Valley Youth Hockey Association
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| 11/20/11: | Games added to Schedule. |
| 11/20/11: | Sponsors page updated. |
| 11/20/11: | October Board Minutes added. |
| 9/27/11: | Stick & Puck dates added to Schedule. |
| 9/6/11: | Practice Schedule for all teams added. |
News
The Potomac Valley Amateur Hockey Association has awarded a $3000 grant to the Valley Youth Hockey Association to help offset expenses related to implementation of USA Hockey’s American Development Model (ADM), while growing the game of hockey within the VYHA’s service area.
The purpose of the John Crerar Hockey Development Grant Program is to assist member associations within PVAHA to increase participation and promote hockey development within Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Nonprofit member associations within the Potomac Valley Amateur Association were eligible to apply for affiliate grants. Applying associations were asked to come up with ideas to grow the sport at the local level and to explain how financial assistance from PVAHA would support their efforts.
The PVAHA Grant Committee deemed the VYHA grant proposal worthy of support based on its plans to meet the following criteria:
• growing participation in recreational ice hockey in their area
• bringing new players age 8 and under into the sport
• promoting the growth of Disabled Hockey within the Affiliate
• promoting the use of cross ice at our lower levels of play
• promote the growth and development of girls hockey within the Affiliate
• promoting Diversity Hockey within the Affiliate
• promote the USA Hockey American Development Model
The winning grant proposal authored by the Board of Directors of the VYHA is designed to help the Association more fully implement USA Hockey’s American Development Model (ADM) throughout the younger age levels of the organization.
The award from the Crerar Grant will be used to purchase cross-ice dividers and smaller cross-ice nets that will be used extensively with the Learn to Play, Mite and Squirt level teams within Valley Youth Hockey.
To learn more about the American Development Model (ADM), view the video below:
Valley Youth Hockey’s Board of Director’s recognized the need to establish a relationship with a high caliber apparel manufacturer to provided top-end apparel and merchandise to the VYHA family. After an exhaustive search, the VYHA Board of Directors selected Harrow Sports to partner with the organization.
In the initial year of this arrangement, Harrow and Valley Youth Hockey will offer a wide variety of apparel and merchandise for sale. This list includes team windsuits, performance fabric tees and polos, hats and hockey equipment bags. This line of merchandise offers VYHA participants the first opportunity to purchase Roanoke Express logo merchandise consistent across teams in the association.
Members of the VYHA community will have the opportunity to place orders directly with Harrow Sports. Initial order are due to Harrow on Friday, September 16, 2011 for delivery in the early part of the hockey season. A second round of orders have a deadline of Friday, November 18 for delivery in time for the holiday season.
Harrow Sports is a Denver, Colorado and Niagara Falls, Ontario based sports equipment manufacturer focusing on the sports of hockey, lacrosse, squash, field hockey, as well as the custom team uniforms, apparel, and bags to go along with each sport.
To view the complete collection of Roanoke Express logo merchandise available for retail sale, click here. For a printer-friendly order form click here.
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Stick and Puck
Stick and Puck sessions, operated by the Roanoke Valley Ice Advocates, are are being held at the Roanoke Civic Center on most Friday afternoons from 4:45pm-5:45pm starting in September 2011 and running through January 2012. Be sure to check the Schedule and/or the RVIA website for the complete list of specific dates. The cost for each session is $10 and is open to all ages. There is no charge for goalies. All players must wear a helmet, shin guards, and gloves. It is recommended that youth players wear full equipment. These sessions are a great way for hockey players of all ages to get additional ice time to work on their stick-handling and shooting skills.