UTAH WINTER GAMES OFFERS HOCKEY AND THE LUMBERJACK JAM

Park City, UT (March 9, 2007) -- The Utah Winter Games have two hot events on tap for this weekend.

You have a chance to learn from the pros when the Utah Grizzlies team up with the Utah Winter Games to offer two hockey clinics.

One will be at the Park City Ice Arena on Sunday afternoon. It will be divided into sessions for kids nine and under and anyone over ten.

On Monday night, Grizzlies will be on home ice for the clinic at the E Center in West Valley City. The same age divisions are in effect, but everyone attending the clinic will also get a free Grizzlies game ticket and a tour of the locker room. The clinic only costs 8-dollars to learn the finer points of hockey from both coaches and players. They do say that everyone taking part in the clinic has to bring personal helmets, gloves, elbow pads, shin guards, and a stick. The Grizzlies have 23 former players currently in the National Hockey League, so it's always possible that you can learn from someone whose name will someday be on the Stanley Cup.

And then there's the Lumberjack Jam at the Brighton Resort on Saturday morning. It's the kind of event that almost says, “If you have to ask, you probably shouldn't be there.”

SLUG Magazine promises that this will go down as a day of infamy among local riders as the skiers and snowboarders use old trees and pieces of lumber to perform terrain park tricks. They're also throwing in a beard-growing contest, which could be interesting given the ages of most of the competitors.

There will be a hatchet-throwing contest which SLUG says is especially designed for unemployed slack-jawed yokels. The prizes are no joke, though. Top riders will win cash and a new snowboard. Second and third place finishers will collect cool swag such as goggles and clothes. There will be free Red Bull for competitors. You have to wear a helmet so that if you fall off a tree, you'll just bounce.

To find out more about either the hockey or the Lumberjack jam, log on to UtahWinterGames.org.

The Utah Winter Games are the oldest and biggest amateur winter sports event in the country. They continue the legacy of 2002 in Utah by making it possible for large numbers of people of all skill levels to have a wonderful time with winter sports.
In the 2005-2006 20th anniversary season, more than three thousand people took part in 20 competitions in 15 sports and 32 instructional clinics.

The Utah Winter Games: All Ages, All Abilities, Always Fun.