F A C e o f f. A few weeks into the season teams begin to create identity. What type of a team will yours be?

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1 F A C e o f f Volume XVII Issue 4 November, 2014 The Official Scorecard of Moorhead Youth Hockey MYHA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Brian Stavenger President Equipment Stephanie Gess Vice President Gaming Liaison, Membership Brent Teiken Treasurer, Finance Kathy Fischer-Thom Gaming Manager Julie Durgin Board Secretary, Office Manager Dennis Bushy Arena Manager, Scheduler Angie Searls Membership Kelli Dronen Fundraising Mark Hendrickson Fundraising Mike Simonich Equipment Chair Johnathan Judd Corey Delorme Tournament Co-Directors Jeremy Gregoire Hockey Director Rob Gramer In-House Hockey Director December 2014: Playing for the Person Next to You an A few weeks into the season teams begin to create identity. What type of a team will yours be? When other teams play the Spuds, we hope they talk about how well we handle the puck and how tough we are to play against. Working hard and making sure you are doing things the right way are important for those things to be true about your team. The best thing about team sports is the relationships that are made during the season with your teammates. Teams that are the most successful are not always the most talented, but they are always teams that play for the person next to them. Teammates that stand up for one another, treat one another well, and work hard all the time to help everyone improve have a place on every team. Jon Ammerman Moorhead Boys Hockey Jon Ammerman Hockey Committee Emily Sell Hockey Committee Office Hours 8:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. Monday-Fridays Phone: Fax: Arena: The MYHA Office will be closed December 25th & 26th

2 MYHA Lobby To Get A MAKEOVER! At this year s MYHA Fall Social our reverse auction event raised $7000 to be put towards rejuvenating the lobby at the Moorhead Youth Arena. We have a strong committee of hard-working, creative-minded individuals who will be working to make improvements including high top tables, new flat-screen TVs, and a new rug, just to name a few! You can expect changes to come sometime this spring as we spruce up your home-away-from-home! MYHA board approves hiring of an Executive Director Moorhead Youth Hockey has enjoyed continued growth in players, membership, and gaming revenue. In order to support the needs of our growing membership, become a tournament destination for visiting teams, and meet expectations that teams and visitors have when playing hockey in Moorhead, the association must find a way to capitalize on existing revenue opportunities that will fund our growth and position Moorhead Youth Hockey for the future. Additionally, there is a long overdue need for MYHA to reach out and establish better relationships with MYHA alumni, business and community stakeholders, city leaders, and current MYHA members. All of this is essential as we look forward to a positive future for MYHA that includes quality (and possibly more tournaments) for area teams, and an organization, experience, and brand of hockey that is like no other in the state of Minnesota. For those reasons the MYHA Board of Directors approved a plan to move forward with beginning the process of hiring an Executive Director on a full-time basis. In this position, the Executive Director will be responsible for MYHA s consistent achievement of its mission, achieving financial objectives, managing staff, increasing fundraising, implementing new programs, and working with the board of directors to further promote the brand and value of our association. Watch for more details to come soon as the Board of Directors works out the final details in getting the most qualified candidate in place at Moorhead Youth Hockey. Congratulations to our Raffle Winners!! Ray Fairchild 2015 Sea Doo Personal Watercraft Jay Lere $5,000 Melissa Peterson $3,000 Brad Bellman Laptop from ByteSpeed Tammy Ness $1,000 Terry Hapka Gas Grill And our $100 Winners! Dale Johnson Toby Dick Janice Lehr Stephanie Baril Carson Hedlund Chris Tunheim Andy Derosier Jon Bader Mike Spanier Tammy Torma Gary/Terry Weiss Lynn Dekrey Lisa Driscoll Renee Olson Katie Hascall Jim Johanson Roger Anderson Tiffany Ness Jeremy Olderbak Theresa Howe THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING MOORHEAD YOUTH HOCKEY!

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 and the Locker Rooms as well as allow the Arena Staff to properly clean. Thank you! Girls Varsity Spud Buddies SAVE THE DATE! 10U: J-S Tuesday, December 16 Girls Varsity vs Crookston Rookie Girls: K-W Saturday, December 20 Girls Varsity vs Sartell 12U: Tuesday, January 6 Girls Varsity vs Bemidji 8U: A-K Thursday, January 8 Girls Varsity vs Brainerd 8U: L-T Tuesday, January 13 Girls Varsity vs East Grand Forks ** Watch for more information via prior to your designated night.** There is still space available on our video board in the lobby for advertising! These advertising dollars will go to offset the cost of the new jerseys. If you or someone you know is interested in advertising at MYHA, contact Julie Durgin at the office ( or admin@moorheadyouthhockey.com) ARENA & CONCESSION NEWS The season is in full swing. Thanks to all the members for helping around the rink and in concessions. It really helps us out when everyone helps out with cleaning and serving our customers. I would like to remind members that when you bring your player to the rink for practices or games please look at TV screen for locker room assignments. We want to avoid any injuries in the lobby with kids being stepped on by a skate. The outside rink is nearly ready with the cold weather helping us get a jump start. Hopefully, the weather will stay cold. We would like to put on blue and red lines, weather permitting. The shack will be heated, so please remind your player that we have no supervision, so let s not mess up your privileges by doing something that ban you from the outside rink. We will send out an when the rink is ready. The scheduling of games and practices is coming along well. We are trying to schedule an equal amount of games for all teams as recommended by the Hockey Committee, but its not always possible to get that done. We hope to schedule the practices 3 or 4 weeks in advance so families can plan ahead. With coaches work schedules changing we cannot always get the consistency we desire throughout the month. Have a great Christmas and New Years, and Go Spuds! Denny

4 PUCK AND GOALIE CHALLENGE ACCOMPLISHMENTS Congratulations to everyone that completed the MYHA 2014 Puck Challenge/Girls Club. Participants set and completed a personal goal to enhance shooting, stick handling and goal tending skill development during July/August of The program had 117 participants with 53 members completing the required 9 of 10 sessions. 20 participants completed the 9 of 10 sessions and 5000/10000 puck challenge Puck Challenge guidelines required Bantam/14U, Peewee/12U and Squirt/10U/8U to complete 9 of minutes sessions of skill development and complete a challenge of shooting 5000/10000 pucks. Thanks to coaches David Carey, Hunter Hall, Peter Macfarlane, Cole McCarthy, Rebecca Hakk, and Bre Storm for supervising and training during the 2014 Puck Challenge and Girls Club sessions. Please, we ask your help in sharing the benefits of the program with friends and hockey teammates. MYHA Hockey Committee 9 of 10 sessions & 5000/10000 Pucks: 10, of 10 Training Sessions: Karson Kvalevog Bantam Kendel Anderson 8U Levi Nelson Bantam Payton Babolian 8U Nathan Carlson PeeWee Thea Kunka 8U Luc Mjoen PeeWee Kendell Lund 8U Gavin Lindberg Squirt Caleb Alderson Squirt Zachary Youngquist PeeWee Kalob Paquin Squirt Nathaniel Kashmark PeeWee Joey Simonich Squirt Maccoy Gregoire PeeWee Halle Balluff 10U Caleb Gardner PeeWee Ella Grafstrom 10U Dalton Demers PeeWee Kelsey Hedlund 10U Cade Moilanen PeeWee Annie Krieg 10U Caden Asheim PeeWee Jackson Blake PeeWee Luke Gramer PeeWee Maxwell Dronen PeeWee Grant Frisch PeeWee 5,000+ Blake Garner PeeWee Riley Case Bantam Holden Klinnert PeeWee Dylan Cheney Bantam Jack Lee PeeWee Max Slicer PeeWee Ian Simonich PeeWee Joe Gramer Squirt Gavin Sorby PeeWee Sam Case Squirt-Goalie Hannah Bratlien 12U Jack Arnold Squirt Jordan Filipi 12U Kylee Janke 10 U-Goalie Brianna Krejci 12U Haleigh Storbakken 12U Parker Delorme Bantam WAY Landon Overbo Bantam Clay Riveland Bantam TO Jeron Sheldon Bantam Nolan Westra Bantam Rachel Greene 14U GO! Jordie Evavold Jenna Perreault Colton Westra Sophia Schuetz HS HS PeeWee-Goalie 12U-Goalie

5 Mark your Calendar: Check our website for exact practice/game times and more info! December Tater Tot Classic - Squirt A/B December 17 Board Meeting December Potato Classic - Bantam B January 3-4 Golden Potato - Junior Gold January 9-11 Spud Classic - Bantam AA January 21 Board Meeting 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 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, December 17, and January 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 pr ior to the meeting. SPORT NGIN Are you GETTING s from MYHA? 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 information that can help you. 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 **ALL STAR BOWL** O Leary s Pizza Special On Mondays and Tuesdays O Leary s will donate $2 to MYHA for every large pizza ordered for take out or eat in. (And O Learys is now open to kids until 9 pm!) Support Moorhead Youth Hockey and have a quick and easy meal every Monday and Tuesday! 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!!

6 Moorhead Youth Hockey 707 SE Main Ave. Moorhead, MN RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Merry Christmas From the Staff at Moorhead Youth Hockey!!