Accomplishments

• Since the first hockey school was held in 1973, over 2,000 hard of hearing youngsters from across the country have participated in the program.


• The U.S. Deaflympic™ Hockey Team, comprised mainly of members of Stan Mikita’s Hockey School Varsity squad, won the silver medal in the 1991 Deaflympics, the gold medal in the 1995 Deaflympics, the silver medal in the 1999 Deaflympics and the bronze medal in the 2003 Deaflympics.


• AHIHA participated in the first-ever National Disabled Hockey Festival held February 2005, in Fraser, Michigan. The festival featured national hearing impaired hockey, sled hockey, special and amputee hockey programs.


• A number of AHIHA “graduates” have gone on to have successful playing careers at various high schools, colleges and have played in Tier I and Tier II junior hockey leagues.


• The American Hearing Impaired Hockey Association has become a self-perpetuating organization over the past few years as many of the original hockey school students have now assumed AHIHA administrative and coaching positions — and are working to teach and guide the school’s second generation of students.


• In addition to offering scholarships to students and families needing financial assistance, AHIHA has become a premier provider of services within the deaf and hard of hearing community, offering assistance in helping students obtain hearing aids and speech, auditory and language therapy.


• An all-volunteer staff has not only helped create and maintain a top quality sports and service organization, but has helped keep school expenses to a minimum. This has enabled AHIHA to concentrate all of its financial resources on accomplishing its mission.