The U18 and U16 Jr. Coyotes both went undefeated this past week in the T-1 State Playdowns held around the city. Coach Nick Naumenko's U18 squad beat the DYHA Firebirds in two straight games to capture the title for the Coyotes organization. U16 T-1 Coach Mike De Angelis' group played a un-defeated round-robin week coming down to a championship game on Sunday vs. the DYHA Firebirds. The U16 Midget Minor's also captured the State title by winning 7-2, and confirmed another Jr. Coyotes Midget team to the USA Hockey Rocky Mountain District tournament in Denver.

Congratulations!

The Jr. Coyotes Squirt 2001 AAA team had a huge weekend here local, winning the PW division of the Cactus Cup. Matt Peterson led the tournament in scoring with 4G & 9A and Trevor Griebel tallied 9 goals in 5 games (including a final game hat trick!). Both Jr Coyotes goaltenders played well finishing one-two in save percentage. The team went 3-1 in the round robin including games against two Colorado favorites (Arapahoe Warriors W 2-1 and the Foothills Flyers L 4-2) prior to defeating Foothills in the tournament final. The entire organization congratulates Coach Jason Wright and the entire SQ 2001 AAA team.

After winning the Coyote Cup in December the team headed to Flagstaff for the King of The Mountain Tournament. They played Flagstaff, Union, and Mission in round robin. They won all three games. They played Flagstaff in the semi final game and the Las Vegas Wranglers in the Final. The team scored two quick goals in the first 2 minutes and never gave up the lead. The final score was 7-4. Aiden Rettke was unstoppable in the net all weekend. Brett Strick, Caden Butler, and Cutter Gauthier played extremely well. All four players won an All Star Vote for the weekend.

CONGRATS 2004'S!

The Jr. Coyotes Youth Hockey Program is proud to announce the beginning of our private lesson program here at the Ice Den in early January. We have assembled a cast of top-coaches who will work with your player in a small group setting (max of 4 players/instructor) on a portion of the ice. The cost of this 1 hour slot will be $50/player and will be confirmed directly with the coach of your choice. There will be 3 different days and multiple coaches to choose from that may best match your schedule. You will directly contact the coach that you would like to work with (via e mail) and it will be determined with that that coach to schedule the opportunity to work with your player.

Full Schedule

Private Lessons

Here is the schedule of the private lesson coaches: (other coaches will be coming available in the future)

Wednesdays - 6:00AM to 7:00AM

• Mike De Angelis - bio | email Coach Mike
• Nick Naumenko - bio | email Coach Naumenko
• Sean Gauthier - bio | email Coach Sean
• Ryan Bencurik - bio | contact Coach Bencurik
• Hiroki Wakabyashi - bio | email Coach Wakabyashi

Thursdays - 4:50 to 5:50PM

• Mike De Angelis - bio | email Coach Mike
• Scott Gruber - House Players Only - bio | email Coach Gruber
• Steve Potvin - bio | email Coach Potvin
• Hiroki Wakabyashi - bio | email Coach Wakabyashi
• Tony Radke - email Coach Radke

Saturdays - 8:45-9:45AM

• Ryan Bencurik - bio | email Coach Bencurik
• Jason Wright - bio | email Coach Wright
• Scott Gruber House Players Only - bio | email Coach Gruber
• Brendan Shaw - bio | email Coach Shaw

CAHA DROP-IN TRAVEL LEVEL SKILL SESSIONS

The Ice Den's 3rd ice rink has opened and we will now have access to the fantastic new facility! The Jr. Coyotes youth hockey program will now be offering drop-in style weekend SKILL clinics for our travel level players starting this Sunday, December 18th. These weekly Sunday sessions will be broken up into two groups:

• Mite/Squirt age travel players Sunday's at 8:30-9:30AM,
• PeeWee/Bantam age travel players Sunday's at 9:40-10:40AM
  (please see attached document for drop- in times until the end of March 2012)

CLICK HERE FOR SCHEDULE

The cost of these drop in sessions will be $30 for the hour. ALL participants will be required to stop by the administration desk to sign in and pay. Each participant will be given a wristband to wear. CAHA will staff these weekly sessions with (2) top-level coaches that will put the players through numerous skills such as: skating, puck handling, passing, shooting in a structured practice environment. Do not expect to come and do any scrimmaging, but be ready for skill specific training that you normally would not have time to do with your regular team.

*The first 3 goaltenders who register at the front desk on each Sunday AM will be added to the roster on a complimentary basis to ensure that the nets are occupied for any puck drills. There will not be any goaltending instruction for these goalies, but they are welcome to take advantage of the extra ice and must sign in at the front desk. (goaltender availability each session will be not guaranteed and this class is limited to maximum of 25 skaters and 3 goalies)*

Some of the instructors for both weekly groups will include:

• Mike De Angelis - U16 T-1 coach
• Nick Naumenko - U18 T-1 coach
• Brendan Shaw - U16 T-1 coach
• Ryan Bencurik - U15 T-1 coach
• Steve Potvin - Mite 2003 coach
• Jason Wright - Squirt 2001 coach
• and other CAHA Coaches assigned by Mike De Angelis

Finally,
Our semi- private lesson ice will be starting on Wednesday AM, January 4th and will include opportunities for our Jr. Coyotes to work more individually with top level coaches in the association. Please look for more information on this program to come out later next week, with instruction on how to apply with each coach that is listed.

Go Jr. Coyotes!

This is a great new morning power skating class lead by Phoenix Coyotes Power Skating Coach Mark Ciaccio designed to improve your skating skill and make you a better hockey player! Each 5-Wk class is conducted here at the Ice Den in a semi-private format... 10-15 skaters max. per session. Mite - High School aged players are welcome for this high-intense training program.

Program Cost (5 sessions): $195

Tuesday Class: 6:00-7:00am
Jan 10, 17, 24, 31, Feb 7

OR

Thursday Class: 6:00-7:00am
Jan 12, 19, 26, Feb 2, 6

* drop-in rate is $45 and only available if class space is open. Please call Mark at 480.329.8737 to see if a date has drop-in space open.

To Register:

• Register for THE BREAKFAST CLUB, stop by the Ice Den Admin Office:
• Or register today online:
  CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE!

Another 5-Wk Breakfast Club for Feb/Mar will be available online soon.

Phoenix Jr. Coyotes Players Selected
By Junior Hockey Teams

Ice Den Hockey Programs Continue
To Develop Top-Tier Talent

Contact:  Renee Moore
Renee Moore Public Relations
renee@reneemoorepr.com
602-920-4345

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA – Mike De Angelis, Director of Travel Hockey at the Ice Den in Scottsdale, announced today that ten players from the Jr. Coyotes youth hockey program have been selected by junior teams this spring. This list includes players for the United States Hockey League (USHL), Western Hockey League (WHL), and British Columbia Hockey League.  The USHL and the WHL represent the top tier of Junior Hockey in North America, showcasing the skills of players up to 20 years of age.  Many NHL players started their careers on USHL and WHL teams.

Six players were drafted by USHL teams, including Eddie McGovern (Sioux Falls Stampede), Drew Newmeyer (Indiana Ice), Max Miller (Waterloo Blackhawks), Cody Gylling (Indiana Ice), Ryan Francis (Dubuque Fighting Saints), and Max Vallis (Omaha Lancers, via Merritt of BCHL).

Two players were drafted by WHL teams in the Bantam Draft that includes Jeremy Briscoe (Tri City Americans) and Johnny Walker (Kelowna Rockets).  In addition, two players were recently signed by junior teams, including Nick Pappas, by the Victoria Grizzlies of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) and Brendan Burke, by the Portland Winterhawks of the WHL.

“The entire association has had an incredible season, from Mites to Midgets, and the USHL draft on Monday just solidified our progress,” said De Angelis. “Having a rising national hockey development program as well as an affiliation with the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes, has served our players well and the community as a whole. “What this year’s USHL draft has proven is that the Ice Den’s hockey programs have achieved a standard that places them as Arizona's leader in developing local talent while paving a clear path to junior, college and professional hockey.”

“On behalf of the entire Phoenix Coyotes organization, I would like to congratulate all of the Jr. Coyotes players who were selected in the recent USHL Draft,” said Coyotes Vice President and Assistant General Manager Brad Treliving. “This accomplishment is a testament to all the hard work and dedication by these players, their families and the incredible job that Mike DeAngelis and the entire Coyotes Amateur Hockey Association staff have done to develop these players and grow the sport of hockey in Arizona.”

For more information on CAHA and Jr. Coyotes hockey programs available at the Ice Den, please visit www.coyotesice.com or www.jrcoyoteselite.com

Eddie McGovern - Sioux Falls Stampede
Drew Newmeyer – Indiana Ice		Cody Gylling – Indiana Ice
Max Miller – Waterloo Blackhawks
Ryan Francis – Dubuque Fighting Saints

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The Phoenix Jr. Coyotes Travel program is proud to have been selected to join the elite Super Series League next season at the applicable levels of play. The Super Series is a streamlined tournament style showcase featuring top level member teams from around the country. Some of the organizations include the Dallas Stars, Colorado Thunderbirds, St Louis Amateur Blues and Detroit Compuware. The Super Series goal is to offer strong affordable competition that maximizes play with other like organizations across the country. This addition to the CAHA program will greatly assist in the development of our players who aspire to move up to the Jr Coyotes in the Tier 1 Elite Hockey Midget League. Our program has already been confirmed to host the U15AAA, PeeWee 99AAA Squirt 01AAA and Squirt 2002AAA showcases next year. There may be other host opportunities for our teams to be announced in the coming month.

September 23rd to 25th, 2011, PeeWee Major (1999)

November 18th -20th , 2011 Squirt Major (2001)

January 6th-8th, 2012 Squirt Minor (2002)

February 18th -20th, 2012 Midget Minor (1996)

To find out more:
www.superseriesaaa.com

League standings, statistics, rosters and league updates are posted daily and are available online via Pointstreak, the Ice Den’s fully automated scorekeeping system.

ICE DEN – HOME OF THE JR COYOTES

The home facility for the CAHA Jr. Coyotes program is the state-of-the-art Ice Den, located in north Scottsdale. More than just an ice rink, the Ice Den was proclaimed by USA Today as a ‘Top 10’ rink the nation and Arizona Republic claimed it as the “Best Place in the Valley for Hockey”.