ASSABET
VALLEY GIRLS ICE HOCKEY PROGRAM
2007-2008
The
Assabet Valley Girls Ice Hockey Program, Concord, Massachusetts, will begin its
thirty-fifth season on September 3, 2007 and will conclude in April 2008. The program has
been organized for nineteen 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 2007-2008 season, the Assabet Valley Girls Ice Hockey Program involves at least one
team practice and at least one regularly scheduled league game per week, one skill session
per month, 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 and
U10 (Red) and U10 (White) and the Northstar Youth Hockey League for the U12 (Red), U11
(Red), U12 (White) U11 (White), U10 (Red), U10 (White), U10 (Blue) and U-8 (Red) 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 U16 (Red) were the 2007 U.S. National Champions
and U12 (Red) & U19 (Red) were the 2007 U.S. National Runnerups . Five Assabet Valley teams qualified for the 2007
U.S. Nationals, winning the 2007 Massachusetts State Championships in the U-12, U-14, U16,
U19 and Senior (A) Divisions. In addition, four Assabet teams won the Massachusetts
Non-National Championships in the U10, U-12, U14, and U19 Divisions. The program had an
exceptional season winning (8) Tournament Championships and (5) League Championships.
Cindy
Curley, former Assabet player, served out her term as a Women's Athlete Representative to
the USA Hockey Board of Directors (1995-2006) and as an USA Hockey representative to the
US Olympic Committee. 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.
The
2007 U.S. National Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Teams and 2006
U.S. National Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Teams named two former Assabet Valley players to
this year’s team (Sarah Parsons and Helen Resor). Previous U.S. National Women's Ice
Hockey Teams contained the following number of former Assabet Valley 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 Silver Medals in nine other World
Championships 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 (Olympics), 2004 and 2005.
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