Rockyford hockey stable entering the New Year

Tyler Lowey
Times Reporter

 

It was business as usual in 2016 for the Rockyford Minor Hockey and Ringette Association (RMHRA).
The program runs teams from tyke up to bantam with much-needed help from volunteers.
“It’s pretty simple. Without our volunteers, we wouldn’t have a program,” said vice-president Brad Munchrath. “They help out with everything from coaching to running the rinks.”
Munchrath has been on the RMHRA board for seven years now and is getting ready for tourney and playoff season coming up.
“We had a pretty good year last year, but we got our big events coming up in January and mid-February that we are all looking forward to,” said Munchrath.
Rockyford will host a tournament in January, and will prepare for playoffs at the end of the season later in February.
On the horizon, Munchrath sees a slight issue with the numbers. The older teams currently have more players than some of the start-up levels, so he realizes there might not be a lot of players at the atom and peewee levels down the road.
“I think that is just the way it goes in cycles over the years,” said Munchrath.
But those are issues for another time. Right now, he is focused on trying to get all of his teams into the playoffs in their respective tiers for Zone 6.