ASSABET
VALLEY GIRLS ICE HOCKEY PROGRAM
2010-2011
The
Assabet Valley Girls Ice Hockey Program, Concord, Massachusetts, will begin its
thirty-eighth season on September, 2010 and will conclude in April 2011. The program has
been organized for twenty teams conforming to the USA Hockey girl’s classifications
and a beginner program with a minimum age of six years. These USA Hockey classifications
are U8 (eight and under), U10 (ten and under), U12 (twelve and under), U14 (fourteen and
under), U16 (sixteen and under), U19 (nineteen and under), and Senior (sixteen and up). As
in the past, the Assabet Valley Girls Ice Hockey Program offers activities in a balanced
ice hockey program exclusively for girls.
For
the 2009-2010 season, the Assabet Valley Girls Ice Hockey Program involves at least one or
two team practices and at least one regularly scheduled league game per week, two skill
session per month for all younger teams, invitational games, plus international
competition and post season tournament play for qualifying teams. The teams league play
will be in the South Shore Women's Hockey League for the Seniors, the New England Girls
Hockey League for all U19, U16, U14, U12, U10 and the Northstar Youth Hockey League for
the U12 (Red Major), U12 (Red Minor), U12 (White Major) U12 (White Minor), U10 (Red), U10
(White) U10 (Blue), U8 (Red) and U8 (White) teams and invitational home/home games for all
other teams.
Assabet
Valley Girls Ice Hockey teams have won the following titles over the years:
The
Assabet Valley U19 (Red Major) was the 2010 U.S. National U19 Champions and U14 (Red
Major) was the 2010 U.S. National U14 Runner-up and five Assabet Valley teams qualified
for the 2010 U.S. Nationals, winning the 2009 Massachusetts State Championships in the
U-14, U-16, U19, and SA Divisions. In
addition, three Assabet teams won the Massachusetts Non-National Championships in the U10,
U14 and U16 Divisions. The program had an exceptional season winning (11) Tournaments and
(4) League Championships.
Cindy
Curley, former Assabet player, ended her term as the USA Hockey representative to the US
Olympic Committee while Women's Athlete Representative to the USA Hockey Board of
Directors (1995-2008). Carl Gray received the
2004 Wm. Thayer Tutt Award for enhancement of grassroots level in America and was inducted
into MA Hockey Hall of Fame in November, 2005.
2010
U.S. National Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Teams named three former Assabet Valley players
to this year’s team (Kacey Bellamy, Molly Schaus, and Karen Thatcher). Previous U.S.
National Women's Ice Hockey Teams contained the following number of former Assabet Valley
players: 2008 contained four players, 2007 & 2006
contained two players, 2005 contained six players, 2003 contained two, 2002 Olympic team
contained three, 2001 contained three, 2000 contained six, 1998 contained five, 1997
contained seven, 1995 contained nine, 1994, 1992, and 1990 contained eight. The U.S.
National Women's Ice Hockey Team won the 1998 Gold Medal-Olympic Team and received 2008
Gold Medal World Championship, Silver Medals in nine other World Championships 1990, 1992,
1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 (Olympics), 2004, 2005 and 2010.
We
are looking forward toward your participation this coming season.
See
our Web Site: www.assabetgirls.com
Assabet
Valley Girls Ice Hockey
Carl Gray
43 Riverdale Road
(978)
369-5369
Concord, Massachusetts 01742-3413
E- mail address: Assabetgirls@aol.com