The Oak Park Huskies–Gold Mites

CONGRATULATIONS

ANDY MARKS:  NWHL COACH OF THE YEAR

Coach of the Year

In what has been a great year for the Oak Park Huskies Organization, Andy Marks has been a major part of the changes made to improve the program for players, parents, and everyone else involved.  His participation in this program begins with his Gold Mite team, which he has worked with to teach these youngsters the game of hockey, as well as sportsmanship and other important life lessons.  His dedication to this rink continues with the hard work he does for the rest of the travel house program.  He is the first person to volunteer to run extra hockey clinics or work in any capacity to help improve the quality of the club.  He has a passion for the sport and wants to see it grow and flourish in the community.  In addition, he is deeply involved in the Maximum Development program at the Paul Hruby Ice area, which is the instructional in-house program run at the rink.  He has given up countless hours to helping develop the organization and quality of almost every level of hockey that is run through the Park District of Oak Park.

Games and Results (winner in bold)
Grizzlies    2 vs Rangers 2 5 Mon    2-Mar-09    6:00 PM

Oak Park    2 vs  Admirals 2 3 Mon    2-Mar-09    6:00 PM

H.E. Grey        vs Grizzlies                  Wed    4-Mar-09    6:00 PM

Admirals 2      vs H.E. Black               Sat      7-Mar-09    9:10 AM

Oak Park        vs H.E. Grey                 Sat       7-Mar-09    10:20 AM

H.E. Black      vs Rangers 2                Sun    8-Mar-09    9:00 AM

Rangers 1       vs Admirals 2              Sun      8-Mar-09    10:10 AM

Grizzlies        vs H.E. Black                Mon    9-Mar-09    6:00 PM

Rangers 2        vs H.E. Grey              Mon    9-Mar-09    6:00 PM

Rangers 1        vs Oak Park               Wed    11-Mar-09    6:00 PM

Points
Admirals 2  – 2
Grizzlies – 0
HE Black
HE Grey
Oak Park – 0
Rangers 1
Rangers 2 – 2

Click on the link below to view the post-game interviews from the Huskies vs Grizzlies game on January 25, 2009. Thanks to filmmaker Gregg Simon! The file will launch as a Quicktime video.

1-25-09-post-game-interviews-final-web

I added some photos that I took from the games on November 2, 15, and 16 … use the same password that Suzanne originally sent for viewing photos… I have a ton of photos from the Nov. 30th game and parents’ skate, but those postings will have to await another time.

Dawn Gonzalez

We have a new photo gallery. Click on the “Gold Mites Photo” link under “Pages” on the right to access the gallery link. The page is still password protected, so let Suzanne Malley (sbmalley [at] gmail.com) know if you forgot the password.

I have also started posting our player profiles (see the “Gold Mite Player Profiles” page). Send your player information to Suzanne Malley (sbmalley [at] gmail.com). The basic profile questions are posted here, but feel free to improvise!

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