Wednesday, July 20, 2011

KHL vs Canadian Hockey Games Friday & Saturday Night!


The Russians have returned to Teen Ranch!

Donetsk Donbas, a team from the Ukraine, made up of Ukrainian and Russian professional players, from the Russian Upper League, are here training at Teen Ranch. Players from the KHL (Continental Hockey League), the farm club for the Russian Pro League are playing a team of Canadians this weekend as a part of their North American Training.

Their manager and director John McIntosh says "The Ukrainian team next season is joining the Russian Upper League.  It’s a big step up for them.  This Canadian tour is a chance to evaluate their players (27 coming to Canada).  The tour is also a way to show the team their commitment towards building a professional program. Its my hope that we'll be able to bring one Russian or Ukrainian pro team each summer to Teen Ranch."

Canadian players are everywhere from Jr A to NHL draft picks for this years teams.

Games are July 22 & 23 at 6 PM in the Teen Ranch Ice Corral.

As a part of their Canadian hockey experience Donetsk Donbas will also be visiting sites in Southern Ontario at the Hockey Hall of Fame, Niagara Falls and the CN Tower. Though they are looking forward to exploring the area they are here primarily to train, their pro season starts approximately a month before ours. 

Friday, July 8, 2011

Minute to Win It Needs

I have another quick request for some things (thanks to all you who have responded to my other request!)

I'm looking for some things to use for minute to win it and various other camp activities. So some things that I could use that you would probably just throw out anyway are:
Empty cereal boxes
Empty soda cans
Empty toilet paper or paper towel rolls
Compact disks (especially the ones that you scratched or messed up so that they are basically only good as a coaster)
Empty kleenex boxes
Newspaper
Cardboard
Old (or new) puzzles (especially ones that are in the 20-60 piece range) - these are good for incorporation into games as part of a challenge, or they can be used for team building, and various sorts of things.

Thanks everyone!