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Ames Minor Hockey Peewees and Bantams and Chinese National Peewee and Bantams following a game at the2010 Cyclone Summer Hockey School in Ames.
 FALL FACE OFF SCHEDULED:(Please note date and time change)
The Ames Minor Hockey Fall Face Off has been scheduled for October 10th at 11am with Open Skate taking place between 6:30 and 8pm. More information is coming soon!
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GOLF OUTING RESCHEDULED:
The Ames Minor Hockey and Alumni Golf Outing has been rescheduled for Saturday August 28th. More details are coming soon!
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2011 Hockey Unlimited Banquet and Gala Announced:
A new event for Ames Minor Hockey is coming in 2011, as the Hockey Unlimited will kick off for the first time ever as part of the AMHA Alumni Golf Outing weekend. Both events to be held the weekend of June 3rd and 4th, 2011 will headline as the major fundraising events for AMHA. The golf outing will take place on Friday June 3rd with the Hockey Unlimited Banquet and Gala taking place on Saturday June 4th starting at 6pm.
The Hockey Unlimted Banquet and Gala is a formal banquet complete with a social hour, dinner, dancing and live and silent auctions. The committee is currently putting the event together and will release more information as the year goes on. We hope to see everyone at both events!
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The Ames and Sioux Falls/Sioux City Community, as well as the hockey community lost a special person on June23rd, as Sioux Falls High School Coach and former Iowa State and Ames Hockey player TJ Riensch suddenly passed away. TJ's family was actively involved in the Ames Hockey community until they relocated to Sioux City Iowa. The Ames Hockey Family will be honoring TJ in numerous ways in 2010-2011 and beyond. The details regarding TJ's passing are below. We extend our heart felt sympathies to TJ's wife Laura and his parents and all of his extended family.
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Thomas J. Reinsch known by all as (TJ), passed away unexpectedly early
Wed. morning at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. TJ was first
a father and husband to a loving wife Laura, and two wonderful children
Olivia (6) and Thomas J (Jack) (3). He shared with the rest of our
community his love and passion for the game of hockey. Serving in
various positions in the Sioux Falls Youth Hockey Association (SFYHA) he
was most widely known for his coaching abilities. His instruction was
and will continue to be integral in shaping young players into becoming
better by the challenges he set forth.
He offered his talents to the South Dakota State Amateur Hockey
Association and served as assistant coach for the National U14 team and
was currently working with the U16 team for the 2011 year. This year
alone, in our association, he served on the SFYHA Board of Directors and
was recognized as "Director of Coaches" He also coached the Sioux Falls
Flyers in their "inaugural" year representing the Midwest High School
Hockey League where they finished the year as the only team in Midwest
history to be represented in the State Tournament in their "inaugural"
year.
In his day TJ was an avid hockey player whose talents took him into the
realm of the USHL playing briefly with the Sioux City Musketeers and
ultimately continuing his hockey talents with the Iowa State Cyclones in
Ames IA. He graduated from ISU with a degree in Business, worked various
jobs throughout his career that took him from San Jose, CA. to First
Premier Bank Systems in Sioux Falls, SD. He was most recently employed
by EMC in Omaha NE.
TJ was admitted last week to Sanford Medical Center where he was being
treated for a suspected auto-immune disorder (Thrombotic
Thrombocytopenic Purpura) a condition that involves an inability to form
platelets. Tragically, and with little warning, his body succumbed to
the disease and he passed away in the early morning hours of Wed. June
23, 2010.
We would like to honor his life, his family and his many years of hockey
involvement. We would love to hear memories and tributes to him and will
pass them on for our friend who is no longer with us, but whose memories
we will carry forever. We would like to ask you all to keep the family
in your prayers in this difficult time.
Tributes are being written on South Dakota Sports Talk at
http://sdsportstalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8818
We have all been blessed to have been part of his life. Our best to you
TJ, may your "new" hockey team welcome the wonderful person who was so
much a part of our lives.
Funeral Arrangements are being handled through Meyer Brothers, Funeral
Home in Sioux City IA. A preliminary date for the funeral ceremony will
be on Monday June 28th at 11:00 am at St. Boniface Church in Sioux City
IA. Attendees are asked to wear a hockey jersey in recognition of TJ's
love of the game. Further announcements will be made and confirmed as
available.
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Board Approves 2010-2011 Corporate Sponsorship Program
AMHA Board Members approved the 2009-2010 corporate sponsorship program during its April meeting. For more information please go to the Fundraising page to see a letter to parents and the corperate sponsorship program document.
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