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Chance viewing of stirring hockey movie spurred Ross Marshall’s involvement in youth hockey Webmaster of the Week: May 30-June 5 Name: Ross Marshall Site: Cranford Hockey Club Position: Web administrator Use of platform: Registration, Sitebuilder Background: Hockey was a mere afterthought – if it was a thought at all – for Marshall as he grew […]

Brad Buckland celebrates association’s past while pushing it into modern age Webmaster of the Week: May 2-8 Name: Brad Buckland Site: Dallas Junior Hockey Association Position: President/webmaster Use of platform: Dibs, Registration, Sitebuilder, Tourney  Background: Buckland grew up in east Texas so, naturally, as a kid he played … gymnastics? Yup, Buckland was a gymnast […]

Once a youth baseball player in organization, Brandon Kurz now runs it Webmaster of the Week: March 7-13 NAME: Brandon Kurz SITE: Port Washington Youth Activities POSITION: Director, webmaster USE OF PLATFORM: Advertising Network, Dibs, Sitebuilder, Registration, Verify BACKGROUND: Kurz grew up playing multiple sports in Port Washington, a Long Island town 17 miles from […]

Chicagoland’s Jr. Wolves, North Shore Griffins rank among nation’s best youth football sites Apologies to Jordan and Sandberg and Toews and Kane, but Chicago is most definitely a football town. Ditka. Payton. Da Bears. Monsters of the Midway. All that passion for football, apparently, filters down to the youth level. The Chicagoland Youth Football League bills […]

Webmaster Ryan Vinz ensures that more than 800 games are streamed live each year Webmaster of the Week: Oct. 26-Nov. 1 Name: Ryan Vinz Site: HarborCenter – Tournaments Position: Director of Hockey Technology Background: Vinz grew up just east of Buffalo in Lancaster, New York. After playing goalie for the Lancaster High School varsity team, Vinz […]

Jeff Nygaard handles the administrative duties and Neil Ravin the content creation for junior hockey league site Webmaster of the Week: October 5-11 Names: Jeff Nygaard and Neil Ravin Site: Eastern Hockey League Position: Nygaard serves as the EHL’s executive director; Ravin is the league’s director of public relations and social media Background: A Fergus Falls, […]

Former New Jersey Devils enforcer Krzysztof Oliwa does it all for junior hockey franchise Webmaster of the Week: July 27-August 2 Name: Krzysztof Oliwa Site: Kalkaska Rhinos Position: Owner, general manager, coach, webmaster Background: Oliwa, a native of Tychy, Poland, was selected 65th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils. […]

Mark Broersma’s Friday Night Lights leagues have been enormously popular Webmaster of the Week: July 20-26 NAME: Mark Broersma SITE: Friday Night Lights Youth Flag Football POSITION: Co-founder, commissioner, webmaster BACKGROUND: Broersma spent 20 years working as an executive in the Mars candy bar division of Masters Food before retiring at age 45. Freshly unchained […]

Doug Biever’s organizational skills big part of Stillwater Area Hockey Association’s makeover Webmaster of the Week: April 27-May 3 Name: Doug Biever     Site: Stillwater Area Hockey Association Position: Webmaster Background: Biever has been involved with Stillwater hockey since the youngest of his four boys became active in the association in 2006. He stepped up […]

Minnesota Made’s Amy Walker juggles multiple duties for twin organizations Webmaster of the Week: December 22-28 Name: Amy Walker Site: Minnesota Made Hockey Position: Ice scheduler/Webmaster Background: Walker, a former freelance writer who also has experience as a graphic designer, joined Minnesota Made about eight years ago, not long after the Minnesota Made Ice Center […]