Team Houston

AREA PLAYERS ADVANCE TO USA HOCKEY REGIONAL CAMP

The Houston Hitmen Junior Hockey Association recognizes the following Houston players who were selected to advance to the USA Hockey Rocky Mountain District Player Development Camp (RMD) this coming May at the Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, Utah (95/96/97), or at Western Regional Multi-District High Performance Boys Select 14 Camp at Colorado College in June (98).

We are also proud to announce that the following Hitmen player has been named to the 2012 edition of TEAM TEXAS and the USA Hockey sanctioned Americas High School Showcase. The Showcase, open to High School Juniors and Seniors, will be held in April of 2012 in Pittsburgh at the Island Sports Center (Robert Morris University).

John Hebrank

Congratulations to all our Hitmen Players!

Spring Clinic - 11^th Annual Elite Development Program

The Hitmen Junior Hockey Association's 2012 Elite Development Program is open to all players regardless of the association that you played for last season.

The Team Houston Spring Development Program is a series of clinics that focus on individual skills (power skating, stick handling, shooting, scoring strategies, body checking, and face offs), and team skills (offensive and defensive strategies, power plays, penalty killing and team building).

Our weekly clinics sessions are intense and our players and coaching staff work very hard. Our Clinics have been proven to not only improve our player’s skill level and speed of play, but also to improve their confidence. With proper skills and confidence, your player can succeed in any system.

This year’s six week program begins April 17^th and ends on May 24^th. Two sessions are held each week on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Time schedules have been posted under our spring clinic tab. You can also click here for the schedule.

In addition to our team of highly committed Hitmen instructors, our clinic coaching staff will include  former NHL Florida Panther player Joey Tetarenko, and our own Hitmen Alumni, and former AAA Honeybaked & AAA Little Caesars and Alberta Junior League All-Star Bobby Tyson. Click here for their bios.

Fee Structure:

$225 All Players - Squirts (03/02), Pee Wees (01/00) Bantams (99/98) & Midgets (97 -94)

$175 All Goalies - Squirts (03/02), Pee Wees (01/00) Bantams (99/98) & Midgets (97 -94)

How to Register:

You can register online buy clicking on the Spring Clinic Photo above, or RIGHT HERE. After registration, please proceed to the payment tab and make payment. 

Registration is limited and the clinics are filling up, so please register early. Acceptance to the program is based on a first come first served basis.

MIDGET MAJOR WINS 2011 FALL ROUND UP TOURNAMENT                                                               

The Hitmen Midget Major team won their second tournament of the year, capturing the Silver Division championship of the 2011 Fall Roundup over Thanksgiving weekend. The team continued the strong play it has exhibited throughout the regular season by going 2-0-1 in the round robin portion of the tournament before facing the Dallas Stars Selects in the championship game. The team controlled the play in the championship game but was unable to pull away from the Stars and found themselves in a 2-2 tie late in the game before Team Captain Mike Mirabella found the back of the net for the game winner.  

MIDGET MAJOR WINS LABOR DAY SHOOTOUT TOURNAMENT

The Hitmen Junior Hockey Association is pleased to announce the formation of the Team Houston Hockey Academy.

In partnership with Houston Indoor Sports, the Team Houston Academy has contracted the use of their state of the art In-Line Roller Hockey facility for supplemental summer and fall skill development.

The objective of the Academy is to leverage the overlapping benefits

of In-line hockey to improve conditioning, stick handling / puck control, passing, and play making skills in a non-checking environment. The Academy teams will use the facility for additional practice, intra-squad scrimmages, summer roller hockey tournament preparation, and to train for the regular season.

The program is being funded by the Hitmen Junior Hockey Association exclusively for the use of Hitmen Junior Hockey Association team members during the 2011 – 2012 season. Thanks to a generous sponsorship from the Association, the program is FREE for all Hitmen Junior Hockey Association players registered on one of the Association’s teams for the upcoming 2011-2012 season.

The Academy’s programs and schedules will be managed by a new board of advisors that includes Jeff Kittrell, Eric Walloga, and Bob Perugini. Practices begins the weekend of June 18-19

PROGRAM SUMMARY

• Conditioning, stick handling, playmaking skill development

• Focus is on high-tempo, lots of puck touches

• 90 minute Sessions, scheduled 1-2 times / wk

• Commencing Sat June 18th 8:30-10:00am

• Available to all Team Houston / Hitmen Teams

RINK 1

o Mini Iron-Man Tourney

o Randomly assigned teams 4 skaters + Goalie

o 12 min running-clock games, no substitutes

o All penalties result in a penalty shot