Ashar Wins Season Opener.

Ashar welcomed the Magen Dovid Elementary School hockey team of Flatbush for our first game of the season. With in 12 seconds Daniel Silvermintz had Ashar on the scoreboard, penetrating the defense and lifting one by a stunned MD goalie.

Amazingly so, Magen Dovid was just as quick to respond and before 60 seconds had ticked off the clock the score was tied 1-1.

In a pre-game speech, the boys they were told not to be discouraged by goals scored by the opposing team. Instead they should use that as a cue that it was time to retaliate with 2 goals of our own. Thats is exactly what Ashar did scoring the next two unanswered goals of the game. Including a top-shelf wrister from Donny Fuchs.

The goal of the game (ending up as the winning goal) came from rookie defensive surprise Josh Gold who not only played stellar defense along with his linemate Sam Gelman, but Josh tee'd one up from the point driving the ball home like Tiger Woods at Augusta.

Without a doubt though Ashar's "Player of the Game" had to be goalie Yoni Winfeild who was absolutely spectacular in net for Ashar.

In a surprise presentation prior to the start of the final period of play, the Ashar Hockey team gathered center court before the large home town crowd. Summoned out to join the team, our schools new Principal; Rabbi Mayer Beller.

There the Ashar Hockey Program welcomed Rabbi Beller as the newest member of the team, presenting Rabbi Beller with his very own official Ashar Hockey team jersey.

Ashar continued on to win this season opener
with a final score of 5-3.

Ashar Hockey thanks the coaches and player of Magen Dovid for allowing us the time to make the special presentation to Rabbi Beller during our game.

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ESPN Honors Outstanding Effort

Last year the Ashar Hockey Program raised $10,000.00, meeting it's charitable goal for the season. This year the team once again is embarking on an effort to match that $10,000.00 goal in a charity fund raising effort for the Alan T Brown Foundation for Spinal Cord Research.

Seven days ago, each member of the team agreed to make an effort to sell raffle tickets for our charity and a chance to win a Polaroid 37 Inch High Definition LCD Flat Panel Television. The television donated to Ashar Hockey by one of our team's corporate sponsors, Polaroid Corporation.

Five $50.00 raffle tickets were given to each team member along with the task of trying to sell them.

Congratulations to Ashar Hockey's Jason Klein for his efforts in being the first member of the Ashar Hockey team to sell out his portion of 5 raffle tickets. Raising $250 towards our $10,000.00 charitable goal.

Jason will be rewarded with an ESPN gift package including; ESPN SportCenter embroidered polo shirt, ESPN College Football hat, ESPN Monday Night Football notebook, ESPN ball point pen, and an ESPN Chromed logo key ring. All from, as you guest it, our team sponsors over at ESPN.

Now I can just about hear other members of the team saying ......"the coaches, never mentioned anything about getting a prize?" You'd be right, we didn't. That's all the more reason why we are proud to reward Jason.

Jason always giving everything hes got for the team both on and off the playing surface.

Well done Jason!

Ashar Hockey Goes to High School

Sometimes a player just needs to be humbled a bit to realize his game might not be as good as it can be. That was our intentions when the Ashar coaches decided to take a little team field trip to see hockey at the "next level".

Those fortunate enough to stay out late on a school night got to see a real treat; Frisch High School vs MTA Junior Varsity Hockey.

Arriving at Frisch, it was good to see some of last seasons Ashar Hockey stars. Yoni Levy, Ari Cohen and Eli Muschel. Pitted against each other for this game, two other Ashar Hockey stars though. For MTA it was defenseman Michael Berger and in goal for Frisch was Zak Rimberg.

Current Ashar team members were treated to a great game, and got to see what hustle, focus and determination really looks like.

MTA took an early lead but when Zak Rimberg stopped a rarely awarded penalty shot and you could just about feel the momentum in the gym swing toward Frisch's bench.

Frisch finished with a huge come from behind win in a game that could have gone either way. Both teams played well and were evenly matched. Simply put; a great game.

So many good lessons to be learned when you look up a level that our next high school hockey field trip........attendance for Ashar Hockey team members...... will be mandatory.

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