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Video coach brings hockey’s top trophy to parents’ backyard Drew Penner, Reporter Brett Heimlich’s road to win ning the Stanley Cup began years ago in Los Gatos. He’d recently graduated from high school and was casting around for a law enforcement or audio/visual job, when he went to a family barbecue at the home of a friend his mom worked with at Southwest Air lines, Kim Hunter. Her husband, Tim Hunter— on steak-grilling duties—was an assistant coach at the San Jose Sharks and just happened to be looking to improve the team’s technological capabilities. “I didn’t know what the hell I ➝ Cup, 6 police blotter p4 : water polo preview p12 : local scene p14 : ny times crossword puzzle p17

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CHAMPS Los Gatos resident Mike Ricci (from left), Brett Heimlich and Tim Hunter—who have all now won the Stanley Cup—revel in Heimlich’s moment of glory Sunday evening at a backyard bash, hosted by parents Mitchie and Joel Heimlich.

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So, are the Los Gatos flyers just a clev erly disguised guerilla marketing tactic from the Moore campaign meant to gen erate buzz? Not so, says the candidate.

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Moore learned about the unsanc tioned election activity targeting him via email and headed downtown to assess theTheresituation.were about 50 flyers posted in the North Santa Cruz Avenue area, he says supporters told him. The anonymous activism deployed his own branding—of a bicycle using the two o’s in his last name as wheels— to introduce each concern the maker took issue with (“Moore LGBTQ+++” “MOORE inappropriate wasteful spending” “Moore propaganda”). Moore is an unabashed Democrat and even interned for local congressional representative Anna Eshoo.

“It’s actually very much the oppo site,” Moore said. “It’s very motivating and really it shows that there are these folks…who were harassing the mayor— They’re back around.”

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“Just say NO MOORE!” Moore suspects the strong rhetoric is coming from the same camp who were against mask mandates and opposed for mer mayor Marico Sayoc’s policies, last year. He says he actually agrees with many of the points the author made about his posi tions, such as being in support of inclusivity.

The flurry of flyers came the same week Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law new rules outlining public decorum at municipal meetings, a direct response to the very people Moore believes were behind the new Los Gatos posters.

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Moore said by the time he canvassed the North Santa Cruz Avenue area, his supporters had removed all the other posters, so he only removed a single piece of paper from a street pole. He also took a moment to lambast his critics, by commenting on the rudimen tary nature of the graphics.

Drew Penner, Reporter Los Gatos Town Council candidate Rob Moore says, so far, he’s knocked on about 1,500 doors in Los Gatos, ex periencing cordial conversations even withButdetractors.lastweekhe was hit by a low-bud get attack campaign that called him out for allegedly supporting everything from the Black Lives Matter movement to LGBTQ acceptance to traffic congestion.

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wanted to do,” Heimlich said. “I have a strong passion for law enforcement, so I thought I might become a cop.” When Heimlich was offered the chance to use his video skills to help the Sharks, he jumped at the chance. The Sharks didn’t have a big budget for technology in those days, says Tim Hunter.Herecalls how he even hired Heim lich’s dad to help put a “smart board” up in the dressing room at the Sharks Ice practice facility. To prepare game footage to show to players, a staffer would transfer clips from one VHS tape to another.

“To finally win it and touch it—it’s so surreal,” he said. “It is so incredible.”

Heimlich and his 34.5-pound sil ver-and-nickel cylinder with a bowl on top were the center of attention.

“I’m happy for his family too,” he said. “That’s what this is for—for everybody.”

“San Jose is Silicon Valley,” Hunter remembers thinking. “Why don’t we haveHecomputers?”contactedthe company’s spon sor, HP, brought in five laptops and began training Heimlich on how to use the new system. “He was bang-on fantastic at it,” he said. “I just showed him the path.” That began an incredible run for the 1991 expansion team.

“It’s been unreal,” he said, noting it was amazing to get to share it with his family. “It’s a dream come true.”

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The Sharks won the Presidents’ Tro phy, for achieving the best record in the 2008-09 regular season. They made the playoffs every year until 2015. “I started doing simple things,” Heimlich said, noting over the years he was promoted to the role of video coordinator. “I got fully involved with the coaching staff.” There was nothing quite like their 2004 run to the Western Conference Finals, he says. After they missed the playoffs in 2015, Heimlich was let go with the rest of the coaching staff. “It was a learning experience,” he said. “I just got let go from my home townHisteam.”mom, Mitchie Heimlich, re members how difficult that was for her son.

Hunter says back when he won the cup with the Calgary Flames in 1989, he picked it up in a hockey bag.

As the video coach, Heimlich is in charge of challenging questionable calls during the game, and with National Hockey League rule-updates, he kept getting more responsibility. “The technology is all unreal—it’s all HD,” he said. “It’s a pivotal thing.” It also meant added pressure. For example, if he claims an opposing player interfered with their goalie while putting the puck in the net—but this gets dis proven during the challenge—they have to send one of their own players to the penalty box for two minutes.

“Because there are late nights; there are frustrating nights.” But this year, they managed to go all the way—winning the Stanley Cup finals against the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games.

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Neighbor Mike Ricci, who won the cup in 1996 with the Colorado Ava lanche, again basked in the glow of the prize that was first awarded in 1893.

“That was hard to see,” she said. “He was doing his best, which was all he couldLuckily,do.” he quickly scored a job in terview in Colorado. “Joe Sakic and Patrick Roy were the two that interviewed me,” he said, re membering how he tried not to lose his cool in front of the two Hall of Famers. “Of course it was intimidating.” Luckily, he made an instant connec tion with Roy, and he was invited to join theThatorganization.yearhefocused on proving his mettle. That included collecting the best assortment of pre-scout video—boiling hundreds of hours of footage down to the 20-30 clips that tell a cohesive story about the team you’re about to go up against. Under Roy, Heimlich was even the one to present the video to the players. That year the Avalanche didn’t make the playoffs, and the following year they had the worst record in franchise history since moving from Quebec. “It was a humbling experience,” Heimlich said. “It was hard, but it made you want to grind and not embarrass yourself and do better the next year.”

As evening turned into night—and beer, popcorn and teddy bear-shaped cookies entered the cup before van ishing—Heimlich took stock of this pivotal moment in his life.

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“There’s just that sense of a weight lifted off your shoulders,” he said. “It’s contagious. I want to win next season.”

Instead of just allowing a single goal, it could create an opening for the other team to score again.

Heimlich credits his amazing family for helping him navigate the roller-coast er ride that is professional hockey. “If you don’t have good family support in this job it’s hard to succeed,” he said.

MEMORY OF A LIFETIME Colorado Avalanche video coach Brett Heimlich scoops ice cream into the bowl of the Stanley Cup so his nephews, and other children at the gathering, could have the most memorable chocolate sundae of their lives.

Each team member gets to spend the day with the trophy, and Heimlich decided he’d bring Lord Stanley’s cup to the place where it all began for him—Los Gatos.

He drove down with his wife from Alber ta to celebrate Heimlich’s victory this year.

On Sept. 4, after a winery stop in Gilroy, friends and family from across the continent gathered in his parents’ suburban backyard on one of the hottest weekends of the year.

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• A front door was shattered on E. Main Street.

• A man was reportedly yelling loudly at customers in a busi ness on Los Gatos Boulevard at 9:57pm and “sprawling on the ground.”

• A man was arrested for inflicting injury on a cohabitant on the 200 block of Westchester Drive at 2:52am.

• A person called the police be cause they were awoken by two people yelling for their dog on Bachman Avenue at 10:36pm. AUG. 30

• A man was arrested for being in possession of a controlled sub stance on Gregg and Hershner drives at 4:50am. AUG. 31 • Grand theft was reported on Los Gatos Boulevard.

• Someone stole a vehicle's cata lytic converter on Leroy Avenue.

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• An unknown suspect damaged signs of a church on Blossom Hill Road. • An unknown suspect pried off the coin boxes of a laundry machine on Rushmore Lane at 7:43am.

• A man was arrested for battery on the 600 block of Blossom Hill Road at 9:52pm. AUG. 29

• Homes were reported burglar ized on Kennedy Court and Kavin Lane.

• A vehicle was reported stolen on Andrews Street and N. Santa Cruz Avenue.

• A homeless man reportedly re fused to leave a parking lot when asked to do so on E. Main Street at 12:12pm.

• A man was arrested for vehicle theft on the 500 block of N. Santa Cruz Avenue at 12:52pm.

• A caller witnessed a driver throw their lunch out of the window of their vehicle on Los Gatos Sara toga Road and N. Santa Cruz Avenue at 1:48pm. SEPT. 2

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• A loud party was reported on Ken nedy Road at 10:59pm.

• A group of homeless people were setting up a camp in a parking lot on Montebello Way.

• A group of people reportedly stole $7,000 worth of merchandise on N. Santa Cruz Avenue at 4pm. Information is compiled from public records released by the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department.

• A man was reportedly walking on Los Gatos Boulevard and Samari tan Drive at 1:09pm with his pants down.

• A business was burglarized on Winchester Boulevard.

• Credit cards were reported sto len on N. Santa Cruz Avenue at 12:30pm. SEPT. 1

• Liquor was reported stolen on Union Avenue at 11:50am and on Pollard Road at noon.

• Two men were arrested for petty theft and trespassing on Universi ty Avenue and Blossom Hill Road at 10:21pm. SEPT. 3

• A caller reported they were awo ken by “loud talking” on More Avenue at 2:03am, and wanted police to ask them to “tone it down.”

• Battery was reported on San ta Cruz Los Gatos Highway at 8:29pm

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Los Gatos has plenty of depth with players such as Molly Vanderbosch and Emma Loller doing some good things in the Mitty match. Thompson knows going through situations that test the team will be beneficial in the long run.

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Los Gatos led Mitty midway through Game 1 and in the latter stages in Game 2 only to have its passing fall apart. Improved passing, communi cation, defense and transition play are the key factors in a team winning close games, something the Wildcats did frequently last season.

“If anything we got a little bit bet ter at dealing with—and maybe be cause we lost we didn’t deal with the pressure situations—but we certainly experienced them and now we don’t have to be surprised by them later on,” she said.

“Mia is all go and non-stop on the gas pedal,” Thompson said. “That girl is fun to watch fly through the air. She’s very gazelle-like in that she approach es and jumps with such grace and is so coordinated in the air that she’s able to do many things with the volleyball that are not like most 10th-graders. I’m very excited to see where her game grows and where it goes.”

Slover had seven kills and Halsey five in the loss to Mitty. Both play ers also had three service aces each, though Thompson knows the team’s serve-receive must improve if it wants to reach its goals.

FINISHER Sophomore Mia Halsey goes up for a swing in the Wildcats’ four-set loss to Salinas High on Aug. 29. Halsey has emerged as a difference-maker in her first year on the varsity.

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“It’s an easy cleanup on a couple of skills and I thoroughly believe in them and am extremely confident with this team moving forward,” Thompson said. “We take care of the balls we should and the balls that are currently better than us, we need to take care of and that’s how we slowly but surely become a better volleyball team.”

SPORTS LOS GATOS REMAINS CONFIDENT AMID TOUGH START

Wildcats confident talent, work ethic will pay off Emanuel Lee, Sports Editor When Los Gatos High girls volley ball coach Brynja Thompson made the non-league schedule for the 2022 sea son, she knew the team might not have a sparkling record at the start. And at 1-5, that’s certainly the case. However, given the team’s talent and the program’s propensity to finish strong like it did last year, Thompson said she has plenty of reasons to be confident in the team’s direction going forward.“Forsure, I don’t think anything is broken by any means,” Thompson said after the Wildcats’ three-set loss to Mitty on Aug. 31. “It’s very early in the season and we’ve got new players doing new things which is always very exciting because they did it at a pretty highTwolevel.”of those newcomers—setters Maya Walker and Kate Vanderbosch— are in their first season at the varsity level. Already, Los Gatos has played ultra-tough competition in Mitty, Sali nas and a slew of Southern California teams in the La Costa Canyon Tourna ment Sept. 2-3 near San Diego. “I’m very pleased with where our younger players are right now,” Thompson said. “Our two setters are playing the best of the best and with a big crowd (against Mitty) and I’m chirping on them to do all sorts of things and gosh, they handled it so well and I’m so stinking proud of them.”Thompson said she has also been pleased with the more experienced returning starters such as Hannah Slover, Nicole Steiner and Allison Black. Slover is a UC Santa Barba ra-commit and one of the most athlet ic players in the entire Central Coast Section.InJune, she joined rarefied air by winning the high jump event in the CIF State Track and Field Championships. On the volleyball court, Slover’s jump ing ability combined with her swing and competitiveness make her one of the premier players in the section. Although Slover didn’t have a ton of kill attempts against Mitty, she unleashed a couple of big swings that the Monarchs couldn’t handle. After one particular point in the third set, Slover pumped her fist, jumped and yelled, exhorting her teammates in the process.Steiner and Black provide steady play at the net, as both possess solid instincts and are formidable with their blocking. Black is lethal on the quick set and Steiner possesses a solid allaroundSophomoregame. Mia Halsey is a rising star and produced some stellar swings against Mitty, hitting through and off the block and having success finding spots against a very sound and tough defensive team.

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“Maily has gotten really strong and it’s going to be fun to see how she progresses throughout the season,” Appleton said. “She has the potential to be one of the stronger centers in the section this year.” Another standout senior, Elliott, was all league honorable mention last year, which essentially represents the second team since there are only two De Anza Division all league teams for water polo. A junior center defender, Elliott looks to have anoth er productive season.

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“Rachel has done a tremendous amount of work to become a really good goalie already,” Wildcats coach Don Appleton said. “Lucy spent the whole off-season training Rachel and doing a lot of extra work with her. Ev eryone is thinking we’ll be softer in the cage than in years’ past, and obviously there will be a little dropoff because Rachel is younger and a little more new at the position, but I think we’re going to surprise a lot of people in how solid we’ll be between the pipes.” After a tremendous 2021 season that saw Los Gatos finish 25-3 and advance to the Central Coast Section’s premier Open Division playoffs, Ap pleton once again is putting a huge emphasis on defense—and with good reason.Allof the top-tier teams in water polo at any level have one thing in common: they play great defense. If the Wildcats are going to repeat as Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division champions, they’ll need to be rock-solid defensively as they were a year ago. “That’s all we’ve been doing in the first couple of weeks of practice is de fense,” Appleton said. “Defense is one of the things you have to love, and it can definitely be taught. You can teach everyone defensive concepts. With (great) offense, a lot of that comes with athleticism, so athletic kids are always going to find ways to score. But defense can be taught and it comes withEveneffort.”though the Wildcats grad uated some standout players, they return some key talents including Karly Frangieh, Maily Isaacs, Karissa Elliott and Lily van Putten. A junior utility and returning all league first team selection, Frangieh is the fastest player on the team and perhaps in the entire SCVAL. She competed in the CIF State Swimming Championships in May after finishing in seventh place in both the 100- and 200-yard freestyle events in the CCS Finals. At State, Frangieh also was a member of Los Gatos’ 200and 400-free relay teams, with van Putten also on the 200 relay. With fast swimmers like Frangieh and van Putten, the Wildcats should have an advantage on swim-offs and off the “We’recounterattack.bankingon Karly scoring some counter goals and helping us out on defense as well,” Appleton said. Van Putten is projected to have a strong senior season—particularly on the goal-scoring side—after working diligently in the off-season against top-notch competition. “Lily played in a bunch of showcases, and played in Europe a little and got a lot of good experience,” Appleton said. “It’s going to be really interesting to see how she does because she has the poten tial to take over some games. It’s going to be a matter of putting all the pieces together and giving her the space to be a standout player, but also playing with the rest of the group as well.” It was quite a summer for van Put ten, who spent a week in Italy training with water polo great Tony Azevedo and another week in Croatia train ing Maggie Steffens - another water polo great. A standout performance in a Salt Lake City showcase got van Putten invited to compete in the 6-8 sports showcase in Long Beach.

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ASCENDING Lily van Putten is one of the Wildcats’ top returners and is coming off a strong off-season in which she played in a number of showcase events.

“Karissa will stand out more so than in the past,” Appleton said. “Last year she was a defensive standout while building her stats and contrib uting in a real quiet way. I think she’ll be a lot more noticeable this year.” Appleton refrains from making projections on how far a team can go this early in the season, but he defi nitely sees a lot of upside.

In addition, van Putten was on a club team that placed 18th at the Ju nior Olympics. Isaacs is another player who did a ton of work in the off-season and has developed in nearly every phase of the game.

Los Gatos looks strong in the pool again Emanuel Lee, Sports Editor For the last couple of years, the Los Gatos High girls water polo team had an embarrassment of riches at the goalie position with Jackie King and LucyTheHolland.duohave since moved on to play at the Division I level, King to Stanford and Holland to UC Davis. Conventional wisdom says the Wild cats will be markedly weaker in the cage this season. Not so fast. In junior Rachel Stephens, Los Ga tos has someone who is more than capable of getting the job done.

“I think we’ve got the pieces and the potential to have a pretty strong season,” he said. “We definitely have the potential to have a really good run this year.”

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The Flame of Liberty Memorial, located upon the Los Gatos Civic Center lawn (110 East Main St.) will once again be the site of somber remembrance for the tragic lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001. But in honor of Los Gatos High School alumni Mark Bingham and Todd Beamer and other heroes, the Veterans Memorial & Support Foun dation will also be celebrating the lives of all those who voluntarily take on acts larger than themselves. They’ve decided to call the event “American Challenge – Lessons fromMusic9/11.”will start at 4:30pm with the formal program to begin at 5pm. Mark Bingham and Todd Beamer were passengers on United Airlines Flight 93 when terrorists hijacked the plane in an effort to attack Washing tonThanksD.C. to the efforts of Bing ham and Beamer, the plane in stead crashed into an empty field in Shanksville, Penn. Their stories, as well as those of Welles Remy Crowther, first respond ers and soldiers who answered the call in the aftermath of 9/11 will be celebrated at the event. Distinguished guests are to include Francis J Harvey, 19th Secretary of theArmy,U.S.

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The Los Gatos High School Alum ni Association will hold its annual Alumni Night on Sept. 9. The event begins with a meet and greet on Grays Lane outside Loma Brewing Company from 5-7pm, and attendees will gather at the Los Gatos High School football game at 7pm. All alumni, family and friends of Los Gatos High are welcome. The association is also hosting its annual scholarship fundraising challenge.Thegoal of the challenge, which runs until Dec. 31, is to raise $10,000. To donate, visit LGHSAlumniAs soc.com or mail a check to: LGHS Alumni Association, PO Box 1872, Los Gatos, CA 95031.

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Brigadier General “Bucky” Steven J. Butow, commander of the California Air National Guard, Fire Chief Suwanna Kerdkaew of the San ta Clara County Fire Department, Los Gatos Vice Mayor Maria Ristow, and Capt. Doug Beck, U.S. Navy Reserve, who is a veteran of America’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as an Apple executive. Air Force veteran Mark Lindquist, who will be traveling to Los Gatos from behind the lines in the Ukraine, will share thoughts on lessons from 9/11 and why Sept. 12, 2001 may have been the “best day in America.” The event is free to attend. Masks are recommended.

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MORE ACCESSIBLE A site plan shows the ADA improvements coming to the Vasona Lake County Park boat dock.

The Environmental Summit: Green Transportation & Clean Ener gy virtual event will be held Sept. 10 from 8am to 4pm. The summit will include a panel on climate solutions from energy experts.Theevent is hosted by Environ mental Sustainability Rotary Action Group, Rotary District 5170, Rotary Club of San Jose and Santa Clara County.“Transportation and energy create over 60% of California’s global warm ing gasses that create climate change,” said former American Public Trans portation Association President Rod Diridon Sr. “This summit will provide important information and resources for us all to use to assure a more sus tainable future.” The keynote speakers are Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and Nuria Fernandez, Federal Transit Admin istrator.They will be joined by a panel of international experts discussing sus tainable transportation and energy used to fight climate change.

The construction of a new boat dock at Vasona Lake County Park in Los Gatos is slated to begin in Sep tember.Theproject includes the demo lition of the existing boat dock and the construction of a new ADA dock and a new ADA kayak self-launch ing structure. A new ADA accessible route from the parking lot to the boat dock area will provide ease of access. Work is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

A live event, with $20 admission, will be held in the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors’ Chambers, 70 W. Hedding St. in San Jose. There is no cost for virtual partic ipants ➝ 2022environmentsummit.events.humanitix.com/

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