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|  Dear Agawam Youth Hockey Parents and Players-
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome all new and current Agawam Hockey families to the 2010-2011 hockey season. As usual, back to school time coincides with the start of our season.
Before I get into the details, I’d like to thank Lee Apgar for his presidency over the past two years. He has done a tremendous job with the program. Lee will continue to serve as Chairman of the Agawam Hockey Board as well as patrol the boards as a coach.
Over the past week, each of you has received an email as to which team your child is on. As I think everyone is aware, we did the tryouts for this year just after the season concluded in the spring. In addition, each child was evaluated by their coach from the previous season.
A few words on team placement. As a parent of 2 Agawam players and Mite level coach for a number of years, I know that the placement process for any youth team can be stressful. Please realize that we are trying to place the kids at an appropriate level that will be both
competitive and fun for all involved.
This year we will have 3 Pee Wee Teams, 2 Squirt Teams, 2 Mite travel teams and two levels of Mite Instructional Programs.
The Valley League Schedule will commence the weekend of Sept 9thand 10thwith parity round games. We use this parity round to continue to evaluate the placement of all Agawam players.
For those of you new to the program, the Valley League runs the first month and a half or so of the schedule as a parity round. Just as we use this period to further evaluate players, they use this time to figure out where to place various teams for the regular season. The system usually works pretty well.
As a quick reminder, we encourage the concept of multi-sport athletes and realize that there will be many conflicts in the upcoming weeks between hockey and other sports. All of our coaches will be flexible in terms of attendance throughout the Fall sports season.
Our practice ice begins on Tuesday 9/07.
As usual, our practice ice gets cut back when the high school season starts. At this time we will release a new practice schedule for all teams.
For those registering with the Mite Instructional program, we have couple of skating opportunities. If you have participated in our Learn to Play Hockey over the summer, the coaches will make recommendations next week on the best placement for your Mite. Our more advanced Mite I’s will be playing in the Newburyport buzzer league. We’re pleased to announce that we have a new opportunity for our real beginners to participate with Agawam in the Valley League Instructional 3 on 3 program at Pingree Rink during the weekend. Additionally, we will continue our relationship with the NSSA weekend hockey program for all Mite Instructional players on Saturday and Sunday mornings at Pingree. Agawam coaches will be on the ice under the direction of Program director Bob Surrette.
I’m very much looking forward to the upcoming season and serving as the president of this very special group. This is a wonderful volunteer association with tremendous donations of time and energy from board members, coaches and parent volunteers. We all believe strongly in the value of having our children play hockey for their community and with their friends.
Please feel free to email or call me directly at any point during the season with any questions and/or feedback.
Matt Cann
978-468-4667
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All Agawam practices and parity round game schedules are available.
Practice schedules: PRACTICE tab under the HOME tab.
Parity Round Game Schedules: Under TEAM PAGES tab..  
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Agawam Youth Hockey Registration is open!
Please go to the HOME tab and select REGISTER ONLINE.
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Congratulations to our 2009-2010 Valley League Players of the Week!
Week Ending March14
SQUIRTS: Agawam’s Gavin Cann had 5-2-7 in a White win and tie, scoring the tying goal late.
Week Ending February 14
SQUIRTS: Agawam’s Mike Gillis scored five goals, including a natural hat, in a White victory.
Week Ending January 31
MITES: Agawam’s Jack Cronin had 4-2-6 in a Blue win.
Week Ending January 24
SQUIRTS: Agawam’s goalie Max Kivekas pitched two White shutouts.
Week Ending December 13
PEEWEES: Agawam goalie Kia Castonguay yielded just two goals in three Red victories.
Week Ending October 18
SQUIRTS: Agawam’s Mike Gillis had 13 points in a pair of White victories.
PEEWEES: Agawam’s Donnie Ganim had a 3-3-6 game in a Red win.
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Agawam Pee Wee 1′s win the 2009 Fournier tourney!
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Reebok Helmet Recall
Reebok has recalled a number of helmets that were shipped from their distribution center between June 1, 2008, and July 16, 2008. Please take a moment to read the note from Reebok below and also click on the link from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission with specifics as to exactly which helmets fall under the recall.
All questions regarding this matter should be directed to Reebok's customer service department at 1-800-451-4600.
Here's the official Reebock Recall:
December 4, 2008 (Montreal, QC) – On December 2, the Consumer Product Safety Commission released a recall notice, in the United States, on a number of RBK and CCM hockey helmets. The recall pertains to an issue that first came to our attention during the summer. In July, we alerted all affected retailers of the possibility they had received some helmets that did not fully comply with a relevant chin strap standard. We discovered in our internal testing that a helmet component that did not fully meet our internal quality control standards had made it into a small quantity of finished goods. We knew that the potentially affected helmets shipped from our distribution center between the limited period of June 1, 2008, and July 16, 2008. Therefore, we initially only contacted those retailers that received shipments during that period. At that time we asked the retailers that were possibly affected to check their inventory and return to us any helmets that matched the serial number pattern described in the recall notice. This process enabled us to retrieve and repair a large percentage of the affected helmets.
Any consumer that has a helmet described by the CPSC recall notice should return to the store where they purchased the helmet. If the store had not been contacted by Reebok-CCM over the summer, it means that they did not receive any of the potentially affected helmets. If the retailer was part of the initial recall effort over the summer and the helmet has a serial number that matches those described by the recall notice, the helmet will be replaced free of charge.
We apologize for any inconvenience this recall may cause. The safety of our customers is our highest priority. Should you have any questions or need assistance, please contact our Customer Service Department at 1-800-451-4600 if you are located in the USA, or 1-800-636-5895 if you are located in Canada.
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09058.html
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