Disabled and special hockey night with Minnesota Wild, September 27 - CANCELED

Updated 9/17/12: EVENT CANCELED DUE TO NHL LOCKOUT. We will try to reschedule.

Please RSVP to Tom Schuneman: Thomas.Schuneman@Michaelfoods.com

Minnesota Special Hockey Players and Families:     As summer ends, the Hockey Season is getting geared up!  One of the highlights of our year is the ability for MN Special Hockey players and families to participate in the MN Disabled Hockey Night at a Wild game in St. Paul.    In addition, this night is also a GREAT fund raising opportunity for MN Special Hockey via our support of program sales. We have several opportunities for MN Special Hockey players and families to participate and volunteer.  All people participating will also get free tickets to this game!

Event Details:

Date:  Thursday September 27^th.  Where:  EXCEL Energy Center, St. Paul, MN. 

What we need:

1.  We are in need of approx. 40 volunteers to sell programs at this event.   We need a combination of players and non-players (including adults!)   Selling programs is a lot of fun.   Once completed, you get to sit down and enjoy the rest of the game!

2.  Once again, MN Special Hockey will be showcased via a short exhibition game to be played in between the 2^nd and 3^rd period.  For this we will need 12 players and 3 coaches.

Next Steps:  Please respond back to me if you can volunteer to help out this event.  Please also note if you are interested in skating (players and coaches) in between periods.   Once all volunteers have been gathered, we will be putting together a list of those that will be skating.  In the event we have more than 12 players wanting to skate, the criteria we will us to select the skaters will be as follows:

1.        If they did not skate at this event last year.

2.       If  they have never skated at this event in prior years

3.       Draw names from a hat.

Last year we were able to accommodate everyone that wanted to skate, so I am hopeful we can do the same again this year.

Please let me know if you can join us for this fun night at the MN Wild!

Tom Schuneman: Thomas.Schuneman@Michaelfoods.com

Disabled Hockey Workshop Orlando Florida Oct 12-13, 2012

There's now a special hockey track in a USA Hockey training program - Orlando Florida Oct 12-13. Workshop is free and room rates are low ($72). Flyer here. Contact Toni with questions: tonio@dakcom.org. I assume there will be one next year too, so if you are interested and can't make next year you could check into the next year schedule.

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.