the Florida Panthers Fred Bandel, a long-time amateur scout based in Minnetonka, to find out what he looks for when evaluating young players. Minnesota Hockey: What are the most important things NHL scouts are looking for when evaluating pro prospects? Fred Bandel: The first thing has to be talent, because if a player doesn t have the skills to be a prospect then we don t go any further. After that it s about character, which includes effort and the way they carry themselves on and off the ice. Character is a critical component for most organizations. Work ethic, intensity, passion to succeed are all intangibles that separate players from one another. In the later rounds, you look for those intangibles or the one thing that may set them apart such as skating or puck skills or if they can play different positions up and down the lineup. Minnesota Hockey: How much do those intangibles really matter? Bandel: Body language is important because it gives itself away easily. Players who droop their shoulders when they don t get the puck, or slam their stick when a teammate makes a mistake that stands out. It s the same with coachability. It s not good if a player is not willing to listen or is overly cocky. Minnesota Hockey: What about for goaltenders? Bandel: Goalies are tough because they tend to mature late. If you look at some of the better goaltenders in the league now someone like Pekka Rinne for example he didn t really establish himself in the NHL until he was about 25 or 26 years old. We do tend to look for bigger goalies now, but also someone who is fairly athletic. We look at their composure, their makeup and body language. Goaltenders have to be able to forget and move on. Minnesota Hockey: Do scouts talk to younger players? And if so, what are some of the things you are hoping to hear from them? Bandel: I ll usually talk to players starting around the midpoint of the season and conduct more thorough interviews later. We don t want a player to seem disinterested or slumped in their seat as if they re bothered to be there. We don t want to hear a player with a massive ego or who throws teammates under the bus. If a player talks about himself when he s not asked about himself, that can raise a red flag. We want confidence, not cockiness. We want to hear a player talk about the team aspect of the game. We don t grill them, but we do want to get to know them as a person to get a true reading on their character. Minnesota Hockey: What do you want to hear from coaches or trainers or others who may know the player? Bandel: Whether they are leaders in the room, what type of leaders they are (vocal or by example), if they are good teammates, hard workers. Minnesota Hockey: What advice would you have for players who make it to the bigger camps, and those that don t? Bandel: Select camps have some importance, but should not be the be-all, end-all. If you don t get selected, especially at 14 or 15, you shouldn t get discouraged. Many, many players who preceded them who didn t make it went on to get drafted anyway and play in the NHL. And conversely, if you do get picked you can t get complacent. All you have to do is look at the turnover (from kids that make it at 14 but don t at 15 or 16 or 17). Things change. And let s face it many scouts don t care (if you make it at a younger age). If you don t make it, it should provide incentive to work harder. If you do make it, you better keep working or it will be a short-lived time at that level. Continued on Next Page..

Continued from previous page.. Minnesota Hockey: Do players feel pressure to rush their development or move up early? How can that impact the evolution or growth of a player?

We will never tell a player what to do, but I believe it s a long development curve to get to the NHL.

Minnesota Hockey: You grew up in Montreal and have evaluated talent in Minnesota for more than 25 years. Minnesota has produced 24% of all Americans drafted over the past 15 years.

5 Continued from previous page.. Minnesota Hockey: Do players feel pressure to rush their development or move up early? How can that impact the evolution or growth of a player? Bandel: I m not a proponent of players leaving high school early. We always tell players that getting to the NHL isn t a sprint, it s a marathon. We will never tell a player what to do, but I believe it s a long development curve to get to the NHL. If you re playing in a good high school program against good competition, it doesn t matter if you leave. You won t further your advancement any. Good things take time. Minnesota Hockey: You grew up in Montreal and have evaluated talent in Minnesota for more than 25 years. Minnesota has produced 24% of all Americans drafted over the past 15 years. Why does Minnesota produce so much top talent? Bandel: Part of it is the availability of ice. I live in Minnetonka, and within a 10-minute drive, there are indoor ice surfaces. Coaching is also getting better. Like in Quebec, hockey is ingrained here and because of that we ll have a higher percentage of kids who play the game. The community model also has tremendous impact. When I started here, the goal was playing for the Gophers. Then later they looked at the Wild. I hear young players in Minnetonka now talking about wanting to play for the varsity. For a young kid, why not look at playing for the (high school) varsity as the goal? Minnesota Hockey: What has changed the most about the job of a scout? Bandel: Access to information and technology has played a role. We ve all heard about the analytics. It s a useful tool. It s made it easier in some ways and more challenging in others. The game has also evolved. When I first started working for Montreal, I wouldn t send a report on a player under 6-feet unless he was a star. Now I m more than happy to look at players 5-foot-8 if they have skill. When the NHL put in the new rules about clutching and grabbing and interference that changed things dramatically. That gave the smaller, skilled players more opportunity to succeed. Jeremy Gregoire Hockey Director Save the DATE! MYHA Fall Social Friday, October 12, 2018 Moorhead Country Club Silent Auction, followed by a live auction! As always, lots of great items! Socialize and gear up for another great hockey season! Silent and live auction donation items are needed by September 1st to make this a successful event. Contact Jen Songstad at jsongstad@hotmail.com for more details on how you can help!

3 X 3 is a fun, loosely organized format to promote unstructured, creative play. Available to MYHA Members, Fall Level Mite/8U through Bantam/15U. Cost is $55, and includes a jersey!

6 3 X 3 is a fun, loosely organized format to promote unstructured, creative play. Available to MYHA Members, Fall Level Mite/8U through Bantam/15U. Cost is $55, and includes a jersey! Begins Wednesday, Sept 5, and ends Sunday, September 30. Click HERE for the schedule! Click HERE to Register! Girls Try It Night Know a girl that thinks she wants to play hockey...but isn't SURE? Here's their chance to TRY IT FOR FREE! Register Today Moorhead Youth Hockey is happy to present the 2018 Girls Try It Free night. Sign up today for this year's free "try girls hockey" night. The event is 100% free, and we will have equipment and skates available for every player to use for the evening. No prior skating experience necessary! September 11th from 6-8 (2 session choices) Check in at the rink 1 Hour before your session starts. Sign up HERE

7 Congratulations to the winners of the MHS/MYHA Golf Tournament (each winner received a $100 cash prize) Longest Drive Women Longest Drive Men Closest to the Pin Longest Putt Laurie Gramer Matt Lammers Matt Lammers Terry Vanyo 1st Place Net Heartland Hearing-Rose Brakke, Luke Brakke, Andy Dumas, Duane Dumas 1st Place Gross Liberty Business Systems-Ben Nelson, Jay Searls, Ryan Andel, Jamison Prim (Net and Gross winners received gift cards from The Meadows) 50/50 Glove Shot Winner Logan Ness $ It was a Great Day! We hope everyone had a wonderful time. Thanks to everyone that played, sponsored and donated!

Player Registration is available for the 2018-2019 Season! Please follow the steps outlined below. Register at USA Hockey and save your confirmation code.

IMPORTANT FAMILY MAX INFO If your family max registration fee is over $900, you MUST contact the office for a family max code before registering online.

11 Player Registration is available for the Season! Please follow the steps outlined below. Register at USA Hockey and save your confirmation code. You must enter a confirmation number for the season. Last season's number will NOT be accepted. IMPORTANT FAMILY MAX INFO If your family max registration fee is over $900, you MUST contact the office for a family max code before registering online. Download/Complete/Save/Scan the Player Conduct form. The Code of Conduct form cannot have an electronic signature. You can bring these completed forms to the office if you do not have the ability to electronically fill them out. All players must fill out a new Code of Conduct form each year. NEW PLAYERS ONLY Scan your son/daughter's birth certificate(s) At the conclusion of the registration session you will have options for payments, either in full electronically with a credit/debit card or on a payment plan. Players must be registered by September 30th to avoid a price increase that goes into effect October 1. Offline payments can be made at the office. Contact Elli for details and payment options. Registration Night(s) at the rink for returning players is August 20-21st.

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