Amherst Youth Hockey

This is a announcement from NYSAHA on behalf of trying to get hockey back in NY.

For all our hockey players wondering where Santa is you can follow him here! https://www.noradsanta.org

Please brave the cold this Saturday and stop by and drop off a food donation for a great cause!

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at AYH

The Northtown Center will re-open tomorrow (Monday, 11/23). For how long we don’t know. We are back to the same protocol that was in place prior to the closing last week. As a reminder: We are limited to 25 on ice participants. No spectators. Locker rooms are available for team use and there will be (2) rooms for each team. Novice, Micron and Mite need to follow the skate tying guidance and procedures.... AYH needs 100% compliance with the COVID protocols. Masks are mandatory for all coaches the entire time in the facility, this includes on the ice. Absolutely no scrimmages nor any competitive type drills during practice. (NYS Go forward plan, Governor’s directive) Players may bring in their bags and get dressed in the locker rooms. Two locker rooms will be provided for each team, the coach will be responsible for splitting the skaters equally per room. No showers as prompt departure is required to sanitize for next group Team arrival 20 minutes prior to scheduled ice time and come in assigned entrance If your ice is on Feature or Olympic, please enter through the east entrance (flagpole) If your ice is on Rink #1 or #2, please enter through the west entrance (hotel side) Players MUST stay in locker rooms until ice is ready, no hanging out in the hallways Anyone who has any COVID symptoms, feels ill, or thinks that have come in contact with anyone that exhibits any of this is asked to stay home. Follow the AYH COVID protocol. See more

This food and donation drive is being sponsored by Amherst Youth Hockey Girls 10U, Girls 12U, 12U AAA minor, and 14U AA minor teams. On Saturday December 19th, between 12:30pm and 3pm, Amherst Youth Hockey teams will be collecting donations at the Gastroenterology Associates parking lot, 60 Maple Road, Amherst, NY 14221 (Parking lot at Maple Road and Amherst Manor Drive) Below is a sharable link with details on the event and a way for people to send cash donations if they ca...n't drop off food donations. Please use this link to share with family, friends and social media circles. https://heartsforthehomeless.kindful.com/?campaign=1099581 The team will be collecting non-perishable food items for those facing food insecurity, many for the first time due to COVID-19. This list contains items that Hearts has a critical need for: Canned Beef Stew Baked Beans Canned Chicken (for sandwiches) Canned Chili Cream of Mushroom Soup Cream of Chicken Soup Canned Carrots Our travel players will wear their black game jerseys on Saturday and help with holding signs, directing traffic, loading/unloading food donations, and organizing the donations. Saturday looks to be dry, but it will be cold, so dress warm! And for everyone's safety, masks are required! See more

Effective this Friday, 11/20, the Northtown Center will be closed for (2) weeks due to Erie County moving to orange status. AYH will enter a PAUSE in all programs at this time. We will provide updates as they become available and further guidance as we work through these challenging times.... Please stay safe and hopefully we'll be back soon.

The Amherst Knights Bantam Minor AA Hockey team have organized a food drive to help the poor, needy and less fortunate. In dealing with Covid 19, many people in our local communities, nations, and around the world are enduring very rough times. We thought this would be a great help to our local community in need and a great opportunity to serve. When better than Thanksgiving to share with those is Need. Extraordinary times call for Extraordinary actions! We are partnering wi...th Hearts for the Homeless for food collection and distribution. Here is a link created for us to share via social media, email ect.. https://heartsforthehomeless.kindful.com/?campaign=1092879 The food drive is to take place on Sat Nov 21st from 1230-3pm pm at the Northtown center at Amherst West parking lot. We will be collecting the food items via drive up and drop off. The boys will help unload , then load into trucks which we will then deliver to Hearts for the Homeless food pantry. If your unable to be there this Saturday and would still like to participate, use the link to donate any amount. Hearts will then use these funds to purchase food items needed to serve the homeless and needy. Please join us on Sat November 21st. Thanks!

There has been a change to rink/ice capacity limits with our area now yellow. A message went out to all of AYH tonight, please refer to our website www.amherstyouthhockey.org for more specifics.