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By now, many of you have heard about the terrible accident that happened to Norwood High School hockey player; Matt Brown.

Below is an update that was emailed to me concerning Matt and his teammate; Chris O’Brien by the District 3 Director; Ken Robinson. Chris O’Brien suffered a severe concussion, but is out of the hospital and back home. Please take a moment to read and send Matt and his family a message of support on the Facebook page listed below.

Thank You...Nick McCummings, Parkway Youth Hockey


Hello everyone,
I’m sure by this time you have all heard about the tragic injury that a Norwood High School player suffered during a game last Saturday. Six days have passed since Matt Brown was transported and admitted to Children’s Hospital after striking the end boards with the top of his helmet with just enough force to cause cervical vertebrae in his neck to fracture.  If you are familiar with Facebook then please take a few minutes and become a FAN of “Pray For Matt Brown # 3”

And if you would like to express your thoughts via the comment tab then please do so. As of a few minutes ago Matt was fast-approaching 14,000 fans from around the world.  Believe me… Mike and Sue Brown and their daughter (Matt’s sister) Kelley will need and can use all the support that is available from the extended hockey family that is out there; not only right now, but for a long time to come.

As I’ve said many times before at the beginning of each season it does not matter to me what town a player plays for, all the players are all of our kids, and we help out all of them just as if they are our own.  That may seem like a monumental task but many hands make lighter work.  The players seem to understand just that as evidenced by so many players from different High Schools attending the Mass for Matt at St.Catherine’s Church the other morning.  As we all know too well this sport of ice hockey has its’ inherent risks associated with it.  The question is how can we further make the sport safer for the participants so this tragedy Does not happen again.

And, as you may have heard, it DID happen again! To another high school player from the SAME High school team in that team’s very next game!  Fortunately Chris O’Brien was lucky enough to not get injured as severely as his teammate had Four days earlier. But Chris did suffer a severe concussion and was also transported here into Childrens Hospital. Chris was wearing a neck brace when I saw him yesterday and still had a Bad headache but was awake, alert, and aware of his surroundings and could communicate.

Hopefully the docs will let Chris go home where, I’m sure, the food is much better.  Matt will be here for awhile.  Nearly identical type of on-ice hockey occurrences resulting in very different outcomes.  For all of the great things that happens in youth sports, and in youth hockey specifically in no  Small part by many of you, it is the bad, tragic event that gets all the publicity.
Please take a moment and say a prayer for Matt and the Brown Family…. Miracles DO happen.

Thanks, Ken

    

Updated....1/25/2010

    

For the upcoming season, we plan to use the website to handle the regsitration and payments for all of our Travel team programs.  This will include Tryout registrations for all Travel teams that will take place in the month of March.

Based on this, we would appreciate it if you would make sure that you are able to log into your family's existing account on the Parkway Youth Hockey website:

https://leagueathletics.com/Registration/Signin.asp?edit=1&n=27721&snid=308210061&org=parkwayyouthhockey.org

If you have forgotten your password, you can choose to have the system Email it to you.  If you still have a problem, please send an Email to and we will help.

Please note that final tuition payments for the 2009-2010 season are now due in full.  We have started to transfer outstanding balances to the website system so that they can be viewed and paid online via Mastercard or Visa.  Please email Nick Favorito at if you have any questions about any balance information that you see on the website.  Please note Parkway Youth Hockey does offer financial assistance and payment plans for tuition costs if it is needed.

    

Week 5(February 7, 2010)
Red vs. Green
Yellow vs. Black
Bye week: Blue, Orange

Week 6(February 14, 2010)
Red vs. Orange
Yellow vs. Green
Bye week: Blue, Black

Week 7 (February 21, 2010)
Blue vs. Orange
Black vs. Red
Bye week: Yellow, Green

Week 8(February 28, 2010)
Yellow vs. Blue
Green vs. Orange
Bye week: Red, Black

- All Games will be played half ice.
- All Games will be controlled by coaches.
- All shifts shall be approximately a minute and a half.
- Goalie rotation unless individual player consistently wants to play position and no other team mate wants to. On Saturday skill sessions coaches will identify goalies for Sunday games for individual instruction.

Bavis Tournament Information:
Saturday March 6th: 7am-11:50am
Sunday March 7th: 7am to 10:50am

    

The raffle tickets are $100 each.

Winner gets $10,000 / Parkway Youth Hockey gets $12,250

Better odds than Vegas - only 250 tickets will be sold!!

2nd Prize $1,000 / 3rd & 4th prizes $500 / 5th & 6th prizes $250

The winner will be drawn at a Cocktail Party Saturday February 27, 2010 7pm-12am.

    Sprinkler Fitters Local Union 550 Hall
    46 Rockland Street
    West Roxbury, MA

Tickets ($100 each) go on sale January 1, 2010. Once 250 tickets are sold, there are NO MORE.

For Tickets, contact: Darrin Greeley 617-594-3493, Nick McCummings 617-543-1433 or Bob Wall 617-962-0677.

This is a huge fund raising mechanism for PYH which allows us to keep the costs of the program down and purchase new equipment such as shirts and other gear.

    

Friday February 5 @ Roche Rink in West Roxbury
  5 pm Bruins vs Rangers
  6 pm Maple Leafs vs Caniens
Saturday February 6 Practice 1pm @ HydePark

Friday February 12 @ Roche Rink in West Roxbury
  5 pm Maple Leafs vs Bruins
  6 pm Rangers vs Canadiens
Saturday February 13 Practice 1pm @HydePark

Friday February 19 @ Roche Rink in West Roxbury
  5 pm Bruins vs Canadiens
  6 pm Rangers vs Maple Leafs
Saturday February 20 Practice 1pm @HydePark

Friday February 26 @ Roche Rink in West Roxbury
  5 pm Canadiens vs Rangers
  6 pm Maple Leafs vs Bruins
Saturday February 27 Practice 1pm @HydePark

Friday March 5 @ Roche Rink in West Roxbury
  5 pm Bruins vs Rangers
  6 pm Maple Leafs vs Caniens
Saturday March 6 Practice 1pm @ HydePark

Friday March 12 @ Roche Rink in West Roxbury
  5 pm Maple Leafs vs Bruins
  6 pm Rangers vs Canadiens
Saturday March 14 Practice 1pm @ HydePark

Friday March 19 @ Roche Rink in West Roxbury
  5 pm Bruins vs Canadiens
  6 pm Rangers vs Maple Leafs
Saturday March 20 NO PRACTICE

    

Through a partnership made possible by the Roche Family in the re-opening of the Jim Roche Community Ice Arena, the Roche Family Community Center along with Facility Management Corporation was able to give back to the community $20,500 of the rink's profits to skills clinics for Parkway Youth Hockey players.  Mayor Menino presented the check on behalf of the community center to Parkway Youth Hockey President Nick McCummings.

The donation will cover all costs associated with O’Sullivan Hockey Academy and ice rental fees for the next ten weeks of Skills Sessions. Based on the knowledge of this donation, the PYH Board of Directors was able to set player registration fees at a very reasonable level while offering exceptional coaching to all players. Parkway is proud to again offer among the most affordable hockey programs in the area due to generous donations from the Roche Center and our other sponsors.