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Welcome to ECHO′s home on the web!

Welcome hockey players, parents, and fans!  Thanks for visiting ECHO’s web site, our main communication channel.  Here, you can find all organization and team information such as contacts, schedules, results, and latest news.  Hope you find all you need here.  If you have suggestions for improvements, please feel free to e-mail Rita Malenczyk at . And as always, do not hesitate to contact Brian Oatway at .  Go Stars!  

 
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Equipment Swap--Thanks!
by posted 08/25/2008

Thanks to all our volunteers who made ECHO's first annual equipment swap a success, especially:

Ken and Kim Camello
Ed and Julie Castro
Shannon Peters
Bob and Lisa Pilney
Warren and Karen Sturm
Chris and Judy Tonzi
Phillip Bearse
Tim Olson

--and the various ECHO players who also helped out: Sam, Peter and Nick Mayer, John Peters, Garrett Pilney, Kyle Camello, Dan Castro, Calvin Tonzi.  Thanks, too, to Dave Rodriguez of the Hartford Wolf Pack--and, of course, Sonar!

We hope for an even bigger turnout next year!!

 
Preseason Clinics for Skaters and Goalies
by posted 07/30/2008

Preseason conditioning clinics, led by Bruce Marshall (Head Coach, UConn Men's Hockey), will be held at BIP in early September.  Register now!  For more information and registration forms, click on the following links:

Skaters:

files.LeagueAthletics.com/Images/Club/1945/ECHO -2008-09 Pre-Season Clinic.pdf

Goalies:

files.LeagueAthletics.com/Images/Club/1945/ECHO -2008-09 Pre-Season Goaltenders.pdf


 
2008-2009 Skater Fees Posted
by posted 07/28/2008

For 2008-2009 skater fees, see below.  Questions about payment should be directed to Chris Tonzi, ECHO Treasurer, at .

files.LeagueAthletics.com/Images/Club/1945/08-09 skater fees released.pdf

 
Former ECHO Players Earn All-State High School Honors
by posted 04/13/2008

(Left to right: Sean Stoneman, Mike Ford, Charlie Hicks,
Mike Schoen, Tyler Somes, Brett Nightingale)

On Sunday, April 6th, the best high school hockey players in the state gathered at the Aqua Turf restaurant in Southington to receive the highest honor available to a Connecticut high school player--to be named to the CT All-State hockey team. Among the recipients were an incredible six former ECHO hockey players--a true testament to success of the ECHO program.   
 
Mike Schoen (1990), a senior at Tolland High, was there to receive his second all-state award.  Mike played every youth hockey game in his life in an ECHO jersey, even skipping his freshman season to finish his youth career as a 2nd year Bantam. Although he started late, Mike quickly adapted to high school hockey, scoring his first goal 12 seconds into his first high school game. As a top forward on the squad, Mike went on to amass 99 points in his three years playing for the E.O. Smith/Tolland/Windham co-op team.  Mike is also a two-time All-Conference award winner. Mike’s younger brother Matt (1997) currently plays for ECHO and was the Squirt A goalie this past season.
 
Mike Ford (1991), a junior at Glastonbury High, received his first All-State award this year. Like Schoen, Ford played his entire youth hockey as an ECHO Star. Mike has been the starting goalie for Glastonbury High for most of the past three seasons. With Mike between the pipes this year, Glastonbury was ranked among the top ten Division I schools all season. This year Mike led the team into the Division I semifinals; in a division typically dominated by down-state schools, this was a great accomplishment.  Mike’s older brother Matt (1989), now a sophomore at CCSU, played his entire youth hockey career at ECHO as well. Mike’s younger sister Emily (1994) skated for ECHO before moving to the CT Northern Lights girls’ program, where she competed in the National Tournament. Emily will be playing for The Kingswood-Oxford Prep team this fall. 
 
Sean Stoneman (1990), a senior at Manchester High, also received his second All-State award. Sean, a standout defenseman for the Manchester/Rockville co-op hockey team, played most of his youth hockey at ECHO. Sean led his Manchester/Rockville team to a Division III state championship this year. Sean’s older brother Erich (1988) also played at ECHO. He is now a junior at CCSU skating with the club hockey team.
 
High school teammates Brett Nightingale (1990) and Tyler Somes (1990), both seniors at Bolton High School, also garnered All-State awards. The award was the first for Tyler and the second for Brett.  As two-thirds of the Bolton/Coventry/Lyman co-op hockey team’s top line, they brought BCL to the Division III state championship final game. Brett’s older brother Andrew (1987) was also an ECHO player.
 
Charlie Hicks (1990), a senior defenseman at Glastonbury High School, earned his first All-State award. This past season Charlie became a dominant force among the Glastonbury defensive corps. Charlie skated for ECHO in his early years as a youth hockey player. His younger sister Molly (1994) was also an ECHO player before she left to play for the CT Northern Lights girls’ team, where she competed in the National Tournament.
 
In attendance at the banquet to watch his son receive his award was one person who had a role in the success of all these players, former ECHO head coach Tom Ford. Tom dedicated countless hours teaching these young men what it took to become great hockey players. All of the players as well as ECHO owe Tom a debt of gratitude.
 
 

 
ECHO Squirt C′s Runners-Up in State Tournament
by posted 03/17/2008

Mark McGrath, our Squirt C head coach, writes:  "The Echo Squirt Cs made it to the Championship Game of their CHC Squirt Divisional Tournament over the past weekend.  The Cs tied West Hartford in Game 1 of the preliminary round, beat the Yale Bs 2-0, and toppled the host Northern Lights 4-2 to reach the crossover round.  In the semifinals we beat our nemesis Central C 3-2 in thrilling fashion, winning in overtime to reach the finals.  In the championship game we battled hard against a high quality Simsbury C team and fell behind 3-0.  But the kids never gave up and never stopped believing in themselves, and we battled back valiantly to bring the game to 3-2 with a few minutes left in the third period.  We pulled our goalie to try and get that tying goal but just couldn't quite get the quality scoring chances we needed to bring things even with Simsbury and force overtime.
 
The kids played their hearts out over the weekend and we all had a great time.  It was a really fun way to culminate a terrific Squirt C season.  All the kids should be extremely proud of their efforts and so should their parents.  This was a great group of kids to coach and a great group of parents and siblings as well.  Support throughout the tournament for our kids was spectacular."

Congratulations, Squirt Cs!

 
Congrats to Former ECHO Players in High School Championship!
by posted 03/17/2008

ECHO's congratulations go out to the Manchester/Rockville United high school hockey team, which took the Division 3 State Championship, and to runner-up Bolton/Coventry/Lyman.  According to an article in the Hartford Courant, 80 percent of the players on these two teams are former ECHO skaters.  We're proud of their success and wish them continued glory on the ice!
 
Former ECHO Players Now Winning for CCSU!
by posted 01/05/2008


Team CCSU 2007
Rusty Owens, a former ECHO parent whose son John skated with us from learn-to-skate through PeeWee, writes:  "I thought you might appreciate knowing that there are four former ECHO skaters [Joe Dabkowski, John Owens, Erich Stoneman and Craig Height] now playing for CCSU.  CCSU is currently ranked 2nd in the northeast region of ACHA (American Collegiate Hockey Association) Division II, having a very productive year.  The best part is that the team is predominantly underclassmen. None of them would be playing at this level if it were not for what ECHO provided for them....Many parents and players are completely unaware of the hockey opportunities other than high school, AAA, Juniors and NCAA.  There are many and it is great hockey." 

For more information on CCSU:
clubs.ccsu.edu/icehockey

For more information on the American Collegiate Hockey Association:
www.achahockey.org

 
 
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