Clifton Park Youth Hockey Association: Welcome

Monday, November 23
Donate to Hannah's Hope Fund.            Enter CPYHA in the Purpose Box

Latest News

  • Congratulations to the Squirt B1 team for coming in 1st place at IceBreaker in Springfield this weekend in double overtime.  Great Job team!!!!
  • Congratulations to the Pee Wee B1 team who also came in 1st at Icebreaker in Springfield. A 3-1 victory with all 3 goals coming in the final 4 minutes of the game. Nice Work !!!
  • Join the CPYHA Skating Marathon of a Lifetime 

                       Saturday December 27, 2009 4-6 PM, Clifton Park Arena

            Own the bragging rights as the strongest skater on your team...details HERE
  • "Between The Pipes"  A level tournament schedule available here.
  • Check out Awards by Walsh's CPYHA apparel flyer.  They will be at the rink for the A tourney on Nov 28th.
  • Bring your friends, bring your family!!! Friday's for snacks or dinner and help raise funds for CPYHA!! Funds raised will be applied directly back to teams to help defer ice costs, provide scholarship opportunities, fund skills and more. Simply bring the flyer to the Clifton Park Friday's, Dec 1st or 2nd, spend $20, and $5 will come to the league. Hand them out to friends, neighbors in an effort to help move our program ahead.
  • CPYHA, in keeping with tradition, will be offering two goalie clinics in November on the following dates:
    Wed 11/25 5:30 - 6:30pm CP1 (Mite & Squirt, including Mite House)
                     6:30 - 7:30pm CP1 (PeeWee, Bantam, Midget)
                     (This is the day before Thanksgiving)
    Please e-mail Brian at dnwardspiral@aol.com to reserve a spot and/or with any questions you may have.
  • In an effort to support local hockey families and youth leagues, the Pet Lodge would like to extend a season long offer of 25% off your entire bill when you stay at our Clifton Park, Albany Airport or Glenville locations.  Please indicate upon check-in that your family belongs to one of the area Youth Hockey Leagues, and we will gladly extend the 25% discount off your entire bill. Play hard, play fair, and have fun.
  • CPYHA Albany River Rats season ticket offer, info here.
  • Follow CPYHA on , include @cpyha in tweets about CPYHA
  • Announcing the CPYHA Equipment SWAP Yahoo! group, for more details look here.
  • Dasher Board Ads Now Available for Sale!!!  Please read here
  • Read about Clifton Park Youth Hockey Assocoiation Banner Sales here & Sponsorship program opportunities here.
  • The 2009/2010 Registration Packet is now available HERE. Please be advised that registration for the 2009/10 REQUIRES on-line registration with USA Hockey. USA HOCKEY REGISTRATION is now OPEN. Please pay attention to the dates for early registration. The packets are being made available early to allow for you to have everything you need prior to the deadlines. Also please be advised that the forms have changed slightly and do require all forms signed and initialed in their appropriate places to be considered valid upon receipt.


Local Hockey Camps

Check out the Clifton Park Ice Arena for: Learn to Skate, Open Skate, Stick and Puck. Click here for more info.

 

2009 - 2010 A Level Coaches 

Mite -  Joe Leinwol

Squirt -  Allen Kummu

PeeWee - Dan Greene

Bantam  -  Rocky Discanio


 

Volunteer Coaches Always Needed!

CPYHA is always seeking volunteers to help coach our youth hockey teams. If you have an interest in coaching, we encourage you to become involved in this rewarding position working with our players. USA Hockey has training programs to ensure that all of our coaches are properly trained and certified. The first step in this process is a level 1 Certification Clinic.
Coaching Certification Clinic List

Online registration for any of these clinics is available on the USA Hockey Website. Click Here!

Visitors to this site note!

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From USA Hockey
CPYHA Coaches Please Note!

Check out this link to the coaching section of the USA Hockey web page. All of our Age Specific Drill Manuals, Coaching Education Manuals, Half Ice Drill Book, Body Contact and Body Checking Manuals and Skill Progression Handbook and now available to download or print...at no charge. A great resource for coaches looking for info about teaching skills and/ or drills. Click Here!

CPYHA Board Members, Division Directors and Coaches; as the information becomes available you need to be posted on this site please forward via email to the CPYHA Webmaster. It will be easiest if information was in one of the following formats, MS Word (.doc) Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) Excel (.xl) MS Works (.xlr). If it is necessary to use a format not listed please contact me to make sure I will be able to open it before sending. Thank You!

Staying Informed In Youth Hockey!
Some Links That Can Help

USA Hockey NYSAHA Northern Zone

Coaching Certification Clinic List

Capital District Ice Hockey Officials Association










Upcoming Games
Date Event Time Location
Fri 11/27 Hockey-Ice Home Tournament 3:00pm TBA CP Arena - Rink 2
Sat 11/28 Hockey-Ice Home Tournament TBA Clinton Arena
Sat 11/28 Hockey-Ice Home Tournament 10:45am TBA CP Arena - Rink 1
Sat 11/28 Hockey-Ice Auburn Thanksgiving Tournament TBA Auburn - Casey Park
Sat 11/28 Hockey-Ice Saratoga B vs. CP Pee Wee B1 8:10 AM - 9:30 AM Saratoga-Vernon Arena  
Sat 11/28 Hockey-Ice Clifton Park PeeWee B2 vs. Mohawk Valley Pioneers B 8:30 AM - 9:50 AM Union College
Sat 11/28 Hockey-Ice Clifton Park PeeWee B2 vs. Bershire Bruins B 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Berkshire School - Sheffield, MA
Sun 11/29 Hockey-Ice Home Tournament TBA Clifton Park Arena  
Sun 11/29 Hockey-Ice Home Tournament 9:05am TBA CP Arena - Rink 2
Sun 11/29 Hockey-Ice Auburn Thanksgiving Tournament TBA Auburn - Casey Park
Sun 11/29 Hockey-Ice Bear Mountain PeeWee B vs. Clifton Park PeeWee C 8:40 AM - 9:50 AM Palisades
Sun 11/29 Hockey-Ice Bear Mountain PeeWee B vs. Clifton Park PeeWee C 10:10 AM - 11:20 AM Palisades
Sun 11/29 Hockey-Ice Rutland A vs. CP Pee Wee B1 10:15 AM - 11:35 AM Giorgetti
Sun 11/29 Hockey-Ice Clifton Park PeeWee B2 vs. Schenectady PeeWee B 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Union College
Sun 11/29 Hockey-Ice Saugerties Squirt 2 vs. Clifton Park Squirt C 4:15 PM - 5:20 PM Kiwanis Ice Arena
Recent Games
Date Event Time Location
Fri 11/20 Hockey-Ice Icebreaker: Westbrooke ME - 0 vs. CP Pee Wee B1 - 7 5:50 PM - 7:00 PM Fitzpatrick Rink, Holyoke, MA
Fri 11/20 Hockey-Ice Clifton Park Girls 16U A: 2 - Troy 16U: 2 8:50 PM - 10:20 PM CP Arena - Rink 2
Sat 11/21 Hockey-Ice Clifton Park Squirt B2 vs. Berkshire Bruins 9:40 AM Clifton Park Arena  
Sat 11/21 Hockey-Ice Saratoga C vs. Clifton Park Squirt C 10:00 AM - 11:10 AM Saratoga-Vernon Arena  
Sat 11/21 Hockey-Ice Home Game vs. Bethlehem 11:00 AM Clifton Park Arena  
Sat 11/21 Hockey-Ice Bershire Bruins B: 2 - Clifton Park PeeWee B2: 6 12:15 PM - 1:40 PM Pittsfield Boys & Girls Club
Sat 11/21 Hockey-Ice Clifton Park PeeWee A: 6 - Troy/Albany YHA Pee Wee A: 0 12:20 PM - 1:40 PM Clifton Park Arena  
Sat 11/21 Hockey-Ice Clifton Park PeeWee C vs. Whitestown PeeWee House 1:50 PM - 3:10 PM CP Arena - Rink 1
Sat 11/21 Hockey-Ice Icebreaker: CP Pee Wee B1 - 8 vs. Green Machine - 2 2:50 PM - 4:00 PM Olympia Ice Center
Sat 11/21 Hockey-Ice Clifton Park Girls 16U A: 2 - Northern Lights Jr Minor: 3 3:20 PM - 4:40 PM CP Arena - Rink 1
Sat 11/21 Hockey-Ice Clifton Park PeeWee C vs. Whitestown PeeWee House 4:50 PM - 6:00 PM CP Arena - Rink 2
Sun 11/22 Hockey-Ice Clifton Park Squirt B2 vs. Troy Albany Squirt C2 8:20 AM Clifton Park Arena  
Sun 11/22 Hockey-Ice Clifton Park PeeWee B2: 5 - Saratoga PeeWee B: 9 9:40 AM - 11:00 AM CP Arena - Rink 1
Sun 11/22 Hockey-Ice Icebreaker: Baystate MA - 0 vs. CP Pee Wee B1 - 2 10:50 AM - 12:05 PM Olympia Ice Center
Sun 11/22 Hockey-Ice Bethlehem C vs. Clifton Park Squirt C 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Albany Academy
Sun 11/22 Hockey-Ice Adirondack Pee Wee A: 6 - Clifton Park PeeWee A: 5 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM Fire Road Rink
Sun 11/22 Hockey-Ice Game at Williams College vs. Berkshire 12:15 PM Williams College
Sun 11/22 Hockey-Ice Berkshire Rattlers vs. Clifton Park Squirt B2 12:45 PM Berkshire School - Sheffield, MA
Sun 11/22 Hockey-Ice Berkshire Rattlers vs. Clifton Park Squirt B2 12:45 PM Berkshire School - Sheffield, MA
Sun 11/22 Hockey-Ice Icebreaker Championship:CP Pee Wee B1-3 vs. Baystate MA-1 6:10 PM - 7:30 PM Olympia Ice Center
Upcoming Events
Date Event Time Location
Wed 11/25 star CPYHA Goalie clinic - Mite & Squirt, including Mite House 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM CP Arena - Rink 1
Wed 11/25 star CPYHA Goalie clinic - PeeWee, Bantam & Midget 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM CP Arena - Rink 1
Fri 11/27 Bracket Between the Pipes A Tournament TBA - Nov 29, 2009 Clifton Park Arena  
Tue 12/1 Clipboard December Board meeting 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM CP Senior Center