Girls U12

Good Morning u12!

We have a full sheet of ice to ourselves for practice tonight at 6:30. Tomorrow we'll get our first session with Courtney Sheary for skills at 7:20 paired with the u14, this should be good. Friday at 6pm is the open skate which was pretty well attended last week. Game 1 of the Middlesex League is Sunday at 12:45 at everyone's favorite rink, Olympia Rink in Boxboro, bring your flashlights.

As usual, the first 4-6 games will be parity so we may end up smoking teams or be on the receiving end of a beating. We also have a big roster this season so please be patient with the results, pairings, etc. Let's do this!!

-Kevin Cormier

Friday Open Ice!!

Just a heads up AHA is offering an open sheet of ice for our girls program on Fridays at 6pm throughout the season. Our HSHS as well as u10, u12, and u14 teams are encouraged to attend for pick up hockey. You should see the ice time listed as a "practice" on your family schedules in Crossbar. We tried this last season with great success.

The idea is to let the girls have an hour to skate, play pick up, cross ice, have shooting contests, basically have fun without coaches instruction, think pond hockey. Full equipment is required and we only ask for those attending to include everyone in whatever games materialize. Thank you.

Kevin Cormier

Girls Director

Welcome u12!!!

Hard to believe hockey season starts Tuesday but here we are. Hope everyone had a great summer! Our practice and skills schedule has been uploaded onto the AHA website through Thanksgiving. Middlesex League games have been scheduled for the month of September. You can the access team's calendar via the AHA website and going to the u12 team homepage.

We've mixed up our girls offering this season to include a dedicated weekly skills session. We are very fortunate to have Erika Hammer and Courtney Sheary alternating on Wednesdays. Erika will be focused on skating and edges while Courtney and her team will provide game specific training. If you're not familiar with Courtney, she played at UNH and the Boston Blades, coached at Dartmouth and Boston College. We are lucky to have her involved with our girls program this season.

We will have 1 practice per week, 1 skills session, 1 open skate, and 1 game per weekend. Friday night open skates will begin September 13 and are designed to provide open ice for pick up games. Practices will be on Tuesday's through Thanksgiving, skills will be on Wednesdays through Thanksgiving, and once parity is over, we will have 1 Middlesex game per weekend.

Myself, Dan Tamasanis, and Chris Russell will be coaching the u12 this season. If anyone is interested in helping out as a team manager, please let me know. We do have a large roster this year with 2 terrific goalies in Aisling Taylor and Brooke Bond.

Please be patient as we figure out the best way to distribute playing time and mix line combinations while remaining competitive. As usual, the first handful of Middlesex games are for parity which may be lopsided in one direction or the other.

Welcome to the team and we are looking forward to another fun season. Any questions, let me know. Thank you.

Kevin Cormier