Get ready for the ultimate collection of pins!
Returning for 2025, FYHA is going to raffle a complete collection of all participating teams' pins in a single pin board from Little Champ Frames! This pin board will include one pin from every participating team from each weekend.
Throughout the weekend, teams will have an option to buy raffle tickets at SCHEELS Arena during the Squirt Olympics and Cornerstone Bank Arena during the tournament on Friday and Saturday. Finally on Sunday, the winning ticket will be drawn at H.A. Thompson & Sons Arena (gambling rule) and will be announced via email. A phone call will be made to the winning ticket holder as well.
EVERY team will be required to send in one pin. If a team is coming to the tournament with more than one pin, we are requiring those pins as well. That way we will have a full set of pins from each team. The goal is to have all pins before the tournament, but we understand we may have to get the pins during the tournament.
Please send one copy of each pin to the following address:
Fargo Youth Hockey Association
Attn: Matt Weis
3955 40th Ave S, Suite A
Fargo, ND 58104
When sending the pin, please include the Team Name and Division you are playing in.
Each raffle ticket will cost $5 and only cash will be accepted.
Hiding around rinks throughout each weekend will be 25 Gold tournament pins! There are only 100 of these pins made and each tournament weekend will have 25 given away!
Use #GoldenSquirtInternational on social media when you find one!
*No pin will be directly handed to a player to avoid bias*
This question is asked very often. Every association brings their own idea to their pins. Some bring larger pins and some have smaller. The trend over the last couple of years is getting bigger. The picture above shows some different pin sizes that we see.
Smaller pins can be harder to trade at the rinks or hotels. Sometimes it may take 2 or 3 small pins to trade for a larger pin.
Some teams have been ordering a smaller pin to trade with teams they play during the tournament, while ordering a large pin to trade between other players at the rinks and hotels.
One option for your team is to do some fundraising to help alleviate the higher price for larger pins.