Vol 3_No 1 Guts.indd - Rubber Magazine
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16<br />
By Brett Fera<br />
In all, 13 P.F. Chang’s<br />
Midget AAA Major or<br />
Minor players attended<br />
USA Hockey National Select<br />
Festivals this summer.<br />
Danny Heath, a 6foot-1,<br />
180 pound defenseman<br />
from Glendale, joined<br />
Midget AAA Major teammates<br />
Derik Johnson,<br />
a 5-foot-11, 170 pound<br />
defensemen from Scottsdale,<br />
and Duncan McKellar,<br />
a 6-foot-3, 167-pound<br />
forward from Gilbert, at<br />
the U17 National Select<br />
Festival in St. Cloud,<br />
Minn.<br />
At the U16 National Select<br />
Festival in Rochester,<br />
N.Y., it was Dan Anderson,<br />
Aaron Ave, Kyle<br />
Beattie and Rich Coyne<br />
P.F. Chang’s Tier 1 Hockey Program<br />
Plenty take stage at Select Festivals<br />
representing P.F. Chang’s.<br />
Anderson is a 5-foot-11,<br />
162-pound forward from<br />
Peoria; Ave is a 5-foot-8,<br />
153-pound defensemen<br />
from Chandler; Beattie is<br />
a 6-foot, 160-pound forward<br />
from Avondale; and<br />
Coyne is a 6-foot-2,<br />
177-pound defenseman<br />
from Cave<br />
Creek.<br />
At the U15 festival<br />
in St. Cloud,<br />
P.F. Chang’s was<br />
represented by 5-foot-<br />
10, 175-pound forward<br />
J.T. Barnett of Scottsdale;<br />
6-foot-2, 176-pound<br />
forward Conor Clancy of<br />
Scottsdale; 5-foot-7, 128pound<br />
defenseman Kevin<br />
Johnson of Phoenix; 5foot-10,<br />
167-pound forward<br />
Colten St. Clair of Gilbert;<br />
and 5-foot-9, 143 pound<br />
defenseman Jordan<br />
Young of Peoria.<br />
Zach Larazza, a 6foot3,<br />
155-pound forward<br />
from Scottsdale, was the<br />
lone P.F. Chang’s representative<br />
at the U14 Festival<br />
in Rochester.<br />
And after just<br />
a single offi cial<br />
season of play, the<br />
program already<br />
has an alum who<br />
is going places.<br />
In this case, that<br />
place is hockey-crazy<br />
Kalamazoo, Mich., home of<br />
Western Michigan University.<br />
Matt Federico, a 6foot,<br />
190-pound goaltender<br />
who spent the 2006-07<br />
season as a member of the<br />
P.F. Chang’s inaugural<br />
U18 AAA team, has joined<br />
the Broncos for the 2007-<br />
08 school year, and is believed<br />
to be the fi rst goalie<br />
from the state of Arizona<br />
to play NCAA Division I<br />
college hockey.<br />
“This is an exceptional<br />
opportunity for an exceptional<br />
young man,” P.F.<br />
Chang’s program director<br />
Jim Johnson said. “This<br />
is a great accomplishment<br />
for both Matt and the P.F.<br />
Chang’s hockey program.<br />
We wish Matt much success.”<br />
Federico, who was born<br />
in Knoxville, Tenn., before<br />
moving to Arizona with his<br />
family, posted a 1.84 career<br />
goals-against average,<br />
a .924 save percentage and<br />
15 shutouts during his<br />
Midget hockey career. ❂<br />
AAHA’s Annual Meeting Set for September 24<br />
The AAHA’s annual<br />
meeting will be held on<br />
September 24, 2007 at<br />
6:30 p.m. at the Alltel Ice<br />
Den. Each<br />
association<br />
will seat<br />
new directors<br />
at this<br />
meeting.<br />
The monthly AAHA board<br />
meeting will follow the<br />
annual meeting.<br />
Coaching Seminar<br />
Info Online<br />
All Arizona USA<br />
Hockey coaching seminars<br />
and USA Hockey offi<br />
cials seminars have been<br />
set for the fall and can<br />
be found either on www.<br />
usahockey.com or www.<br />
azamateurhockey.org<br />
Arizona Wins RMD<br />
Bid<br />
Arizona has been<br />
awarded the bid to host<br />
the 2008 Rocky Mountain<br />
Girls and Women’s<br />
Rocky Mountain Championships.Tournament<br />
chairperson Rick<br />
Van Fleet made the<br />
bid presentation in Utah<br />
to the District Council,<br />
which was accepted. The<br />
event will be hosted by<br />
the AZ Selects, skating<br />
under the Arizona Girls<br />
Youth Hockey Association<br />
(AGYHA), and the<br />
Lady Coyotes, skating<br />
under the Valley of the<br />
Sun Hockey Association<br />
(VOSHA). Games will be<br />
played at the Alltel Ice<br />
Den and the Arcadia Ice<br />
Arena.<br />
Coyotes Launch Jersey<br />
Display<br />
The Phoenix Coyotes<br />
announced that they<br />
will be setting up a new<br />
display of youth hockey<br />
jerseys on the main<br />
concourse of Jobing.<br />
com Arena. Each youth<br />
hockey association, high<br />
school and college team<br />
will have their jersey on<br />
display. The AAHA will<br />
also be working with the<br />
Coyotes to provide youth<br />
hockey information at the<br />
arena.<br />
Background<br />
Screening Instituted<br />
All USA Hockey registered<br />
coaches, managers,<br />
board members and offi<br />
cials will be undergoing<br />
background screening as<br />
part of a new initiative<br />
undertaken by the AAHA.<br />
The AAHA is utilizing<br />
Axiom as its background<br />
screening partner. As<br />
each person clears screening,<br />
their names will<br />
be posted on the AAHA<br />
Web site at www.azamateurhockey.org.<br />
Parent Education<br />
Video Online<br />
USA Hockey has<br />
produced a new ACE Parent<br />
Education video and<br />
PowerPoint presentation<br />
that all associations have<br />
agreed to present to parents<br />
of all youth hockey<br />
players for this year. The<br />
video and PowerPoint can<br />
be viewed at www.azamateurhockey.org.<br />
❂