HHHA NEWS

Come support the Colorado Outlaws Midget Major AAA for their first home game on Friday September 21st at 7:00PM as they take on the Pikes Peak Miners in an exhibition game.

The 2007/2008 Season Schedule for the Colorado Outlaws Midget Major AAA has been announced. See team page/schedule at www.coloradooutlaws.org for all game times and locations.

Sunday, August 05, 2007– The Hyland Hills Hockey Association and Colorado Outlaws have established an Affiliation Agreement with B&B Sports, LLC. As part of the agreement, the Junior team will play under the name of the Colorado Outlaws in the Western States Hockey League (WSHL) that was recently granted Junior A, Tier III status.

The Colorado Outlaws are the first Junior A team in the state of Colorado and is part of a growing expansion of Junior teams towards the western half of the U.S.A. The goals of the Colorado Outlaws Junior A team is to provide an opportunity for all Colorado hockey players to continue to develop and pursue their goals towards college and beyond. These goals are consistent with those established by the HHHA for the Colorado Outlaws AAA program and complete the development path from AA and AAA to Junior hockey.

Scott Sheehan, President of the HHHA said, “Colorado players are making Junior teams all over the country to include an unprecedented number going to the USHL and NAHL this past year. With 25-30 Colorado players playing Division I hockey and even more playing Division III and ACHA, we are clearly seeing the results of the combined efforts of the youth hockey organizations in Colorado. The timing is now for Junior hockey in Colorado and we believe the Outlaws are just the start for 2-3 teams in Colorado. We are very excited to be part of a team leading the way.”

The Colorado Outlaws Junior team will play and practice at a combination of rinks in the northern half of Colorado to include the Ice Centre at the Promenade. Other rinks include or potentially include Superior Ice, Greeley Ice Haus, and the APEX Ice Arena. Bruce Victor, of B&B Sports said, “We want to the Outlaws to be represented by the greatest number of Colorado players as possible, so we are working towards a schedule that allows are team to be seen by as many youth players as we can.”

The WSHL includes teams from Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arizona, California, Nevada and now Colorado. The Outlaws will play a 48 game schedule with 24 games in Colorado from September to March.

Jeremy Chatman, Head Coach for the Colorado Outlaws Junior A team, said, “We have been working for months to get ready for our inaugural season and I can’t wait to get started.” Chatman added, “There are a number of players with Junior ambitions, but are not ready or willing to leave Colorado for a variety of reasons to include attending Colorado colleges. The Outlaws give them an opportunity to pursue both ambitions. I can’t thank our ownership group of B&B Sports enough for making this possible for Colorado hockey players.”

The Outlaws will open the season as host to the San Antonio Diablos for a 3-game series at the Promenade on September 14, 7:00 PM, 9/15 at 3:45 PM and 9/16 at 12:15 PM.

About Hyland Hills Hockey Association -The Hyland Hills Jaguars and Colorado Outlaws are a recognized leader amongst the youth hockey organizations in Colorado and additionally recognized throughout the United States. With nearly 700 members, the HHHA offers the most complete set of programs for all ages from four to eighteen and skills for beginner, recreation, competitive and elite levels. The HHHA is a member of the Colorado Competitive Youth Hockey League (CCYHL) and Colorado Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) with teams competing towards League, State and National level championships. The Jaguars and Outlaws are home to the Ice Centre at the Promenade in Westminster, Colorado. For more information, please visit our websites at www.hhha.org and www.coloradooutlaws.org.

About B&B Sports, LLC -B&B Sports is a privately held organization established to help create, develop and promote Junior hockey in the state of Colorado.

The Hyland Hills Hockey Association is very proud to recognize the seven players who have been selected to the 2007-2008 Colorado Thunderbirds PeeWee AAA team. Those players are Brandon Brungard, Zach Carlson, Blake Couture, Will Graber, Andrew McLean, Dawson Pascale and Devon Pilkington.

The T-birds PeeWee AAA team is coached by Kent Murphy. The 2006-2007 team finished second at the USA Hockey National finals and Kent has a great history of getting his teams to perform at a higher level.

HHHA President, Scott Sheehan said, “having seven players selected to the AAA team in the same year is not only a tribute to these players and their families, but to the Hyland Hills hockey association and the coaches who have helped develop these players over the years.”

HHHA Hockey Director, Brian Sutton added, “I coached these kids and am very proud to see them get this opportunity to play AAA hockey”. Brian added, “This will also give another 7 Hyland Hills players at the PeeWee A level the opportunity to step up their game to the AA level”. PeeWee AA coach Mike Lemmon says, “We have a very strong group of PeeWee level players at Hyland and they all have the opportunity to play on the AA team. I am very excited to be coaching these kids.”

Best wishes to all seven players for the upcoming season and as you continue to develop as hockey players going forward. Great job boys!

The Hyland Hills Hockey Association offers its congratulations to Trevor Landgraff for being selected to the 2007-2008 Midget AAA u16 team. Trevor has played a number of years at the Hyland Hills Hockey Association and most recently for Brian Sutton on the Midget Minor AA team last year.

Trevor and his family recently suffered the loss of Trevor’s grandmother. HHHA President, Scott Sheehan added, "the Landgraff’s are a very close and very strong family and we know that Vicki would be very proud of Trevor and will be watching over him."

The Colorado Thunderbirds u16 AAA team is coached by Angelo Ricci.

Great job, Trevor!

The Hyland Hills Hockey Association is honored to announce that Jacob Sloat, Steven Quailer and Michael Sdao have been selected to play in the USHL, which is the top Junior program in the United States (classified Junior A, Tier I). Jacob will play for the Omaha Lancers, Steven is with the Sioux Falls Stampede and Michael will suit up for the Lincoln Stars for the upcoming 2007-2008 hockey season.

All three of these young men played for the Hyland Hills Jaguars and the Colorado Outlaws AAA teams. HHHA President, Scott Sheehan said, "these boys represent the very hope and dreams of many young players at Hyland Hills and all across Colorado. They are great examples of what you can achieve when you have the dedication to work hard, persevere, make sacrifices and even take some risks to reach your goals."

Great job men and keep taking it further!

The Hyland Hills Hockey Association is pleased to announce that our application to play Tier 1 Midget Major hockey for the 2007-2008 season has been approved by the CAHA Executive Board. Hyland Hills is excited about the opportunity that the Colorado Outlaws Midget Major AAA will provide for all Hyland Hills Hockey Association members and Northern Colorado Hockey players.

For those interested, more details regarding the Tier 1 program will be forthcoming over the coming weeks in order to properly prepare for the 2007-2008 season. We are confident that with the quality personnel that we have, Brian Sutton and Doug Smail, that we will be able to put together a quality program. Please be cognizant of the amount of time and effort required to put this program together. Please feel free to check the Hyland Hills website periodically as it will be a primary conduit of publishing information about the program as it becomes available.

Again, we are excited about the prospects of having the return of the Colorado Outlaws to AAA hockey and look forward to a successful 2007-2008 season.

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Members can submit receipts and ice bill to Joanne Schmidt at 1755 E. 96th Way, Thornton, CO 80229. When submitting receipts, please include a self addressed stamped envolope and please DO NOT SUBMIT receipts that exceed the amount in your account with the exception of ice bills. Please send any questions to Joanne at Colorado Youth Activies

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To get signed up look at the venue calandars on their respective websites or on the HHHA Calandar of Events page. Forward your availablilty to

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