On March 5-7 the EP Peewee A's won a place at State by beating Highland Central 6-1, Farmington 2-0 and Rochester 5-0. Congrats Peewee A's and Good Luck at State!!" 

At the 26^th Annual International Fargo Squirt Tournament, the Eden Prairie A Team stormed through the 64-team field to claim the championship.  In their six victories the young Eagles allowed only six goals.  This marks the 2^nd time Eden Prairie has won the prestigious tournament, which brings in some the of the strongest teams in Minnesota, along with several top U.S. travel teams.

On Friday, the Eagles brought home a 4-1 victory against Farmington followed by a 9-1 win against the Bismark Winterhawks.  Saturday morning, the Eagles wore down a Roseau team, 5-1, and earned a quarterfinal game against the Affton, Missouri Americans, defeating them 3-1. 

The toughest game lie ahead: a Sunday 7am tilt against a fast Lakeville South team.  South scored first, but the Eagles tied it up.  The game was back and forth until, in the second OT, the game was won, 2-1, in quite possibly the most exciting game of the weekend.

The championship was set against St. Michael Albertville.  Eden Prairie continued their impressive defensive performance, holding the Knights to 1 goal, and winning 3-1.

The Jr Gold “B” Black won the Somerset Tournament championship in overtime 4-3 against a very strong Thunder Bay team. The team also took second in the Crow River Tournament in January.

Congratulations to the Squirt C Red team for taking First place in the EP Prairie Madness tournament the weekend of February 19-21st.  They defeated Hopkins (7-0) and then went on to play the Canadians from Current River and won (3-1).  Their last battle was a very hard and evenly fought game against the other EP Squirt C Black team.  The game went into overtime and ended with a score of EP Red 3 and EP Black 2.  Great teamwork!! 

Congratulations to the following newly elected 2010 EPHA board members:

Chris Blackowiak

Todd Cocallas

Barrie Jacobson

Ryan Langseth

Julie Maruska

Thank you to all the candidates and EPHA membership for the strong and continued support!!

A special thanks to outgoing Board Member Tim Guilfoil for his contributions, dedication, and extraordinary amount of time given to the Eden Prairie Hockey Association.  Thanks, Guilly!

Congratulations to the EPHA Raffle Winners!  Winners will be contacted and arrangements made for payment.

Grand Prize Winner - $7,500 5th Place Winners- $100 each 

Jackie DeZellar Shannah Peterson

2nd Place Winner - $2,500  Dunbar Family

Tim Piechowski  Mike Wagner

3rd Place Winners- $1,000 each          Tim & Michelle Amelse

Cindy Mill Hannah Riggs

Chris Allen Vicki Vande Woude

Dave & Kirsten Kimball  Linda Pollock

4th Place Winners - $500 each        Phil Johnson

Susan Minnich Sandy McMahon

Mark Miller Lonnie Florek

Gina Theilmann

Dave & Kirsten Kimball 

EPHA board is pleased to announce the following members as board
nominees.  Please click on each name to read each candidates Bio:

Chris Blackowiak
Todd Cocallas
John Hicks
Barrie Jacobson
Ryan Langseth
Julie Maruska
Nick Rogge


Elections will be held March 1st at EPCC.  Voting will be open from
7-9pm. 

After February 15th, an Association member may request, in writing, a
numbered absentee ballot from the Secretary. The absentee ballot must be
returned to the Secretary by seven days prior to the date of elections.
The election will be administered and monitored by a committee comprising
current Officers of the Association not seeking reelection to the board,
and any other Association members appointed to the committee by the
Association President.

Congratulations to the PWCred team for taking first at the Breezy Point tourney the weekend of February 12-14.  They had strong wins with games against  Rosemount ( 7-0), a hard fought win against White Bear Lake (4-3) and finally Highland Central (5-2).

WAY TO GO BOYS!!!!!

Winter Session Rookie Camp.......Groups and Times

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Congratulations to the Eden Prairie 12 UA  team who took 1st place in the Eden Prairie Winter Classic the weekend of January 22-24th.  On their way to victory they defeated Hastings 7-0, Woodbury 4-0 and Lakeville South 3-0 in the Championship game.  Congratulations girls!!! 

Congratulations to the Eden Prairie U12B Black team on a 3rd place victory at our home Winter Classic tournament last weekend, January 22-24!  After a whopping victory over Hopkins in the 1st game (6-0), a tough loss to Woodbury in the 2nd game (2-4), we came back to beat Osseo/Maple Grove for the 3rd place win 7-4 (this game was closer than it looks; our win includes 2 goals on an open net in the last minute of the game!)

Congratulations to the EP Girls U12B Black team for winning the Chaska Brick City Classic Tournament Championship over the weekend of January 15-17, 2010.  In its first game, EP defeated a tough Waconia team 3-2 after two overtimes and a shootout.  EP then beat Mound Westonka 3 – 1 to set up the championship game against a strongSpring Lake Park team.  EP was leading 3-0 going into the third period and held off Spring Lake Park’s comeback attempt to win 3-2!  It was a strong effort all weekend by team members.

Thanks to all those who made the first ever hockey night in Eden Prairie a great success!  A fun time was had by all, and the weather was perfect!

To view Hockey Night pictures and upload your own, click here 

The annual membership meeting to elect board members will be held at the

March 1^st Board meeting. The meeting date will be set by the Board so as to

not interfere with the Eden Prairie Public Schools vacation schedules. 

Association members seeking election to the board must notify the Secretary,

in writing, of their intent to seek election by February 15th. Candidates are

encouraged to submit a position statement to the Secretary. The Secretary

will distribute, via the March Board Meeting, and a posting at the

Community Center and on the EPHA website, a list of candidates and the

materials they have submitted.

After February 15th, an Association member may request, in writing, a

numbered absentee ballot from the Secretary. The absentee ballot must be

returned to the Secretary by seven days prior to the date of elections. The

election will be administered and monitored by a committee comprising

current Officers of the Association not seeking reelection to the board, and

any other Association members appointed to the committee by the

Association President.

Any member of the EPHA aged 18 or older at the date of elections may cast

one ballot. Proxies are prohibited.

  Ballots will be accepted for up to one hour after the Annual Membership

Meeting is called to order.

  Board members must be members of the EPHA aged 18 or older and may

not concurrently hold any elected office that may cause a conflict of interest.

  Transition of the newly elected board members. There will be an additional

EPHA board meeting to be held after the March election meeting and before

the first April board meeting to determine new board positions for the next

board and familiarize new members with meeting procedures.

For more information contact:  Harry Lawrence @ secretary@ephockey.com

Stauber’s Goalcrease: EPHA has another season set with Goalcrease, however it is different than previous years. Each team will have 2 Stauber sessions assigned to its goalies. Both goalies will go to each session and teams that have only one goalie they can pair up with other teams in there level that have only one goalie. The goalies can schedule these sessions at anytime or the sessions can be scheduled during a practice and the coaches can run a practice with their skaters on skill specific development without their goalies. The EPHA website will have contact information for Stauber’s Goalcrease sessions or the parents can contact Stauber directly at 952.942.7001 orrstauber@goalcrease.com.

EPHA Goalie Instructor Bryan Schoen: EPHA has added a goalie instructor that will show up to 3 practices per team throughout the season. Bryan will schedule times with the coaches or the coaches can contact Bryan and set up times. The goalie instructor will not only help the goalies but will also help the coaches incorporate drills that aide the goalies in practice. The goalie instructor can give the coaches and goalies some exercises to complete before or after the main practice is over. The ideal situation is to schedule these 3 practices at the beginning, middle and toward the end of the season. You can contact Bryan at: schoen27@comcast.net

EPHA Development Clinics run by Player Development Coordinator, Ken Eddy. They are open to all kids registered on a Squirt/10U, Peewee/12U or Bantam/14U team in Eden Prairie. Please click on the link below for dates and times.

Development Clinics