10U Kraken

Kraken,

Our end of year House Tournament for the Columbus Cup will take place the weekend on March 10-12. Those game are all local. If anyone is curious, you can go to columbushousehockey.com to check out the updated standings for our league.

Kraken,

Our registration has been accepted for our team tournament in Detroit on January 13-16. No one replied to my last message saying they would not be attending, so I'm assuming all players will be available and going to the tournament. If this is not the case, please notify me TONIGHT, as I have to put down a deposit to hold the spot.

Again, this is an out-of-pocket expense that is not included in your CCYHA dues. It should be between $85-90 per player plus hotel costs. And there is a chance we could play on Friday - I will certainly put in a request for a late game Friday if we have to play on that day, although it's not guaranteed.

Also, if you haven't sent payment for the OSU tickets yet, please do so. Thanks!

Kraken,

Our tickets for the OSU game (January 7th, 4pm) have been ordered. You can pay me directly for your tickets. I have Venmo (@Justin-DeBlasis), PayPal (muskie003@hotmail.com), or can take cash at the rink. Tickets are $10 apiece. If you need to verify how many you ordered, just let me know. Thanks.

Reminder:

Team and individual pictures this Wednesday prior to practice. Every family already received an email for ordering from the photographer. Please be at the rink dressed in gear and Kraken uniform by 7:30. We'll have brief player/parent meeting afterwards, followed by our usual practice time at 8:10pm.

Kraken,

Just a reminder we have team and individual photos this Wednesday, November 9th. We are scheduled with all five squirt major teams, and there will be three peewee major teams there, too. We are supposed to coordinate an early arrival for our team so that we can get all of our photos in before our practice time. Let's aim to have everyone in gear and Kraken jersey and socks at 7:30pm. In addition, we are going to have a brief player and parent meeting to discuss a couple things before we take the ice that night. We'll try to squeeze it in between pictures and practice. Thanks.

Kraken,

Let's try to have everyone DRESSED AND READY by 2:20pm in the locker room today so we can talk with the team about a few things before we take the ice. Also, please give us a couple minutes after the game before parents come into the locker room. Thank you!

If anyone wants to help out today, I have a couple tasks that we could use help with. If anyone wants to track shots for us, I will have sheet there for you. you're basically charting every time one of our team members has a shot on goal, and every time our goalie saves a shot on goal. And of course, it appears the livebarn camera on rink one is not working, so if anyone has the capability to record the game and share it with me it would be much appreciated. The video is a good tool for staff to go back and analyze what did and didn't work for us in a game. Let me know if anyone is interested in either of those. We'll see everyone this afternoon. Thanks!

Kraken,

I know this is several months out, but I wanted to give everyone plenty of notice to make it work. We are scheduled to have our team together at the OSU/Michigan State game on Saturday, January 7th. It is a 4pm game. We have our own game that same day at 10:50am. The kids will get a change to skate on the ice at the Schottenstein Center before the game, and will also be able to form a tunnel to fist bump the OSU players as they take the ice. This will be a fun team building experience for the kids, so please do your best to make it work. We need to purchase 50 tickets as a team to make this work, but that shouldn't be a problem with 16 team members. Tickets will be $10 each. We need to start buying some tickets in order for them to hold our date, so please start letting me know how many your family will need. I'll be inviting my 12U team as well so that we can combine ticket quantities and get both ends of the ice in the pregame for CCYHA.

Game this Sunday at 2:45 @ Dublin 1. Please let me know ASAP if your child won't be there. Thanks!

Kraken,

I just wanted to pass along some thanks and information to you. Amanda Powell and Jim Russell have volunteered to be co-managers for this upcoming season, and Tommy Stiver has volunteered to pick up the requirements and join the coaching staff! Thanks to the three of you for volunteering to help out! Amanda will be in touch soon regarding clock, scoresheet, and penalty box helpers for our games. Please help out if you can.

Don't forget to pick up your jersey and socks tonight - and I'm supposed to remind everyone to wash them in cold water.

Kraken,

I picked up the jerseys from the printer this afternoon and will have them and the socks ready for pickup at practice tomorrow night. My wife Jen will be in the lobby outside rink 2 with a box. Please see her before, during, or after practice to pick up your set. If you will not be there, please let me know. Also, if you plan on missing this weekend's game, please communicate that ASAP.

We are still looking for a team manager. If anyone is interested, please let me know. The job basically entails a lot of communication with the team and a bit of organizing. Manager will also be the person making sure we have someone to be in our team's penalty box, and someone to run the clock and keep the scoresheet for our "home" games.

Thanks. See everyone tomorrow!

Hello Kraken!

Looks like our first team practice will be this Monday at Iceworks at 6:30pm. Let's plan on a quick meeting right afterwards at 7:30pm to sort of put some names and faces together, outline expectations for the season, and answer any questions you might have for me. We can meet in that back corner of Iceworks beyond the bleachers. In the meantime, I have a favor to ask of all of you. Please send me a text or email with your child's name, preferred position(s), one personal goal for the upcoming season, and one team goal for the upcoming season, and any other info you think I might need to know. Thanks and we'll see everyone Monday!

Justin