The Detroit Hockey Association Believes Hockey is for Everyone

The Detroit Hockey Association is a member of the NHL's Hockey is for Everyone initiative.

Hockey is for Everyone provides support and unique programming to non-profit youth hockey organizations across North America that are committed to offering children of all backgrounds opportunities to play hockey. The initiative is supported by NHL member clubs, players, NHL alumni, players and fans. To date, Hockey is for Everyone has exposed close to 45,000 boys and girls to unique hockey experiences.

To celebrate this initiative, the National Hockey League hosts the annual Hockey is for Everyone Month in February. The league-wide initiative includes numerous activities to promote the diversity of the game that involve our clubs, players, alumni, fans, and grass-roots diversity programs, all with the goal of raising awareness and celebrating the growth of the game.

Hockey in the Hood 5 - The Stanley Cup and Jack Adams Tropy visit Jack Adams Arena on Saturday, 2/14/09

The annual Hockey in the Hood tournament breaks down stereotypes and brings diverse inner-city hockey teams together for a tournament that is capped off by the presentation of the Willie O’Ree championship trophy, the Willie O’Cup. O'Ree broke the color barrier as the first black player in the NHL back in 1958.

Hockey in the Hood V (Feb. 13 - 15) will be the most diverse inner-city amateur hockey tournament yet. This year teams from eleven cities including Chicago, IL; Columbus, Ohio; Detroit, MI; Minneapolis, MN; Washington, DC; Buffalo, NY; Pittsburg, PA; Fraser, MI; Royal Oak, MI; Wasilla, AK, and Windsor, Ontario will participate. Our guest of honor, Willie O'Ree will travel from his home in San Diego, CA.

The Detroit Hockey Association will host HITH V at Jack Adams Arena. This year, the NHL has provided a special treat, the Stanley Cup and Jack Adams Trophy will visit Jack Adams Arena around 11:00 AM on Saturday 2/14. Bring out the family to see these historic trophies and enjoy some good hockey. All games are free!

Mark Your Calendars. Hockey in the Hood returns to Jack Adams Arena with HITH V - February 13-15, 2009

Reminders: Important dates in December

Upcoming Dates:

December 8, 2008: "Dine to Donate Night" at Max & Erma's in Westland. We really need everyone in the organizations to come out and support this 20% of your lunch or dinner purchase will go back to our organization. (please note you must have a flyer) So please tell your friends and family to go out and support our “Dine to Donate Night at Max & Erma’s.

December 11, 2008: ABC (Adam Butzel Center) Mix and Mingle 6pm-9pm. Come out and join all the ABC organizations and staff for a evening of food, fun and fellowship.

December 13, 2008: Hockey in the Hood 5 Planning Meeting @ 12pm.

December 14, 2008: "DHA Day" Come out and see you favorite Dragon teams play games. Spend the day with us (games from 1pm-7:00pm)! Do you have a special recipe or favorite dish? If so bring it along with you to sell in the concession stand.

December 14, 2008: All association fees are due!!! Please note anyone still owing a balance after this deadline may risk possible removal from the roster. So please don't delay pay those fees today! Anyone needing to make payment arrangements please see Paul Clark.

December 17, 2008: ABC (Adam Butzel Center) Children's Christmas Party


Please feel free to contact me for any questions or concerns.

Thank You,
Cynthia Wardlaw
313-834-2563
313-727-7330
cw20033@aol.com

Willie O'Ree video from the NHL

The NHL published a link to this video on Willie O'Ree's blog.

The DHA looks forward to welcoming Mr. O'Ree back to Detroit for Hockey in the Hood V - February 13-15, 2009.

Jack is Back - Dragons Home Ice is Ready for Action!

Hello Everyone,

I have some great news for you all.

At last the ice is up at Jack Adams!!!!! That's right we are back at Jack Adams!!!!!

Starting this Sunday, November 9, 2008 all home games and practices will resume at home (Jack Adams Arena).

We have truly appreciated the use of the Inkster Ice Arena as well as City Sports Arena.

We are truly thankful and grateful to Eddie at Inkster for welcoming us and making Inkster our temporary home while our ice was down.

DHA Day is this Sunday, November 9, 2008: Please come out and show you support to all your favorite Dragon teams. DHA Day is a day filled with hockey. So come and cheer all the Dragon teams on. Games start a 1:00pm until about 7:00pm. I will be there I hope to see you there to!!!:-)

Practice Schedule:


Saturday, November 8, 2008:
Mites have game away in Monroe
Peewee Practice 10am-11:30am
Squirts have a home game @ 12pm in Inkster

Sunday, November 9, 2008: This is "DHA DAY" !!!!!!!! (All games will be played at Jack Adams)

Good Luck Dragons On All Your Games!!!!!
"Go Dragons"


Important Dates:
Saturday, November 8, 2008: I-Program Parent Meeting @ 4pm at Jack Adams
Friday, November 14, 2008: ABC (Adam Butzel Complex) Fall Ball. This is a semi-formal event for teenagers. If you have teenagers please have them enjoy a evening filled with food, dancing and fun! The cost is $7.00 per person.
Saturday, November 15, 2008: I-Program Begins 10am-12pm

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Thanks,
Cynthia
313-834-2563
313-727-7330
cw20033@aol.com

Practice schedule & volunteers needed

ATTENTION** ATTENTION**ATTENTION
Volunteers Needed This Friday, October 3, 2008

We Need 15-20 Volunteers (*age 18 or older) this Friday.

The Detroit Hockey Association Will Be Participating In A 50/50 Raffle During The Detroit Red Wings Game.

Volunteers will need to be at Joe Louis at 4:30pm. If you are interested in volunteering please contact me ASAP! I need to have a list of who will be volunteering so please contact me. We really need your support so if you can make it let me know.
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Due to technical difficulties, we still have no ice at Jack Adams we hope we will real soon, but in the meantime we will continue to have practices in Inkster.
Thank you to all the parents and players that came out to practice last weekend in Inkster!

We will be practicing in Inkster again this weekend. Here is the practice schedule for this weekend:

Saturday:
9:00am-10:30am (Mites/Squirts)
10:30am-12:00pm (Peewee/Bantams)

Sunday:
2:00pm-3:30pm (Mites/Squirts)
3:30pm-5:00pm (Peewee/Bantam)

Please make sure your player is at these practices. It so important for our players to be at these practices because we will soon be having games. Some of our teams will be having games as early as next week. So we really need you to be at practice!!
We also need many of you to complete your registration paperwork so that we can get the players roster. A roster must be completed before you can play a game so please be at practice this Saturday so we can complete all the neccessary paperwork and make sure our players are ready for their first game.

All players and coaches please be in attendance this weekend!!!

There will be a Coaches Meeting this Saturday, October 4, 2008 @ 12pm in Inkster.
All coaches should be in attendance! We need for all the coaches to complete their coaching paperwork. Some of you have games coming up in the next week and this paperwork must be complete.

Coaches we also need to talk about our plan for the season and our players which should have a strong focus on developing fundamental skills. If we give our players the skills they need they are sure to be a success!
I hope to see each one of you this Saturday.

Practice starts this weekend at Inkster Arena

Our ice (Jack Adams Arena) is still down it is tentatively scheduled to be up the first week in October.

We know that we need to have our players on the ice with the season right on us. So we have ice schedule for our players in Inkster at the Inkster Arena. Please see the schedule of times below:

Friday September 26

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
- Mites/Squirts (6:00-7:20 PM)
- Peewee/Bantam/Midget (7:30-9:00 PM)

Saturday September 27

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Mites/Squirts (9:00-10:20 AM)
- Peewee/Bantam/Midget (10:30-12:00 PM)

The Detroit Dragon really need our players to come out to these practices. We are already behind due to our ice not being up yet so we really need our players at these practices. Before you know it we will be having our first games so we need to make sure our players are prepared.

We will be having a parent/player meeting on Saturday, September 27, 2008 @ 10am at the Inkster Arena. Please make a note of this there will be no parent/player meeting at Jack Adams at 12pm this coming Saturday it will be at the Inkster Arena at 10am. Those unable to make it in particular those returning to the I-Program and others that are unable to attend there will be additional parent/player meetings scheduled.

If you have not registered your player yet you may do so this Friday, September 26, 2008 6pm-9pm (*in Inkster during practice times) and Saturday, September 27, 2008 9am-12pm. Player registration for the teams needs to be done as soon as possible because we need to get rosters together for us to start playing games.

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me.

FYI: The I-Program date to start is tenatively scheduled to begin on October 18, 2008 at 10am.

Thanks,
Cynthia Wardlaw
313-727-7330
313-834-2563
cw20033@aol.com

Important meeting dates & additional information

I hope everyone had a fun summer and enjoyed their break from hockey!!

Well guess what it's that time again. That's right it's hockey time!!!!!!!!

I hope you are as excited as we are about the upcoming season and you are ready to have a great season! GO DRAGONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you returning to play with the Dragons?
Please email me or call me (Cynthia) to let me know if you will be returning to play with the Dragons for 2008-2009 season. We hope all will return this season.
We really need to know this information so that we can continue to prepare for the upcoming season which is literally around the corner. So please contact me as soon as possible to let me know your plans.

Tentative Start Date:
The ice is tentatively scheduled to be up by September 8, 2008. We will confirm this with you once we definitely know if the ice is up so please look for more information regarding the exact start date and specific practice times.

Registration:
If you have not already registered you are still able to receive an early registration discount until August 31, 2008. If you register by August 31, 2008 you can save $25.00 of your registration fees (all fees minus discount must be paid for the discount to applicable). As of October 1, 2008 regular fees will apply. All fees must be paid by November 2, 2008.

We will have several on-site registration dates:
September 13, 2008 10am-12pm
September 20, 2008 10am-12pm

*additional dates TBA

Are you Interested in your Player's Health???
Some of the coaches have suggested that we start now with teaching our children healthy living. The coaches would like to initiate a off-ice training session for our players it would take place two days per week tentatively on: Saturdays 8:30am-9:45 & Sundays 8:30am- 9:45am. The coaches will go over nutrition, exercise and fitness training. Please contact me if you are interested.

Parent/Player Orientation:
Once again we will be having a player and a parent orientation at the begin of the season. Each parent and player should plan to attend one of the schedule orientations. These orientation will prove to be very informative and give you a head start on what to expect for the upcoming season. Here is a brief synopsis of the information that will be discussed: Rule, Team Rostering, Team Fees, Parent and Player expectations, Volunteering, ABC Center Memberships, Practices and games, Equipment are just of the few things we will discuss.

Parent and Player Orientation dates:
September 13, 2008 @ 11am-12pm
September 20, 2008 @ 11am-12pm

* Please be on time to these meetings they will begin promptly and will not last more than a hour.

Parent Committee
We would like to welcome you to be a part of the newly formed parent group which is the Detroit Hockey Association Parent Alliance Committee or PAC. We are looking to get more parents involved in and be more apart of the association. This is one way for you to become more involved join this committee today! Helping to make the DHA better. I hope that many of our parents will be involved in this group. If you are interested in being apart of this organization please plan to attend the upcoming meeting September 27, 2008 time TBA.

Manager's Needed
Are you interested in being a team manager? We are looking for a few managers. If you are interested please contact (Marilyn or Cynthia). All managers please plan to attend the managers meeting on September 13, 2008 @ 12:15pm.

Please feel free to contact me with nay questions or concerns!!
Please look for more updates!!!

Thank You,

Cynthia Wardlaw
313-727-7330
313-834-2563
cw20033@aol.com

Join us for Coach Akil Adams Summer Hockey Skills Clinics

Coach Akil's skills clinics are scheduled for this weekend Saturday, July 26, 2008 from 11 am - 12:30 pm and Sunday, July 27, 2008 12pm-1:30pm at the Dearborn Disc.

All are welcome to attend I-Program - Midget. The cost of the clinics are $30.00 each session or $60.00 for both days. Below is the schedule for the remaining weeks. Please feel free to contact myself or coach Akil 586-791-2859 akilalbert@yahoo.com for more information, questions or concerns.

Akil Adams Weekend Skills Clinic Schedule (through August 17th) Please note,
the clinic schedule has also been added to the Detroit Hockey Association Calendar


July 26th: 11am-12:30pm
July 27th: 12pm-1:30pm

August 3rd: 3:00pm-4:30pm

August 9th: 1pm-2:30pm
August 10th: 12pm- 1:30pm

August 16th: 1pm-2:30pm
August 17th: 1:30pm- 3:00pm


**Don't forget about the early registration discount. Save $25.00 off your fees now thru August 30th**

Thanks,
Cynthia
313-834-2563
313-727-7330
cw20033@aol.com

Stanley is Back in Detroit!

DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER EARLY!
Please take advantage of the $50.00 registration discount now thru June 30, 2008!!
This date will be here before you know it so don't delay register your player today!!


Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Thanks,
Cynthia Wardlaw
313-727-7330
313-834-2563
cw20033@aol.com

Volunteers Needed!!! - Jack Adams Arena cleanup & May events

This Saturday, May 3, 2008 @ 9 am for Clean-Up Day at Jack Adams.

We need your help cleaning the inside and outside of our arena! So let's show our Dragon Spirit and show up to help make our arena shine inside and outside! I'll be there I hope to see you there to!

Upcoming Events:

May 2, 2008: Mr Darden's (center director) retirement party @ 7pm at Adam Butzel Center tickets are $15.00.

May 3, 2008: Clean-Up day at Adam Butzel Center and Jack Adams Arena 9am-1pm

May 10, 2008: DHA Cage Clean-Up we will need some volunteers to help us clean out the equipment cage on this day from 9am-1pm.

May 10, 2008: ABC Day camp registration at Belle Isle 8am-11am.

May 17, 2008: DHA Cage Clean-Up we will need some volunteers to help us clean out the equipment cage on this day from 9am-1pm

May 17, 2008: Fishing Derby @ Palmer Park 9am-2pm.

*Don't forget about the pre-registration discounts. Register now through June 30, 2008 and save yourself $50.

Please look for more information in the mail, through your email, and at this site for upcoming fundraising events and meetings.

Please feel free to contact me for any questions or concerns.

Thanks,
Cynthia Wardlaw
313-834-2563
313-727-7330
cw20033@aol.com