Minnesota Special Hockey Skills Clinic Clinic Oct 19-21 CANCELED

The Minnesota Disabled Hockey High Performance Clinic/Festival is October 19-21, 2012 Blaine, MN has been canceled.

 

From Toni O'Brien:

 

Hi everyone.  I am very sad to send you this email to let you know our Minnesota festival weekend has been cancelled.  

There are several reasons, but in the end we didn't feel we could give you the quality event your teams deserved.

Our goal is to create a coaches clinic prior to the end of the year and a festival in the early winter/spring of 2013.  

Minnesota Hockey is committed to giving disabled hockey quality events, and for this reason we feel the need to postpone this event.

In the mean time, there are several grant opportunities available through mn and usa hockey. Please contact toni o'brien at tonio@dakcom.org.  I can complete any grant request that you may have. 

MNSH summer get together Friday, July 20th - 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Eagles:

There's a MNSH summer get together -

Friday, July 20th - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Rosland Park in Edina -
http://www.ci.edina.mn.us/parksandfacilities/L3-01_Rosland.htm

We will meet at the picnic shelter near the baseball fields and playground (park at the parking lot near the playground).

We will provide burgers/hotdogs all the fixings and beverages.

If you plan on attending, please reply to Jane Cashin at jocashin@comcast.net with the number that will be attending.

Special Hockey International 2013 Tournament - Kitchener March 12-16

We've received an announcement about an exciting international tournament next March:

Special Hockey International 2013 Tournament - Kitchener

In Kitchener,Ontario, Canada we are working diligently to plan what we hope will be one of the "The Best Ever" Special Hockey International tournaments. Dates - the 2013 tournament will be held Tuesday March 12 to Saturday March 16, with Sunday March 17 provided as a weekend travel day for those teams that are travelling a distance to participate.

In many of Ontario communities, this is the week of "March break".

Host Team - the host team is the Kitchener Ice Pirates, a Special Hockey International team that is affiliated with Kitchener Minor Hockey Association, the host organization for the 2013 tournament.

Facilities - excellent facilities are reserved for the event, including the main host Kitchener Memorial Auditorium complex that features the Dom Cardillo Rink (home of the Kitchener Rangers of the Canadian Hockey League) that seats in excess of 6,000 people, plus two adjoining ice pads - the Kinsmen and Kiwanis Rinks.

Our secondary facility, to be used as required for scheduling purposes is the Activa Sports Complex that has two ice pads - the Patrick J. Doherty Rink and the KMHA Alumni Association rink.

Sponsors - our Resource Development team is currently recruiting sponsors for the 2013 tournament and announcements will be shared in the near future. Website - our website is being added to periodically and can be viewed at www.shikitchener2013.ca. Please visit it frequently to be kept informed of our progress.

QUESTIONS - if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me for a timely response

John Thompson, chairHost CommitteeSpecial Hockey International2013 Tournament

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada March 12-16, 2013

519-884-4050 sstj99@gmail.com  www.shikitchener2013.ca and facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SHIKitchener2013

Travel to Canada does require some preparation, but we'll talk more about this next year.

Madison tournament: pre-tourney practice March 10

For players who are going to the Madison Tournament:

We have purchased ice time for a pre-tourney practice on Saturday, March 10th from 12:00 to 1:00 PM. The purpose of the practice is to let the players meet the tournament coaches and each other as well as allow the coaches to work up rosters for our two teams.

Parade Ice Garden (near Walker) is located at

400 Kenwood Pkwy.

Minneapolis, MN 55403

Phone: 612 230-6400

Fax: 612 230-6500

Hours: 6 a.m.-10 p.m.

Google Map: http://g.co/maps/pvkrw

Thanks and hope to see you there,

Joe Kelly

Phone: 612-627-0672

Wisconsin Invitational Disabled Hockey Festival March 17 & 18, 2012 - Madison Ice Arena, Madison WI

We've been invited to a hockey festival in Madison WI March 17 and 18th (not to be confused with the Dallas National Festival!).

At this point we think we may have two teams. This is what we know so far:

• Registration is due by March 5, 2012
• There's no cost to participate (Madison Ice Inc is donating ice), home of Wisconsin Timberwolves.
• Teams will play two games on Saturday, March 17th and one game on Sunday, March 18th
• Teams will be matched by skill levels.
• They have selected two hotels very near the ice arena, they both have pools and free breakfasts, along with other amenities.  Both are close shopping and a great selection of restaurants. The North Central Group is offering the teams, fans and families from the Wisconsin Invitational Disabled Hockey Festival a special room rate, so be sure to use the code: HOCKEY FESTIVAL when you call.  Please call as soon as possible to reserve your rooms, as there are a lot of things going on in Madison that weekend! (Hampton Inn, Homewood Suites)
  
  • Homewood Inn & Suites Madison West: call Cory Mace at 608-662-3654 to reserve rooms (HOCKEY FESTIVAL code)
  • Homewood Suites Madison West: call Cory Mace at 608-662-3654 to reserve rooms (HOCKEY FESTIVAL code)
• Coaches will email registration counts and forms to Andrea Chaffee (andreachaffee@yahoo.com). Contact your team manager to register. There's also individual registration if needed - contact John Faughnan (jfaughnan@gmail.com)
• We probably won't have a bus.