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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 />

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