Thank you to the Helena Bighorns and Blue Cross Blue Shield for donating $2,400 to Helena Area Youth Hockey!

President's Note

On behalf of the Helena Area Youth Hockey Association (HAYHA), I would like to welcome you to the 2019-20 Hockey Season. HAYHA is a non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to improving and expanding hockey in Helena and the surrounding communities. Our goal is to provide a quality youth hockey program where participants can acquire skills, learn teamwork, and have fun while interacting with appropriate adult role models in a safe and welcoming environment. HAYHA also seeks to promote good sportsmanship, positive behavior, and a healthy lifestyle for all its participants..Read More..

HAYHA is committed to providing young people the opportunity to have fun learning the skills of skating and the game of hockey while affording them a safe and fun environment to achieve their highest level of play. As a team sport, hockey affirms the importance of commitment, self-discipline, and sportsmanship among participants. The Helena Area Youth Hockey Association is committed to ensuring that all young people who participate in the Youth Hockey Program will develop skills and values which will have lifelong benefit to them and to society, including:

• development of the skills necessary to play ice hockey
• knowledge of the rules and strategies of the game
• knowledge of conditioning techniques that affect short and long term health and performance
• enjoyment and recreation
• commitment to teamwork
• good sportsmanship

The first year of Goalie Development has wrapped up with the final Monday morning practice on February 24, 2020.  We would like to give a big shout out to all the coaches that made this a great success, and we look forward to more goalie development in the next year.

The next scheduled board meeting is Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. upstairs at the Helena Ice Arena.  Members are welcome and encouraged to attend any and all board meetings.