Message from OHA Chairman Marc Mercier – OHA Board Notes from December 15, 2023
Meeting: Held in-person in Cambridge, ON at 8:30 am until noon Board Present: Marc Mercier (Chair), Don Robertson, Trevor Tinney, Curtis Clairmont, Dave Arsenault and Scott McCrory Board Absences: Andy Tonner and Frank Girhiny(regrets) League Representatives: Rick Richardson (Senior), Terrence Whiteside (PJHL), Tim Simmons (GOJHL) and Marty Savoy (OJHL) on Zoom OHA Staff: Mark Tuck, […]
The OHA wishes a Chag Hanukkah Sameach, a Happy Hanukkah, to all those celebrating!
When Hanukkah starts is based on the Hebrew month of Kislev, which usually coincides with November-December in the Gregorian calendar. Cambridge, ON – Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nights, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah […]
OHA COACHES CLUB – COACH DEVELOPMENT WEBINARS
Based on the Success of the November event, a December Installment has been added. The clinics are available to all OHA coaches at no cost – earn coach certification maintenance points The OHA Coaches Club is a growing hub of coach development related information that will be accessible on the OHA website. Currently, a webinar […]
THE ROAD TO THE 2024 ALLAN CUP – FROM PLAYER TO COACH, BERNACCI HAS BEEN A CHAMPION FOR DUNDAS
by Dan Carle Cambridge, ON – April 22, 2023. The Allan Cup Final. First in three seasons. A sold-out crowd at J.L Grightmire Arena. Start of the third period. The home team trails. The locals can’t believe it. The Clarenville (Nlfd.) Ford Caribous are leading the Real McCoys going into the third. One team will […]
THAT’S A LOT OF BIRTHDAY CANDLES! THE OLDEST HOCKEY ASSOCIATION IN THE WORLD TURNS 133 YEARS-OLD
by Chris McCleary TORONTO QUEEN’S STREET HOTEL c. 1890 Cambridge, ON – it all started on a cold and snowy night on November 27, 1890, at the Queen’s Hotel in Toronto. This was the idea of Arthur Stanley, son of Lord Stanley, then Governor General of Canada. Stanley played for the Ottawa Rideau Hall Rebels and, during exhibition play […]
THE ROAD TO THE 2024 ALLAN CUP – A LITTLE OLDER, A LITTLE SLOWER, AND A LITTLE SMARTER
by Dan Carle The nomadic Mangos has played the game all over the world and has found a home in Dundas Cambridge, ON – “I got my education paid for through hockey and travelled around and saw the world because of hockey.” Simon Mangos – father, Real McCoys team captain, lifelong skater, master speaker extraordinaire […]
OHA Annual General Meeting Questionnaire – Have Your Say
As Preparations are Under Way for the 2024 Event – We Would Like To Know What OHA-Members Want Cambridge, ON – The 2024 Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place June 15, 2024. the 2024-edition will mark the 135th installment of the OHA AGM. As we make decisions regarding the details […]
HAPPY DIWALI…FROM THE ONTARIO HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
The core idea behind Diwali is the triumph of good over evil, reflected in its rituals like diyas and rangoli Cambridge – Diwali, or Dipawali, is India’s biggest and most important holiday of the year. The festival gets its name from the row (avali) of clay lamps (deepa) that Indians light outside their homes to symbolize the […]
OHA Coaches Club – Coach Development Webinars
Available to all OHA coaches at no cost – earn coach certification maintenance points The OHA Coaches Club is a growing hub of coach development related information that will be accessible on the OHA website. Currently, a webinar speaker series for OHA coaches is being offered. The webinars are meant to provide coaches with […]
The Memorial Cup – a Silver Lining to One of the Most Devastating Battles Ever
by Chris McCleary Cambridge, ON – Finally, the war was over. At 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918 — the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month—the guns fell silent. It was the official end of one of the most destructive wars in history. Up until the beginning of the bloody battle, a lot of […]
