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2019-20 Community Pride

WHL Bantam Draft 2020

Congratulations to Zach Zahara and Ethan Neutens of the Airdrie U15 Bantam AAA Xtreme team on being selected in the WHL Bantam Draft.Medicine Hat Tigers selected Zach and Kelowna Rockets selected Ethan.AMHA is proud of your achievements!

AMHA Initiation Blue 5- The Guardians Donate $1,000.00 to the Airdrie Food Bank Initiation Blue 5 - The Guardians, unanimously decided to donate a $1,000.00 of their teams left over funds to the Airdrie Food Bank when their season was abruptly cut short due to the Covid 19 pandemic. AMHA is extremely proud of your generosity!	Atom City Blue 3 Donates to Airdrie Food Bank Big THANK YOU to our Atom City Blue 3 - Penguins who donated their left over team funds, $500.00, to the Airdrie Food Bank who in these unprecedented times are in need of food or donations. Your generosity is AMAZING! https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/hampers-food-covid-airdrie-food-bank-demand-1.5510439 This story was followed up by Discover Airdrie, see the link below https://discoverairdrie.com/local/airdrie-atom-hockey-team-donates-500-in-unused-funds-to-airdrie-food-bank
Atom Tier 1 Cheering on Atom Tier 2 during playoffs	Atom Tier 2 Red The Ambassador of Alberta Sport, wrestler Erica Wiebe spent time with the Atom Tier 2 Red team. The team enjoyed a wrestling session and listened to an inspirational talk from Erica.
Bantam AA team with players of the Winnipeg Ice - WHL While in Red Deer for a Playoff game, the Bantam AA team met and shared a photo with the WHL team, the Winnipeg Ice	Atom Tier 2 Red - Alberta Winter Games February 2020 AMHA Atom Tier 2 Red were busying this past weekend helping out in the Food Centre at the Alberta Winter Games
Teams Supporting Teams Bantam supporting and encouraging Pee Wee An AMHA Bantam team finished their game and stayed to show support and encouragement to the Pee Wee tier 4 team at their game. This is who we are, kids supporting kids, one big family!	CHRISTMAS IS THE TIME FOR GIVING - AMHA TEAMS SHARING THEIR GENEROUS DEEDS AMHA Bantam Female team filled and wrapped 15 boxes to send overseas to Military members who will not be able to make it home for Christmas this year. Way to go ladies, your generosity is sure to brighten their Christmas Day.
The Female Atom and Midget teams were able to have 808 turkeys purchased and donated to the Airdrie Food Bank this holiday season!	Airdrie Mayor Peter Brown attended the girls Turkey Bowl game on December 16, 2019 and congratulated the young ladies on their successful fundraiser
Christmas is the time for giving and our Atom Tier 2 Red team were busy shopping for pillows to donate to to the Airdrie Lioness Club. AMHA is proud of these young athletes on and off the ice.	Tis the Season for Giving - Female Pee Wee B donated their time filling back packs for the Stephen's Backpacks Society for Children In Need. Great work ladies.
Atom Tier 1 team purchased $780 worth of groceries for the Davis ‘Fill the truck’event supporting the Airdrie Food Bank! Thank you to the teams generous sponsors; Ashton Luxury Living, Granite Gallery, Airdrie Davis Chevrolet and Save On Foods!	Congratulations to our Bantam Division for a very successful Lioness Food Hamper Program. Special thank you to Bantam Tier 4 who assisted the Midget Division in filling their box. Atom Division takes 3rd this year.
Pee Wee Tier 4 with Care Packages for the less fortunate this holiday season. Way to go boys!	Atom Tier 1 team purchased $780 worth of groceries for the Davis ‘Fill the truck’event supporting the Airdrie Food Bank! Thank you to the teams generous sponsors; Ashton Luxury Living, Granite Gallery, Airdrie Davis Chevrolet and Save On Foods!
CONGRATULATIONS AMHA would like to Congratulate some of our outstanding young athletes for being nominated as Awesome Airdrie Kids. Autumn Wickens Chase Strang Chelsea Coates Dominic Obermeier Kingsen Kelly Ty Davis You can read the children's nominations at https://airdrielife.com/citylife/meet-the-awesomes/ We are proud of each one of you!	Atom Sharks - 500 Shot Challenge Atom Sharks working hard. Players participated in a 500 shot challenge to encourage them to practice their shooting at home, if possible. Atom Sharks - Shooting and Stride Strengthening Drills Atom Sharks working hard Players working on shooting the puck harder with better form and stride strengthening drills.
Happy Halloween 2019 - Nolan - Atom Tier 3	CFR Bisons AAA & Global Sport Academy - On Ice Session - October 31, 2019

2018-19 AMHA Events in Airdrie

This year brings a lot of changes to the organization with a focus on building a stronger hockey community and culture in Airdrie. Our goal is to have our teams and members more involved and visibly active within our great city through events and activities. In doing this, AMHA will achieve its goal of creating strong, community-minded leaders through our hockey players, and support and build long-lasting connections with local businesses.

To all our teams who take the time to volunteer, donate and be leaders in our community - THANK YOU.

First Shift

In 2019 Airdrie Minor Hockey had the opportunity to host the Canadian Tire and Bauer ‘First Shift Program.” This program offered a low commitment, affordable and fun introduction to Hockey for children aged 6-12 who had never played hockey before or never skated. The program was run by AMHA’s PeeWee AA coach Spencer Barlow, who was joined by several AMHA coaches from different levels and backgrounds. The coaches were joined by two AMHA athletes.
The participants took part in a Welcome Event that included professional fitting and distribution of all of their necessary hockey gear. This was followed by six weeks of one-hour on-ice-sessions. The sessions allowed athletes an opportunity to try out Canada's game in a fun, safe environment. The emphasis on fun and skill-development was very apparent in the sessions with many parents and athletes commenting on what an amazing program it was.
Thank you to coaches Spencer Barlow, Zoey Crispens, Stephen Seekings, Sean Hunter, Mike Street, Mason Macleod, Clinton Ziemer, Jeremy Walker, Jared Brookshaw and Jamie Tittemore for making the program a huge success and igniting a passion in the next generation of athletes. Click here to view the album.

Team India

In November of 2018, AMHA had the opportunity to host Team India Women’s National Ice Hockey team for a series of player and coach development camps. This came as part of AMHA’s organizational restructuring, to ensure more community involvement - both where we live and within our Hockey community.
The team relies solely on fundraising efforts of their own to travel for development camps, tournaments, and events. Although men’s ice hockey has been played in India since 1989, the team only played their first game in 2016. They relied solely on second-hand equipment from the men's team, and donations from fellow hockey
countries like Canada. However, their dedication and passion for the sport have begun to garner them global attention after winning their first ever international match in 2017 at the Challenge Cup of Asia.
Team India had the incredible opportunity to play AMHA’s own Bantam ‘B’ Rockies Team and Midget ‘B’ Rockies team. Team India overcame the AMHA Rockies female bantam team 5-1 in its first win ever on Canadian soil, before losing 3-1 to the Rockies midget team the following night. Click here to view the album.

Atom Tier 3 team adopted a family and delivered the gifts and hamper goods tonight after practice. The boys did all the shopping and delivered 5 boxes to the Lionesses Christmas Hamper Program.

The 3rd Annual Turkey Bowl was a huge success in 2018! Between the Female Atom A, Female Atom B, and Female Midget AA teams they donated 1015 turkeys to the Airdrie Food Bank. Over doubling their goal and raising the bar for years to come. This donation not only fed families in Airdrie but was also sent to rural communities across Alberta that had a shortage of turkeys over the holiday season.

With nearly 750 pounds of food donations and over $100 in cash collected on behalf of the Airdrie Food Bank, Airdrie Atom Travel T1 Red would like to thank the residents of the City of Airdrie and our AMHA family for the generous contributions!