Local hockey families band together for Haiti

The devastation of a magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Haiti hit home for one Arizona hockey family. Now, together with other members of its hockey community, it's leading an effort send supplies to the Caribbean country.

Maurice Dubuisson and his wife, both Haitian natives, lost 13 family members in the earthquake. When Joycelee Burke heard the news, she called him and immediately went over ways to help.

The VOSHA Lady Coyotes are bringing girls hockey to a whole new level

It's hard for Gayle Shalloo to believe that the VOSHA Lady Coyotes, the premier all-girls travel ice hockey program in Arizona, are just four years old.

"It's scary," she said. "We're going to have a bunch of former players next season who'll be going into their junior year playing in college."

Maybe time really does fly when you're having fun, and it's easy to have fun when you can see success straight ahead. And one would be hard-pressed to find any of the Lady Coyotes players, under the direction of Shalloo, assistant coach Jen Lipman and a host of dedicated volunteers, administrators and on-ice support, not having fun - not with the Lady Coyotes program on the fast track to becoming one of the nation's best all-girls hockey organizations.

CAHA bantam 95’s ring in New Year right

The CAHA Bantam 95's certainly got 2010 off on the right foot, winning its first two tournaments of the year, including the Coyote Cup in which the Jr. Coyotes skated to a perfect 5-0 mark while outscoring their opponents, 25-5.

"The boys played very well," said head coach Rick Tosto. "We were particularly proud of our entire team's defense play, which limited the number of opposing scoring opportunities throughout the tournament."

February issue of Arizona Rubber out now!

It's hard for Gayle Shalloo to believe that the VOSHA Lady Coyotes, the premier all-girls travel ice hockey program in Arizona, are just four years old.

"It's scary," she said. "We're going to have a bunch of former players next season who'll be going into their junior year playing in college."

There's much more in the VOSHA Lady Coyotes in this month's issue of Arizona Rubber, which is out now at local rinks.

Also inside February's issue: