watch it. play it. live it. I did it ALL this weekend!!

Nothing beats scoring the first goal of the game for the Phoenix Polar Bears at Jobing.com Arena; except for hearing my name announced in the Phoenix Coyotes House! It was my first goal at Jobing.com and it was another highlight to my year!!

The Coyotes had just won their game the night before, their energy was still in the building! Our game against the IE Runners ended in a 5-5 tie.

A BIG thanks goes out to USA Hockey for giving us the opportunity to celebrate Hockey Across America! Thanks also to my teammate Jack for the perfect pass and to my Coach (Ed Kastelic), who loves the game of hockey and coaching it! Hockey Brings us together!

Murph at Jobing.com

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Celebrate USA Hockey Weekend Across America

This weekend January 29-31, is USA Hockey Weekend Across America presented by Reebok.  I am very excited that my Phoenix Polar Bears Squirt A Team will be participating at noon on January 31st, we will be playing at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale vs the IE Runners.

USA Hockey Weekend Across America is a chance to celebrate the game of hockey and also provide an opportunity to those that want to try it.  Check out USA Hockey for Rinks that will be offering a free trial of hockey this weekend.

Celebrate Hockey along with me, this weekends themes:  on Friday wear your Favorite Hockey Jersey, on Saturday take a Friend to the Rink, and on Sunday Celebrate Local Hockey Heroes.  Submit all photos from the weekend to USA Hockey.

This weekend Watch Hockey or Play Hockey, and lets celebrate HOCKEY!

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Watch this Sick Goal

Victoria Salmon Kings goal against the Bakersfield Condors is chosen as TSN’s Highlight of the Night for Friday January 15, 2010

The play involved Scott Howes, Dirk Southern, and Adam Taylor. The goal was scored a little after 17 minutes of the first period

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Clean Sweep in Arvada, CO!

Victory was SWEET!!This past weekend the Phoenix Polar Bear Squirt A team showed up BIG in Colorado for the MLK Tournament in Arvada, CO.  Despite all the obstacles we faced, we were undefeated in 5 all games!

I missed my scheduled flight home because we made it to the Championship Game!!  It was well worth it … the trophy was AWESOME and victory is sweet!

Thank you to the awesome lady at Southwest Airlines that got me on the next flight home to Phoenix,  just because I was wearing a hat with hockey sticks on it!  HOCKEY ROCKS!

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Colorado Bound … Arvada MLK Hockey Tournament

After hockey practice tonight; picked up some Pei Wei, the  fortune in my cookie read:  You will be traveling to distant lands for business purposes.  It’s true, I am heading to Colorado, that is … kind of a distant land and myPolar Bears are #1 business is HOCKEY!

I will land in Denver around 10:30 am on Friday and head straight for the Ice Center at the Promenade for a team practice.  Our first game is Saturday morning at 7:00am, shortly after there will be a team pin trading ceremony, and then I am heading to the Pepsi Center where the Colorado Avalanche take on the New Jersey Devils.  Look for me on TV, I am going to wear my Phoenix Coyotes Jersey to the game!!!  The Phoenix Polar Bears play two more games on Sunday and we will finish things up on Monday.

The  Phoenix Polar Bears Squirt A team is looking to bring home the banner from the MLK Hockey Tournament in Arvada, CO.

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2009 Coyote Cup Squirt A Final Video

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