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Chinook News

The Iron Creek Classic is GO

By Rob Zinke 01/21/2025, 6:15am MST

January 25th, 2025 will go down in history as the largest...

January 25th, 2025 will go down in history as the largest pond hockey tournament in the Black Hills yet!

This year, we changed up our rink setup and moved up the lake a little due to bad ice conditions brought on by our strange weather this year-but this has been a blessing in disguise! We were able to create 7 great ice rinks with an 8th for the kids! Our volunteers have been braving negative numbers for weeks prepping both the parking and the ice to show off our great landscape

We are in full swing along with the Chinook Days this week and can't wait to cap off the festivities with our tournament and the bonfire in Spearfish later that evening.

If you haven't seen a bunch of guys and gals skating in front of some of the best views of the mountains, now is your chance to witness the best darn pond hockey tournament in the Black Hills!

Saturday, the games get rolling at 9 am and will go until we have crowned our cup winners. Come see the teams participate in our 3v3 tournament, eat some great food and drinks-maybe even get a picture with some of the local mascots like Snipe, Nugget and Samson!

We will have music playing, fires to keep warm and plenty of space for you to bring a chair or three and watch some great pond hockey-we just ask if you're coming, please try to carpool up and you will NEED a 4x4 vehicle to make it to the last part of the ice-this is normally not maintained areas but with a great partnership with the Lawrence Count Maintenance crew, they volunteer their time plowing the roads up to the lake for our huge event-Make sure to give them a huge thanks--I know we do, we couldn't do it without them!

 

Chinook Squirt Hockey Schedule 2024-25

By Rob Zinke 11/18/2024, 12:45pm MST

The SDAHA has released this years schedule for our squirt players

Below is the GameSheets app with our schedule for the upcoming year. The first games will be this weekend, in Pierre, SD. Please make sure you have gotten yourself a hotel room at the American Inn, Holiday Inn, or Club House. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to the coaches.


DIBS for Summer events and beyond

For all parents and volunteers, visit our DIBS page and sign up for whatever days you can assist us this summer.

About the Northern Hills Chinook

The Northern Hills Amateur Hockey Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of youth hockey, figure skating, and recreational skating in the Northern Black Hills of South Dakota.  We invite you to join us in our efforts to bring hockey and a rink to Spearfish. Finding a location for the rink has been challenging to say the least, but hopefully we meet that challenge soon and take it to the next level.

We still have a way to go, and fundraising is our next big step. You can aid the cause by clicking on the donate tab because every little bit helps. If you are considering corporate partnership, please contact one of our board members and we can share our vision and options with you.

Help us bring hockey and ice skating to the Northern Hills. #ItsTime


Iron Creek Classic Pond Hockey Tournament

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Sponsored by Recstation.net

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A huge thank you to our 2022-2023 clinic jersey sponsor RecStation.net! Providing top quality boat sales and service since 2005.

Sponsored by Roundup Building Center

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Thank you to RBC in Belle Fourche, SD for giving us a huge discount on our materials for our new shed being built by the Belle Fourche HS CTE Construction Students.

Roundup Building Center provides personalized service for your construction and remodeling needs at all budget levels not found in "Big Box" stores.

Sponsored by Yesway

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Another big thank you to our 2023-2024 Badland Sabres jersey sponsors, Yesway! They are located in Fort Worth, Texas with gas and convenience stores located around South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico.

Zero-Tolerance Policy

 

USA Hockey and the Northern Hills Chinook will not tolerate any physical, verbal, or social behavior related to race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, or mental or physical disability meant to bully, harass, or intimidate another person, on or off the ice. If such conduct occurs on the ice it should be reported to the on-ice officials and will be addressed pursuant to the USA Hockey Playing Rules and result in a match penalty. If such conduct occurs off the ice, it should be reported as soon as possible to a USA Hockey Affiliate Safe Sport Coordinator or directly to any member of the Northern Hills Chinook Board or Coaching Staff.

Reports alleging abuse or misconduct that are not within the U.S. Center for SafeSport’s exclusive jurisdiction will be referred by USA Hockey staff to the appropriate USA Hockey Affiliate Safe Sport Coordinator, who will oversee the investigation and resolution pursuant to the Safe Sport Program Handbook and the respective Affiliate’s process. Reports that do not fall under the Safe Sport Program will be referred from the Northern Hills Chinook Board to the  USA Hockey staff or District or Affiliate representatives as appropriate.