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| HEADLINES  | | | |  | | | | | | | CCYHA Annual Coaches vs Coaches Game - Friday Feb 10 | | | | | | | by
posted 01/24/2012
Central Connecticut Youth Hockey Association
5 th Annual Coaches vs. Coaches Game
To Benefit the Family of Frank J. Cerra
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February 10th, 2012 at 7 pm
Newington Arena, Red Rink
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On December 26, 2011, Frank J. Cerra passed away unexpectedly at the age of 46. Frank was a loving Husband and Father with his son competing on the CCYHA Squirt A1 team for the 20111 – 2012 season. In an effort to assist the Cerra family, this year’s Coaches game will be dedicated to the life of Frank J. Cerra and all proceeds from this event will benefit his family.
The Central organization has a long history in helping families in need. This time it is one of our own families that need the help. Please come out and support the family and your favorite Central Coaches as they battle on the ice for a great cause.
Other Events of the Evening:
50% Tuition Raffle – for every Central Player in attendance wearing a Home or Away Jersey, you will be entered into a drawing where one individual will win half off of their hockey tuition for next season.
Silent Auction of Sports Memorabilia (all proceeds dontated to the Cerra family)
Hockey Gear will also be donating 10% of all Merchandise purchased during the game to the Cerra family.
If any CCYHA members are interested in donating an item for the silent auction, please contact Mark Gentile at
so he could add it to the list.
This is not only a very fun event where the kids could come watch (and heckle) their coaches, but all money collected will be going to a great cause. A 5 dollar donation would be appreciated for each person who attends.
Many people have asked about ways to donate to the family and we will have someone there to take personal donatons from anyone who wishes to.
| | | | CT Selects Spring Hockey Program - TRYOUTS POSTPONED | | | | | | | by
posted 01/23/2012 CT SELECTS SPRING HOCKEY - TRYOUTS POSTPONED UNTIL NOTICE
Weekly Skills - Every Sunday*
April 15th thru June 24th
Three Tournaments
Game Jersey
Socks
T-Shirt
Hat
*Players selected for tournament team will participate in
(8) Weekly Skills sessions, along with (3) tournaments.
Players not selected for team are invited to participate in (11) Weekly Skills sessions.
Tournament Team (with Weekly Skills) - $525
Weekly Skills Only - $150
TRYOUTS @ ENFIELD TWIN RINKS
January 22, 2012 - POSTPONED
Rink 1: 5:40 PM - 6:50 PM: Mites ('04/'05 birth years)
'04/'05 Coaches - Nick Cocchi & Jeff Hunter
Rink 2: 6:00 PM - 7:10 PM: Squirt Minor ('03 birth year)
'03 Coach - Rene Aube
January 29, 2012 - POSTPONED
Rink 1: 5:40 PM - 6:50 PM: Squirt Major ('02 birth year)
Rink 2: 6:00 PM - 7:10 PM: Pee Wee Minor ('01 birth year)
February 12, 2012
Rink 1: 5:40 PM - 6:50 PM: Pee Wee Major ('00 birth year)
Rink 2: 6:00 PM - 7:10 PM: Bantams ('98 & '99 birth years)
'98 Coach - Mark Blad
February 26, 2012
Rink 1: 5:40 PM - 6:50 PM: U12 Girls ('99 & '00 birth years)
Rink 2: 6:00 PM - 7:10 PM: U14 Girls ('97 & '98 birth years)
REGISTER HERE!
or
www.ctselects.com
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| | | | Girl's Program | | | | | | | by
posted 01/21/2012 Dear Parents,
I wanted to reconnect with everyone in regards to last weeks skills clinic. The turnout was great in terms of both the clinic as well as the parent meeting involving the Central/ Northern Lights U10 team for next season. We are committed to exploring the viability of a U10 team that would practice and play its games out of the Newington rink.
If this is of interest to you, please email Christopher Monroe at
. Please provide Chris with your name, address, phone number, email address, name of your daughter and her date of birth. This will allow Central/Northern Lights to get a firm handle on the number of girls that might makeup next years team. At this point our efforts are focused on those 8, 9 and 10 year old girls that have interest. If we can drive success at the U10 level, then the hope is to expand our efforts to include other age groups as well.
If we can "get things off the ground" then additional information will follow in terms of tryouts, etc.
One final note on the clinic. The last girls clinic is scheduled for Friday, February 3rd at 6:25 at the Newington Arena.
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| | | | Jingle Bell Pictures are on line | | | | | | | by
posted 01/20/2012 For those of you who have not looked, Pictures from the Jingle Bell Tournament are up on line at the following website:
http://www.actionphotos.com/download/event.php?EID=4631
Feel free to download any pictures that you want. All the games from the tournament that Central played in should be on this site. We were having problems determining which games one of our Squirt teams played in so every game with a Central team was placed in this one location to make it easier to find our games.
After viewing many of the game photos, there are several excellent shots of players from the Central program. I hope you enjoy the pictures.
Mark Gentile
VP Fundraising
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| | | | Girl's Clinic | | | | | | | by
posted 01/09/2012 Dear Central Parents,
I wanted to remind all Central Families that the third installment of our girls “Skills Session” will be this Friday at 6:25 at the Newington Arena. CCYHA has partnered with the Northern Lights to offer the clinic to those girls playing the great game of hockey. Our skills session will be run by professional women’s player, Jaclyn Hawkins. Jaclyn brings a wealth of hockey knowledge to the game and we are very excited for her to come work with the female members in our organization. She will share her experiences of playing on mixed teams and the movement to all girls teams as well as what it took to become a successful college and professional women’s player
The clinic is free of charge for all participants.
The scheduling of the clinic on Friday, January 13 th is timely since it comes the night before a very special event supporting girls hockey.
On Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 5:00pm, the Boston Blades and the Montreal Stars (1st and 2nd place teams) of the Canadian Women's Hockey League ( www.cwhl.ca) will be competing in a league game at the International Skating Center of CT in Simsbury. On the Boston Blades roster are current and former USA National and Olympic players - Caitlin Cahow, Gigi Marvin, Molly Schaus, Erika Lawler, Karen Thatcher, Kacey Bellamy, Kelli Stack and Meghan Duggan and Jaclyn Hawkins. The Montreal Stars have current Canadian National and Olympic players in Caroline Ouellette, Meghan Agosta, Catherine Ward and Sarah Vaillaincourt.
To offer assistance in running the clinic on Friday night, Jaclyn has recruited the following players to help out this coming Friday.
Katy Vandeveire - UConn '07
Molly Schaus - US Olympian, Boston Blade
Caitlin Cahow - US Olympian, Boston Blade
Kacey Bellamy - US Olympian, Boston Blade
Kelli Stack - US Olympian, Boston Blade
Holly Lorms - Boston Blade, Boston University '11
Jill Kirchner - Boston Blad, Boston University '11
Micaela Long - Boston Blade, University of New Hampshire '10
Raylen Dziengelewski - Boston Blade, University of New Hampshire '11
We have already heard from a number of individuals who plan on having their girl’s attend Friday nights clinical. To that end, we only have room for an additional 25 skaters. If you plan on attending, please email Christopher Monroe at
to confirm attendance.
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| | | | CCYHA Jingle Bell Results | | | | | | | by
posted 01/03/2012 Congratulations to all CCYHA teams for the success (on the ice) and fun (off the ice) at the Jingle Bell Tournament in Marlboro, Mass. All teams worked extremely hard and the results shown in the many competitive games that were played by all of our teams.
A more extensive recap of each teams tournament results will be in our next Beyond The Boards Newsletter, but here is a brief recap
Mite A - went undefeated in the opening round and then beat the NRI Vikings to win the Mite A championship by a score of 5-0.
Mite B - went 2 and 1 in opening round (losing to Boston Advantage). Then went on to the finals and again losing to Boston Advantage by a score of 3-1. Congratulations to our Mite B team for placing second in the Mite B division.
Squirt A - went undefeated in the opening round and then beat the Franklin Flyers to win the Squirt A championship by a score of 10-0.
Squirt A1 - went undefeated in the opening round earning the 1 seed in the crossovers where they were upset by the Salem Saints (4 seed) in the semifinals by a score of 4-3.
Squirt B - went 2 and 1 in opening round and earned the #4 seed in the semifinals. The Squirt B's then went on to upset the #1 seed Northeast Ice Dogs by a score of 3-0 which placied them in the finals. The B's then went on to defeat the Franklin Flyers in the finals by a score of 3-2 to win the Squirt C division.
Squirt C - went 1-1-1 in the opening and narrowly missed out on making it to the finals by 1 point in the standings.
PeeWee A - went undefeated in the opening round and earned a spot in the semifinals where they beat Central CT PW A1 by a score of 5-2 to advance to the finals where they defeated the NRI Vikings by a score of 7-2 to win the PeeWee A division.
PeeWee A1 - went 2 and 1 in opening round which earned them the 4 seed in the semifinals. They faced a very familiar team when they were matched up against the Central CT PeeWee A team. The PeeWee A1 team lost to our PeeWee A team in the semifinals by a score of 5-2.
PeeWee B - - went 0-2-1 in the opening round and did not qualify for the crossovers.
PeeWee C - went 2 and 1 in the opening round which earned them the 3 seed in the crossovers. The PW C's then went on to upset the #2 seed Shrewsbury Colonials by a score of 4-3 earning them a spot in the finals against the Natick Comets. The PeeWee C team was defeated by a score of 2-0 in the finals.
Bantam A - went undefeated in the opening round and then beat Braintree to win the Bantam A championship by a score of 2-1.
Bantam A1 - went 2-0-1 in the opening round which earned them the #2 seed in the crossovers. The A1's then advanced to the finals by beating PAL in the semi's by a score of 6-2. The Bantam A1 sealed the championship with a 4-1 win in the final game over Franklin.
Bantam B - went 1-2 in the opening round and did not qualify for the crossovers.
Congratulations to all teams for competing at their highest levels. As much fun as the kids were having on the ice, it was evident that the parents were having even more fun at the hotel.
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| | | | CCYHA - Sad news regarding one of our members | | | | | | | by
posted 12/28/2011 It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that I need to report some very sad news to you all regarding one of our CCYHA members. Frank Cerra (Frankie Cerra's Dad) passed away tragically on Monday, December 26th. Frankie is a member of our Squirt A1 team.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Kim, Frankie and the rest of the Cerra family at this very difficult time.
In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Frank may be made to Wells Fargo Bank, 781 Main St., Plantsville, CT 06479 attn: Jennifer or Hillary c/o Frank J. Cerra, Jr. or Kim Cerra.
A Funeral Mass will be held at 10am on Saturday December 31, 2011 at the St. Aloysius Church, 254 Burritt St., Plantsville. Burial will be held at the convenience of the family. Plantsville Funeral Home has been entrusted with handling the arrangements.
Frank J. Cerra Sr., 46, of Southington died unexpectedly on Monday December 26, 2011. He had been the loving husband of Kim (Bauchiero) Cerra for 12 years and loving father of Frank J. Cerra Jr. and the beloved son of Frank and Elaine (Fazekas) Cerra.
Born in Bridgeport on January 12, 1965, he had been a longtime Southington resident.
Frank was an avid cyclist and he loved to watch his son play hockey. He was an organ donor.
In addition to his wife Kim, his son Frank, and his parents Frank and Elaine of FL, Frank is survived by his sister Lisa Sheran and her husband Dennis of PA, his father-in-law and mother-in-law David Bauchiero Sr. and MaryAnn Bauchiero of Southington, his brother-in-law David Bauchiero Jr. and his wife Lori of Southington; his nephews: Jeffrey, Ryan, and Corey Sheran of PA, his nephews: David III, Dillon and Dean Bauchiero and his niece Lauren Bauchiero, all of Southington. He was predeceased by his brother-in-law Joey Bauchiero.
In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Frank may be made to Wells Fargo Bank, 781 Main St., Plantsville, CT 06479 attn: Jennifer or Hillary c/o Frank J. Cerra, Jr. or Kim Cerra.
A Funeral Mass will be held at 10am on Saturday December 31, 2011 at the St. Aloysius Church, 254 Burritt St., Plantsville. Burial will be held at the convenience of the family. Plantsville Funeral Home has been entrusted with handling the arrangements. For online condolences and directions please visit www.plantsvillefuneralhome.com
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| | | | CCYHA Apparel - Online Store | | | | | | | | | | | Girls Hockey Skills Sessions - This Friday night 12/2 | | | | | | | by
posted 10/12/2011 
| | UCONN Captain and all time leading scorer, Jaclyn Hawkins | | | Due to the incredible success of Fridays girls clinic (50 girls), we have added an additional session on Friday December 2nd at 6:25pm.
CCYHA has partnered with the Northern Lights to offer FOUR Girls skills sessions this season at Newington Arena. These skills session will be run by professional womens player, Jaclyn Hawkins.
These skills sessions are free of charge and go from 6:25pm to 7:25pm at Newington Arena.
This clinic is open to all girls hockey players (not just CCYHA players). In order to give Jaclyn an idea of the number of players, could you please send an email to Anthony Giusto -
and George Jordan
with your interest level.
Jaclyn is a very accomplished womens ice hockey player, her resume includes:
Played at Taft School from 2001-2004. Was Taft Captain for the 2003-2004 season.
Played at UConn from 2004-2008. Was UConn Assistant Captain for 2005-2006 season, and Captain for 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 seasons. She is the all-time UConn point leader with 144 points on 69 goals scored and 75 assits in 137 games.
Jaclyn served as an Assistant Coach at UConn for the 2008-2009 season.
Played professionally in Zurich, Switzerland for the ZSC Lions during 2009-2010 season.
Currently a member of the Boston Blades in the Canadian Women's Hockey League.
Currently involved with CT Northern Lights as Director of Player Development.
Jaclyn brings a wealth of hockey knowledge to the game and we are very excited for her to come work with the female members in our organization. She could share her experiences of playing on mixed teams and the movement to all girls teams as well as what it took to become a succesful college and professional womens player.
Our first girls skills session was attended by 50 girls of all skill levels.
Our next girls skills session will be on Friday December 2nd at 6:25pm.
Our third session will be on January 13th at 6:25pm at Newington Arena.
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| | | | CCYHA 2011-2012 Season Opening Faceoff Party - Thank you | | | | | | | by
posted 09/07/2011
The Labor Day Weekend Season Opening Face Off Party was a great success. We had a wonderful turnout from our CCYHA families.
The day started with an open skate for CCYHA families and friends. The ice was full and no injuries were reported.
The next event was the accuracy shooting competition (see photos under the Pictures section of the website). After over 50 players attempted to slide the puck through the 6 inch opening in the net from the near blue line, only 6 moved on to the final round. Phillip Rudak, Brennan Horn, Gray Colvin, Julian Perino, Duncan Tulimieri, Brandon Pinheiro). The eventual champion was Phillip Rudak who won a 50.00 gift certificate to HockeyGear.com
After a quick lunch break, thanks to Steve Ciccone from the Arena Grill for offering discounted food from the Trolley Cart, we moved on to the hardest shot competition. We had winners crowned in each age division.
In the mini mite division, Mark Sadak narrowly edged out Cullen Horn to take the title and win a 50.00 gift certificate to HockeyGear. com
In the mite division, Luke Holyfield bested the competition to win an Easton S19 composite stick
Brennan Horn won the squirt divsion and won a RBK 6k composite stick
The PeeWee dvision was won by Zachary Carlone. He will be receiving an Easton S7 composite stick. Because he is taller than most college kids and couldnt provide a birth certificate, we decided to give a second place award in the PeeWee division as well. The silver medalist and recipient of a 50.00 gift certificate to HockeyGear.com was Julian Perino.
In the Bantam division, after an opening round tie, Justin Proteau beat out Duncan Tulimieri to win and Easton S7 composite stick..
Throughout the day, the kids enjoyed themselves on the inflatable jousting arena and the inflatable obstacle course.
We also had equipment donated from our members that was available.
Thank you to all the CCYHA board members and coaches that assisted during the day. A special thank you to Mark Gentile, CCYHA VP of Fundraising, for organizing the event and thank you to Lisa Salvio, CCYHA PR Director, for being on hand to help out and take pictures. Finally, thank you to eveyone who attended and participated in making it a special day.
Anthony Giusto
CCYHA President
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| | | | 2011/2012 In House Registration | | | | | | | by
posted 08/19/2011 Parents,
The registration is now OPEN for CCYHA's 2011/2012 In House Programs (House League and Advanced Mites). If your child skated last year in the Learn to Skate/Play program, last year's 'In House' program, Â or if you are new to CCYHA, Â everyone will need to register online for the 2011/2012 season.
To register go to the left of this Home Page:
Select "REGISTER ONLINE"
Select "2011-2012 IN HOUSE PROGRAM REGISTRATION" click  "BEGIN REGISTRATION"
Complete Process. Â Pay online by CC or by check made out to "CCYHA" and mail to Chris Monroe: Â Â Â
CCYHA Registrar 351 Hartford Ave. Â Wethersfield 06109
You will also need to complete the 'USA HOCKEY REGISTRATION' which can be done by selecting the link found to left on this Home Page. Â Once completed, Â mail or EMail to Chris Monroe at: Â Â
    Ensure that the barcode is visible.
Information about the  In House Programs can be found by selecting the respective Team Page and/or contacting:
Doug Partridge for   "House League"    Â
 860-985-4626
Garett Plona for    "Advanced Mites"   Â
       860-614-2135
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