Decatur Youth Hockey Association

Good evening DYHA Family!

While it's sad to see the 2025-26 season draw to a close, we want to take a moment to reflect on the year in the hopes of improving the organization for 2026-27!

DYHA members, please take a few minutes to fill out this survey and share your feedback. We value your feedback as we look to provide the best hockey experience for your players and families.

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2025 - 2026 DYHA Member Survey We value the feedback of our members as we look to provide the best hockey experience possible for our players and families. Thank you for taking a few minutes to share your feedback. Survey responses are anonymous; email addresses are not recorded/saved. If you would like a personal follow-up, plea...

St. Patrick's Day Parade Details:

🍀 We will begin lining up at 9:30 AM in the Ameren Parking lot (on the corner of Main and Macon). The parade starts at 11:00 AM sharp, but we do group pictures, distribute candy to be thrown, and give out general guidelines before. It's better to come closer to 9:30 than 11:00.

🍀 Weather looks to be in the low 50's, so a tad colder than years past. No rain in the forecast, but please plan for the temperature accordingly.

🍀 You CANNOT park in the Ameren parking lot. Park on a side street and walk over. They're more heavily enforcing this now.

🍀 PLAYERS, please wear your BLUE jerseys (unless you have a green St. Patricks Day themed one). Parents and siblings, please either wear a DYHA jersey, or BLUE or RED. We want our DYHA colors to stand out in the sea of green so we're noticeable to everyone!

🍀 Please bring any DYHA flag or banner you may have! We want to stand out!!

🍀 There is no float, so if you're participating, be prepared to walk or rollerblade the entire way. Strollers and wagons are permitted, just know there is no float to ride on for our littles. If you haven't been before, most of our DYHA athletes will rollerblade.

🍀 DYHA is providing the candy, but if you'd like to donate any please reach out or bring it Saturday. I'll have plastic bags, but if you have a bucket or bag you'd like to walk with to distribute candy, please bring that as well.

🍀 We've always had a WONDERFUL turnout for this event and it's a great time. The kids love it! If you haven't signed up, it's not too late! Please fill out the sign-up genius so I know how many to expect.

St. Patricks Day Parade Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!

🍀🍀🍀 Reminder! 🍀🍀🍀

The St. Patrick's Day Parade is THIS SATURDAY!

Make sure you sign up using the following link so we can better anticipate numbers!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E094FAFAD29A1FD0-62732784-stpatricks

If you would like to donate candy for the kids to toss, please bring it the morning of. If you cant be there and would like to donate candy/bags, please reach out to [email protected] and we can connect for a time to drop it off. Thank you!!

St. Patricks Day Parade Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!

🏒 What a Day for Decatur Youth Hockey! 🏒

Yesterday’s Try Hockey for Free event was our most successful in the last six years — and it showed in a big way.

✅ 28 kids signed up
✅ 28 kids showed up

That kind of turnout says a lot about our community and the excitement around hockey in Decatur.

Because of all of you, our hockey family just got a little bigger. ❤️

A huge THANK YOU goes out to everyone who helped make the day such a success:

🏒 The DWHA Women’s Team
🏒 The Decatur High School Hockey Team
🏒 Several of our Bantam players who came out to help on the ice

Seeing players from all levels of hockey step up to welcome new kids to the game is what makes this community special.

And thank you to everyone who shared the event, volunteered their time, and helped new families feel welcome. Because of you, 28 new kids got their first taste of hockey yesterday.

The future of Decatur Youth Hockey just got brighter. 🔥