“Try Hockey for Free” Event
Sunday, Oct 23rd:  3-5pm
Saturday, Nov 5th:  10-11am 

Register Online at www.tryhockeyforfree.com or contact Becky at 320-444-2420 or by email at b.deterling@gmail.com.

Try Hockey For Free will be held at our arena in conjunction with Hockey Day Minnesota.

“Free” practice jersey for the first 40 participants to RSVP.  RAHA members, do you have a friend or relative that has always wanted to try hockey, please invite them and you are welcome to attend yourself.  Free hot dogs for all families and players that come and bring a friend to “try hockey for free”. 

2011 Photos

The registration forms have been updated. Please check the Documents section for current forms.

Registration Day is October 1^st from 9-11AM at the Redwood Area Community Center for MiniMite – Peewee.

• 2011-2012 Registration Information

• 2011-2012 Fee Schedule

• 2011-2012 Registration Form

Pleasee review the Annual Meeting Fact Sheet. It is an overview of the expenses and revenues of the past season.  Enjoy the Summer!

Check out these Summer Activites.   Check the Links page for Summer Activities and Camps as well including the Sniper and Dangler Challenge as well as the Ten Thousand Puck Challenge.

Check back for more links soon!

Off Season Activities:

Summer Program Description

Sniper Log

Mites

Squirts

PeeWees

Ten Thousand Puck Challenge

The Annual Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 12th at 7PM at the RACC.

$500 winners
  1. Deanie Fuhr
  2. Erik Golden
  3. Pete Fuhr

$100 Winners
  1. Valerie Wagner
  2. Susan Skaltum
  3. Dawn Frankenhoff
  4. Barb Nelson
  5. Mary Weldy
  6. C Christenson
  7. Erik Golden
  8. Alan & Laura Olson
  9. Mahlon Mace
 10. Shari Allrunner

Have you been to the arena lately? Notice the banners in the hockey lobby of the 2010-11 Seniors? This has been an idea that has been discussed for the last several years. Thank you to Sue Tholkes for making it happen! I beleive that a new tradition has been started for the players of this association to look forward too.

Reminder to all families that sign up sheets for games and concession stand are posted at the arena. There is no “buy out” of hours this year, so please plan ahead to get your family hours completed. The first tournament is set for Jan 7-9.

A big thank you to all RAHA membership! We have 100% of players paid in full. Look for details coming soon with payment plan for 2011-12 season that will start as soon as March 1, 2011. We have a lot of new families in the Mite and Mini Mite program and our numbers for the future are looking very good!

Here are a couple of reminders:
There are a few people that have been trained to sharpen skates; there is a list of approved skate sharpeners at the desk of the community center. We hope to have a few set hours for skate sharpening by mid December.

RAHA season passes for immediate family are in the process of being handed out via your team parent manager. The passes allow two non hockey players per family into all varsity games. All current RAHA players of any level do not pay admission charge to any varsity game. Also we allow Redwood Valley Booster club season passes into all varsity games. Keep in mind that ticket sales for varsity games are a large fundraiser for our association. For the 09-10 season $5005 was collected in ticket sales. 07-08 season $7100 was collected in ticket sales. I do not think that we have less attendance at games we just have less people paying admission! The passes are intended for immediate family living in your home, not grandparents or adult siblings! Thank you for keeping this in mind when attending varsity games.

Website Update: The website is in process of being completely updated, please be patient in the process of overhaul. Steve Collins has very graciously agreed to become the new web administrator. Thank you Steve!

Volunteers Needed: Here are a couple of new volunteer opportunities, please step forward if you are interested!

The Chris Ellig Memorial Scholarship Fund is in the beginning stages of development. We need 3-4 people to serve on the committee to establish the rules, procedures for requesting scholarship assistance and setting deadlines. At this time approximately $1000 has already been raised to establish this fund and if we get the committee work done soon we will be in a position to be able to grant scholarships by next season. How have we raised money to establish this fund? A corporate sponsor has already been secured to donate $10 for every home varsity goal scored this year up to a max of $500 and secondly we are selling ads that will be announced at all home varsity games and tournaments. If you know of a business that would be interested in this type of ad please talk to Laura Olson.

RAHA Alumni Association Coordinator: Looking for one or more volunteers to gather contact information for RAHA alumni.

Hockey Day Minnesota is a state wide hockey event coming up in Feb. The state organization is encouraging all hockey associations throughout the state to sponsor a “Try Hockey for Free” event at their local arena. We need a committee of 3-4 people that would be dedicated to getting this event started for RAHA. Please step forward if this is an event you would be willing to help organize and promote in our community! Call Nancy Hansen if you are interested

Board Vacancies: we still have 2 board positions open. Have some ideas? Have a concern? Do you like to voice your opinion and make a difference? Please step forward and fill the board positions. We will most specifically need to fill the Treasurer position ASAP. See Joe Ryan if you are interested.