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Helmet recall notice!

December 5, 2008

Dear USA Hockey member,

Reebok has recalled a number of helmets that were shipped from their distribution center between June 1, 2008, and July 16, 2008. Please take a moment to read the note from Reebok below and also click on the link from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission with specifics as to exactly which helmets fall under the recall.

All questions regarding this matter should be directed to Reebok's customer service department at 1-800-451-4600.

Regards,

The USA Hockey Team

December 4, 2008 (Montreal, QC) On December 2, the Consumer Product Safety Commission released a recall notice, in the United States, on a number of RBK and CCM hockey helmets. The recall pertains to an issue that first came to our attention during the summer. In July, we alerted all affected retailers of the possibility they had received some helmets that did not fully comply with a relevant chin strap standard. We discovered in our internal testing that a helmet component that did not fully meet our internal quality control standards had made it into a small quantity of finished goods. We knew that the potentially affected helmets shipped from our distribution center between the limited period of June 1, 2008, and July 16, 2008. Therefore, we initially only contacted those retailers that received shipments during that period. At that time we asked the retailers that were possibly affected to check their inventory and return to us any helmets that matched the serial number pattern described in the recall notice. This process enabled us to retrieve and repair a large percentage of the affected helmets.

Any consumer that has a helmet described by the CPSC recall notice should return to the store where they purchased the helmet. If the store had not been contacted by Reebok-CCM over the summer, it means that they did not receive any of the potentially affected helmets. If the retailer was part of the initial recall effort over the summer and the helmet has a serial number that matches those described by the recall notice, the helmet will be replaced free of charge.

We apologize for any inconvenience this recall may cause. The safety of our customers is our highest priority. Should you have any questions or need assistance, please contact our Customer Service Department at 1-800-451-4600 if you are located in the USA, or 1-800-636-5895 if you are located in Canada.

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09058.html

Tricky-Tray was a great success! Thanks again to all the volunteers and extended families and supporters. This was one of our best events ever. Keep up all the hard work and team spirit.

CCHC graduate moves on: Mickey Carroll a career Capital and recent Midget Major grad selects Framingham State. Congratulations Mickey and good luck!

Capitals take 2nd in 8 state NE Regional battle of champions!!! Click here for details.

Clarkstown Capitals Crowned NY State Champions!!!

Saranac Lake, NY: This weekend, the Clarkstown Capitals, with its long history of annually qualifying teams for the NY State Tier III hockey tournament, returned home from the grueling three day tournament featuring NY State’s finest qualifying hockey teams as State Champions of the Pee Wee U-12 Division!! The Capitals went 4-1 overall and defeated host Lake Saranac in the semi-final and then avenged an earlier loss to Niagara by beating them 4-1 in the final to take the state title. As NY State Champion, the Capitals move on to the Tier III Northeast Regional U-12 Tournament held this year in East Hartford on March 21 -23 competing against 7 other state champions from Maine to Pennsylvania. “I am so proud of how our kids played and responded to the bigger Upstate teams. They proved they can play with anyone and we can’t wait for the opportunity to prove ourselves again at Regionals,” said head coach Eddie Varmon.

In fact, the Capitals sent two teams this year to the big upstate dance with their Squirt team reaching the Final Four of their U-10 division tournament in Syracuse, NY. This marked the 7th consecutive year the Capitals’ organization, led by President Mickey Carroll, have had at least one team qualify for the NY State’s year-end showcase tournament. Over that span, 16 Capitals teams have reached States with their 2003 Bantam U-14 their other NY State Champion and runner up in the Northeast Regional.

“We are very proud of the achievements of these two teams and the organization as whole. The hard work and determination of the players and their coaching staffs has really shined through,” said Carroll. “Our coaches are second to none and they really prepare the kids all season long with reaching the States as their final goal. Year over year they get the payers to achieve the goals they set for themselves with this year being just another example for their hard work!”

The Clarkstown Capitals is a travel hockey organization with the Palisades Mall Rink as its home arena.  The Capitals field teams at the Mite (5-8), Squirt (9-10), Pee Wee (11-12), Bantam (13-14), Midget Minor (15-16) and Midget Major (17-18) age levels. They will be holding tryouts for their '08-'09 season from April 7th -12th.  For more information visit them on www.clarkstowncapitals.com or call 845.639.0855.

'07/'08 SEASON ONE OF CAPS MOST SUCCESSFUL!!!"


*  PeeWee A New York State Champions
*  PeeWee A Northeast Regionals "Runner-Up".
*  Squirt A reach Final Four in New York State Tournament
*  Mites HVHL Champions (undefeated)
*  Squirt B HVHL Champions
*  Bantam A HVHL Runner Up
*  PeeWees winner of Congressional Cup in DC
*  Bantam B, Squirt A and Mites Runner Up in Congressional Cup in DC
*  Squirt B winner of Pittsburgh Cup