Colorado Youth Hockey Associations:

With the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Frozen Four National Championships visiting Denver and the Pepsi Center in April 2008, the Colorado Avalanche, the Metro Denver Sports Commission and the NCAA are partnering to bring a special opportunity to youth hockey players in Colorado: Frozen Four Youth Skills Competition.

Participation in the Frozen Four Youth Skills Competition is open to youth hockey players of all ages and all skill levels across Colorado. Preliminary skills competitions will be held within each youth hockey association and supervised by the association's coaches and staff. The categories in which players will compete are: Fastest Skater, Hardest Shot, Shooting Accuracy, Stick Handling/Scoring, and Goaltender Saves. Teams will submit their best scores in each category, finalists will be determined by score and participation in each classification. Finalists will be invited to compete in the final Youth Skills Competition held at the Pepsi Center during the week of the Frozen Four, and the individual skill winners will be announced during the NCAA Frozen Four Skills Competition held at the Pepsi Center on Friday, April 11, 2008.

Please email youthskills@pepsicenter.com or call 303.405.1359 for questions, concerns, or more information.

Matt DeLuzio
Manager, Youth Hockey
Colorado Avalanche
mdeluzio@pepsicenter.com

THE CHRISTIAN MORENO YOUTH STREET HOCKEY TOURNAMENT 

The Hockey Guild is supporting the Moreno family by hosting a youth street hockey tournament during our “Quest for the Crown” adult hockey tournament and festival, which benefits the National Hockey League’s and National Hockey League Players’ Association’s charity, Hockey Fights Cancer. The tournament and festival is held May 1-4 at Big Bear Ice Arena.
The Christian Moreno Youth Street Hockey Tournament benefits the Christian Moreno foundation by giving youth hockey players, families and organizations an opportunity to participate in our Hockey Fights Cancer charity event while helping out the Moreno family in their time of need. Christian is in the fight of his life, so please help us out by registering a team today.
60 percent of all tournament proceeds will be donated to the Christian Moreno Foundation and 40 percent will be donated to the Hockey Fights Cancer foundation. For more information on the tournament, please call 720-273-0444 or check out the Web site  http://www.thehockeyguild.com/siteimagery/cmfyhtregistration.pdf

Foothills Announcement

Foothills Flyers hockey is pleased to announce the addition of Curtis Leschyshyn to the Flyer Hockey Director Staff.

Curtis Leschyshyn brings a 16 year NHL career that includes a Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996 to the Flyer Hockey Program. Curits's NHL hockey resume spans over 16 years starting as a 1st round draft pick, 3rd overall in 1998 to his retirement from pro hockey in 2004. During that time Curtis played in over 1000 NHL games, 1033 to be exact.

Curtis's official title with the Flyer Hockey Program will be the Director of Program, Team and Player Development and Foothills is ecstatic to have him on board says current FHA Director of Hockey John Seymour. Curtis is a great addition to FHA but more importantly to our league and to the state of hockey in Colorado, he also added.

3 Colorado Girls Select Teams Advance to Nationals

Colorado Select’s U12s participated this year in the WEGHL (Western Elite Girls Hockey League) headed by the Colorado Select and Arizona Select. After a disappointing loss in the first game against Arizona, the 12AAA team clawed their way back to a victory on Saturday with a score of 3-1 with Hope (1 goal) and Brooke (1 goal + an empty netter) responsible for the goals.  Today's game was a real nail biter with Arizona making their mark on the scoreboard first but a short time later we answered with 2 goals of our own, again by Hope & Brooke!  The teams entered the 3rd period with a tie score that remained that way sending this game into OT.  Shortly into overtime an amazing goal scored by Caley sealed the deal for the team sending them to West Chester, PA in early April to play with the best of the best in Nationals!!! U12s are coached by Rich Smith.

The Colorado Select U16AAA team clinched the Rocky Mountain District Tournament in Scottsdale, Arizona to advance to the USA Hockey Girls National Championships to be held in Philadelphia, PA.  The Select finished the RMD Tournament undefeated beating the Texas Blaze, Arizona's VOSHA and the Texas Attack while scoring 32 goals and giving only 2. This tournament win brings their overall record this year to 34 - 2 - 1. The U16s are coached by Pierre Turgeon.
The real work begins April 2nd!  The girls in Blue hope to show well against the best girls teams in the Nation and begin the tournament with a great rematch against Assabet Valley, Massachusetts ...always a national powerhouse.

The U19s received a bye to Nationals this year as there were not any other U19AAA teams in the district that qualified or declared for districts. The U19's are coached by Marnie Hill, formerly Associate Head Coach of Providence College.

Congratulations girls, and good luck in Philly!

 
Come Be A Part of the Fastest Sport on Two Legs--Learn to Play Hockey!!

The Colorado Select Girls Hockey Association is pleased to invite all girls ages 5-12 to our Spring Test Drive program.  Colorado Select is the only association in the Region dedicated exclusively to girls hockey as well as being the largest girls only hockey association in the United States.  At Colorado Select, girls hockey is not an after thought, it is the only thought!

If you have ever wanted to learn to play hockey, come to our test drive program and let our enthusiastic, experienced and patient instructors help you learn the great sport of hockey!   Don't know how to skate at all?  Not a problem!  Our coaches will have you skating in no time!  Have some skating skills?  Let us help you build on your existing skills.  The Colorado Select Spring Test Drive Program will give you the skating and playing skills needed to turn you into a hockey player in a few short weeks!   The Test Drive program is held at South Suburban Ice Arena and runs April 1-May 11. 

If you would like more information or would like to register, please visit our web site at www.coloradogirlshockey.com or contact registrar@coloradogirlshockey.com