University School of Milwaukee won the WIAA state boys hockey championship March 2, but exactly one month earlier, the USM boys hockey team hosted Homestead at the USM Ice Arena for a Coaches Vs. Cancer game with proceeds and donations going to the Coach Sauer Foundation. The idea for the Coaches vs. Cancer game benefiting the Coach Sauer Foundation this year started with Wildcat players Casey Roepke, Robby Newton, and Coach Jason Woods.

Congratulations to Parker Esswein from Wauwatosa East High School and the Brookfield Stars for winning the 2019 Jeff Sauer Award! 2019 Jeff Sauer Award finalists from left to right: Haley Meskin (Madison West HS/Metro Lynx), Luke Trittelwitz (Grantsburg HS/WSFLG Blizzard), Dane Luebke (Wanuakee HS), and our winner, Parker Esswein (Wauwatosa East HS/Brookfield Stars) Press release below: MADISON – Parker Esswein, a senior forward from Wauwatosa East High School and the Brookfield Stars, has been named the recipient of the Jeff Sauer Award, the Coach Sauer Foundation announced.

We are proud to provide financial support for the 2019 Regional Disabled Hockey Festival for the second year in a row. The Festival will take place on March 30th and 31st at Madison Ice Arena. The annual Regional Disabled Festival is an opportunity for sled hockey and special hockey teams to enjoy a weekend of hockey competition and camaraderie, at no cost for participation. Madison Ice Arena is equipped with special dasher boards for sled hockey, specially designed locker rooms for disabled hockey players and is an ADA compliant ice arena facility.