Registration for the McLaughlin Development League is now available.  The dates of the first practices and games will be announced soon.

This program is designed to be an “in house” program for Squirts (9 and 10 Year olds).  This program is also open to the following PYH Travel team players:

• Mite Senior Travel team players
• Squirt Travel team players
• 1st Year PeeWee Travel team players who are not on the A team.

Goalies play for free.

In order to register with PYH, all skaters MUST first be registered with USA Hockey and ALL registrations MUST be done online- no Exceptions.  Please click on the following link for instructions:

http://www.parkwayyouthhockey.org/Registration/Default.asp?n=26522&org=parkwayyouthhockey.org

Attention PYH Travel Team Members:
Players who are also playing on an age appropriate travel team for the 2014-2015 season are eligible for a discounted cost- please use the appropriate program to register.

On Saturday November 1st, please join Massachusetts Special Hockey for a Skills Competition and Skate-a-Thon to raise money for Massachusetts Special Hockey. Skills Competition includes contests for fastest skater, hardest shot, and target shooting. Prizes will be awarded to the winner in each category.

The Skate-a-thon is an open skate for individuals and families.  All attendees will be entered in a raffle for prizes.

Arrive at 9:30 AM to sign in for Skills competition, it will start at 10:00 AM sharp. Skate-a-thon starts at 11:15 AM.

All proceeds benefit Massachusetts Special Hockey!  Please visit their website for more information:

http://maspecialhockey.org/events/skateathon/

The DeAngelo family will be selling Christmas Wreaths and Parkway Hockey Stadium Blankets to help support Boy Scout Troop 1 (West Roxbury- St. Johns).   The funds raised will defer the cost of troop equipment, camping trips and activities. We are very thankful to those of you who purchased wreaths from us in past years and since it has been such a huge success...we are doing it again with an added twist. Washable Stadium Blankets, measuring 56" x 60" are sure to be a favorite to keep warm at the rink or in your home.  They are black with red and white lettering (PARKWAY HAWKS) and a red and white hawk in the middle.  Wreaths are 14 inch, double faced and come with a red bow.  Prices are as follows:

COMBO Package: 1 Blanket & 1 Wreath: $40

Blanket:  $35

Wreath:  $12

You may place an order for wreaths anytime between now and November 21st,  by e-mail... deangeloi@comcast.net or contact Ilene DeAngelo at 617-448-6185.  Blanket orders will be taken until they are sold out

The DeAngelo's will also be at the rink on Wednesday, November 5th  from 6-8 PM with a sample blanket and taking orders in person.

When the wreaths and blankets come in, you will receive an e-mail from the DeAngelo's letting you know your order is ready. Pick up and payment will at the rink on a Wednesday night practice, shooting for December 3rd (dependent upon delivery of both the wreaths and blankets).

http://www.usahockey.com/news_article/show/439873?referrer_id=836196

Larry Reardon a coach, friend and mentor to many in the West Roxbury/Roslindale community passed away late last week.  He was one of the original travel team coaches in the formative years of what is now Parkway Youth Hockey.

Originally known as West Roxbury Youth Hockey, he coached many boys during the height of the Bobby Orr – Big Bad Bruins era, many of whom went on to play hockey in high school and college.  In addition, to coaching in Parkway Youth Hockey program, he also successfully coached the Holy Name CYO hockey team for a number of years.

Most of all Mr. Reardon was a true gentleman.

With the Holiday season fast upon us, we are happy to announce that our annual Holiday Party will be held at The Irish Social Club on Friday December 5th from 6-10 pm.

This party is FREE for all PYH families and will include pizza, entertainment, desserts, and a visit from Santa!

Our annual raffle will be held that night also, with proceeds going directly to fund the purchase of the "Half ice" boards that we have obtained . Tickets are $100 dollars each with the grand prize of $5,000 being drawn during the party via a "reverse raffle."  The odds of winning are better than Vegas!

For tickets, please ask your coach, any PYH board member or call Mike O'Brien @ 617 692 0212.

Season's Greetings...PYH Board of Directors

Dear Parkway Youth Hockey Members -

On behalf of the Board of Parkway Youth Hockey we hope you and your families are having a successful and enjoyable 2014-2015 season.  Between the weekly travel, practices and related activities the youth hockey season provides both challenges and rewards and we appreciate your continued support of the program and our teams.

The Board wanted to take this opportunity especially for our newer members to highlight some upcoming items so you can plan accordingly for the remainder of the season:

     -    For the travel programs several levels have been involved in state play down games over the past few weeks. These will determine the District #1 participants for the state-wide Mass Hockey tournaments later this season. Also, later in the season both the Valley League and the South Shore Conference will have league playoff games.

     -   The Board will soon schedule and publish registration and try out dates for next season’s (2015-2016) travel teams. We ask you to check the web site beginning in mid-February for additional news related to try outs. Please note, families must remit any outstanding balances currently owed to PYH in order to participate in league playoff games and to register children for try outs.  Additionally, as last year, children will not be rostered to a team for next season if any balance remains outstanding subsequent to try outs.

Currently approximately $60,000 remains outstanding to PYH in travel and house program fees for this season. Like you, PYH must meet its monthly expenses in order to operate successfully. These expenses include ice costs, skills sessions and league fees. We appreciate your cooperation in this regard.

     -   House programs (Learn to Skate, Instructional and Mite House) will conclude on the weekend of March 7 & 8, 2015. We want to thank the program coordinators and volunteers who make these programs a success each year.

If you have any questions, please contact us.  Thank you!

 Anyone who is interested coaching or if you know someone who is interested in coaching a travel team for the 2015-2016 season, please fill out a coaching application on line.

The application are available on the web site under the coaches tab and can be done easily on line.  

The deadline for coaches applications is February 27th.   

Thank you 

Please join us and help support the Midget A and B teams as they get ready to head to Lake Placid this April!

The event will take place tonight (Saturday 2/7/15) evening from 6:00pm-12:00am at the Sprinkler Fitters Hall, 46 Rockland St., West Roxbury.

Come and join us for an evening of good food, drinks and music!  In addition to the 50/50 raffle (tickets available at the event) there will be lots of great items that will be raffled off throughout the evening.  All proceeds from the event go towards sending the kids to Lake Placid so come by and have a great time while showing your support for Parkway!  Hope to see you there! 

Questions please contact Kevin Parker at 617-504-8830.

PARKWAY YOUTH HOCKEY TRY OUT REGISTRATION -

The Parkway Quincy Midget Team won the gold this weekend at the Montreal CAN/AM tournament for the Midget C Division!!!!

Congratulations to all of the players and the coaches!!!

The schedule for the second week of tryouts has been posted to the website:

http://parkwayyouthhockey.org/Page.asp?n=24298&org=parkwayyouthhockey.org

Player Listings:
All eligible players who have signed up for Girls U10/12/14/19 and 1/2 Season Midgets tryouts will be listed on the website under the Tryouts tab by level by Saturday of this week.

If your child's name is not listed on the website, then please send an email to parkwayyouthhockey@gmail.com to make sure that your account is up to date.

PYH Community,

My name is Anne Marie Dorsey and many of you might know me from the Learn to Skate Program if you have a child between the ages of 4 to 17. Over the course of the last 13 years I have volunteered as a Learn to Skate Coach and Coordinator for Parkway Youth Hockey.  It is a volunteer position that gives me joy and leaves me with a sense of accomplishment while giving back. I know the kids as well as the parents appreciate all that I as well as the other volunteers do week in and week out to teach their children to skate and are always supportive. Now I am asking for your support in a different way. 

What you may not know about me is that over the course of the last 6 years my family and I have been involved with Tedy's Team (Tedy Bruschi Foundation) and the American Stroke/Heart Association as members who run the Boston Marathon.  After this year’s race we can count five of my 13 siblings (yes I am one of 13), as well as my cousin Tom, will have run the marathon thus far and my youngest sister Margaret has run twice.  Last year those who ran in 2013 (Mark and Tom) also ran again.  Team Casey was initially the idea of my sister Margaret who after losing over 100 pounds decided to take on the challenge and run in memory of my dad. 

Having experienced firsthand my father suffering through two major strokes during my early adulthood which caused him to spend the last year of his life struggling with cerebromedullospinal disconnection (a rare neurological disorder that causes complete paralysis) my family is driven to make others aware of the warning signs of stroke.  Over the years through events and fundraising we have educated hundreds and raised thousands.  This year is not different in terms of what we will be doing. 

What will be different this year  is the fact that my mom passed away this past August and as the " Captain of Team Casey" and the women who showed us her strength and faith through her actions and support for many years she is and will be missed at our Team Casey Fundraiser.  However my mom would want this legacy to continue and thus we are more determined than ever to ensure we reach many more with our message about the signs of stroke and break records with fundraising for this important cause so very important and dear to each of us.

I am writing to ask if you might consider joining TEAM CASEY for TEDY's TEAM on Friday, March 20 from 7 p.m.-12 p.m. for a night of music, raffles and fun.   A flyer with details is provided with this email or you can check us out on facebook 

https://www.facebook.com/TeamCaseyBostonMarathon2015

If you cannot attend this fundraiser please consider making a financial donation via  http://tedysteam2015.kintera.org/casey                  

No donation is too small and all donations are tax deductible to the American Heart Association. 

I sincerely thank you for your consideration and support at this time.

Anne Marie Dorsey

 Anyone who is interested coaching or if you know someone who is interested in coaching a travel team for the 2015-2016 season, please fill out a coaching application on line.

The application are available on the web site under the coaches tab and can be done easily on line.  

The deadline for coaches applications is February 27th.   

Thank you 

Dear Parkway Youth Hockey League Members -

As required by PYHL's by-laws, nominations for seven (7) positions on the Board of Directors will be accepted from members of Parkway Youth Hockey at the March 10, 2015 Board meeting scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Community Room of the District E Police Station (adjacent to the Holy Name rotary).  The Board election shall take place at PYHL's annual meeting April 14, 2015. 

The 15 members of the Board of Directors are elected by the voting members of PYHL and serve terms of two years, beginning on May 1 of the year in which such Director is elected.  This year seven (7) members of the Board shall be elected.  The Directors manage the operation of PYHL programs and it is a volunteer position.

At the time of the election a voting member is entitled to cast a vote in favor of as many nominees as there are vacant Board seats. Those nominees receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected to the Board. In the event of a tie in the vote of the membership for election of the final member of the Board of Directors in any given year, the existing members of the Board of Directors will vote between or among the persons whose election resulted in the tied vote, and by such vote the Board of Directors will break the tie and elect the final member of the Board.

If the number of nominees is less than the number of seats to be filled by election, no election by the members will need to be held and all nominees shall be deemed elected. Vacancies on the Board of Directors, due to resignation, removal, lack of a sufficient number of nominees or otherwise, shall be filled by election by a majority of the Board of Directors.

Thank you for your continued participation.

PYHL Board of Directors

Please send an email to parkwayyouthhockey@gmail.comby Friday April 10th if your child tried out for a PYH travel team and has decided not to play for PYH for the 2015-16 season.  This information is required before PYH can start the team selection process and will also be used to process any refunds due for money that was paid during tryout registration.

All notifications need to be done in writing via email. Verbally informing a tryout coordinator or board member is NOT sufficient notice.

Thank you, Parkway Youth Hockey

The cost to tryout for a 2015-16 Mite, Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, or a Girls U10/U12/U14/U19 team is $300 which consists of a non-refundable tryout fee and a registration fee which is applied towards tuition for the upcoming season.  Players placed on a travel team and who participate on that team for the upcoming season will have $250 applied to the tuition costs.

Refunds:

Players who make a travel team and choose not to participate on that team must notify PYH before Friday April 10, 2015 that your child will not be playing for a PYH Travel Team for the upcoming season.  All notifications must be made in writing and sent to parkwayyouthhockey@gmail.com in order to be eligible for a refund.

• Email notifications received by Friday April 10, 2015 will be eligible for a $200 refund.
• Email notifications received after Friday April 10, 2015 will be eligible for a $100 refund.
• Email notifications receive after Friday May 8, 2015 will not be eligible for a refund.

1/2 Season Midgets:

The cost to tryout for a 1/2 Season Midget team is $550 which consists of a tryout fee and a separate registration fee which is applied towards tuition for the upcoming season.

Players who make a team and choose not to participate on that team must send an email to parkwayyouthhockey@gmail.com by April 10, 2015 in order to be eligible for a refund.

Notifications made after May 8, 2015 after will not be eligible for a refund.  Late fees are not refundable.

Formats and final tuition costs of all Midget teams will be determined by the PYH Board of Directors at a later date.

                    To Support                    

Parkway Youth Hockey Midgets

$100 Buy-In

WHEN:      March 28, 2015

7:00 pm Registration / 8:00 pm Tournament Begins

WHERE:        Sprinklers Fitters Local 550 Hall

46 Rockland Street, West Roxbury, MA  02132

**   $100 Buy-In Includes Food & Adult Beverages     **

Tickets available in advance and at the door

Seats are limited and will be sold on a First Come – First Served Basis!

For tickets & information please contact:

  Jim O’Leary              Paul Santangelo                  Kevin Parker

   978-886-1271           617-201-4373          617-504-8830                       

Congratulations to the Players and coaches of the girls U-10 team for winning the South Shore Conference B Division!!

Congratulations to the players and coaches of the Quincy Midget 1 team on winning the President's League Gold Cup!!

The next Parkway Youth Hockey Board meeting and election of new Board members will take place on Tuesday, April 14th in the Community Room of the District E Police Station in West Roxbury.  Polls will be open from 6-9pm and the general meeting starts at 7pm.  There are 7 seats to be filled for a 2 year term.

Voting membership is limited to parents and guardians of participants in the program and volunteers in the program who are at least 18 years of age, subject to the following:

• One parent or guardian from each family with children participating in the Corporation may vote in corporate elections so long as fees owed to the Corporation by the family have been paid in full or have been excused due to financial hardship in accordance with Section 10 hereof.
• Each volunteer over the age of 18 who performs a minimum of 20 hours of service for the benefit of the Corporation may vote in corporate elections. Determinations of volunteer status shall be made by the Board of Directors and determination of hours worked by any volunteer shall be made by the directors of each program in conjunction with the Secretary of the Corporation.
• No one shall be denied membership on account of race, religion, national origin, and disability or sexual orientation. 

A voting member shall be entitled to cast a vote in favor of as many nominees as there are vacant Board seats.   Those nominees receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected to the Board.

The following is a list of nominees:  (* denotes an incumbent)

Conal Barbuto*
Lisa Berlucchi*
Niall Carney*
Keith Chan 
Paul Conneely*
Joe Donahue*
Mark Fallon
Jim Gallagher
Jim Keenan
Michael Magee*
Tom Parlon
Kevin Parker
Pat Sullivan
Bob Wall

Thank you,

Parkway Youth Hockey Board of Directors