Street hockey

NHL Centennial Fan Arena Street Hockey

01/08/2017 By gfallar

The Coyotes staged a street hockey Jamboree this past Saturday (January 7) during the “Centennial Fan Arena” event at Tempe Marketplace this Saturday. The event attracted five teams of kids 10 and under. Other than the DHD team, most of the the tams were organized ice hockey teams, used to playing together.

Everybody had a blast! Somebody may have been keeping score, but we aren’t sure who. We don’t know who scored the most goals, but we saw a bunch of kids running around playing hockey and having a great time.

We also saw ZERO examples of poor sportsmanship, whining, or complaining. Everybody that participated really got into the spirit of the casual event and made it a big success.

Plus, every team had their picture taken with the Stanley Cup! How cool is THAT!!!

Answer: REALLY cool!

There was plenty of other action at the Fan Arena including a really nifty set of NHL memorabilia in a mini museum with all sorts of touch screens and multimedia presentations. There were two virtual reality Zombonis to race, Howler and the Paw Patrol ladies were there, too.

If this event comes around again some time, you should try to get out and see what it’s all about, it’s worthwhile.

Hudson makes a save

Hudson was our tournament MVP, here he is making yet another great save!
Brandon Game Face

Brandon (purple jersey) has his game face on ready to crash the net and score.
Hayden Two Socks

Hayden likes wearing camo and two different color socks, it helps his concentration.
Lily and Masen

Lily and Masen dig it out of the corner to keep the play alive!
DHD Team with the Stanley Cup

DHD team got to hang out with the Stanley Cup!

Ball Hockey With Louis Domingue

04/17/2016 By gfallar

Arizona Coyotes goaltender Louis Domingue sponsored a Desert Hockey Development event at Bonsall Park in Glendale on Saturday, April 16. His idea was to provide breakfast and some really cool custom T-Shirts while playing some ball hockey with a bunch of kids.

Fifty boys and girls between two (almost three) to fourteen years old participated on a beautiful day in Arizona.

Some more of the Arizona Coyotes “A” team people also chipped in a LOT of effort and time to help ensure the event a success.

We started earlier in the day than usual so the kids could relax a little, get to know each other and munch on some light breakfast eats courtesy of Louuuuuuuuuu. The blueberry muffins were the biggest hit with the kids, for what it’s worth.

Between DHD volunteer coaches and the extra coaching power of a few of the Coyotes Hockey Development people, there was plenty of personal coaching attention for all the kids.

Louis made sure that he played with every single kid. He signed a custom T-Shirt for every single kid and spent some one on one time with every single kid. That means that Louis, despite having a brand new daughter (four days old!) at home, spent that much time with each child there. So, multiply that by FIFTY.

All of the board members and volunteers from Desert Hockey Development would like to express our humble thanks for the heartfelt effort and personal attention he graciously offered to our organization and our kids AND to the growth of hickey in Arizona.

You have a lot of permanent fans, Louis!

DHD Receives Arizona Coyotes Foundation Grant

08/31/2015 By gfallar

Desert Hockey Development (DHD) is proud to announce we’ve been selected to receive a grant from the Arizona Coyotes Foundation. DHD will be utilizing these grant funds to expand our operations to include other areas of Arizona as well as continuing our free hockey clinics in Glendale’s Bonsall Park.

This summer, we filled the Street Hockey Summer League to eighty person capacity in remarkably few days after the announcement and, unfortunately, had to resort to a waiting list.

Among other things, that experience cemented our conviction there is an unsatisfied demand for free introductory ball hockey programs.

DHD’s goal of growing the game of hockey in the Southwest has been successful for the first two years of operation. In our first two years, we have had over 736 individual boys and girls aged 4 through 14 participate in hockey for at least 1,189 “kid days” for 3,427 hours of hockey fun and instruction.

We’ve seen some of “our kids” continue on into roller and ice hockey and we’re glad to welcome so many of them return to participate in many of our activities.

Now that we have a solid family of volunteers and a pretty good idea what works and what doesn’t, it’s time to expand to other cities and towns.

DHD is an all volunteer organization. We attribute a great deal of our success to our dedicated group of volunteers and to a great partnership with the Arizona Coyotes organization.

The Arizona Coyotes have been generous with their equipment, their facilities, and most importantly their expertise. The Coyotes Youth Hockey Development people were there at our first clinic showing us how they wrangle forty or so inexperienced kids for a few hours of hockey.

This grant from the Arizona Coyotes Foundation should help us reach a lot of kids that would never have a chance to try hockey. We seek out less economically advantaged areas because we feel that’s where our fledgling group can have the most impact on kid’s lives and also on introducing “our” sport to a new crop of hockey fans.

The board of Desert Hockey Development is grateful, and we will never be able to thank the Arizona Coyotes Foundation enough for their support and their confidence in our project. We will work diligently to not disappoint and to surpass our goals.

Coyotes Street Hockey Summer League Championship

08/09/2015 By gfallar

The Championship finals for the 2015 Coyotes Street Hockey Summer League were held Saturday, August 8.

Down To The Wire

It was an exciting finish, with the Gila River Monsters overcoming an early 3-0 deficit to tie the game in the last minute or so of regulation time.

Rather than go to the shootout, the Monsters played the OEL Diablos in the first 3 versus 3 hockey every played in Gila River Arena and managed to score the sudden death goal.

Free Hockey Gear

Every kid that played this summer played the final games and then went home with a brand new CCM street hockey stick curved right or left thanks to CCM Hockey.

All eight goalies got to KEEP their goalie gear, they were pretty happy with that extra surprise thanks to the Arizona Coyotes!

After the event, Papa Johns delivered maybe a million pizzas to Gila River Arena for all the kids and the adults they brought with them.

It was all FREE for every participant.

Can’t Say Thanks Enough

DHD can’t say thank you enough to the Coyotes, Fry’s, Mix1, Papa Johns, Gila River Arena, and CCM Hockey for making the five event series a complete success. Throughout the season, over one hundred kids got the chance to see what hockey is about, and it didn’t cost any of them a dime.

Thanks, Connor Murphy, for joining us a while back during your time off! Thanks for playing with every team, signing everything pointed in your direction, talking hockey with adults who were supposed to leave you alone so you could interact with the kids, and hanging out until the event was over and everybody left. And, of course, you did it with a smile the entire time.

We were all welcomed into an real NHL arena during a time when the 100+ degree temperatures of an Arizona summer make it simply impossible for us to run outdoor clinics. The hockey boards magically reappeared after concerts in the arena for us to be able to play hockey. The Coyotes Hockey Development men and women put up and knocked down three rinks for five events, a LOT of work.

Obviously we can go on, but we’ll finish by thanking our volunteers for making our all volunteer “hockey thing” a success that we hope to keep growing.

Thanks, families for showing up and making our day(s) this summer. Take a run through the slide show below if you have time.

If you haven’t already, if you want to stay up to date on what is going on with DHD, please click here to join our mailing list.
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Coyotes Street Hockey Summer League Results – Week 4

07/26/2015 By gfallar

Coyotes Street Hockey Summer League
Week 4 Results

We had a full schedule with 80 kids for yet another GREAT day at Gila River Arena! We even had a “no goal” scoring controversy this time, with no hope of getting on the phone to Toronto to check the replay.

The controversial game resulted in a change in the league leading team with the Doanasaurs taking the top spot over from the OEL Diablos.

The commissioner ruled “That’s hockey!”, so we’re moving on with no hard feelings.

Every kid that played (and even some of their smaller brothers and sisters) wen home afterwards with snacks courtesy Fry’s, Mix 1 drinks courtesy Mix 1, and nifty backpacks courtesy the Arizona Coyotes.

Once again the National Anthem was courtesy of the DHD official anthem singer Callie who sucked it up and managed to belt out the Anthem despite a freshly broken foot and crutches!

It’s coming down to the wire now, with the formerly unbeaten OEL Diablos taking a beating from the Doanasaurs in the last game of the day.

The final, championship, event is scheduled for August 8, it’s still a wide open competition.

July 25
Game 1
1	Doanasaurs (W)	2	BoedZillas (L)	1
2	OEL Diablos (W)	4	Domi-Nators (L)	1
3	SMurphs (T)	2	Gila River Monsters (T)	2
Game 2
1	OEL Diablos (L)	2	Howlers (W)	3
2	BoedZillas (W)	2	SMurphs (L)	0
3	Domi-Nators (W)	1	Desert Dogs (L)	0
Game 3
1	Doanasaurs (W)	2	SMurphs (L)	0
2	BoedZillas (W)	4	Gila River Monsters (L)	3
3	Desert Dogs (W)	2	Howlers (L)	1
Game 4
1	Gila River Monsters (W)	2	Desert Dogs (L)	0
2	Doanasaurs (W)	3	OEL Diablos (L)	2
3	Howlers (W)	4	Domi-Nators (L)	1

Team Standings	W	L	T	Chg
Doanasaurs (19)	9	2	1	+1
OEL Diablos (16)	7	3	2	-1
Gila River Monsters (13)	3	2	7	0
Howlers (12)	5	5	2	+2
Desert Dogs (11)	5	6	1	+3
Domi-Nators (10)	4	6	2	-2
SMurphs (9)	2	5	5	-2
BoedZillas (8)	2	6	4	0
* Scoring is two points for a win, 1 point for a tie, zero points for a loss.

Coyotes Street Hockey Summer League Results – Week 3

07/12/2015 By gfallar

Coyotes Street Hockey Summer League
Week 3 Results

Another GREAT day at Gila River Arena! We had lots of kids and managed to get some waiting list people into the action.

Super nifty water bottles were handed out to all the kids that played, and the National Anthem courtesy of the DHD official anthem singer Callie (yes, she IS famous enough now to ONLY use her first name) was particularly excellent.

It’s coming down to the wire now, with the formerly unbeaten OEL Diablos taking a beating from the Doanasaurs in the last game of the day.

With two events (July 25 and August 8) left on the schedule, it’s still a wide open competition.

July 11
Game 1
1	Doanasaurs (W)	4	BoedZillas (L)	0
2	OEL Diablos (W)	1	Domi-Nators (L)	0
3	SMurphs (T)	4	Gila River Monsters (T)	4
Game 2
1	OEL Diablos (T)	1	Howlers (T)	1
2	BoedZillas (T)	3	SMurphs (T)	3
3	Domi-Nators (W)	4	Desert Dogs (L)	1
Game 3
1	Doanasaurs (W)	4	SMurphs (L)	2
2	BoedZillas (T)	2	Gila River Monsters (T)	2
3	Desert Dogs (L)	1	Howlers (W)	2
Game 4
1	Gila River Monsters (T)	1	Desert Dogs (T)	1
2	Doanasaurs (W)	3	OEL Diablos (L)	1
3	Howlers (W)	4	Domi-Nators (L)	1

Team Standings	W	L	T	Chg
OEL Diablos	6	1	2	0
Doanasaurs	6	2	1	0
Gila River Monsters	2	1	6	+1
Domi-Nators	3	4	2	+1
SMurphs	2	3	4	+1
Howlers	3	4	2	+1
Desert Dogs	3	5	1	-4
BoedZillas	0	5	4	0
* Scoring is two points for a win, 1 point for a tie, zero points for a loss.

Coyotes Street Hockey Summer League Results – Week 2

06/21/2015 By gfallar

Coyotes Street Hockey Summer League
Week 2 Results

We had some special guests join us yesterday. Ace sportswriter and all around decent guy Craig Morgan brought his Fox Sports expertise and camera to see what’s going on this summer with ball hockey in Gila River Arena.

Also on hand was former first round draft pick and also all around decent guy, Coyotes defenseman Connor Murphy. Connor played hockey with everybody and it sure looked like he managed to talk to every single kid in the building at least once, and he only left the building when everything was being packed up.

We (DHD) can’t thank you enough, Connor, for your visit and everything you passed on to the next set of first round draft picks that are just learning the ropes.

Not only that, but Murphy’s namesake team jumped a spot in the standings because they were obviously inspired by the tall defenseman. Note to number 89, the BoedZillas dropped a spot and the next event is July 11. We’ll save you a spot, Boeds.
** NOTE: A scoring error, spotted by a sharp eyed Gila River Monster, changed the rankings when we corrected the scores. So, the SMurphs, despite having their team decimated by a couple older “no show” kids, managed to hold on to their spot.

June 20
Game 1
1	Doanasaurs (T)	1	BoedZillas (T)	1
2	OEL Diablos (W)	3	Domi-Nators (L)	1
3	SMurphs (T)	1	Gila River Monsters (T)	1
Game 2
1	OEL Diablos (W)	3	Howlers (L)	2
2	BoedZillas (L)	1	SMurphs (W)	3
3	Domi-Nators (W)	3	Desert Dogs (L)	1
Game 3
1	Doanasaurs (W)	4	SMurphs (L)	2
2	BoedZillas (T)	1	Gila River Monsters (T)	1
3	Desert Dogs (L)	1	Howlers (W)	2
Game 4
1	Gila River Monsters (W)	1	Desert Dogs (L)	0
2	Doanasaurs (L)	2	OEL Diablos (W)	3
3	Howlers (T)	2	Domi-Nators (T)	2

Team Standings	W	L	T	Chg
OEL Diablos	5	0	1	+1
Doanasaurs	3	2	1	+1
Desert Dogs	3	3	0	-2
Gila River Monsters	2	1	3	+1
Domi-Nators	2	2	2	-1
SMurphs	2	2	2	0
Howlers	1	4	1	+1
BoedZillas	0	4	2	-1

Coyotes Street Hockey Summer League – Teams

06/04/2015 By gfallar

We’re happy to announce the team names of the eight teams competing in the Coyotes Street Hockey Summer League in 2015.

Preliminary team assignments will be made prior to the first event on Saturday, June 6. We will be running exercises, instructions, and drills before we begin the competition portion of the event. Once those are complete, some kids may be reassigned to other teams to balance the competition.

Team captains will then also be selected.

Good luck kids!

Teams

1	Doanasaurs
2	BoedZillas
3	OEL Diablos
4	Domi-Nators
5	SMurphs
6	Gila River Monsters
7	Desert Dogs
8	Howlers

Coyotes Street Hockey Summer League

05/02/2015 By gfallar

Week 1 Results

Week 2 Results

Week 3 Results

WE ARE FULL!

We’re adding a new element to this summer’s events in Gila River Arena. We have partnered with the Arizona Coyotes to offer some real competition for kids of all skill levels to have some fun playing against other teams.

The Arizona Coyotes Street Hockey Summer League is a reality!

NO EXPERIENCE OR EQUIPMENT NECESSARY

We have five dates scheduled at Gila River arena (click here for calendar). Last summer, we had kids returning for every clinic we ran. This summer, we’re hoping to have a similar experience.

We know returning kids don’t necessarily want to run through the same or similar drills and instructions once they have the basics down. What do they want to do?

KIDS WANT TO PLAY HOCKEY!

So, this summer they will be able to do exactly that. It’s all about keeping the FUN level up for the kids.

The Coyotes and DHD are running a FREE Summer Street Hockey League and hope to host at least six teams of kids with a minimum of eight kids per team. If there’s more children that want to play, we will accommodate as many as we can fit.

These teams will attend ALL FIVE of the scheduled events and play a full championship series with the finals to be held at the final event on August 8.

Every child that participates in the entire series on a team will go home with a street hockey stick and a hockey card with their own picture on it after the championship games are finished on August 8.

Street Hockey Tournament Format

Each team will play at least two games during each event, kids won’t be sitting around and getting bored.

The Coyotes Hockey Development Team and DHD will be coaching all of the teams and we hear there may be special guest coaches.

Fry’s, Papa Johns, and Mix 1 are all graciously providing some food, some drinks, and some cool stguff for everybody.

Everybody that participates in the series will go home with the stick and card, AND some other cool hockey goodies throughout the summer.

There might even be some special guest coaches.

We understand it’s a big commitment for families to schedule five events in a busy summer with vacations and other things that compete for hockey time. We hope that we’ve come up with a schedule that works well for most people. We avoided holiday weekends.

The dates are (all Saturdays):
June 6 and 20, July 11 and 25, August 8.

Click here for cool printable flyer if you’d like to share.

Coyotes Street Hockey League – FREE!

05/01/2015 By gfallar

Week 1 Results	Week 2 Results	Week 3 Results	Week 4 Results
Printable Championship Bracket Sheet

WE ARE FULL!

The Arizona Coyotes Street Hockey Summer League is a reality!

NO EXPERIENCE OR EQUIPMENT NECESSARY

We have five dates scheduled at Gila River arena (click here for calendar). Last summer, we had kids returning for every clinic we ran. This summer, we’re hoping to have a similar experience.

We know returning kids don’t necessarily want to run through the same or similar drills and instructions once they have the basics down. What do they want to do?

KIDS WANT TO PLAY HOCKEY!

So, this summer they will be able to do exactly that. It’s all about keeping the FUN level up for the kids.

These teams will attend ALL FIVE of the scheduled events and play a full championship series with the finals to be held at the final event on August 8.

Street Hockey Tournament Format

Each team will play at least two games during each event, kids won’t be sitting around and getting bored.

The Coyotes Hockey Development Team and DHD will be coaching all of the teams and we hear there may be special guest coaches.

Fry’s, Papa Johns, and Mix 1 are all graciously providing some food, some drinks, and some cool stguff for everybody.

Everybody that participates in the series will go home with the stick and card, AND some other cool hockey goodies throughout the summer.

There might even be some special guest coaches.

The dates are (all Saturdays):
June 6 and 20, July 11 and 25, August 8.

Click here for cool printable flyer if you’d like to share.

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