CHA Players/Coaches Shine at Team South:
The 2009 Team South Player Development Tournament was held on the weekend of May 30th in Decatur, AL. The Team South Tournament is a player development program held each year by SAHA. It is a great opportunity for the kids to meet and play hockey with kids from other associations. It also is a great chance to meet and make friends within the hockey community in the Southeast. The event consists of a practice weekend and a tournament weekend. Players from all over the Southeast are selected through tryouts and divided into teams for a weekend tournament..
CHA Coaches:
CHA’s Billy Cox and Brad Lee were selected as head coaches for the 97/98 Peewee Black Team and the 99/00/01 Squirt Red Team, respectively. Coach Lee’s Red Team finished second in an overtime shootout loss in the squirt championship game. Coach Cox’s Black Team won the Peewee Championship in a 2-1 Championship victory, with the two goals coming from Columbus’ Colin Tate and Jake Cox.
CHA Players:
CHA was represented by several players in this year’s tournament. They included:
97 / 98 birth year – Jake Cox, Rhett King and Colin Tate were members of the Black Team coached by Billy Cox. Mitchell Dennis and Michael Dennis were on the Gold Team.
99-01 birth year - Chase Brandenburg (Black Team), Brice Caffey (Gold Team), Tara Lee (Red Team), Shayna Lee (Red Team), and Ian Baugh (Red Team).






