AAU Ice Hockey and Collegiate Hockey Federation Celebrate a Successful First Half
01/30/2020
AAU Ice Hockey and CHF have completed a very successful first half of its inaugural season, supporting 82 collegiate non-varsity hockey programs.
ORLANDO, Fla. – Collegiate Hockey Federation (www.chfhockey.net) has completed a very successful first half of its inaugural season supporting 82 collegiate non-varsity hockey programs. It was started in mid-2019 by five founders with a long history in the hockey world to offer student-athletes an alternative option to participate in a forward-thinking, more dynamic non-varsity college hockey experience.
“We strongly believed that the time was right to offer an alternative option to participate in a better, national club hockey experience than currently exists. We heard all of you, and the CHF was designed and built ‘fit for purpose’ to offer a more equitable and exciting experience for the college hockey student-athlete,” offers Mark Purowitz who is one of the founding members of CHF and Chairman.
Providing major support to the CHF is the Amateur Athletic Union (https://aausports.org/), which is acting as the overall governing body. “The Amateur Athletic Union is extremely dedicated to its mission of ‘Sports for All, Forever,” stated Dr. Roger J. Goudy, AAU President and CEO. “Adding on CHF to help expand upon that mission to the collegiate level, is a great new step for the AAU.”
“AAU Hockey is excited about this opportunity for our youth hockey sports programs. The interest in hockey is always increasing, and we are thrilled to partner with CHF to expand our support at the collegiate level,” said Keith Noll, AAU Hockey National Chairman.
The CHF has taken a fresh approach in offering new capabilities to its members and has partnered with leading companies to establish a first of its kind integrated technology experience. Rsportz (www.rsportz.com) provides the overall sports management and back-end, Gamesheet (www.gamesheetinc.com) supports team management and real-time scoring, MyHockeyRankings (www.myhockeyrankings.com) is the exclusive provider of national rankings to the CHF, and SportsYou (www.sportsyou.com) is enabling a private communications service across the entire CHF organization. This “one-click” approach is enabling CHF members to engage like never before. Steve Feinberg who heads-up GameSheet’s expansion in the US commented, “It’s clear to me the executive staff of CHF is dedicated to their member teams - it’s a kid's first attitude. We look forward to growing with the CHF.
The CHF started the season with three conferences, including the Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey Conference headed by John Rinck, the Empire Collegiate Hockey conference led by Jon LaRochester, and the Upstate New York College Hockey League led by Jon Marchese. DVCHC President John Rinck, who is also a founder of the CHF, commented that “the CHF offered us a much better and more equitable experience for our member hockey clubs, where the players are really enjoying the inaugural season”.
Purowitz added, “we are demonstrating that the CHF is a viable and exciting alternative in the world of non-varsity collegiate hockey, and really looking forward to expanding geographically beyond our east coast base in the years to come”.
About CHF
The Collegiate Hockey Federation (www.chfhockey.net) mission is to provide for and enable the best club hockey experience for collegiate student-athletes in the United States. We strongly believe that the time is right to offer an alternative option to participate in a better, national club hockey experience than currently exists. We heard all of you, and the CHF has been designed and built “fit for purpose” to offer a more equitable and exciting experience for the college hockey student-athlete where more than 80 collegiate club hockey teams have joined for its inaugural season.
About the AAU
The Amateur Athletic Union (www.aausports.org) has been raising champions for more than a century. Since its inception in 1888, the AAU has set the standard for amateur sports in the United States with one goal in mind: “Sports For All, Forever.” It is more than a motto – it has been the focus and drive of AAU for 130 years and counting for sports in the United States and throughout the world. One of the largest, non-profit, volunteer, multi-sport event organizations in the world, the AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs. The AAU philosophy of “Sports For All, Forever” is now shared by nearly 700,000 members and 150,000 volunteers across 41 sports programs and 55 U.S. districts.
About Gamesheets
Gamesheets (www.gamesheetinc.com) was founded in 2013 by a couple of hockey dads with a passion for sports and a dream to make league management easier. Since then we’ve been perfecting our digital score sheet and inventing new tools to reduce the time, effort, and cost of managing leagues and scoring games. As sports enthusiasts ourselves, and users of our invention, we are passionate and focused on making the GameSheet system the best solution it can be.
About MyHockeyRankings
MYHockey Rankings (www.myhockeyrankings.com) was founded in 2003 as a way for youth hockey fans to spread the love of the game and to help individual teams schedule appropriate competition. It quickly grew into something much larger. Since the first rankings (1994 birth year) were published during the 03-04 season, MYHockey Rankings has transformed into the premier rankings website and information database for youth hockey across all of North America. Now containing 240+ ranking categories, 2,600+ associations, 4,000+ rinks, 23,000+ teams and 300,000+ game scores annually, MHR’s footprint extends from Alaska to Southern Florida, Newfoundland & Labrador to Yukon and every hockey community in between. What started as a quest for locating opponents of the same skill level, MYHockey Rankings evolved as a tool to help youth hockey coaches, managers, players and fans learn more about the sport we all love.
About SportsYou
The team at sportsYou (www.sportsyou.com) is dedicated to helping improve outcomes for the entire community.
Learning from over two decades working with colleges, schools, and businesses to use software to improve outcomes, the leadership at sportsYou understands three important things about the community of customers we serve: You want to save time and effort, You want to communicate effectively and easily, and You want excellent content - so everyone can learn, grow and improve.
“We strongly believed that the time was right to offer an alternative option to participate in a better, national club hockey experience than currently exists. We heard all of you, and the CHF was designed and built ‘fit for purpose’ to offer a more equitable and exciting experience for the college hockey student-athlete,” offers Mark Purowitz who is one of the founding members of CHF and Chairman.
Providing major support to the CHF is the Amateur Athletic Union (https://aausports.org/), which is acting as the overall governing body. “The Amateur Athletic Union is extremely dedicated to its mission of ‘Sports for All, Forever,” stated Dr. Roger J. Goudy, AAU President and CEO. “Adding on CHF to help expand upon that mission to the collegiate level, is a great new step for the AAU.”
“AAU Hockey is excited about this opportunity for our youth hockey sports programs. The interest in hockey is always increasing, and we are thrilled to partner with CHF to expand our support at the collegiate level,” said Keith Noll, AAU Hockey National Chairman.
The CHF has taken a fresh approach in offering new capabilities to its members and has partnered with leading companies to establish a first of its kind integrated technology experience. Rsportz (www.rsportz.com) provides the overall sports management and back-end, Gamesheet (www.gamesheetinc.com) supports team management and real-time scoring, MyHockeyRankings (www.myhockeyrankings.com) is the exclusive provider of national rankings to the CHF, and SportsYou (www.sportsyou.com) is enabling a private communications service across the entire CHF organization. This “one-click” approach is enabling CHF members to engage like never before. Steve Feinberg who heads-up GameSheet’s expansion in the US commented, “It’s clear to me the executive staff of CHF is dedicated to their member teams - it’s a kid's first attitude. We look forward to growing with the CHF.
The CHF started the season with three conferences, including the Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey Conference headed by John Rinck, the Empire Collegiate Hockey conference led by Jon LaRochester, and the Upstate New York College Hockey League led by Jon Marchese. DVCHC President John Rinck, who is also a founder of the CHF, commented that “the CHF offered us a much better and more equitable experience for our member hockey clubs, where the players are really enjoying the inaugural season”.
Purowitz added, “we are demonstrating that the CHF is a viable and exciting alternative in the world of non-varsity collegiate hockey, and really looking forward to expanding geographically beyond our east coast base in the years to come”.
About CHF
The Collegiate Hockey Federation (www.chfhockey.net) mission is to provide for and enable the best club hockey experience for collegiate student-athletes in the United States. We strongly believe that the time is right to offer an alternative option to participate in a better, national club hockey experience than currently exists. We heard all of you, and the CHF has been designed and built “fit for purpose” to offer a more equitable and exciting experience for the college hockey student-athlete where more than 80 collegiate club hockey teams have joined for its inaugural season.
About the AAU
The Amateur Athletic Union (www.aausports.org) has been raising champions for more than a century. Since its inception in 1888, the AAU has set the standard for amateur sports in the United States with one goal in mind: “Sports For All, Forever.” It is more than a motto – it has been the focus and drive of AAU for 130 years and counting for sports in the United States and throughout the world. One of the largest, non-profit, volunteer, multi-sport event organizations in the world, the AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs. The AAU philosophy of “Sports For All, Forever” is now shared by nearly 700,000 members and 150,000 volunteers across 41 sports programs and 55 U.S. districts.
About Gamesheets
Gamesheets (www.gamesheetinc.com) was founded in 2013 by a couple of hockey dads with a passion for sports and a dream to make league management easier. Since then we’ve been perfecting our digital score sheet and inventing new tools to reduce the time, effort, and cost of managing leagues and scoring games. As sports enthusiasts ourselves, and users of our invention, we are passionate and focused on making the GameSheet system the best solution it can be.
About MyHockeyRankings
MYHockey Rankings (www.myhockeyrankings.com) was founded in 2003 as a way for youth hockey fans to spread the love of the game and to help individual teams schedule appropriate competition. It quickly grew into something much larger. Since the first rankings (1994 birth year) were published during the 03-04 season, MYHockey Rankings has transformed into the premier rankings website and information database for youth hockey across all of North America. Now containing 240+ ranking categories, 2,600+ associations, 4,000+ rinks, 23,000+ teams and 300,000+ game scores annually, MHR’s footprint extends from Alaska to Southern Florida, Newfoundland & Labrador to Yukon and every hockey community in between. What started as a quest for locating opponents of the same skill level, MYHockey Rankings evolved as a tool to help youth hockey coaches, managers, players and fans learn more about the sport we all love.
About SportsYou
The team at sportsYou (www.sportsyou.com) is dedicated to helping improve outcomes for the entire community.
Learning from over two decades working with colleges, schools, and businesses to use software to improve outcomes, the leadership at sportsYou understands three important things about the community of customers we serve: You want to save time and effort, You want to communicate effectively and easily, and You want excellent content - so everyone can learn, grow and improve.
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