Ashar Hockey Team Receives Highest Honor

The Ashar Hockey team was contacted last week by an Endowment Associate from a Donor Advised Program from the Greater Metropolitan Chicago area.

It was explained to us that the Ashar Hockey Team's charitable efforts over the past few seasons had won the attention of this major Jewish organization. The Endowment Department of this charitable organization contacted Ashar Hockey asking for further information about our team in order to process a recommendation for an unsolicited grant.

Over the past three seasons the Ashar Hockey Team has raised nearly $100,000 in charitable contributions for children special needs schools, sports programs for the disabled, paralysis research organizations, as well as thousands in support for various Israeli causes.

The word of our hockey team being considered for this grant is a matter of great pride and we are honored to share news of this grant with all the members and supporters of our hockey program.

We thank the people of the Greater Chicago area for noticing all the efforts of the Ashar Hockey Team in the small town of Monsey, New York so many hundreds of miles away.

We also thank them for the opportunity to honor those who have helped a bunch of elementary school kids understand that people really do believe in them. This honor validates for these boys, the fact that if they set goals and work together as a team they can accomplish great things.
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No One Loses at Ashar

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Magen David rolled in from Brooklyn tonight to face the Ashar Hockey team.

In inter-school competition, you don't always get that chance to play simply for the love of the sport. For both teams this game had no official relevance in relation to the league standings. For the boys of each school, it was simply just a matter of getting a chance to play the game they love in a relaxed, no pressure atmosphere.

It was not important whether one team had won or lost. What was important is that we got to play hockey and make some new friends outside of our community.

The boys of the Magen David hockey team are very personable, great bunch of kids with a lot of character.

This helped make Wednesday night, another great hockey night at Ashar .

Thanks Magen David.

Ashar Hockey ... FIRE and ICE.

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A fire at the school two days earlier had forced the cancellation of all classes for the rest of the school this week, but that did not mean Ashar Hockey had the day off.

Our hockey team's schedule for the day;

10:30am - Arrive at Sportorama Ice Rinks.

10:45am - Ice hockey practice for the Ashar Hockey team .

12:15pm - A private shiur for our team given by Rabbi C. at the rink. To the best of our knowledge, the first shiur in history ever held for a hockey team in an ice rink facility.

1:15pm - Ashar Hockey Press Conference with the Rockland Journal News.

1:30pm - Team leave the rink via Police escort for walk to local Pizza Shop for a sponsored team lunch.

2:30pm - Sluppies for the entire team sponsored by our friends at 7 Eleven of Monsey.

3:15pm - Mincha at the Fountainview Retirement Residence with some of the residents.

3:45pm - Chess Challenge. Ashar Hockey vs the Chess Masters of the Foutainview Complex.

5:15pm - Back to the ice rink to gather our equipment and head home.

Special thanks to Sportorama Ice Rinks, Rabbi C., the Ramapo Police Department ,the Rimberg Family, Pita Land Pizza Shop, 7 Eleven of Monsey, the Fountainview Home, the Chess Masters of Fountainview, and Ashar Principal Rabbi Meyer Beller. (click here)

Just after our floor hockey season ends in a few weeks, ice hockey practices will begin for Ashar Hockey Friday's just after dismissal .

Ashar Hockey Mid-Season Video Released

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Ashar Hockey Clinches Play-Off Position.

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For the third consecutive season Ashar Hockey has clinched a playoff position in our division. Now begins the march towards a possible 3rd Division Championship title.

Last night in a Play-Offs preview, Ashar Hockey played one of the two teams they will need to beat in the future in order to get there.

Ashar Hockey came to the game vs Har Torah a bit crippled. Three first line defensemen forced to miss the game. Another first liner hobbling half speed around the court playing with a crack in his ankle.

It was an important game for Ashar and many of our parents knew their less experienced players might have to remain on the bench as we went for a win. It was another one of those well played and exciting games for Ashar, with a one goal difference between us for most of the game.

We thank all the Ashar Hockey parents who came to last night's game and who also have supported our 'team' all season long.

All the league, our schools, coaches, and parents could hope for is to see our kids enjoy this competitive hockey experience. The picture above taken just after the game pretty much sums up the outcome of last nights's game.

It's not easy to decipher in this picture exactly who came away victorious in this game. That's the way it should be too; all winners and MVPs.

In the end though it was Har Torah who's numbers on the scoreboard topped those of Ashar's.

Ashar Hockey looks forward to hosting Har Torah at Ashar in a couple weeks to try and even up the record.