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Countdown to DENVER!
Aug. 29-31, 2008

  Welcome to the home page of the Houston Harpies
Women's Ice Hockey Team.

Days: Hours: Mins:

Countdown to VEGAS!
Jan. 22-25, 2009

       

updated September 17th...

No ice tonight!
Ice Skate U.S.A. at Memorial City is closed to rebuild the ice after their loss of power during the storm.
Check back here for updates as we get them.

updated August 25th...

Please check the schedule for the current week's session.
We have modified it to accomodate the week we skipped in August.

updated January 30th...

Congratulations to Jackie (the "Jaxinator") and Anna for making the All-Tournament Team in Vegas - and - to Ellie who was the division's Most Valuable Player!
All-Tournament Team

 


The Harpies skate every Wednesday
at the
Memorial City Ice Arena

from
7:00 - 8:00pm


(we recommend getting to the rink as much as 30 minutes early,
'cause we start right after the Zam is done)


As always, we don't care if you've never skated before - get out here!
We're all about having fun in the name of recreational hockey.

  • Cost:
  • Practices: $15 per skater
  • Games: $20 per skater
  • (Both prices also apply for goalies)
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  • For more information: call 713.802.1248

Here's a map, and here is the Yahoo Maps! link if you want to get directions from somewhere and don't want to talk to anyone.


     
  Here's our upcoming schedule:

 
AUGUST 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
  1 2
 3 game 4 5  6  game 7 8 9
10 11 12 NO ICE 14 15 16
17 18 19 20  game 21 22 23
24 25 26 27  prac. 28 DENVER
31  
SEPTEMBER 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
31 1 2  3  game 4 5 6
7 8 9 10  game 11 12 13
14 15 16 NO ICE 18 19 20
21 22 23 24  game 25 26 27
28 29 30  
OCTOBER 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
   1  game 2 3 4
5 6 7  8  prac. 9 10 11
12 13 14 15  game 16 17 18
19 20 21 22  game 23 24 25
26 27 28 29  prac. 30 31  

 

 
   

Here's some more background on us from our previous web site:
The Houston Harpies are a developmental women's ice hockey team. What does that mean exactly? Good question. It means that we:

Give all women the opportunity to learn to play hockey in a supportive environment where you can grow at your own pace.

We're on to you - we know all of your excuses for not playing hockey. Here's what we say:

I can't skate. GREAT! Seriously - it doesn't matter. One of the team's mottos is "Skills are optional." We want you to come out with no expectations of being good and to play with women who have been exactly where you are today.

I'm out of shape. GREAT! Seriously - it doesn't matter. One of your teammates has had open heart surgery. Beat that!

I'm too old. GET REAL! We've had grandmothers playing on our team. Guess what, they didn't learn to skate untill after they were grandmothers! If they can do it, so can you.

I don't have any gear, and I can't afford to buy it. GREAT! As a developmental team, we do our best to provide you with the tools you need to learn. Part of that is the ability to borrow equipment so that you can go ahead and play.

Hockey's too rough. You watch too much television and don't spend enough time on the ice :) Professional hockey is very rough but we are novices, and we play by different rules. Fighting and body checks are prohibited. Don't get us wrong, you might get pushed around, but you won't get taken to the cleaners, and nobody is going to try to hurt you. We all have day jobs that are very important to us, and we want to make sure we are able to go to work the next day.

We're serious, we want you to come out and play hockey with us. Watching from the stands and asking all sorts of questions is always free. And when you decide to come out and skate with us, your first time on the ice is free as well. No pressure, no long-term contracts, no commitment. Just a lot of good clean fun with women who want you to learn what ice hockey is all about. For more information contact one of the following team members:

 

This page updated on 17 Sept 2008