Category Archives: Youth
Young, ambitious coach Wasser thriving with Mission AZ program
December 17th, 2016Throughout Jeremy Goltz’s tenure running the Mission Arizona hockey club, he has operated under the principle that developing young hockey players and young adults is often most effective when you give them responsibility and put them in positions to succeed. He takes the same approach with young coaches, and believes he has a star in…
New AHU youth skills coach St. Clair boasts stacked resume; Thanksgiving Shootout another success
December 16th, 2016It was excitement personified when the Phoenix Knights of the Western States Hockey League brought aboard Gilbert native Colten St. Clair as the team’s new assistant coach to work with coach-GM Mike Bowman and fellow assistant coach Kurt Goar. Fast forward a few weeks later and the Arizona Hockey Union has added St. Clair to…
Northstars creating ‘fun and exciting’ 6U, 8U rec leagues
December 5th, 2016The Flagstaff Youth Hockey Association (FYHA) is giving its younger rec-level players something they’ll always remember – a chance to compete against one another and the opportunity to hang a championship banner inside the Jay Lively Arena. The Northstars are taking all of their 6U and 8U players and dividing them into two groups –…
Mission Arizona has carved out niche in desert with family-focused program
December 1st, 2016Jeremy Goltz, the program director with Mission Arizona, frequently refers to his program as consistent and boring, but he considers those positive adjectives. He knows that winning championships catches the headlines and that the day in and day out work isn’t exciting, but he’s also smart enough to understand that the process of the daily…
Bobcats’ 2005 AAA team focused on building a foundation
November 30th, 2016Perhaps more so than in any other sport, building a foundation of skills in young hockey players is often critical to their future success. With the combination of strength, balance, power and finesse that the sport demands, mastering these elements at a young age is a major focus of most youth programs. The Arizona Bobcats…
DYHA Bantam AA team all about hard work, selfless play
November 28th, 2016Most youth hockey teams have those one or two standout players that make the team go. The Desert Youth Hockey Association’s (DYHA) Bantam AA team has no such players. And that’s just fine with the coaching staff. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE “When it comes to team chemistry with this team, there are no egos and…
Turkey Shoot gives CAHA house players holiday experience
November 22nd, 2016There will be much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving at the Ice Den Scottsdale and Chandler locations. The annual Turkey Shoot tournament, exclusively for Coyotes Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) house-level teams in the Coyotes Development Program (CDP), will run at the Scottsdale rink Nov. 25-27 with games at the Mite, Squirt, Pee Wee and…
Giving thanks to the AHU Mite to Midget Class of 2016
November 22nd, 2016Hockey is a game of passion, a game of desire, and often times, a game of attrition. To make it through a practice, a game, and a season, it takes guts and something burning deep within each and every hockey player. For some, this passion runs so deep that it goes on for seasons and…
Jr. Sun Devils see ‘great honor’ in hosting Mite Jamboree
October 27th, 2016Save the date – this Saturday, Oct. 29, at Oceanside Ice Arena in Tempe. On the day from 7 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., the Desert Youth Hockey Association (DYHA) will host a Mite Jamboree event with approximately 200 players taking the ice in 4-on-4, cross-ice games with each participating team playing three consecutive 18-minute games….
Mission AZ proud of its proficiency-producing captains
October 26th, 2016There’s a unique structure to the program at Mission Arizona hockey, and it is producing some amazing results. While win-loss records vary from season to season, Jeremy Goltz, the program’s director of hockey operations, is bullish on Mission’s ability to develop quality players and people. The proof, he says, is in the fact that Mission…