President's Message

To the CDMHA Membership

Welcome to the 2009 – 2010 hockey season.

It is my pleasure to welcome you to CDMHA. Having the support of you and my fellow members of the Executive is both reassuring and essential in order to ensure that the CDMHA functions as we would like it to.  

As President of CDMHA, I want to assure you that I take this responsibility to heart and pledge to work closely with you to guarantee that all of our young hockey players will have the opportunity to play, to enjoy and to grow in a safe environment.

Hockey should be fun.

It is our responsibility as parents and volunteers to make sure that the kids have fun.

Hockey should be safe.

Children should not be afraid in hockey and they should be safeguarded against those people who would compromise their fun in any way.

Hockey should be a place to grow.

Players should learn valuable life experiences, make lasting friendships, and collect cherished childhood memories that will last a lifetime.

Respect is an essential element required for all of this to happen. There needs to be the utmost respect amongst the players, coaches, referees, parents and last but not least, the many behind the scenes volunteers.

Seeing hockey through a child’s eyes should keep us all on the right track.

This upcoming year we will once again have many goals and challenges.

These include…..

• We are always striving to improve how we do things within CDMHA. I would like to host one or two Open Forum sessions during the year to both solicit and to hear your comments on whatever is relevant at the time.

• I would like to see more clinics offered to both our players and coaches. By providing more ice, guidance and leadership we can offer more consistency in our programs and this will lead to more enjoyment from the game itself and better results.

• We would like to emphasize during the upcoming year the overall decorum of our players, coaches, parents and even referees. How we react to situations and understand the consequences especially of on ice situations will go along way to having an even better product on and off the ice. By encouraging proper on ice etiquette and enforcing penalties at the outset of the season for any violations will lead to more consistent and equitable hockey program.

These are just some of the goals we have for the upcoming season.

In conclusion the 2009 – 2010 season is going to be an exciting year with some big challenges ahead for us as always. With your help CDMHA will be able to offer to our members an association that you will continue to be very proud of. I want all of us from within the CDMHA to be proud of who we are and where we come from. Thank you for all of your help.

Yours truly,

Scott Brownell

President Caledonia Minor Hockey Association