Twin City Youth Hockey Association Dedicated to Teaching the Game of Hockey

Twin City Youth Hockey Association (TCYHA), which serves the Fitchburg-Leominster area in Massachusetts, makes sure players of all ages get the proper instruction on how to skate and eventually play competitive hockey. [Read More...] topsyWidgetPreload({ "url": "http%3A%2F%2Fgrowthegame.com%2Fblog%2Ftwin-city-youth-hockey-association-dedicated-to-teaching-the-game-of-hockey%2F",... [Read More...]

Dallas Stars Team Up with OneGoal to Grow the Game

The Dallas Stars continue to make strides in growing the sport of hockey at the grassroots level in North Texas. The Stars have teamed up with OneGoal, a North American nonprofit whose mission is to grow the sport of hockey by building awareness of the positive aspects of the game, and helping to break-down the barriers of entry into the sport. OneGoal’s... [Read More...]

Young Blades Program Grows the Game In Vermont

The following article details another positive way that a local organization is impacting the growth of the sport of hockey. Through their efforts, club participation increased and new players were exposed to the game. [Read More...] topsyWidgetPreload({ "url": "http%3A%2F%2Fgrowthegame.com%2Fblog%2Fyoung-blades-program-grows-the-game-in-vermont%2F",... [Read More...]

Tim’s Kids Helps Keep a Memory Alive While Growing the Game

The Tim’s Kids program is a heartwarming effort to get kids involved in hockey while keeping the memory of a hockey great alive. It demonstrates the true spirit of the Grow The Game Initiative. [Read More...] topsyWidgetPreload({ "url": "http%3A%2F%2Fgrowthegame.com%2Fblog%2Ftims-kids-helps-keep-a-memory-alive-while-growing-the-game%2F", "style":... [Read More...]

Atlanta Thrashers are First NHL Club to Implement USA Hockey’s American Development Model into Youth Hockey Programs

The Atlanta Thrashers, and its’ Youth Hockey Development Team, fully support USA Hockey as the first NHL club to implement the American Development Model into local youth programming, including the Junior Thrashers program and Thunder AAA Hockey Club (Tier 1 AAA youth hockey). [Read More...] topsyWidgetPreload({ "url": "http%3A%2F%2Fgrowthegame.com%2Fblog%2Fatlanta-thrashers-are-first-nhl-club-to-implement-usa-hockey%25e2%2580%2599s-american-development-model-into-youth-hockey-programs%2F",... [Read More...]

Essex Hockey Grows the Game by Hosting “Bring a Friend to Skate” Event

In an effort to Grow the Game, The Essex Youth Hockey Association hosted “Bring a Friend to Skate” for  local girls interested in playing hockey. The program encouraged current Essex Youth Hockey girls players to bring their friends to Cairns Arena and have them learn the game of hockey from a contingent of current Essex coaches, Essex... [Read More...]

Newark Ice Hockey Association Introduces Score for School Program

The Newark Ice Hockey Association teamed up with local schools in Ohio’s Licking County and surrounding areas to create the “Score for Schools” program. The Score for Schools program is a field trip opportunity to a local ice arena. The field trip for local schools and students incorporates and teaches the science and physical education... [Read More...]

Colorado Amateur Hockey Association Signs Up Over 300 New Players

In this Grow the Game success story, Rich Smith with Colorado Amateur Hockey Association explains how they signed up over 300 new hockey players for their One Goal event. Rich also has valuable advice for other hockey volunteers looking to increase their hockey registrations. Thank you to Rich Smith and Colorado Amateur Hockey Association for sharing... [Read More...]

Washington State Youth Hockey Association Helps Grow the Game

Below is a story about a Washington State Youth Hockey Association, the Tri-Cities Youth Association, to attract members. It details the issues, the resolution, and the results that helped Tri-Cities Youth Association grow the game. Congratulations to Tri-Cities Youth Association. After a number of years of constant numbers at the mite and squirt... [Read More...]

Connecticut Hockey Commits to Grow the Game

CT Hockey News asked to hear about the good things going on with member program activities around the state and how they are working to Grow CT Hockey. We received a great story from Steve Curran relating to the GTG initiative that the Greater New Haven Warriors (GNHW) are hosting and developing via the First Strides pilot program. [Read More...] topsyWidgetPreload({... [Read More...]