Calgary, as the base for the Canadian amateur program, has been the site of many games against Soviet teams.

The Mutual Improvement Association of the LDS Church sponsored amateur programs in the 1870s and 1880s.

Plus, our amateur programs have had their problems, and if you don't get good amateurs, you're not going to get good pros.

Burke, the player deemed likeliest to turn the New Jersey Devils into a success story, has been groomed by his country's amateur program over the past several years.

The ESNCM offers two programs of study - the regular and the amateur program.

Students in the amateur program do not get credit or certificates for classes and courses that they have attended.

Bishop took his place as Executive Director and was now responsible for both amateur and professional programs.

A decade after the fact, ice hockey in the United States is still an untapped resource according to Bob Johnson, head of the nation's amateur program.

And home-grown Web video shows might become no more of a threat than the amateur programs on public access cable television.

Such field workers helped local Community Service "chapters establish amateur dramatic programs".