Registration is open for the First Annual ASHA Tournament in Lake Placid! The First Annual American Special Hockey Association Tournament will be held in Lake Placid, NY on April 5-7! Organized by Can/Am and held in beautiful Lake Placid, this is the Tournament of a lifetime! If you have never watched Miracle on Ice, Oh…
COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 2012 – UCT (United Commercial Travelers) is sponsoring a video contest for schools with programs for people with intellectual disabilities or universities with programs to train special education teachers. And the winner will receive $10,000! That’s right, $10,000! The contest is open to schools in the U.S. and Canada. Do you know…
It’s my pleasure to officially share the “theme song” for the SHI 2013 Tournament. The motto “Yes I Can” has been adopted by the Kitchener SHI Tournament Host Committee. Communications / Marketing Co-Chairs Craig and Don Herner took it upon themselves to utilize connections to have the motto serve as the basis for a song.…
The single biggest struggle for many of our players has been lacing up skates. While we have all felt that there has to be a better way someone has actually done something about it. Peterborough Petes Trainer Brian Miller has come up with an idea that has been very beneficial for some members of the…
DATES – Based on feedback and input from teams, our Host Committee is pleased to confirm that the tournament dates are now firm and all games will be played on Thursday-Friday-Saturday March 14-15-16 at the five rinks in the two facilities – Kitchener Memorial Auditorium (3 rinks) and Activa Sports Complex (2 rinks). We anticipate that some teams will…
Special Hockey International contines to become more international with two new teams being established in Scandinavia. In Stavanger, Norway Ernst Falch and Jack Andre Djupvik have been working diligently over the past year to establish a Special Hockey team in that city. They met with members of SHI at the tournament in London and got a chance to…
The tournament hosts for the 2014 and 2015 SHI tournaments were confirmed at the SHI annual meeting held in London England during the 2012 tournament. In 2014 the Michigan Far Flyers, the MORC Stars and the Ann Arbor Rockets with backing from the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association will host the event in the Metroploitan Detroit…
The 2012 SHI Tournament concluded on April 19 with the awards presentation and banquet at the Butlins Resort in Bognor Regis, England. While smaller than the tournaments held in North America the four days of hockey at the Nike Sports and Leisure Centre were just as exciting and rewarding for all the players involved. The…
Kitchener Minor Hockey Association, in collaboration with the City of Kitchener, will be hosting the 19th annual Special Hockey International Tournament during Tuesday March 12 to Saturday March 16, 2013. The tournament was advanced one day to provide opportunity for teams travelling a distance to utilize Sunday March 17 as “getaway/travel” day. The Host Committee…