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Jr. Sharks WIN the Wild West Showdown Banner

November 27, 2011 By murphhockey Leave a Comment

Congrats to the San Jose Sharks for taking home the Wild West Showdown Tourney Banner, in the PeeWee Division!! The Arizona Runners came in second, followed by the DYHA Phoenix Firebirds and 4th place went to the La Jolla Jaguars who gave a battle each game they played.

The Sharks had a full hockey schedule playing in the tourney, as well as scrimmaging the DYHA Firebirds 99 team. They put in a full weekend and still found the steam to WIN the banner!

Sharks #7 Scott and I played together for Team Northwest two years ago, in Calgary, Canada at the Stampede Challenge. Small hockey world!

Great Thanksgiving Tourney!! Fun weekend of hockey! Very thankful for my hockey friends everywhere!!

Wild West Showdown Hockey Tourney

November 24, 2011 By murphhockey 2 Comments

I am thankful every year, that I have the opportunity to play the best sport … HOCKEY! There is nothing better, than eating turkey and preparing for a big hockey tourney weekend!

The 4th Annual Wild West Showdown Invitational Hockey Tournament is being hosted by the Arizona Amateur Alliance. The Tourney is open to teams in the PeeWee and Bantam division, the games are being played out of Oceanside Ice, Tempe and Arcadia Ice, Phoenix.

The Jr. Sharks and the La Jolla Jaguars are coming in from California, and the Arizona Runners and DYHA Phoenix Firebirds will compete in the Pee Wee Division. Should be a competitive weekend of hockey!

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Villanova Ice Cats Hockey Game Highlights

February 26, 2011 By murphhockey Leave a Comment

Earlier this month when the Villanova Ice Hockey Team played the ASU Sun Devils, they gave me a jersey and let me help out. I put the sticks on the bench, helped fill their water bottles and cheered them on during the game. The Ice Cats have some really awesome hockey players. I was born in PA right near Villanova University. My Grandpere played football and graduated from that college, so I grew up singing “V” for Villanova!

The score didn’t end very well for the Villanova Ice Cats, but I was thankful for the opportunity to meet them!

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Polar Bears Back on the Ice Today!

September 13, 2009 By murphhockey Leave a Comment

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 …

Filed Under: Polar Bears, Travel Tagged With: Alex Hicks, Arizona youth hockey, DYHA AA, hockey, John Kosabud, oceanside Ice, Oceanside Ice Arena, Phoenix Coyotes, phoenix polar bears, Sean Burke, Sonoran Youth Hockey League, Squirt Hockey, travel hockey, Youth Hockey

Summer Hockey Camps/Clinics

May 21, 2009 By murphhockey Leave a Comment

There is so much to do this summer, especially if you want to play hockey. I will be attending the Collins Hockey Camp in July at Oceanside Ice Arena in Tempe. Oceanside has some great things going on this summer, Mark Ciaccio Power Skating Skill Development Camp is June 1-5th and Brock Ballard’s Evolution of Hockey Day Camp. Mark Ciaccio will also be at the Alltel Ice Den in Scottsdale, June 8-12th

I also recommend, Kurt Goar’s Big City Summer Hockey Camp at Polar Ice Gilbert, I have attend Big City and Kurt is a awesome Coach.

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Dusty Collins and Jr. Coyotes

September 12, 2008 By murphhockey Leave a Comment

Dusty Collins and Jr. Coyotes

The Jr. Coyotes blue line and one of our defense players attended a private hockey lesson earlier today with Dusty Collins at Oceanside Ice Arena. Dusty is the only native-Arizonan to be drafted into the National Hockey League. Dusty played for the Phoenix Coyotes (NHL) AA affiliate, The Arizona Sun Dogs in the Central Hockey League.

It was a great practice and he is so nice. He gave us a really good work out, and had great drills. We will be working with Dusty once a week until the end of September when he leaves for the San Antonio Rampage. Good Luck Dusty!!