Saint Francis Youth Hockey
Puck News
SFYHA families,
I would like to start by saying thank you
to everyone for all the hard work and dedication this past
season. Most importantly a big thank you to all the outgoing
board members. I have enjoyed working with you the past few
years. Second, I would like to welcome all the new board
members. I look forward to working with you and the new ideas
you will bring to our association. It was great to see the
number of people interested in getting involved on the board.
In closing, I would just like to remind everyone that our board
meetings will be posted on the new website. Please feel free to
attend if you have any ideas on how to make our association
even better.
Thanks again,
Jim Herlofsky
Forty-two St. Francis hockey players
attended training sessions at Acceleration North in Arden
Hills. Above, a pewee trains on the skating treadmill
while fellow SFYHA hockey players look on.
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Summer Hockey Opportunities
Various Saint Francis Youth Hockey coaches
are holding summer clinics for SFYHA players. You will
find registration forms online for the squirts and
peewee/bantam/girls 12U summer skills clinics at SFYHA.com.
If you have a mite, 8U or 10U player, see
the invitation below. For those of you that are looking
for an additional camp or skills clinic this summmer, you may
try www.letsplayhockey.com/camps.html.
An invitation from Marty DeKanick, your
boys’ high school coach and new mite
director
I am writing to all mite, 8u, and 10u
parents. Tony Schmid has reserved 10.5 hours of ice time for
your sons and daughters. I would encourage you to have your
son/daughter come to these ice times to continue to build on
the skills, comradery and fun that they developed this past
winter. The ice time will be held at Andover Community Center
located off of Hanson Blvd(County Road 78) and Crosstown Blvd.
The cost of the summer skating is $60.00 for skaters and $30.00
for Goalies. If you have any questions contact Tony at
(763)753-4565. Other youth coaches are encouraged to contact
Tony as well if they are interested in helping out. Hope you
have a great summer and we’ll see you around the rink.
Marty
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Puck News now
published electronically
If you are reading this, you already are
aware that the St. Francis Youth
Hockey Puck News is now being
published electronically and will be sent to all members via
email. The board hopes that this will get information to
its members more quickly and will save money in postage and
paper.
During the hockey season, teams will be
able to post information, publish pictures and print stories
about its players and performance. Details on this option
will be communicated to team managers next season.
Of course, the new format of the Puck News
causes problems for those members who do not have email or for
those whose emails we do not have. We are asking for help
in this area. We request that all previous team managers
forward this email on to all of the players’ families of
last year’s teams. For those without email, the
association is considering whether to make a paper product
available.
If you have received this publication
through the forwarding of another, you can email
dan.king@mpls.k12.mn.us to add your email address to the group
email list. If you have received this publication and
would like to have your email removed from the list, please
email the above address and indicate so. Thanks to all of
you for your help and patience in this matter
A letter from the Vice President
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Dear Members,
What a great season! I had
an absolute riot. The Mites were so much fun to
work with. The amazing thing is watching the
players progress with their skills from practice to
practice. You can tell the players are getting
better with each practice just by watching the coaches
huff and puff during a game of freeze tag.
I’m excited about the numbers we have at
the Mite level. Each year our numbers increase.
We’re on the right track, the future looks
pretty bright.
I’d like to take this
opportunity to thank all the coaches, managers, and
volunteers from all the age groups that made this an
exciting year for all the players. I think its
important that all of you know that all your efforts
and hard work to make this a better association have
not gone unnoticed. So on behalf of all the
players, parents, and board members,
“Thanks” to each of you for a great job.
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I would also like to take this
opportunity to invite each one of you to the board
meetings held the first Tuesday of each month at the
ice arena beginning at 7:00pm. We need your help
and your input. Our association is growing as
well as our communities. We need more people to
get involved, share your ideas, and your time. We
have a lot to do before the first registration coming
up in August.
I am still needing volunteers to
help with the meat raffle at Hunters Inn on Fridays and
Saturdays at 5:30pm. It’s easy work and
fun. For each hour worked we’ll deduct
$10.00 from your ice bill. If your interested
just give me a call at home 434-2221, or come up to
Hunters on those days and we’ll get you trained
in.
Bill Karas
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