Building off our recent collaboration with the Orange County Hockey Club, today’s merger with the Beach City Lightning Hockey Association gives the Jr. Ducks program another jolt for the 2012-13 season,” said Vice President of The Rinks, Art Trottier. “We welcome all players from Beach City Lightning into the Jr. Ducks program and anticipate highly-skilled games this fall at Anaheim ICE and Westminster ICE.”

Since its inception in 1995, the Anaheim Amateur Hockey Association (AAHA) has continued to provide youth hockey players with the highest level of personal development both on and off the ice. The Jr. Ducks program is also part of the Southern California Amateur Hockey Association (SCAHA), California Amateur Hockey Association and USA Hockey. The AAHA currently hosts Tier I and II, A and B levels, the most teams from a single association within the SCAHA. The AAHA’s experienced coaching staff - with many former professional players - has led successful Jr. Ducks teams to numerous award-winning seasons and playing in tournaments throughout the United States and Canada.

For more information on the Anaheim Jr. Ducks program, visit www.jrducks.com.

Tuesday, May 29            6:50pm            The Rinks Anaheim ICE                       99’s

Tuesday, May 29            8:00pm            The Rinks Anaheim ICE                       98's

Tuesday, June 5             8:00pm            The Rinks Anaheim ICE                       98’s

Tuesday, June 5             7:40pm            The Rinks Westminster ICE                 99’s

Each clinic is $25 per participant.

"Merging our two Junior Ducks teams in the 18 U and 16U divisions with the Orange County Hockey Club will strengthen each individual team and give the program a stronger change of success as we move forward in 2012-13," said Vice President of The Rinks, Art Trottier. "We look forward to the upcoming tryouts and watching some of the best young hockey players in Southern California compete."

Both the 18U AAA and 16U AAA teams will wear Junior Ducks jerseys in their first season in the North American Prospects League (PHL). Now in its third season, the PHL is made up of 42 teams from 20 programs that compete at the Tier I AAA level. Sanctioned by USA Hockey, The PHL is designed to maximize the exposure of all the Midget and Bantam participants through the North American Hockey League's (NAHL) high profile recruiting events that attract hundreds of college, junior and professional scouts.

For more information on the Anaheim Junior Ducks program, visit http://www.jrducks.com/.

The goal is to provide students not only a new sport, but most importantly another way to become involved. This will also give players the 'high school feel' with classmates and faculty in the stands cheering them on. The Anaheim Ducks are the catalyst that made this happen and will be funding much of the program with no expense to the district. It's a great opportunity for Los Al to be involved with an NHL franchise.

The first step is to hold a new parent/player meeting hosted by Art Trottier with the Ducks, to go over the specifics of the program with dates, cost, location, etc. The meeting is set for Monday, May 14 at 7:00pm. The location will be The Rinks Westminster ICE. Please email RSVP and questions to info@losalicehockey.com or call Darren de Leo at 562-244-2577 or Richard Castellanos at 714-926-0448.

Over the next week you will be able to follow the team and upcoming events on the web, click here to visit the Anaheim Ducks High School Hockey League website.