Dear Friends of Coach Doug Ross;

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Joe Ritch Co-Chair Friends of Coach Doug
Ross 256-536-1711 (ofc) jritch_at_sirote.com
Friends of Coach Doug Ross
1019A Old Monrovia Road Suite 281 Huntsville,
Alabama 35806 14 March 2008
Kevin Monaco Co-Chair Friends of Coach Doug
Ross 256-603-6713 (c) lkmonaco_at_comcast.net
Dear Friends of Coach Doug Ross Good news!
Doug Ross, former UAH Hockey Coach has been
chosen for induction into the Huntsville-Madison
County Athletic Hall of Fame. You are invited
to share this special event with Doug and attend
the ceremonies on 14 April 2008 at the Von Braun
Center North Hall. The events include a social
hour at the VBC North Hall at 600 PM followed by
a 700 PM banquet. Tickets are 25.00 per person
or 200.00 for a table of 8 and may be purchased
by filling out the enclosed form and mailing it
back to Joe Ritch who is in charge of tickets for
Doug. All ticket requests must be received by 26
March 2008. Tickets will be mailed during the
week of 2 April 2008. Dress is Sunday
attire. As you know, Coach Ross retired last
year after 25 years of coaching hockey at UAH and
a 30 years coaching career. Last season his
Chargers won the CHA Conference Championship and
played in the NCAA Division I Hockey Tournament
narrowly losing to Notre Dame, the 1 ranked team
in the nation, in double overtime . In 1996 and
1998, UAH won the NCAA Div II National
Championship and the UAH Teams in 1983 and 1984
won the U.S. National Club Championships. Doug
played hockey for the United States National Team
in 1975 and represented the United States on the
U.S. Olympic Hockey Games in Innsbruck, Austria
in 1976. During his playing days at the
collegiate level at Bowling Green State, he was
1st Team CCHA All Conference and the highest
scoring right wing in the nation. He is ranked
among the top coaches in the nation with over 500
wins and was recipient of the Sington Award as
Alabamas top coach of the year in 1996.
Please make every effort to attend and share the
moment with us. In the event you cannot attend
the ceremonies but wish to contact Doug, you may
mail correspondence to him at Doug Ross, 12060
Mountcrest Road, S.E., Huntsville, Alabama
35803-3721. Joe Kevin Monaco Joe
Ritch Kevin Monaco Co-Chairman Co-Chairman
Please return Ticket Order Form to the
following address Tickets - c/o Ted
Brostrom 1019 A Old Monrovia Road, Suite
281 Huntsville, Alabama 35806
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Huntsville Madison County
ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME
P.O. Box No. 1021 Huntsville, AL 35805
[phone]