January 2017 Now Accepting Board Applications Page 2 Time To Finish Your Dibs Page 3 Spring & Summer Hockey Opportunities Page 6 RAHA Rudy s Night Page 9 Rosemount Peewee Wins Minnesota HEP Essay Contest Page 8 Trophy Case is Filling up Pages 11-18 Page 1
Board Elections 2017 Rosemount Area Hockey Association Board Elections Candidates Wanted Join the RAHA Board - Make a Difference! The Rosemount Area Hockey Association (RAHA) Board is looking for association members that are committed to improving and advancing youth hockey. The RAHA Board needs a variety of skill sets communication, organization, finance, leadership -- Prior hockey playing and/or coaching experience it is not a requirement for the work of the RAHA Board. If you are committed to and willing to lead the Rosemount Area Hockey Association, please seriously consider becoming a RAHA Board Member. Board Member responsibilities include: Committing to a 2 year term from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2019 Regularly attending Board Meetings held on the first Wednesday of each month. Be an active participant of the Board and RAHA -- work on various Board initiatives and responsibilities, professionally voice your opinions, and present new ideas. Be able to work cooperatively with other Board members to identify, support, organize and execute activities that are in the best interest of RAHA s membership. Board of Director benefits include exemption for the Raffle ticket fundraiser, full DIBs hours exemption and a possible Ice Credit (pending Board vote). The application will be posted on the RAHA website this week. To become a candidate for the 2017 Board Elections please submit your application by email to RAHA Secretary Lisa Toll at lisat@rosemounthockey.org Submissions are requested by: March 1st. If you have questions about becoming a RAHA Board member, please direct them to Craig Nelson, Dan Nicklay, Lisa Toll or any current board member. Contact information can be found on our Board Page. Vote for your Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting in March (date to be announced). Families with a registered player for the 2016-17 season are eligible to vote. No ballots will be accepted after 6:30pm. Page 2
dibs RAHA Membership We are in the home stretch of the 2016-17 Hockey Season which also means time is running out to get your DIBS completed. Please login to the Dibs platform and review your completed credits so you know what is left to fulfill your requirements. We will also have some hockey game and concessions stand shifts available for the Peewee B2 District Tourney (Mar 6-12th), so watch for those to be posted sometime in Feb All member credits have been added for Head and Assistant Coaching, Managing, Tryouts, At-large positions etc. so if you feel you have hours that were missed, please contact Jennifer Heusinkveld at jenh@rosemounthockey.org Couple of items of interest: If you are within 1 hour or less from your requirement, please hold off on claiming shifts to allow others to claim who are in more need of them. If we need you come District Tournament time...we will put a shout out. Hours do not need to be evenly balanced between skaters if you have (2) or more in the program...as long as the totals add up to 15...you are good to go. Remember...you need to be logged in from the NGIN account that was used to register your skaters to view and claim Dibs shifts. The system can only show a Minimum and Maximum, so even though Termites see 7.5, you only owe 5 hours. Reminder that failure to complete your volunteer hours will forfeit your volunteer deposit check 2016-17 RAHA Board of Directors President Vice President Secretary Operations/Fundraising Communications, Website & Registrations Girls Traveling Coordinator Goalie Coordinator Coaches Coordinator Mite/Mini-Mite/Termites Coordi Craig Nelson Dan Nicklay Lisa Toll Chris Noonkesser Chris Kalata Jason Edgar Chris Jones Andy Proshek Marc Tobias Team Management Coordinator Player Development (Traveling) Girls Coordinator 6U/8U Girls & Volunteers Equipment Coordinator Tournament Coordinator IP Player Development Tim Roszak Jeff Tuccitto David Nygaard Jen Heusinkveld Scott Nitti Freddie Berberena Bryce Barry Page 3
Make RAHA a Communications Big Save With Our Sponsors Communication with our members is extremely important to RAHA and we have now added Twitter as an additional avenue of receiving information from your hockey association. @RAHA_Hockey Search Rosemount Area Hockey Association Need a Rosemount Wallpaper for your phone? Visit us on Twitter or Facebook to download them to your phone. Page 4
Rosemount Youth Hockey Boosters What do the Boosters do? Below is a list of how we give back throughout the season Leprechaun Days Parade Float Midsummer Fair Merchandise Sale RAHA Apparel and Merchandise Players' and Coaches' Warm-Ups RAHA Membership Directory Coordinate Special Events RAHA Player Gifts Annual Irish Ice Classic - Squirt C and 10UB Tournament Get Involved with the Boosters If you are interested in getting involved with the Rosemount Youth Hockey Boosters, please contact the Booster Secretary Tara Pace at tarapace@charter.net to be placed on the email distribution list. You will learn about upcoming needs and can choose to participate in things based on your interest and your availability. Our next meeting is Tuesday, March 14-7pm in room 212 at RCC The Boosters meet the second Tuesday of each month. More information Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/rahaboosters 2016-17 RAHA Booster Officers President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Tournaments Tournaments Tournaments Tournaments Cara Marx Robin Ricke Open Open Julie Salak Jon Balvance (Bantam) Brian Bergstrom Debbie Jacobson Tournaments Tournaments Merchandise Merchandise Special Events Special Events Special Events Special Events Shann Kurth Heather Tobias Becky Pasch Jodi Sullivan Tara Pace Wendy Pedersen Annette Cliff Michelle Rodine Page 5
Spring and Summer Hockey in Rosemount The programs below are also listed on our Summer Hockey page on the RAHA Homepage Located in Rosemount, The Pond Mini-Rink offers year round training programs to develop your hockey player. If fun and competition is your thing, we offer a wide variety of 3x3 leagues and tournaments from mini-mites all the way up to high school. Visit us at thepondmn.com for more information on our current programs. Based in Rosemount, MCCAAA/Tommy Chicago Hockey offers summer teams and off-season training for all age and skill levels. Whether your skater is an elite A level player or developing C level player, we have something for everyone. Best of all, the program is one of the most affordable in the state. For more information, visit mccaaahockey.com Based in Rosemount, Lee Goren Hockey & Coaching offers programs for on and off ice development of your skater. Lee Goren has Pro-Power STP for Mini-Mites through Bantams, For more information visit leegorenhockey.com Rosemount High School Hockey will be running their Summer STP program for Bantams and High School players. Starts in June... For more information, see the STP tab at rosemounthockey.com Page 6
Rosemount Hockey Academic Excellence Program We are excited to announce that the RAHA Board of Directors will once again be hosting our Academic Excellence Awards for the 2016-17 hockey season. These awards will recognize players who are excelling on the ice, as well as, in the classroom. This program is open to our Traveling Level Players (Squirt/10U- Bantam/12U) who have earned a B average or better in either the first or second trimester (2.5 average for grade school skaters). To celebrate this achievement for our student athletes, the board of directors is hosting a recognition party at the Rosemount Middle School Cafeteria on Thursday, March 16, 6:30-8:00pm. The kids will get a chance to hear from a guest speaker and will be eligible for some great prizes through our random drawing. If your son or daughter has maintained a "B" or "2.5" average during the current school year and would like to participate, please register them on the RAHA website Academics If you would like to donate to this program, please contact Cara Marx at crmarx@charter.net All cash donations will be converted to gift cards for a prize drawing. Chris Noonkesser, Operations Manager chrisn@rosemounthockey.org Rosemount High School Hockey Scholarships RAHA Scholarship Application Process Opening Soon RAHA will once again be offering (4) $1000 scholarships to our 2017 Graduating Class. We will be awarding scholarships to (1) current RHS Boys Hockey Senior, (1) RHS Girls Hockey Senior and (2) to a male or female senior who played youth hockey in RAHA. Stay Tuned to the RAHA website as our Scholarship Application page will be opening soon. Page 7
Hockey Day Minnesota 2017 On Hockey Day Minnesota 2017, Minnesota Hockey announced our very own Ty Hansen (Peewee B1) as the winner of the 2017 Mn Hockey HEP Essay Contest. Ty was one of three contest finalists that were highlighted on Fox Sports North (FSN) throughout the course of Hockey Day Minnesota. The other finalists were Sam Fronek, a Bantam player from Eden Prairie Hockey Association, and Abigail Ziehl, a 12U player from Bloomington Girls Hockey. The finalists were selected by a committee based on participants' responses to this year's topic, "Playing in the State of Hockey is special because " As the winner of the contest, Hansen will receive a Minnesota Wild dream day during the 2017-18 hockey season. To see Ty's Essay Video, visit the RAHA NEWS tab on our homepage. Rosemount Area Hockey Association Page 8
Rudy s Redeye Grill RAHA night at Rudy s Redeye Grill Head on over to Rudy's on the following Monday nights, enjoy some great food and company while helping raise funds for RA- HA. Mondays at Rudy's features HALF PRICE Pizzas and Bottles of Wine. Upcoming RAHA Rudy's Dates: Monday, February 6th Monday, April 3rd RAHA will earn a portion of all sales from 4:00 pm 10:00 pm on these nights. Please help spread the word to your non-hockey friends as well. The more people that visit Rudy's, the more money we earn. THANK YOU JOE! RAHA would like to give a HUGE THANK YOU SHOUT OUT to Communications At-Large Member Joe is the primary editor of this newsletter and also helps RAHA send out Tweets. If you know Joe...Give him a High Five and tell him THANK YOU!!! Page 9
Support Our Great Sponsors Thank You to Carbone's Rosemount for their continued support of Rosemount Hockey. Come out for Bingo on Mondays and the Meat Raffle on Saturdays and don't forget to ask for your VIP Card which gets you 5% Back at both Carbone's and Rosemount Liquor For more info on RAHA Sponsorships Contact Chris Noonkesser at chrisn@rosemounthockey.org Page 10
Trophy Case The virtual RAHA 2016-2017 Trophy case has been officially opened. The Trophy Case can be found under the News tab on the website homepage. Congratulations to ALL of our early winners. Watch future newsletters and the RAHA website for updates as the hardware rolls in. Season Trophy Count 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Consolation 11 5 8 3 Past Months Champions Peewee B1 - Fergus Falls Squirt C Blue - Forest Lake Ranger Classic Past Months Second Place Squirt B Blue at The Wayzata Freeze Tournament Squirt C Gold at the Somerset Spartan Shootout 12 UA at Anoka Past Months Third Place Peewee B1 at Eagan Peewee B2 Green at Inver Grove Heights Rebel Classic Peewee A at Faribault (First in Hotdog eating contest) Peewee A at Warroad Past Months Consolation Champion Peewee B1 at Eden Prairie Squirt B Blue (4th place) at Eden Prairie Shootout 12 UA at Eden Prairie Your teams stories and pictures wanted! Submit your tournament victories to trophies@rosemounthockey.org Page 11
Trophy Case Peewee A Boys Bring back TWO Trophies from Faribault The Peewee A Boys Love 3rd Place A Lot! So Much so that they picked up another Third Place Trophy in Faribault over MLK Weekend. That makes THREE on the season with only Warroad left on the tournament schedule for the boys to try and get over the Hump. Sioux Falls was our opening quarterfinal opponent and the Irish would be hungry to make it 4 for 4 in revenge games this season after the Stampede tripped us up 3-1 at Cottage Grove. This time the offense flexed its muscle putting the hurt on Sioux Falls 8-4. That would setup a semi-final matchup with #8 ranked Bloomington Jefferson. The Irish would go up 1-0, but the Jaguars would tie it up in the 2nd and a 1-1 tie would go to the final frame. The Jags would get the go ahead goal with 8 minutes to go and a final minute Power Play and extra attacker would give the Irish a 6 on 4 advantage, but a trip to the chip wasn t to be in a 2-1 loss. In the 3rd place game, Owatonna came to fight early, but eventually could not keep up with the speed and puck movement of our boys and the final score would end up 7-1. The story however does not end there. The Irish would indeed earn their first Championship Trophy of the year, but not on the ice. Our skaters and parents tallied 45 Hot Dogs on the weekend to earn the Hot Dog Eating Championship and it came complete with a Hot Dog Trophy (See Pic to the right). A couple Goalie Dads are rumored to have put us over the TOP! Congrats to all the skaters and parents for bringing back TWO TROPHIES on this fun weekend. Rosemount Area Hockey Association Page 12
Trophy Case Peewee A Earn the Clean Sweep in 3rd Place Trophies The Peewee A boys closed out their tourney season with a Bus trip up to Hockey Town USA in Warroad MN. A tough test was ahead of the #21 ranked Irish with 4 of the 6 opposing teams being ranked in Youth Hockey Hubs Top 20 and Roseau, Alexandria and Warroad all in the Top 10. The Irish Pool would consist of International Falls, Alexandria and Warroad. The Irish opened with a nice 2-1 win over #8 Alexandria and then put the Hurt on International Falls 14-2. This setup a bout with host Warroad who came into the tournament ranked #1 in State. Rosemount would skate with them for a period, but didn t have the man-power to keep up with their three high end AA quality players eventually falling 7-1. Back to the hotel for some fun while we wait for the 4 remaining games to play out for Championship Sunday matchups. Good news and bad news would come down the pipes as we earned the 3rd overall seed in the 7 team tournament (Yes a team dropped out last minute). That meant a guaranteed trophy, but also meant a rematch with Warroad as Roseau grabbed the #1 seed on goals against tie-breaker. So a rare semi-final game with the winner going to the Championship and loser taking 3rd was on tap at Warroads awesome Gardens Arena. Much of the same dominance from Warroad again would be too much for the Irish to overcome, this time in a 5-1 defeat. The loss meant ANOTHER 3rd Place Trophy and the boys were called one by one to accept their medals. FOUR Scheduled Tournaments for the Peewee A boys in 2016-17 and FOUR 3rd Place Finishes with many of the games against associations that do not have AA teams. We would have liked to get over the trophy hump, but the boys worked hard to earn every one of those 3rds. Congratulations to all the players and coaches on a great tournament run. Head Coach Brian Depaulis, Assistants Jeff Tuccitto, Stacy Johnston and Tony Hekrdle. Managers Lori Kalata and Chris Gullickson. Team Members Michael Nelson, Tysen Kalata, Jair Carlson, Ryker Sabo, Will Pasch, Cam Johnston, Ethan Smith, Caden Hegarty, Carson Blume, Chase Tuccitto, CJ Schwab, Jake Toll, Riley Depaulis, Carsen Brandt, Grant Ancheta, Drew Gullickson and Chris Hekrdle. Rosemount Area Hockey Association Page 13
Trophy Case Squirt C Gold Takes Second at the Somerset Spartan Shootout The Squirt C Gold team traveled to Somerset, WI for the Spartan Shootout. In their first game they beat St. Mary s Point 8-0. Giving Goalie Logan Krueger his 7th shutout of the season! In the second game the boys faced Pine City. The Irish came out on top winning 7-1, sending them to their 4th Championship game of the season. The Irish faced the tough Waconia team in the Championship game and lost 4-1. Congrats to the players and coaches on their 2nd place finish! Peewee B2 Green Earns another 3rd The Irish Peewee B2 Green team earned third place in the Inver Grove Heights Rebel Classic. In game 1 they skated past Spring Lake Park with a score of 13-1. They then faced a competitive Woodbury team and came up short (2-5). In the third place game they shut out Inver Grove Heights 10-0 for the win. Rosemount Area Hockey Association Page 14
Trophy Case 12 UA Second Place at Anoka 12 UA Consolation at Eden Prairie Rosemount Area Hockey Association Page 15
Trophy Case Rosemount Squirt B Blue Goes 4 for 4 in Adding Tournament Hardware to the Rosemount Trophy Case The Wayzata Freeze Tournament at Plymouth Ice Center got off to a fast start with a 8-0 win over MAML (Monticello, Andover and Maple Lake) on Friday night and was followed by a 4-2 semi-final win over St Michael Albertville on Saturday. In Sunday afternoon's championship game the team faced the host team, Wayzata Navy. Wayzata got off to a quick start with a quick puck luck goal to go up 1-0. Rosemount tied up the game at 1-1 with a bit of their own puck luck, before a Wayzata one on none break away resulted in a 2-1 Wayzata lead. The team had plenty of opportunity to tie things back up at 2-2, but it was not meant to be. Wayzata finished off scoring with an empty netter to take the championship with a score of 3-1. This was the team s fourth tournament of the year and the fourth time they ended up with hardware for the trophy case. The team now turns their focus to district play until heading to Fargo for the Squirt International in Fargo in February. The team previously brought home 2nd in the Minneapolis Cup, 1st in the Salute to Hockey and the rare 4th place trophy in the Eden Prairie Shootout. PeeWee B1 Earns 3rd Place at Eagan The Irish Peewee B1 squad traveled to Eagan for the New Years Border Battle and were in great shape after Pool Play. A complete 3-0 sweep with wins over Mound-Westonka 6-2, Centennial 3-1 and Mahtomedi 3-1 would earn Rosemount the #1 seed in the Green Pool. A Sunday morning semifinal match-up with St Cloud however would not go our way as a hot goalie would keep Rosemount out of the Chip in a 1-0 defeat. It was time to play spoiler in the 3rd place game vs tourney host Eagan and a Double OT Winner by Caden Miller would earn the Irish the 3rd Place hardware and cancel all plans for a Monday morning Wildcat parade down Pilot Knob Road. Rosemount Area Hockey Association Page 16
Trophy Case Squirt B Blue ran into their stiffest competition of the year at the Prairie Shootout. After getting through pool play with three straight wins Westonka (6-0), Centennial (6-3), Eden Prairie Black (3-1); the boys suffered two losses in the championship bracket. The boys jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the semi-final game to Chaska-Chan Black, buy the ice flipped toward the opponents side and the final score saw Squirt B Blue lose only their second game of the season 4-3. In the 3rd place game the cumulative effect of the five games and snowy travel between Rosemount and Eden Prairie over the weekend seemed to take it s toll and the boys lost their 3rd of the season 7-4 settling for 4th place. Peewee B1 Wins Consolation at Eden Prairie The Peewee B1 Boys brought back the Consolation Trophy from Eden Prairie. After and opening quarterfinal 5-0 loss to #5 ranked Edina White, the Irish would notch wins over Prior Lake Navy 6-1 and tournament host Eden Prairie 6-0 to claim the hardware. Rosemount Area Hockey Association Page 17
Trophy Case Rosemount Squirt C Blue Wins Forest Lake Ranger Classic It was a great weekend of hockey for these guys. Working hard in all ends of the ice and great goaltending. They outscored their opponents throughout the tournament 24-4! The first game in the bracket was against Mahtomedi. The Irish scored the first shift of the game but Mahtomedi followed up quickly to tie it up leaving the end of the first period 1-1. From the second period of that first game on through the end of the tournament the Irish were on fire. The first game ended 8-2. In the semifinal the Irish faced Forest Lake Maroon and came out on top with a 9-2 win. They finished off the tournament with a 7-0 shutout over Forest Lake Gold. Great effort and teamwork by everyone. Congratulations Squirt C Blue! Congrats to the Peewee B1 Boys who took the Championship at Fergus Falls sweeping the weekend with wins over Fargo Gold 4-1, Winnipeg 7-2 and Fargo Green 10-0! Rosemount Area Hockey Association Page 18
Rosemount High School Hockey Support the Boys and Girls High School Teams The boys and girls Varsity and Junior Varsity have a number of games coming up in November and December. Come on out to cheer them on at the Rosemount Community Center or follow them on the road with your friends and family. Boys Varsity & Junior Varsity February 4 February 8 February 9 February 11 February 16 February 18 JV - 1pm & Varsity - 3pm vs Farmington at Schmitz-Maki arena JV - 5pm & Varsity - 7pm vs Minnehaha Academy at RCC JV - 5pm & Varsity - 7pm vs Lakeville North at Rosemount Community Center JV - 5pm & Varsity - 7pm vs Apple Valley at Rosemount Community Center JV - 5pm & Varsity - 7pm vs Burnsville at Burnsville Ice Arena JV - 5pm & Varsity - 7pm vs Lakeville South at Rosemount Community Center Can t be at the game? Follow Rosemount Boys JV and Varsity on Twitter @RosemountHockey and watch online on The Cube Girls Varsity February 8 Section Quarterfinals (TBD) Stay Tuned to rhsgirlshockey.org Page 19
Make a Big Save With Our Year Round Fundraisers Earn a $30 ice bill credit on every box of chocolate bars you purchase ($60 per box +$1 Shipping). Eat em Up yourself or sell the bars to friends, family, neighbors or at your office. We have Almond and Carmel currently available. See our World s Finest Chocolate webpage for more details on how to order WORLDS FINEST. Money off hockey for driving your car? YES! Receive an $5 ice credit on EVE- RY $100 Gas Card purchased through the RAHA website. Use your card at the pump or in the store for Gas or goods. Use gas coupons along with your card to save even MORE! We are running this program 24/7/365, so buy cards all year round to maximize your ice credits. Visit our KWIK TRIP webpage for more details and how to order. RAHA has teamed up with Nitti Sanitation where you can earn an $80 ice bill credit when you switch to Nitti. They offer the best prices in town and you will be supporting a hometown business who has kids in our association. See our NITTI SANITATION webpage for more details and how to sign-up. Get your fall planting needs through RAHA s Gertens Plant Card and earn a $3 ice credit for every $25 plant card that you purchase. That is $12 back on every $100 in cards that you purchase. Visit our GERTENS PAGE for more details and how to order. Shop with Scrip (www.shopwithscrip.com) will earn you RAHA credits when purchasing gift cards from all your favorite merchants. For more details visit our Shop with Scrip webpage. Page 20