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Desert Hockey Development is dedicated to building youth hockey, primarily in Arizona and eventually the rest of the Southwest US.

Our goal is to lower the entry cost for entering hockey and to gain the interest of kids that wouldn’t normally be exposed to hockey. Street hockey and inline hockey are on the agenda.

We feel the initial equipment investment isn’t something to be taken lightly just to “see if my kid likes hockey”. We hope to offer opportunities to children and their parents to give the best sport in the world a shot without sacrificing too much.

We’re a not for profit organization, a group of people that came together for a call to action during the battle to keep the Coyotes home where they belong. We realize that, while there is a strong core of hockey fans in Arizona and a growing group of kids learning the sport, there are enough of “us” around.

We hope to build the base of hockey people around us and do our small part to increase their fitness level at the same time.

Our group was founded by people who worked hard at the grassroots level to ensure the future of the Coyotes in Glendale. Because of that, we saw an opportunity to continue working in the community to help satisfy a need for youth recreation. Glendale has an inline skating facility that has been underutilized and it happens to be in a Glendale district that can use more youth activities.

So, we’re currently building our presence in Glendale and working with the city to improve their facility and increase it’s utilization without adding more stress to the already stretched city budget.

If we end up with a bunch more hockey players, so much the better.