I just rec'd an email from Betty T. I am just sick about the damage to the arena. If you need alumni help we can get it for you, So rebuilding can get done sooner. This how is goes when you finally have the building paid for or almost then something falls apart and in this case falls in. I am so sorry for the skaters and the Board and the workers. Jay let me know if I can do anything to help.

2008 Mike Thorson Alumni Tournament: Dec 26-28th

Friday Night - Alumni vs. Jr Gold
Sat, Sun - Alumni Tournament

Information about the tournament will be sent out shortly as we are soon approaching the hockey season. I hope that those that were not able to attend last year are able to this coming year. If you were here last year and would like to email me as if you will make it or not, that would be awesome and save me and you sending letters.

My email is kal.w.triplett@sendit.nodak.edu or triplett_19@hotmail.com

I am anxiously awaiting this years tourney as last year was a huge success.

Schedules are not in stone as of yet. We will be tweeking the number of games played down a bit so we arent too dead. All of that information will become available to you when finished.

Thank you, any questions or concerns, please contact me.

Kal Triplett

Our game scores from the state tourney as follows:
 
2/29 @ 11 am Rugby 5 Langdon 6 OT
3/1 @ 10:30 am Rugby 8 Fargo Flames 0
3/1 @ 8:30 pm Rugby 7 Richland Rangers 2
3/2 @ 8:30 am Rugby 5 Watford City 2

The boys played 3 games in 24 hours & won all three to become the 2008 Consolation champs!! Good Job Rugby Ice Hawks!!!!!!!!!!

Just wondering if Coach McClintock can put some stats and info about the Jr Gold tourney and the Ice Hawks. Thanks

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Congratulations to the Jr. Gold team, coaches and parents at the State Tourney you did a great job! The season is over, go thru withdrawals for weeks and then you will think about rink work and next season!HaHa
Congrats to the PeeWees and Squirts also. I try to keep track as best I can. Once an Icehawk always an IceHawk! GREAT JOB!

Oldtimer hockey has recently seen a huge reduction in numbers, so to help make it easier for people to attend we are trying to change the time that we skate. We are looking at 5pm till 7pm on Sunday evenings. Hopefully this will be a more attractive time frame for those who have to work early on Monday mornings. For a look at the new schedule please go to the rugbyicehawks.net/oldtimers/schedule page on our web site. Hope to get you guys off the couch and into your skates!!!! See you on the ice!

Walsh county is the cream of the crop in JG.

There is an adult mens hockey tournament coming up Feb 15-17 in Drayton ND. Limit to 8 teams (10 skaters and 1 goal per team). Cost is $100/team. There are hotels and about 5 places to eat right in Drayton. If you would like more info please call Jason @ 701-610-1884 anytime.

Anyone looking for information about the Rugby PeeWee Tournament can go to the PeeWee Tournament page on the web site to find links to a welcome letter,tournament rules, and a page for the brackets.
  www.rugbyicehawks.net/peewee/tourneys.htm

I got a chance to watch the Rugby Junior Gold team play the Fargo Flyers a couple of weeks ago and I was very impressed with the way they performed. The intentsity was great and it looks like the JG team will be a presence in the next couple of years at this level. If the Flyers are the cream of the JG in ND then Rugby has a chance for a great finish at the state level.

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Yo whAT up kal. Good job on the hockey. How is nedrose?

If anyone has any pics from the tourney, could you email them to me at triplett_19@hotmail.com....then i will forward them on to the players because i have been getting some requests. Thanks

Thanks a bunch Betty. Don't have a great deal of extra money,but will haVE some time to help the rink in any way I can. Lookin" at houses in Rugby now, and hope to visit this spring. The move will be the summer of 2010,maybe sonner. Thanks again,and any help or advice you might have about Rugby would help. I also love to hunt and fish,so need connections ther also. Just me and my "lab" moving so I won't need al lot of space. John

Betty,

We were going to be back but Peggy"s little guy was sick so that put a damper on the holidays. Then I got sick so it was not a good Christmas. But I will put the dates on the calender. See you the there

Wow what a GREAT weekend it was! It was such an honor to have this named after my husband and to have the nice ceremony in his honor. Having my kids help me drop the puck was a nice memory I will always cherish. Thanks Kal. It was so fun to watch my kids play against each other, watch all the players having fun playing the game they love even though we know they could hardly walk after each game. It was nice to see all the Cando players and seeing their reunion also. I will work on the dvd next week and get it available to you all if possible. I do love recording the games even though I get alittle wild with the camera sometimes. Thanks again all the workers, players, friends and family for the great weekend in Rugby Ice Hawk Arena! Lezlee, hockey mom forever x 3

Janice Mahle: where were you this past weekend? I never saw you. Better plan to be there next year - the dates are already set: Dec 27th & 28th!! Happy New Year everybody!!

 John O'Halon: The arena is not opened year round; sad to say, but if you have some extra money you can part with, you could help us cement the floor and upgrade the plant and then there would be ice 12 months a year - just a thought!! Yes, we have men that are close to your age, 57 ~ right filter?? - there are many more that are younger but there seems to be a good mix of ages. The 'mature' men play every Wed and Sun night for a couple hours. They are not in a league - they scrimmage just for the exercise and the love of the game. Hope this tidbit info helps you!!

Hey,Sabe, good job and you are not alone, today was my first ibuprofen free day. Lots of fun though--totally worth it!!!!

Thanks to all the alumni that came back and played - it was great!!

Thanks again to everyone invovled to make the alumni tourney happen. It was the best part of Christmas.. (p.s. im still sore!)

take care

It's 6:15am on the 21st of December. My kids and I have been counting down ever since Kal started this plan. Its like "coming home to the family...the hockey family" We have moved around so much in the past 4 years but Rugby will always be home to us. We are deeply honored to have the tourney named after Mike. He so loved to freeze his little ass in the penalty box even the last weeks of his life.
   It will be so fun to see everyone and hear about your lives, old times, and future plans. Oh how I do love to visit. I've got my Ice Hawk sweatshirt packed, the camcorder charged and ready, and will be on our way...oh yeah I forgot the hard part... getting the queen out of bed,packed,beautiful, etc. See you at the Arena! PS thanks for all the hard work you all put in for our fun! Hockey Mom X 3

Thinkin' of moving to Rugby. Is the arena open year round,and are there any really old folks like me who still play hockey( over 60)? Thanks

The game Friday evening will be between the Jr. Gold and who ever from the Alumni can make it. There will be admission charged. The charge will be $5 per adult, $2 per student/Seniors, preschool free. The admission will also get you a free BBQ, chips, lemonaide/coffee. Also the price of admission for the Saturday and Sunday games is $5.00 per person for each day all day. What a deal -

No Betty it was the Kitchens Best Group

Hey Hockey Fans,

I will be back that weekend for this fine time at the Rugby Hockey Arena.
Will share with you all about that famous goalie, Nathan. It will be good to see everyone again.

Ness: It must be Kuhnhenn-Bartsch-Garnas!!

WOW, here I am it is 2:00 am and I am at work not out and about ripping up the town. As I sit at me desk trying to figure out why in the world would I want to put skates on and go chase a little black puck around and be stiff and sore for about 4 weeks is beyond me, I guess you could say I love the game and miss it so much. This touney will be a blast, Hey Ness and Filter I found out in my age that there is a new way to use WINDSOR it is called Windsor Pilates you guys need to try it out. My most favorite times in Ice Hawk history have to be:
1.Kal Trplett breaking my cup during a slap shot incident in a Jr. Gold game. You should have seen the look on Filters face.
2. The time when I dumped Robin Ness just passed the blue line (WOW) you should have seen the look on my face.
3. Does the Al Wentz Arena have heat yet? Cold Days and Nights
4. Coaching all of the great kids what a blast.
5. The smell of the Jr. Gold locker room and how the smell drifted up into the ref's room, and the music (Oh My) can the please turn that stuff down.
Hope to spend time and see you all there. I know I put my skates and stuff somewhere, I will start looking. Ness do you think you can take a little off the edges but not to much..
Eric

For information on teams and game times for the 1st Annual Mike Thorson Alumni Tournament, please visit the Oldtimers Tournament page on the Web Site.
Thank You

Betty

I still have a headache from the tourney in 2001. Looking forward to going back to Rugby for the Alumni Tourney. See you guys then.

5 no 6 Ice Hawk Memories:
1. Lois Chandler, Becky Bartsch and myself sitting in the concession area watching the zam go by!! (you had to be there to understand)
2. Painting 4' x 8' advertising signs using the overhead projector!!
3. Every charter bus trip we took to Crosby, Sidney & Watford City - they were awesome.
4. Celebrating in the motel with the Jr. Gold team & parents and the PW team & parents at the 2001 state tournament in Fargo - that's when we really got to know Blair!!
5. Watching Jason, Kal and Kurt play their last game as an Ice Hawk.
6. From Minot to Crosby to Watford City to Dickinson to Fargo to Grand Forks & Grafton, all the friendships that I have made because my boys played the coolest game on earth has been 'priceless'!!

I just touched the surface.....

I recently sent out an email to all team members on game times and teams. If you did not get this email and are still unsure when you play. Email me @ triplett_19@hotmail.com or call 208-0659. Thanks.

Top 5 Hockey memories:
1. Sr Year 2000-2001
2. State Jr gold in Rugby - 1999 3rd place finish
3. 1st year of Squirts - Winning the Minot League
4. 2nd year of Squirts - Winning every dam tournament we entered
5. Night after my last game in the hotel with coaches and parents.


Lets hears some others

Special Invitation to All Rugby Ice Hawk Alumni - Family - Friends

Dinner/Social at the Rugby Eagles Saturday night December 22. The meal will be prepared by Theresa Wangler. It is roast beef, mashed potatoes/gravy, salad, etc. and of course scotch-a-roo bars!! The meal will be served from 6-10pm. Tell all your friends and family. Bring pictures, scrapebooks, videos - anything you want to share and talk about the good ol' hockey days at RAHA.

See ya' there!

I remember the KBG of the Rugby Hockey Asso. see if any one else does.

Thanks Mike for getting this going - I too hope to see a lot of chatter between the past and the present Ice Hawk fans. I keep running into people that are really excited about the upcoming alumni tournament and also getting to watch the jr. gold of the past playing the jr. gold of the present. Help is still needed for the tournament, so please think about signing up to keep score, announce, zam, work in the kitchen, help at the front door and help keep the arena clean. Contact me at bkktkriplett@yahoo.com or btriplett@ramseybank.com to volunteer!!

OK Rugby Ice Hawk fans, lets hear it from you!!! I want to hear from past and present fans, players, parents, and anyone connected to our fine club.
I want hear about your pride in your team, things that have happeneded in the past, or anything of interest to the rest of us. Always remember that this is a family forum, so lets keep it appropriate!!!

Lets have fun with this.

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