Hawks House League Update

Dear Parents:

   I hope everyone had a great summer. Now that the Fair is over, we must turn our thoughts to 'back to school' and Fall-Winter Sports.

   Some of you may have read in the Buffalo News that our Hamburg Town Rink isn’t opening until late December or January - that is not true! It is delayed but we are moving forward with our program for the 2024-25 season.

   The Hamburg Town Arena project where we are getting new ice, new dasher boards and two new locker rooms has been delayed because of an unforeseen engineering issue, but only by 30 days. The rink should be completed and open by November 15th.

   We are going to start our house league on time in the second week of October as we usually do. For the first month of our season, we will be skating at the Cattaraugus Community Center which is a beautiful facility not too far from Hamburg.

   We will not let this slight delay interrupt our 50th Anniversary Celebration Season!! We have a few special events planned including an Alumni Party for all of our Hamburg Hawks players.

   This season our players will wear NHL replica jerseys from the 1974-75 season. This includes the California Seals, Pittsburg Penguins when they were in light blue, and the LA Kings when they wore purple and gold. I included a sample of one of the teams with our unique 50th Anniversary logo. We are also going to provide T-shirts to the players.

   If you can guess which team the sample jersey was from then you are an NHL fan at the highest level! Two hints - they only lasted one year, and they were located in a town Buffalo Bills fans can’t stand.

   If you have any questions or concerns, contact me at my email or phone below.

Thanks.

Dave McDermott

President, HHHA

716/830-0908

Panterman2@aol.com