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News & Views
contents:
- posted: 2010-05-30 - Ice Chips Newsletter Spring/Summer 2010 -- Redux
- posted: 2010-02-12 - Way to go Griswolds!
- posted: 2010-02-12 - Hockey Alumni Skate Through Record Blizzard to Fight for Hill!
- posted: 2010-02-08 - 2010 HHA Meeting Report
- posted: 2010-01-29 - Game Photos Added to Gallery Weekly
- posted: 2009-12-05 - It's FASTHockey Time! Hill School Hockey Games Live and Archived!
- posted: 2009-09-21 - Hats Off to Nate Yinger '05
Ice Chips Newsletter Spring/Summer 2010 -- Redux
We thought it would a good idea to put together a new version of the Spring,/Summer Ice Chips Newsletter because there's lots of news since our last message. If some of you've seen the info before, please forgive. Here goes. The puck stops here!
Nate Yinger '05 has pretty much finalized, with help from Stan Frantz '71, the complete compilation of team records and recorder holders from the entire history of Hill Hockey! The records are now pretty accurate with a few mistakes no doubt. Check them out, old Pottstown pucksters, in the For the Record section under the tabArchives on the Home page! If you see something questionable,,, sign in and let us know!
1976-77 Team - Winningest Hill Hockey Team ever!
The Pins are in! All members of the HHA will be receiving their lapel pins with the HHA logo via the mail. HHA President Paul Oberbeck will be sending them out real soon, with the help of the great folks in the Alumni Office. Paul officiated the induction of graduating seniors into the HHA (boys and girls) at the year-end banquet in March. Thanks to Rob Isham '70 and Julie Kalis for spearheading the effort. President Paul, who was at the graduation as most of you know, saw many of those pins on thelapels of our graduating boys and girls hockey players!
In other news, Michael J. Brofft '09 was recently named winner of the Nickels W. Huston Memorial Award as Rookie of the Year on the Williams College hockey team. Congratulations Mr. Brofft from everyone at the HHA!
Mike Brofft
Perhaps most important, there's good news about Wes Schlauch '12 and his efforts to come back from the stroke he suffered this past winter. The fundraiser in Bethlehem was a huge success. HHA donated items and members did their part, with more to come I'm sure. Wes has along way to go so keep him in your prayers and send whatever donations you can. (visit Wes' Facebook page here to follow his progress and contact him).
Wes Slauch '12
We're evaluating the FASTHockey portion of our site. We hope to set up video in a better spot to capture next year's games and how to get more participation from our gang.
Last but not least, thanks to everyone who donated to the HHA during the season. We hope all members will make whatever donation they can right now so we can help the school plan for making more great Hill Hockey History this coming year. Every dollar helps the cause!!! Hill Hockey needs you!!! Monies are tight for the things we need to do for Hill Hockey and Hill sports in general. C'mon, help this great cause! We are the Brotherhood and Sisterhood of Hill Hockey!
You can sign in and donate through the webstie or send a check to Hill with a notation in the memo line "For HHA."
Way to go Griswolds!
Beautiful!
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Griswold, parents of Allie, Hill class of 2011 and future member of the HHA, generously donated funds to paint the Zamboni. Many thanks to the Griswold’s and their dedication to the Hockey program at Hill.
Hockey Alumni Skate Through Record Blizzard to Fight for Hill!
Another Day in the HHA!
White Trounces Blue 8-6 in Annual Alumni Match-Up
While Old Man Winter ripped up the Atlantic Seabord last weekend, shutting down the Nation's capital (thank goodness!) and cancelling all school athletic events and even the Bissell Wrestling Dedication (pity!), the Annual Hill School Hockey Alumni Skate powered on as scheduled last Saturday, February 6, 2010 with 14 skaters returning for the annual matchup with the addition of Varsity players and their coaches providing the competition.
Playing seniors from all three teams--Varsity, Varsity B and Girls Varsity (the White Team) trounced Blue 8-6 with the superior goaltending of our Hill Varsity Goaltender.
Chris Bala '97 scored first for the Whites and then took a back seat letting the brothers Durling and Durling dominate White play. At one point, the Whites were up 6-0.
Bluemen included Sandy Sanders '65 and Peter Drennan '74 who was making his first appearance since graduation and proving that some training is required and a release form is always good, when he pulled his hamstring in the third period. His brother Paul from the winingest team in Hill Hockey history (1976) was stymied by the weather. Richard Dolan '78 played a spirited and competent defense before moving up to spell a lagging Blue forward contingent led by David Watson '96.
The 14 Alumni attending were:
Chris Bala '97, Tom Dillon '71, Peter Drennan '74, Chapin Durling '98, Kip Durling '01, Rob Isham '70, Mike Kowalchick '97, Brian Laing '96, Paul Overbeck '80, Sandy Sanders '65, David Watson '96, Nate Yinger '05, and Bill Yinger ''95.
Don lewis, HHA Website Editor, failed to make it when his plane was canceled from Detroit.
Girls Team members who joined the fray were:
Jacky Braca '10, Jennifer Kang '10, Jackie Massare '10, Alex Peters '11, and Tori Trovato '12. Thanks ladies!
(Apologies for any inaccuracies - send us your comments so we can include more good details about the game)
2010 HHA Meeting Report
The Annual Meeting of the Hill Hockey Association took place Saturday, February 6th, in the "LaBranche Memorial Concourse" immediately after the skate. A skeleton quorum existed as a result of the snowstorm but the meeting progressed with alacrity with the following matters accomplished:
- HHA President Rob Isham '70 welcomed HHA members and guests and thanked Brian Laing '96 and Julie Kalis, Development, for all their hard work in organizing the day.
- Rob gave an overview of efforts and activities for the last year, which included:
- Extensive website re-write and re-design thanks to Don Lewis '71, Editor, and Stan Frantz '71, HHA webmaster.
- Fundraising efforts, thanks again to Don Lewis and Julie Kalis, amounted to approximately $10,000 with the following allocations for this year:
- $1000 to each team for whatever they wanted to spend it on (travel expenses, practice jerseys, etc.);
- Annual Alumni event food and drink;
- Subsidize annual end of the season banquet for all three teams w/HHA pins for graduating seniors;
- Hold a bantam tourney at the outset of the next season to showcase Hill hockey.
- FastHockey implemented as a prototype and deemed successful despite less than perfect wireless signal.
- Nominating Committee Report presented by Tom Dillon '71:
Paul Oberbeck '80 as new HHA president
Nate Yinger '05 as VP Media
Bill Thomas '80 VP
Rob Isham '70 VP
Joining Tom Dillon '71 and Don Lewis '71 as existing VPs
New Board members added:
Peter Drennan '__
Mike Qwelchik '__
Sandy Sanders '__ - Rob Isham presented Nate Yinger '05 with Vol. 1 of Willis Pierre's History of the Hill for his hard work in filming games on FastHockey and for his enormous contribution in assembling team photos and data for the website. Peter Drennan '76 was presented with Vol. 2 for coming the farthest for the event. The gentlemen were asked to exchange the 2 volumes next year if they actually read them.
- There were no questions, no old business and no new business worth pursuing and everyone who came received a Hill Hockey hat.
- The meeting was adjourned until next year
Game Photos Added to Gallery Weekly
photo by Rich Buser
Local Pottstown resident, avid photographer and hockey enthusiast Rich Buser has been taking and posting excellent action shots of many of the home games of all the Hill hockey teams in our online Gallery. Please check them out and shoot Rich an email thank you via HHA@hillhockeyassociation.com
It's FASTHockey Time! Hill School Hockey Games Live and Archived!
It''s time, the season is underway. It's live or digitally recorded for your convenience. Hill School Hockey games, both Boys and Girls, are now on the web, captured by our HHA team on campus. Led by Nate Yinger '05 and supported by Mark Ruskin's innovative team at FASTHockey, these games are available for a small fee and bring you the excitement of watching the Blues crash and shoot and skate against the best competition in prep school hockey.
Welcome parents, fans, coaches and especially all Hill Hockey Alumni and HHA members!!
Click on the Fast Hockey logo and take a spin.
Our thanks to the staff at Hill and everyone else who helped us make Hill games on FASTHockey a reality.
Hats Off to Nate Yinger '05
Nate Yinger '05 spent a major part of his summer at Hill going through all the old Dials and the entire archive of Hill Hockey. He took hundreds of pictures and did hundreds of scans. The result is our impressive Team Photos section of the Photo Gallery.
In Nate's words:
"It was pretty awesome taking a walk back through time and seeing the past of Hill Hockey. It's pretty amazing how some things, such as the schedule, have changed over the years... but other things like fan support have been consistent (and very strong I might add -- the picture of the rowdies in 1986 is unreal). It was especially interesting looking at the Dials from the early 20th century and reading their recaps. They were complaining about bad ice even back then! It was a bit of work but well worth it. In fact it was blast looking through all the pictures."
Raised in York, PA, Nate played Varsity Soccer, Hockey and Track and Field (co-captain) at Hill. He also served as a prefect and was a Big Brother in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters Program. After graduating in 2005, Nate attended Lebanon Valley College where he earned a BA in English Communications. He was a four year member of their Track and Field Team, managed their soccer team his senior year, and worked as a sports reporter for the school's newspaper.
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