November 2015 Message from the Board Page 2-3 Shop with Scrip Page 6 Trophy Case is Open Pages 11-13 Hot Players Page 14-15 Golf Tournament Highlights Pages 16-18 Photo credit Lisa Cline Mini-Mite Parent Page 1
A message from the Board It s Hockey Season Inside this issue: A message from the Board 2-3 Sponsors 4 Try Hockey for Free Recap 5 Shop with Scrip 6 Boosters 7 Raffle Tickets & Dibs 8-9 High School Hockey 10 Trophy Case & Hot Players Golf Tournament Highlights 11-15 16-18 Skate Sharpening Deals 19 Fundraising 20 The Puck Has Dropped Hockey is at full throttle! Our traveling teams have been on the go for six weeks strong and our Mites, Mini-Mites, 8U and 6U Girls are off and running. The final 2015-2016 Team Tally is: 1 Jr Gold 4 Bantam 6 Peewee 6 Squirt 2 Girls 12U 2 Girls 10U 7 Mites 8 Mini-Mites 1 Termite 2 Girls 8U 1 Girls 6U How Many Teams Is That? That s 40 Youth Hockey Teams in tiny little Rosemount spanning 640 skaters. This represents the third straight year that our numbers have increased by at least 10% over the previous year. And this year, we are up 13% over last year when we had 568 skaters. Add in the 3 Boys and Girls High School teams and we have 43 teams and close to 700 hockey players. In The State Of Hockey Rosemount is starting to make an argument as being one of the Cities of Hockey in the State of Hockey. There is one problem though. We have just One Full Size Ice sheet in our city to share amongst these 43 teams. Could you imagine if Baseball, Soccer, Football or Lacrosse all had access to just one field? What about basketball or volleyball having to share just one court? Those associations would surely not accept those conditions, so why should hockey? Youth Hockey Is Big In Rosemount Last season there were around 155 Youth Hockey Associations in the State of Minnesota. 22 of those associations had 500+ skaters and Rosemount ranked 16th overall with 568. All 15 associations in front of us and 6 behind us have access to at least two full size ice sheets within their city limits. This simply means that Rosemount is the ONLY association in the State with over 500 skaters with access to just one full size ice sheet. Furthermore, there were 11 more associations with 400+ skaters ranking 23rd to 34th and all but two of those associations have access to at least two sheets. Continues on Page 3 Page 2
Continued from page 2 A message from the Board It s Hockey Season Work Continues Slowly. We have been working with the City of Rosemount for a couple of years now and there has been some progress, but that progress has been slow. The Time is NOW as something has to be done...and done FAST! Enough traveling to Hastings, Inver Grove, St Paul and Lakeville to get in our practice time. Enough of our boys and girls skating until 10:15pm on school nights. Enough of our High School skaters getting up at 4:30am just so they can practice before school. IP Parents, What this means for you. For the IP Parents who are still reading this... this problem will get passed down to you once your skater enters the traveling level. We encourage you to start getting involved with the support efforts now. Young families are moving into our city and the problem is only going to get worse. We can t imagine what it will be like in five years if we are still in the same predicament that we are now. What Can You Do? Please contact Mayor Bill Droste and your city council members to let them know you are less than pleased with the current situation and it s time to help us build a second full size ice sheet. You can reach the mayor and council members by sending a single email to Citycouncil@ci.rosemount.mn.us or visit the city website at www.ci.rosemount.mn.us and click on Government and then City Council, to reach each of them individually. Rosemount Area Hockey Association Thanks you for Your Support 2015-16 RAHA Board of Directors President Craig Nelson Vice President John DeBettignies Operations/Fundraising Mike Humble Secretary /Tournaments 2 Lisa Toll Event Coordinator/Tournaments 1 Chris Noonkesser Girls Coordinator David Nygaard Squirt Coordinator Stacy Johnston Bantam/Jr Gold Coordinator Jeff Tuccitto Assoc. Coaching & Education Coordinator Dan Nicklay Team Management Coordinator Mini-Mite/6U Girls Coordinator Mite/8U Girls Coordinator Equipment Coordinator IP Player Development PeeWee Coordinator Web, Communications, Reg & Volunteers Tim Roszak Marc Tobias Dave Marcotte Scott Nitti Chris Jones Andy Proshek Chris Kalata Page 3
Support Our Great Sponsors RAHA SPONSORS OF THE MONTH Welcome New RAHA Sponsors AAA Auto Parts, Rosemont MN Skydeck Sports grille & Lanes, Mall Of America For more info on RAHA Sponsorships Contact Mike Humble at mikeh@rosemounthockey.org Page 4
News - Try Hockey for Free Day - first stride presented by Total Hockey We had the maximum of 60 skaters come out on September 20 to try hockey for free. All skaters had a great time and left with a free set of equipment to use for the upcoming season. Thank you to Total Hockey and all the coaches who made this great event a huge success! Page 5
Shop with Scrip Are you ready to turn a percentage of your everyday purchases into money toward your ice bills? Well, that time is here. Earn 1.5% - 16% by purchasing gift cards for places you go everyday with our new fundraiser SHOP WITH SCRIP. See Scrip Retailer List attachment for a list of participating retailers. Please click here for an informational flyer to help walk you through the program. After you have read the flyer, visit the website at ShopWithScrip.com to create your account, you will need RAHA's family enrollment code in order to set up an account, which you received in an e-mail. If you would like a more in depth process explanation please see the "Family User Guide". Learn more about the unique features available, including: PrestoPay, our online payment system. (you must sign up for PrestoPay, we will not be collecting checks. This process must be completed PRIOR to entering any SCRIP orders!) Digitally delivered products like ScripNow, Reload, and ReloadNow. MyScripWallet, our mobile scrip experience. In addition to physical cards, scrip also has Reload and Scrip Now cards: Reload, and ReloadNow- cards you buy once and reload via My scrip wallet on your mobile device. For example you buy a Cub Foods card and while you are standing in line at Cub Foods you figure you have $100 in groceries so you fill you initial card via My Scrip wallet on your mobile device. ScripNow - cards you buy via My scrip wallet on your mobile device. For example, you go to Buffalo Wild Wings for lunch; you buy a gift card via My Scrip wallet on your mobile device and then redeem via your mobile device. RAHA will place orders with SCRIP on the 5th and 19th of every Month, so your orders need to be entered by the 4th and 18th, in order to receive your card(s) in that shipment. Orders leave SCRIP the next business day, and take; 3-5 days to arrive to us in Rosemount, cards can be picked up at the Pull Tab booth at Carbone's. As we all learn this new program, (shipping times etc.), an e-mail will be sent out when cards have arrived so you know when you can pick up your cards. The first order for October will be placed October 9th at 11am. There is an $8 shipping and handling fee for physical cards that scrip ships to us, RAHA will cover that cost so all SCRIP earnings will go directly back to your skater's account. RAHA will receive a deposit and fundraising summary from SCRIP on the 20th of each month, those credits will be credited to your ice bill the following month. For example, RAHA will receive a fundraising summary at the end of October, those credits will appear on your November ice payment. Helpful links, information and updates as we receive them from SCRIP will be posted on the fundraising page; rosemounthockey.org/fundraising. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us: Chris Noonkesser - chrisn@rosemounthockey.org Mike Humble - mikeh@rosemounthockey.org Page 6
Rosemount Youth Hockey Boosters Thanks to all the kids and parents that walked in this year s parade. Even though it was a hot one everyone had a great time. 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 and Puck Shoot RAHA Apparel and Merchandise Players' and Coaches' Warm-Ups RAHA Membership Directory Tryout Evaluator Lunch 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, December 8-7pm in room 212 at RCC The Boosters meet the second Tuesday of each month. More information Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/rahaboosters 2015-16 RAHA Booster Officers RAHA wear can be viewed in the trophy case at RCC. President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Tournament Director Tournament Director Cara Marx Becky Pasch Tara Pace Robin Ricke Julie Salak Sheila Gullickson Merchandise Assistant Merchandise Assistant Merchandise Assistant Merchandise Assistant Lisa Cline Melanie Hekrdle Karla Blume Karla Kraus Page 7
Make Raffle a Tickets Big Save Due With - Tuesday Our Sponsors December 1st Raffle Tickets Just a reminder that raffle tickets need to be turned in by 10:00pm on Tuesday, December 1st at RCC. Tickets should be stuffed in the box hanging beneath the mailboxes by the Zamboni doors. Thanksgiving is a perfect time to sell tickets to the family. If you choose to purchase your tickets outright and go for the big money, printing sticker labels with your contact information is a great time saver. A countdown has been added to the RAHA homepage. DON T FORGET TO REMOVE THE STAPLES! Dibs Opportunities The season is finally underway and the RAHA sponsored tournaments are fast approaching. The tournaments are great fund raising opportunities for RAHA and your help is essential help them run smoothly. Your participation is greatly appreciated. The Dibs for the tournaments are almost completely claimed but there are still a few opportunities to fill your Dibs. Thank you to all who signed up. Shifts for the Carbone Classic will be posted in the near future. Understandably, some of the duties may see intimidating so if you are new to the volunteer shift you are filling we have included some definitions of tournament specific duties to hopefully help demystify these jobs. Tournament directors will be available to help answer any questions. Volunteer Duties for RAHA Tournaments Locker Room Attendant: 1) Arrive at your scheduled time, check in with the Tournament Director. 2) Get the keys to the locker rooms, tournament director will have them. 3) Post which team is in which locker room. Tournament Director will have locker room assignments for each game. Each game will either be odd locker room numbers or even, example: Game #1- Home team in locker room #1, Visitor in #3, Game #2- Home team in locker room #2, Visitor in #4 4) When all members of a team have left the locker room, lock the door so their equipment is safe. 5) Stay on the ice level of RCC by the locker rooms, so if any team member needs to get into their locker room, you can let them in. 6) Unlock the locker rooms during period breaks, or at the end of the game. 7) Once the team has cleared out, Post the new team assignments on the locker room doors. 8) When your shift is done, turn in keys to Tournament director. Announcer: Page 8
1) Arrive at your scheduled time, check in with the Tournament Director. 2) Pick up starting line-up cards from the Tournament Director. 3) Pick up full roster from Tournament Director 4) Check in with team coaches or team managers for pronunciation of player names that may be difficult to say. 5) At the start of each game say the following (Tournaments may have other scripts) 1) Welcome to the Rosemount Area Hockey Association (insert tournament name) Tournament. 2) Between the Visitors from (insert team name) and the home team (insert team name). 6) Introduce the starting line up from the visitors first 7) Introduce the starting line up from the home team second. 8) Announce all goals and the assists that go with them ex: Scoring for Rosemount, #5 Billy Martin, Assists to #7 Tom Kelly and #9 Jim Torre, Rosemount #5 Martin, from #7 Kelly and #9 Torre 9) Announce all penalties, how long the penalty will be for and what it was. ex: Penalty, Rosemount #13 Wally Backman, 2 minutes for tripping 10) Announce when the penalty is over ex: Rosemount, full strength 11) Announce when the period has one minute left ex: One minute left in the period, one minute 12) Clean up the announcer/score table. Throw away any garbage and old line-up sheets. Clock Operator: 1) Arrive at your scheduled time, check in with the tournament director. 2) Become familiar with the clock operation. There is a manual in the scorers booth. 3) All tournaments are stop time unless otherwise noted. 4) Read tournament rules regarding run time and goal differential, overtime, in-between period breaks, and warm up time. 5) If you forget to start the clock for a few seconds, DO NOT try to make up the time by running a few extra seconds off after the whistle. Mistakes happen, by running off extra time will cause another mistake. Scorekeeper: 1) Arrive at your scheduled time, check in with the tournament director. 2) Get game stickers from the tournament director, place them on the score sheets. There should be 4 sets of stickers for each game. 3) Fill out score sheet with pre-game information Who is playing Where is the game at Place the stickers in the right spots Have coaches sign the sheet 4) Record shots for each team. A shot is defined as: a shot on goal is a shot that will enter the goal if it is not stopped by the goaltender. A shot on goal must result in either a goal or a save. A puck that hits the pipe is not a shot. 5) Record all goals and all assists 6) Record all penalties 7) At the end of the game, get the on ice officials to sign the score sheet. 8) Give one copy to each team, one to the refs, one to the tournament director. Penalty Box Attendant: 1) Arrive at your scheduled time, check in with the tournament director 2) Open the doors for any player getting a penalty 3) Open the door to allow the player to return to the ice. For squirt or mite games, check with the head coach to see if the player should return to the ice, or go directly to the bench when they exit the penalty box. Page 9
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 November 25 December 5 December 10 December 12 December 17 December 19 December 23 Dec. 28-30 JV - 5pm & Varsity - 7pm at St. Thomas Academy JV - 1pm & Varsity - 3pm at Prior Lake - Dakotah Ice Arena JV - 5pm & Varsity - 7pm at Eastview - Apple Valley Sports Arena JV - 5pm & Varsity - 7:00pm vs Shakopee at Rosemount Community Center JV - 5:30pm & Varsity - 7:30pm at Farmington - Schmitz-Maki Ice Arena JV - 5pm & Varsity - 7pm vs Lakeville North at Rosemount Community Center JV - 5pm & Varsity - 7pm vs Apple Valley at Rosemount Community Center Schwan Cup-Silver - Schwan Super Rink/Ridder Girls Varsity November 24 November 28 December 1 December 3 December 5 December 8 December 12 December 15 December 16 Varsity - 7pm at Lakeville South - Lakeville Hasse Arena Varsity - 2pm at Cloquet - Cloquet Area Recreation Center Varsity - 7pm vs Eagan at Rosemount Community Center Varsity - 7pm vs Como Varsity - 5:30pm at Prior Lake at Dakotah Ice Arena Varsity - 7pm at Eastview - Apple Valley Sports Arena Varsity - 3pm vs Shakopee at Rosemount Community Center Varsity - 7:30pm at Farmington - Schmitz-Maki Arena Varsity - 7pm vs Simely at Rosemount Community Center Home games are BLUE Page 10
Trophy Case The virtual RAHA 2015-2016 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. 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Consolation 3 2 0 0 CHAMPIONS Bantam AA - North American Hockey League Tournament Bantam B1 Fairbault Tournament 15UA Girls - Hopkins Thanksgiving Tournament Second Place Bantam C - Wayzata Sniper Classic 12UA - Eden Prairie Third Place Consolation Champion The 12UA Girls would travel to Eden Prairie for their first tournament of the season and come back with 2nd Place. It was ALL IRISH in Pool Play at they would earn the #1 pool seed with wins over Eden Prairie, won 5-0, Buffalo 15-0 and Woodbury 8-1. A more even match-up against Chaska-Chan in the semi-finals was a great game with the Irish coming back from a 1-0 deficit to win 2-1 and earn a trip to the Chip. Andover would be the Title Game opponent and the girls just couldn t match their speed and skill falling 7-0. Great Start to your Tournament Season Ladies and good luck down the road. Your teams stories and pictures wanted! Submit your tournament victories and team news to Chris Kalata. Page 11
Trophy Case Don t be fooled by the jerseys, but congratulations to the Rosemount/Hastings/Farmington co-op 15UA team for winning the 40th annual Hopkins Thanksgiving Tournament. The girls won 2-1 over Chaska/Chanhassen, 6-2 over Northern Lakes and ended with a 4-2 win over Minnetonka in the championship game. The girls from Rosemount are Olivia Garrity, Carly Bohl, Larissa Hafley, Claire Dupuis, Grace Norris and Ashley Tuttle. Great job girls. Our Bantam C boys make it 1 for 1 in hardware taking 2nd Place at the Wayzata Sniper Classic. The Irish would sting the Hornets of Edina 2-1 to open pool play and follow that up with a 2-0 shut-out of OMG. A 5-1 loss to Wayzata put Rosemount in a must win Pool Play finale against Minnetonka. A 5-2 hard fought victory validated a spot in the Championship game, but it would be a rematch with Tonka. This time around Tonka would get their revenge topping our boys 3-1. Congrats to all the players and coaches on a Great Tourney! Congrats to our Bantam AA Boys for validating Minnesota as the State of Hockey with a perfect 6-0 run to win the North American Hockey Leagues Future Prospect Tournament at the Schwans Super Rink in Blaine. The Irish took down Sioux Falls 5-2, California Tigers 7-1, Omaha 3-1 and the Rocky Mountain Rough Riders 8-0 to earn the #1 overall seed and trip to the semi-finals. Sioux Falls was looking for some revenge, but once again the Irish would hold serve and prevail 5-3. That setup a championship game with Dallas Texas and another chance to put a needle in Norm Green's back, and the boys would do just that with a 4-0 shutout. Congrats to all on a great tournament. The Bantam AA squad are off and running to a 9-1-1 start to this early season. Good Luck in your preparation for District 8 play. Page 12
Trophy Case Congrats to our Bantam B1 Boys for winning the Faribault Tournament. The Irish defeated KC Mavericks 8-0, Rochester 7-0 and Faribault 6-0 to earn the Championship game on Sunday. The KC Mavs were looking for some revenge, but once again the Irish would prevail and win the Championship game 7-3. The Bantam B1 squad are off to a great start and remain undefeated with a 9-0-0 record. Congrats to the players, coaches and parents on a great season and good luck with the upcoming Best of the Rest Eden Prairie tournament. Go Irish! Trophy Case - 2014-2015 The 2014-2015 have many memories for all the teams and we brought home a number of trophies. Below are is our trophy count from last season and some highlights from the season. We are proud of each and every team in RAHA. Congratulations on great seasons. 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Consolation 23 7 6 4 Peewee AA District 8 League Champions, District 8 Playoff Champions, West Region Winners and Fourth place in State Tournament Jr Gold B League Champions and Fourth Place in State Tournament Peewee B2 District 8 League Champions and District Playoff Champions. Bantam C District Playoff Champions Squirt A District Playoff Champions Squirt B White District 8 League Champions and District 8 Playoff Champions Squirt B Blue District 8 League Champions Squirt C Green District 8 League Champions, District Playoff Champions and Fargo International Champions Page 13
Hot Player of the Week Andrew Murphy - Peewee B2 Green If you haven't heard the term BRICK WALL before, it is reference to a goalie who doesn't often let the puck hit the back of the mesh. Our first RAHA Hot player of the season was a Brick Wall over a 3 day weekend in early November. Andrew Murphy of the Peewee B2 Green squad would get his first shutout of the season in a 6-0 win over Chaska-Chan on Friday night. Murph wasn't done there as he came back Saturday morning to blank the Minneapolis Storm 8-0 and then complete the tri-fecta in a stellar performance against Prior Lake 3-0. Nine Periods of shutout hockey for the Murph Man stopping all 36 shots that came his way. Andrew credits his excellent defensive crew and host of great back-checking forwards in helping him over this great three day stretch. Congrats to Murph and the Peewee B2 Green and good luck as you continue to prepare for D8 play. Page 14
Hot Player of the Week Mason Wheeler - Bantam AA The spotlight hits our Bantam AA squad and Mr. Mason Wheeler as this week s RAHA Hot Player. Mason and his team-mates recently participated in the prestigious 16 team Battle for the Blue Ox tournament where they would open against Top 10 foe Eden Prairie. Mason would bring the Irish back from 2-1 and 3-2 deficits and when Mitch Kohner tied it up 4-4 to force OT It was once again Wheeler Time. Mason would win it for the Irish 5-4 earning his first Bantam Hat Trick. He would go on to add 2 more goals and an assist in the tournament for a 6 point weekend. Page 15
Golf Tournament Was A Huge Success - Thanks To All Who Participated Page 16
Thanks To all The Great Organizations Who Sponsored Holes Page 17
We Look Forward To Next Year and Hope You Will Join Us Page 18
Make a Big Save With Our Deals $10 Off Pond Skate Sharpening Cards Order Online at the RAHA Homepage RAHA has teamed up with The Pond to offer a $40 skate sharpening cards for 12 sharpenings. That is only $3.33 per sharpen and saves you $10 off the regular price of $50. This offer is ONLY available via the RAHA website. The Pond uses the revolutionary Blackstone skate Sharpener that offers standard cuts or the FVB (Flat Bottom V) RCC Sharpening and Open Skate Card Stop by the RCC Office and purchase your $20 card which is good for 8 skate sharpenings or open skating times RAHA Communication 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 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