SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOCKEY and ice rink related information.

• My list of Southern California Ice rinks in alphabetical order by city, half of which I have either visited or played in.
• Southern Orange County's need for another rink
  
• My history of BYGONE RINKS of Southern California, from the '20's to today. Additions, corrections, annotations, welcome.
• SoCal Alumni in Professional Hockey
• SoCal Alumni in College Hockey
• SoCal Alumni in Juniors, Preps, etc
  
• Where Are They Now - other alumni of Southern California youth, aka 'minor hockey, aka 'minor', GLAMHA and SCAHA.
• Info on COLLEGE ELIGIBILITY and WSHL Jr.B History
• ROSTERS of Western U .S, SENIOR & OPEN ICE HOCKEY, 1971-present
• Some PLAYER PROFILES Western U .S, SENIOR & OPEN ICE HOCKEY
• HISTORY, Along with Dana Shima of Mission Viejo, I am seeking historical information on the following leagues: California HL, Southern California HL, Southern California Professional Hockey Association, Pacific Hockey League, Pacific Coast Hockey League, Western Hockey League (the old pro league) and any other league that eventually evolved into a pro league that had a California team (i.e. western Canada leagues). This is a strictly an 'amateur hobby' activity.

YOUTH, or MINOR as we called it then, Hockey in Southern California

• Greater Los Angeles Minor Hockey Association aka 'GLAHMA' in 60's.
  
• 1968-72 Operation East   memorabilia,  first four years of teams touring the northeast over Christmas break.
• MEMORABILIA, mostly of Southern California minor hockey, listed chronologically as I dig it out of 'the box'.
• Past Hockey Schools of Southern California, 1967-1973
• Art Guiney Part I,R.I.P. 1916-1992. My reminisces of the inimitable long time Los Angeles hockey fan, booster, Kings supplier, etc,
• Art Guiney Part II,R.I.P. 1916-1992. More reminisces; running the store, the yellow Camaro, going to the bank, losing his keys, his address book, etc.
• Art Guiney Part III , R.I.P. 1916-1992. The hockey schools, expressions, range of interests, etc.

ALL OTHER CATEGORIES

• Springfield Missouri hockey.
• Pond hockey ,  Belmont, Massachusetts, 1940-1953.
• high school, Belmont Mass., 1943-1950.
• Greater Boston Interscholastic Hockey League History
• Canadian vis a vis U.S. amateur hockey, 1940-1970.
• TEAMS for which I played, 1946-1987, although not all are listed yet.
• Part 1 - What the scouts look for?
• Part 2 - Scouting Skating
• Part 3- Shooting
• Part 4- Puck Movement.
• In April 1998, The Globe and Mail newspaper,Toronto Canada published 'A Game in Crises" by William Houston, a 12 part series of articles describing the 1998 state of hockey in Canada. The articles are below and in PDF format at Massachusetts Hockey Article Index which also has good articles on minor hockey
• April 4, 1998: Part 1 - A Game in Crisis
• April 6, 1998: Part 2 - Win at all costs hurts children
• April 7, 1998: Part 3 - NHL sad model for youth hockey
• April 8, 1998: Part 4 - Size beating out skill, even early on
• April 9, 1998: Part 5 - Hockey establishment not keen to learn from setbacks
• April 10, 1998: Part 6 - Competitive parents, coaches driving kids out of hockey
• April 11, 1998: Part 7 - Junior stars either must suffer goons or quit
• April 13, 1998: Part 8 - Getting to the root of hockey's problems
• April 14, 1998: Part 9 - Europeans make serious practice of development
• April 15, 1998: Part 10 - Big ice surface cited as key to Europeans' success
• April 16, 1998: Part 11 - Cherry admits all is not rosy with hockey
• April 17, 1998: Part 12 - Correcting hockey woes is child's play
• AMATEUR ICE HOCKEY 2004 - a critical essay my thoughts on youth to Junior A Tier II
• COLLEGE, JUNIOR, HIGH SCHOOL and 'MINOR' HOCKEY where I have attempted to clarify the 'brackets' of hockey from Bantam to professional as well as list related websites. 

• Harlick Boots Company has some Historical Photo Archives, poignant memories of figure skating.
• UCLA hockey has some info on it's history from 1926 to today.
• The Birthplace of Organized Professional Hockey turn of the century, Portage Lake Michigan. 
• a rich source website dedicated to helping hockey families and their players negotiate the youth hockey experience.
  
• Speed Skating Association with some of whom I 'raced' at public sessions, Glacier Falls Anaheim and many of whom Art Guiney supplied with skates. Often I made phone calls on rush orders for custom speed skates for Art. I recall the Disney brothers at Anaheim.