Jim Machacek
February 11, 1931 – June 22, 2012
Last Friday, Jim Machacek, a founding member and one of the first Presidents of the Northfield Hockey Association (NHA) passed away. He was as integral as anybody in the founding of NHA, High School Hockey and the Ice Arena. His contributions, dedication, and passion for hockey in
Jim, among others, had tried to persuade high school administration to start a hockey program but was told “no arena, no varsity hockey”. So in 1975-76, he and Rod Grubb acted as General Partners and, along with other investors, built the indoor arena our Association calls home. The building of the arena and Jim’s efforts were the impetus to the first
Since the mid 1970’s, NHA has presented The Jim Machacek Award annually to an individual or organization in recognition of their dedication to promoting youth hockey in
Our thoughts and sympathies go out to Jim’s sons and their families; Chuck (
Please take a minute to click on the link below and read Jim’s obituary –
Thank you to Steve Cloud, and others, for contributing to this article.
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