The Northbrook Park District operates two outdoor ice rinks: Tower Rink (1225 Cedar, right behind Village Hall) and Meadowhill Park (1479 Maple, adjacent to Northbrook Junior High). The Park District needs 72 hours of weather below 15 degrees to begin freezing the rinks, followed by at least five days of below-freezing weather before skating is allowed. For current conditions, check nbparks.org or call the Park District's weather hotline at 847·291·2985.
Congratulations to all the Bluehawks teams that competed in tournaments across the Midwest this past weekend!
Mite A – Wisconsin Dells Waterpark Classic – Champions!
Mite AA – Hoosier Cup in Ft. Wayne, IN – 3rd place
Squirt A – The Big Chill in Ann Arbor, MI – Champions!
Squirt AA – Arctic Blast in Chesterfield, MO – 3rd in bracket, lost in quarter-final
Squirt A2 – Motown Cup in Detroit, MI – 3rd in bracket
Peewee AA – Arctic Blast in Chesterfield, MO – Tied for 3rd out of 12 teams, lost in semi-final
Peewee A – Arctic Blast in Chesterfield, MO – 5th place out of 12 teams
Peewee A2 – Motown Cup in Detroit, MI – Won bracket, lost in semi-final
Bantam A – Arctic Blast in Chesterfield, MO – 3rd place
Click here to find the reported results.
Thank you to all 66 teams that participated in the tournament and the many volunteers from Northbrook and Winnetka that made it all happen.
As part of this year's Wishbone Tournament, the Bluehawks' Helping Hands Program collected donations for local food pantries. This year, six car-loads of food and almost $400 in cash were collected and donated to the Northfield Food Pantry. The Bluehawks wish to thank everyone who donated food, money, and time to make this effort such a success!
Congratulations to Glenbrook North's JV Spartans for sweeping all 5 games and winning last weekend's tournament in Crystal Lake. The team topped Hartland, MI 5-0 in the championship game. Jake Yale was voted the Most Valuable Player and Robby Arner was named the tournament's Best Goalie.
Click here for additional information about this season's goalie clinics from Coach Blakey.
October 2011 - Congratulations to our Squirt A, Squirt AA, and Bantam AA teams for winning their respective Chicago Cup Championships. Click here to read more on the Tribune's TribLocal Web site.
At our Parent Meetings on September 1st, AHAI's Director of Officiating, Jack Raslawski, spoke about how the new body contact rules are going to be interpreted. Jack mentioned a training video put out by that USA Hockey that AHAI and IHOA are using at the mandatory referee training clinics this year. Here is a link to that video. We recomend that you watch the video with your player.
Thanks,
NBHL