Category Archives: Girls/Women
Coyotes’ new hire Fry remains avid supporter of inline hockey
January 31st, 2019Chandler’s Lyndsey Fry is perhaps best known as a member of the USA women’s ice hockey team that captured the silver medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. In November, she landed an NHL front-office job as a special advisor to Arizona Coyotes president Ahron Cohen as well as becoming a brand ambassador for…
Scottsdale native Newkirk chosen seventh overall in NWHL Draft
December 19th, 2018Scottsdale native Makenna Newkirk was selected seventh overall by the Connecticut Whale in today’s NWHL Draft. A former Hockey East Rookie of the Year, Newkirk has racked up 170 points so far in her career at Boston College. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE “Makenna is a premier player on one of the premier teams in the…
DYHA grad Cooper gearing up for challenge at NCAA D-I St. Anselm
December 17th, 2018Kenadie Cooper was born in Wyoming and loved playing hockey. And while Wyoming couldn’t provide the types of hockey opportunities Cooper and her family strived for, Arizona, on the other hand, could. Spending her formative years in Gilbert and playing for the DYHA Firebirds and then Jr. Sun Devils, Cooper later ventured out to Vermont…
AZ Ice Arcadia housing slew of girls, women’s programs this season
October 26th, 2018This season, four girls and women’s programs call AZ Ice Arcadia home – the AZ Lady Coyotes, Grand Canyon University, Arizona Kachinas and Small Frys. Talk about a whole lot of growth in girls and women’s hockey under one roof. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE The Lady Coyotes have players from all over the Valley (Anthem…
Start-up Small Frys program providing major boost to girls hockey in Arizona
August 28th, 2018Sometimes, you just have to go with your instinct and put a sure thing on hold. Lyndsey Fry grew up in Chandler and wound up playing NCAA Division I hockey for Harvard University as well as for the United States in the 2014 Winter Olympics. When she graduated in 2015, she knew she could have…
Mission AZ proving that girls can thrive on co-ed youth teams
April 30th, 2018Mission AZ hockey iced nine teams during the 2017-18 season, and while none of them were girls squads, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t plenty of talented female players within the program. To the contrary, Mission’s director of hockey operations, Jeremy Goltz, said there are a large number of girls thriving in the organization playing…
Flagstaff program part of the growth in girls game in Arizona
April 29th, 2018Girls are rising into competitive hockey here in Arizona and we’re seeing an increase even up here in our mountain town. This year, the FYHA Northstars had five girls playing at a competitive level, which is more than we have seen in quite some time. Between ASU women’s hockey, Lyndsey Fry and the AZ Lady…
Olympic Fever putting ice skating events at Ice Den forefront
February 23rd, 2018Ice skating is taking center stage at both the Ice Den Scottsdale and Ice Den Chandler this month as the facilities showcase their Olympic Fever program. And they’re doing it in style with the recent announcement that two-time U.S. champion and 2014 Olympian Gracie Gold has joined the professional figure skating coaching staff. READ OUR…
Hockey growth in desert booming at girls, women’s levels
February 1st, 2018There is no mistaking the strides that women’s hockey has made the past few years in Arizona. Last year marked the inaugural season of the Arizona State University women’s team and this year, Grand Canyon University joined their ranks. For the first time in history, there were two collegiate women’s hockey programs in the state….
Scottsdale native Newkirk named Hockey East women’s co-Player of the Month
February 1st, 2018Three Boston College women’s hockey players earned Hockey East monthly honors for January on Thursday as the league recognized the trio for their stellar play during the last month. Boston College junior forward Makenna Newkirk is the Warrior Hockey East Player of the Month, sharing the honor with Boston University’s Victoria Bach. READ OUR JANUARY…