NBAHA February 2013 Newsletter
NORTH BRANCH AREA HOCKEY ASSOCIATION NEWS
LET’S PLAY HOCKEY! District 10 Tournaments
UPCOMING EVENTS: Pee Wee Championship Game on Sunday February 24th at 6:45 pm in Blaine at Fogerty Arena. Board/Membership Meeting Monday February 25th at the North Branch Library from 6— 9 pm. Chevrolet Youth Hockey photo shoot is Saturday March 9th...more details to come Youth Hockey Night with the MN WILD, April 11th at 7 pm. The WILD are playing the St. Louis Blues. Power Play April 20th from 6 pm—12:30 am at Stars and Strikes Entertainment Center For more details and times visit the NBAHA website calendar **NEW** North Branch Hockey is on TWITTER! Follow us @NB_HOCKEY **If you would like to share your teams accomplishments please email the details to [email protected] m. The deadline is the 15th of the month.
All our North Branch teams are doing well in the District tournament! The finals are this weekend, February 23rd and 24th. The Pee Wee team will be in the CHAMPIONSHIP game on Sunday February 24th at 6:45 pm. Our Squirt teams are all doing great as well and may also wind up in the CHAMPIONSHIPS! The Squirt tournament is being held at the Anoka arena with Sunday being the finals for them as well. VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED TO WORK SUPER SUNDAY IN ANOKA! Get in on the action and support your North Branch teams by signing up for a shift on DIBS today! Plus you will fulfill ALL your service credit requirements. For a full schedule of upcoming tournament games visit the District 10 webpage and click on Tournaments.
Youth Hockey Night with the MN WILD! All the tickets for the WILD game have been sold. Once all payment have been received we will finalize the transaction with the ticket agent then the tickets will be mailed out to NBAHA. Once they are received we will set up a time and place to pick them up. Payments for the tickets were due on the 15th of February. Please get your payments to NBAHA if you haven’t done so already. Thanks to all that are participating! It will be a fun night for our Youth Hockey players!
Chevrolet Youth Hockey Sponsorship North Branch Chevrolet has sponsored NBAHA this year with a monetary donation as well as a number of novelty items such as t-shirts, pucks and water bottles. They also provided us with Raffle tickets to sell. The prize for the raffle is an ULTIMATE HOCKEY EXPERIENCE package with the Minnesota Wild. This includes 4 premium tickets to a WILD game, hotel accommodations for one night in St. Paul, 4 WILD jerseys, dinner, press conference passes and more. To purchase your tickets or to get some to sell please email Nikki Saleen at [email protected]. Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5. We only have a limited time to sell these...they are due back to the dealership by February 28th. This is not mandatory, but the sales from the tickets are profit for the association and our Arena Fund...too good to pass up! Also as part of this sponsorship North Branch Chevrolet would like to get a picture of our hock-
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ey players at their dealership for their advertising campaign. This is tentatively set for Saturday March 9th. Players that attend this photo shoot will get a Chevy Youth Hockey t-shirt. More details to follow as soon as they are confirmed.
POWER PLAY 2013 NABHA’s New and Improved Power Play is scheduled for April 20th. Festivities will start at 6 pm with social hour and the silent auction. Teams were asked to participate this year in the Silent Auction by contributing a themed basket of their choosing. The band, Power of Ten, will start at 8:30 pm. There will be dinner specials, raffles and games as well. The cost is $10 per ticket. See your Team Manager for tickets. DIBS shifts will be posted shortly for Power Play. Many hands are needed make this fundraiser a success!
Keeping Sports Fun* In last month’s newsletter we had part one of a two part article about Keeping Sports Fun for kids. Here are the basic guidelines for being a good sports parent: Know and respect your coach Get to know your child’s coach and his/her coaching style. Remember they are often unpaid volunteers! Listen to your child Talk to your player before and after games and listen carefully. Encourage effort and reward hard work Being part of a team doesn’t stop at showing up. Encourage your child to make the most of each practice and game. Practice good sportsmanship Lead by example and show your children how to be a good sport. They are watching you in the stands or on the sidelines. Don't create divided loyalties If you disagree with a coaches decision discuss it with them privately and not in front of your player. Check your own ego at the door It’s not all about winning. Sports teach many life lessons to our kids. Don’t be overly competitive.
Open Board Positions Board positions are up for election at our annual meeting in March. Please contact Tim Cashill if you are interested in being part of North Branch Hockey at [email protected]
WWW.NORTHBRANCHHOCKEY.COM *‘Keeping Sports Fun’ was summarized from an article written by Laura Langendorf
LET’S PLAY HOCKEY! District 10 Tournaments
UPCOMING EVENTS: Pee Wee Championship Game on Sunday February 24th at 6:45 pm in Blaine at Fogerty Arena. Board/Membership Meeting Monday February 25th at the North Branch Library from 6— 9 pm. Chevrolet Youth Hockey photo shoot is Saturday March 9th...more details to come Youth Hockey Night with the MN WILD, April 11th at 7 pm. The WILD are playing the St. Louis Blues. Power Play April 20th from 6 pm—12:30 am at Stars and Strikes Entertainment Center For more details and times visit the NBAHA website calendar **NEW** North Branch Hockey is on TWITTER! Follow us @NB_HOCKEY **If you would like to share your teams accomplishments please email the details to [email protected] m. The deadline is the 15th of the month.
All our North Branch teams are doing well in the District tournament! The finals are this weekend, February 23rd and 24th. The Pee Wee team will be in the CHAMPIONSHIP game on Sunday February 24th at 6:45 pm. Our Squirt teams are all doing great as well and may also wind up in the CHAMPIONSHIPS! The Squirt tournament is being held at the Anoka arena with Sunday being the finals for them as well. VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED TO WORK SUPER SUNDAY IN ANOKA! Get in on the action and support your North Branch teams by signing up for a shift on DIBS today! Plus you will fulfill ALL your service credit requirements. For a full schedule of upcoming tournament games visit the District 10 webpage and click on Tournaments.
Youth Hockey Night with the MN WILD! All the tickets for the WILD game have been sold. Once all payment have been received we will finalize the transaction with the ticket agent then the tickets will be mailed out to NBAHA. Once they are received we will set up a time and place to pick them up. Payments for the tickets were due on the 15th of February. Please get your payments to NBAHA if you haven’t done so already. Thanks to all that are participating! It will be a fun night for our Youth Hockey players!
Chevrolet Youth Hockey Sponsorship North Branch Chevrolet has sponsored NBAHA this year with a monetary donation as well as a number of novelty items such as t-shirts, pucks and water bottles. They also provided us with Raffle tickets to sell. The prize for the raffle is an ULTIMATE HOCKEY EXPERIENCE package with the Minnesota Wild. This includes 4 premium tickets to a WILD game, hotel accommodations for one night in St. Paul, 4 WILD jerseys, dinner, press conference passes and more. To purchase your tickets or to get some to sell please email Nikki Saleen at [email protected]. Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5. We only have a limited time to sell these...they are due back to the dealership by February 28th. This is not mandatory, but the sales from the tickets are profit for the association and our Arena Fund...too good to pass up! Also as part of this sponsorship North Branch Chevrolet would like to get a picture of our hock-
february 2013
ey players at their dealership for their advertising campaign. This is tentatively set for Saturday March 9th. Players that attend this photo shoot will get a Chevy Youth Hockey t-shirt. More details to follow as soon as they are confirmed.
POWER PLAY 2013 NABHA’s New and Improved Power Play is scheduled for April 20th. Festivities will start at 6 pm with social hour and the silent auction. Teams were asked to participate this year in the Silent Auction by contributing a themed basket of their choosing. The band, Power of Ten, will start at 8:30 pm. There will be dinner specials, raffles and games as well. The cost is $10 per ticket. See your Team Manager for tickets. DIBS shifts will be posted shortly for Power Play. Many hands are needed make this fundraiser a success!
Keeping Sports Fun* In last month’s newsletter we had part one of a two part article about Keeping Sports Fun for kids. Here are the basic guidelines for being a good sports parent: Know and respect your coach Get to know your child’s coach and his/her coaching style. Remember they are often unpaid volunteers! Listen to your child Talk to your player before and after games and listen carefully. Encourage effort and reward hard work Being part of a team doesn’t stop at showing up. Encourage your child to make the most of each practice and game. Practice good sportsmanship Lead by example and show your children how to be a good sport. They are watching you in the stands or on the sidelines. Don't create divided loyalties If you disagree with a coaches decision discuss it with them privately and not in front of your player. Check your own ego at the door It’s not all about winning. Sports teach many life lessons to our kids. Don’t be overly competitive.
Open Board Positions Board positions are up for election at our annual meeting in March. Please contact Tim Cashill if you are interested in being part of North Branch Hockey at [email protected]
WWW.NORTHBRANCHHOCKEY.COM *‘Keeping Sports Fun’ was summarized from an article written by Laura Langendorf
