Parma Hockey Association: Headlines and News

The Mission of Parma Hockey is to develop and maintain the love of hockey in all of its stakeholders; players, coaches, parents, and fans. 

We will accomplish this while also providing a safe, secure, and friendly environment that allows the development of each athlete to their greatest potential.  

Reserve the date, we have the early details on the 2010 Annual Parma Hockey Reverse Raffle.

PHA Annual Reverse Raffle
Saturday, February 6, 2010
6 p.m. - 12 a.m.
St. Paul Hellenic Banquet Center

Raffle numbers can be reserved on picture day, October 17. Ticket prices and more information will be forthcoming.

Parma Hockey would like to welcome Jim Keserich to our coaching staff. Jim is a seasoned and well respected goalie coach with 15 years of coaching experience, who has developed many successful players - some whom have gone on to play in the NHL. Jim will be developing all of our goalies at all levels through the 2009-10 season. Goalie sessions will take place twice monthly and will be MANDATORY for all goalies at all levels. Goalie discounts will be contingent upon attendance.

Upcoming goalie clinics will take place on:

Wednesday, October 7 from 7pm to 8pm
Wednesday, October 21 from 7pm to 8pm
Wednesday, November 4 from 7pm to 8pm
Wednesday, November 18 from 7pm to 8pm

The goalie clinics are mandatory for all head coaches;  assistants are also asked to help out, if available.

Saturday, October 17, 2009 - Picture Day Schedule
Please arrive early and ready to go

Bantam 1 ~ 8:00am
Bantam 2 ~ 8:20am
Peewee 1 ~ 8:40am
Peewee 2 ~ 9:00am
Squirt 1 ~ 9:20am
Squirt 2 ~ 9:40am
Mite 1 ~ 10:00 am
Mite 2 ~ 10:20am
Mite 3 ~ 10:40am
Mite C Red ~ 11:00am
Mite C Blue ~ 11:20am
Mini Mite ~ 11:40am
Mini Mite ~ 12:00am

Next months' PHA Board meeting will be held on Thursday, November 5th at 7PM at Ries Rink -- in the Hockey Room. As usual, all PHA Board meetings are open to all PHA Members, who are in good standing and wish to attend.

A special thank you to the Cleveland Indians and Columbus Blue Jackets for their hospitality on Sunday, September 6th!

Through our relationship with the Cleveland Indians this year -- they gave 10 tickets and meet & greet passes to award to a handful of randomly chosen PHA families.  Our lucky winners were given great seats and the opportunity to meet Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender, Steve Mason. Mason was in Cleveland to throw out the first pitch before the Indians/Twins game at Progressive Field. Hockey fans will note that Mason won the 2009 Calder Trophy as the league’s top rookie earlier this year, so it was a real treat for a group of our young PHA players to get the opportunity to meet Steve.

All PHA families were eligible; one winner was randomly chosen from each level (Bantam, Peewee, Squirt), plus 2 from our large Mite level.

In the photo: Connor Nagle from our Mite 3 team, Jeremy Gripp from our Peewee team, Ricky Mischak from our Bantam 2 team, Columbus Blue Jackets' Steve Mason and Niko Negron from our Mite 1 team (not shown Anthony Monteleone).

Thanks again to the Cleveland Indians and the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Beginning May 1, 2009, all players and coaches must register with USA Hockey. You must use their on-line registration at this link:  USAHockey.com. There is a small fee associated with this registration; and it is a USA Hockey mandate going forward. Parma Hockey can no longer do this for it's member.

A step-by-step guide on how to register players and coaches is available for download here.

You'll need to provide the registration or a confirmation sheet at try-outs. We must have this sheet to scan the bar code that will be provided on it. The USAH fee involved does not change the initial deposit needed to take our ice. You may contact Michelle Arthur via e-mail or phone for further information.

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