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SIX TEAMS ADVANCE TO THE D-4 DISTRICT FINALS!!!!
Livonia Hockey Assocation is proud to announce that six teams will represent Livonia at the D-4 district finals. These games are to be held at Grand Oak Arena in Howell the weekend of February 13 & 14. The winner of the final games will represent D-4 in the State Championships in March!!
The D-4 finals game schedule is as follows:
Saturday, February 13 -
12:30 pm - Peewee B Blues
6:30 pm - Midget B Flyers
Sunday, February 14 -
10:00 am - Bantan B Wild
12:00 pm - Bantam A
4:00 pm - Midget BB Kings
6:00 pm - Midget A Knights
We wish all of our district reps luck in the finals!!!! GO LIVONIA!!!!!
THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION REGARDING SPRING LEAGUE....
The Eddie Edgar Arena hosts a spring league called the Eddie Edgar Challenge Spring League. This league is not affiliated with the Livonia Hockey Assocation. There is no individual registration. Coaches ask kids to play on their team. Coaches may be former coaches, dads, moms, etc. The coach will enter an entire team in the league. If a player has not been asked to play but wishes to play, he/she may post thier name on a list which is located on the bulletin board at Eddie Edgar Arena. Coaches frequently check these list to pick up players to complete thier team. Each team is given one practice with entry in to the league. This practice will be scheduled sometime between March 27th - April 2nd. Games will begin on or after April 11. (No games will be played during Easter break.) The league will end before Memorial Day.
Once again, this league is not at all affiliated with the Livonia Hockey Association. And as such, the L.H.A. Board of Directors do not govern it. If a player does not participate in the spring league this will not affect their ability to mail in register for the Fall 2010- 2011 season. All players who participated in the Livonia Hockey Association for the 2009 - 2010 Fall season, who are members in good standing, will be afforded the right to mail in register. (Members in good standing are current with all financial responsibilities.) Mail in registration occurs in March - May.
Any questions - please contact Lori Yarnell (ljyarnell@livoniahockey.org).
The 12U Knights were recently crowned Howe Division 2 league champions after finishing the regular season with a 14-3 league record. The girls outscored the opposition 79-22 and at one point had an 11 game winning streak. The Knights are Brianna Buchanan, Amanda McPherson, Julia Lutz, Haley Robinson, Taylor Whitney, Michelle Kobylarek, Shelby Kirn, Amanda Hoffmeyer, Zoe Worosz, Anna Julien, Natalie Trainor, Riley Shine, Alyssa Fontaine, Katie Hayward and Lauren Rippy. The team coaches include Alan Buchanan, Mike Shine, Gerard Fontaine, Jim Rippy, Ed Lutz, Nicole Geluso and Dave Whitney and Kim McPheson serves as the manager. Great season so far girls we are all proud of you, now let's get ready for the playoffs. GO KNIGHTS!
Squirt Wild Win 2010 Motown Cup!!!
The Livonia Squirt Wild beat the Monroe Ice Hawks in overtime to win the 2010 Motown Cup. The Wild opened the tournament with a 6-2 loss to Monroe, but followed up with two hard fought victories against Lakeland and Novi to earn a spot in the championship game. Going into the 3rd period of the championship game the Wild were down 3-1, but stayed focused and managed to tie it up with three minutes left. Monroe went ahead 4-3 on a very controversial goal, but with 35 seconds left the short-handed Wild tied the game to send it to overtime. Forty-five seconds into OT, the Wild won with a great shot from inside the circle. It was a great team effort and thanks to all the players, parents, and coaches. Congratulations to Garrett Pittman who took home the tournament MVP!
The Wild are: Ryan McCamant, Garrett Pittman, Tyler Slabaugh, Lucas Huss, Seth Kucharczyk, Jon-Paul Bernadi, Nick Schiffman, Ethan Hromek, Chris Pavlic, Mitchell Bates, Andrew Larsh, Brendan Neve, Garrett Hardy, and Chase Callies. Coaches: Brad Larsh, Bob Bates, Dan Hingham, Toby Slabaugh, Tony Barchock, Charlie Christiansen, Kody Carlson. Team manager: John Pittman.
The Wild are sponsored by: Play It Again Sports, Dr. Todd’s Pediatrics, Casa Fiesta Mexican Restaurant & Cantina, Leo’s Coney Island, AFS Taxsavers, Sound Advice Hearing Aids.
99 Knights win the 2009 Tim Horton’s Compuware Holiday Tournament
The 99 Livonia Knights beat the Farmington Hills Fire, 1-0, in the final game of the 2009 Tim Horton’s Compuware Holiday Tournament held at Compuware Arena December 28-30. The Knights held the Fire to only 3 shots on goal for the entire 33 minute game, allowing Knights goalie, Evan Saltz to post a shutout in the win. During round robin play, the Knights beat Farmington Hills 4-2, Lakeland Hawks 5-1 & Dearborn Belle tire 7-1. The Knights were the #1 seed entering the elimination round and played Dearborn Belle tire again in the semi-final game to a 6-1 score. Throughout the tournament, the positional play was very good and the passing was excellent in both ends of the ice. A referee even complimented the coaching staff after a game on well the passing was for a squirt team. The 99 Knights are Jake Osen, Nick Fegert, Zach Perpich, Joe Wozniak, Tanner Kendall, Jack Chartier, Cole Rorabacher, Morgan Galu, Davis Brown, Evan Saltz, John Doyle, Robert Barnes, Kyle Lynch, Brendan Schoenfeldt, Kolby Dewhirst and Brandon Matelic.
The coaches are Howard Schoenfeldt, Lyle Fegert, Ray Chartier, Mike Wozniak and Doug & Deanna Doyle as team managers.
The Knights are sponsored by Livonia Towing, Art Iron, Emily Galu & Family, Splash Universe, Commonwealth Displays, Cityscape Architects, Doc’s Sports Retreat, David Skown – AAA Michigan, Buffalo Wild Wings, One Under Bar and Grill and Brentwood Pediatric Association.
Bantam Bruins Close Out 2009 as Champions!!
The Bruins went 3-1 this past week to win the 36th Annual Ron Stros Memorial Christmas Tournament in Allen Park. Saturday they beat Allen Park #2 2-0. This was followed by a loss on Sunday afternoon to the Belle Tire Lakers 4-2. However, the Bruins rebounded on Monday night to beat Allen Park #1 3-2 to put them in the championship game on thursday against Belle Tire. The Bruins won the hard fought championship game 4-2!
The entire team put forth a great effort all week long! Their willingness to step up to the coach’s challenges, both individually and as a team, paid off with another Championship! Thanks again to our parents for their tremendous support!!
The Bruins are Gage Antczak, Ian Broadwater, Matt Cassar (C), Dominic DeAngelo, Dante D’Orazio,
Reuben Galang, Ryan Galu, James Hague Jr., Drew Johnston, Brady O’Brien, Josh Perez, Anthony Rotondo, Michael Sudek, Andrew Summers, David Turel, and Jonnie Vendittelli (C).
The coaches are Andy O’Brien, Dave Antczak, Chris Perez, Gary Vendittelli, and Ian O’Brien. Our manager is Debbie DeAngelo.
SQUIRT BLACKHAWKS WIN THE 2009 TIM HORTON COMPUWARE HOLIDAY CLASSIC TOURNAMENT!!
The Livonia Squirt Blackhawks edged the Plymouth Sharks in the final game of the 2009 Tim Horton Compuware Holiday Classic Tournament held at Compuware Arena December 28th - 30th. The team went undefeated over five games in taking the championship yielding just three goals throughout the tournament. During the round-robin, the Blackhawks dominated their opponents posting decisive victories over the Plymouth Sharks 5 – 1, Livonia Wild 6 – 0, Rochester Sidewinders 6 – 0, and finally squeaking by the Livonia Bruins 1 – 0 to qualify for the title game. Typifying the style of Head Coach Chuck Ross, the Hawks stifled their opponents with strong defensive play and tenacious backchecking in each contest. In the final game, the Blackhawks took an early three goal lead but a furious comeback by the Sharks tightened the game up early in the third period. The Hawks' mighty defense proved to be too much for Plymouth to overcome leading to a hard fought 4-2 victory and the tournament championship.
Goalie Alec Wegman posted three shutouts while Centers Kyle Siroky and Greg McQuade paced the powerful Blackhawk offense. Every player on the champs' roster contributed to the victory through smart, disciplined hockey and textbook positional play including forwards Warren DiCicco, Jared Constance, Hunter Septer, Tom Braschwitz, Owen Myers, Anthony Paul, Sean McCormack, and Julian Decina along with defensemen Jacob Anderson, Sam Judd, Willis Wuebben, CJ Vasileff, and Justin Vesche.
The Squirt players' impressive performance in the Holiday Classic has bolstered their confidence and gives them tremendous momentum going into to the District 4 playoffs where they will proudly represent the LHA beginning in January.
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Mondays Championship game was preceded by a tournament shootout. Six players from each team battled it out over several rounds, and through the Grinch’s meddling at center ice. After the dust settled the Predators won the shootout.
Congratulations to all the Mite players. The Grinch tried his best to ruin everyone’s fun, but your love of the game and determination made it a happy and wonderful holiday full of hockey and laughs. I believe the Grinch’s heart grew 3 sizes because of all of you!
The Livonia Mite Blackhawks successfully defended their status as reigning champions of the Gordon Butler Memorial Tournament this past week, defeating an extremely skilled and tough 10U Knight’s girls team in the championship game. 2-1, in an overtime shoot-out. The road to the championship was a tough one, with almost every game being decided by 1 or 2 goals.. In their first game of the tournament the Blackhawks faced a gritty Predators team. The Blackhawks scored first, at 7:30 in the 2nd period, with Connor Moore getting the goal, assists by Mikayla Vanzant and Matt Behen. With :11 left in the period the Predators tied it up, with Logan Robins scoring, assists to Nolan Niva and Broadie Kielb. The 3rd period was filled with up-and-down action, with excellent backchecking by both teams. The game ended in a 1-1 tie. In their 2nd game of the tournament the Blackhawks faced the 10U Knight girls. At 3:27 of the 1st period Connor Moore scored for the Blackhawks, with Conner Linsner and Mikayla Vanzant earning assists on the goal. The game was close throughout, with excellent goaltending by both teams. The Blackhawks escaped with a 1-0 win, with Brendan Stout earning the shutout. In the 3rd game of the tournament the Blackhawks faced the Flyers. With :42 left in the first period Zach Venditelli scored for the Blackhawks, with assists going to Matt Behen and Paul Clark. The score remained 1-0 until the :13 mark of the second period, when Venditelli made it 2-0 Blackhawks, scoring his second goal of the game, with assists earned by Matt Behen and Justin Pedersen. The Flyers did not give up and increased their pressure on the Blackhawks. With 2:58 left in the game the Flyers made the score 2-1, with Devin Romaniw scoring, and Daniel White and Dominic Glenn drawing the assists. With less than 1 minute left the Flyers pulled their goalie for an extra attacker and increased their pressure on the Blackhawks. Matt Behen got the puck and, shooting from his own blue line, put the Blackhawks ahead by two goals, 3-1. Paul Clark and Aidan Tripp drew assists on the play. The game ended with the Blackhawks on top 3-1. In the semi-finals the Blackhawks faced the Predators. Once again the game featured excellent back checking and goaltending. Going into the 3rd , the game was 0-0. With 3:29 left in the game Zach Venditelli put the Blackhawks ahead 1-0, with assists going to Joey Daniels and Conner Linsner. The Blackhawks kept up the pressure on the Predators and with 1:39 to go, Mikayla Vanzant made it 2-0 Blackhawks, with Zach Venditelli and Matt Behen earning assists. Finally, with 1:18 left in the game, Matt Behen made it 3-0 Blackhawks, with Zach Venditelli and Paul Clark earning assists on the goal. The game ended with the Blackhawks on top, 3-0, with Brendan Stout playing a strong game in goal to earn his 2nd shutout of the tournament. In the championship game the Blackhawks once again faced the 10U Knights girls. The game was close, featuring up and down action by both teams. Madison Carson and Brendan Stout, the goalies for each team, both played exceptionally well. Going into the 3rd period the score was tied 0-0. With 6:48 left in the game Zach Venditelli put the Blackhawks on top 1-0, with the lone assist on the goal going to Matt Behen. The Knights stormed back and, with 3:11 left in the game and the Knights buzzing around the Blackhawks’ goal, Kendall Murray tied it up at 1-1 for the Knights, with Vivian Kowalske and Paige Peterson earning the assists. The game ended 1-1. After a 6 minute overtime the game still remained tied, leading to a shoot-out. The lone goal to be scored by either team in the shoot-out was scored by Matt Behen, giving the Blackhawks a hard-fought 2-1 victory over the talented 10U Knights. The Blackhawks are made up of Ryan Featherngill, Charles Hilu, Ian Buchanan, Emily Kostielney, Jimmy Targosz, Aidan Tripp, Joey Daniels, Mikayla Vanzant, Paul Clark, Conner Linsner, Justin Pedersen, David Warner, Connor Moore, Zach Venditelli, Matt Behen and Brendan Stout, the team MVP of the tournament. The Blackhawks are coached by head coach Dan Behen. Assistant coaches are Bob Warner, Dave Moore, Shawn Venditelli and Zach Stout. |
REMINDER!!
Ice bills were due on December 15th. If you have not already paid, please note that payment must be received in the L.H.A office no later than 5:00 pm on Tuesday, December 29th. Any player who has not paid by that time will be suspended from all team activity and will not be reinstated until after the Holiday (January 4, 2010).
Welcome back open skaters!!!
Please check the link to the right under ARENA INFORMATION. Here you will find all the days, times,
and pricing for open skate at Eddie Edgar and Devonaire Ice Arenas.