Novi Youth Hockey Association

The regular hockey season is nearing an end, but there are still plenty of on-ice activities available for players in the coming months. Here are some examples: 

Novi Ice Arena hosting 3-on-3 tourney on April 3, spring 3-on-3 league and Novi Showdown League

Novi Ice Arena is hosting a 3-on-3 Easter-avaganza tourney on April 3. There are divisions for mites through adults. Games will be played at Novi Ice Arena. There is a three-game guarantee. See the brochure below for more information.

Novi Ice Arena is also hosting 3-on-3 House and Open leagues during the spring. There is a 12-game guarantee. There are divisions for mites through high school players. Games will be played at Novi Ice Arena and Suburban Ice in Farmington Hills. See the brochure below for more information.

Novi Ice Arena is also offering the 2010 Novi Showdown League. The league will feature mite through bantam divisions. There is an 11-game guarantee. See the brochure below for more info.
 

Powershot Hockey hosting four-week 3-on-3

Mike Donnelly's Powershot Hockey will be hosting a four-week, 3-on-3 program for mites through midgets from April 12 through May 8. Cost is $160 per player. For more information, see brochure below.

Registration open for Steve McKichan's Future Pro Goalie School

Steve McKichan's Future Pro Goalie School is accepting applications for its goalie school this summer in Farmington Hills. McKichan is a former NHL goalie and goalie coach who has been providing goalie clinics at Novi for several years. Full details about the Goalie School are available at www.futurepro.com.

“The three things that were key to our success at UCLA were conditioning, fundamentals, and working together as a team”
-John Wooden, who coached the Bruins to 10 NCAA championships

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career.
I’ve lost more than 300 games.
26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed.
I’ve failed over and over again in my life.
That is why I succeeded.”
- Former NBA star Michael Jordan

“If your best players are not your hardest workers in practice you’re never going to get the most out of the team.”
- Gardiner MacDougall, University of New Brunswick coach

“During the game the job of coach is simple- get the right players on the ice at the right time.”
- Scotty Bowman

“There are 24 leaders in this dressing room and no passengers.”
- Toronto Maple Leafs team handbook

“You have to get players to do what they don’t want to do.”
- Columbus Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock

“A good hockey player plays where the puck is.
A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.”
- Wayne Gretzky

“Create a place where guys want to be. There is no better feeling in sports than playing on a tam where guys know they have what it takes and can make it happen.”
- Roger Neilson

“Last season we couldn’t win at home and this season we couldn’t win on the road. My failure as a coach is that I can’t think of any place else to play”
Former NHL coach and current Hockey Night in Canada broadcaster Harry Neale