Hey everyone!

The league that the Caps play in has mandated that all Sunday games start at 3 PM instead of 2 PM (unless ok’d by the visiting team).  This only impacts a few of our weeks, but there may be a few schedule changes throughout the season.  We’ll update you as we learn about them.  Aside from these two, the next Sunday home Caps game isn’t until December 1st.
As of now, here’s the schedule for this week’s practices and the first week of games (the 11/3 games may change if the visiting team approves of the 2 PM time)…

Sunday 10/27 (Practices)

Rink A

6:30 PM: Orange and Green (L2)

7:40 PM: Light Blue and Yellow (L2)

8:50 PM: Red and Blue (L2)

Rink B

5:00 PM: Black and Green (L1)

6:10 PM: Red and Orange (L1)

7:20 PM: Light Blue and Yellow (L1)

8:30 PM: Blue and White (L1)

Sunday 11/3 (Games)

Rink A

6:30 PM: Orange and Yellow (L2)

7:40 PM: Red and Light Blue (L2)

8:50 PM: Green and Blue (L2)

Rink B

5:00 PM: Light Blue and Red (L1)

6:10 PM: Black and Blue (L1)

7:20 PM: Yellow and Green (L1)

8:30 PM: Orange and White (L1) Couple of reminders:

• Please arrive at least 30 minutes prior to make sure you’re dressed in time to get on the ice.
• While on the ice, helmets MUST stay on at all times for safety and insurance reasons.
• Please mark yourself absent on the website if you’re going to miss.

Thank you all for your patience as we work through these growing pains. Can’t wait to see you all on the ice!
Tim(on behalf of HOps and the Board)

Congratulations to the winners of the first MGHA Preseason Spirit Tournament!

Goalies, volunteers, bakers, and dancers took the cake.

5,000 points to EVERY DANCE-OFF DANCER. This was a huge highlight and I hope we can collect the videos from our facebook group and share them on the website sometime soon.

Rainbow Kate Points

• Vern – Book Hockey: new player took the initiative to come find me!
  
• Alpha – Rink Rats: found me in Rink B!
  
• Pop Magic: Molly’s cartwheel high-five and Christina’s best hug of the night!
  
• Purgatory’s Peacemakers: coordinated team high-five train with introductions for the new people after, I am so proud of them.

Special shout out to the organizers, captains, and track leads for making this preseason fun and festivities happen this year. LOTS of time was spent and LOTS of spirit was exhibited.

The official team rosters for the 2019-2020 season!

These will be transferred into the teams/schedule portion of the website very soon, but until then see who’s on which team below.

L1 – Green Circle

L2 – Blue Square

Before we start playing games, however, we need some teams and we’re going to announce the 2019-2020 MGHA teams on Sunday!

Here’s the schedule for the night (sorry for the delay but we were confirming expanded ice times)…

Rink A:
5:00 PM – Lawn Dart All Stars vs Book Hockey
6:10 PM – Pop Magic vs Penalty Killaz
7:20 PM – Open Skate
8:00 PM – Team Reveal
8:50 PM – Rainbow Sprinkles vs Purgatory Peacemakers (Championship)

Rink B:
4:30 PM – Track One Scrimmage
5:40 PM – Track Two Scrimmage
6:50 PM – The Real Rink Rats of Madison vs Die Tarantel des Torontos

Once the second tournament game is over on Rink A, we’ll open the ice up to those who want to skate around. Let’s keep this to just skating without sticks and pucks since we only have thirty minutes or so.

We’re aiming to have everyone in the stands in Rink A right around 8 PM for the big reveal. In addition to revealing teams, we’ll also have some wonderful desserts to partake in while we hang out with our new teams and watch the championship tournament game!

Please try to be there Sunday to meet your team. If you can’t be there, that’s okay. We’ll post teams on the website on Monday or Tuesday (it takes a little time to get everything plugged in).

Here’s the schedule for 9/22:

Rink A:
Spirit Tournament (entire schedule here)
5:00 PM: Spirit Tournament – The Real Rink Rats of Madison v Lawn Dart All Stars
6:10 PM: Spirit Tournament – Rainbow Sprinkles v Pop Magic
7:20 PM: Spirit Tournament – Book Hockey v Die Tarantel des Torontos
8:30 PM: Spirit Tournament – Purgatory’s Peacemakers v Penalty Killaz

Rink B:
Clinics and Intro Scrimmages
4:30 PM: Beginner Clinic – Had Never Skated(Track 1)
5:40 PM: Beginner Clinic – Had Skated (Track 1)
6:50 PM: Intro Scrimmage (Track 2)

Here’s the schedule for 9/29: 

Rink A:
Spirit Tournament and Goalie Evaluation (entire schedule here)
5:00 PM: Spirit Tournament – Book Hockey v Purgatory’s Peacemakers
6:10 PM: Spirit Tournament – The Real Rink Rats of Madison v Rainbow Sprinkles
7:20 PM: Goalie Evaluation
8:30 PM: Spirit Tournament – Lawn Dart All Stars v Pop Magic

Rink B:
Intro Scrimmages and an Spirit Tournament Game
4:30 PM: Intro Scrimmage (All Track 1 Skaters)
5:40 PM: Intro Scrimmage (Track 2)
6:50 PM: Spirit Tournament – Die Tarantel des Torontos v Penalty Killaz

Here’s the schedule for 10/6:

Rink A:
Spirit Tournament (entire schedule here)
5:00 PM: Spirit Tournament – Die Tarantel des Torontos v Purgatory’s Peacemakers
6:10 PM: Spirit Tournament – Book Hockey v Penalty Killaz
7:20 PM: Spirit Tournament – Lawn Dart All Stars v Rainbow Sprinkles
8:30 PM: Spirit Tournament – The Real Rink Rats of Madison v Pop Magic

Rink B:
Clinics and Intro Scrimmages
4:30 PM: Intro Scrimmage (All Track 1 Skaters)
5:40 PM: Intro Scrimmage (Track 2)
6:50 PM: Extra Ice for Evaluations (if necessary)

Here’s the schedule for 10/13:

Team Reveal! – Time/ Format TBD
Rink A:
Spirit Tournament Playoffs
5:00 PM: Spirit Tournament East 4 v West 4
6:10 PM: Spirit Tournament East 3 v West 3
7:20 PM: Spirit Tournament East 2 v West 2
8:30 PM: Spirit Tournament East 1 v West 1

Rink B:
Clinics and Intro Scrimmages
4:30 PM: Scrimmage (Track 1 – Beginner)
5:40 PM: Scrimmage (Track 2 – Intermediate)
6:50 PM: To Be Determined

For more details on the 2019-2020 ride share program, log in and click here!

All new-to-MGHA players (and goalies) should plan to attend our new player orientation this Sunday at 2:45pm at Capitol Ice in Middleton. We will cover The MGHA Way, locker room etiquette, inclusivity on and off the ice, and more! Snacks and water/soda will be provided.

A makeup session will be offered next week, time TBD.

Log in and click here for details on our start of the season spirit tournament!

Log in and go here for all the details to get started for the 2019-2020. Details include USA Hockey registration, how to pay your dues, play-with requests and more!