Arizona Amateur Hockey Association

Please click below for a listing of the Boys selected to represent Arizona at the 2013 Rocky Mountain Player Development Camp May 8 - 12, 2013 in Salt Lake City, Utah for those with birth years of 1996, 1997 & 1998.

1999 birth year players selected to represent Arizona advance to the 2013 Multi-District U14 Select Camp, June 22 - 27, 2013 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Lyndsey Fry of Chandler was named to the US National Women's Team on March 30, 2013. The US National Team is competing this week (April 2 - 9) in the IIHF Women's World Championships in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Lyndsey, a forward, started her hockey career in Chandler with the Chandler Polar Bears (now the Arizona Hockey Union Knights) and played through Bantams. She continued with the Colorado Selects girls program through High School and is currently a college junior playing for the Harvard University.

Arizona congratulates Lyndsey on being a member of Team USA!

Please click below for the Girls chosen to represent Arizona at the 2013 Rocky Mountain Girls Player Development Camp May 8 - 12, 2013 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

We would like to recognize and congratulate the following officials who were selected from the talented pool of AZ officials to represent our officiating crews at the recent Rocky Mountain District Tier-I games:

                Russell Brooks

                Armand DeForest

                Jake Geiwitz

Special recognition to Jake Geiwitz for being selected to work the U18 Championship Game! 

U14 (Bantam) Championship Game
DYHA Firebirds 5 - Mission AZ Ice 2
Congratulations to the DYHA Firebirds U14 (Bantam) Tier II team - 2012/2013 ARIZONA STATE CHAMPIONS!!!

U16 Midget (Minor) Championship Game
Union Knights 2 - Mission AZ Ice 1

Congratulations to the Union Knights U16 Midget (Minor) Tier II team -2012/2013 ARIZONA STATE CHAMPIONS!!!

U18 Midget (Major) Championships - Best of 3 Series

Game 1: Mission AZ Ice 5; Jr. Coyotes 2

Game 2: Mission AZ Ice 5; Jr. Coyotes 1

Congratulations to Mission AZ Ice - U18 Midget (Major) Tier II 

2012/2013 ARIZONA STATE CHAMPIONS!!!

The She-Wolves 16U Girls Tier II team captured the Rocky Mountain District Tier II title and an automatic berth in the 2013 USA Hockey National Girls Tier II tournament with a 1-0 over the Mountain States Girls Hockey League Rockstars on Sunday, March 3rd in Denver. The win gave the She-Wolves their 2nd consectutive victory over the Rockstars in the Best-of-Three series. The 16U She-Wolves become the first Arizona Girls Tier II team to advance to the National Tournament and the second overall.

Congratulations to the She-Wolves and Best of Luck at Nationals!

The 2013 Arizona Younger Players Player Development Camp is now accepting registrations. The Camp is open to all USA Hockey registered players (both male and female) with birth years of 2000, 2001, 2002 & 2003 (Squirts & PeeWees). Dates of the Camp are Saturday, April 6th and Sunday, April 7th, 2013.

Please click on the "Player Development" tab on the left and then click the "Younger Players Camp" tab for Camp information and ice times and for the registration link.

Registration is still open for the 2013 Arizona Boys Player Development Camp and the 2013 Arizona Girls Player Development Camp. Each of these Camps are open to USA Hockey registered players with birth years of 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999.

For information on either Camp or to register for either Camp please click the  "Player Development" tab on the left.

Please note that per USA Hockey, players must be US Citizens and have a parent or legal guardian as a resident of Arizona in order to advance from the Arizona Camps to the Rocky Mountain District Player Development Camp.

The dates for the 2013 AAHC Tournament have been set, the games will be:

June 10-15, 2013

All Games played at either: Oceanside Ice Arena, Arcadia Ice Arena and the  Ice Den.

More information on this years event will be posted soon.....

AAHA has approved new requirements for member associations regarding the number of teams in the same age class that can participate in State Championships for Tier I and Tier II levels.

Effective immediately, each member association shall be allowed to have one team per USA Hockey age class participating in Tier I and Tier II State Championships.

Any Member Association that have two or more teams playing in the same age class and tier level, must determine the one team from that age class and tier level that will be entered into the State Playdowns

The Background Screening Policy has recently changed (07/16/12) to require the Background Screening to be performed every TWO (2) YEARS.  Check the 'Background Screening' tab from the top menu for more information and find out if you will need to renew your screening this year.

Congratulations to the following Arizona players who were selected during the recent Rocky Mountain District Player Development Camp in Salt Lake City to represent the District at USA Hockey's 2012 National Player Development Camps this summer:

Girls:  
1995's - Makenna Newkirk - forward
1996's - Amanda Martin - forward
1997's - Hannah Kiraly - defense & Carlee Turner - forward
1998's - Logan Hicks - forward

Boys:
1995's - Danny Kiraly - defense & Wes Fry - forward
1996's - Carson Vance - defense
1997's - Christian Cakebread - forward; Jake Durflinger - forward & Joshua Nolan - goalie

1995, 1996 & 1997 birth year male players from the 2012 Arizona Boys Player Development Camp to represent Arizona at the Rocky Mountain District Player Development Camp, May 2 - 6, in Salt Lake City, Utah, as well as 1998 birth year male players to represent Arizona at the Western Regional Multi-District High Performance Boys Select 14 Camp, June 26 - July 1, in Colorado Springs, Colorado have been announced.

Please click the Player Development tab on the left and then the 2012 AZ Selections tab to see those selected.

2012 Tier II State Champions:

U12 (PeeWee): Championship Game Final Score:
Union Knights 2 - Firebirds '00's 1
Congratulations to the Union Knights PeeWee Tier II Team - STATE CHAMPIONS!!!

U14 (Bantam): Championship Game Final Score:
Union Knights 8 - Firebirds 1
Congratulations to the Union Knights Bantam Tier II team - STATE CHAMPIONS!!!

U16 Midget: Championship Game Final Score:
Jr. Coyotes 5 - Firebirds 4
Congratulations to the Jr. Coyotes U16 Midget Tier II team - STATE CHAMPIONS!!!

Congratulations to the Mission Ice U18 Midget Tier II team - STATE CHAMPIONS!!!

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