SUN DEVILS
DIVISION III TEAM ENJOYS SUCCESSFUL TOURNAMENT
The Arizona State University ice hockey team
capped off another remarkable season with a third place
finish at the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division
III National Championships.
This year’s result is the Sun Devils best finish
ever at the ACHA National Championships. Their highest showing,
previous to this year’s tournament, was fifth place
last season.
The Sun Devils kicked off the tournament against 15th seed
Robert Morris University. From the drop of the puck, Arizona
State dominated in every area of the game. Read
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NHL A.S.S.I.S.T.
Applications
for the 2004 NHL A.S.S.I.S.T. Grant program are now available.
The grant awards selected recipients grants of up to $10,000
each, for a total of $100,000 that will be given by the
NHL to qualifying hockey programs.
The NHL A.S.S.I.S.T. (The NHL Assists Skaters and Shooters
Intent on Succeeding Together) grant program is designed
to help youth hockey organizations worldwide defray the
costs of equipment, ice time and travel expenses.
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DYHA
FIREBIRDS EARN SILVER
When
the Phoenix Firebirds stepped off the plane in Michigan
this week to participate in the Championships of the International
Silver Stick Tournament the team of 11 and 12 year olds
were in for a shock. It wasn’t the hockey that shocked
them - it was the eight degree weather that was totally
unfamiliar to the team from Phoenix Arizona.
Having qualified for
the International Championships by going undefeated in the
Rocky Mountain Regional Championships in December in Westminster
Colorado, the Firebirds were ready for their toughest challenge
yet. Read
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ARIZONA
STATE WINS ON RIVALRY DAY
Arizona State University goalie Nate Schoenfeld
made 21 saves in a 3-1 win over the University of Arizona
IceCats on “Rivalry Day” at Glendale Arena on
Saturday, January 31.
Arizona State and the University
of Arizona played prior to the Phoenix Coyotes and Dallas
Stars National Hockey League contest. Read
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ADULT
HOCKEY CLINIC AT GLENDALE ARENA
JANUARY 24, 2004
The
Phoenix Coyotes hosted an adult hockey clinic for beginner
and intermediate level players at the new Glendale Arena
on Saturday, January 24.
Coyotes television/radio color analyst and former NHL All-Star
Charlie Simmer instructed the clinic that taught the fundamental
skills of stickhandling, passing, shooting, and positional
play. Click
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YOUTH
HOCKEY CLINIC AT GLENDALE ARENA
JANUARY 11, 2004
The
Phoenix Coyotes will be hosting two youth hockey clinics
for beginner and intermediate level players at the new Glendale
Arena.
The clinics will teach the fundamental skills of stickhandling,
passing, shooting, and positional play.
Since 1995, the development of hockey in
Arizona has been on the increase and the story has been
no different at Arizona State University. Over the past
several years, the Arizona State University hockey club
has been assembling a quality hockey program at both the
division I and division III levels. Both teams have gone
from non-contender to ranked opponents in the American Collegiate
Hockey Association.
The division I team finished last season 12-19-1
tied for 19th in the final rankings with Robert Morris College.
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PHOENIX
JR. POLAR BEARS CONTINUE SUCCESS
Over
the past couple years, The Phoenix Jr. Polar Bears don’t
know what the term losing means.
In that time span, the Jr. Polar Bears have won two consecutive
Thorne Cups and a Jr. B National Championship. Overall in
2002-2003, the Polar Bears compiled a
47-0-0 record against Junior B opponents. Read
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