1. Log on to www.cmha.us
2. Click “Register online” on the left hand side with the blinking red button
3. Click “Begin Registration”
4. Click “Continue”
5. Follow the on screen instructions. Type in your email address and password.  
6. Click “Sign in”
7. Since this registration is for the 2012 Winter Metro season, select the child’s name that you wish to register for this season. If that child is not listed, please click “add a child,” and fill out the form with your child’s information. If your child is listed, select him or her by placing a check beside his or her name. Make sure that all of your contact information is up to date. This is the best way to obtain information.
8. Click the drop down list, and choose the team that your son or daughter plays on.
   1. If you are unsure of what team he or she is on, open a new tab/window, go to www.cmha.us and click your child’s level for “Metro League Winter 2012 – (Bantams, or Midgets, Pee Wees, Squirts)” in the white center section of the homepage. Search for his or her name under a team.
   2. If you know his or her team, choose the correct division (Bantam, Pee Wee, Squirt, Midget) and correct team (Blackhawks, Wild, Capitals, Bruins, Maple Leafs, Flyers)
9.  Click submit. This will take you to the confirmation registration page.
10.  Taa Daa! All done! You will now receive updates and information regarding your team!

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1. Log on to www.cmha.us
2. Click “Register online” on the left hand side with the blinking red button
3. Click “Begin Registration”
4. Click “Continue”
5. Follow the on screen instructions. For new registrants type in a valid email address only. You will receive a protected password in your inbox within minutes that you may use in conjunction with your email address.
6. Click “Sign in”
7. Check your email inbox. There will be a password from “cmha.us.” Use the same email address and password to log in to the CMHA website.
8. The first registration form you will fill out is for YOU (the parent). Complete this section with YOUR information.  You may choose to receive email reminders for games and practices. Once you have filled out the form completely (name, address, phone number, new password, etc.), click SUBMIT.
9. The next form will look the same as the last one. Fill out this form for your CHILD. Use his/her birthday and information. Email address will remain the same as yours. Once this form is complete, click SUBMIT.
10.  Click the drop down list, and choose the team that your son or daughter plays on.
    1. If you are unsure of what team he or she is on, open a new tab/window, go to www.cmha.us and click your child’s level for “Metro League Winter 2012 – (Bantams, or Midgets, Pee Wees, Squirts)” in the white center section of the homepage. Search for his or her name under a team.
    2. If you know his or her team, choose the correct division (Bantam, Pee Wee, Squirt, Midget) and correct team (Blackhawks, Wild, Capitals, Bruins, Maple Leafs, Flyers)
11.  Click submit. This will take you to the confirmation registration page.
12.  Taa Daa! All done! You will now receive updates and information regarding your team!

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The Charlotte Metro Hockey Association’s Charlotte Jr. Checkers 12 & Under “AA” team fell short in their bid for the 2011 USA Hockey Tier II National Championship today, losing the title game in overtime to the Oklahoma Oil Kings in San Jose, CA.

The Jr. Checkers went undefeated in the preliminary round with four wins (7-3, 6-3, 3-1 and a 7-6 shootout) and beat the Delaware Ducks 3-1 in the semi-finals to earn their spot in the finals.  In the Championship game, Oklahoma City struck first with a power play goal in the first period, but the Jr. Checker’s Jeremy Reiser tied the score with 1:13 left in the period.  The second period was scoreless until the final 7 seconds when the Jr. Checker’s Kyle Moore bounced a puck off the Oklahoma City’s goaltender to put Charlotte in the lead.  Oklahoma City evened the game at the 7:55 mark of the third period and the two teams headed to a sudden-death overtime period.  Oklahoma City scored the game-winning goal 2 minutes and 54 seconds into the overtime period.

This Jr. Checkers team, under the direction of Head Coach Steve Mckirdy, is the first from Charlotte to ever win its league and advance to a USA Hockey championship tournament.  The Jr. Checkers team claimed the Carolinas Hockey League championship by defeating the Raleigh Jr. Hurricanes on March 5^th in the final game of the season at the Extreme Ice Center.

The Charlotte Metro Hockey Association is proud of the team’s accomplishments and congratulates all of the players, coaches, parents and siblings who’ve made this a successful season.

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By John Buccigross
ESPN.com

The United States has 24 NHL teams and more than 307 million people within its borders. With those numbers, the U.S. should be producing a healthy number of highly skilled, physically tough hockey players... more than it is today.

The 2000s have had some positive signs for hockey in the U.S. In the past 11 NHL drafts, six of the overall No. 1 picks were Canadian, two were Russian and three were American (Rick DiPietro, Erik Johnson and Patrick Kane). Team USA's excellent play at the Olympics last February was not a fluke. It was reinforcement that they should not have been such big underdogs. The NHL pool of players born in the U.S. is deeper in quality than Russia, Sweden and every other country but mighty Canada. While lacking elite NHL players, the U.S. has produced plenty of really good players. But, it should be producing more. And it should have more elite-level players.

Among the 711 players on the NHL's 2010-11 opening night rosters, 146 of them (20.5 percent) were born in the United States, according to the NHL. This number represents the highest U.S.-born percentage ever on the NHL's early season rosters. In the 1983-84 season, the percentage of American-born players in the NHL was 13 percent. The year before the 2004-05 lockout, the percentage was 15.5 percent.

Twenty-five of the 50 states were represented on opening night, including non-traditional states such as California, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina and Texas. In addition, more players from the state of New York (23) appeared on rosters than from Russia (22), and the New York state total matched that of Finland.

The number of U.S. born players is growing and should continue to grow. This is why I have been an advocate of hockey in some non-traditional places and am against contraction. I think NHL teams produce more NHL fans, more youth hockey participants and, ultimately, more U.S. born NHL players.

For the complete article, including a question and answer with USA Hockey’s Kenny Rausch, click here
 

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