Hello CT Hockey Members and Friends,
I truly hope everyone has gotten their season off and running smoothly with a focus and strong emphasis on player fun and skill development. As I talk to players and parents it has become obvious to me that there is still some confusion regarding CHC tier structure and season ending tournaments. This month I want to provide some insight into the CHC structure that had been created for last season and has been slight modified for this year.
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Mark your calendars now! On January 10, 2009 we will be having our first ever CT Hockey Day across the state. The concept for this event came about in the September CT Grow-The-Game meeting. What is exciting about this event is that we have been successful in getting USA Hockey and OneGoal to be partners in supporting the marketing of the event and providing equipment and other resources.
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Enjoy these great clips. Where do you get your hockey motivation? watch videos
Who is the photographer from your organization? Get them to submit photos and videos and
CT Hockey News will include them in future newsletters.
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Before the Bridgeport Sound Tigers! Before the Hartford Wolfpack! Before the Hartford Whalers! Before the New Haven Nighthawks! Connecticut's professional team was the New Haven...
View these photos to learn who these "old time" hockey players were and what they looked like in their 1969-1970 media photos. Those photos make a real hockey lover smile !!!
Submit your own "blast from the past" photos for future editions of CT Hockey News.
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Additional Sponsors
 Player of the Month
Trevor Pretty
Hamden Pee Wee A
Not only did Trevor's nominee recognize him for sportsmanship and team play, Trevor acknowledges the importance of setting a good example for his teammates and the community. Although he has endured a rough visit to the emergency room during a game, he still dresses up for the occasion both on and off the ice. read profile
 Coach/Volunteer of the Month
Joe Simoes
West Haven Youth Hockey
Joe has been calling Bennett Rink home for many years as both a player and a coach of many youths throughout the years. Although hockey is not a traditional sport in his family, Joe passes on the hockey tradition and inspiration through his belief that "winning is not a goal, but a result."
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 Coach/Volunteer of the Month
Greg Juliano
Greater New Haven Warriors
Greg Juliano's enjoys coaching "the little ones" in the Greater New Haven Warriors Program even though he did not start playing organized ice hockey until he was in high school. Throughout his time as both a hockey parent and a coach, Greg realized it wasn't about his players being in the NHL, but leaving a positive mark on player's lives impacting them for a lifetime.
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 With Mike Powers,
New England District USA Hockey, Associate Coach In Chief
As many of us have seen, all too often during a game the bench becomes shorter and shorter no matter the age of the players. Unfortunately this happens because there is a desire to win the game above all else. As coaches and parents will hopefully realize the real reason we are here is for the player to develop as hockey players, teammates and people. Please take a look at this article to hear what some college and professional coaches have to say about using their players. Hopefully these words will give coaches and parents a reason to pause and think no matter if their child is at the top or bottom of the roster.
read article
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CT Sled Hockey Coach Needed!
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CT Sled Hockey is in need of an assistant coach to help develop hockey skills and share their experience and knowledge in game playing strategy. Currently the team has male and female athletes, ranging in ages from 10 to 54 with many varying physical challenges. Practices are held Sunday morning from 10:30 to 11:45 am in Windsor, CT and/or Sunday evening from 5 to 6 pm in Simsbury, CT. If interested please contact Head Coach Pat Carney at 860-844-8646 or TMSpat@cox.net.
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CHC Monthly Board Meeting
November 25 @ 7:30pm
Italian / American Club, West Haven
Cross-Ice Mite Jamboree
November 29, 2008 at ISCC in Simsbury
For Information Contact Eric Herbek,
Cross-Ice Director CT Northern Lights.
» Email us today to submit events for the
CT Hockey News calendar.
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