River Falls Youth Hockey Association

River Falls Youth Hockey Association (RFYHA) is a Wisconsin Non-Profit Tax Exempt Corporation dedicated to promote hockey for the youth in the community. The Association was organized in 1967 and is classified as a "Division 2" Association in WAHA's Region 6.  River Falls is recognized as a leader in hockey in Western Wisconsin. RFYHA owns and operates the Wildcat Centre Arena.   There are no State, County or City funds used to manage our facility and we have no employees.  Everything that happens in and around our arena is managed by volunteers who care about kids and hockey and we appreciate all of their efforts.  Welcome to our website and we hope you can come and visit our rink someday.

Coming to River Falls Wildcat Centre

•         Who: Steve Carroll

–        Mankato State All-American Goalie

–        Founder of Carroll Goalie School

•         When: Oct 15, 16 17

–        6 hr on ice clinic

–        Boys/Girls U8/Mite to Bantam/JV

•         Reduced Price $290.00

–        More Information for ice times and Registration at

–        www.carrollgs.com

•         Arena: RF Wildcat Centre

–        River Falls, WI 54022

–        Great Location for Eastern MN-Western WI Youth Hockey Associations area Associations

•         Additional Contact:

–        Bill Coggio 651-558-6173

•         River Falls Youth Hockey

Registration for the 2010-2011 season will take place on Wednesday, September 8th, from 6pm - 8pm at the Wildcat Arena.

There is one significant change in how we process registrations this year. Each player and coach will have to go online and register with USA Hockey before you come and register with RFYHA. We will not be able to process your registration with RFYHA until you have registered with USA Hockey and WAHA. After you register with USA Hockey you will print out a confirmation letter with a bar code on it.

Click on the link for the step by step guide to registering online with USA Hockey. If you have any questions or problems please feel free to contact Natalie Benusa at jnbenusa@sbcglobal.net. 

Step by step guide to registering online with USA Hockey

WAHA has mandated this change with the registration process. You will be asked to pay the $30 USA Hockey fee along with the $10 WAHA fee online. We have always had to pay these fees; we just paid them as an association.  It should be an easy transition for our association as most of the other associations within WAHA have already been registering online for many seasons.

Congratulations to the The St. Croix Fusion on their repeat as State High School Girls Hockey Champions! 

The Fusion team beat University School Milwaukee Wildcats 2-0 to advance to the championship game.  The St. Croix Fusion then defeated Green Bay Area Ice Bears 5-2 Saturday afternoon at Madison's Alliant Energy Center to claim their second consecutive state title.

Congratulations for another unbelievable year!

U10 Girls - DISTRICT 6 Wild Card Team - 8th PLACE at STATE
The U10 Girls Hockey team secured a Wild Card spot at state by defeating Coulee Region in the first round.  They fell to New Richmond in the Region 6 Championship game.  They are heading to Marinette, WI  March 6 - 7 to compete as the Region 6 Wild Card contenders.  

U12 Girls -

DISTRICT 6 CHAMPIONS and 3rd PLACE at STATE
The U12 BlackCats skated to 3rd Place at the State Tournament held at Arrowhead near Milwaukee on the weekend of March 13-14.  The BlackCats qualified for the State Tourney by defeating Eau Claire/Altoona Co-Op and Onalaska Area Co-Op in the Region Playoffs.  The BlackCats defeated Arrowhead in game one at State, then lost in the Semi Finals to the eventual champion Wisconsin Ice Spirit (Madison Area Co-Op), and then defeated the Dane County Diamonds (Sun Prairie Area Co-Op) for 3rd Place.  The weekend ended a great year that also included a strong showing in Minnesota District 8 League play and 2nd place finishes at the Chippewa Falls Thunder Classic and Baldwin's Rose Schultz Memorial Tournaments.  The BlackCats are a Co-Op between River Falls and Baldwin Hockey Associations and all players will eventually play for the St. Croix Valley Fusion. 

Pictured first row from left, Eva Doornik, Emma Van Dell, Ellen Patrick, Courtney Kempf, Nikki Gabbert, & Grace Kleinbrook.  Standing from left is Coach Keith Van Dell, Hanna Zevenbergen, McKayla Custer, Holly Meinen, Autumn Rasmussen, Carlie Christensen, and Coaches Allie Lunzer & Tom Patrick. Not pictured is player Andrea Eliason.