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Players
and parents,
Our first game is upon us. I'm sure everyone is looking
forward to it, although I wish we would have had a few more
practices under our belt. Players are to be dressed and
ready 15 minutes prior to every game, and 10 minutes prior
to every practice. All of our 6:00pm Berry practices and
9:00am Lakeview practices have open ice before us, so with
only 12 practices left we can get an extra two hours of
free ice.
Our constantly changing schedule is on our team website.
Some changes have already been made and more are coming.
Mites are allowed forty games and four tournaments throughout
the season. We are probably going to max out on both. Tentative
tournament schedule is:
Cabin Fever Trnt. - Soo, MI 1/21/10 - 1/24/10 (5 games
max.)
Mitefest Trnt. - Green Bay 2/5/10 - 2/7/10 (3 games)
Iron Range Trnt. - Negaunee 2/12/10 - 2/14/10 (5 games
max.)
Marquette Trnt. 2/26/10 - 2/28/10 (5 games max.)
As you can see, we could have 18 tournament games added
to our existing 20 game schedule. Tournament
cost and lodging info will be available soon.
As for your kid playing hockey on my team, this is Mite
hockey. I believe every player should learn and play every
position. With an odd number of players, if your player
plays every third shift in one game, they will play every
other shift in the next game. Penalties and power plays
make it harder to do, but I will try my best to have equal
ice for everyone. In 12 years of baseball coaching and 5
years of hockey, I do keep a paper trail of who plays where,
when, and for how long.
Thanks to everyone who volunteered to help out this season.
With the work spread around it makes things easier, and
hopefully will benefit the players the most. My goal this
year is for everyone to have fun, and for the players to
be better skaters, better and smarter hockey players, and
to love the game even more than they do now.
If you have any comments, suggestions, or complaints, be
gentle but let me know.
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