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DYHA adds to strong staff with new coaches Shevalier, Dunmar
June 3rd, 2016The upcoming season looks like a promising one for the Desert Youth Hockey Association’s (DYHA) 18U AA team and it starts behind the bench. The team will be coached by Jeff Shevalier, who has led teams to USA Hockey Youth Nationals four times and has professional playing experience. Joining Shevalier (pictured) will be assistant coach…
Just 26, Coyotes’ Chayka the youngest GM in NHL history
June 2nd, 2016After the Arizona Coyotes relieved Don Maloney of his general manager duties in April, all eyes were squarely focused on who his replacement would be. The Coyotes stayed in house and on May 5, tabbed 26-year-old John Chayka to lead the rebuilding process in the desert. He turns 27 on June 9. With the hire,…
Goltz Hockey Summer League going strong in ninth year
May 31st, 2016Like many kids who grew up in cold-weather climates, Jeremy Goltz and his friends in his Chicago-area neighborhood spent much of their free time at the closest pond playing pickup games. They’d throw their sticks into a pile and have someone separate them to pick teams or designate captains to choose teams. Without the supervision…
IHAAZ crowns seven at annual State Championships event
May 27th, 2016It was only fitting that a successful year for the Inline Hockey Association of Arizona (IHAAZ) ended with a thrilling State Championships tournament. League tournament director Dean Koressel was pleased with how things played out at the state finals May 6-8 at Barney’s Family Sports Complex in Queen Creek. “It went very well and was…
Santa Fe product Barliant moving forward at Sacred Heart
May 27th, 2016After adjusting to NCAA Division I hockey at Sacred Heart University (Atlantic Hockey) during the 2015-16 season, Jackson Barliant is already chomping at the bit to see what his sophomore season of 2016-17 has in store. The Santa Fe native and former Jr. Scorpions forward is busily training with his Pioneers teammates this spring. “In…
Offseason recovery the ultimate goal for Coyotes’ Stone
May 27th, 2016When Arizona Coyotes defenseman Michael Stone went into the corner with the Philadelphia Flyers’ Michael Raffl on March 26 at Gila River Arena, there was an unnerving result. Pursuing a loose puck, Stone and Raffl became entangled and collided. When Stone went down, he heard, in his words, “something pop,” and knew it was severe….
Arizona, New Mexico talent picked for USA Hockey Select Camps
May 25th, 2016Congratulations to all the Arizona and New Mexico natives that advanced from the Rocky Mountain District Boys Select Camp to USA Hockey Select Camps next month in Amherst, N.Y. 1999 FORWARDS Quinn Martin (New Mexico) Joey Strada 2000 FORWARDS Logan Bellar Demetrios Koumontzis DEFENSEMAN Michael Bloom 2001 FORWARD Garrett Wright DEFENSEMAN Jackson Birecki
Talented Arizona names selected during USHL, WHL Drafts
May 24th, 2016Each year, early May brings the two-part United States Hockey League (USHL) Draft and the Western Hockey League (WHL) Bantam Draft. And as has become the norm, several players with Arizona ties were selected in both drafts. Phase I of the USHL Draft, held May 2, was strictly for 2000 birth year players, while Phase…
Team Arizona makes big-time splash at America’s Showcase
May 21st, 2016Well, maybe the fifth time is the charm for Team Arizona. Playing in the America’s Showcase in suburban Pittsburgh last month for the fifth straight year, Team Arizona, made up of some of the state’s top high school junior and senior players, won its pool and earned a berth in the quarterfinals, bowing out 3-1…
Despite down year, NAU’s Division III team able to find optimism
May 16th, 2016Northern Arizona University’s American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Division III team endured a difficult year on the ice in 2015-16, but young players gained valuable experience and a pair of IceJacks were named Academic All-Americans. NAU finished the season 27th out of 35 teams in the ACHA Division III Pacific Region after some key injuries…