Makivik Magazine Issue 90

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Nunavik Youth Hockey Development Program
Developments: Regional Tournaments and Donations
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The 2009 Nunavik Atoms select hockey team. 1st row: Washaskun Atchynia, Johnny Alaku, Samwillie Peters,
Yugala Kenuayuak , and Tristan Snowboy. 2nd row: Claude Vallières (academic tutor), Daniel Coutu (goalie
instructor) Sammy Koneak (manager and instructor), Joé Juneau (instructor), and Danielle Demers (academic
tutor). 3rd row: Garnet Papigatuk, Max Moorehouse, Willie Oqittuk, Ned Snowball, Joanasie Kakayuk, Putulik
Lance, David Annanack Jr., and Joshua Papigatuk.
This second, in our series of articles regarding the Nunavik Youth
Hockey Development Program (NYHDP), focuses on the upcoming
regional tournaments, on the various donations of hockey equipment
received under the program over the years and on another special event
that was held last fall.
The NYHDP is financed under the Ungaluk component of the
Sanarrutik Agreement. Managed by Makivik, it is an
initiative that receives the support of many regional
organizations in Nunavik.
Regional minor hockey tournaments
Nunavik already has a history of organizing hockey
tournaments with the Ungava Cup and Hudson Cup
for women and men. It is now time to do the same for
the youth in organizing annual events that will allow
participants under the NYHDP to be given the opportunity
to travel to other villages and participate in hockey
tournaments. The tournaments will be organized in all the different
categories of minor hockey (atoms,
peewee, bantam, midget and girls).
Makivik strongly believes that by
having these tournaments, it will help
to stimulate more communities to properly
implement this remarkable hockey
program and motivate the participants
to remain involved and to respect all the
rules that come with it.
The goals of our NYHDP regional
minor hockey tournaments are to 1)
encourage the children to do well in
school in respect to attendance, behaviour
and effort, 2) provide an incentive for
the communities to properly implement
the hockey program and to follow the
protocol while respecting the program’s
education mandate, 3) provide annual
events for the children participating in
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the NYHDP to play hockey and compete
within Nunavik, 4) provide an occasion for
parents and other adults to get involved with minor
hockey and youth development, and 5) provide situations
for the children to travel and make friends
from other communities.
Only the communities that have made a fair
effort to properly implement the hockey program
and who have followed the protocol will be allowed
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