KOHA Pee Wee A K Wings are D6 CHAMPIONS

A letter from the KOHA Travel Director to the entire KOHA Pee Wee A K Wings team on their hard-fought and well-deserved District 6 championship:

Congratulations to all of you, coaches, parents and especially the players on a great win last night. KOHA is very proud to have a team win Districts and take part in the state tournament. Your team has continued to show what hard work and commitment to a common goal can achieve. 
 
As I watched the game last night I realized that there were people there that had no connection to the team, other than being excited KOHA family members cheering for one of our teams. Coach Hayward had his team there in game white jerseys. Coach Matt Kruzich was there with his JV team watching the entire game before practice. and Coach Tulik was there watching with his Hounds team and I saw his players trying to take in as much of the game as possible fully dressed before they had to take the ice for their practice.
 
The atmosphere was unbelievable with the crowd hanging on every play. Your fans were an example of what hockey fans should be, cheering for their team and not getting to wrapped up in the refs calls. We strive to create that experience for all the kids that play in KOHA and it is really exciting when we are there to see a team accomplish what your team did. As I told Coach Kalleward, My wife wanted to go out for a nice dinner for valentines day. Once I told her about your game we decided a hockey game and dinner at the rink was a better option. Best valentines day ever!!!!!!
 
Congratulations again and good luck in the state tournament.

 

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Back row: Assistant Coach Nate Merrit, Coach Bart Kruzich, Coach JD Kalleward, Assistant Coach Paul Watke
 
Middle row: Jake Kruzich (Mattawan), Sam Skinner (Kalamazoo), Josh Ernst (St. Joseph), Will Anderson (Portage), Ryan Lamb (Battle Creek), Ben Burnham-Fleck (Kalamazoo), Mason Ernst (Battle Creek), Colin Mehren (Richland)
 
Front row: Kane Hoffman (St. Joseph), Trevor Patterson (Kalamazoo), Ryan Mickelson (Mattawan), Niko Stamas (Mattawan), Zach Wiggins (Mattawan), Jett Haifley (Three Rivers), Brad Kolinski (Mattawan), Joe Meyers (Kalamazoo)
 
Goalie: Cam Kalleward (Portage)