Florida Ice Hockey

An Alliance is Forged…

The Florida Eels and the Tampa Black Bears will joining forces in the 09/10 youth ice hockey season here is Florida.  The two teams will be coming together to form a Bantam A team.  This joint venture came to be this past Saturday night as the Bantam age players for the eels were holding a skills clinic.  Coach Frank Scarpaci and Coach Chris Frontiero of the Black Bears put there heads together while at the Fort Myers Skatium to bring the teams together.  In the upcoming season the Bantam A team will be wearing both the Florida Eels jerseys and the Tampa Black Bear jerseys throughout.

“With this agreement comes the ability to expose youth hockey players, in the Tampa Bay area, to what I believe is the finest hockey program in the southeast” said Coach Frontiero.  “We are very happy to have the Florida Eels as our sister affiliate.”

Coach Scarpaci said,”The black bears are well run and this is an opportunity to open some doors for the and for us.  Having the bears as our sister affiliate just makes our program here that much more accessible.  Our goals are the same, to get as many of these kids to college as we can.  And perhaps even some day see the first Florida born player in the NHL.”

If you would like more information on the Florida Eels youth hockey teams or this article you can check out the
Florida Eels website.

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Florida Ice Hockey Summer Camps that you just don’t want to miss.  Bring out the best in your game and come to join us at the Fort Myers Skatium for some great hockey trainning.

Extreme Training For The Extreme Hockey Player Well, it is time to make that decision.  Are you going to Train over the summer and gain that edge to become one of the top ice hockey players in the Fort Myers area?  We are offering you the opportunity to train 4 hours a day 5 days a week for 6 weeks of on-ice and off-ice strengthen and conditioning training.  Yes that is about 120 hours of intense ice hockey training during the summer.  If you compare this to your regular ice season that runs approximately 30 weeks, you only! get 60 hours of ice for the entire season.  Under the Florida Elite Summer Camp, you would get 60 hours of ice in 6 weeks.  You also will get 60 more hours of hockey specific strengthen and conditioning training.  For the die hard player, we would also include 2 additional hours a day of public skate so you can augment the training – over the 20 summer that equals 60 additional hours!  Do not be fooled.  The only way you will excel in hockey, or any sport, is to have absolute dedication, devotion, determination, commitment, hard work and focus.  Having dreams and goals alone are not enough. You have to implement the goals by an execution of a plan.  Our Summer Ice Hockey Program does just that.  Our Camp focuses on Power Skating, Stick handling, Passing and Scoring.  In addition to individual skills development we work on team skills, power plays, penalty kills and systems.  It is the over all program.  Best of all it is at your front door.  These camps are offered right here at the !  Fort Myers Skatium The Cost for is $325.00 per week.  Multiple week discounts are available at $275.00 per week Special Discount $300.00 for Eels with a further discount of $250 for multiple weeks Florida Elite – Summer Hockey Camp 2009 With Coach Frank Scarpaci ( Florida Eels & Edison Academy )

Hockey Camp Dates – Advanced Reservations Recommended • June 15 – 19 • June 22 – 26 July 13 -17 July 27 – 31 Aug 10 – 14 Aug 17 – 21 Contact Frank Scarpaci – scarpacif@aol.com 941-400-9023

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Florida Eels Junior Teams Tryout This Sunday
June 14, 2009

Come Join the most Exciting Junior Program in Florida.

Six Players making the MJHL All Star Team
Six Players in the Top  20 in League Scoring
36 Alumni20off playing in Div 1 and 3 College Hockey
2 Alumni this year on NHL Central Scouting Expected to go in this year’s NHL Draft
1 Alumni Already Drafted to the NHL
1 Alumni former Captain of the NTDP
400 Hours of on Ice Practice-2 hours a day 5 days a week 40 weeks a year
250 Hours of off-ice conditioning
New England College Tour 12-15 schools
3 College Showcases
Minimum of 3 hours per week of SAT/ACT Educational Training
College Advising and Counseling
Game and Practice Video Analysis

The Florida Eels will be fielding two teams this year. One in the MJHL (Junior B) and one in the SEJHL ( Junior C) The Florida Eels will be hosting a joint tryouts to provide all of its prospects and opportunity to be evaluated by coaches from the Junior B and C Teams.
The Tryout for the Florida Eels Junior teams are as follows:
 
June 14th 2009 Sunday 9am- 1pm
They will be held at the Fort Myers Skatium 2250 Broadway Fort Myers Florida 33901
Cost for players who are attending the Tryouts for the First Time is $50.00

For more information please contact Frank Scarpaci e-mail scarpacif@aol.com or 941-400-9023
Take a look at our web www.floridaeels.org

The Florida Eels Jr Team has an incredible showing at the New England NHL Pre Draft Showcase winning 2 games and losing one to the Nationally renowned Bean Town Bullies.

The Eels fought a hard battle against the Beantown Bullies Friday morning at 7:00 am. In the stands watching the Eels were 11 Div I and 3 Colleges including BU BC Northeastern, Holy Cross and others. Moreover, also in attendance were the NHL Columbus Blue Jackets and Florida Panthers. 

Despite the loss, the Eels played phenomenal. The average size of the Beantown and New Jersey and the Hitman players was over 6’0 tall. The Beantown Bullies had over 16 players who played Major Junior, Prep School or Junior A Elite and the Hitman had an equally potent group of boys. 

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At the Hitman game and Walpole game the arena was packed with at least 30 scouts from the New England Colleges in observance of those games.
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Over all the Eels had a fantastic weekend. The weekend was filled with enormous exposure opportunities and visibility unlike never before.

Florida Eel player Chad Darcy is off to UNH

     Chad Darcy commits to UNH. Chad Darcy has been with the Eels for Five years. It is extremely exciting that he will be going off to UNH this fall. Chad is a defenseman/forward who size no doubt has been imposing at 6’5” 210 pounds

     Chad Darcy has been with the Eels for Five years. It is extremely exciting that he will be going off to UNH this fall. Chad is a defenseman/forward who size no doubt has been imposing on his opponents, at 6’5” 210 pounds.

     Chad has been with the Eels for the last 5 years. He started with the Eels playing Bantam AAA, Midget AAA and with the Junior team. He attended Stephen Husmann Prep at JP Igloo and Edison Academic Center. Chad is definitely a by product of our intense training program. He came to the Eels from South Boston Mass as a young recruit and has excelled as one of our Elite players. There was never any doubt that he would reach his goals. He never sat back and took things for granted. Hard work on and off the ice. In school and out. As a player he reminds many scouts of Hale Gill.  We are very proud of this young man.

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Iain Guzinski, former Eel’s Junior player has joined the US Marines. Iain is the second member of the 2007-08 Eels Junior Team to join the Armed Services. We all remember, Josh Marion joined the Army last year. Josh is currently serving his tour of duty in Iraq.
 
Iain played 2 years for the Eels Junior team. He graduated from Edison Academic Center last Spring. He is 6’4″ tall weighing 220 pounds and all muscle. His physical presence was well known amongst the SEJHL opponents and the many teams we played up north in the dozens of tournaments we played in New England and Michigan. Iain was a specimen for physical fitness and training. He spent at least 1 ½ hours each day at the Ft Myers Skatium fitness center.
 
Although Iain had several opportunities to attend colleges up north, including Daniel Webster University and Bridgewater State College, he chose to defer college while he served his country. I was not the least bit surprised when Iain announced he was going to defer his plans on attending college. He was a patriot from the words get go. He is so proud of being an American. He believes in the virtues of our great Nation, of Freedom, Independence and Democracy. He often spoke often about joining the Marines.
 
We all know Iain by his imposing size. But as his coach, teacher and mentor, I knew an other side of him: A kinder, softer and caring young man. He was a strong believer in god, attended church twice a week. Not too many people knew this but when others were talking about who their favorite NHL player was, Iain would often speak to me about issues of right and wrong, morality and justice… Iain was a champion of the underdog. He never liked anyone taking advantage of another person or was sensitive to the guy who stood alone or newcomers. He would be first to volunteer to help out as well. He showed absolute respect for adults and authority.
 
We here at the Eels are indeed extremely proud of Iain. Just like his teammates who have gone on to seek their quest in college, Iain too has sought to reach his dreams as a Marine. It is boys like Iain who sacrifice their time and lives to represent and defend the interest of the USA. We thank you Iain from the bottom of our hearts. Good Luck and God Bless.

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Florida Eels First Travel Organization in Florida to Reduce Fees for it’s Customers.

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