CRYHA Celly Spot!

Special thanks to the Herb Brooks Foundation who donated two massive full-size car loads of equipment to CRYHA!

Thank you to our equipment manager Perry Troyer who facilitated this donation and volunteered to collect, transport, and organize the equipment for our families! 

CRYHA always offers free equipment rentals to our players so we are beyond grateful for this donation to stock up our equipment room and keep our kids playing hockey!

Congrats to our PWB1 team on winning the Cottage Grove Wolfpack Pumpkin Bash championship game in a shootout!!! Way to kick off the season Cardinals! 

Nolan Hazelwood and Cayden Alphin qualified for U18 Nationals with a 7-4 win over the Lakers! Nolan and Cayden are former CRYHA players and are current members of the varsity Coon Rapids Boys High School Hockey team! Congratulations boys, we are so proud of you! Good luck at Nationals!!!!

Mite Update

Mites wrapped up their HEP testing and evaluations this last weekend.  Level placements have been emailed out to all the parents.  If you did not get an email about level placement, please reach out to Nick Hanzlik, nickhanzlik@cryha.com.  The kids all did a GREAT job and we are excited to get the season started!

Fundraising Dates:

Butter Braid/Cookie dough Order Pick-up:

Thursday, November 2nd, 4-6pm Locker Room 7

 

Wreath Order Pick-up:

Friday, November 17th 4-6:30pm by Outdoor Rink

 

*DIBS are available for fundraising distribution. Click HERE to sign up to volunteer.

Cardinal Sponsors

Let's give a huge Cardinal shout out to TruStone Financial, Boulevard Bar & Grille, and All Seasons Garage Door! These businesses have signed on as Cardinal sponsors of Coon Rapids Youth Hockey Association this season and we are so grateful for their support!

*We are actively seeking sponsors for the 2023-24 season. If you own a business or know someone who does, please consider being a sponsor of CRYHA. All inquiries can be directed to Tia DuHamel at sponsorshipcoordinator@cryha.com

Team Pictures

Team pictures with Sportsline Photography for all youth traveling, girls traveling (**no mites!)  will be on November 12th. We are currently finalizing times and will communicate those soon. **For the girls traveling teams participating in a tournament that weekend - please note we do have the schedule and will accommodate picture times accordingly. 

Here is your order link! 

https://www.sportslinephotography.com/photo-day-galleries/coon-rapids-youth-hockey/

Board Positions

Please join us in welcoming Kelly Traynor into the role of President on our CRYHA board. This is Kelly's 4th season serving on our youth hockey board. She most recently held the position of Secretary and has been appointed to move into the role of President. Kelly has a daughter on the 10UA team and has been very involved in our association. We are so grateful to Kelly for stepping up and taking over this important position. 

With that said, we now have a vacancy for the position of Secretary on our board. Anyone interested in this position should email Jessicaables@cryha.com as soon as possible to express your interest. Any interested candidates should plan to attend the next board meeting which will be held on Sunday, November 26th at 7pm at Chanticlear Pizza in Coon Rapids. The board will appoint a new secretary at that time.

The position of Youth Traveling Director also remains open. Per our bylaws, this position must be filled by someone with at least 1 year experience on our board, either current or past. 

If you have any questions, please reach out to any current board member. 

 

SportsEngine Tips

“How do I add another parent to SportsEngine?”  We get this question a lot! We as board members are not able to add guardians to a minor athlete’s account on your behalf. Only the person who registered the player can do this. Good news, it’s super easy to do through the mobile app! Please click on THIS ARTICLE with step by step instructions on how to add a guardian. If you still have questions after reviewing the article, please email jessicamorgan@cryha.com

Stay Connected with CRYHA

If you would like to sign up to receive text message alerts from CRYHA, click here.

 

Follow CRYHA on Facebook and Instagram!  Following our social accounts is not only a great way to stay up to date, but also a really easy way to support the organization by growing our reach, and building a more compelling pitch for potential sponsors!


Please continue to submit photos and positive news to our website by visiting the home page and clicking on the form.

Charitable Gambling 

Gambling is HIRING! We are currently looking for a Game Auditor. For more information or to express your interest in the position, please send an email to sueerickson@cryha.com. This is a paid position.

 

Thanks to charitable gambling revenue, we are able to provide team hoodies  to all of our traveling level players at no additional cost to the families! Please continue to show your support by playing BINGO or pull tabs at Muddy Cow, Scoops and Chanticlear! 

 

Did you know you can receive $10 off your BINGO packet during the month of your birthday?? Bring your friends and celebrate!

Save the Date!

November 2023

  • November 4th - St Thomas CRYHA Night
  • November 11th - Youth Night at CRIC with CPCR HS
  • November 12th - Association Picture Day (Youth Travel & Girls Travel Only; Mite Photos TBA)
  • November 16th - CRHS Meet the Cardinals Night

 

December 2023

  • December 5th - Youth Night at CRIC with CRHS Hockey
  • December 16th - Hockey Day (outdoor games with CR HS Boys and CPCR Girls) at CRIC
  • December 31st or January 1st- U8 Games at CIF

 

January 2024

  • January 6th - Military Appreciation Night at CRIC

 

February 2024

  • February  3rd- CPCR Girls Senior Night at CRIC
  • February 9th - Gopher Men’s Hockey Association Night