phoenix polar bears

Superman Dive Draws a Penalty!

October 21, 2009 By murphhockey Leave a Comment

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

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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

We WON!!! The Labor Day Tournament

September 9, 2009 By murphhockey Leave a Comment

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!!

Filed Under: Polar Bears, Travel Tagged With: Arcadia Ice Rink, Brian Savage, Hockey Blog, jr coyotes 2000, labor day hockey tournament, murph, patrick murphy, phoenix polar bears, Sonoran Youth Hockey League, Squirt, Youth Hockey

2009-10 Labor Day Tournament

August 31, 2009 By murphhockey Leave a Comment

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:

Saturday 9/5 10:40 AM Polar Bears vs IE Runners
Saturday 9/5 3:10 PM Mustangs vs Polar Bears
Sunday 9/6 8:00 AM Polar Bears vs Firebirds
Sunday 9/6 Playoff Games
Monday 9/7 Championship Game

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Coyotes Season Almost Here …

August 24, 2009 By murphhockey Leave a Comment

This video was the last game of the Coyotes 2008-09 season. I never miss the last home game, it has to hold me over until the next season begins! The Coyotes won this one in a shoot out against the Ducks.

Tiki (Viktor Tikhonov) took the shot, tripped and was celebrating while down. His goal WON the game for the Coyotes, he was amazing. It was such a great Game.

Can’t wait for this season to start.