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2012 Phoenix President’s Day Hockey Inventational

February 13, 2012 By murphhockey Leave a Comment

The Phoenix President’s Day Hockey Invitational is one of the best run hockey tournaments that I have ever played in, and it’s close to home! There are 134 teams participating and 38 of them are coming from Canada. Not only do we play hockey in Arizona, we have awesome weather this time of year. Three of the teams the DYHA Firebirds will face are from Canada, starting with the Langley Eagles, from BC on Friday. Then on Saturday morning we face the Springbank PW 2 Predators from Calgary and early Sunday morning we meet the Sunshine Coast Blues, also from BC. Sunday night we play the West Valley Wolves from CA.

I’m looking forward to a weekend packed full of competitive hockey! If you want to follow a teams progress in the tourney, click HERE to get text updates.

Hockey Lessons with XPro Hockey

February 8, 2012 By murphhockey Leave a Comment

For the past few years, I have been taking lessons with John Kosobud and Alex Hicks at Oceanside Ice Arena in Tempe. Their hockey lessons are fun, fast paced and nonstop movement! They work on inside & outside edges, puck control, puck protection, quick feet and so much more. Their hockey drills have helped me improve my game. Coach John and Coach Alex are such good people!

Hicks and Kosobud are ex-professional hockey players, they have created XPro Hockey. If you need to work on anything to improve your game of hockey, they will help you succeed!

Filed Under: Training Tagged With: AAA Hockey, Alex Hicks, Arizona hockey camps, Arizona hockey clinics, Arizona hockey lessons, Arizona hockey training, Arizona Power Skating Class, Bantam, ECHL, Florida Panthers Alex Hicks, hockey, hockey lessons, hockey training, inside hockey edges, John Kosobud, Mite, NHL, Phoenix Coyotes, power skating, Squirt, U14, U16, U18, XPro Hockey, Youth Hockey

Jack’s Pledge Video

January 12, 2012 By murphhockey Leave a Comment

Every hockey player should take Jack’s pledge. Play safe, play smart!

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: #13, #Jabs, hockey pledge, Jack Jablonski, Jack's Pledge, MN high school hockey players, Youth Hockey

Local Arizona Cactus Cup MLK Tourney

January 11, 2012 By murphhockey Leave a Comment

This Friday, marks the start of the Pee Wee AA Division Cactus Cup Hockey Tournament in Arizona. The Phoenix Firebirds are ready to face the Boulder Bison Hockey Club in Peoria. Saturday we face another team from Colorado, the Littleton Hawks. On Sunday, the Phoenix Firebirds take on a local team the Arizona Runners, and the Semi Final games are Sunday night. The Championship game is scheduled for 8:40am in Peoria on Monday. Let’s go Firebirds!!

Follow along with the action, sign up at EZTrackers.com for games scores. It is going to be a long, and fun weekend of hockey in Peoria, AZ!

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: alumni hockey game, Arizona Cactus Cup, arizona runners, az hockey, Dan Maxwell, MLK Hockey TOurnament, Peoria Polar Ice, Phoenix, Phoenix Firebirds, Youth Hockey

Official Jack Jablonski Trust Fund Shirt

January 9, 2012 By murphhockey Leave a Comment

Sauce Hockey believes in miracles and is asking for support for Jack Jablonski! Check out this awesome Official #13 Jack Jablonski Trust Fund shirt, all profits donated to Jack and his family. We are a hockey family and need to rally behind Jack and his family during this tragic time! I believe, and ordered my shirt!