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MAHA recognizes award recipients at 2024 Summer Meeting

By MAHA Staff, 07/15/24, 8:00PM EDT

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At its 2024 Summer Meeting, the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association held its annual Awards Banquet, where the membership recognized this year's award recipients. 

 

Congratulations to Derek Donet of the Belle Tire Sled Hockey program!

The USA Hockey New Leader Award recognizes motivated, young, energetic talent to work within an affiliate to grow and improve the game of ice hockey. This award will be presented annually to "up and coming" leaders for contributions in growing or improving the game while being a very positive person in performing affiliate activities. 

Congratulations to Jeff Timpe of Kalamazoo on being recognized as the 2024 Earl Piper Award winner as Michigan's Coach of the Year!

 

Congratulations to Justin Sieger of Iron River, MI for being recognized as the 2024 Lowell McCoy Award winner as Michigan's Official of the Year!

The Lowell McCoy Award recognizes a referee who has contributed significantly to the development of young officials, and excellence in his/her role as a referee. 

Congratulations to Tom Zagacki and Suburban Sports Group on receiving the 2024 Ray Kraemer Award, recognizing excellence in the Adult Hockey category!

Perry Petterle

Tommy Cerne of Livonia

The Royal Oak Hockey Club was named this year's recipient of the John Stansik Award, given to MAHA's association of the year. The Stansik Award is determined by a scoring system that weighs a variety of factors related to increasing participation and growing the game; HoneyBaked Hockey Club finished second, while the Livonia Hockey Association finished third. 

Dan Pozdol was named the 2024 recipient of the Kellogg Award, presented annually to a member of the board of directors for outstanding achievement and dedication to amateur hockey.

The above members were honored for years of service between MAHA and USA Hockey.