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SEEKING BOARD APPLICANTS FOR THE 2023-24 HOCKEY SEASON

The SYHA Board is a time committed, year-round and hands-on position.  Candidates must be willing to volunteer their time to various committees, including a once-a-month Board meeting.  The SYHA Bylaws require all Directors to miss no more than 4 approved meetings per hockey season or they will be removed from their seat.  Board members that head-up or are a member of a subcommittees may also meet outside of regularly scheduled meetings to fulfill their role on the SYHA Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors’ core responsibility is to foster the desire of youth athletics, uphold our bylaws/policies of SYHA MWAHA and USA Hockey and to provide fiscal responsibility to our association and its members.  Active members in good financial and conduct standing are eligible to run for a board position.  Anyone interested in running should send a Bio Letter of Interest which includes your history on other boards, any volunteer positions you’ve held and background information to: tkane@tristatevc.com , deadline for applications is no later than 4/16/2023. Chosen candidates for the 2023-24 hockey season will be elected at our Annual Membership Meeting in May.  That meeting date is TBD. 

MIDAMERICAN ENERGY ARENA

Giving to the communities they serve is what Mid American Energy is all about!  MidAmerican's incredible donation  to our Fill The Cup Rink Expansion Project is helping to make our campaign a reality! 

COMING SOON the MIDAMERICAN ENERGY ARENA!!

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COACHES REGISTRATION FOR THE 2022-23 SEASON

Coaches Corner Resource Page

SYHA Coaches & Volunteers Registration

Siouxland Youth Hockey Fill the Cup Campaign

We have a big vision for our Ice Arena Expansion project and need your help to make it a reality. Siouxland Youth Hockey has experienced considerable growth. However, growth comes with challenges. The facility at IBP Ice Center no longer meets our growing needs. With the lack of locker room space, proper dedicated girl’s locker room and sufficient number of showers, we can no longer accommodate our skaters. Included in this expansion project are: * High School Locker Rooms * Girl’s Locker Room * Additional Youth Locker Rooms * Equipment Storage Room * Coaches Room Siouxland Youth Hockey has currently raised over $1.2 million towards the fundraising goal. We anticipate that once the project is complete, we will be able to host tournaments which in turn will provide funds to help sustain and expand our program.


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USA Hockey SafeSport Program & Consent to Screen

SYHA volunteers who will be in contact with players are required to complete the USA Hockey SafeSport Training Program and complete the Consent to Screen with MWAHA.  Volunteers required to complete this training and online consent form include, but is not limited to, board members, coaches, locker room monitors, and team managers.

You must have your USA Hockey number before starting the process.

  1. Register with USA hockey as a volunteer:  https://membership.usahockey.com/om/
  2. New Safesport registration link:  https://www.usahockey.com/trainingregistration

Consent to Screen: register every year. Very Important:  

  1. Once you receive your USA Hockey number you will need to register as a volunteer for the association.  This also will help us with your consent to screen process.  Please register at the following link to volunteer with the association:  Volunteer Registration

 

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Ice Scheduler

Bob Batchellor

Referee In Chief

Amy Trosper

Social Media

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Newsletter

Tiffany Kane

Tournaments, Website, Social Media

Phone: 712-259-6141

New to Hockey? -- No Problem

First off, welcome.  We're here to answer any questions you might have about the sport and help you get started.  To begin with, let's answer the most basic question - Why Hockey?

  1. Hockey is a fantastic exercise -- Hockey is one of the best cardiovascular games your child could play.  Players are alternating between skating and rest at very rapid rates which makes hockey one of the best cardiovascular interval training sports.  This improves the speed at which your childs body brings oxygen to their muscles while burning tons of calories.  Hockey requires a high level of coordination; regular play can develop a child's gross motor skills, which leads to improvement with the more difficult fine motor skills, and improves eye-hand coordination, which can translate to a better understanding of spatial relationships.
  2. Hockey builds character - Since hockey is a team sport, children learn the value of working with others.  Very quickly, they will learn to rely on teammates and understand that cooperation is the key to success.  Chiildren on hockey teams experience a team spirit that encourages trust, responsibility, sportsmanship and a strong sense of accomplishment.  These skills are essential as teammates turn into colleagues.  
  3. Hockey improves mental agility -- Hockey is an extremely fast sport in which children have to cope with changes in split-seconds.  Plays develop, momentum shifts and opportunity open and close in a blink of an eye.  A child in this sport will quickly adapt their mental agility to be able to recognize these opportunities and their concentration will improve.  In addition, hockey players will quickly begin to project mental imagery of not just what is going to happen, but what will happen next leading towards greater mental agility as well.

While the reasons above talk about why your child should play hockey, we as an association are dedicated to the cause of improving our youth and making them feel excited to play a sport that they will love.  We hope you'll join us next season and below we'll talk about how to get started.

Siouxland Youth Hockey