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Welcome to Dallas Junior Hockey Association

DJHA is the largest youth hockey association in Texas. We have teams ranging from Midget Major AA to Mite Prep that are all certified by USA Hockey. We have assembled the most experienced and connected professional staff in the Metroplex. DJHA's first season on the ice was 1971-1972.

Teams with openings:

Dallas Penguin teams are looking for a few more players at the following levels:

Mite Prep Goalie

2000 A

1999 AA and A

1998 AA Goalie

1997 AA

1996 A

1995 A

93/94 AA

93/94 A

Contact the Team Coach or Age Group Commissioner

for more information.

2009 - 2010 Coaches:

U18AA - Tom Kowal -214-952-4851 -tom.kowal@kcdist.net

U18A - Jim Liebo, Contact Beth Fetty for team details 214-437-8122- bfetty@gpdminc.com

U16 AA Gold - David Lee- 214-403-2324 - dlee@nahl.com

U16 AA Black - John McManaman 214-208-0277 JMcManaman@DallasStars.com

U16 A - Kevin Bakke - 469-865-6675 - frozentoque@hotmail.com

Bantam Major 95AA Gold - Bob Johnson - 214-801-5097 - bobfjohnson@yahoo.com

Bantam Major 95AA Black - Lou Fritz - 440-225-8502 - loufritz@gmail.com

Bantam A Gold - Richard Sleavin - 214-417-8787 - rshockey55@yahoo.com

Bantam A Black - Mark Layton - 972-523-2852 - mlayton@pfsweb.com

Pee Wee Major 97AA - Brad Larson - 469-387-4632 - brad@playershockey.com

Pee Wee Minor 98 AA - Kevin O'Brien - 469-233-1764 - kevcom@nortel.com

Squirt Major 99 - Lou Fritz - 440-225-8502 - loufritz@gmail.com

Squirt Minor 00 - Brad Larson - 469-387-4632 - brad@playershockey.com

Squirt A - Richard Sleavin - 214-417-8787 - rshockey55@yahoo.com

Mite Major - Paul Fletcher - 972-832-7967 - paul@dealtree.com

Mite Prep Black - Jon Weidenbach - 214-289-5267 - jweid@sbcglobal.net

Mite Prep Gold - Mike Hogan -972-740-5697 - drmikehogan@yahoo.com

Weekend Summer Pond Hockey with DSEHC

Background
Dallas Stars Elite Hockey Club (DSEHC) are hosting a 4on4 summer pond hockey season. This is a great time of year for players to work on their skills while having fun.

Pond hockey develops creativity as it allows players to come out and work on making new moves in a fun and competitive environment whereas camps are designed to teach moves and skills. Like any sport players need to practice what they have learned in a game situation and pond hockey is the perfect place to do that. We welcome players from all associations and encourage each and every player to come participate in this.

How will this be run?
- Players will register by emailing jordanfrench@thompsontransfer.com
- We will split the teams up each week to make sure they are even, so the games are fun for everyone.

- Score will be kept
- Every 90 seconds the buzzer will blow which will allow the players to know when to change.
- There will be no coaching, but the benches will be supervised.
- Each game water bottles and one official will there.
- This will be a non contact league and will be run strictly to promote creativity.
- In the event a penalty occurs, the player who sustained the infraction will be awarded a penalty shot.

Location
All games will be at Valley Ranch Rink2

Dates
July 11th- August 15th (8 Games)
6 Saturday games
2 Sunday games

Schedule

This will be posted on our webpage www.dsehc.com
Saturday’s
July 11th, 18th, 25th, and 31^st, August 8th and 15th
Mites: 12:00-1:15P.M.
Squirt: 1:30-2:45P.M.
Peewee: 3:00-4:15P.M.
Bantam: 4:30-5:45P.M.

Sunday’s
July 19th and 26th
Mites: 1:15-2:30P.M
Squirts: 2:45-4:00P.M
Peewee: 4:15-5:30P.M
Bantam: 5:45-7:00P.M

Price
8 games for $120 (Goalies are free and must register. We will accept a maximum of 4 goalies per age group).

Registration and Payment
Please register by emailingjordanfrench@thompsontransfer.com ASAP as spots will go to the first 26 registered skaters per age group. We look forward to seeing everyone at the rink. Once your registration is confirmed, please send a check made out to "DSEHC" and mail to the following address:

Jordan French

7001 Candleberry Ct.

Fort Worth , TX 76133

Players Need to be USA Hockey Registered

USA HOCKEY REGISTRATION

Once you receive your email registration, please forward that email to djharegistrar@gmail.com and identify the team your player is on in the subject line. The 2009-2010 season's USA Hockey Registration is valid from May 1, 2009 - April 30, 2010. Players can not be rostered without their 2009-2010 registration.

Penguin Moving On...

Will Landa, a member of Jaz Hayden's Penguin U18 Tier 1 Team during the 2008-2009 season, has agreed to play Jr A with the Cornwall Colts. Prior to joining DJHA this past season, Will played for the Green Mountain Glades, Omaha Energy AAA, and locally for HP Scots JV, Duncanville Dragons and the Jr Scots. The Colts are members of the CJHL which is a league that competes in the Canadian Junior A Hockey League.

Congratulations Will, and Good Luck in Canada

5 Penguins Advance to USA Hockey National Player Development Camp

Congratulations to Colton Hargrove (92), Tyler Hope (92), Hunter Tatum (92), John Dayton (93), and Kevin Loppatto (93) as they all advanced out of the Rocky Mountain District Camp and will participate at the USA Hockey National Player Development Camp this July. All 5 of these players were part of our U16AAA team this past season. We wish them best of luck.

ACTIVE ACCOUNT LOGIN

Online Account Log In

Here is where you can access your account for payments and additional registrations.

Dallas Stars Elite Hockey Club Established

USA Hockey is in the midst of change. Several local organizations have recognized this and have begun to modify their programs for the future. Dallas Stars Elite Hockey Club (DSEHC) has been established. It is a cooperative effort between the Dallas Stars Midget Major AAA, Dallas Stars Selects (DSS) and Dallas Junior Hockey Association (DJHA). The DSEHC will have its U18 and U16 teams participate in the Midwest Elite League (MWEHL) for the 2009-10 season. The MWEHL is the top league in the Country in terms of competition and player exposure. We will also offer teams at the following age groups: U16 (tournament team), U14 (95), U13 (96), 97, 98, 99, and 00. The Stars Elite Hockey Club will have the premier coaches and facilities in Texas. The new club will be under the leadership of Dwight Mullins, Adam Robbins, Eric Silverman, and Marty MacInnis.

The Stars Elite Hockey Club will bring a new approach to Dallas hockey with the focus on player development and exposure. It is also based on proven leadership and coaching at the National level. Additional information on our coaches, fall program, and new innovative spring program will be available in the coming weeks. The teams will be based out of the Valley Ranch and Farmers Branch Dr Pepper Stars Center facilities.

”All of us associated with the Dallas Stars are excited about the prospects of the new Dallas Stars Elite Hockey Club. We will work closely with USA Hockey and all the organizations who are undertaking this effort. It is a giant step forward for amateur hockey in Dallas. We believe our facilities and the coaching staffs that are part of this will offer the best hockey players in the region a terrific opportunity to advance themselves as players, and importantly as young men.”

Jim Lites, President

Hicks Sports Marketing Group.

Dallas Stars Midget Major AAA Website

Dallas Stars Selects Website

Mite Majors Win NTXHL Championship

Capping a highly successful season, the number 1 seed Penguin Mite Majors won the league championship tournament in a convincing style, winning two straight in the best of three finals series. The youngsters outscored the gritty cross town rival Brahmas team 10-1 over the two games on Saturday. The Brahmas came out strong, scoring with only 1:48 gone in the first period of game one. But the Penguins tied it up 15 seconds later and never looked back, winning 5-1. Game two was much the same, and five different Penguins scored in the 5-0 win. The Brahmas defense held the Penguins to only 19 shots in game two, but the Pens defense was even stingier allowing only 9 Brahmas shots. The two Penguin goal tenders teamed up all tournament long to shut down their opponents.

Clearly the Brahmas played with a lot of heart and had great support from their parents and fans. Visible with their unselfish play, the Penguins showed once again how the coaches’ focus on skill development plus team play gave them the edge they needed throughout the season.

All year the Mites had great coaching and great support from the parents which when combined with their hard work yielded a perfect league record (20-0) and playoff run (6-0). They won 5 of the 7 tournaments they entered including the Chicago Pre-Season Mite AA and the Fifty-First International Silver Sticks Mite Championship. Overall, they finished 39-2-0, outscoring their opponents 310 to 54 (a 7.56 vs. 1.32 GPGA) and produced the league’s scoring and goalie champions. It proved to be a very special team all around. Congratulations Mites!

Squirt AA NTXHL Champions Roll Perfect 6-0 in Playoff's to Cap Off 2008-2009

First off, the Dallas Penguins 98 AA’s Coaching Staff and families tip their collective hat to the Dallas Scots 98 AA’s for their effort, fan enthusiasm and well played final round!

Ultimately, it’s the one intangible that you’ll never see a statistic for what lead to the Penguin championship…Composure. “You can’t teach that” Commented Head Coach Kevin O’Brien, “but you can definitely nurture it” The nurturing process this year came from the boys playing the finals in 3 of 5 tournaments. They learned hard work and team execution is essential to being a champion.

Having to comeback from one goal deficits 4 times in 2 games, the Penguins played with a sense of urgency and never gave up a lead once they had it.

Game One:

Cole Watson pulled the Penguins even at 1 late in the first period off great passes from Nick Griebenow and Josh Kim.

Down 2-1 in the second, Nick Alexander tied it up at 2-2, and Nick Mueller pulled the Pens even again to end the second period 3-3.

In what became their strongest period all season, the Pen’s pulled away in the third, with the Game Winner coming from Mitch McCoy, and an insurance goal from Alexander, whose top shelf back hander came off a clean face off win from Johnny Sadowski deep in the Scot zone. The Defensive trio; Jake Sobieksi, Niko Ala-Kokko and Matthew O’Brien stood strong supporting goalie Kevin Graves in holding the Scots to 3 goals as the Penguin offense pumped 33 shots at the Scots.

Game Two:

Nick Mueller took a feed from Boone Hoenshell and Griebenow tying it at 1 on the power play.

In the second period Watson put the Pen’s ahead with a nice assist from Kyler Paredes and Kim. Mueller gave the Pen’s a two goal lead they would not relinquish weaving down low beating 2 Scots before cashing in the power play Game winner. Kevin Graves and a full Defense with Matthew Butler held down the fort in the third with a strong back check from all the forwards for his sixth playoff win.

Game, Season, Champions!

Season Recap:

Texas Shootout Champions

Fall Round Champions

Silver Stick Regional Champions

NTXHL Regular Season Champions

NTXHL Squirt AA Playoff Champions

Coach O’Brien and staff are very proud of the boys, and want to congratulate them again for their effort and attitude!

Coach would also like to acknowledge and thank the parents for their commitment and support in making this season such a great success!

Dallas Penguins Squirt A Team Wins NTXHL Championship

Lefebvre Dallas Penguins Squirt A team, completed an outstanding season by capturing the NTXHL 2008-2009 Championship in a 2 game sweep against the vastly improved Grapevine Wolves.

Lefebvre Dallas Penguins went 19-0-1 in regular season play to win the NTXHL Regular Season Championship, which brought tremendous momentum to the playoffs. Winning 3 of 4 games in the semi-finals and only allowing 5 goals, thanks to the defensive play of Nicolas Samadian, Neil Moisan, William Laird, Seiler Burr, and Goaltender Jared Stahel, the Penguins earned top spot going into the Championship series.

The first game went scoreless virtually the entire 1^st period when with 3:06 left on the clock Nicolas Samadian and Ryan Dupre assisted Lane Haught in putting one of many Penguin goals past the Wolves goalie and into the net. Two more goals came shortly after when Conner Simpson scored on a penalty shot and Zach Riley scored ending the first period 3-0. Within the first minute of the 2^nd period Grapevine scored back to back goals to quiet the Penguins fans, but that would be the only Grapevine Wolves goals of the game. Jared Stahel and the Penguins defense dominated the remainder of the game to win with a final score of 7-2.

The second game was a nail-biter. Zach Riley was the first to score on an assist from Nicolas Samadian; however the Wolves would answer back just seconds later. Play went back and forth with each team scoring 2 more goals. Just as everybody watching thought it was going to overtime, with only 1:42 left in the tied game Lane Haught scored on an assist from Joseph Crump. Now it was all up to the Penguins defense to keep the Wolves out of the zone and win the game. With a final score of 4-3 the Penguins Squirt A team wins the NTXHL Championship in back-to-back wins over a tough Grapevine Wolves team.

Eight different Penguin players had points during the final 2 games; it was a testament to the passing, communication and teamwork evident throughout the entire season.

Thanks to all of the Coaches, parents and players for making this a great season.

CONGRATULATIONS Penguins Squirt 98 A team on winning both the NTXHL Regular Season and NTXHL Tournament Championships!!!!

Penguin Bantam AA's Win NTXHL Championship!

DJHA Bantam AA coached by Mike Aigen and Jason Aigen beat the Stars Selects on Sunday to win 2008 - 2009 NTXHL Bantam AA Blue Finals. The Penguins won the 2 out of 3 game series by winning game one by a score of 2-1 and game three in a shootout 3-2.

The Stars Selects won game two by a score of 2-1. These were all very tight games with goaltending at its best. Dakota Dreger and Brendan Strobel-McLean, goalies for the Penguins, played outstanding games to keep the Stars Selects goal scoring to a minimum.

Congratulations, Penguins! Way to go!!!

Dallas Penguin Alumni Update...

Connor Nunnally DJHA Alumni and member a of the Nichols College men’s hockey team won the ECAC Northeast Championship, defeating Wentworth, 4-3, Saturday afternoon at Levy Rink. The title marks the first in program history for the Bison, who earned the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Bison now await the NCAA Tournament bracket announcement Sunday evening to find out where they will make their first-ever appearance in the national championship tournament.

USA Hockey's - American Development Model

USA Hockey is proud to unveil the American Development Model and the online home for the program www.usahockey.com/adm. Please bookmark this site for future use and browse the links for details on the program.