November 19, 2009: An unidentified health worker in Alberta, Canada lost his job when he provided exclusive access to the vaccine for the H1N1 virus to Calgary Flames players and player family members the day before the Province closed public clinics due to a shortage of the vaccine. Alberta is planning to restart the vaccine program for at risk populations, which apparently NHL hockey players are not. November 16, 2009: As if maneuvering a small rubber puck with a stick on a sheet of ice while wearing thin blades of steel isn't hard enough, the game of "Unicycle Hockey" has been played for 25 years in America, Europe and Asia. While riding unicycles, players move a small ball towards a net with plastic hockey sticks. Both feet must be on the unicycle's pedals in order to score a goal. November 13, 2009: A Boise, Idaho city hockey rink temporarily banned the Idaho Junior Steelheads after the team engaged in a game of "strip hockey." During a practice drill on October 21, 2009, players were to remove a piece of equipment if they missed a shot. Things got out of hand to the point where a 17-year-old skated in the "full Monty." Police are continuing an investigation to determine if anyone violated Boise's public indecency ordinance. November 9, 2009: During the 2008 elections, GOP Vice Presidential nominee and self-styled "hockey mom", Sarah Palin, dropped the opening puck at a few NHL games. St. Louis Blues goalie, Manny Legace, injured his hip at one of these events when he tripped on the red carpet brought out onto the ice for Governor Palin. There's no word about who Manny voted for in the 2008 Presidential election. November 6, 2009: Hall of Fame goalie, Jacques Plante, once made this comment about being an NHL goalie: "How would you like a job where every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?"
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Berkley High School Bears Varsity Hockey Team 2008-2009
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You are at the Berkley Bears Varsity Hockey Website. The Berkley High School Bears Hockey Team will be entering its eleventh season this fall. The website contains links to the hockey schedule, roster, coaches, results, statistics, photos and much more. We will soon be adding a store where you can get your Berkley Bears Hockey gear online! Keep coming back often to check up on the Bears' 2009-2010 high school season. Also, feel free to sign in on our Guestbook. GO BEARS!
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WINTER SPORTS PARENT MEETING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23 The Berkley High School Athletic Department is hosting a mandatory parents' meeting for those who have athletes competing in winter sports, like hockey. The meeting is Monday, November 23 at 7:00PM at the BHS Auditorium. SEASON BEGINS The Berkley High School Hockey Varsity Hockey Team season has begun. Some news to get things rolling. First, the Bears blew open a close game in the third and beat Warren Mott 5-1 in its opening scrimmage. Next, team pictures will be taken on November 22. Coach Fleming has asked that all players be dressed and ready for pictures at 4:15 PM. Also, while Coach Fleming has most of everyone's contact infomation, he would like everyone to email family contact information to him at his email address (click on the preceding link). In addition, Coach Fleming is in the need for a Team Manager. With the retirement of Mark Schmeling, someone will need to step up to fill that void. Please contact Coach Fleming and help out the Team. Otherwise, we will be forced to put everyone's name in a hat and the name that will be drawn will be the new Team Manager! In all seriousness, this is an important position and one that can really help in making this a successful season. Finally, Sue Dunham is collecting parent volunteers to host post-practice dinners, continuing this fine tradition. Some Sundays are still open, so open up your home to our fine young men. We will be adding the dates and locations of team dinners to our calendar. FOLLOW BERKLEY HOCKEY AT MLIVE.COM MLive.com is beginning an experiment this winter by having volunteers become embedded journalists for high school sports teams. Its goal is to have a person report on every game for every sports team in Michigan. Follow Berkley High School Varsity Hockey on MLive.com. Saulius has access to directly input stories about Berkley Varsity Hockey on MLive.com, but this will only work if we have more widespread participation, so all are encouraged to supply Saulius with stories about the 2009-2010 season and photographs. Go Bears! GAME & PRACTICE SCHEDULE The Varsity games and practice schedules for the 2009-2010 Season have been posted. Please note that there may be some changes to the practice schedule at the coaches' discretion and some of the games still have times to be announced. Stay tuned for updates to games and practices and other Berkley High School Hockey events as the season unfolds. 2009 GOLF PHOTOS ADDED We have added new 2009 Golf Outing pictures to the photo section of the website. It's never too late to submit your pictures for the inclusion in the Bear's website. Check out the new photos and forward those of your own to Saulius. We'll add them as quickly as we can. Plus, check out four new entries to Ugly Hockey! WEB SITE TRAFFIC DATA In the last year (10/31/08-11/1/09), we have received quite a bit of traffic to our website. According to our embedded stat counter, we have 39,104unique visitors to the website, 20,808were first time visitors with 18,296 returning visitors. We had a total of 57,045 page loads. Please keep this in mind when soliciting donors. Also, I would urge all of you who have pictures from this past season to forward them to Saulius , especially Senior Night pictures, team dinners and game time photos. Thanks to all who visited the Site this past year and provided site content. If you have suggestions on how to improve the site, don't be bashful.
NEW PICTURES POSTED Check out the photos section for the pictures for 2008-2009 Varsity Tryouts, 2008 Dream Cruise, 2008 Golf Outing , 2008-2009 Fundraising and 2009 Team Banquet! If you see a photo you like and you want a print, contact Saulius Mikalonis. Better quality prints are available for a small donation to the Berkley High School Hockey Association. Pricing: 8 x 10 - $8.00; 5 x 7 - $5.00; 4 x 6 $2.00. Postage is extra. If you have photos you'd like to see on the site, please email them to Saulius Mikalonis. 2009-2010 TEAM HANDBOOK NOW ON WEBSITE The link on the far right of the banner will now direct you to the BHSHA Team Handbook. A hard copy will be available to all, which will include financial information. However, you can review the Handbook online, too. Much thanks to Bob Michalak who prepared and formatted a great Handbook. ROSTER 1999-2010 We have updated the Bears' historical roster. Please review the Roster 1999-2010 Link above for a listing of all the 117 players who have played for the Berkley Bears Varsity team from its inception. You will note that there is significant information to add to the list, and we urge anyone with knowledge of errors, omissions or additional information to send them to Saulius Mikalonis so that we can make this information as complete and accurate as possible. CHECK OUT PHOTOS AND AWARDS Look for pictures on this site! We still need more photos, so please forward them along. We have also have photos of past Bears' hockey teams. Also, please check out the Awards and Records pages for past accomplishments. The Varsity hockey program is now 11 years old and it has a rich history that deserves to be remembered. SPONSORS ADDED We have added the names and contact information of our sponsors. Some of them also have direct links to their home pages. Please take time out to check out our sponsors. Also, reward their support of Bear Hockey by sending some business their way. LOOKING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS We are looking for photographically inclined volunteers to take pictures at games, practices, team dinners and other team events that we can then use on the website. Please contact Saulius Mikalonis if you have such hidden talents. Also, if you have team pictures already in digital form, email them to Saulius and we will add them to the website. THE GOOD OLD HOCKEY GAME
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