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Volume 12 Number 47 | 50¢
November 27, 2013
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Kamloops Storm is winning on and off the ice Local Kamloops Storm Junior Hockey Team is on a winning streak! The Kamloops Storm is a member of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) and play their home games at McArthur Park Arena. After the weekend they are on an eight game winning streak. The Storm are now exactly halfway through the regular season and with a record of 21 wins and five losses look
like the real deal in the Kijhl. The Storm are second overall in points two behind the Nelson Leafs. At present the Storm have a goal differential of +40 which is third in the league behind Creston and Nelson the have scored 123 goals and allowed 83. They are currently eighth in the league in goals scored against. Barry Dewar, the Kamloops Storm general manager, is proud of the boys. “They are playing really well, we have a great product on the ice,” comments Barry about the two top
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I am really excited for their jockey careers but I am more excited about the group of people they are.
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— Barry Dewar Kamloops Storm general manager
Ernie’s friends moved away from the neighbourhood…
scorers having been with them for the last four years and the team’s intense three times a week practices. Also, the coaching has really solidified the team. “ Ed Patterson came back home to us from the Blazers. He has the kids playing really well. He is a strong disciplinarian and makes the boys accountable for what they have to do to make the team work well together,” says Barry. The team is also winning off the ice with community involvement. They are very involved in making Kamloops a stronger community. “We are very involved in the community. We are doing bowling at Falcon Lanes for the Kamloops Food Bank, have hockey programs with the Kamloops Minor Hockey such as Tim Bits every Monday. In the New Year we have more happening like helping with the NorKam Secondary School Grad fundraising, working with the Heart Stroke Foundation, Subway Power Play – KidSport BC and Juvenile Diabetes Association,” comments Barry. The Kamloops Storm also has a player shaving his head for cancer research on the November 29 game. Stefan Wood came up with this fundraiser himself. “It was his idea. Cancer is such a big problem and concern for many people. He has great hair and he is going to shave it all off. Central Barber Shop will be doing the shaving,” Barry proudly adds. Usually teenagers are more worried about what they are going to wear and where their friends are hanging out, but the boys of the Kamloops Storm take the time to give back. “They know their parents sacrificed for them over the years and it is really good that they are giving back to the community. I am really excited for their hockey careers, but I am - continued on page 2
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