TGHA Update
June 7, 2007
Tuesday June 12 Meeting
On the Ice
Cass Park Sans Ice
USA Hockey Web Site News
The TGHA Board meeting is Tuesday June 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the
Cayuga Heights Fire Station. All welcome. Questions? Carol 342-1475.
In addition, the TGAA Annual Meeting will occur Tuesday, too,
at the same time and place as TGHA. The Volleyball division wasn't present
at the last meeting so the June 12 meeting will begin with the brief annual
meeting of the Tompkins Girls Athletic Association.
On the Ice
At The RINK there is Skate and Shoot on Tuesdays and
Thursdays, 4:30-5:45 p.m. with full hockey equipment required.
Also public skating on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from
3:00-4:45 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursday 2:00-4:00 p.m. It's good to call
or check their web site before you drive a distance as schedules do
change. www.therink.org
277-RINK
Cass Park Sans Ice
IYHA's summer inline program this year is a mixed
group of Adults and Youth 15 years old and up. We play every Monday 7-9 at
Cass and we have space for more players. Goalies play for free and skaters
are $125 through August. Anyone who is interested should contact me as you
need to be registered to play. It is a fast paced game so players should
be able to skate & shoot.
Joe Sullivan
272-0717
Ithaca Youth Bureau Roller Skating
TEEN SKATE NIGHT Friday, June 8th @ CASS PARK
The Ithaca Youth Bureau is holding a teen skate night from 7 - 9 pm at the
Cass Park Rink. Admission is $1 and includes skate rental. Snacks will be
available for purchase. Grab a friend and come on down!
IYB hires Bruce's Mobile Skating that brings the roller
skates, music and DJs for the event. We ran several family nights last
summer and folks had a blast. Here's the schedule for this summer:
Teen Only Skate Nights - 6/8, 7/20, 9/21 - 7 - 9 PM $1
Family Nights - 7/13, 8/10 - 7 - 9 PM $5
2007-08 U.S. Women's National Program plans set
www.usahockey.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Christy Jeffries (christyj@usahockey.org)
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Hockey today announced its
plans for the U.S. Women’s National Program for the 2007-08 season. The
United States will be represented by five teams and a total of 11
coaches in five international events.
“We’re very excited about the direction that our women’s
program is headed,” said Michele Amidon, director of women’s hockey
operations for USA Hockey. “With so many new players and coaches in the mix,
plus the added Under-18 teams, we’re improving our chances of continuously
succeeding and competing at the highest level.”
Jackie Barto (Lewis Center, Ohio), the current head women’s
ice hockey coach of The Ohio State University, will serve as the head coach
of the U.S. Women’s Select and National Teams that will compete in the Four
Nations Cup (Nov. 7-11 – Leksand, Sweden) and the IIHF World Women’s
Championship (April 4-13 – Harbin, China). Joining her behind the bench as
assistant coaches will be Paul Flanagan (Canton, N.Y.), head women’s ice
hockey coach at St. Lawrence University, and Kevin Houle (Morrisonville,
N.Y.), head women’s ice hockey coach at SUNY Plattsburgh.
USA Hockey’s first-ever U.S. Women’s Under-18 Select Team
will travel to Ottawa to take on Canada in a three-game series from August
22-26, then the U.S. Women’s Under-18 National Team will convene in early
January for the world championship in Canada (site and dates TBA). Katey
Stone (Arlington, Mass.), who is the head women’s ice hockey coach at
Harvard University, will serve as the head coach of the Under-18 teams, with
Erin Whitten Hamlen (Hampton, N.H.), associate head women’s ice hockey coach
at the University of New Hampshire, and Bob Deraney (Shrewsbury, Mass.),
head women’s ice hockey coach at Providence College, as assistant coaches.
Finally, USA Hockey will also assemble a U.S. Women’s
Under-22 Select Team for the annual three-game Under-22 Series with Canada,
to take place in Lake Placid, N.Y., from August 22-26. Last year’s U.S.
Women’s National Team Head Coach Mark Johnson (Madison, Wis.) will serve as
the head coach of the Under-22 Team. His two assistant coaches will be Laura
Halldorson (Champlin, Minn.), head women’s ice hockey coach at the
University of Minnesota and Shannon Bryant (North Adams, Mass.), head
women’s ice hockey coach at Williams College.
In addition to the nine aforementioned coaches, Dave Flint
(Merrimack, N.H.), the head women’s ice hockey coach at Saint Anselm
College, will operate as the goaltending consultant for the entire U.S.
Women’s National Program. Further, Teena Murray (Louisville, Ky.), the
director of sport performance at the University of Louisville, will continue
in her role as the strength and conditioning coach for the women’s teams.
Beyond the five international events for Team USA during the
2007-08 season, USA Hockey will conduct its Women’s National Festival from
August 14-20 in Lake Placid, which will include teams at the Over-22,
Under-22 and Under-18 levels, plus all 11 coaches. Lake Placid will also
play host for USA Hockey’s Women’s Holiday Camp from Dec. 26-Jan. 1, during
which time 42 players will train with the three head coaches (Barto,
Johnson, Stone), along with Flanagan, Flint, Houle and Murray. In addition,
USA Hockey will carry out training camps in Ann Arbor, Mich., prior to the
Four Nations Cup, and in Colorado Springs, Colo., prior to the IIHF World
Women’s Championship.
NOTES: USA Hockey will host its first-ever Women’s National
Performance Evaluation Camp, a four-day off-ice session at the Olympic
Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., from June 11-14 … Bob Deraney,
Paul Flanagan, Laura Halldorson, Mark Johnson and Katey Stone are USA Hockey
Level 4 certified coaches, while Shannon Bryant is Level 3 certified.
Mary
Mary M. Grainger
421 Highland Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone 607-257-3268
Fax 607-257-0483
Cell 607-280-4380