Saturday, August 3, 2002

In this Newsletter:
ECRHA 2002-2003 First Semester Season Schedule
ECRHA Annual League Meeting
October Special Events: Long Island Jamboree
ACC Information
Registration Information

ECRHA Annual League Meeting Set for September 7th
The ECRHA's Annual League meeting will be held on September 7th in Allentown Pennsylvania at the Hilton Garden Inn Allentown West beginning promptly at 10:00am. Please watch our website this week for important information about this meeting and directions. An RSVP is required no later than September 1st. Send RSVP to: [email protected] AND [email protected]. In the email, state your name, title, league and school affiliation, interest and intent. Space is limited and teams may bring a maximum of 2 representatives unless otherwise requested. This meeting is MANDATORY for all interested teams and member clubs of the ECRHA. All ECRHA Registration Procedures, and details and results of the ECRHA Restructuring act of January 2002 will be reviewed at that time, as well as the release of the new ECRHA Governing Operational Policies (AKA Bylaws ). (**Current ECRHA Members who fail to atten! d risk being fined.**)

ECRHA Message Board
Come visit the ECRHA Message Board at www.ecrha.net. With school beginning shortly, the board is picking up again. If you are a current member of the league, a captain, coach, or authorized representative of your club, you may access a private message board not visible to the general public. The aforementioned persons can read the MB, but only ACC Reps can post responses. To be granted access to this board, you should send an email to [email protected] , state your name, club affiliation, and interest in access. This special ACC Message Board, along with the ECRHA Newsletter, is the lifeline of our communications; as we are no longer using mass email to contact the ACC about current events.

ECRHA 2002-2003 Schedule Released (First Semester)
The following will be on our website shortly. Please check www.ecrha.net frequently for updates this week.

Special First Event: October 11-13 ECRHA Jamboree: Long Island NY, Skate Safe Bethpage. Mandatory for all ECRHA Full Members. May be open to Affiliate Members on first come first serve basis.

Regular Season Events:
1) Oct 18-20 Z-Rink, Glastonbury CT.

2) Oct 25-27 Marple Sport Arena, Broomall PA (**ECRHA & Facility hosting Hockey College here on Saturday morning**)

3) Nov 1-3 Slapshotz, Fredericksburg VA (**ECRHA & Facility hosting Hockey College here on Saturday morning**)

4) Nov 8-10 Pickelner Arena, Williamsport PA (**ECRHA & Facility hosting Hockey College here on Saturday morning**)

5) Nov 15-17 Center Circle, Rahway NJ (**ECRHA & Facility hosting Hockey College here on Saturday morning**)

6) Nov 22-24 Susquehanna Sports Center, Harrisburg PA (**ECRHA & Facility hosting Hockey College here on Saturday morning**)

Break for entire month of December, through 3rd to last week of January. Second Semester Schedule to be announced.

ECRHA Comes to Long Island!
The ECRHA announces our first event of the 2002-2003 season. The ECRHA is coming back to Long Island, NY. October 12-14 come have fun with us at Skate Safe of America and see 40 College teams participate in the ECRHA Pre-Season Jamboree. Come see incredible college games such as Division 1 teams playing Division II teams, rematches from Nationals, and two extra-extravagant featured games:

1. Battle of the Sexes: The W-MLRH team, NY Flash featuring Long Island's own Lindsey Reilly, will head up against a very special ECRHA Lottery Team. The ECRHA Lottery team will not be announced until the day of the game. Read about the NY Flash and Women's hockey at www.mlrh.com.

2. ECRHA Selects verse the NJ Riot: The NJ Riot currently play in the MLRH since 1997 with Christopher Puscian as the General Manager and Coach. The NJ Riot will head up against a very special ECRHA Select team; lineup to be announced later the summer. The ECRHA announces and congratulates the 2 coaches that have been selected to coach the ECRHA Selects. They are Coach Kevin Murphy of Penn State Altoona and Coach Robert Mariano of Boston University. Read about the NJ Riot at www.riothockey.com.

*Editor's note: The ECRHA does not promote or endorse checking in roller hockey. All ECRHA games are non-check, including games played at ECRHA events against non-ECRHA teams.

Contest: You Name The Conferences
The ECRHA contest to name the two Conferences is still open. Where else can you have an opportunity to name Conferences for College sports? Go to www.ecrha.net and click on the Message Board. Full rules appear there. Good Luck. Be original!


ECRHA Free College Clinics
Attend Hockey College; an ECRHA free clinic series coming this Fall to an ECRHA event near you. For ages 8 - 18. Information to be posted on our website shortly.

Would You Like To Join the ECRHA?
Is your College or University ready for the ECRHA? If so, send us an email and let us know you want to be a part! Don't delay, as a wait list is quite fathomable this year. If you're an individual, check out our message board just for player recruitment or drop an email to [email protected].

The ECRHA is still looking for pictures. Please visit our Message Board for more information. Make sure to search our site and see a lot of new updates. Our Webmaster has been a busy little bee! New information is being added every week as we get closer to the start of the season.

Thanks for reading and if you know someone whom you think should receive future Newsletters from the ECRHA, please send us their email address or have them subscribe to [email protected]. Have a wonderful summer and thank you for supporting the ECRHA.

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Best Regards.
Rebecca Breitel,
ECRHA President
[email protected]
http://www.ecrha.net/
http://www.crhl.net/



Rebecca