Team
Spots Available
Midget, PW, and Mite spots available. email
info@jerseypenguins.com
for more informaiton.
The
Penguins always offer more ice time and development
opportunities then any other club in NJ. We pride ourselves
in offering kids access to proffesional coaches and frequent
practices. Last season, players had approximatly 100 hours
of practice time included in their tuition along with a
full game and tournament schedule. If you want your child
to improve their skills, this is a great program for you.
Do
you want to skate everyday? With
the Pens After School Hockey Club, you can! After tryouts,
kids are free to join any of the After School Hockey Club
events, available Monday - Friday in May, part of June,
September and October. The Penguin program is commmited
to player improvement and there is no better way to prove
that then to offer kids the opportunity to skate every day,
just like I did growing up. -- Sergei Starikov, Penguins Coaching Director
The Penguins Program is F.A.S.T. Hockey Join
the program that leads the others in Youth Hockey Development
opportunities and value for the money. The Penguins were
the first NJ Youth program to have a full staff of professional
coaches, to offer dry land training as a regular part
of the program for older levels, to offer powerskating,
and to offer 4 hours of practice time for Bantam, PW,
and Squirt AA levels. Be a part of the program that leads
the others, and watch what happens next! 2009
-2010 Tryout Flyers: Midget
Tryout Form • Mite-Bantam
Tryout Form/Program Details
***The
Jersey Penguins welcomes Blue Angles Girl's
12U Team*** Attention
Girls!
The Blue Angles 12U Girls team is forming
and will skate and practice from Rock Ice.
The team is a perfect compliment to our
travel hockey program For $700, girls will
receive one week of summer camp at Rock
Ice, and one game and practice slot during
the season. Print
the flyer. Coach Albert Caamano will
work with girls to teach them the nuances
of the girls' game and provide opportunities
to meet with and learn from respected members
of the Women's hockey program, like Alana
Blahoski. For more information, contact
coach Albert
Caamano.
Challenge
Clinic Series Begins again, May 18th Print
the flyer
Besa Tsintsadze, May 18th
• Alana Blahoski, June 1
Butch Goring, June 10• Sergei Starikov, June 15
Besa
comes to Rock Ice's Elite Hockey Training Center™!
BesaTsintsadze is
a most impressive skater and hockey trainer. He is well
known
for teaching players how to unleash explosive power, and
has spent years improving and refining his instructional
technique so that players can do as he does. Besa travels
across the US and Canada providing team and individual training.
The teams he works most closely with are the Pittsburgh
Penguins and their AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre Scranton
Penguins. Besa takes to the road, and will be running clinics
and camps at Rock Ice on an ongoing basis. He only wants
the most committed of players on the ice. For those of you
up for the challenge, sign up for an upcoming clinic! To
keep the clinics high paced and instructional, the clinics
will be limited to 27 skaters, and anyone who is fooling
around on the ice, will be removed and their money refunded.
Upcoming clinic dates include: April 20th and May 18th.
Penguin
players will receive first priority for registrations for
all Rock Ice Clinics. www.BesaHockey.com
• Watch
Besa skate!
Alana
Blahoski, Olympic
Gold Medalist and Olympic Coach
is as
impressive in person as her resume suggests. Read about
her in USA
Hockey Magazine and learn how she won the spot behind
the bench at the 2006 Olympics because of the fact that
she not only has reached the highest heights in Women's
Hockey, but she also has great communication skills.
Read
her USA Hockey Bio.
It's
confirmed...
Butch Goring, Four time Stanley Cup Champ
and NHL Commentator June 10th
You
only need to do a Google Search on "Butch Goring"
to find thousands of entries and pictures, showcasing
his illustrious career as a player and NHL Commentator.
In the NHL he scored 375 goals, 513 assists and 888
points in 1107 career NHL games. Butch played against
our own, Sergei Starikov, on many occasions. Currently
Butch is working for the NHL and will be working the
playoff for the MSG network as a Commentator., but he
will make time to meet and train with local youth and
adult players in NJ. Read about Butch in Hockey
LegendsWatch the website, as we will
add clinic and camp dates shortly!
Train
like an Olympian on Sunday Nights with Alana Blahoski Olympic
Gold Medallist, Alana Blahoski to teach Sunday Night
Clinics To
keep it even more interesting, we will be occasionally rotating
the staff of the Elite
Hockey Training Center™ into the schedule when Alana
is not available. Sergei Starikov, Butch Goring and Besa
Tsintsadze will
be the substitutes when Alana is out of town training with
her clients. Sports
Psychologist, Stephanie Koncicki, joins Alana and will share
tips with the kids on how to stay mentally tough and focused
in tough game situations.
Read
about Alana in USA
Magazine and learn how she won the spot behind the bench
at the 2006 Olympics because of the fact that she not only
has reached the highest heights in Women's Hockey, but she
also has great communication skills. Alana is scheduled
to
deliver clinics on April 27th, as part of the Challenge
Clinic Series and will soon be on the calendar for even
more dates, including a Girls Only summer camp week and
a Co-Ed camp week in July. Watch the website and more dates
will be announced soon. Now
more then ever before, Pens players will receive priority
and discounts to Rock Ice Clinics. Be the first to sign
up for the upcoming Challenge
Clinics with Besa, Alana and Sergei. $5 discount per
clinic and register before April 7th and receive priority.
Table
for Twelve, new Reality Show, learns to Ice Skate at Rock
Ice America
gets a look at the sport of Sled Hockey!
At age 4, the Hayes sextuplets are now sturdy on their feet,
so Eric and Betty Hayes decide it's a good time for all
10 kids to try out ice skating. From getting ready at home
to renting skates at the rink, things promise to get a little
slippery.
Visit
the site to see the schedule when the ice skating episodes
are on Table
for 12 Website
The
Penguins Return from Lake Placid March 28, 2009 Congratulations to all the teams
for playing with heart Squirt White team comes
home with Gold. Mite team comes home with Silver. Bantam
A team makes it to playoff round. Congratulations to Squirt
White players for winning the relay race and for the Mite
players who won the Goalie Competition and Essay Contest!
Mites Bring Home the Silver!
Squirts Bring home the Gold!
Congratulations
Jersey RockHoppers players and Coaches
for Captuaring the First EPHL Title!
The Jersey Penguins players and coaches
congratulations the Jersey RockHoppers on an amazing first
season. We enjoyed learning from you during gaolie clinics
and Penguin practices, attending your clinics over winter
break and seeing you play at Cody Arena. We look forward
to seeing you again next year!
Josh
is going to the World Championships in April! Congratulations
to Josh for making the final cut... he is going to the World
Championships! Josh is 16 years old and is the youngest
player on the US Men's Sledge Team. Rock Ice and the Penguins
are proud to be associated with Josh and our players and
coaches keep a close watch on Josh's coming and goings as
he travels the world, representing our country in this great
sport.
Josh
is an amazing skater, who happens to be a bilateral amputee,
but that doesn't stop him... not one bit! Josh can be seen
at Rock Ice on many afternoons practicing as well as participating
as an assistant in the Jersey Penguins Mite C practices
on the Weekends. The Mite C families love having Josh on
the ice with the kids, as he is a not only a great kid,
he is also an inspiration to us all. Josh
Scores His First Goal on the Men's Sledge Team! Josh
Pauls, from South Plainfield, N.J. was previously a member
of the U.S. National Under-20 Sled Hockey Team, was added
to the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team roster in October,
2008. He is the youngest member of the national team Behind
goals from Josh Pauls (South Plainfield, N.J.) and Taylor
Chace (Hampton Falls, N.H.), the U.S. Paralympics Sled Hockey
National Team posted a 2-0 victory over Germany in the 2009
Hockey Canada Cup at the UBC Thunderbird Arena.Read
More.
YOU
spoke WE Listened
Economy Buster Spring Huskies
$450 per player
Print
the Flyer
Professional and Reliable Coaching (Sergei
Starikov, Oleg
Mudrov,
Art Poltrak, Igor Mrotchek, Bill Williamson, Brian Ralli)
Getting feedback from many Penguins families, we realize
that in the current economic climate many families can not
afford their children's regular season tuition, much less
Spring Hockey. Hockey is our passion, and playing spring
hockey is fun and an important part of staying in shape
for the next season. For that reason we are offering this
economy buster spring Huskies program that emphasizes practice
time, while having lots of fun playing local games and one
nearby tournament in Oaks, PA.
Huskies
Spring Team includes:
15
hours of practice time (One, 1.5 hour practice a week
for 10 weeks)
13
skaters max per team
10
games, including one driving distance tournament in Oaks,
Pa.
Jersey
and Socks included
DID
YOU KNOW?...
One individual practice will give a player more skill
development then 11 games collectively
Practice
is so important because it allows the kids to make more
passes, take more shots on net, and have the puck on their
stick more than in any game.
Statistics
taken from a Pee Wee level hockey game:
Players
will have the puck on their stick for an average of 8 seconds
per game
Players will take an average of 1-2 shots per game
- source: HockeyCanada player development handbook
Penguins
Welcome Dan Seijk to the staff!
We
are happy to announce that Dan Seijk has joined the Penguins
staff. Dan played college hockey at Robert Morris University,
a Division 3 school, that is moving up to Division 1 in
the next year. Dan is from the Pittsburgh area, with his
family routs in Canada, and has played hockey in Canada
and the US. He has experience as a coach, Hockey Director
and assistant rink manager. Dan shares a similar philosophy
of instruction as the coaches at the Penguins, which is
the importance of building a strong foundation on the fundaments
and individual players skills, sportsmanship and fun. These
skills and traits translate into good hockey players and
responsible and considerate young people. Meet Dan at Sunday
evening at the Rock Ice Sunday Evening Powerskating and
Stickhandling clinic.
Chis
Ferazzoli moves up to East Coach Hockey League
Goaltender Rob Lemelin moves up to American Hockey League
Chris
Ferazzoli, of the Jersey RockHoppers, was called up to the
East Coast Hockey League for Cincinnati on 2/22/2009. Chis
participated in many of the Penguins practices during the
year as well as ran the Winter break clinics with his team
mates. Chis is an incredible stickhandler and skater with
amazing moves. He found the net in almost every game! Congratulations
Chris! Watch what's happening on www.ephl.com
The Jersey RockHoppers will continue to go to Penguins practices.
Goaltender
Rob Lemelin of the RockHoppers was called up to the American
Hockey League. Way to go Rob!
Congratulations
Pens on a Successful Presidents Day Weekend Eight
Penguins teams participated in the Scranton Ice Box
President's Day Weekend Tournament. Two teams came home
with Gold, one with Silver, one team came in third and
two more teams made it to the semifinal game and, most
importantly, all the kids played with heart!
It
was a great weekend. Based on our relationship with
the The
Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguinsof
the American
Hockey League,
our kids were able to participate in free clinics with
their training staff, many watched the Pens play at
Wachovia Arena, and almost all of the kids enjoyed the
snow by skiing, snow boarding or tubing over the weekend.
This was a great Club event with lots of good memories.
PW
A White Takes home the Gold!
Squirt
A Takes Home the Gold!
Congratulations
Sergei ! (Call Sergei for
a Private Lesson:
201-452-7416 )
Sergei
was honored by the Russian Athletic
Ministry in a large ceremony in Moscow, for his contribution
to the Sport of Hockey. Over 15,000 fans attended this event
as well as it being televised to millions. Sergei Coaches
the Penguins PW A Red, Bantam A White and Bantam B Teams.
He also runs the Saturday
and Sunday morning hockey development program. We're
very proud that Sergei can share his experience and stories
with our players!
Sergei's
Career
On
Tuesday, November 25, a ceremony honoring the blue &
red legendary defenseman of the 1980s, Sergei Starikov,
was held at Central Sports Army Club complex (Moscow, Russia).
The named jersey of the distinguished two time Olympic Champion,
three time World Champion, and member of the former USSR
National team with a 12 season playing career of the Central
Sports Army Club, was raised.
Sergie was one of the first Russian players to move to the
US and play in the NHL along with Slava Fatisov. This historical
event was commemorated in a Sports Illustrated cover story
in 1989 entitled "The Russians are Coming." Sergei
played for the New Jersey Devils and in the AHL. Sergei
is now settled in Green Brook, NJ with his wife and children
and enjoys sharing the sport he loves so much, with young
players.
Most
recently, Sergei was the assistant coach of of "Sibir"
Novosibirsk, Russia (www.hcsibir.ru)
which plays in the new Continental Hockey League (CHL).
The CHL will be expanding to all of Europe will compete
with the NHL.
The
Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguinsof
the American
Hockey League and the Jersey Penguins, youth hockey club
from Dunellen, NJ, have a lot in common. The 2008 -2009 season
marks the 10th anniversary for both clubs, with each commemorating
the anniversary by wearing a special patch on their game jerseys.
Read
more...
WBS
Penguins, AHL team, Hosts Jersey Penguins Squirt Teams in their first Youth Holiday
Tournament The
Jersey Penguins Squirt teams went to Wilkes-Barre, PA over
Winter break to participate in the WBS Penguins (AHL team)
first ever youth tournament. The
WBS Penguin organization put out the "Red Carpet"
for our teams, and the kids and parents had a great time!
All
the kids received a free WBS Penguins hat, played all their
games in the large Wachovia Arena, watched the WBS Penguins
persevere over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (5-4) and participated
in a shootout between the first and second period to a crowd
of 10,000 fans. The WBS players and head and assistant coaches
even came to watch some of the games and commented to our
coaches about our
players excellent skating!
The
Penguins will be sending 8 teams back for President's day
for a tournament at the Ice Box Arena and will have an opportunity
to watch another WBS game and the WBS staff will be running
free clinics for all of our kids at Wachovia Arena.
Hockey
just got more exciting in NJ:
RockHoppers Take the Ice The RockHoppers
are the newest professional hockey team in New Jersey. They
are practicing at Rock Ice weekday mornings, and skating games from
Essex County's Richard J. Codey Arena at South Mountain.
Brian
Gratz, head coach of the RockHoppers, has been running the Pens
goalie clinics to rave reviews. And now that the team is picked,
you will see the RockHopper players around the rink, assisting with
practices and Rock Ice clinics. Feel free to introduce yourself
to the players.
The
experience of having a professional "A" level professional
hockey club in NJ, will create a much more interactive experience
for fans. The level of play is amazingly high and the players are
extremely skilled coming from competative college programs, other
professional leagues and Juniors. Fans will be able to see the action
up-close from the intimate stands at Essex
County's Richard J. Codey Arena at South Mountain.
Players will be much more accessible to meet and greet fans both
on and off the ice.
All
Penguin families will receive four passes to attend an upcoming
RockHopper game, of your choice with additional tickets available
at the door or online. Please help spread the word that the RockHoppers
are in town! To
purchase tickets,
CLICK
HERE
Expect
some interesting things to come!
Oleg
Mudrov
Call
Oleg for a private lesson at 347-791-6590.
Oleg
Mudrov is the Penguins Squirt B and Mite A coach.
Oleg was a world class player, playing professional hockey for
20 years. He played in the USSR Supre-me League - Sokol Kiev.
Later Oleg went on to play in the East
European Hockey League, playing in Ukraine, Germany and
Czech
Extraliga. Oleg has coached college hockey in Europe, traveled
around the globe, speaks four languages and has a wealth of
experience that he is anxious to share with our players.
WE
ARE COMMITTING TO THE COMMITTED!!!
A
First in New Jersey Starting in 2009-2010
Great Intensive Youth Hockey Training at the Highest
Level
Great Value and without the driving required for AAA
We
are committed to building a Nationally Ranked Tier II Program by
providing
the following training opportunities to AA teams fielded by the
Penguins: Squirt AA, PeeWee AA, Bantam AA:
Extended
Season: Sept - Late March
55+
Games a season
4
Tournaments (1 home, 3 away including traditional Can/Am March
2009 (room and board paid by parents))
4
Hours on-ice per week -- with only 3 trips to the rink (1hr full,
2 hrs shared, 1hr power skating)
Dryland
Training
1
week Summer Camp
Full
time professional non-parent Head Coach
Goalie
Clinics
Congratulations
Bantam A!
Gold Medallist at CAN/AM March 27 - 30th, 2008
Congratulations
PeeWee B Black!
Gold Medallist at CAN/AM March 20 - 23rd, 2008
Congratulations
Squirt A!
Silver Medallist at CAN/AM March 20 - 23rd, 2008
Congratulations
Squirt B!
Bronze Medallist at CAN/AM March 20 - 23rd, 2008
Congratulations
Bantam B!
Bronze Medallist at CAN/AM March 13 - 16th, 2008
CAN/AM Essay Contest
Congratulations
to Nick Grawehr of the PW B team for winning the CAN/AM essay contest.
Nick received a free week of Summer Camp in Lake Placid!
CAN/AM
Shoot Out
Congratulation
to Josh Katzen for First Place Bantam Shoot Out March 13th - 16th.
Misha Mrotchek for First Place in the Squirt Shoot Out March 20-23
and to Tal Feinberg for Second Place March 27-30
CAN/AM
Relay Race
Congratulation
to Bantam A for First Place in the Bantam Relay Race March 27-30.
Congratulation to PWB for Second Place in the PW Relay Race March
27-30.
Jersey
Penguins PWA Win NJYHL Playoffs
and 3rd Place Districts
The
players were treated by the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins (AHL
team) to a 1.5 hour practice at Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre,
PA. After playing game one in the tournament they returned again
to Wachovia Arena to see the WBS Penguins play. The boys are pictured
with Tux, the WBS Penguins mascot. The weekend finished with the
Jersey Penguins winning in the finals to team Elmira. Both teams
played their hearts out and the score was 1-0, with Penguins winning
gold.
Want
to Achieve your Hockey Dreams? The
Jersey Penguins youth program is based on optimizing the players'
skill development. The Penguins offer a comprehensive year round
program that is a good value for families. The program has been
specially designed by our Senior Coaches, who were professional
players themselves, to maximize the players development. If you
want to learn how to skate, shoot and play the game, the Penguins
program can help you achieve your goals.
The Penguin Midget
team took the Bronze Medal at CAN/AM in Lake Placid on October
28, 2007. The Penguins finished the tournament with a 2-1-2
record winning the Bronze Medal Game 6 to 1 against the
American Eagles.
Penguins
Girls U14 Team
Places 1st in Presidents Day Tournament in Warwick, PA
The
Jersey Penguins Girls program has two teams in the MAWHA
league for girls Under 16 and Under 14. The girls
had a great inaugural season and their Under 14 team will play
tear 1 this season.If you are interested in learning more about
the program, contactJoanne
Broderick and attend an upcoming practice. The
Girls coach is Tibor Petrisin. Tibor played
for the Slovakian Junior National Team that won the Czechoslovakian
League twice. He played professional hockey for team Kosice
for five years. Tibor brings a great European flavor to the
ice.
Jersey
Penguins Mite teams participate in
Mites on Ice
20
lucky hockey players from the Jersey Penguins Mite B and Mite C
team were able to participate in the NJ Devils sponsored, Mites
on Ice program. For 2 minutes between period 1 and 2, the players
were able to skate in the big arena. The players were able to rush
the puck up and down the ice three times with several shots on net.
Thanks to all the parents for sharing their pictures. View
the pictures.
PeeWee
B team invited by NBC Studio to skate at the Rockefeller Center
The Jersey Penguin Pee Wee B team was invited by NBC Studio to skate
at the Rockefeller Center rink on February 4, 2006. They served
as taped and live portions of the show in the background while NBC
Studio former NHL stars Bill Clement and Ray Ferraro hosted their
weekly commentaries on Saturday's NHL games. Robbie Fenton, our
goalie, assisted when Bill Clement, Ray 1 and Ed Olczyk demonstrated
some moves.
Devils
Alumni Game
During the Devils Alumni Game in 2005, Sergei
Starikov and Alexei Kasatonov were honored for the dedication
to promoting youth hockey.
It's been an honor and privilege for our players to learn
from Sergei and Alexei Kasatonov. Watch
the movie! During the February
event, the event raised
money for the Adult
Day Center of Somerset County. The event was sold out,
with over 300 people in attendance, raising over $7,000
for the
Center. View the Program.
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