It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Gary Beech.  For close to twenty years, Gary was the President of the City B League, then known as the ODMHL B

BEECH, Gary Edward
April 13, 1949 – November 23, 2016
On November 23, 2016, Gary bravely ended his 9 year battle with cancer surrounded by his loving family. He will be forever loved and missed by his devoted and adored wife of 45 years, Brenda (Ascott), his children Todd (Lauren Faulkner) and Stacy (Brad Fagan), and his grandchildren Alexa and Jack, whom he was so proud of. He is survived by his brothers Brian (Marlene) and Warren, nieces and nephew, all of whom were blessed to have had him as a part of their lives. Gary was a friend and mentor to many and will be greatly missed by all who knew him. The family would like to thank Dr. Bence-Bruckler and her team at the Ottawa General Hospital. A Celebration of Life will be held on Tuesday, December 6 at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, (1 Hunt Club Rd, Ottawa), from 6:30-9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, a donation can be made to the Canadian Cancer Society .

The HDCO Penalty free Sweepstakes contest begins on December first.  Click on the logo to go to the application.

Check out this link to the Hockey Canada Community http://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/Hockey-Programs/Community/About

Here is a fantastic opportunity to all coaches from the Ottawa Senators.  Click on the link below to register.

https://www.nhl.com/senators/community/tim-hortons-coaches-clinic

Here is a link to an interesting CBC article about Concussion Clinics.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/concussion-hotline-baseline-testing-treatm...

HEO Minor is happy to announce that we have received a grant from the Hockey Development Centre of Ontario which allowed us to purchase 1176 licenses for the Hockey Canada Coaching app.  We have distributed those to all Novice, Atom and PeeWee coaches.  After 7 days, if they have not been activated they will return to us and we will then be able to distribute to some Bantam coaches.  This Hockey Canada app is an excellent coaching tool.