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The Greater Greenville Hockey Association will be conducting tryouts for competitive travel teams on Saturday, June 2, 2012 at the Pavilion Recreation Complex in Greenville, SC.

PeeWees will try out at 10:45 AM, Bantams at 11:45AM, and Midget Minor and Major at 6:45 PM. Tryouts for the competitive Squirt Travel team will be conducted at a later date, to be announced .

For additional information, please contact the appropriate Division Coordinator.  Contact information loacted in the Board Member section of the website.

The Greater Greenville Hockey Association would like to thank Neil Smith and Steve Posner for bringing professional hockey back to Greenville. 

The hockey community is grateful for their decision to select Greenville as the home of the Road Warriors.

The Greater Greenville Hockey Association, a USA Hockey sanctioned organization and member organization of the Carolina Amateur Hockey Association, is proud to operate teams as the Junior Road Warriors and wear the team crest.

The Greater Greenville Hockey Association offers gratitude to Neil Smith and Steve Posner for the opportunities the Road Warriors have made available, from on-ice between period showcases for our teams, to participation in chuck-a-puck, concourse auction, golf outing, etc.  Special thanks to Neil Smith for his time and efforts as a volunteer GGHA Board Member and Head Coach.  Having Neil Smith involved with our youth hockey organization is nothing short of amazing to all of us involved, and is a testament to his passion for the sport. 

The Greater Greenville Hockey Association wishes Neil and Steve well, and again we offer our profound thanks for bringing professional hockey back to Greenville.

The Greater Greenville Hockey Association would like to welcome Mr. Fred Festa to Greenville and the Greenville youth hockey community.  The Greater Greenville Hockey Association looks forward to working with Mr. Festa, and the team management to continue the relationship we have enjoyed with the Road Warriors over the last two seasons.

As does Mr. Festa, the Greater Greenville Hockey Association members, are looking forward to many successful years of Road Warriors hockey in Greenville, and the opportunity to promote the sport of ice hockey throughout the Upstate.

GGHA Board

The GCRD Pavilion, in conjunction with the GGHA Grass Roots Committee are conducting a series of Try Hockey for Free Clinics. 

The next dates in the series are Saturday, June 23^rd and Saturday August 4^th.

This is continuation of the series of clinics that have been conducted over the several last years.  These clinics are important in exposing new players, ages 4 to10, to the sport of ice hockey, which translates into new players for both GGHA and GCRD programs.  If you know of any “new” players that may want to participate in the sessions, please pass along the information on the “handout” flyer. 

GGHA provides use of its available loaner equipment, and provides adult & youth volunteers for registration, loaner equipment distribution and return, assisting players to get their gear on, and assist with the on-ice event.  Please let Darren McNaughton know if you can help out, both off-ice and on-ice. 

Details:

Dates:              As Noted   

Time:               11:30-12:45 pm (off-ice arrive 11:00 for set-up & assistance with gear)

Volunteer On-Ice Equipment:   Helmet, skates, gloves and stick  

Darren McNaughton – 864.616.9910

Darren.mcnaughton@calderbrothers

The Greenville Road Warriors, Head Coach Dean Stork and the Road Warriors staff are conducting a hockey camp at the Pavilion during the week of June 25-29, 2012.

This five day camp is for youth hockey players of all skill levels, ages 5-16.  The camp runs Monday to Thursday from 8:30AM to 5:30PM, and Friday from 5:45PM to 7:45PM.

The camp will include classroom sessions, on-ice drills, and off-ice workouts taught by professional hockey coaches.  The cost of the camp is $200 per player.

Do not miss out on this opportunity to participate in this camp right here in Greenville.

The attached brochure provides all the details and includes registration form and address to mail the completed form.

Contact Coach Stork at dean.stork@greenvilleroadwarriors.com with any questions you may have.

• Eight(8) week session
• Summer Session - Begins week of May 14th
• Cost $80/Session, due with registration / sign-up...
• Registration closed after week 2 of each session....
• No prorated fees, or refunds allowed.....
• 4-8 Year Old - Wednesday 630-730PM
• 13-16 Year Old - Wednesday 745-845PM
• 9-12 Year Old - Thursday 630-730
• Programming to include skills and drills and 4-4 full ice and small area games..............
• Registration forms online at www.greenville hockey.com or at the Pavilion
• Contact Darren McNaughton 864.616.9910 with any questions

An informational flyer and registration forms can be found in the “Handout” section of the GGHA website. 

Thank you for supporting youth hockey in Greenville

GGHA members, the time has come to submit coaching applications for the 2012-2013 hockey season.   

TRAVEL:

All head coaches, assistant coaches and on-ice helper applications need to be submitted by May 1st.  Travel coaches will be announced by May 19th.  The travel coaches meeting will be scheduled for May 26th (time TBD) to discuss try-out drills and procedures.  Please contact GGHA ACE Coordinator(Coach-in-Chief) Mike Smith if you are unable to meet the application deadline.  

HOUSE:

All head coaches, assistant coaches and on-ice helpers need to submit their applications on or before May 12th.  House coaches will be announced by June 1st.     Please submit your completed application via E-mail to division coordinators and GGHA ACE Coordinator(Coach-in-Chief) Mike Smith, or you can drop the application off at the Pavilion front desk.   

Please note:  All previous coaches need to re-submit applications for the 2012-2013 season. 

***If you or someone you know is interested in coaching but do not have your USA hockey CEP certificate, please complete an application. We can help get you the information in order to achieve your certificate before the deadline of December 31st.***
 
Contact GGHA ACE Coordinator(Coach-in-Chief) Mike Smith if you have any questions.  We are looking forward to another great year of Greenville Hockey!  
 
The GGHA 2012-2013 coaching application form is located in the Handouts Section of the website.

Thanks in advance to all our volunteer coaches for sacrificing their time and effort to make ice hockey in Greenville an enjoyable and rewarding experience for each of our players.  

Greenville G-Force High School Hockey

The 2012 South Carolina Scholastic High School championship tournament was conducted on March 9 through March 11^th.

The Greenville North team with a regular season record of 8-5 was the 4^th seed and Greenville South with a regular season record of 6-7 was the 6^th seed.

Play-in games and the JV Game was held on Friday March 9^th.  With their regular season records, both the Greenville North and South teams did not need to Play-in to the tournament.  On Friday evening, the Greenville United JV team defeated the Low Country United team 8-4.  The Greenville JV team rallied from a four goal deficit to win.

On Saturday afternoon, a depleted Greenville South team lost 9-2 to the eventual tournament champion Fort Dorchester in quarter final match play.

Greenville North defeated Summerville 3-2 in their Saturday afternoon, quarter final match, but was defeated 3-1 by the BE/PG United team in the Saturday evening Semi-Final game. 

On Sunday morning, Greenville North went on to defeat Lexington Fusion 7-6 in the consolation game, making them 3^rd in the state.

Fort Dorchester defeated BE/PG United 4-1 in the championship game.  Fort Dorchester will represent South Carolina at the national championship in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The weekend concluded with a high tempo All-Star game with Greenville North and South head coaches on opposing All-Star teams. 

Special Honors for Greenville South:

Rookie of the Year – Austin MacWhinnie

All-Stars – Jalen Wilson, Aaron Beaver, Bailey King, Patrick Tepedino, Xiao-Wei Saliny

All-State Team Nominee – Patrick Tepidino

Seniors – Jalen Wilson, Levi Dizdar, Ronnie Wess, Austin(Cheeseburger) Scoggins 

Special Honors for Greenville North:

Rookie of the Year: Kent Gedenberg

All Stars – Luke Bauer, Sawyer Caldwell, Austin McCall, Coleman SchmerbeckFirst Team

All-State Team – Austin McCall

Four Year Player – Austin McCall  

In the Skills Competition Greenville North Chris Emma was fastest skater, and Dallas Evans had the hardest shot, clocked at 88 mph. 

Congratulations to our High School Varsity and JV teams on a great season.    

The GGHA Discipline, Grievance and Appeals Committee have developed an Incident Report Form. 

The form is to be used by any GGHA member to report an incident of unacceptable behavior.  An individual is considered to be displaying unacceptable behavior if they violate the applicable "Code of Conduct", including but not limited to verbally or physically harassing, and/or abusing a player, coach, manager, on-ice official, off-ice official, coordinator or spectator.

The form provides instruction for completion and submission, and describes the subsequent steps taken. The Incident Report Form is available in the "Handouts" section of the GGHA website.

"Codes of Conduct" for all involved in GGHA are contained in the GGHA Standard Operating Rules in the "Handout" Section of the GGHA website, and also on the USA Hockey website.

Please feel free to contact your Division Coordinator with any questions. 

GGHA Members The Greater Greenville Hockey Association Annual Meeting was conducted on Monday March 19, 2012 at 7PM at the Pavilion.

Thanks to all of the members that took the opportunity to come to the meeting and participate in the elections. Special thanks of appreciation were given to Jeff & ReAnn Hilla for their years of dedication to youth hockey in Greenville.  The Hilla's will are relocating to Minnesota.  Also, Kirk Hartigan was acknowledge for all his hard work and dedication, as he looks to find a new less rigorous role in supporting our group.

Presentations were made to recap the 2011-2012 Season and to preview the plans for the 2012-2013 Season. 

During the meeting, elections for Board members were conducted and concluded.  The results are as follows: 

President – Al Mina

Treasurer – Jake Yenser 

Mini-Mite/Mite Coordinator – Kurt Romkey(Board Appointment 4/10/12)

Squirt Coordinator – Darren McNaughton

PeeWee Coordinator – Brian Thomas

Bantam Coordinator – Stephanie Rutter(Board Appointment 4/10/12) 

Midget Coordinator – Mike Varriale

High School Coordinator – Rich Lindsay 

ACE Coordinator – Michael Smith 

Please join in congratulating your new Board members……