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Fall is almost here, colder weather returns, leaves turn colors and
things start to change. But the one constant that remains is our women’s hockey
program. The rapid growth of the program this past season has enabled us, for
the very first time to split the league into two divisions. We now offer a C
division as well as a D division on Sunday mornings. It’s been so much fun
watching this league evolve and change. When we started this league a few years
back it was basically pick up hockey. We grabbed shirts off the bench, split up
and played. As it tends to go with something like that, you don’t always get the
best parity and the turnout is fragile at best. But the baby steps we have taken
have now turned this program into the fastest growing women’s hockey league on
the North Shore.
We’ve entered several tournaments this past year
throughout Massachusetts
and New Hampshire,
entering both the C and D divisions. And have had the best time at each
and every one of them. I will continue to do my best to find and organize
as many tournaments as I can. And as we continue to grow I will be able to
accommodate more and more players that would like to play in a tournament.
Over the past few years I have been able to make contacts throughout the
“women’s hockey world” and I am almost ready to start a tournament of our
own here at Hockeytown. It’s now just become a matter of available ice
time that doesn’t clash with any other tournament. I am hoping to try and
get one started in the near future.
But as for this year, we will be offering a Sunday
morning league for both the C and D divisions. The games will be played at
10:20am &
11:30am. We will also be
having Wednesday Nights at
8:50pm. Our goal is to eventually expand the Wednesday nights
into a multiple team league. The Wednesday game will be a mix of players
and not broken into just a C or D game. Applications will be taken on a
first come first serve basis.
The Saturday morning skills clinic will begin
Saturday September 10th 2011 at 10:40am. The clinic will run every Saturday through June
2012. It will focus on improving basic skills such as skating, passing,
puck control, shooting as well as an introduction to the team aspect of
hockey including breakouts, team forechecking and defensive coverage. Full
equipment is required.
If anyone has any questions please let me know.
Kelly Abbott
Hockeytown
USA
781-233-3666
www.hockeytownsaugus.com
2011-2012 Women's
Skills Clinic Application
2011-2012 Women's
Sunday League Application
2011-2012 Women's
Wednesday League Application |
