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September 2 2020 Return to Hockey The Avalon Minor Hockey Association (AMHA) is pleased to advise our membership that we are finalizing details for the upcoming season.  Your executive and staff are hard at work getting plans in place for the 2020-21 season.  We look forward to delivering a quality, fun, and rewarding hockey experience…

Dear fellow #CelticsHockeyNation members, On August 19 AMHA launched an important fundraising initiative known as Power Play 50/50.  Our online, province-wide lottery will run to December 11 2020 with a main jackpot prize draw on December 18 2020. We have an Early Bird prize with a sales cut-off date of September 28 2020 and a…

If you are planning to be a coach or manager with the Avalon Celtics this 2020-2021 season, please complete the COVID-19 training offered by Hockey Canada. This is a three-module, online course that walks you through some of the relevant safety protocols necessary for our return to play. All coaches and managers will need to…

  August 5, 2020 Greetings #CelticsHockeyNation! Today, we are pleased to share the details of the official launch of Power Play 50/50!  Your Board have worked on this project for many months and are launching the lottery program to coincide with the new season. All details are contained in our official release here; https://www.avalonceltics.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1792/2020/08/Power-Play-50_50-Press-Release-20200805.pdf Please…

Tony Cuomo was an import hockey player brought to Newfoundland from Levack, Ont., by the Grand Falls Cataracts, and it didn’t take long for the move to pay dividends. Cuomo finished amongst the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League’s Top 10 scoring leaders in 1981-82, helping the Cataracts to the Herder Memorial Trophy, the first of three Herders…

Congratulations to Brad Yetman, Assistant Coach & Riley Mercer, Goaltender both Named to Canada’s National Men’s Under 17 Development Camp 113 PLAYERS INVITED TO CANADA’S NATIONAL UNDER-17 DEVELOPMENT CAMP Coaching staffs named for national men’s under-17 teams   CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada has announced a roster of 113 players invited to its virtual national under-17 development camp,…

Overview of Pre Canada-Winter Games – Skills Development Camp The goal of the camp is to give the players eligible for the 2023 Canada Winter Games in Prince Edward Island a chance to play and learn with those of their age group in preparation for the future High Performance Program. Players will learn of the…

Annual General Meeting & Election of Officers   Please be advised that the AGM and Election of Officers of the Avalon Minor Hockey Association will take place as follows; Date: Tuesday, August 18 2020 Time: 7:00 PM Location: Feildian Gardens, 244B Pennywell Road RSVP Please: hlconway73@gmail.com We are pleased to be able to offer a…

Avalon Minor Hockey Association (AMHA) is  very pleased to announce that the purchase of Feildian Gardens has been completed. Following our recent communication of May 11, our Board completed a number of additional tasks towards the successful closing of the transaction. AMHA acknowledges the City of St. John’s as a key partner supporting our vision…

May 11 2020 We are pleased to share the news regarding the pending purchase of Feildian Gardens. All details are contained here in the Press Release posted here; AMHA – Press Release – Feildian Gardens AMHA will be providing additional updates as we work on plans to commence our 2020-21 season at Feildian Gardens. Go…

April 24 2020 Greetings to all in #CelticsHockeyNation.  We hope everyone is staying safe and managing through these challenging times. We are pleased to share the below message received from HNL.  We encourage all teams to take part! AMHA The Hockey NL Social  With the Covid-19 Pandemic putting an end to the 2019-20 hockey season…

March 20, 2020   It has been a week since Hockey Canada made the unprecedented decision to end the 2019/2020 hockey season.  Over the past week both the Federal and Provincial governments have made widespread decisions to “flatten the curve”.  As a result, all minor hockey associations have respected the call for social distancing by…

March 12 2020 To share the HNL memo, AMHA is re-posting the below important memo. AMHA will share any additional details on this site.   AMHA   IMPORTANT MEMORANDUM   FROM:      Jack Lee, President, Hockey NL DATE:       March 12, 2020 RE:            HOCKEY NL RESPONSE TO COVID-19 (Coronavirus) As noted in their media release, all Hockey Canada sanctioned activities…

March 12, 2020 Greetings to all in #CelticsHockeyNation.  We appreciate there are questions and concerns coming from our membership regarding the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation in Canada and globally. As a member organization of our Hockey Canada Branch, Hockey NL, we have access to Hockey NL and Hockey Canada resources and guidance to assist in addressing…

The Newfoundland and Labrador Ball Hockey (NLBHA) are calling for coaches for the NL Summer games, if you are interested please complete the online below. Deadline for applications is Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Male is from Aug 15-19, 2020 Age group is 13-14 born is 2006/2007 Male team will have 2 coaches and 1 manager…