Youth Hockey Player Blogs About his Passion - Ice Hockey
I will be participating in the Making Strides Breast Cancer Walk in Tempe, Arizona this coming Saturday, November 7th.
If you are able to spare a small donation (even as small as $5) to support me and this incredible event, it would be greatly appreciated!!
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Physical! A very physical scrimmage on Sunday morning at the Alltel Ice Den. Refs weren’t calling to many penalties, but the Jr. Coyotes 99′s goalie reached out and 
put his stick between my skates as I was going for the puck. The ref was watching that time! Finally, a power play for the Bears!
The Jr. Coyotes AA shut us down. This is the same team we beat in the Labor Day Tournament?? We need to do better this coming weekend. It was good to scrimmage and a great practice to get us ready for our League game Sunday morning in Chandler.
Highlights from the game on YouTube
We hit the ice today for a scrimmage against the DYHA Squirt AA team. I love playing those guys. I have lots of friends on the DYHA team and I have worked with Coaches Alex Hicks and John Kosobud over the summer. Totally tough competition! We tied the first time we played them a few weeks ago. Today we held them tight in the first period, down by 2. We 
lost it in the end 7-2.
Bad news is that we lost, good news is … we still have a few weeks before the official start of our season, and time to improve!
Back to work …
This long hockey weekend was AWESOME!! The Phoenix Polar Bears did a great job bringing home the banner in the Labor Day Tournament!
We were in second place going into the playoffs. It was pretty cool that we played against my old teammates from the Jr. Coyotes. I had the first goal of the game; it was a rebound goal, off of a nice shot from my teammate Mark.
I’m not sure I agree with the tripping penalty I got in that game! Sorry Robby!!
That win gave us a spot in the Championship game on Monday vs the Jr. Coyotes 99 team. We were down 2-0, and came back to win the game 4-2!
It was an incredible victory. I could hear the Polar Bear fans counting down the clock and we cleared the bench and headed for our goalie! SWEET! We got trophies and skated around the rink with the banner. What a great way to start the season!!
Another season is under way. The Phoenix Polar Bears have started practices and already had a few scrimmages, but this weekend the games start.
I am very excited to have our first hockey tournament this Labor Day weekend. The Squirt A teams will be playing at the Arcadia Ice Rink in Phoenix. Tournament Schedule:
After two years of being away and playing for the Jr. Panthers and Jr. Coyotes, Murph is excited to be back with his old Phoenix Polar Bear Teammates for the 2009-2010 season.
Last night, he completed tryouts for the Squirt A Polar Bear Team and got the call after school today from the Coach congratulating him for making the team.
Murph will be coached by Ed Kastelic (former Washington Capitals & Hartford Whalers Forward).
Murph is looking forward to the upcoming season and playing with his former teammates (and friends)!
“I am really looking forward to learning a lot from Coach Kastelic”
Murph #27
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