Lake Erie Panthers Hockey

Hello, Hockey Families -

Thank you and congratulations again to our players, coaches and families on a successful season! The Pepsi Hockey Invitational Tournament in Buffalo this past weekend was a well run event and rewarding experience with great competition. Congratulations to all our teams, who played exceptional all weekend. Our Squirts and Pee Wees made it to the Finals in their respective divisions before coming up short in the championship games. A huge congratulations to our Bantam players, coaches and families who are the 2016 Pepsi Hockey Invitational Bantam Atlantic Champions with a 6-0 drubbing of the Manvers, Ontario Mustangs in the Final. We are extremely proud of the Bantams accomplishments at the event and all season. Great finish to your season with three tournament wins in total. 

On behalf of all board members, please know all of us learned a lot this season, are proud of our program and intend to make our hockey club stronger than ever.

On that note, I want to let you know the board's proposed initiative to update our program's name and brand to the Lake Erie Panthers Hockey Club overwhelmingly passed 51 (for) to 16 (against). Thank you to all those who took the time to vote.

While many are excited about our club's future, we recognize others feel differently. Please know the board plans to discuss a couple of ideas brought to our attention to recognize and keep our Euclid heritage strong, and more details will follow. We also plan to refine and finalize the club logo and colors soon.

Finally, Rick Kish and Mark Garner are finalizing tryout dates for next month, and we will update you soon. Until then, we hope all of the kids have a good spring break, and we will see you soon.

Thank you,
Chuck Langal
 

Tryout Dates for 2016-17 Teams

The Lake Erie Panthers are pleased to announce their Spring of 2016 Skills Assessments and Tryouts for the Mites, Squirts, and PW teams 2016-17 season.  All sessions will take place at the Gilmour Academy ice Arena.  Our plans for the 2016-17 season will most likely include 3-4 Mite teams, 2 Squirt Teams, and 2 Peewee level teams.  Our Bantam plans were released a few days back and include a joint venture/partnership with the Cleveland Heights Hockey program.   A non-refundable commitment fee of $75.00 is due at the first tryout session and covers all three sessions.

This commitment fee will be applied to your child's fees if the child remains with EYHA for the 2016-17 season.

Dates and Times for all levels are as follows…

Mite Assessment and Evaluation Sessions (Birth Years 2008-2011)Saturday, April 30, 2016 from 1:10 PM - 2:10 PM
Sunday, May 1, 2016 from 4:20 PM - 5:20 PM

Division Head Coach: Mark Gartner

Squirt Tryouts and Evaluation Sessions (Birth Years 2006-07)Monday, April 18, 2016 from 7:20 PM - 8:20 PM
Sunday, April 24, 2016 from 6:50 PM - 7:50 PM
Friday, April 29, 2016 from 7:20 PM - 8:20 PM

Division Head Coach: Nate Kallay

Peewee Tryouts and Evaluation Sessions (Birth Years 2004-05)Thursday, April 21, 2016 from 8:10 PM - 9:10 PM
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 from 8:10 PM - 9:10 PM
Sunday, May 1, 2016 from 6:50 PM - 7:50 PM

Division Head Coach: Mike Delaney

To register for the tryouts please go to https://form . jotform . com/60896298643169.

Players are encourage to attend as many sessions as possible.  For Squirt and PW it is highly recommended that players attend a minimum of 2 or the 3 sessions.   For Mites it is recommended that players attend at least 1 of the sessions.  We did try and stagger the times and dates so that these sessions would be less likely to interview with Spring and Summer sporting events.

Gilmour Academy Ice Arena is located at 34001 Cedar Road Gates Mills, OH 44040.

For additional questions and/or concerns please contact your individual age group division coach (above) or  Rick Kish, LEP Hockey Director via email at rick.kish@eyha.net or phone at 216.392.2425.  If players are not able to attend a session or sessions it is recommended that you let the division head coach.

Thanks for your interest in the Lake Erie Panthers hockey program.  We look forward to seeing you (back on the ice) soon.

Best Regards,

Rick Kish

Mark Gartner

Bantam 2016-17 Tryout Announcement

2016-17 Bantam Players and Parents:

It is with great pleasure that we announce that the Cleveland Heights Youth Hockey Program and Euclid Youth Hockey Association are proud to announce that they have formed a partnership and will be working together on the formation of teams at the bantam level for the 2016-17 season.  Expected levels for 2016-17 will include a 2002 Bantam Major and 2003 Bantam Minor Teams who will participate at both the CSHL and a competitive tournament division levels and a combined 2002-03 team (or teams) that will participate in the CSHL and additional tournaments.

While there were many reasons for both Euclid and Cleveland Heights to work together on this partnership, three primary factors were key to EHYA in moving forward with this partnership:  (1) Insuring that all of our players would have the opportunity to play at levels that would best prepare them for hockey beyond the Bantams; (2) age level appropriate and adequate team sizes for the safety of our players; and (3) a combined and collective vision of player development that should meet and/or exceed any other programs in the Cleveland area. While other programs are being devastated by new teams and groups taking away players, this partnership will provide players from both organizations the opportunity to remain with their friends while also providing them stability and high-level training.  As part of the program our players will have the opportunity to work with goalie coaches Jim Keserich and former NHL goalie  Damian Rhodes, skills programs that will include Russ Sinkewich of the Ohio Hockey Project and power skating with the well renowned and successful Chip Rossbach.

Expected cost for the teams will be approximately $ 1,000 for the season, which includes league fees, tournament entry fees and jerseys and socks.

To help with this transition and to give players the opportunity to meet we will be holding 3 on 3 on-ice events at Cleveland Heights Recreation Pavilion on the following dates...

     Saturday, March 26th from 4:45 - 6:00 PM at
     Saturday, April 2, 2016 from 7:15 PM - 8:30 PM

In addition, we will hold a Parent informational meeting before the 3 on 3 on-ice event on 4/2 at 6:30pm at the Cleveland Heights Recreation Pavilion.  Please plan to attend on the following dates for all those players who are interested and would like to find out additional information.

Tryouts for the 2016-17 Teams will be held on the following dates

     Saturday, April 9, 2016 from 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
     Tuesday, April 12, 2016 from 8:45 PM - 9:45 PM
     Thursday, April 14, 2016 from 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

A non-refundable tryout of $75 is due at the first tryout session.

Coaches from both Cleveland Heights and Euclid will be working together on this partnership including, Mike Baumann, Pat Baumann, Bob Kehres, Jim Kehres, Ted Kohanski, and Rick Kish.  Other coaches may be added to the program as needed.

For additional information on these teams or if you have questions please feel free to contact Pat Bauman 216-970-2606 (coach_pat@roadrunner.com) and/or Rick Kish at 216-392-2425 (rick.kish@eyha.net)