USAHIL Women's National Junior Evaluation Program

[DannyG]

I am sure that Rich will post the national announcement, soon to come from USA Hockey Inline in Colorado Springs, but, in advance of this, please allow me to personally invite all young women to the following:

USA Hockey InLine Women?s National Junior Evaluation Program

USA Hockey InLine is proud to announce the inaugural Women?s National Junior Evaluation Program. This program designed for female skaters 13-18 years of age, will give players an opportunity to showcase their skills in a National setting. The goal of the program is to evaluate female skaters in a round robin type Festival, then select 18 of the top skaters to play in The Red, White, and Blue Game on the final afternoon of the event. This camp will provide players with a setting where they can compete against other top players from across the country. USA Hockey InLine will use this program to identify the top female players in the 13-18 age group, while affording the players to compete in a premier environment under the guidance from USA Hockey InLine and top women's coaches. This program will become the pinnacle for women's hockey for years to come.

Camp date:
Friday, through Sunday; March 18-20, 2005

Where:
The Nations-Tobin Recreation Center
El Paso, Texas
address: 8831 Railroad Drive, El Paso, TX, 79904; phone:(915) 757-2743

Usa Hockey Inline website:
www.usahockey.com/inline

What players will receive for attending the camp:
· Tryout Camp Jersey
· Six hours of surface time
· Top-notch instruction from USA Hockey InLine National Team staff and top women?s coaches
· Player awards
· USA Hockey InLine event tee shirt
· Player evaluation
· National exposure
· Parent meeting
· Opportunity to be selected to play in The Red, White, and Blue Game. Players selected will receive official game jersey, Mission pants, Labeda wheels, and gloves. Eighteen players from the camp(16 skaters and 2 goalies)will be selected.
· All-Festival Team featuring a goalie and four players will be posted on USA Hockey InLine website homepage

Camp enrollment:
A maximum of 56 players will be accepted to the camp (48 players and 8
Goalies). Enrollment is 1st come, 1st served.

Age determination:
Eligible female players must be 13-18 as of December 31,2004 to
participate in this program.

Player selection for the Red, White, and Blue game:
Sixteen skaters and two goalies will be selected, based on their
performance from the Round Robin Games (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
morning), to play in The Red, White, and Blue Game on Sunday afternoon. An All-Festival team will be selected from this game. The Red, White, and Blue Game will be the highlight of the program.


Camp fee:
$150 for the camp, paid to USA Hockey Inline, credit card or check.

Host hotel: Radisson El Paso ? Airport, (915) 772-3333, ask for USA Hockey event rate: ($69/night, 1-4 persons, including full breakfast for all)

Camp Format:
Friday, March 18; Team Training
6:00 p.m. ? 8:00 p.m. Teams 1 and 2
8:00 p.m. ? 10:00 p.m. Teams 3 and 4

Saturday, March 19; Tournament Games (round robin)
10:00 a.m. Team 1 vs. Team 2
11:00 a.m. Team 3 vs. Team 4
12:00 p.m. break
1:00 p.m. Team 1 vs. Team 3
2:00 p.m. Team 2 vs. Team 4
3:00 p.m. break
4:00 p.m. Team 1 vs. Team 4
(Parent meeting for teams 1 and 4 following skate)
5:00 p.m. Team 2 vs. Team 3
(Parent meeting for teams 2 and 3 following skate)

Sunday, March 20; Tournament Championship Games
9:00 a.m. Bronze Medal Game
10:00 a.m. Gold Medal Game

11:00am-1:30pm Red, White, and Blue Game player selections and meetings

2:00-3:30pm Red, White, and Blue Game

3:30pm Camp Dismissal


Player registration information,
contact Aaron Kriss, USA Hockey Inline, [email protected], or myself, Daniel T. (Dan) Guard, [email protected]

Hope to see all our great USA players out on the blue floor this March.


<font color=purple>DannyG</font color=purple>

[calselect89s]

Danny
This is a great opportunity, but why does USA Hockey schedule this when many players at this age are involved in ice regionals or ice nationals. It's beyond me, I've heard that USARS is doing the same thing around the same time in Colorado. These dates are too close to the big ice tournaments that mean college scouts for most of these girls.

[DannyG]

This is a valid concern.

The short answer is that there is simply no "good" time that would be perfect for all the considerations and opportunities that players now have in this country.

We certainly understand that there is a segment of our girl players that might have a time/schedule conflict with one of their other interests.

We hope that, in terms of having the ability to plan ahead, most girls will allot resources to include this event on their spring/summer schedule.

Hope to see everybody out on the blue floor...

<font color=purple>DannyG</font color=purple>

[DannyG]

Aaron Kriss, US National team assistant coach, today has confirmed, that in response to multiple voices from the ice hockey segment of our community, the USAHIL Women's National Junior Evaluation program event has been moved to May 20-22.

We want every girl to have the opportunity to be one of the best, out on the blue floor.

<font color=purple>DannyG</font color=purple>

[DannyG]

Please note that, to enable girls who also play ice to attend without a schedule conflict, the USAHIL Women's Junior program camp has been changed to May 20-22...

We hope to see the best girls in the country out on the blue floor...

Thanks!

<font color=purple>DannyG</font color=purple>

[DannyG]

Still have a few spots left for this exciting event! Please allow me to invite all our girls, '91 to '86, to come out and play in this camp! May 18-20!

After talking to girls from all over the country, we feel this is going to be a once-in-a-lifetime event! (although, yeah, we hope to do it every year, if not at Nations-Tobin in successive years, then certainly somewhere else...) We have girls already signed up from both coasts, the Southwest, the Midwest, the Southeast, Hawaii, and just about every point in between. This is going to be a true, national representation of the state-of-the-art when it comes to Girls' Elite play...

Hope to see everybody out on the blue floor!

<font color=purple>DannyG</font color=purple>