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Rep Team Try-Outs Underway, Rec Team Practices Begin Next Week
Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA – KVHA News for 26 August, 2010 – Players trying out for Kent Valley’s Midget Tier-II U-18 team are idle this weekend but will resume skating sessions on Monday, August 30th. Coaches Johnston and Lorenz report the Midgets are still in try-out mode and will skate six try-out sessions next week on Monday (7:10-8:40pm), Tuesday (8:15-9:45pm), Wednesday (4:00-5:30pm), Thursday (7:50-9:20pm), Saturday (7:20-8:50pm) and Sunday (7:30-9:00pm).
The PeeWee Tier-II try-outs began last weekend and continued throughout the current week. Coach Speer has scheduled a morning session for Saturday August 28th from 10:00am to 11:30am. The team has four ice sessions set for next week beginning on Monday August 30th (5:30-7:00pm), Thursday (6:10-7:40pm), Saturday (10:20-11:30pm) and Sunday (10:10-11:40pm). If you’ve not attended prior sessions but are still interested in trying out for the team, please contact Adam Speer at adamspeer@hotmail.com.
KVHA’s Bantam Tier-II team began try-outs last weekend with almost five hours of ice time over three sessions. Coach Pizzey will continue tryouts this weekend on Saturday (5:40-7:10pm) and Sunday (10:10-11:40am). The team has sessions scheduled next week beginning on Monday August 30th (7:10-8:40pm), Tuesday (8:15-9:45pm), Thursday (7:50-9:20pm), Saturday (5:40-7:10pm) and Sunday (7:30-9:00pm).
The Bantam ’96 Tier-I Rainiers do not practice at Kent Valley Ice Center until the weekend of September 4th and 5th. Coach Degelman will take his Rainiers through nearly five hours of on-ice training over three sessions Saturday (4:00-5:30pm) and Sunday (8:30-10:00am and 11:50am-1:20pm).
Recreation Team Practices Begin Next Week
Practices get underway on Monday August 30th for the Midget Rec Tornadoes (5:30-7:00pm). Coach Cadiente will also practice his team on Wednesday (8:05-9:05pm), Thursday (6:10-7:10pm) and Sunday (6:20-7:20pm).
The Bantam Rec Tornadoes will begin practices on Wednesday September 1st (6:55-7:55pm). New Coach Issac Van Mechelen will also take his team through practices on Thursday (5:00-6:00pm), Saturday (9:10-10:10am) and Sunday (5:10-6:10pm).
KVHA’s PeeWee Rec Tornadoes hit the ice for the first time on Wednesday September 1st (6:55-7:55pm). Coach Alonzo will also lead his team through practices on Thursday (5:00-6:00pm), Saturday (9:10-10:10am) and Sunday (5:10-6:10pm).
The Squirt Rec Tornadoes will see ice for the first time on Wednesday September 1st (5:45-6:45pm). Coaches Smith and Higgins will also take their team to the on ice Friday (6:15-7:15pm), Saturday (8:00-9:00am) and Sunday (1:30-2:30pm).
KVHA’s youngest team, the Mite Rec Tornadoes, practice for the first time on Wednesday September 1st (5:45-6:45pm). Coach Mertel will also take his young team to the ice on Friday (6:15-7:15pm), Saturday (8:00-9:00am) and Sunday (1:30-2:30pm).
Learn to Play Hockey (LTP) sessions will begin on Sunday September 26th and run through March 2011. Anyone wishing to register their boy or girl, ages 4-10, will find a registration form under the Learn to Play Hockey tab. Just click on the Learn to Play Hockey tab and follow the instructions.
Registration Note
USA Hockey Registration - Please be aware that to participate in any of the above Kent Valley Hockey Association (KVHA) sessions a player must be registered with USA Hockey and be able to provide the KVHA Registrar with a valid registration confirmation. A parent can register their player at www.USAHockey.com.
KVHA Registration – If you haven’t registered your player with KVHA, now is the time. A registration form is available under the KVHA Registration tab. Just click on the KVHA Registration tab and follow the instructions.
Kent Valley Hockey Association Ice Schedules
Weekly ice schedules are posted under the Ice Schedules tab. Click here to view the Ice Schedules page. Simply click on the PDF icon for the week you’re interested in viewing. Early in the season, because the schedule is still being developed and can change, members will generally see schedules for only one week or two weeks in advance. However, once everything firms up we will do our best to keep three to five weeks worth of schedules posted to the web site. Your patience is appreciated.
Team pages on www.KentValleyHockey.com will eventually be another source of information for members. Currently, they contain little more than the team name and perhaps the name of the coach. However, once the season is underway and the team is formed, those pages will contain contact information, practice schedules, and important team news.
Questions? If you have any question regarding any of the above, please let us know. You can contact us via e-mail at:
Hockey Director – Danny@KentValleyIceCentre.com (253) 850-2400 Ext 14
Registrar – Rena@KentValleyIceCentre.com (253) 850-2400 Ext 10
Ice Centre Operations – Les@KentValleyIceCentre.com (253) 850-2400 Ext 12
Or, send me an e-mail at: Lew@KentValleyIceCentre.com
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More KVHA Alumni Updates – Hockey Life Continues Beyond Kent Valley Ice Centre
Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA – KVHA News for 25 August, 2010 – Here's additional information and updates on former KVHA players who continue to pursue their hockey dreams. Congratulations and best wishes to all of these outstanding hockey players. Click here for updates on Corey James, Jason Bartlett, Corey Grummick, Connor Bambico, Kyle Blondin, Dane Dahline, Josef Chase, Noah Dolinajec and Jordan Robertson.
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KVHA's 2010/2011 Hockey Season About to Begin - Check the Ice Schedule for Ice Times
Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA – KVHA News for 24 August, 2010 – The Ice Schedule for the first week of the new hockey season has been posted to www.KentValleyHockey.com under the Ice Schedules tab. Team practices officially begin on Monday August 30th and run throughout the week. Future weekly schedules will likely look like this first one with minor changes or adjustments as last-minute enrollments can sometimes make it possible to add an additional team here and there. This schedule is based upon what we know about our enrollment as of this last week. Click here for full details.
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Two Hockey Day Camp Sessions Added for Wednesday 8/25 and Friday 8/27
Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA – KVHA News for 22 August, 2010 – Kent Valley Ice Centre has added two extra Hockey Day Camp sessions to wrap up the summer series. This is your hockey player’s last opportunity to get in a day or two of hockey and fun before summer ends and the new hockey season begins.
Summer Hockey Day Camp
Directed by Danny Lorenz & Les Grauer with KVHA Coaches
$37.50 drop-in
Includes 3.00 hours on-ice and 2.25 hours off-ice/video
Wednesday 8/25 (3.00 hours on ice)
8:00-8:30 Drop Off
8:45-9:45 Off-Ice
10:15-11:30 On-Ice Skills
11:45- 12:45 Lunch / Video
1:30- 2:45 On Ice Skills
3:00-3:30 Skating (Public)
3:45-4:30 Off-Ice
4:30-5:00 Video / Pick-up
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Friday 8/27 (3.00 hours on ice)
8:00-8:30 Drop off
8:45-9:30 Off Ice
10:00- 11:30 On Ice
11:45- 12:15 Lunch
12:15-1:00 Video / Play Time
1:30- 3:00 On Ice
3:30- 4:30 Off-Ice
4:30-5:00 Video / Pick-up
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Click here for a printable registration form.
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KVHA Alumni - Players Taking Their Hockey to the Next Higher Level or Moving on to Bigger and Better Things
Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA – KVHA News for 17 August, 2010 – Following is a number of short news items about KVHA alumni who continue to pursue their dreams. Certainly, this does not include everyone, just the ones we know about. So, if you have a KVHA hockey player that has achieved academic success or is moving their hockey career to the next level, we’d be happy to learn more about them and report their achievements via KVHA News. Click here for full story.
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| Bauer Shipment Arrives at KVIC Pro-Shop
Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA. 10 August, 2010 - The empty shelves inside the KVIC Pro-Shop will soon be full of new hockey equipment ready for sale to KVHA members, GSHL members, visiting hockey players and the general public. KVIC's Rena Sullivan was logging the new shipment into inventory Tuesday afternoon and preparing the equipment for display within the Pro-Shop.
Earlier this summer, Les Grauer, Director of Kent Valley Ice Centre, said; ?We?re going to carry a good supply of hockey tape, mouth guards and laces. Our Pro-Shop prices match or are competitive with internet pricing and are available for immediate purchase (while supplies last)."
KVHA Members are encouraged to drop in and take a look around on their next visit to Kent Valley Ice Centre. We'd like to hear your feedback.
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Coaching Assignments Finalized for KVHA's Bantam Teams
Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA – KVHA News for 9 August, 2010 – It appears that the only thing needed was time; time to just let things sort themselves out. KVHA Hockey Director, Danny Lorenz, announced two coaching assignments Monday morning that impact KVHA’s Bantam teams. Below is the lineup of Bantam teams for the 2010-2011 season:
Bantam Rec Tornadoes
No changes. Issac Van Mechelen is the Head Coach. The team will participate in the North Puget Sound Hockey League (NPSHL.)
Bantam “B” Storm
There will be no Bantam “B” team this season.
Bantam Tier-II Selects
Derek Pizzey will be Head Coach of the Selects. The team will participate in the Pacific Northwest Amateur Hockey Association (PNAHA) League.
Bantam ’97 Tier-II Rainiers
The Rainiers will be coached by Adam Kurtenbach and will play a non-league Tier-II tournament schedule.
Bantam ’96 Tier-I Rainiers
No changes. Lloyd Degleman will serve as Head Coach. The team will play a non-league Tier-I tournament schedule.
There you have it! All of our coaching assignments are filled. Next up: Filling all those Assistant Coach and Team Manager positions.
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KVHA Try-Outs are Just Around the Corner
Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA – KVHA News for 5 August, 2010 – Summer is quickly approaching its mid-point and that’s a good indication that the hockey season is almost upon us. Open try-outs are scheduled for Squirt, PeeWee, Bantam and Midget (U-16/U-18) for mid August. Click here for full details.
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Kent Valley Ice Centre Pro-Shop Stock Growing
Kent Valley Ice Centre, 5 August, 2010 - Another batch of hockey supplies arrived at the Kent Valley Ice Centre Pro-Shop this week. The shop now carries a large supply of mouth guards, laces, stick tape, sock tape, socks, KVHA t-shirts, hockey sticks and a variety of other supplies. More orders are being filled and shipped with deliveries anticipated for late August and throughout September. Check out the KVIC Pro-Shop on your next trip to the rink. I’m sure you’ll be impressed.
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Kent Valley Rainiers Players Take Home Whistler Gold
Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA – KVHA News for 13 July, 2010 – Kent Valley Rainiers players took home the Gold Medal from the Whistler All-Star Hockey Tournament this past weekend. Bryce Ebert, Luke Van Schaack, Jordan Greenhall and McKinley Kempf were part of the Global Selects team that rolled through the Whistler tournament without a loss. The final game pitted the Global Selects against the other undefeated team in the tournament, the Foothills Elite Outlaws from Alberta. The first period ended with no scoring as both teams had quality scoring chances turned away by the goaltenders. The Global Selects broke through in the second period only to see the Outlaws tie the game with a power play goal. From that point on it was all Global Selects as they turned up the heat and scored four unanswered goals to secure a 5-1 victory and the Gold Medal championship. Click here for the full story.
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Casey Jorgensen Elected to USA Hockey’s Pacific District Board of Directors
Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA – KVHA News for 24 June, 2010 – Casey Jorgensen is a busy guy these days. Between his career as an attorney with William Kastner in downtown Seattle, his role as a dedicated husband and father, and his involvement with USA Hockey, tracking down Casey for an interview was a challenge. My reason for getting in touch with Casey was to congratulate him on his recent election to one of four USA Hockey Pacific District Director posts. Casey has been involved in local hockey for many years as a player, on-ice official, and more recently as legal counsel for USA Hockey.
KVHA Members will remember Casey Jorgensen as being the guest speaker at our KVHA Auction a couple of years ago. Click here for the full story.
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Isaac Van Mechelen to Coach Kent Valley's Bantam Rec Tornadoes
Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA – KVHA News for 17 June, 2010 – KVHA Hockey Director, Danny Lorenz, announced the appointment today of former Kent Valley hockey player Isaac Van Mechelen to coach the Bantam Rec Tornadoes for the 2010-2011 season. Van Mechelen, a 2009 graduate of Pacific Lutheran University, played hockey at Kent Valley from 2001 to 2005. During one of those seasons his Bantam team won the Puget Sound Hockey League Championship. Van Mechelen attended Henry Foss High School in Tacoma where he lettered in Football. He also served as an Intern Football Coach at Foss High School while attending Pacific Lutheran University. In addition to hockey and football, Van Mechelen also played soccer and WIAA baseball. Click Here for full story.
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| Kent Valley's Coach Chuck Cadiente Earns NPSHL Championship Hat Trick
Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA – KVHA News for 11 June, 2010 – Kent Valley Midget Rec/B Coach, Chuck Cadiente, dropped by the Kent Valley office one day last week and proudly placed a large trophy and a 2009-2010 NPSHL Midget Championship banner on my desk. The banner was autographed by team members. The trophy was from the 2009-2010 Wenatchee Apple Cup, First Place Midget House award, Cadiente’s second Apple Cup championship, the other being 2007-2008. As we admired the 2009 NPSHL Midget Championship banner, Cadiente commented that it was the third season that one of his teams had won the NPSHL Championship. “I guess that makes it a NPSHL Banner Hat Trick, right?” he said. I agreed! Cadiente coached the 2003-2004 Squirt Rec, 2007-2008 Bantam Rec and 2009-2010 Midget Rec teams to NPSHL championships to earn the NPSHL Banner Hat Trick. Click Here for full story.
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Degelman to Coach KVHA’s Bantam Tier-I Elite
Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA 21 April, 2010 – Kent Valley Hockey Association is pleased to welcome Lloyd Degelman to the organization to fill the position as Head Coach for the Bantam Tier-I Elite. With over 20 years of competitive experience, and nearly 25 years of coaching experience, there is no doubt that Lloyd will be an asset to Kent Valley.
COACHING EXPERIENCE
Lloyd started coaching in 1986, beginning at the Boys and Girls Club in Alascom, Alaska. Subsequently, Lloyd was the head coach several years at Bartlett High School in Anchorage, Alaska, where he was named “Coach of the Year” in 1990. After moving to Spokane, Washington, in 1992, he began coaching at the Spokane American Youth Hockey Association (SAYHA), and has moved up through the age divisions, starting at Mites all the way to Midget U18. Click Here for full story.
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| Lloyd Degelman, Head Coach, Kent Valley Bantam Tier-I Elite |
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Rainiers Cap History Making Season with Run to USA Hockey Tier-I Quarterfinals
Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA 19 April, 2010 - The Kent Valley Rainiers ended the 2009-10 season with a berth in the USA Hockey Tier-I 12U National Championship Quarterfinals. The four teams finishing ahead of the Rainiers in the National Championship standings were from Detroit, Chicago, New York and Boston, home to the four US original six NHL franchises with hockey roots dating back to the mid 1920’s. This season the Rainiers established the credibility of Pacific Northwest hockey throughout North America and set a standard of excellence for future area Tier-I teams to uphold. The quarterfinal berth capped a remarkable season of momentous accomplishments for the Rainiers. Click Here for full story.
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