Wednesday, June 19, 2013

New Coaches Update

  • For the 1996 Team the coaches are Rick Murcek and Tim Luscom.
  • For the 2000 Team Frank Schmal will be coaching alongside Gregg McElwain.

Cookie Dough Fundraiser

Cookie Dough Information
As you have heard we have an opportunity to sell Otis Spunkmeyer cookie dough to help offset State Wars costs.  Christine Dupre’ (her son is playing with '00, '01 teams) will be spearheading this.  If you are interested in selling please let Christine know ASAP and she will get you a packet. 

The bucket sells for $16 and contains roughly 3 dozen preformed cookie dough pieces.  For every container you sell, you earn $6. You charge $16 per container and keep $6.  For example, if you sell 10 tubs you collect $160, pay $100, keep $60.  There are also 4 varieties of pizza to sell this year.

The deadline for this is July 7th.  All orders will be placed to Otis Spunkmeyer that week with an expected delivery the week of July 21st.  A more accurate date and time will be established once the order is placed.  Know that all products come frozen and will need to be picked up by you and delivered on the day of delivery, unless you have room to store them in your own freezer.  Orders cannot be held, as we don't have freezer space.  Again these times will be better established later in July.  

When collecting money if someone is paying with a check please have checks made out to you.  You will then write one check for the total sales and will make it out to Christine Dupre’. You can contact her at babyheartsix@yahoo.com.

Friday, June 14, 2013

State Wars 9 Team/State Count

Parents have been asking how may teams are going to State Wars for each age group. I compared the teams for each age group against the tryout list. There are three states/provinces that are not on a team list. Kansas does not have their tryouts until today/tonight (6/14), and Manitoba and Virginia do not have a tryout date listed. I hope this helps!

State Wars 9 Team/State Count

Totals as of 6/14/13 at 10:00 AM CT


Year 97 00 01 96 99 02 95 98 03 04 05 6U Total

Start 7/31 7/31 7/31 8/1 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/9 8/9 8/9
End 8/3 8/3 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/11 8/11 8/11

AB 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
AZ 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
BC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
CO 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 15
FL 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 9
GA 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 9
IL 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 21
IN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
IA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
MI 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 19
MO 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 17
NE 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
NJ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
NY 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 8
NC 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 12
N CA 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 9
OH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
ON 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
PA 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 10
S CA 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12
TN 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
TX 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
WI 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 8

Teams 17 21 19 24 18 16 16 18 11 9 7 7 183
States 13 16 16 17 13 13 12 14 10 9 7 7 23

Coaches Announced

Most coaches have been announced!

1996
  • Rick Murcek
  • Tim Luscom
1998
  • To Be Determined
2000
  • Greg McElwain
  • Additional Coach To Be Determined
2001
  • Greg McElwain
  • Jayson Towne
2002
  • Ryan Hoffman
  • Travis Hunsicker

State Wars 9 Specialty Pre-Order Items For Sale

The following is information from Tim McManus. If anyone is interested in ordering any of the items below please contact your team manager so they can fill out a master order form for each team. As Tim states below, this will ensure little to no mistakes are made during the order process as well as save time once you are at State Wars. For those you who have not attended State Wars before you will appreciate having everything ordered prior to getting there. Also, he states below all orders must be turned in by July 1st so please have your order to your managers by June 28th. Each manager will determine the best payment method and let you know.

Each year there are certain "specialty items" that we offer at State Wars that are very popular. These items all MUST be pre-ordered as we do not carry extras at the event. Please make sure to pass this info on to ALL players on your team, as many if not all will be interested in purchasing. You may mail in a check in advance to pay for these items or pay in cash on site at pickup. Attached is an order form, we need ALL orders no later than July 1st and only orders filled out on attached form will be accepted.

Many times, team managers email in many "versions" of their orders, please try to just send in one FINAL order, as there is always risk of a mistake when we have to make changes. Also, if you mail in your payment, your order will be ready at the team manager's meeting, if you do not pre-pay you will have to wait in line to have it taken care of for you, so if possible please pre-pay to save time.

ITEM #1 : "Helmet Stickers"
  • a very popular item that showcases what state/province your players are representing.
  • designed in 2013 team colors (see attached Team IL version)
  • cost is only $5 for a set of stickers for each players helmet (one per side)
ITEM #2 : "Roster Tshirts"
  • our most popular item each year
  • a new custom designed State Wars Hockey tshirt that will list on the back the rosters of each team in your child's birth year division at State Wars
  • we are currently designing an awesome new design, this will be the only DATED event shirt available
  • cost is $20 per tshirt
ITEM #3 : "State/Provincial Polo shirts"
  • very popular with parents and players
  • each polo will be in team colors with an embroidered State Wars Hockey logo and embroidered players # and state/provincial name
  • great way to represent off the rink!
  • this is NOT the same as the coaches polo's you may have ordered
  • cost is $30 per polo

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Time To Order Pins & Dog Tags


The pin price (cost + delivery) is determined by how many pins/dog tags will be ordered. We are required to pay for the pins/dog tags with a single check. The following is how the pin/dog tag process will work:
  1. Pin/dog tag ordering will be available online by using the link found in this post from now until midnight on June 25 (after this date/time no more orders can be made; a limited number of pins may be purchased from the staff at State Wars at the tournament for a higher cost);
  2. On June 26, everyone will be notified by the method they selected in Question 3 with the cost of their pin/dog tag order and payment methods available (cash, check, PayPal, etc.);
  3. Payments need to be made as soon as possible (cash, check, PayPal, etc.);
  4. Money will be sent on July 12, for the pin order to State Wars to have the pins/dog tags made; and
  5. Managers for each team will distribute pins/dog tags at the State Wars tournament

2013 State Wars 9 Pin Costs

Both of our State Wars 9 Nebraska pin options are 1.5", so the following is the cost breakdown.

2013 1.5" Pin Cost Estimates
Count Pin $ Shipping $ Per Pin*
100 $2.15 $17.00 $2.32
200 $2.15 $18.00 $2.24
300 $1.69 $18.00 $1.75
500 $1.56 $20.00 $1.60
600 $1.45 $24.00 $1.49
750 $1.36 $24.00 $1.40
850 $1.33 $24.00 $1.36
1000 $1.26 $29.00 $1.29
1500 $1.18 $37.00 $1.21
2000 $1.05 $43.00 $1.08
* $ Per Pin is an estimate based on the exact number in column 1. Final $ per pin will differ.

2013 1.25" Dog Tag
Cost Estimates
Count Dog Tag $
50 $5.80
100 $3.70
200 $2.60
250 $1.50
300 $2.10
500 $1.95
750 $1.70
1000 $1.50
1250 $1.40
No shipping information is added to the Dog Tag table below because very few Dog Tags are ordered (if any). When the order is shipped the number of Dog Tags is treated as an extra pin for shipping purposes, so extra shipping costs are not added. Please Note: if less than 50 Dog Tags are ordered then the price per Dog Tag goes up. We will not know this information until the time we order.