21% off Jr. Granato Composite Stick to Celebrate Hall of Fame Induction

To commemerate Cammi's induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame, we will be offering customers 21% off her signature Jr. Granato composite hockey stick during the month of November.

Regular Price: $109
Sale Price: $86

Take advantage of this special opportunity to own Cammi's limited edition junior stick designed exclusively for girls at a discounted price!

Congratulations Cammi Granato! Hockey Hall of Fame

We are proud to congratulate Cammi Granato, one the first female hockey players to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Cammi's accomplishments both on and off the ice have played a key role in the growth of women's hockey and she continues to be a strong role model for female players. We are proud to have Cammi as a part of the BelaHockey team.


Special Autograph Signing Session in Cammi's Home State - Illinois
Saturday, November 13
2:30-4:30 p.m.

Original Six Bar & Grill
Arctic Ice Arena
10700 160th Street
Orland Park, IL

Cammi Granato will be at Original Six located on the second floor of the Arctic Ice Arena signing autographs and showing off her new Granato Gold line from BelaHockey. Come take advantage of this opportunity to meet one of the sport's greatest female players and check out the newest colors and styles of her signature hockey line. This will be her first public appearance in her home state since becoming one of the first female hockey players ever inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

For more information, please contact info@BelaHockey.com.

2010 Colorado Camp Thank You's

The 2010 BelaHockey Colorado Girls and Women's Summer Skills camp held at the APEX Center in Arvada, July 22-25 has come to an end. Coaches Chanda Gunn and Erin Keys put on a fantastic camp.

Girls Group

Women's Group

Coach Erin and Coach Chanda speak about their US National Team and Olympic experiences during open mic at the Saturday Night Fun Outing held at Stoney Creek Golf Course.

BelaHockey would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to all of the special ladies who gave of their time and who made this camp possible. Thank you for your dedication and love of our sport. The future of women's and girls ice hockey is so bright because of the light you all so willingly emit and share.

• Lisa Wild, Arvada Girls Hockey
• Jodie Immell and Andrea Steinle, Denver Women's Hockey League
• Hilary McNeish, Women's Association of Colorado Hockey
• Volunteer On-Ice Coaches: Lindsey Akers, Sarah Itri, Hilary McNeish, and Kristen VanSlyke

We'll be back! Stay tuned for information on our upcoming 2011 camps by visiting http://www.belahockey.com/

The complete set of camp photos can be found on our Facebook fanpage.

Colorado Camp: Day 4 - Wrap It Up!

Colorado Camp Participants - let's wrap up camp with an amazing last day! Bring in a Cammi Granato photo or article and take $5.00 off your $25.00 purchase.


Don't forget to use those BelaBucks up too!

Colorado Camp: Day 3 - Super Saturday

Let's Be Friends!

Become a fan or friend of BelaHockey on FaceBook, Twitter or My Space and receive $30.00 off our composite sticks or $10.00 off our wooden sticks on Saturday only. If you don't have an account set up, maybe mom or dad will add us! What a great deal for our FRIENDS!!

Friday Funday!

Day 2 of the BelaHockey Colorado Girls and Women's Summer Camp proved to be another day of fun and skating hard! Coaches Chanda, Erin and Jen started the day by taking a hike in the beautiful Flatrions of Boulder, Colorado.

In the afternoon, it was off to the rink for another fun day of camp. Camp kicked off with the girls group skating first. After a lot of hard skating the girls camp ended with a fun pick up sticks skating competition where the losing team had to do log rolls.

The women's group rocked in the 'Let's Give Back' Promotion bringing the most canned food donations for the local food bank and receiving 20% off all tee and jersey purchases. Way to go ladies! On the ice they worked on skating and puck protection; finishing the night with a fun 3 v 3 v 3 competion.

For the full camps worth of photos, check out our album on Facebook.

Colorado Camp: Day 2 - Let's Give Back!

Bela Colorado Campers! Let's Give Back!

Bring a non-perishable food item with you to tomorrow's (Friday) camp and receive 20% off your purchase of any tee or practice jersey. Food will be donated to the local food bank.

Bela Hockey Camp Kickoff

Check our blog every day for special promotions available only to our Bela campers. Print out this page from our blog, bring it to camp, and receive great discounts!

Our BelaHockey Camp kickoff promotion for Thursday, July 22 is our Bela Sock Sale. Buy one pair get the second pair for 1/2 price! Includes our BelaHockey practice and Coolmax skating socks in all colors. Stock up for next season during this one-day sale.

Announcing the BelaHockey Colorado Girls and Women's Summer Camp

BelaHockey Girls and Women;s Camps offer sessions for females of all ages to refine and further develop their hockey skills. Camps are coached by an experienced and highly qualified coaching staff dedicated to the development of the female hockey athlete.

Colorado Camp Details:

Dates: Thursday, July 22 - Sunday, July 25, 2010

Location: APEX Center, 13150 W. 72nd Avenue, Arvada, CO 80005

Divisions: Girls U12, Girls U14, Girls U19, Women's Novice & Women's Intermediate

Each division features 4 - one hour on-ice sessions. An optional fun girls outing will be held for all camp participants on Saturday evening.

Coaching Staff Featuring:

Chanda Gunn - Goalie

• 2007 World Championships - Gold Medalist
• 2006 Women's Olympic Team - Bronze Medalist
• 2005 World Championships - Silver Medalist

Erin Keys

• Minnesota Whitecaps, Western Women's Hockey League - 2008-2010
• 2008-2009 U.S. Women's Select Team

Complete details can be found online at http://www.belahockey.com/.

Sponsored by Arvada Girls Hockey, the Denver Women's Hockey League and the Women's Association of Colorado Hockey.

Congratulations Cammi Granato!

BelaHockey would like to congratulate Cammi Granato on her election to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. Cammi and Angela James will become the first women to be enshrined in the Hall. The induction will take place on November 8th. Congratulations Cammi and Angela!

"Heeeeeeeey Bela!"

BelaHockey competed again in the 9th Annual Front Range Face Off Tournament held in Westminster, Colorado May 7-9, 2010.

The teams cheer: "Heeeeeeeey Bela!"

Let's Play Hockey Expo 2010

Thank you, Minnesota! You were a wonderful host! I had so much fun behind our Bela booth at the Let's Play Hockey Expo! CHEERS, to Natalie Darwitz (SEE PHOTO), current Captain of TEAM USA! We are so proud of your Silver Olympic Medal! I am glad that you shared your special tradition of attending the Expo every year...with your Dad!

Hope to be back soon! - Christina

Sometimes you have to leave someone you love to see someone you love. We met and spent time with so many wonderful people including the Stacks, Chus, Engstroms, Johnsons, Bellamys, and of course the Granato family (USA hockey). I met Picabo Street (Olympic skiier who ran the torch up the stairs with Cammi in Opening ceremonies at Salt Lake City games) and even snuggled cheek to cheek with her 7 month old son Dex, a real sweetie!

We met bobsledders, trainers, swimmers, figure-skaters, aerial ski jumpers, coaches, security guards, bus drivers, chauffeurs, and nannies! Everyone had the Olympic spirit! More than anything, I will greatly miss my sister, Cammi, and her beautiful boys Riley and Reese. They may be little, but they really rallied around their working Mommy, leaving us laughing and loving at the end of each day. You are all my gold medal champs! It was an honor to be with you.

Long after these serendipitous games are over, I will remember these athletes and their families, and their shining examples of life and love, friendship, humanity, strength, frailty, and hope. May their spirit live on in all of us. Whatever you do, take time to celebrate your own accomplishments-no matter how great or small. I can't wait for Scoshi 2012! CHEERS!

Olympians, their parents, politicians, oh my! So much has happened since my last blog! I have met so many amazing people here these past few days, including Dorothy Hamil -yep that's us in the ladies room of the private "USA House"! There have been so many highlights, but taking Brooke and Riley to Team USA Women's hockey game would top my list! The U.S. defeated Russia easily, and we enjoyed taking part in the "GO RUSSIA!" chants that broke out around the rink when the score was 12-0. It's all about catching the Olympic spirit! Riley never stopped waving his mini American flag. At one point, his foot itched so he went barefoot...you never know what to expect when you are with a three year old. He has been such a trooper!

After the game, we saw some dear friends from Coach Mark Johnson's family: Doug, Mickayla, Megan and Leslie! We love them all. They are the quintessential American hockey family! We had fun with the Engstroms, too, whose daughter Molly is on Team USA. We went so far as to hitch a ride back to town with them after the game. Thankfully Molly's dad wears a Wisconsin Cheesehead and he was easy to find! I almost had an out of body experience after the game when we walked past a large group of USA hockey parents (SEE PHOTO) and I did not recognize any of them. They did not know me either; another sign that Cammi's playing time truly has passed, but not without making friendships and memories that will last a lifetime! I can only imagine how my sis feels, being a broadcaster instead of a player. Her last remaining Olympic hockey record has now been broken, too! Cammi smiles through everything! I am so grateful to have entered motherhood alongside her! We're having a blast with our amazing brood here in Vancouver! It's so great to see things through their little eyes!

Yesterday we went to the private "USA House" (a corporate sponsored hideaway for Olympians and their families). We watched Cam speak to guests about winning her gold medal in Nagano. Our time with Cammi, although brief, has been magical! She has been gone for nine hours straight, day after day, and she still manages to make sure Reese (her lil' peanut butter cup) has enough breast milk to get by! One day her driver brought us an extra supply -freshly pumped! I bet that's not in his job description! Cammi's male counterparts have been making jokes about sharing a small single bathroom at their studios with the nursing Mom. One colleague thanked Cam for the "cream" for his coffee! Hockey players!

Today we saw Cammi off to the IBC (International Broadcast Centre) where the Today Show and so many others have their main studios. Brooke and I walked to the Olympic Cauldron. It was breathtaking, and the views of the ocean and mountains were equally spectacular! Before I forget, here's the last of today's bela hockey lowdown: Cam had to turn down lunch with Vice President Biden because of her work schedule! That's what sister's are for! Maybe next time she'll send me! TTYS - Christina

A Golden Day...

Wow! What can I say? The Canadians sure know how to throw a party! Our daily adventure began Sunday without much planning, but with lots of enthusiasm. I packed up Cammi's oldest son, Riley(3) and my daughter Brooke, 10, a Bela girl for sure, and we headed towards Canada Place. As we pushed the jogger/stroller towards all the action, we saw various street performers, but the coolest ones were painted Gold, Silver, and Bronze, representing the three colors of Olympic medals (SEE PHOTO). As the weather got warmer the crowds got thicker and we eventually took our coats off to celebrate the first sunny day at these games.
We decided to test our luck and try to find where Cammi (Mommy) goes to work every day. We followed the big white dome. Before we knew it, we were standing at the Media Entrance security gate. I sent Cam a text and she came down to see us! She wasn't that surprised that her big sis had sniffed out the right place and taken a chance. Soon Jeremy Roenick walked by, then Mike "Doc" Emerick and we all had fun swapping family updates, cell-phone pictures and hockey memories. Cammi couldn't stay long, but I think we all made each other's day as the Olympics seemed to be staring back at us in a whole new way: family fun!
I couldn't help but think of the Women's Team USA families and players as they prepared for their first game vs China. My perspective is so different this time around, without a sibling competing. Just a few days ago Cammi lent her umbrella stroller to former teammate Julie Chu's family! Cam wanted "Chewey's" sister Christina to get around town with ease. Ahh...the sisterhood of the traveling strollers! I remember hanging out with Christina in Salt Lake City, where our sisters won Silver together! Hockey is family, and it truly bonds people for life, especially during the best and the worst of times! I miss being a part of the gut-wrenching games that Cammi played in, especially at the 1998 and 2002 Olympics! The nice thing is, I am a spectator, a tourist, a visitor, just like much of the world, here in Vancouver. It's so relaxing!
On the way back to Cammi and Ray's downtown pad, we stopped to give a security guard two slices of much-appreciated pizza. He was chatting with a woman who was a two-time Olympian in Alpine skiing, Nancy Holland of Quebec! She lives in the neighborhood. Riley told her that his Mom has two medals, one Bronze and one Silver..."GOLD" I kept whispering. Did it really matter? As we stopped in front of Cam's home, Christian Erhoff of the Vancouver Canucks arrived home after a road loss. He lives two doors down. We wished him luck on Team Germany. Perhaps we experienced the perfect ending to a perfect day. Just then, people on nearby balconies shouted "We won, we won, Canada got it's first GOLD medal!" The city streets erupted with hoots and hollers, honking horns and "Whoooooooos"! Freestyle mogul skier Alexandre Bilodreau had captured Canada's first GOLD medal in a home Olympics! Perfection! I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings...stay tuned!

Rockin' the Vancouver Olympics

Greetings from beautiful downtown Vancouver, British Columbia! Cammi is off to the NBC Studios for her first on-camera appearance of these winter Olympic Games. (check local listings today). When she left the house this morning, after very little sleep, she was so calm, but truly excited to be broadcasting Women's Ice Hockey! When she was little, there was no such thing! You will find her on various NBC channels, including: USA network, msnbc, and cnbc. I'll update her TV schedule, but just know that she is on during all women's games, even if it's not Team USA's turn to play. She will be on your local NBC affiliate during the final rounds (medals).

I wish you were all here to share in the excitement. Last night's opening ceremonies set the stage for what we hope will be two more weeks of magic. It is awesome to be at my fourth Winter Olympics, but this time I am without a sibling in competition. As I glanced at the media centre (canadian spelling) in Cammi and Ray's living room, I noticed her two medals; one GOLD, one SILVER. I know what it took for her to achieve those. I was there, watching, wishing, cheering, and sometimes praying...all the way there.

To me, her success goes beyond her sport. She is an amazing athlete, wife, Mommy, and sister. I will cherish every moment of just being near her as I watch her beautiful boys so she can be on TV talking about a great game she loves.

Whatever you do in life, take pride! We can all be champions of our own lives. Keep skating, keep wiping noses, keep believing, and keep the Olympic spirit in your hearts! TTYS.

- Christina

Introducing the Granato Gold Line

Show your support for the U.S. Women's Hockey Team with our newest line of custom girl's hockey gear. Featuring all-American colors, your hockey girl can show off her patriotism in style!


Now available:

• BelaHockey personalized red, white and blue Youth Hockey Stick
  
• BelaHockey youth and women's Air Mesh Jerseys in red or royal blue


• Katie Kaps in red, white and blue


• BelaHockey Skating Socks with Coolmax in red and royal blue


• BelaHockey Practice Socks in royal blue with red stripes

Order a Granato Gold Youth Package and save 10%!

Pictures from the 7th Annual San Jose Jr. Sharks MLK Girls/Women's Tournament

Check out Bela's newest line - Granato Gold - premiering at the San Jose Jr. Sharks MLK Girls/Women's Tournament!

We've added royal blue and red striped practice socks, jerseys, Katie Kaps & coolmax skate socks to our line up.

Thanks again to Sheela Mohan-Peterson, our gracious host and tournament chair!

If you missed us at this years tournament, check us out online at http://www.belahockey.com/ to see our new line up of Granato Gold products as well as our fabulous classic colors.