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DJHA is the largest youth hockey association in Texas. We have teams ranging from Midget Major AA to Mite Select and have assembled the most experienced professional staff in the Metroplex.

Midget Minor 92's to hold "Meet the Coaches" and Open Skate/Scrimmage Sat. 5/31 @ 4:30 PM

DJHA Coaches Eric Silverman and Paul Herron are planning to conduct a meet the coaches/open skate and scrimmage for interested 92 prospects. There will be a meet the coaches session from 4-4:30, skate/scrimmage from 4:30 - 6PM and additional time with the coaches from 6 -6:30PM on Saturday May 31 at the DPSC in Plano.

To Pre Register and be added to the email list please send your name, email, phone # and last team info to David Plattner at dplat2@yahoo.com Space is Limited!

SPRING DEVELOPMENT CAMP ( Camp begins Saturday 4/19, Spots are filling fast! )

DJHA is excited to announce that our Director of Hockey Eric Silverman and former Attack AAA coach and spring camp instructor David Lee will be leading the sessions along with our 2008/2009 age specific Coaches. We will be putting on the best Camp in the Metroplex! Camp schedule has been updated as of April 17. 6:00 PM

Spring Camp Goalie Instruction

We will have a GDI Goalie Coach on the ice for every session of our spring camp. The majority of the sessions will be run by Cam MacDonald.

Click on the Spring Camp button on the left for more information and the updated camp schedule

Click here to register

8 Weeks $850.00

2008-09 DJHA Teams and Coaches

The Dallas Penguins will be fielding a Tier I U16 team for the 08-09 season. This team will be coached by former Attack U16 AAA head coach Eric Silverman (972-849-1240). Eric had one of the top U16 AAA teams in the country last season. For more info on Eric click here. In addition to our Tier I U16 team we are currently working on the possibility of fielding other Tier I teams. We will announce details when we have them.

Coach Bio's have been updated, click on the tab on the left for more info.

Midget

Midget Major AA – Tom Kowal 214-952-4851

Midget Minor AAA (Tier I) - Eric Silverman 972-849-1240

Midget Minor 92AA – Paul Herron 214-585-9661

Midget Minor 93AA – David Lee 715-252-1475

Midget Minor A – Chris Blackmon 214-263-0309

Bantam

Bantam Major 94AA – Mike Aigen 214-797-6681

Bantam Major 94 – Kevin Bakke 469-865-6675

Bantam Minor 95 AAA/AA – Bob Johnson 214-801-5097
*(Tier II Bantam AA locally and will travel to minor AAA and AA tournaments)*

Bantam Minor 95 AA/A - Lucas Reid 214-929-3683
*(Will play Bantam A1 locally and minor AA out of town tournaments)*

Bantam A – Richard Sleavin 214-417-8787

Pee Wee

Pee Wee Major 96 - TBD
*(Will play in AAA tournaments and determine whether to compete as Tier I or Tier II at the appropriate time)* Contact Eric Silverman for information 972-849-1240

Pee Wee AA – Mark Layton 972-523-2852

Pee Wee Minor 97 AAA/AA – Lucas Reid 214-929-3683
*(Tier II Pee Wee AA locally and out of town minor AAA tournaments)*

Pee Wee 97 AA/A - Brad Larson 469-387-4632

Squirt

Squirt Major 98 AA – Kevin O’Brien 469-233-1764

Squirt Minor 99 – Richard Sleavin (Head Coach) 214-417-8787, Brad Larson (Assistant Coach) 469-387-4632

Squirt 98-99 – Mike Lefebvre 214-766-9714

Mite

Mite Select – Mark Wazny 972-293-8885

Mite Development Black - Jon Weidenbach 214-289-5267

Mite Development Gold - Mike Hogan 972-740-5697

DJHA Partners with GDI to train our goalies

The Dallas Penguins are pleased to announce that we have come to an agreement with GDI to train our goalies for both our spring camp and our fall season. For more info on GDI click here http://www.gdihockey.com/. GDI regional manager Cam MacDonald will be doing the majority of the instruction. Cam has become one of the elite goalie coaches in North America. Here is some more info on Cam.

Playing Highlights:

Junior/Major Junior - 5 years Minor Pro - 3 years

Coaching Highlights:

Texas Tornado (NAHL) - Goaltending Coach Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) - Goaltending Coach Fort Worth Brahmas (CHL) - Goaltending Coach Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (CHL) - Goaltending Coach

Biography:

Cam's expertise is in big demand. Working from the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, he supervises all programs in the GDI Central region, which includes Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. Additionally, Cam serves as the Goalie Coach for the Texas Tornado (NAHL), Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL), Dallas Stars U18 AAA. Also, he serves as a private coach to 80 goalies throughout the Dallas area, and for the past three years, he has represented goalies at the national level.

Previously, Cam worked as Goalie Coach/Consultant for the Fort Worth Brahmas and Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs of the CHL, and for four years, he was Head Instructor for Jim Park Goalie Schools.

As a goaltender, Cam played five years of Junior/Major Junior hockey and three years of Minor Pro hockey in the UHL, ECHL and CHL.

To learn more about GDI programs and camps in the Central region, contact Cam Macdonald at 817-800-2130 or cmacdonald@gdihockey.com or you can visit the GDI website at www.gdihockey.com.

DALLAS PENGUINS PEE WEE 95 AA TAKE BRONZE AT TIER II U-12 NATIONALS

The Dallas Penguins Pee Wee 95 AA National Chapionship Schedule:

Round Robins games:

Game 1 04/02/08 10:15 AM EDT vs Neponset Valley Mass River Rats Penguins win 5 - 1

Game 2: 04/03/08 11:30 AM EDT vs Hershey Jr. Bears Bears win 4 - 2

Game 3: 04/04/08 10:15 AM EDT vs Wonderland Wizards Penguins win 4-3, Advance to Quarter Finals Saturday

National Quarter Final Game: 04/05/08 8:00 AM EDT vs Indy Racers Penguins win 4-2, Advance to Semi Finals Saturday Afternoon

National Semi Final Game: 04/05/08 4:15 PM EDT vs Gulf Coast Flames
Flames win 2-1 in OT.

95 AA PENGUINS FINISH THIRD IN THE NATION

CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT SEASON!

Link to USA Hockey National Championship Website: http://www.usahockey.com/Tournament/TournamentStandingTab.aspx?EventID=1857&AgeDivisionID=1276

Andrew Durham, #26, center for the Dallas Penguins Pee Wee 95 AA team, won the 2008 Easton Skills Competition Breakaway Challenge event and was the winner of the Overall Skills Competition for Tier II-U12 Pee Wee Division at the USA Hockey National Championship Tournament on April 3rd.

Eric Silverman Returns for Fourth Season

DJHA is excited to announce that Eric Silverman will be returning for his fourth season as Hockey Director, Director of Player Development, and Head of Coaches.

The 2008-09 season will be Eric's fifth season coaching in Texas. During this time he has seen his teams and players achieve many great accomplishments. The past two seasons he has had nationally-ranked AAA teams. His Attack U16AAA team recently placed three players in the United States National Team Development Program (USNTDP) Final 40 Camp which was the second most of any team in the country. He had 13 of his players rated by USHL Central Scouting, a few of which have already received full scholarship offers from some of the top schools in Division I hockey.

In addition to his position with DJHA, Eric is also the regional scout for the USHL. More info on the USHL and Eric can be found at http://ushl.com/centralscouting/personnel.cfm.

There is not another coach in Dallas youth hockey that has near the amount of hockey contacts as Eric. He is well-connected with the USNTDP, USHL, NAHL, and many of the top Division I schools in the country.

In addition he works closely with some of the most successful NHL agents, helping them identify the best players in the country. His players are given every opportunity to advance to the next level.

Eric has an extensive hockey background. He grew up playing AAA hockey in New York and left home while in high school to play Junior A hockey for the Sioux City Musketeers (USHL). Eric finished his Junior career ranked as the fourth all-time leading scorer in Sioux City history. From there he earned a scholarship to play Division I college hockey at the University of Alaska Anchorage (WCHA) where he was the Seawolves’ leading goal scorer as a sophomore. After college he spent three seasons playing professional hockey in the ECHL and CHL. He then spent one season as an assistant coach at the Division I college level with Iona College (MAAC).

Eric is well-trained in skill development spending five years as a head instructor with Robby Glantz Power Skating. During this time he traveled the country working with NHL, AHL, college, and many youth hockey players on power skating and skill development.

Eric resides in Frisco, Texas with his wife Mikki.

Josh Adams Advances to RMD Player Development Camp

Josh Adams (Midget Minor A - Bakke) was one of three '92 birth year goalies from Texas and Oklahoma to advance from the Texas Affiliate Camp (TAC) to the Rocky Mountain District Player Development Camp. We wish Josh the best at the RMD Camp.

The objective of TAC is to evaluate those players who, in the judgment of their coaches, are the best players at their respective position and age group (Boys: 1991, 1992, 1993, & 1994). Based upon each player’s performance in a series of structured drills and scrimmages, TAC evaluators select a limited number of players at each age group and position to represent TAHA at the Rocky Mountain District (RMD) Player Development Camp, which is scheduled for April 30-May 4 at the Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, Utah.

TAC evaluators are experienced hockey coaches from outside the state of Texas and Oklahoma. TAHA’s goal is to improve the integrity and consistency of the player evaluation process by eliminating the natural biases that can occur when coaches are evaluating groups of players that include those from their own team and/or association. The high number of Texas and Oklahoma players who were selected for the Festival teams and camps last year validated the approach of using out-of-state evaluators.