Zebra Open 2011 - 8th Annual

8th Annual Zebra Open –

Referee’s Take a Swing at Cancer

Benefit for the “Zebra Foundation” & NHLOA’s Zebras Care Foundation

Friday August 19^th   , 2011

8:00 am (registration starts at 7:00am)

Stonebrooke Golf Club

2693 County Road 79
Shakopee, MN  55379

(www.stonebrooke.com)

Who: Hockey referee’s and officials who are interested in having fun and donating money to fight

          cancer.

What:  4 person scramble – Teams of four will compete for prizes and awards. May choose a

              partner/group to register with, or may be assigned to a group.

When:  Friday August 18^th  , 2011

            8:00 am

$75.00 Registration Fee, includes 18 holes golf, range balls, motorized cart, plus a barbecue picnic afterwards

Where: Stonebrooke Golf Club, Shakopee, MN

Why:  Because we all know someone who has been affected by cancer.  This tournament started seven years ago, with 6 people who played 18 holes of golf, took all of their betting money from the game, and donated a total of $350 to the American Cancer Society.  In 2005, there were two Zebra Open events: (1)Northern Tournament: 4 participants, who donated a total of $240 to American Cancer Society, and (2) Twin Cities Event: 12 participants, who donated a total of $650 to Jon and Kelley Campion (Jon was a WCHA ref and Kelly had terminal cancer).  In 2006, we held the event for the first time at Little Falls CC, and we had 27 participants, who raised $3100 for Jon and Kelley Campion again.  Year 4 we had the tournament in Little Falls again, drawing 31 people who raised $3000 for the Zebra Foundation.  This will be the fourth year it will be held at Stonebrooke Golf in Shakopee, MN, and last 3 years we raised over $1250, $1760, & $2,700 respectively.

Now for some old videos I produced (please keep in mind viewer, that the dates, times, fees are all different from what is in the video -- pay attention to the text above, please):












And one more Cancer Awareness Video for good measure (Movember was another charitable fundraising venture for Ultimate Officials - over $1200 Raised!)






UO Movember Hockey Game from J.B. Olson on Vimeo.

30 days of Growth for Me

UO Mo Bros in NHL Officials Locker Room with Brian Mach

Some Stuff

That's Teamwork

Dan Marouelli's Hockey Officiating Insight

Good ol' Dan Marouelli hasn't been on CBC lately.  That sucks.  Oh well, here is Dan's final NHL game:

http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=0&id=65713


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"The Only Easy Day was Yesterday"


Since NHL hockey has been pretty quiet on the Tube lately, I have been watching "The Military Channel" a lot and I have been really into the "Navy SEAL's" stuff.  You know...killing Bin Laden and all.

In fact, my latest newsletter for Ultimate Officials has direct tie-ins with SEALs and even some football stuff.

Click here to start getting UO newsletters: UO Online Camps (only $0.25 for 1st Month)

http://youtu.be/3DeSyl1CGIQ


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The "King of Almost"

I have also been "dialed in" to "The Voice" on NBC.  My latest newsletter also has a bit on perseverance and chasing your goals, with a tie-in to Tim Mahoney and "The Voice".  Tim Mahoney, raised in Minnetonka, MN and Tonka H.S. Alum, (I just saw this guy perform on May 7th at a fundraiser event for my daughter's Minnetonka elementary school) was on the show last week (got eliminated).  Think he is going to give up?  How easy do you give up?

http://youtu.be/-KMKP18En6I


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UO Online Camps: http://ultimateofficials.com/online-referee-camps.html

Summer Camp Updates

UO Has Got the BOOM!

A shout out goes the following boys for the Summer of 2011:

Minnkota Camp Acceptance:

Joel Omundson

Tim Ferrel

Zach Nelson

Robert Beckl

USA Hockey Regional Camp Acceptance:

Aaron Barlow

Jake Brenk

Ryan Szymanski

USA Hcokey National Camp Acceptance:

Nick Bradshaw

Ultimate Officials Spring Treadmill Camp:

Aaron Barlow

Clayton Smith

Nick Bradshaw

Norm Gaskins

Jake Brenk

Neil Missling

Kevin Cassidy

Tim Ferrel

Paul Gallmeier

Zach Nelson

Cameron Voss

What are you doing this summer?  www.UltimateOfficials.com

This summer proves to be better than the last one!

UO Summer 2010 from J.B. Olson on Vimeo.

"Get to The Net," says Dan

Get to the Net - See the Puck

May 9 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Sports/CBC%27s_Hockey_Night_in_Canada/1237534952/ID=1916564998

Notes:
1. Steve Kozari getting in position to make a crucial goal call.  Props!

2. OUCH - Dan goes after Walkom one more time, in regards to embellishment.

Diving  - NOT in Hockey, Boys!

Marouelli talks Caricllo and then Diving

That's water, not ice!

May 6 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Sports/CBC%27s_Hockey_Night_in_Canada/Hockey_Night_Online/1350044207/ID=1912839308

Notes:
1. Everybody's favorite, Daniel Carcillo, out there cross checking guys in the back.

2. Zdeno Chara does some "playground justice", and Brian Murphy #93, US Linesman, puts his muscle into Chara.

3. Dan goes to task on my boy, Stephen Walkom, for letting Scott Hartnell go without a penalty.

4. Grapes has some words about "garbage" and "Oh Yeah!":
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Sports/CBC's_Hockey_Night_in_Canada/Coach's_Corner/1239402029/ID=1911222930

May 7 Embellishment Link:
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Sports/CBC%27s_Hockey_Night_in_Canada/Hockey_Night_Online/1350044207/ID=1913854704

Notes:
1. No diving in hockey boys.

2. Which came first?: The hook or the "chicken wing".

3. Tunnel vision and sight lines.  You gotta "work the puck".

From the IIHF Worlds

Just posting these videos because: (A) they show the "one-man wrecking crew of  Evgeny Artyukhin, and (B) the game was refereed by Minnesota boy, Tom Sterns (he even has his name pronounced in Slovakian - "Toh-mass Sterns".

 

Good ol' Evgeny wasn't done after that previous series either! Like I said, "one-man wrecking crew":

(Sternsie gives the signal "hit him with the shoulder"). Arty got 4 PIMs in game for Interference: