Shakopee Hockey

The Great Skate Skate-a-thon has arrived!!! This Saturday, May 17th at 9am the fun begins! Please read the following information regarding check-in, schedule of events for ON and OFF the ice, prizes and cost.

On Saturday, May 17th at 8:30am the registration tables will open. You may enter the arena at either the top or lower entrances. There you will check in under your last name. Each skater will receive a wristband and 3 tickets to use at any off ice activity including the raffle. Each SYHA participant will also receive one free guest pass for a chaperone, friend etc. For all others there is a $5 fee to get in the door.

After check in, use any of the locker rooms to get your gear on and hit the ice. You do NOT need your full equipment. Helmets are encouraged but NOT required. The first 45 minutes of every hour is open skate for anyone. The last 15 minutes of every hour are reserved for the specified level. At this time helmets ARE REQUIRED and sticks and pucks are optional. At this time, we will ask all participants not at this level to exit the ice for 15 minutes to take a break, grab a snack, and/or participate in the many off ice activities.

The off ice activities which require 1 ticket to participate are: Inflatable Jumpers, Radar gun to gauge the speed of your shot, Face painting, coloring contest, and raffle full of great prizes. Other off ice activities include a silent auction and chuck a puck. Each skater is given 3 tickets and additional tickets are available for purchase for $1 each. Also for sale are t-shirts, water bottles, and can coolers.

Here is the schedule of events for the day:

Open Skate first 45 minutes of every hour. Last 15 minutes for *Level* Players only (helmets required).

9:00am MITES*

10:00am SQUIRTS*

11:00am PEEWEE/BANTAM*

12:00pm CHUCK-A-PUCK (pucks sold 9-11:30am)

12:30pm GIRLS POWER HOUR (all ages)*

1:30pm SKATE WITH THE SABERS (boys & girls)*

2:30pm SKATE WITH THE MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY 
               MAVERICK’S MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM

               MEET MARK PARRISH from MN WILD

3:30PM SHOOT OUT ON GOALIES-buy your tickets early!!!!

4:30PM ANNOUNCE SILENT AUCTION WINNERS,
               FUNDRAISER PRIZES & SKATE-A-THON RESULTS

Please note that at 2:30pm members of the MN State University Mavericks hockey team are coming to join us on the ice! One of the most exciting parts of the day is the opportunity to participate in a shoot out against Mike Zacharias, the Mavericks goalie and our very own Saber goalie! These tickets are for sale on a first come first serve basis for $5. There is limited space so get your tickets early! At the same time, Mark Parrish from the MN WILD, the Sabers and MN Mavericks will be joining us for a meet and greet and autographs. Bring your WILD, SABER, and MAVERICK items for autographs.

Be sure to join us as we wrap up the day awarding the Top 5 players who raised the most money with awesome prizes and we present a check to SYHA board president Tyson Jutting, with the grand total $ raised.

Dear Hockey Players and Parents,

Are you sick of skating 1-3 times a week as a traveling hockey team, getting beat 7-0 against district teams, traveling to other communities for ice time just to practice, and getting off the ice at 10:00pm on a school night due to lack of ice time? Well, we have a solution! We desperately need a 2nd sheet of ice and we are moving forward! We are extremely excited about the potential of our new ice arena hopefully to be built by 2010. In fact, in order for this to happen, WE NEED YOU!

Our 1st fundraiser is The Great Skate Skate-A-Thon, and 100% of the funds raised will go directly towards our 2nd sheet of ice. Not only will this fundraiser raise a lot of money, but it will be so much fun!

We are asking for 100% participation from Shakopee Youth Hockey players in this event. It will cost you nothing but your time and effort. The great skate is an 8-hour skate-a-thon. That’s right; we are asking you to challenge yourself to ice skate for up to 8 hours on Saturday, May 17, 2008 from 9am until 5pm. How many hours can you skate? 2? 5? Or all 8! We want you to register, collect pledge money from your family, friends, neighbors etc., skate at the event and be proud that you personally have taken huge glides to getting our 2nd sheet of ice built. We all love to skate so why not raise money while we do it??

Each player will get a Great Skate envelope. This envelope will include general information, pledge sheet, registration form, waiver and liability form. Each waiver/liability form must be signed by a parent or guardian of each participant and returned with your player packet on the due date. The Great Skate envelopes will be handed out at the Annual meeting/Social event on March 15th and/or from your team manager during the weekend of March 14th. Wear your Top 10 Reasons Why We Need a 2nd Sheet of Ice t-shirt while you are collecting pledges from March 14-April 7th. You may return your player packet to your team manager before April 4th or drop them at the arena Saturday, April 5th from 9am-11am or Monday, April 7th from 6-8pm. Please have all checks payable to SYHA.

Remember that a 2nd sheet of ice benefits our entire community, not just hockey players. With a 2nd sheet of ice, we can grow together. Not only will we have double the ice times for hockey teams, but we will also have: a huge learn to skate program offered on 2-3 different days a week, we will be eligible to host district 6 hockey tournaments which generate revenue for our entire community, regularly schedule open skating and open hockey, a figure skating club, men’s and women’s leagues, chicks with sticks, curling clubs, and much more. For more information on the progress of our 2nd sheet or this event, please visit our home page www.shakopeehockey.com.

We cannot fund a 2nd sheet of ice with out your participation. If you have any questions regarding this fundraiser, please contact Kallie Bernier kbernier@smgonline.us or 612-719-5755. Thank you!