Summer hockey camps for special hockey (Maryland and New Jersey)

There are American Special Hockey Association summer camps in the New Jersey and Maryland this year, and possibly one in Colorado. We received email notification as excerpted below. This is probably of limited interest to Minnesotans, but it's an interesting example of what's going on nationally.

You can find the registration forms on the ASHA website -- those pages have the key information. Note that "northeast" and "southeast" are both "northeast" from our perspective.

Hearing impaired girls hockey camp

We all know about special hockey and sled hockey, but there's also hearing impaired hockey. They are based in Chicago and run a hockey camp there. This year they're adding an all-girls team to the current boys and girls teams. We were asked to promote this request for girls teams players (I've edited the email to remove identifiers since this is a public site) ....

From: Jennie C
Sent: Sun, Apr 11, 2010 12:48 pm
Subject: Deaf hockey players

Good afternoon,

My name is Jennie C and I am an interpreter for the American Hearing Impaired Hockey Association (AHIHA). Our organization hosts an annual hockey camp in Chicago designed exclusively for deaf and hard of hearing players, the only camp of its kind. This year we are putting together an all-girls team, for girls over the age of 14. We are looking for more girls for the team, especially a goalie, who can compete at a high school-level of play.

If any of you know of any girls who are deaf and hard of hearing that might be interested, please ask them to contact me as soon as possible. Our camp runs from June 13-20, 2010, near Chicago, Illinois.

Thank you very much for your time, I hope you will be able to help us out.

Jennie C
AHIHA Interpreter

P.S. Visit our Facebook page for more information about our camp: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2223934733&ref=ts

If you're interested here's the contact information from their Facebook page:

Email: gintolim@sacredheart.edu
Website:http://www.ahiha.org
http://www.deaflympics.com

Kayla Borman selected as a Fresh Faces in the State of Hockey finalist!

A Polars player will be featured at the 3/23 Wild game ...

Minnesota Wild & Mission Foods Fresh Faces in the State of Hockey

Congratulations to Kayla Borman of the Minnesota Special Hockey Polars Team for being selected as one of the honored players in the Minnesota Wild/Mission Foods Fresh Faces of Hockey contest. Kayla will be honored during the second period of the Minnesota Wild Game on Tuesday March 23, 2010 with a photo montage on the JumboTron, along with a short bio of her on-ice and off-ice accomplishments. 

Coach Chris Winkel will accompany Kayla and her family.

Congratulations to Kayla and her many fans!

New MN Special Hockey Logo -- All Star Team

Snazzy new logo! Click for full sized version.

Season ending event reminder - Mar 7 2010

Toni Boelter reminds everyone:

Who: All MN Special Hockey Players, Families & Friends
What: MN Special Hockey End of Season Event
When: Sunday, March 7; 3:30 - 5:45 p.m.

Game #1 Eagles vs. Wildcats - 3:30 - 4:15 p.m.
4:15 p.m. Trophy Presentation for Game #1
4:30 p.m. Team Photos (we will take a photo of each team and a photo of the entire program)

Game #2 Polars vs. Stingers - 4:45 - 5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m. Trophy Presentation for Game #2

Where:

Maple Grove Community Center
12951 Weaver Lake Road, Maple Grove
763-494-6500