Total Hockey Launches HockeyGreen

With the tagline “Reduce your carbon stickprint,” Total Hockey’s recycling initiative focuses on composite hockey sticks. This new initiative focuses on aligning Total Hockey’s business practices with environmentally friendly strategies in an effort to reduce its ecological impact.

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Do You Have to Play Your Age?

If you’re new to hockey, you might think that hockey parents’ habit of talking about 1996s and 2002s rather than 14-year-olds and 9-year-olds is just a quirk. But in fact, it’s significant because almost all players are strictly assigned to play U8, Squirt, PeeWee, Bantam or Midget by birth year. This, however, doesn’t stop parents from constantly asking hockey association administrators questions such as: Read more

Gear Up Minnesota! grants announced

The Gear Up Minnesota! hockey equipment grant program has awarded starter hockey equipment grants to the following 24 youth hockey associations in Minnesota: Alexandria Area Hockey Association, Apple Valley Hockey Association, Bemidji Youth Hockey Association, Bulldog (St. Peter) Hockey Association, Chisago Lakes Hockey Association, Cook County Amateur Hockey Association, Crookston Blue Line Club, Duluth Heights Hockey Association, Forest Lake Hockey Association, Johnson Como Hockey Association, Leech Lake Area Youth Hockey Association, Litchfield/Dassel/Cokato Youth Hockey Association, Long Prairie Hockey Association, Mankato Area Hockey Association, Moose Lake Area Hockey Association, North Metro Youth Hockey Association, Perham Area Youth Hockey Association, Richfield Youth Hockey Association, River Lakes Hockey Association, Roseau Youth Hockey Association, Sauk Rapids Youth Hockey Association, Sibley Area Youth Hockey Association, Stillwater Amateur Hockey Association and the Winona Area Youth Hockey Association.

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Kevin Dulin named recipient of 2011 Ted Brill Award

Minnesota Hockey established the Ted Brill Award with great respect and fond memories of one of our most influential leaders. It is presented annually to an individual who has at least 10 years of service to any of the various player development programs (STP, HEP, Advanced/Selects, High School All-Star Series, etc.).

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Dave Hendrickson named recipient of 2011 Don Clark Award

Dave Hendrickson receives the Don Clark Award from Minnesota Hockey’s Barry Ford, John Perry, and Dave Margenau

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