F A C e o f f Volume XVIII Issue 9 May, 2016 The Official Scorecard of Moorhead Youth Hockey

F A C e o f f Volume XVIII Issue 9 May, 2016 The Official Scorecard of Moorhead Youth Hockey MYHA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2016-2017 Brian Stavenger President Executive Committee Facilities Mike Simonich Vice President - Treasurer Facilities - Equipment Co-Chair Executive Committee Anne Norris Gaming Manager Rob Gramer Executive Director Julie Durgin Board Secretary, Office Manager Dennis Bushy Arena Manager, Scheduler Rachel Alderson Membership Sara Owen Fundraising Josh Krieg Membership Mark Hendrickson Fundraising Chad Marsden Facilities Equipment Co-Chair Tim Kolehmainen Corey Delorme Tournament Co-Directors Jeremy Gregoire Hockey Director Jon Ammerman Hockey Committee Emily Sell Hockey Committee Off Season Office Hours 8:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Monday-Thursday Phone: 218.233.5021 Community Based Hockey The Minnesota Way Minnesota has always maintained its community model when it comes to youth hockey and remains one of the only states in the country that maintains community based hockey. As a member of MN Hockey, Moorhead Youth Hockey (and all MN associations) follow this model. In short, community-based means that all members of that association must live within the city or cities that association serves. There are many tangibles and intangibles that support the community model is the best approach for participation and development. The Minnesota way keeps cost down and provides opportunity for more kids to play (MN leads the way in number of players at every level from 6U to Senior). The Minnesota way kids to stay at home and play with their childhood friends all the way through High School (easing the financial and time strain on families). The Minnesota way produces high end players (MN leads the way in number of players playing junior hockey, college hockey, national teams, and professional hockey). These are all things that are reported and discussed regularly that point toward the Minnesota model working, but every once in a while I hear something new that makes the point in a new and exciting way. Here are 3 things I recently came across that speak to the MN Way: 1 - The top 4 COUNTRIES in the world for number of hockey players are? 1) Canada, 2) United States, 3) Russia, 4) MINNESOTA 2 This is directly from the press release from USA Hockey: USA Hockey announced today the 22-player roster for its U.S. Women s National Under-18 Team, which will compete at the 2016 International Ice Hockey Federation Under-18 World Championship. The 22 players represent seven different states. Minnesota leads the pack with 16 representatives, followed by California, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Washington with one each. That team went on to win the world championships with 16 out of 22 players being from Minnesota. That is incredible. 3 A quote from Rand Pecknold, head coach of the #1 ranked division 1 college men s team, Quinnipiac University in New Hampshire for most of last season (which ended up losing the National Championship game to the University of North Dakota): The best state at producing hockey players is Minnesota. Nothing even comes close to touching the Minnesota youth and high school model. Moorhead Youth Hockey and its members are fortunate to be a part of Minnesota Hockey and its community-based model. Minnesota leads the way and is the envy of many. Rob Gramer MYHA Executive Director

MYHA Tournament Worker Requirements Policy 2016-2017 Season *This policy replaces the former Volunteer Policy and any volunteer hours* Hosted Tournaments profited over $100,000 over 13 events last season. This season we will host even more tournaments, a total of 16. We host tournaments as a way to keep your registration fees down, as well as providing a weekend at home without travel expenses. Because tournaments are essential to our association, working our tournaments is now a requirement. There are no exempt positions from this requirement. If you have a child playing in Moorhead Youth Hockey, you will work your assigned tournament, or tournaments if you have children on multiple teams. A deposit of $400 will be collected at registration as your commitment to working your assigned tournament shifts. Your deposit check will be held by Moorhead Youth Hockey (not cashed) until after you have worked your assigned shifts. The Tournament Director(s) will ASSIGN team member families to adequately cover the shifts required for that tournament. Families can expect to work about 4 shifts, but this will vary based on the roster size of the teams assigned and the needs of that particular tournament. If you are unable to work your assigned shift, it is YOUR responsibility to find a replacement. If you, or your replacement, does not show up to work your shift, or if you do not fulfill your job duties, your $400 deposit check will be cashed immediately. It is not the intention of Moorhead Youth Hockey to cash deposit checks. We would rather have everyone work together to provide a fun and exciting tournament atmosphere for the players. Tournament Dates and Team assignments are BELOW! Mark Your Calendars!! These are the dates for MYHA tournaments for the 2016-2017 year. ~~~~~~~~~~ DATES TOURNAMENT LEVEL TEAMS ASSIGNED Oct 28-30 Big Pumpkin PeeWee AA PWAA, ALL Squirts Nov 11-13 Spud Shootout PeeWee B PWB, Mite 1 Nov 25-27 Thanksgiving Mashup Squirt A/B Mite 2, Mite 3, Mite 4, Mite 5 Dec 2-4 Hot Potato Girls 12UA 12UA, 8U1, Rookie 1 Dec 9-11 Tater Tot Classic Girls 12UB 12UB, 8U2, Rookie 2 Dec 16-18 Potato Classic Bantam B BB, Rookie 3 Dec 30-Jan 1 Golden Potato Jr Gold 18 B JG18B, Rookie 4, Rookie 5 Jan 6-8 Sweet Potato Classic Girls 15UA 15UA, Rookie 6, Rookie 7 Jan 13-15 Spud Classic Bantam B2 BB2, Rookie 8 Jan 20-22 Potato Chip Invite Girls 10UB 10UB, Mite 6 Jan 27-29 Curly Fry Classic Girls 10UA 10UA, Mite 7 Feb 3-5 SpudTacular Bantam AA BAA, Rookie 9 Feb 10-12 Golden Spud Invite Jr Gold 16 JG16, Rookie 10 Feb 17-19 February French Fry PeeWee B2 PWB2, Rookie 11 Mar 17-19 Metro Championship Squirt B2 Mite 8, Rookie 12

Mark your Calendar: Check our website for exact practice/game times and more info! June 1-30 Early Player Registration June 15.....Board Meeting June 24...Tobolt Golf Tournament July 1...State Gaming Audit www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 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!! 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) Lisa Schmidt OFF SEASON OFFICE HOURS 8:00 am to 1:00 pm Monday through Thursday GREAT JOB FOR COLLEGE KIDS! Know someone that is looking for some extra $$$? MYHA s Gaming Division is looking for pulltab and bingo attendants. Part time, flexible hours, great tips! Must be 18 years old. Contact gaming@moorheadyouthhockey.com or 218-233-5021 and ask for Anne. 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 Tap Moorhead Billiards Red Hen Tap House

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, June 15th at 7:00pm, in the MYHA Board Room. If you would like to be added to the agenda please contact Julie Durgin at 233-5021 or email admin@moorheadyouthhockey.com at least one week prior to the meeting. 016-1ear USA Hockey Requirement & Steps to Register USA Hockey's online registration for the 2016-2017 hockey season will open on April 1st, 2016 1. Get your son/daughter registered at USA Hockey and get your confirmation code. 2. Use the MYHA registration link above to complete the organization's player registration. 3. Download/Complete/Save/Scan the Consent to Treat and Player Conduct forms. If this is your player's first year with MYHA, scan their birth certificate(s), and have them saved electronically to your computer, or bring it with you to one of the registration nights. 1. Attend one of of the on-site parent registration nights (date TBD) where you can finalize offline payments, turn in forms if not uploaded, turn in your volunteer deposit, and purchase your raffle tickets (required for ALL families). IF you are unable save the forms and birth certificate electronically and upload them during the online process you must be bring them in during registration night. The Minnesota Wild Learn to Play Hockey Program-Coming to the Moorhead Youth Arena this fall!! Over 700* boys and girls ages 5-8 (born between August 1, 2008 and August 1, 2011) will discover the sport of hockey through four (4) hours of introductory practices in their own, complete set (includes skates) of Total Hockey CCM Little Wild branded hockey equipment thanks to the combined efforts of the Minnesota Wild, Minnesota Hockey, CCM, and Total Hockey. *Must be a NEW hockey player in Minnesota to participate. NOTE: This program is in NO WAY a part of Moorhead Youth Hockey. It is presented by the Minnesota WILD in conjunction with Minnesota Hockey. Sign up is through this link: wild.nhl.com For questions, please see the FAQ 's listed on their website. Registration Opens May 10. *Limited to 60 participants per site.

By Joe Bonnett, ADM Regional Manager 10U Q-and-A: Homespun Offseason Training Q: As we head into the spring and summer, is there anything my 10U hockey player can do at home to enhance athleticism and improve hockey skills in a cost-effective manner? A: This is a great question, and one that is especially top-of-mind for those families who are juggling multiple kids summer schedules of sports, camps, vacations and downtime. First and foremost, USA Hockey recommends playing multiple sports to enhance athleticism, and many of those complementary sports also enhance hockey skills. Spring and summer is the perfect time to encourage your 10U children to play different sports. There are many benefits to having your child participate in other sports. For example, gymnastics and swimming improve rhythm and coordination while working both sides of the body. Tennis develops quickness and improves hand-eye coordination. Golf improves hand-eye coordination. Soccer enhances agility, quickness and the attacking mentality. Lacrosse is great for agility, hand-eye, attacking and quickness. Basketball develops hand-eye coordination, attacking, all-around coordination and explosiveness. Baseball improves hand-eye coordination. These are all great complimentary sports, particularly hightransfer games like lacrosse, soccer and basketball, which employ many of the same attacking and defending concepts used in hockey. These sports encourage athleticism, rhythm and decision-making skills. These skills will transfer to the ice in the fall. Moving beyond complementary sports, if your child also has a strong desire to work on their hockey game outside the rink this summer, there are plenty of activities that can be done in your garage. I encourage some of the following categories for your 10U player: Strength These exercises should be done with body-weight only. No weights or machines are needed. Simple push-ups, pull -ups and body squats will improve overall strength and confidence as these large muscle areas strengthen. Once your child masters these classic exercises, they can advance to single-leg strengthening moves such as one-foot hops (forward, backward, side to side) and two-foot jumps. A nice progression for the body squat is the farmer s throw. Have your player squat down, pick up a medicine ball and toss it over their shoulder at the top of the squat (alternating the toss from one shoulder to the other). Core Strength and Stability Core strength is vital for any activity. Classic planks will help stabilize the athlete s midsection. Have your athlete perform a plank for a specific amount of time and increase gradually over the summer. You can also toss a medicine ball to your player while standing on two feet, one foot or an unstable surface. Another great activity to try at home is tumbling. Challenge your athlete to perform cartwheels, somersaults and opposite-arm somersaults. You will be amazed how many young athletes struggle with these simple tumbling moves. Speed and Agility Quickness of the feet will help stimulate brain activity and coordination for your athlete. Simple ladder drills will allow your athlete to challenge themselves at a speed commensurate to their ability. You can find many patterns for the ladders on the internet. Reaction drills are also highly useful to hockey players. These drills stimulate the brain. Not only do these drills help quickness, but they promote quick decision-making skills as well. Be creative. Sprint races and five-yard cones drills are effective and fun. Shooting and Stickhandling There is no substitute for shooting a puck. Shooting is very sport-specific. If you can set up a shooting area, let your player have at it. Shooting pucks builds endurance in the core, forearms, back and hands. They can also shoot different shots and create games involving accuracy. Stickhandling is easy in the garage as well. Use different pucks and balls to create a challenging stickhandling environment. Stickhandling balls are good. Street-hockey pucks are good. Golf balls are good, too, because they re sensitive, so they develop soft hands. You can use many items found in a garage as stickhandling obstacles. Feel free to use anything from a 2x4, to a bike to cones. Endurance Teach your player how to box. Simple boxing techniques of right-left combinations (coordination), ducking and kicking can challenge your player. This is hard work but very rewarding. Once they get into the boxing groove, their confidence will soar. Closing Thoughts You definitely don t need to join a gym or buy special equipment to provide your 10U player a great offseason of training and development. The ideas I ve covered here are just a small slice of the many convenient and affordable things that can help your player improve this summer. A 30- or 40-minute session of these kinds of activities performed two or three times each week will pay great dividends this fall. Just remember to keep it lighthearted and fun. Thanks, Jeremy Gregoire, Hockey Director

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Some things to know... If you are registering more than two players and your registration fees would normally exceed the $875 family max, AND you want to use a payment plan, you must call the office at 233-5021 PRIOR to registering to ask for a discount code! This is the only way to get the family max AND the payment plan. We are excited to announce that Moorhead Youth Hockey's 2016-2017 "Early Bird" Player Registration is now available. Please follow the steps outlined below. Register at USA Hockey (usahockey.com) and save your confirmation code. You must enter a confirmation number for the 2016-2017 season. Last season's number will NOT be accepted. Complete the Registration at moorheadyouthhockey.com. (Registration on the left column). Remember that the account you use for registration is the account where communications from MYHA will come to. Download/Complete/Save/Scan the Consent to Treat and Player Conduct forms (this is the preferred method). 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 CTT and Code of Conduct form each year. Scan your son/daughter's birth certificate(s)-new PLAYERS ONLY * At the conclusion of the registration session you can pay in full electronically with a credit/debit card. If you are unable save the forms and birth certificate electronically and upload them during the online process you can bring them in during registration night or send them by mail. SUMMER PUCK CHALLENGE! ONLINE REGISTRATION OPENS ON JUNE 7th! CLICK HERE for the LINK! The MYHA Hockey Committee will be implementing a few changes to our Puck Challenge for this summer. The program will start Sunday, June 12 with an initial testing session at the youth rink. Skills tested will be shot speed and time to run through a stick handling course. Participants will then be asked to shoot pucks and work on stick handling at Home throughout the summer with a final testing session again in the fall to check for improvements. Participants will not be required to attend sessions at the youth rink as we have done in past years. However, we will have shooting and puck handling stations set up at the youth rink for those who don t have a place to complete the shooting and stick handling challenges. Goalies will also be a part of our Puck Challenge this summer but will need to attend some sessions at the youth rink to use our dryland goalie crease. There will be a small fee to participate just to cover administrative costs. Thank you, Jeremy Gregoire

15th Annual MHS/MYHA 4 PERSON SCRAMBLE GOLF TOURNAMENT July 21 st, Meadows Golf Course All proceeds will be divided between the Moorhead Youth Hockey Association and the Moorhead High School Boys hockey team. Registration starting at 11:00 am Noon shotgun start Entry fee of $350 for a 4-person team-includes 18 holes of golf, cart, and dinner Game of skill donation -- $150 (6 available) Monetary donations of any value gratefully accepted! *NEW! Additional sponsorship opportunities Orange Level Sponsorship -- $500 One foursome in the tournament Golf Tournament Hole Sponsorship Recognition in Spud Boys Game Program Black Level Sponsorship -- $1,000 One Foursome in the Tournament Golf Tournament Hole Sponsorship Half-Page Advertisement in Spud Boys Game Program Spud Level Sponsorship -- $1,500 (limit 2) One Foursome in the Tournament Sponsorship of Spud Boys Team Schedule Poster We will again feature a silent auction with various items to bid on before, during, and after the tournament! Dinner at approximately 5:00pm Registrations are limited to the first 36 teams Online registration at www.moorheadyouthhockey.com! Contact Julie in the MYHA office with questions. Call 218-233-5021 or admin@moorheadyouthhockey.com

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