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Chinook Board of Directors Meeting Notes

Pond Hockey Sponsorships

By Taylor Guthmiller-Martin 12/10/2025, 1:15pm MST

We’re gearing up for the 5th Annual 3-on-3 Pond Hockey Tournament • Iron Creek Classic on January 24, 2026 at Iron Creek Lake!

We’re gearing up for the 5th Annual 3-on-3 Pond Hockey Tournament • Iron Creek Classic on January 24, 2026 at Iron Creek Lake! This tournament has become a winter favorite and continues to grow right alongside our Chinook youth hockey program. As a 501(c)(3), this event is a huge fundraiser that helps us keep kids on the ice and moving toward a future permanent rink in the Northern Black Hills.

Our 2026 sponsorship opportunities are officially open. We’re grateful for your support of our skaters and our Northern Hills community. Connect with us at hockeyboard@chinookhockey.com for more information. 

Season Started off for our Squirts in Rapid City at the Thunder in the Hills Tournament

By Taylor Guthmiller-Martin 12/08/2025, 1:15pm MST

Our Chinook Squirt team took 2nd place this weekend at the Rushmore Thunder in the Hills tournament, and we could not be more proud!

Our Chinook Squirt team took 2nd place this weekend at the Rushmore Thunder in the Hills tournament, and we could not be more proud!

We played up a division, had only two lines of skaters while facing teams with much deeper benches, and battled through a set of back-to-back games yesterday to make it to the big one this morning. They pushed all the way to the end and finished the championship game with a hard-fought 9–11 score.

This is a perfect example of why we work so hard to bring hockey to the Northern Hills. Every mile, every late night, every practice, every piece of progress at Hillsview is for moments like this.

Thank you to everyone who has supported us, shared our mission, donated, volunteered, and believed in what youth hockey can become here. We would not be able to give our players these opportunities without you, and we are so grateful.

And a huge thank you to board member and supporter Gregg Fullerton for capturing these incredible photos of our team! (Families, check out

Chinook Peewee Travel Team started their first weekend in Mitchell this weekend

By Brandy Hartman 12/06/2025, 1:30pm MST

A Monumental Day for Northern Hills Chinook Hockey!

A Monumental Day for Northern Hills Chinook Hockey!

 

What a weekend for our program! Our PeeWee Travel Team is gearing up for their Inaugural Hockey Game, and this proud crew is ready to hit the ice. This is such a huge milestone for our young program and a moment we’ve all been working toward for years. 

Last night, our Squirts took to the ice in Rapid City against a tough team from Colorado Springs… and they WON! Way to set the tone, kiddos!

Today, our PeeWees are excited and hungry to lace up and take on the Mitchell Marlins.

Good luck, boys and girls — play hard, have fun, and show them what Northern Hills Chinook is all about!

Grateful for our Giving Community Support

By Taylor Guthmiller-Martin 12/05/2025, 1:30pm MST

Wow… we are feeling so grateful tonight. The kind words, the support, and everyone sharing our story mean the world to our entire Chinook family.

Wow… we are feeling so grateful tonight. The kind words, the support, and everyone sharing our story mean the world to our entire Chinook family. We care so deeply about giving Northern Hills kids the chance to play the sport they love, right here at home, and this community continues to show up in the most incredible ways.

We want to take a moment to recognize someone who went above and beyond for our program this week.

A few days ago, Dan Abear of Spearfish commented on our Giving Tuesday post and offered to help us with our rink liner. Daniel owns Vindex Liners Inc in North Dakota, but his family calls Spearfish home.

Today, just three days later, Dan and Nate met Ted and Brandy to hand over a brand new custom made liner for our rink. The joy this brought our skaters, parents, coaches, and board members truly cannot be put into words. This kind of generosity is what makes our community so special.

Thank you, Dan & Vindex Liners, for supporting Northern Hills youth hockey. We are so grateful for you.

To top off an already amazing day, our Squirts (ages 9/10) played their first game of the year in a Rapid City tournament tonight and won. Our Peewees (ages 11/12) are headed to Mitchell for their first games, too! We are so proud of these kids and cannot wait to cheer them on through the weekend.

Chinook family, thank you for lifting us up. This momentum is real and it is because of you.

NHAHA Board Meeting June 25

By Jamie Danko 06/12/2025, 5:15pm MDT

Northern Hills Amateur Hockey Association Board Agenda Jun 10th @ 6p.m. Brandy's Office, Spearfish

AT THE NHAHA BOARD MEETING CONDUCTED IN SPEARFISH JUNE 10TH AT 6PM

At the NHAHA Board Meeting conducted in Spearfish June 10th at 6pm, the Board of Directors voted on two new board members elected to join- Melissa Rodgers and Taylor Guthmiller-Martin. These two wonderful ladies will be a great asset to our team who's goal of bringing Ice Hockey and a permanent Rink to the Northern Hills that much closer. Welcome to the board and thank you all for your time and dedication to youth hockey.

The Board also voted on new officers. Our President, Brandy Purcell-Hartman has stepped down with Dennis Servaty who served previously as President, stepping into the Role.  Ted Bergan has stepped aside and Rob Zinke has been elected into the Vice-President Role along with Helen Kuehlman stepping out of the Treasurer position with Aleisha Huppler being voted in. Our current Secretary Jamie Danko has taken on another term and will continue to provide great assistance in that role.

Other items discussed during our meeting were:

  • Approving our 2025/2026 Budget
  • Going over our Final Finance Report from Helen

Working out our Youth Hockey Schedule and approving to include a PeeWee level travel team, a first for the program, to join our already traveling Squirts

 

  • Bantam
  • Zac Pennepacker, Rob Zinke, Matt Klein
  • PeeWee(Travel)
  • Dan Hartman, Derek Lund
  • Squirts (Travel)
  • Chris Gasbarre, Ted Bergan, Andrew Koistinen
  • Mites/Minis
  • Blake Aghbashian, Chris Schuh, Matt Stevens.
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If you or someone you know wishes to join as a coach, please contact the board or Coaching Director Ted Bergan.

We had also approved our new Team coordinators at each level and we thank them for their time and assistance in maintaining communications between the teams, coaches and the board. Our Scheduler and Registrar, Megan Bergan, will continue in that very important position and we thank her for her time.

Gregg Fullerton will continue to serve as our representative on the SD Disciplinary committee and Blake Dunfee will continue to be our voting delegate.

The Fundraising committee has had one meeting and also will have one this afternoon.

Our Marketing and Public Relations have many things in store this summer and fall with our new rink phase one starting.

We need more volunteers for our 4th of July Parade floats in both Spearfish and Belle Fourche, please contact Rob Zinke or Derek Lund for more information.

We will be shooting a recruitment video this fall with Destyn Humann from 605 Media, this will be a big benefit for recruiting new players to our program.

Don't forget there is Hometown Thursdays and Downtown Friday Nights in Belle Fourche and Spearfish all summer long-if you wish to help, please see the DIBS page to sign up or just come down and visit the booth!

  • Variance Approved

  • By Rob Zinke 06/02/2025, 6:30am MDT
  • WITH MOTIONS APPROVED THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF SPEARFISH....
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