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MontanaThunderblades U16AA MontanaThunderblades U16AA Welcome Monday October 6Montana Thunderblades U16 AAAAA 94 2010 MONTANA AMATEUR HOCKEYASSOCIATION FESTIVALS Come join the fun! This is an invitation to The Montana Hockey Festival and is being sent to all boys & girls who are residents of Montana You must be registered with USA Hockey to be eligible for the Festival There are no limitations for participation at the Montana Festival as all players in their appropriate age groups are encouraged to attend We are having two festivals this year the girls in Bozeman on February 19 20 21 2010 and the boys in Helena on February 19 20 21 2010 In addition to players we are also inviting coaches to attend for the purpose of improving their coaching education experiences or watching the onice drills that the players will be participating in during the weekend Make new friends! The Montana Festival is put on by Montana Amateur Hockey Association (MAHA) and gives players in Montana a chance to compete and meet other players in their respective age groups from around the state The cost for participation at the festival is $10000 of which you receive a jersey and at least 5 hours of ice time with some very good instruction The onice personnel are experienced in conducting drills and scrimmages for the purpose of development and selection of players In addition there will be some office seminars and instruction in strength and conditioning for the offseason nutrition for the athlete and future opportunities in hockey Our evaluators are primarily hockey people from around the region that are not associated with local programs and have many years of hockey experience and are dedicated to the sport This year the purpose of the Montana Festival is for skill development coaching improvement and the selection of players to represent Montana at the Northern Plains District Development Camp Girls and Boys Selections for the Northern Plains District Camp (NPDC) will occur during this development camp weekend only Due to concerns about the costs incurred with travel to various venues and the NPDC from previous years there will be no other scheduled activities (ie tournaments) for select team players at this time Practices for those players selected may be held in April 2010 to prepare the players for the NPDC Following are the age groups invited to participate at the Festival Girls 9293 94 95 96 97 Birth YearsThe 1992 & 1997 Birth year players will be Development ONLY as they are not eligible to advance to the Northern Plains or National Camps Boys 93 94 95 96 97 Birth YearsThe 1997 Birth year players will be Development ONLY as they are not eligible to advance to the Northern Plains or National Camps Northern Plains Development Camp (NPDC) The NPDC District Camp this year will be one weekend for both the Girls...