Hockey Edmonton Magazine Spring Edition 2018

SPRING 2018

2018 K O O B R A YE

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Message from Hockey Edmonton

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100 Things to Love About the NHL Right Now

Message from the Publisher

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ASHWIN KAUL

Wayne Gretzky Award Winners

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Arena Locator Map

Harbin Hockey Association

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Memories Montage from 2018 Quikcard Edmonton Minor Hockey Week

The Hockey Conference

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Gold Medal Winning Teams from 2018 Quikcard Edmonton Minor Hockey Week

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Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation Honours Dave Semenko

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UNLIKELY COUNTRIES GAIN INTEREST IN HOCKEY

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Spotlight on an Official

Featured on the Cover: ETHAN BARICH AGE: 10

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CURRENT TEAM: Braves Athletic Club NUMBER OF YEARS PLAYED: 7 FAVOURITE NHL TEAM: Edmonton Oilers FAVOURITE HOCKEY PLAYER: Connor McDavid ROLE MODEL: Connor McDavid FAVOURITE HOCKEY MEMORY: Scoring a goal when

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Message From Hockey Edmonton 10618- 124 Street Edmonton, AB T5N 1S3 Ph: (780) 413-3498 • Fax: (780) 440-6475

www.hockeyedmonton.ca To contact any of the Executive or Standing Committees, please visit our website

Hockey Edmonton | Executives President: Mark Doram First VP: Darcy Wiltse Second VP: Joe Spatafora Director of Elite Hockey: Will Jang Director of Community Hockey: Kevin Humphrys Director at Large: Ed Croken Director at Large: Bruce Howlett Treasurer: Berry Bentz Past President: Betty Chmilar

Board of Directors Knights of Columbus EFHC: Marc Aubee NE District: Darlene Hein NW District: Myles Diamond SE District: Gerald Kruhlak SW District: Larry Shaben EGHA: Bryan Toles | CAC: Richard McAdie MLAC: Neil Brown | SSAC: Ted Boomer Knights of Columbus AA: Bruce Fitzpatrick Junior B: Larry Lepine | Junior C: George Metez

Standing Committees Ice Allocation: Bernie Coderre Ice Management: Pat Elliott Minor Hockey Week Chair: Joan Kirillo EOCF 50-50: Sam Gaekle Referee Representatives: Herman Costa (AA) & Duncan MacDougall (Federation)

League Governors Edmonton Federation Hockey League Midget: Kim Turner (Acting) Bantam: Kim Turner Pee Wee: Crystal Feader Atom: David Onyschuk Novice: Amy & Pat London Bantam Female: Justin Kidd Midget Female: James Wilson

Elite Hockey Bantam AAA: Steve Lekochinsky Bantam AA: Russ Lukawesky Major Midget AAA: Bob Olynyk Minor Midget AAA: Carrie Aldridge Midget AA: Tracy Orbel Rem 15 Midget AA: Mike Hennessey

Staff Executive Assistance: Sharlene Cook Development Coordinator: Joel Lenius Ice Coordinator: Ray Vigneau Minor Administration Coordinator: Glenn Sommerville Operations Coordinator: Chris March Resource Development Coordinator: Sarah Kennedy Manager of Ice Operations: Dave Linman Executive Director: Dean Hengel

I would like to thank all those who contribute to this magazine and the valuable information that’s shared. In this edition we salute the champions of Minor Hockey Week. Congratulations to those teams and to the teams, who won silver medals. Finishing with silver is no small feat and you should be proud of your achievements.

This season has seemed to roar by. I would like to thank the volunteers and staff for their countless hours of work that make our season run so smooth. We always experience a few hiccups but when we step back and look at the big picture, over 8,500 athletes hit the ice and played a solid seven months of hockey.

Next year, the 2018-19 season will see some significant changes as we align with Hockey Alberta’s “Alberta One” concept. This will mean we’ll have six tiers of hockey, along with Elite in the case of Bantam and Midget. What will this look like? When you’ve registered for a tier 3 tournament you will be closely matched with other teams in the province and we won’t experience these huge gaps in team talent.

Hockey Edmonton will begin the roll out of Hockey Canada’s novice program, which may see age range hockey. Development will be a key component with this program. The goal is to grow better skilled players, who can compete and play at higher levels especially when they hit pee wee, bantam and midget.

Local associations will have standards they will be required to meet as an organization when it comes to governance and reporting. This falls under Hockey Alberta’s “Ideal MHA” program.

We continue to grow our relationships with local, provincial, national and now international organizations such as Harbin, China. Hockey Edmonton hosted the Harbin China Girls Team in late November.

We’ve opened the door for our teams, both male and female, to visit China for future tournaments.

Hockey Edmonton is working on a possible leadership conference for pee wee, bantam and midget team leaders; we will keep everyone posted on how this is progressing.

Your Hockey Edmonton board and executive have been busy over the past few months on many projects to improve the hockey experience and add positive life lessons to our sport. The young athletes we see on the ice are more than just hockey players: they are our leaders of tomorrow.

On behalf of the executive, the board, volunteers and staff of Hockey Edmonton, enjoy the city championships and we’ll see you next season.

Yours in Hockey,

Mark Doram

President Hockey Edmonton

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The Publisher Welcome to our final edition of the Hockey Edmonton Magazine for the 2017-2018 season.

This is our Yearbook Edition of the magazine, which features the gold medal winning teams from 2018 Quikcard Edmonton Minor Hockey Week. Additionally, we have included a number of “spotlights” of players, who won gold medals during this event.

And in the centrefold, we have a montage of photos taken during Quikcard Edmonton Minor Hockey Week. Thanks to Ian Jackson and the great group of photographers at Epic Photography for supplying these photos.

One of the mainstays in our magazine is the “Spotlight on an Official” feature, where we interview a young minor hockey official. For this edition, we met up with 16-year-old Ashwin Kaul, who has been officiating minor hockey since he was 13 years old.

The officials volunteer their time to help make Minor Hockey Week possible. To put a dollar value on it, the value of donated time works out to approximately $45,000. That’s a big commitment!

Including officials, approximately 3,200 people volunteer their time to make Quikcard Edmonton Minor Hockey Week possible.

Special thanks and recognition to Joan Kirillo, chairperson for this event, and her great group for all their dedication!

Rounding out this edition, we have a neat submission from Luke Fox at Sportsnet: His top 100 things he likes about the current NHL game, from the quirky to the cool.

That’s all for this issue. With the hockey season winding down, we would like to wish all the participants a great off-season, and look forward to seeing everyone back on the ice in a few short months!

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99 WAYNE GRETZKY

AWARD WINNERS

Brian Crossen being presented with the Wayne Gretzky Award - Bantam BB

On Wednesday, January 10th Hockey Edmonton held the Opening Ceremonies for the 2018 Quikcard Edmonton Minor Hockey Week at the Downtown Community Arena where the 2018 Wayne Gretzky Award winners were announced.

The Wayne Gretzky Award is awarded annually during Quikcard Edmonton Minor Hockey Week to a participant in the AA, BB and Junior programs. The recipients are nominated and chosen based on sportsmanship, scholastic achievement and community involvement. The 2018 Wayne Gretzky Awards sponsored by ATB Financial were awarded in the categories of Bantam BB, Bantam and Midget AA, and Junior. Hockey Edmonton congratulates the three winners: Brian Crossen, BB award winner from the Northwest Zone NW244; Rian Santos, AA award winner from SSAC SS983; and Nathan Trombley, Junior award winner from the JRC Rivermen. The Wayne Gretzky Awards were handed out by Lyle Best from Quikcard; Doug Hicks, an Edmonton Oilers Alumni; and John Windwick from ATB.

2018 Wayne Gretzky Award Winners

Rian Santos being presented with the Wayne Gretzky Award - AA

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EDMONTON OILERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HONOURS DAVE SEMENKO

BY PAUL GAZZOLA

PHOTOS PROVIDED BY ANDY DEVLIN | OILERS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

EDMONTON, AB – Forever known as the Oilers protector on the ice, Dave Semenko’s legacy will now also be immortalized off it with the Dave Semenko Legacy Project.

The Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation (EOCF), in partnership with Sport Central, the National Hockey League, and National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA), announced the Semenko Legacy Project. The initiative is devoted to providing equipment to minor athletes in order for them to participate in whichever sport they desire.

The announcement comes on the same day as the NHL Centennial Greatest Team Celebration, which saw the 198485 Oilers voted as the greatest team in National Hockey League history.

“The Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation was absolutely thrilled to announce our contribution to the Dave Semenko Legacy Project in partnership with Sport Central,” said EOCF Executive Director Natalie Minckler. “The EOCF is contributing $320,000 in partnership with the NHL and NHLPA, which will be donated to Sport Central for these two special initiatives.”

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[ (From left to right) Mark Messier, Brian Semenko, Sheldon Oleksyn & Natalie Minckler ]

Sport Central, led by community-oriented individuals wanting to help acquire sporting equipment for children, has been able to provide over 135,000 low-income children with safe equipment since its beginning.

“I know that those funds will go a long way in getting kids into the sport of their choice,” said Minckler.

Semenko’s initiatives are coined Dave’s Drive and Put a Lid on A Kid. Dave’s Drive is an equipment drive aimed at gathering equipment and donations, while Put a Lid on a Kid increases concussion prevention awareness by providing helmets to the minor athletes.

“In Dave’s memory, we wanted to ensure that all those kids receiving those helmets knew how very special Dave was to our organization,” said Minckler. “Each helmet has a special #27 decal on it.”

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Members of the Semenko family and 1984-85 Oilers were at Abbottsfield Recreation Centre, where the announcement took place.

“It’s not the same without him here,” said Oilers great Wayne Gretzky. “He was the guy that kept everybody together and kept everybody loose, but it’s a great charity event.”

Dave’s brother, Brian Semenko, said Dave understood the challenges parents go through in order to give their children an opportunity to participate in sports.

“This is all about helping parents get their kids playing,” he said.

“It’s very touching seeing Dave’s name, kids running around and Dave’s sticker on the helmets.

"It’s a little overwhelming and unexpected but it's an honour.”

In Dave’s memory, we wanted to ensure that all those kids receiving those helmets knew how very special Dave was to our organization. Each helmet has a special #27 decal on it.

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BY JOEL LENIUS

PHOTOS PROVIDED BY TWO POINT PHOTOGRAPHY The sport of hockey is growing rapidly across the globe. Countries that were not customarily associated with the sport, are now highly invested in developing their hockey programming. Some of these counties include: China, Mexico, Jamaica and Australia. With the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics fast approaching, China has promoted and invested significant resources into improving their winter sports programming, specifically the sport of hockey. There are numerous Canadian coaches and players, who have recently visited or moved to China to contribute to their hockey player and coach development opportunities.

Additionally, Chinese hockey associations have further invested resources into their players and coaches visiting Canada to learn firsthand from our practices.

During November and December 2017, Hockey Edmonton hosted a female youth peewee/ bantam team from Harbin, China. Harbin is the sister city to Edmonton, Alberta, and has a small hockey association within their city: Harbin Hockey Association. Twenty female players and three female coaches visited Edmonton and participated in hockey games and practices, which were organized by Hockey Edmonton. The purpose of their trip was to learn from Hockey Edmonton’s sport practices, organization, and administration. In addition to the visiting team members, two Harbin delegates also visited Edmonton: Xuanxin She (Director, Harbin Sport Bureau) and JingGan Wang (Principal, Harbin Sport School).

The team began their Canadian trip at the 2017 WickFest tournament in Calgary, and performed remarkably well there. After the tournament, the team travelled to Edmonton, where they participated in 10 exhibition games against Edmonton Girls Hockey Association teams. The team performed very well in Edmonton and gained in-game experience and knowledge to take back to their Harbin hockey programming.

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In addition to game-play, the team was able to participate in skill development sessions with some of Edmonton’s finest hockey instructors: Serdachny Hockey, Quantum Speed, and Mike McGinnis and Joel Lenius (Hockey Canada Master Skills Coaches). Each skill development session had a specific theme to ensure that the girls experienced a wide-range of topics:

Serdachny Hockey – shooting and scoring skills Quantum Speed – agility and transition skating skills Mike McGinnis and Joel Lenius – individual/ team tactics (puck protection, zone entry skills, downlow play, 1v1 play, 2v1 play, etc.)

In partnership with the Oilers Entertainment Group, the team was also able to view an Edmonton Oil Kings game and the Hockey Canada and USA NWT game. These were exceptional once in a lifetime experiences that the team was particularly thankful for.

The passion and love for the game of hockey was evident with this group of Chinese hockey players. It was refreshing to see a group of athletes and coaches trust and co-operate with each other so well. It is opportunities like these where the true meaning of hockey is displayed: building relationships, learning new skills, and developing a love for this wonderful game.

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parents, coaches, athletes, anybody

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personal development.

- DR. CHERYL MACDONALD -

All things hockey the focus of summer conference in Edmonton Coaches, athletes, parents and fans can add valuable perspectives to panel discussions this summer when academia gather in Edmonton to talk about all things hockey.

The 2018 Hockey Conference, with presenters so far from across Canada, the United States, Finland, the United Kingdom – and even the possibility of China, who just got a professional women’s hockey team that plays in Canada – will take place at the University of Alberta from July 5-7.

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By Shari Narine

“Whether you believe society affects hockey or hockey affects society, there’s a relationship there and so we often, in Canada, equate hockey with nationalism. So that means a big part of our population defines itself by hockey,” said Dr. Cheryl MacDonald, who is heading the event. MacDonald was also on the organizing committee of the 2016 conference, which took place at the University of New Brunswick. When she made the move to Edmonton in January 2017 to undertake post-doctoral research at the UAlberta’s Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services, she brought the conference with her.

While academics do dominate as presenters and panelists, MacDonald says there are occasions where parents, coaches and fans “have done their own little analysis or own thinking and we will often accept them, too.”

But she stresses that those involved with minor hockey don’t have to take part in such a formal manner. They are welcome to attend panel discussions, which always allow for at least 15 minutes of questions and comments from the floor.

“We love having observers. I think often times hearing ‘academic’ scares people and we like to involve the community because without the community, outside of academia, we’re all just talking to one another. We welcome parents, coaches, athletes, anybody. They add to the discussion and we hope we can offer them some sort of personal development,” said MacDonald.

“We hope they are able to get something out of it, too.”

The conference which is now held every two years rose from humble beginnings. In 2001 a group of academic friends gathered to delve deeper into hockey and its different aspects.

From there, the hockey conference became official, including being hosted once in Buffalo. MacDonald has high hopes that it will one day be held in Europe.

“Since then hockey has become a bit more of a rigourous site for academic study so it has grown and now you see people like me, making their entire careers out of it so the conference has grown in relation to that,” said MacDonald, who did her doctoral research on homonegativity among Major Midget AAA hockey players. She defines homonegativity as hatred, ignorance and judgement towards homosexuality.

There will be a panel discussion on the hockey experience for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gay community.

Although MacDonald would argue that hockey itself as a sport is not a leader, she does hold that hockey can be used by leaders to send messages and she believes that is playing out right now in the National Hockey League. While there have been some openly lesbian and transgender hockey players, no one in the NHL has come forward to openly identify with the LGBTQ community.

And while the NHL has spoken out against anti-gay slurs on the ice, she believes the repercussions aren’t strong enough.

Dr. Cheryl MacDonald will include a panel discussion on the hockey experience for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gay community during this summer’s Hockey Conference in Edmonton.

(Photo: Shari Narine)

All of this, she says, reinforces the message the public receives about identity from hockey.

“I think that when you think about what it means to be extra masculine or manly you can’t necessarily define what it is except to say it’s not feminine, it’s not homosexual because often gay men are stereotyped as being feminine. I think in men’s hockey there’s such a fixation on being manly on that extreme end of the spectrum that there’s just no room for wavering, whereas in women’s hockey the definitions of identity are looser and there are less expectations of you,” said MacDonald. She adds that in 2001 talking about LGBTQ and hockey would not have been considered. “It has absolutely come to the forefront (now).”

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Other hockey-related topics MacDonald expects panel discussion to centre on include literature, sociology, physiology, anatomy, business analytics and economics.

“Since the NHL is so culturally important we’re able to have very important discussions specifically here in Edmonton,” said MacDonald, who notes the discussion that is taking place on economics and social ramifications with the recent construction and opening of the new Rogers Place, home arena for the Edmonton Oilers. There are those who view the new Ice District as an opportunity for prime real estate and business development, while others are concerned about the displacement of the low income population in that area.

To date, two keynote speakers and three guest speakers have been confirmed. Keynote speakers are Harnarayan Singh, who does play-by-play on Hockey Night in Canada in Punjabi, and Gerry Ranking, Jr., of Newport Sports Management Inc., which is the premier representation and management agency of professional hockey players. Guest speakers are Brock McGillis, who played professional hockey in Europe and recently came out as gay; Golden Bear skater Keiron Block, who worked his way back to playing hockey after shattering his legs in a cliff-diving accident; and Erica Kromm, who plays for the Calgary Inferno in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League. MacDonald says she is still trying to secure funding to get two more keynote speakers.

MacDonald believes it is important to talk about hockey as more than just the game that is played on ice.

“Because we need to think about how to make it better on the ice so all of the challenges we’re facing within the context of the rink, we need to pull back and figure out how to fix those so hockey is more accessible and more enjoyable for those who are participating in it,” she said.

Speakers at the conference to date are (from top left image to bottom right) Karl Subban, Harnarayan Singh, Brock McGillis, Gerry Ranking, Keiran Block, Erica Kromm and Jennifer Botterill. Organizer Cheryl MacDonald is trying to secure additional funding to get two more keynote speakers.

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BY LUKE FOX | SPORTSNET

Things to Love About the NHL Right Now

1

Sudden death overtime

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David Poile (see 21 - P.K. Subban for Shae Webber in 2016)

2

The way Erik Karlsson skates, passes, does his hair

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BORING SEAN MONAHAN

3

Watching warmups and taking note of which player goes off last for each team (also looking for who doesn’t wear a helmet because they want to be seen and/or enjoy the breeze through their hair)

4

Connor McDavid gathering steam around his own net with the puck on his tape

5

A couple days after a club’s elimination when you hear the long list of the injuries players were pushing through

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Gary Bettman always getting booed whenever he appears publicly

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Gary Bettman not caring one iota that he gets booed whenever he appears publicly

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Zoomed-out photos of games with poor attendance

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Zoomed-in photos of sweaty, intense faces about to take a face-off

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Claude Giroux creating from the wall

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No one wanting to block Shea Weber’s shot

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Sticking up for one another

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Drew Doughty interviews

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Goalies who try to score on the opposition’s empty net

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Tyler Seguin and Mark Scheifele’s paper-rock-scissors battles

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That the winning captain, not the team owner, is the first person to touch the Stanley Cup

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Patrik Laine’s release

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Tumbling down a CapFriendly.com rabbit hole

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Under-rated Evgeni Malkin considering leaving Sid and the Penguins but deciding to stick around anyway

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Going for the Gordie Howe hat trick

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Mic’d-up refs

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Goalie fights

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Two full minutes of 5-on-3

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Goalie controversies

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The unbelievable excitement of 3-on-3 overtime

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Goals from centre ice

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Goal songs, good team ones and individual ones (Flames: Righteous Smoke by Monster Truck)

That night Auston Matthews hit ’em with the four (scored four goals in his NHL debut game)

35

John Tortorella press conferences (bonus if he says “Brooksie”)

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The Flying V (hockey formation used in “the mighty ducks” has actually been tested, and it proves successful.)

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That every member of a championship team, even trainers and assistant coaches, gets a summer day alone with the Cup

38

When they go to the Olympics

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That guys with names like Dit Clapper still hold scoring records

19

Steve Yzerman winning at both playing and GM’ing

20

Endless bickering about who should be your team’s seventh defenceman or 12th forward

21

The Halley’s Comet that is the blockbuster one-for-one trade

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Alex Ovechkin waiting for the one-timer

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Cheeky shootout moves

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HOCKEY HUGS

Team Twitter battles

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The unmistakable sound of a puck hitting a post

44

That you have to buy a guy something if you’re new to the team and want his sweater number

60

Unfair bounces

Trade rumours outnumbering actual trades by a ratio of about 45 to 1

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Mark Stone stealing your puck when you least expect it

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Ceremonial puck drops

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Commentators planted between the benches

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The Tampa Bay Lightning‘s game presentation

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Retired numbers watching bird’s-eye from the rafters

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Press box snacks, and the hockey writers who passionately rate them

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The off-the-board draft pick that sends us all scrambling to Google

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The undrafted star everyone missed

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JAMES VAN RIEMSDYK NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT MOUTH GUARDS ARE FOR

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Joe Thornton generally not giving an eff

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BEARDS: PLAYOFF & LIFESTYLE

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That moment between when a penalty shot is called and when a penalty shot takes place

JAROMIR JAGR’S IMMORTALITY (AND THE ‘TRAVELLING JAGRS’ WHO FOLLOW HIM)

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The three stars of the night

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When the singer holds the mic away from his or her mouth, lets the crowd sing “O Canada” and still gets paid

49

Completely unimaginative but so-fun-to-say nicknames

50

Hordes of grown men buying those Budweiser goal lights that sync up with their TVs

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Head coaches that take time to explain

52

Head coaches with no time to explain

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Bob Cole trying to describe everything that’s happening

54

Doc Emrick’s vocabulary

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HARNARAYAN SINGH’S PASSION & PERSEVERANCE

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Doug Glatt (played by Sean William Scott in “Goon”, and sports the number 69.)

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Braden Holtby’s pre-game routine

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Quiet Joe Sakic shutting everyone up

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When tanking backfires

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Offer sheets (extinct)

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The Pittsburgh model

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Five minutes of Timbits shinny during intermission

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The moment Don Cherry realizes he’s running out of time

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Ron MacLean’s dedication to the pun as a form of comedy

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Gene Principe’s dedication to the pun as a form of comedy

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Jokes about the Columbus Blue Jackets’ cannon

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EVGENY KUZNETSOV CELEBRATING GOALS LIKE A BIRD

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THAT TIME THAT PHIL KESSEL FILLED THE STANLEY CUP WITH HOT DOGS AND ATE THEM (ALL?)

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Insiders

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When fake insiders get accidentally retweeted by real reporters

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Steven Stamkos coming back stronger

92

Must-win games (but only the literal ones)

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Finished checks

93

Patrick Sharp still using thin shoulder pads that are about 23 years old and falling apart and gross

82

New arenas putting the home team’s logo on the dressing room ceiling instead of the floor

94

Brainstorming a nickname for your freshly drafted fantasy team

83

“Last minute to play in the third period!”

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Throwback jerseys

Pucks in shallow (which result in an odd-man rush the other way)

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Scrambling-for-a-last-minute-emergency-goalie stories

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Owning own-goals

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Chirps

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Game-time decisions

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Sidney Crosby’s insatiable desire to win despite already winning everything

98

Handshake lines

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Wayne Gretzky mentoring Connor McDavid

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Game 7 of the Stanley Cup playoffs

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SPOTLIGHT

ON AN OFFICIAL Have you officiated Minor Hockey Week, and If so, what makes you volunteer your time as an official?

Yes. Gaining volunteer hours for school as well as participating in an intense, passionate, shortened game where every player digs deep and brings an exciting game forth.

Any special memories from Minor Hockey Week?

Being applauded by the fans after reffing a final. After the last game of Minor Hockey Week, our names were announced over the intercom thanking us for our time and volunteering.

All the parents then stood up and applauded us. It was a nice feeling that our time was appreciated by all these parents. It was a very close game. I can’t remember the exact score but I think it was 5-4, and lots of close calls.

Do you have any highlights related to any other big games or tournaments you wish to pass along?

Same as the last, being able to receive applause was an amazing feeling as generally criticism is mostly all you receive.

Ashwin Kaul

BY ROB SUGGITT

PHOTOS PROVIDED BY SC PARKER PHOTOGRAPHY We met up with Ashwin Kaul at Terwillegar Arena, as he was ready to go on ice for a high level bantam game.

Ashwin, who turns 17 in April, is currently in Grade 11 at Lillian Osborne High School. In addition to officiating hockey, he plays hockey for the SWZ Oil Kings and his other winter activity is skiing. In his spare time, he also likes tinkering with cars. Ashwin took the time to answer a few questions about why he took up officiating and what he enjoys most about being a young minor hockey official.

When did you start officiating hockey?

At 13, this is my fourth season. (Ashwin started playing hockey at six years old.)

What made you want to become a hockey official?

Being able to take part in a sport that I love in a whole new way was an amazing idea to me.

How many games do you plan to officiate this season?

Around the same, maybe a few more.

What level of hockey are you currently officiating?

I have done up to high level midget. I mostly do lines for bantam.

What do you enjoy most about officiating hockey games?

Being able to improve my skills and knowledge of the game at all times as well as participating in the game in a new way.

What kind of training were/are you provided?

At the start of each season, we are required to attend one full day course which outlines all of the rules once again, which is followed by an exam.

Do you have a role model or mentor who has helped you along the way?

Gary Greenough. I have been working with Gary for the last four seasons. I respect him for his extensive knowledge of the game and his commitment to ensuring all the officials can become as successful as possible. I respect him for the amount of time he has dedicated to making us better officials.

How have you improved your skills as an official?

Through being a referee, not only has my skate work improved, but so has my knowledge of the game.

What do you enjoy most about officiating hockey games?

Being able to improve my skills and knowledge of the game at all times as well as participating in the game in a new way.

What is the toughest part about being a referee?

Receiving criticism from players, coaches and fans.

How do you handle criticism on the ice?

Generally, I will talk to the player and coach and try to clarify any misconceptions but if the player or coach is persistent I will either choose to ignore it or assess a minor penalty.

Do you have any future aspirations in officiating?

I would like to progress into becoming a referee in the A program.

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PENALTY CALL SIGNALS

Boarding

Body Checking

Checking to the Head

Hooking

Slashing

Butt Ending

Cross Checking

Interference

Spearing

Elbowing

Kneeing

Checking from Behind

Charging

High Sticking

Misconduct

Tripping

Holding

Roughing

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Mill Woods Rec. Centre 7207 - 28th Avenue

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Clare Drake Arena 87th Avenue & 115th Street

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Nait Arena 11762 - 106th Street

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Clareview Arena 3804 - 139th Avenue

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Oliver Arena 10335 - 119th Street

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Confederation Arena 11204 - 43rd Avenue

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Russ Barnes Arena 6725 - 121st Avenue

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Coronation Arena 13500 - 112th Avenue

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Servus Credit Union Place 400 Campbell Road, St Albert

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Crestwood Arena 9940 - 147th Street

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Terwillegar Rec. Centre Subway Arena 2051 Leger Road

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Donnan Arena 9105 - 80th Avenue

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The Meadows Community Rec. Centre 2704 - 17th Street

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George S. Hughes Arena 10525 - 72nd Avenue

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Tipton Arena 10828 - 80th Avenue

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Glengarry Arena 13340 - 85th Street

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Westwood Arena 12040 - 97 Street

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Memories from

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gg Gold Medal Winning Team

Gold Medal Winning Team

SW577 – CONFED ICE DAWGZ

KC049 - KC ST. CHARLES BULLETS

N OV I C E BA H N S E N

N O V I C E B OY C H U K

Players: BOLDT STEEN, MIKA | BONAR, OWEN FOWLER, GAVIN | HAM, NATE | KOMOSKY, TIMOTHY KONG, DENVER | LIND, ELIAS | MORRIS, GAVIN OZEROFF, DIRK | RILEY, NATHAN | ROUSSEL, ELIJAH SIVARAJAN, NIKHEEL | YOUNG, GAVIN

Staff: BONAR, FRANCIS | HAM, DREW | HAM, MARK MORRIS, SCOTT | RILEY, CRAIG | ROUSSEL, DENIS | YOUNG, RICK

Players: ANDERSON, KYLE | ANTUNES, TIAGO | CARSON, THEREN ELUDIN, MOHAMMED | ESTRADA, DEONTAE | FREDRICKSON, EMMETT | HABTE, MANASEH | HILL, TOBIN | LALJI, JINAYD MACDERMOTT, HANNA | MACKENZIE, HUNTER | MANSARAY, BRISMOH | PORTELA, SERGIO | SNOW, EASTON | TU, COHEN

Staff: ANDERSON, STANLEY | ANTUNES, ALCIDES | ESTRADA, BEN | FREDRICKSON, AMANDA | MACDERMOTT, DAYTON

gg Gold Medal Winner RILEY MAY

Gold Medal Winning Team N OV I C E DA M E R

CURRENT TEAM: KC St. Charles Vipers YEARS PLAYED: 3 GRADE: 3

USUAL POSITION: Goalie

FAVOURITE HOCKEY TEAM: Edmonton Oilers

WHO IS YOUR ROLE MODEL: My Mom & Dad

OTHER HOBBIES / INTERESTS: Playing Jackpot and snuggling with my cat, Meeka FAVOURITE HOCKEY MEMORY: Winning gold at Minor Hockey Week!

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KC047 - KC ST. CHARLES VIPERS

Players: BARBAR, RIDA | BAYDA, SIMON | CHRISTENSEN, JONAH | CIEPLY, STELLA | ESTRADA, AUDRINA | FRANIEL, BENEDICT | HARASIMIUK, LUKE | HUDSON, OWEN KRAWEC, MORGAN | MANUCCI, LUIGI | MAY, RILEY | SOCO, TREYSON | STEPHENS, JUSTIN Staff: ESTRADA, ANTHONY | HARASIMIUK, JASON JAVIER, REY | KRAWEC, TODD | MAY, JASON

gg Gold Medal Winning Team N OV I C E BO U C H A R D

Gold Medal Winner YNN KREKLAU BR O OKL AGE: 8

CURRENT TEAM: North Seera Ice Breakers YEARS PLAYED: 3 GRADE: 3

USUAL POSITION: Defence

FAVOURITE HOCKEY TEAM: Edmonton Oilers

ST ALBERT NOVICE 1A - SA720

Players: BRUNEAU, TYCE | CHALUPA, DANE | CRITCHLEY, BRADY DECHAMPLAIN, SHAE | EWASIUK, BENNETT | GODLIEN, CARSON HACH, KIEFER | KAZURO, ERIK | L’HEUREUX, ZANE | MCINTYRE, OSSIE | PISANI, JAXON | PLAZONIC, NIKO | RALPH, CARSON RICHARDS, KAI | SANDERSON, COLTON | YAEHNE, LUCAS Staff: DECHAMPLAIN, KURTIS | MCINTYRE, BRODY PISANI, FERNANDO | RICHARDS, SEAN | SANDERSON, GERRY

FAVOURITE HOCKEY PLAYER: Connor McDavid WHO IS YOUR ROLE MODEL: My borther Nate & my Daddy

OTHER HOBBIES / INTERESTS: Gymnastics

FAVOURITE HOCKEY MEMORY: Winning gold at Minor Hockey Week after so many losses.

gg Gold Medal Winning Team

Gold Medal Winning Team

SE453 - NORTH SEERA

ST ALBERT NOVICE 3B - SA725

N OV I C E E L I AS O N

Players: BAALAM, BRYCE | BELOUS, BRENNA | BUTLER FENSKE, EDWARD | GOULET, TUOMAS | KREKLAU, BROOKLYNN | LUPKE, EVELYN | NEWANS, ZACHARY O’BRIEN, FINN | PARADIS, CHARLES | PELCHAT, EMMANUEL THIESSEN, ELLIOT | WONG-MAGICO, NOLAN Staff: GOULET, CAL | KREKLAU, KEVIN | NEWANS, STEVE PARADIS, TYLER | PELCHAT, LOUIS-PHILIPPE

N OV I C E F E R G U S O N

Players: BOGART, HAYDAN | CHUGG, DEXTER | CROZIER, ROWAN DUROCHER, RILEY | FABER, BRAEDAN | GAUTHIER, KOWEN GIBSON, MIKAYLA | JAMES, LIAM | JOHNSON, DOMINIC KALYNCHUK, ALEXANDER | MAISANO, MATTEO | MATHISEN, SETH | PROSTEBBY, JAKE | STILES, NATHAN | SWIFT, CADEN ZAYCHKOWSKY, LUCAS Staff: CHUGG, MAHLON | FABER, STEVE | GAUTHIER, RYAN GIBSON, SARAH | MCEWAN, DEREK | STILES, DALE

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gg Gold Medal Winning Team N OV I C E G R E T Z K Y

ENOCH CREE NOVICE 2

Players: ALEXIS, KASODA | ARCAND, BLAKE | BREWER-MORIN, MAKAYLA | BRULE, KYRIE | BRUNO-THOMAS, CODY | BURNS, KINGSTON | CARDINAL-RAIN, ALYSSA | CARDINAL-RAIN, HELENA | GOODSWIMMER, TYSON | LETENDRE, DARIAN MICHEL-BURNSTICK, JAEDUS | MORIN, AMERIE | MORIN, KATORI MORIN, WAUKEEN | PAPIN-CARDINAL, JUSTINE | PEACOCKPAPIN, KEYAYSHA | SHARPHEAD, BENTLEY | WARD, SOPHIE

Gold Medal Winning Team N OV I C E H E I N

NE204 - EAGLES

Players: APPELMAN, SOPHIA | BUNDUN, ANTHONY | EL BAWARCHI, MAHMOUD | EL BAWARCHI, MOHAMAD | EZROUTI, ADAM | EZROUTI, NOAH | HATOUM, GAVIN | KADDOURA, YAKOUB | KOULOURIS, KOSTAS | MCMARTIN, ALEXANDER ROGGE, MADISON | SAWAN, MOHAMAD | SEIFEDDINE, AMEER SHTAY, WEAM | TOMLINSON, ELLIOT | YAM, ISAAC

Staff: BURNS, SHAWN | FLEMING, TAYLOR | RAIN, JARETTE

Staff: APPELMAN, THEODORE | APPELMAN, THEODORE BUNDUN, KYLE | MCMARTIN, ERIC | YAM, DAN

Gold Medal Winning Team

Gold Medal Winning Team

SE420 - MILLWOODS FIREBIRDS

KC048 - KC ST. CHARLES HORNETS

gg N OV I C E K I R I L LO

Players: AXTELL, CONNOR | BORSHOWA, BEN | CATHCART, MATTHEW | CHAHAL, IVOR | DHILLON, GURSHAN | DUNLOP, BECKHAM | FERRIS, ETHAN | GAZELLE, KEANE | HARVEY, TREY ISSAC, JACOB | KY, CHRISTIAN | MAYAN, SCARLETT | SINGH DHALIWAL, JASON | TESKEY, KAEL | WIENS, SHELBY Staff: AXTELL, CHRIS | ISSAC, SABU | KY, PHONG MAYAN, AVORY | SZABO, ISAAC

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N OV I C E KO R BU T T

Players: BAILEY, CARSON | BESCHELL, MIKAYLA | BROUSE, ALEXANDER | FARR, MASON | MENARD, COLE | PEREIRA, ZACK | PERSAUD, MATTHEW | PHILLIPS, OLIVER | POPIL, ELLAMARIE | REDHEAD, RYAN | TARANKO, GRADIN TOWER, CHARLES | YAGGEY, MILAD Staff: BROUSE, BRIAN | POPIL, ZENON TARANKO, JASON | TOWER, CHARLES

gg Gold Medal Winning Team N OV I C E L I B E R

SE409 - MILLWOODS BRUINS

Players: AINSWORTH, WYATT | AUCHENBERG, THIAS | BARNER, CHARLES | BAUZON, RHAYLEE | ELLIOTT, KYLEN | HANS, EASTON HARAGA, SAMUEL | ISKIW, NATHAN | LARIVIERE, ANDREW LEVESQUE, MAKENZIE | MACLELLAN, KINGSLEY | MEADOR, DEVON MOLYNEUX, ANDREW | MORIN, HUDSON | SINGH, GURSHAN

Gold Medal Winning Team A N OV I C E M C D O U G A L L

SW575 – CONFED PHOENIX

Players: BLACKBURN, TAYLOR | CHIMERA, CARTER | CRAIG, XAVIER FARION, CHASE | FECHNER, BRITTA | GONZALEZ, ETHAN GOODWIN, DAVIN | GRABAS, OWEN | GRIFFITHS, NOLAN | HWANG, EVAN | MAGNAN, ROCKY | PETERS, CORMAC | WASYLYCIA, CONNOR

Staff: AUCHENBERG, DOUGLAS | BARNER, AARON | ELLIOTT, TREVOR | HANS, JASON | HARAGA, MIKE | LARIVIERE, STEVEN LEVESQUE, JOE | MOLYNEUX, GEOFFERY | MORIN, CHAD

Staff: BLACKBURN, DWAYNE | CHIMERA, JEFF | FECHNER, MARTIN GONZALEZ, GERMAN | GRABAS, JEREMY | MAGNAN, AARON

Gold Medal Winning Team

Gold Medal Winning Team

NE203 - EAGLES

KC042 - SW KC

gg N OV I C E M A N D E V I L L E

Players: ABOUGOUSH, WILLAID | CARNOVALE, MASON | CLARK, BRAYDEN | COLIN, MIA-ISABELA | CURRIE, TYLER | DALLAS, HAILEY ELLIS, THEODORE | HAMILTON, CALLIE | HENDERSON, SARA HOULIHAN, ETHAN | LOUNSBURY, WILLIAM | NGUYEN, CRUZ RAU, CLAIRE | SHIELDS, JENNA | TALLICK, RYDER | VIEL, AUSTIN Staff: ABOUGOUSH, ADEL | COLIN, GEORGE | CURRIE, RYAN HAMILTON, NATHAN | LOUNSBURY, WILLIAM | TALLICK, ADAM

N OV I C E M C L E A N

Players: BABIN, NICOLAS | BLACK, QUINTYN | GRAHAM, SHAUN | GRAY, TORIN | HOPWOOD, IAN | KANTOR, GABRIEL LAMOUELLE, KONSTANTINE | MCCONAGHIE, NOLAN NELSON, SHEPARD | PARK, DYLAN | PORTER, TUCKER ROBAR, GRACE | WILLOUGHBY, TRISTAN | XU, JIE YANG, JEREMY | ZATORSKI, IZAYA

Staff: BABIN, ERIC | GRAY, PATRICK | KANTOR, MIKE MCCONAGHIE, BRENNAN | NELSON, MICHAEL | ROBAR, EDDIE

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gg Gold Medal Winner N IKO L AS V I H OS

Gold Medal Winning Team N OV I C E P H I L L I PS

AGE: 8

CURRENT TEAM: Whitemud West 323 - Snipers YEARS PLAYED: 4 GRADE: 3

USUAL POSITION: Right Wing FAVOURITE HOCKEY TEAM: San Jose Sharks

FAVOURITE HOCKEY PLAYER: Brent Burns WHO IS YOUR ROLE MODEL: My Dad

OTHER HOBBIES / INTERESTS: Soccer, Piano & Figure Skating

FAVOURITE HOCKEY MEMORY: Winning the gold medal game at Minor Hockey Week!

NW323 - WHITEMUD WEST

Players: BOUCHARD, JORDAN | COX, NICKSON | CULHAM, CLARK FRASER, JAXON | HAQUE, ALI | HECK, FINN | HUGHES, MILLER JOHNSON, ORIN | JONES, ETHAN | POULIN, MAXIME SCHAUERTE, JACOB | STEWART, LIAM | VANBERG, REECE VIHOS, NIKOLAS | YAKINNEAH, ZDENO | ZAROWNY, HUNTER

Staff: COX, JUSTIN | FRASER, MATT | HUGHES, O’RYAN SCHAUERTE, NATHAN | STEWART, TREVIS | VANBERG, TRAVIS VIHOS, JOHN | ZAROWNY, AARON

gg Gold Medal Winning Team

Gold Medal Winning Team

NW322 - WHITEMUD WEST

NW328 - WHITEMUD WEST

N OV I C E V I R G I L

Players: CRERAN, HAYDEN | DAMERY, GAGE | FEHLAUER, BLAKE HORE, JACOB | KEHLER, RYLAN | LEMKE, CAIUS | MADDIGAN, ZANDER | NARANJILLA, MATTIA | NAUMANN, PARKER | OKOLOISE, NATHAN | POPOWICH, ETHAN | SAMU, LUKA | SORENSEN, COLE | THOMPSON, BRYCE | WATSON, ELI | WILSON, AIDEN Staff: CRERAN, RYAN | DAMERY, DEREK | HORE, ANDREW NAUMANN, KYLE | POPOWICH, RYAN

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N OV I C E W I L L I A M S

Players: COWLEY, CARSON | CROMWELL, GRIFFIN | DUFFETT, BRAYDEN | HELWIG, HUDSON | JOHNSON, NOLAN | LEMKE, JACOB LUSSIER, MARCUS | MOREAU, BRAYDEN | NOSEWORTHY, JADEN POGUE, REECE | QIN, TIANYI | SAWATZKY, KYLE | VILLARICA, JACK WOOD, LATHAN | WRIGHTSELL, REEVE | WYNNYK, ETHAN Staff: COWLEY, BRAD | COWLEY, GREG | CROMWELL, KELLY MOREAU, MICHAEL | POGUE, DEAN | VILLARICA, JAY WYNNYK, CHRISTOPHER

g g Gold Medal Winner from 2017 QEMHW BRAYD E N GI N

Gold Medal Winning Team ATOM AVAL A NCHE

AGE: 9

CURRENT TEAM: SWAT Bombers 667 YEARS PLAYED: 5 GRADE: 4

USUAL POSITION: Defence

FAVOURITE HOCKEY TEAM: Edmonton Oilers

FAVOURITE HOCKEY PLAYER: Connor McDavid WHO IS YOUR ROLE MODEL: My Dad

OTHER HOBBIES / INTERESTS: Taekwondo & Cub Scouts

FAVOURITE HOCKEY MEMORY: Winning gold at 2017 Quikcard Edmonton Minor Hockey Week!

NE212 - EAGLES

Players: JUSTIN ARNOLD | JAMES BARBER | JESSE BORDIAN ROBERT ELLIS | HAMDAN FARHAT | WILLIAM HENKE RILEY HODDER | DECLAN JOHANNESEN | AIDAN JUNCK DYLAN KOROLUK | JACOB LOVE | AVERY SIMONIN CONNOR VAN DYCK | KOLBY WILLOUGHBY | DECLAN WONG Staff: JERRETT BORDIAN | MICHAEL FORESTELL | RYAN JUNCK JAMES LOVE | LANCE SIMONIN

gg Gold Medal Winning Team

Gold Medal Winning Team

NW348 - WHITEMUD WEST

NW285 - HAWKS

ATOM B LACK HAWKS

Players: DRAYDEN CHRISTENSEN | MATTHEW ELDING | KOHEN HAMILTON-RICHARDS | JASON HOGUE | JACK LETTO | HENRY MARKOVICH | MATHESON CAMERON | MERRITT MARTIN HAYDEN PERTMAN | JACK RAWLINSON | ETHAN REYES | LUCA RIPOLI | JACOB STEWART | COLIN WOOD | KADEN WOOLNOUGH

Staff: DAVID EVANS | GLEN HAWKINS | MIKE LETTO | LYLE MARKOVICH | TREVIS STEWART | MONTY WOOD

ATOM BLUES

Players: ALKAROUT, AMIR | ARLIDGE, AUSTIN | CONNOLLY, JESSY | DUCHARME, JACOB | HELLYER, GABRIEL | KREGER, LIAM | LABRIE, ZACHARY | NONAY, BROOKLYN | PAUFLER, DOYLE | PHAM, HAYDYN | RICH, ISAAC | SIMPSON, BRADY SIMPSON, BYRON | STROF, CONNER

Staff: ALKAROUT, AHMED | LABRIE, CHRIS | SIMPSON, DON SIMPSON, RUSS | STROF, MICHAEL

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gg Gold Medal Winner BENJAMIN LIM

Gold Medal Winning Team ATOM B R UI NS

AGE: 9

CURRENT TEAM: Whitemud West NW347 Raiders YEARS PLAYED: 4 GRADE: 4

USUAL POSITION: Defence

FAVOURITE HOCKEY TEAM: Whitemud West NW347 Raiders FAVOURITE HOCKEY PLAYER: Connor McDavid WHO IS YOUR ROLE MODEL: Wayne Gretzky

OTHER HOBBIES / INTERESTS: Playing video games, playing hockey in my basement & playing with my dog.

FAVOURITE HOCKEY MEMORY: Winning gold at Minor Hockey Week!

NW347 - WHITEMUD WEST

Players: BOROSIUK, CALEB | BURKE, KALEN | COX, JESSE DECHENE, ALEXANDRE | FAIRCLOUGH, GRIFFIN | LAMB, MAXIMUS | LETTO, JACK | LIM, BENJAMIN | MARSON, TYLER NGAI, DEACON | O’BRIEN, JACOB | ROSHKO, LOGAN | SIMON, BENNETT | TEHA, KADEN | WAN, ISSAC | ZAYAC,HUNTER Staff: BOROSIUK, MICHAEL | COX, JUSTIN | DECHENE, DARCY MARSON, SCOTT | O’BRIEN, DAVE | SIMON, MICHAEL TEHA, GREG | ZAYAC, KRIS

gg Gold Medal Winning Team

Gold Medal Winning Team

ST ALBERT ATOM 1C - SA733

SE463 - NORTH SEERA

ATOM C A NADI ANS

Players: BREZOVSKI, TUCKER | DEACON, BEN | FELL, AUSTIN FINDLAY, LOGAN | HAIGHT, ALEXANDER | HARRISON, JACK HOBBS, EASTON | KACHKOWSKI, JACK | KARAKI, COLE | KONDRO, MATTHEW | LONGWORTH, TRISTAN | MCKINNON, JESSE MEUNIER, TY | NELSON-KUZMA, CAMERON | OWEN, KAEL RICHARDS, CADENCE | TUTTLE, COHEN Staff: KACHKOWSKI, MARK | KONDRO, BRENT | MEUNIER, MARC OWEN, KORY | RICHARDS, HEATHER | RICHARDS, SEAN

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ATOM C A N UCKS

Players: ALLEN, LEWIS | BRACUK, LAINEY | BUNNER, HAIDYN CULLINAN, KIERAN | DOLLEVOET, PETER | DOROSHUK, DYLAN ELLIS, KAI | ERLAM, SOPHIE | HAWRYLUK, FELIX | HEIFORD, REUBEN | KALINOCKA, NICOLAS (NICO) | RICE, ROWAN | RYBAK, MAKSYMILIAN | WONG-MAGICO, ALEXANDER Staff: ALLEN, JEFF | BRACUK, CHRIS | BUNNER, COLIN CULLINAN, CODY | DOLLEVOET, ROB | ELLIS, KIM HAWRYLUK, TRISTAN | RICE, GREG

g Gold Medal Winning Team ATOM C A PI TALS

FEATURE ON

Gold Medal Winner:

BOHDI MACDONALD

SPRUCE GROVE ATOM 6 - SG859

Players: BARRETT, BRODY | BYERS, LOGAN | COCHRANE, COLE DOIRON, JACKSON | DOUGLAS, ETHAN | HARRIS, KIERAN MUSTUS, MATHEW | PALMER, KELTON | PENMAN, NATHAN PUHALSKI, KAYLA | PURDY, MADISON | RADKE, NASH | ROTH, NICHOLAS | SHACKLETON, ZACHARY | STRINGER, JORDAN TWETEN, JULIEN | ZUTZ, JONAH

Staff: BABINEAU, ROD | COCHRANE, GARETT | RADKE, JENNIFER | ROTH, TROY | TWETEN, CHARLES | ZUTZ, STEWART

g Gold Medal Winning Team ATOM DEVILS

AGE: 10

GRADE: 5

YEARS PLAYED: 6

CURRENT TEAM: KC Vipers USUAL POSITION: Centre

FAVOURITE HOCKEY TEAM: Edmonton Oilers

FAVOURITE HOCKEY PLAYER: Connor McDavid

WHO IS YOUR ROLE MODEL: My Dad, for being an assistant coach and helping me all these years FAVOURITE HOCKEY MEMORY: Winning the gold medal with my teammates and hearing how loud the parents and crowd were!

KC074 - KC ST. MATTHEW VIPERS

Players: ALEXANDRE, MARKUS | DARBY, TUCKER | DASSOUKI, YOUSSEF | DOAN, JOHNATHAN | DRAGON, ZANDER | FISCHER, BRETT | JOMHA, AMEER | MACDONALD, BOHDI | NEWMAN, ETHAN | PHO, ISAAC | PIANO, LUCAS | RAHIME, ABRAHIM SIFFLEDEEN, TAIMOOR | SUDYK, NATHAN | TAMMINGA, BRADLEY WELLER, RYLEY | WILLIAMS, LUCA Staff: DARBY, THOMAS | JOMHA, AHMED | MACDONALD, BARRY PHO, DENNIS | SUDYK, JASON

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gg Gold Medal Winning Team

Gold Medal Winning Team

BEAUMONT BRAVES ATOM 7

SW588 – CONFED SNIPERS

ATOM D UC KS

Players: ABRAHAM, LINCOLN | AITKIN, CHARLOTTE | BEVERIDGE, KAI | BOUCHER, TYLER | DESPRES, DOMINIQUE | ERICKSON, EMERSON | GRAHAM, DAVID | HEMMERLING, LUCAS | KRUK, JONAS | KULAR, JAGSHAN | LAPORTE, JOSHUA | LEBLANC, LINDSEY LEE, JONAS | PAULSON, EVAN | POTTS, GAVIN | SEERY, DILLON STURROCK, BRODIE | TAYLOR, DILLON Staff: DESPRES, VINCENT | GUERETTE, RICHARD HEMMERLING, CRYSTAL | LAPORTE, CHRIS | SEIDE, KELLY

ATOM F L A MES

Players: ASHTON, KESLER | BUSSIERE, ISAAC | CORDELL, ATTICUS | DYCK, TYLER | EVANS, JACOB | HARSCH, CALE HOFFMAN, ZACHARIAH | HUNTER, NICHOULAS | KOOY, KALEB LEMIEUX, MATHIEU | OUANDA, SOURALAIS | SKLARCHUK, PARKER | TIETZEN, AUSTIN | VASS, MATTHEW | VASS, ROBERT Staff: ASHTON, VICTOR | EVANS, PETER | HARSCH, CORY HOFFMAN, HAL | LEMIEUX, RICHARD | VERRET, RENEE

gg Gold Medal Winning Team

Gold Medal Winning Team

SE465 - NORTH SEERA

SHERWOOD PARK ATOM 3A SP799

ATOM FLYE RS

Players: BELL, SYDNEE | BLISS-RUSSELL, HENRY | BOEKESTYN, KEIRA | COMPRI, XAVIER | COULOMBE, ANNALISSE GIESBRECHT, RHETT | HIMSCHOOT, OWEN | LAFAYETTE, TY LATIF, ZAYAN | LEISTER, RONAN | MCDONALD, GRAYSON NICHOLS, MAXIMUS | STANOJEVIC, CADEN | VAJSABEL, STEFAN WARAWA, ISAAC Staff: COULOMBE, COLIN | GIESBRECHT, CHAD | MCDONALD, DALE | VAJSABEL, BORIS | WARAWA, TERRACE

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ATO M J ETS

Players: ABRAM, BRADY | COOK, HUDSON | CUNDLIFFE, MATTHEW | CYCA, CONNOR | DYER, BRODY | ERGEZINGER, NATE | FRAY, EMERSON | GOLIGHTLY, WILL | GRAVELLE, LUKE JOHNSON, RYAN | LANCASTER, LUKE | MARSON, LINKIN MIRANDA, ALEXANDRE | OLEKSYN, BRYSON | PICHOTA, HUDSON SCHEUER, CARSTEN | SCOTT, SAMUEL | ZAHARIA, RENO Staff: COOK, JONATHAN | CUNDLIFFE, KEVIN | FRAY, KURTIS LANCASTER, TIM | MARSON, CODY | UZELMAN, KYLE

g Gold Medal Winner DAW SO N F E REDAY AGE: 9

CURRENT TEAM: Whitemud West Seals YEARS PLAYED: 5 GRADE: 4

USUAL POSITION: Left Wing FAVOURITE HOCKEY TEAM: Edmonton Oilers

FAVOURITE HOCKEY PLAYER: Connor McDavid WHO IS YOUR ROLE MODEL: My Dad

OTHER HOBBIES / INTERESTS: Playing with friends

FAVOURITE HOCKEY MEMORY: After our gold medal game, my dad served us champagne! (sparkling apple juice)

gg Gold Medal Winning Team

Gold Medal Winning Team

NW354 - WHITEMUD WEST

SW518 - SWZ OIL KINGS

ATOM KI NGS

Players: DOUGLAS, PARKER | ELKADRI, AHMED | FEREDAY, DAWSON HAY, ETHAN | LEE, RONAN | LEE-CARDINAL, ELIZA MACKENZIE, LACHLAN | MACLEOD, DEXTER | MAKOWSKY, TOMA | MERRITT, ROBERT | NEUMAN, CONNOR | OLSON, JAKE RAIN, TALON | REYES, RAPHAEL | SIDHU, CHANDAN | WALKER, AIDEN | WALKER, KESIA Staff: FEREDAY, PAUL | LEE, STUART MACKENZIE, CAMPBELL | OLSON, JARET

ATOM M A PLE LEAFS

Players: BLYTH, HUDSON | BRINKMAN, DECLAN | CRUMLEY, JAKE | DACHWITZ, BRAYDEN | DEKKER, ETHAN | GEHLERT, TYE | KANJI, KEYAAN | KEDDIE, JACK | KIERNAN, PRESTEN MARCH, CAMDEN | OHNYSTY, WILSON | PARK, BRENDAN PEROZNI, KALDER | SANDHU, ARSHROOP | SMITH, ETHAN VIK, BRODY | YOUNG-KORBISSER, TYREE | ZHANG, ETHAN Staff: BLYTH, DEREK | BRINKMAN, CAMERON | CRUMLEY, JASON | DEKKER, BRAD | KANJI, SHAFIN | SMITH, DARREN

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gg Gold Medal Winner W ILSO N O H NYSTA

Gold Medal Winning Team ATOM OI L ERS

AGE: 10

CURRENT TEAM: SWZ 518 Oil Kings YEARS PLAYED: 6 GRADE: 4

USUAL POSITION: Defence FAVOURITE HOCKEY TEAM: Edmonton Oilers

FAVOURITE HOCKEY PLAYER: Leon Draisitl WHO IS YOUR ROLE MODEL: My Cousin Brodie OTHER HOBBIES / INTERESTS: Baseball & Camping FAVOURITE HOCKEY MEMORY: Winning Minor Hockey Week two years in a row. Also, Playing in tournaments that are out of town, with my friends!

SW587 - CONFED

Players: CARDINAL, PETER CIPENUK | CARROLL, JOSHUA FOLK, ROWAN | GRANT, ALEXANDER | HOFFMAN, ZACHARIAH | HUCKABAY, NOLAN | HUCKABEE, LIAM HUEBNER, ERIC | MCLEOD, HARRISON | MILLS, TYSAIAH ROTH, DARIAN | SEITZ, GAVIN | TCHESNOKOV, ALEXANDER VOSS, LEVI | WHIDDEN, ALEX Staff: FOLK, DWAYNE | GRANT, COLIN | HUCKABAY, JAMES MCLEOD, CHAD | MILLS, TREVOR | WHIDDEN, GARRETT

gg Gold Medal Winning Team ATOM R E D WI NGS

NE129 - BRAVES

Players: AIMOE, LINCOLN | BOYKO, RYLAN | CHUTE, MAXWELL | CLARK, ZHAYNE | FENWICK, HAYDEN | FIPKEMARTIN, MORGAN | FLASHA, VICTORIA | HOGAN, CASEN JARRELL, HUNTER | LAWRENCE, MARCUS | PAUL, ZAYNE ROY, ALEXANDER | SPRINGER, MAX Staff: FENWICK, WARREN | LAWRENCE, ELTON PAUL, DAVE | SPRINGER, VICTOR

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Gold Medal Winning Team ATOM S E NATORS

NE128 - BRAVES

Players: ALEONG, BRANDON | BARICH, ETHAN | DUFRITH, ALEXANDER GAGNE, EVAN | KIERSTEAD, ETHAN | LEWIS, TYLER | MISHIO, NATHAN | SCHURMAN, HAYDEN | SCOTT, TAILON | STARCHUK, JAYDEN TELLEFSON, AUSTIN | VEENSTRA, AVERY | WANG, CARSON Staff: ALEONG, RYAN | BARICH, DARYL | BARICH, MIKE | MISHIO, TODD | STARCHUK, DEAN | TELLEFSON, LISA | VEENSTRA, BRAD

gg Gold Medal Winning Team

Gold Medal Winning Team

SW675 - SWAT

ST ALBERT PEEWEE AA STARS - SA747

Staff: BUTTERFIELD, BRAD | DEVLIN, PAT | GARBUTT, TIM | HEATH, JEFF | LEMISKI, JASON | RUTHERFORD, MIKE | SCHNEIDER, TIM

Staff: BERES, ANDREW | BREZOVSKI, MIKE | DAOUST, BRAD DEVLIN, ANDY | DEVLIN, LEILA | FLEMING, JIM | HANEY, JOHN SCOTT, JERRY | TOMLINSON, BRIAN | TOMLINSON, MORGANN

P E E W E E C L AG G E T

PEEWEE CAMERON

Players: BALLOS, JONATHAN | BREZOVSKI, BLAKE | CAPSTICK, EDWARD | COSTANTINO, BEN | CRANDELL, CARMELO | DAOUST, COHEN | DEVLIN, JET | GIORDANO, LUCA | HANEY, JOHN NOAH HUTCHINSON, ASHTON | KALEMBA, ALEX | MAKAY, OWEN MAKOKIS, SADIE | MCLAUGHLIN, CURAN | STRAUSS, KIERAN STRICKLAND, LIAM | TOMLINSON, TYSEN | VALERIO, NIKOLAS

Players: ABOUGOSH, JOSEPH | ANDERSSON, MAXIM BIELARCZYK, AVERY | BLACK, RYERSEN | BURNETT, GRACE BUTTERFIELD, MADELINE | DEVLIN, CARSON | GARBUTT, RYAN HEATH, JACK | JOHNSON, GARRICK | JONES, RILEY | LEMISKI, CARTER | LEONG, JACOB | MENON, DANE | RUTHERFORD, CALEB SCHNEIDER, MATTHEW | SIM, JACKSON

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g Gold Medal Winning Team PEEW E E DALY

KC101 - KC KNIGHTS

Players: AYLWARD, JULIAN | BIRD, KAILAN | BONDON, ANTOINE | DEGUARA, CAMERON | KAHLON, ANMOL | LAM, MATTHEW | NOUTA, JAYDEN | POFF, SEAN | STAKHANOV, MIKHAIL | VIENS, SAWYER | VIRK, GURNOOR WORTH, TRENTAN | YOUNG, COLE Staff: AYLWARD, WILLIAM | NOUTA, COLIN POFF, MYLES | VIENS, JAY | YOUNG, IAN

g Gold Medal Winning Team PEEWEE DUTCHAK

ST ALBERT PEEWEE 1B - SA751 Players: BERTHIER, TY | BROWN, BLAKE | BUCHANAN, JAXON | DE BRUIJN, TATE | GORDON, TY | HUISING, ZACHARY | KNOWLTON, NASH | LEUNG, EVAN | MALONEY, GRAYSON | MCINTYRE, TURNER OGONOSKI, SAWYER | PIRNAK, RYDER | POULIN, JEREMY | SELIN, HAYDEN | SHUYA, LANDYN | STABILE, NICHOLAS Staff: BUCHANAN, JEFFREY | DE BRUIJN, SHAUN KNOWLTON, JAMES | LEUNG, YE | MCINTYRE, BRODY PIRNAK, DAVID | SELIN, DALLAS

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Gold Medal Winning Team

SW681 - SWAT

ST ALBERT PEEWEE 3A - SA754

PEEWEE FEADER

Players: AMIRAULT, CHRISTIAN | BUSCH, COLE | HERMENEAN, EVAN | KLAPSTEIN, COREY | LACLAIRE, NATHANIEL LOOWELL, RYEN | MA, COLIN | MILLIGAN, LUKE | MILLIGAN, SCOTT | REITER, LIAM | RODRIGO, JONAH | SANA, AARON SHACK, LINCON | SNOW, DEVLAN | TSE, GARRICK Staff: BUSCH, GREG | KLAPSTEIN, EVERETT LOOWELL, MARK | MILLIGAN, JASON | SANA, ELIAS

PEEW EE H A MILTON

Players: ARLINGHAUS, REEVE | BOVEN, BRADEN | BRUNEAU, CHASE | GARDINER, MAXWELL | GORDON, RONAN | HUTNAN, JAKE | KAZURO, MATTHEW | REES, TYSON | REID, ISAAC ROBBINS - BURNSTICK, SAMUEL | SCHOPF, NICHOLAS | SCOBLE, WILLIAM SHIELDS, JOHN | SPAANS, BRAYDEN | SYBULKA, CORBYN

Staff: GARDINER, QUENTIN | GARLAND, IAN | PASCHAL, KENNETH REES, ROBERT | REID, PAUL D. | SCHOPF, ALLAN | SPAANS, TONY

gg Gold Medal Winning Team PEEWEE JEX

KC095 - KC ST. MATTHEW WARRIORS

Players: ALEXANDRE, KAITLIN | ALFRAJANI, ALI | ARMCHUKLAFLUER, CAMERON | BAKSTAD, DAWSON | BUSCH, JAYDEN CHAN, KEATON | DANNISH, GAVIN | DECKERT, BRODY | GABLE, KAEDEN | HALABI, ANDREW | MOUSTAFA, AHMAD | MYSLICKI, PATRICK JR. | SALAME, CARSON | SCOTT, JONAH | SHAMIE, RKAN | WELLER, OWEN | YASINSKY, EVAN Staff: ARMCHUK, CHRIS | BAKSTAD, DARREN BAKSTAD, LANDON | GABLE, RICK | ROSS, NATHAN

Gold Medal Winning Team PEEWEE

MCKINLEY

SHERWOOD PARK FEMALE PEEWEE SP812

Players: COLE, MAKAYLA | DUNCOMBE, COURTNEY | DYBKA, GRACE DYBKA, HANNAH | EIRIKSSON, KAYLEE SHERRI | FEDORUK, TEEGAN FOURNIER, ALEXANDRA | GABERT, BROOKE | GASKELL, ALEXIS HANSON, BRENNA | KOMANT, TAYA | KOZAK, CALI | KOZAK, SIERA ROCHE, KAYLEE | SHIPTON, SOPHIE | SMALL, BROOKLYN VETSCH, TALIA | YATES, RACHEL

Staff: DYBKA, CHRIS | DYBKA, EMMA | EIRIKSSON, APRIL | HANSON, STEVEN | KOMANT, BARRY | KOZAK, JESSE | KOZAK, SHAWNA | ROCHE, NICHOLAS | SMALL, BOB | VETSCH, BRANDON | VETSCH, SHANNON

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Gold Medal Winning Team

KC096 - KC ST. MATTHEW REBELS

NW362 - WHITEMUD WEST

PEEWEE NITZ

Players: ALUCEMA, ANNABELLA | BELAMISCA, JOSHUA CHAN, NICHOLAS | ELIUK, ERIK | HALABI, ADONIS | HICKS, SEAN | HOANG, KAI | HORNE, WILLIAM | KEITH, MICHAEL KYLE, ADAM | POTTER, XAVIER | RETTSCHLAG, MATTHEW RONQUILLO, NATHAN | SCOTT, KALEB SIFFLEDEEN, JEREMY | SMYTH, TYSON

Staff: ALUCEMA, MARCEL | ELIUK, RUSSELL | HOANG, HENG LIEW, YUAN | POTTER, JOHN

P E E W E E RA I N S

Players: BRYANT, WESLEY | CAIRNS, EMRY | DARLING, ADAM DE LEON, LIAM | FILIPS, ALEC | GIOVANNI, AYDEN GREGORET-QUINN, ALEXANDRE | LOEFFLER, XANDER MACLEOD, JAKOB | MALTAIS, LANDEN | MCKENZIE, COHEN NICHOLSON, LUKE | PORUMB, STEFAN | SOOSAY, ANDRE VANSTONE, LUCAS | WIKLUND, COLBY

Staff: DARLING, RICHARD | LOEFFLER, MIKE | MACLEOD, CORY; MCKENZIE, DEVON | QUINN, MIKE

gg Gold Medal Winning Team

Gold Medal Winning Team

NE132 - BRAVES

SE434 - MILLWOODS BRUINS

P E E W E E SA N R EG R E T

Players: ASUMU, SEVERINO | BITTMAN, SCOTT | BOWLERBRAUN, ADELINE | BRAR, DARSHVEER | CABALLEROS, DAMIAN CARPENTER, JADA | CAUL, NICKLAUS | DROVER, JAYDEN ESCOTT, JORDAN | HINKLEY, KEENAN | JACKSON, KALEB | SAM, KEVIN | WATT-MAYES, STERLING | WILLIER, CAYLEY Staff: CAUL, THOMAS | JACKSON, DION MARTIN, DALEN | ORR, STEVE

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P E E W E E S H AV E

Players: ALLEN, JAYDEN | AUCOIN, BRANDON | BALLAM, COLE BALLAM, JACK | BEEBE, BRETT | CLARKE, GAVIN | KAUS, DYLAN KORKOLA, CHASE | LACOMBE, ASHTON | MACPHERSON, SETH | MERCIER, KOLBY | ROBINSON, CARTER | SMITH, KODA SOPROVICH, CAMERON | YEO, TYLER Staff: AMUNDSON, JEFFERY | BEEBE, GREG | CLARKE, GARETH KAUS, SKYE | WOODS, JAKE

g Gold Medal Winning Team P E E W E E S O L L A N YC H

NE215 - EAGLES Players: AMEREY, AHMED | AMMAR, LOGAN | BERNARD, CARTER | DONECZ, AEDYN | FUNSTON, EDAN | HACHE, JOSHUA KEEWATIN-FLETT, CHRISTOPHER | KNOTT, CARSON MISHIO, DYLAN | NAHKURI, NICHOLAS | PEARSON, BRODY SHEPANSKY, KEEGAN | SINCLAIR, CODY | THOMSON, TYLER

Staff: BERNARD, JEFFREY | HACHE, NICHOLAS | MISHIO, TERRY NAHKURI, STEVEN | SINCLAIR, TREVOR

gg Gold Medal Winning Team

Gold Medal Winning Team

SE440 - MILLWOODS TITANS

ST ALBERT PEEWEE 6A- SA760

PEEW E E T Y MKO

Players: ALI, SYED HASSAN | BANNERT, BURKE | BARIAR, PRABHKIRAN | BATH, SHANVIR SINGH | BRANDSON, AUSTIN BRUNO, KIYA | CONNELL, OWEN | GILL, GURJAAP | GILL, KADAM GRAHAM, RILEY | KHAN, MOHAMMAD | KIZIAK, BRAEDON | LACROIX, EDDIE | MCDOUGALL, JAXON | NGO, CALISTA | RAMIREZ, MANUEL | SOUTHWICK, EITHAN | TALLON, SLOAN Staff: BANNERT, CLINT | MADDIGAN, ROBERT | MCDOUGALL, SEAN MOORE, SHAWN | POMEROY, TOM | SOUTHWICK, NICOLE TALLON, BRUCE

P E E W E E Z AO Z I R N Y

Players: BENNER, BROCK | BOOTLE, COEN | DEMERS, TYSON GAGNON, PAUL | HILLAS, ANDREW | KURTZ, KYLE | LATTA, CHASE LIGHTFOOT, BENJAMIN | LOWN, OLIVER | MCDONALD, COREY NIELSEN, JAMES | ROGERS, WILLIAM | RUSSELL, ETHAN SUTCLIFFE, NOLAN | WHILLANS, JAYCE | WHITTAL, CHRISTOPHER Staff: BOOTLE, ED | GAGNON, NORM | KURTZ, MIKE MCDONALD, ROB | SUTCLIFFE, SEAN | WHITTAL, BYRON

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gg Gold Medal Winning Team

Gold Medal Winning Team

BAN TAM AT KI NSON

SE487 - SEERA

Players: ANAKA, CALLUM | BENTLEY, BENJAMIN | BIRKOBEN, KEAGHEN | BORDEN, RYAN | CHAHAL, AADESH | DELOS SANTOS, BRIAN | DRAPER, BEN | FULLAM, ROBERT | GANAM, KASPER | GANAM, SHAYE (AYDEN) | GILL, ARMAAN | JOBSON, TYRESE | KITTLE, JESSE | MAIER, JESSE | MASLUK, PAXTON PRAKASH, ELVIS | TAYLOR, BRADLEY Staff: GANAM, SHAYE | MASLUK, DAVID PRAKASH, ADREAN | SMITH, MIKE

BAN TAM BARNES

SW531 - SWZ OIL KING

Players: BAICH, LOGAN | CAIRO, CARSON | CHOI, HAYDEN BEOMKWON | CLARKE, AIDEN | GRANT, ZACHARIAH HOSSACK, SEAN | JOHNSON, LINDSEY | KRUKEWICH, ZACHARIAH | LARUE, DANIEL | LOOK, JASON | PHILIPPON, GAGE | SCHNEIDER, CRAIG SWARTZ, ETHAN | WALKER, MAKALO | WUEST, KONRAD YUAN, JUNN | ZYGUN, ALEXANDER

Staff: BAICH, ERIC | HOSSACK, CRAIG | JOHNSON, BARRY DEE SCHNEIDER, TIM | WISMER, WENDY

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Gold Medal Winning Team

NW241 - NWZ OUTLAWS

ST ALBERT BANTAM 4B- SA773

BAN TAM BUTLER

Players: ANSELMO, MATTHEW | BROOK, COLTON | CHOW, AIDAN COUTURE, CHASE | GALLOWAY, CADEN | GALLOWAY, GABRIEL GOERTZEN, OWEN | HAYNE, MYLES | HUGHES, AUSTIN IPPOLITO, MATTEO | KENNEDY, NATHAN | LAI, CARTER LOCKMAN, LOGAN | NAGEL, KARSTON | NEILSEN, ELI | PARISEAU, JARRET | POYSER, DYLAN | REITER, CARSON | REYNOLDS, NIKHIL SLAGHT, ETHAN | SOKALSKI, SHEA Staff: ANSELMO, GEOFFREY | BROOK, COLIN | GALLOWAY, BRAD HAYNE, ROB | IPPOLITO, TOM | KOLIDA, PAUL NEILSEN, TYLER | SOKALSKI, LON

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BANTAM DER MOTT

Players: BLEAKNEY, SHANE | CAMERON, TYE | CROZIER, CONNOR | HOWES, LUCAS | JONES, CONNOR | KALLAY, PEYTON | KENDRICK, BRYNDEN | MACKENZIE, BRAYDEN MACPHERSON, ETHAN | MUELLER, ADAM | POPOWICH, CHASE | ROOKE, NATHAN | ROTH, PORTER | SIMMS, JACE TAYLOR, MAX | TUTTLE, CONNOR Staff: JONES, MICHAEL | KALLAY, DAVE | KENDRICK, RICK POPOWICH, KURT | ROOKE, THOMAS

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Gold Medal Winning Team

SHERWOOD PARK FEMALE FUZION BANTAM 1 SP825

EG709 - EGHA REBELS

BAN TAM F E MALE A

Players: BABYCK, BROOKE | BISHOP, RAYA | DENNEY, TAYA ELENIAK, KAYLEE | FENTON, HALLE | GOEREE, JORDAN | JONES, REESE | MATCH, ABIGAIL | NIEMAN, JENNA | NORD, LINDSAY O’BRIEN, HAILEY | ROBINS, KAYLA | SEMOTIUK, JULIE | SMIBERT, ASHLEY | TAITINGER, CHLOE | WEBSTER, KIANNA | WHITE, DANIELLE | WHITE, LAUREN | WILSON, ALEXANDRA

BAN TAM F E MALE B

Players: ABELE, AUTUMN | ANDRUSIAK, TARYN | BLANCO NUÑEZ, PAULA | COMEGAN, JAIDEN | DECK, JORDANA DY, TRINITY | FOX, DARRAH | GINGLES, KATHERINE JACKNISKY, NATALIA | LEHMAN, BROOKE | LEQUIER, GRACE MALCOLM, KATHLEEN | MCCARTHY, ALYSSA | MENON, ELLA NAKONECHNY, ULIANNA | PHILLIPS, ERIN | ROPPO, SOPHIA WOODS, GRACIE | YOUNG, KAYLEY

Staff: BABYCK, BRENT | DENNEY, CURTIS | DENNEY, SUSAN FENTON, NATHAN | GOEREE, CHAD | MATCH, BEN | O’BRIEN, JACKIE | O’BRIEN, PETE | WILSON, KELLY

Staff: ALBRECHT, BRITTANY | ANDRUSIAK, JASON COMEGAN, TANNIS | DECK, BARRY | HOWARD, ERICA JACKNISKY, TOM | YOUNG, BRENT

Gold Medal Winning Team

Gold Medal Winning Team

SW526 - SWZ OIL KINGS

SHERWOOD PARK BANTAM 6 SP832

gg BANTAM F RE DERICK

Players: BRUCE, KARSTEN | COX, TYLER | ERMUBE, ALEXANDER FARRIES, ZANE | GAUCHIER, SEBASTIEN | GIANNUZZI, STEFANO HEIDENREICH-KORCHINSKI, JUSTIN | HUMEN, JOSHUA | KEYLOR, MATTHEW | KRISTJANSON, KIERAN | KUSHNERYK, DYLAN KUSHNIR, CAIDEN | LAMOUREUX, CORBIN | LOTHAMER, AUSTIN MCPHAIL, ETHAN | NORSTEN, LUCAS | REDDEKOPP, TYE ROBSON, COLIN | SETTLE, EVAN | SOMERS, EVAN | THOMAS, EVAN Staff: COX, CHRISTOPHER | HUMEN, MIKE | KEYLOR, KELLY LOTHAMER, BRAD | NORSTEN, TYLER

BAN TA M FYSH

Players: ASSALY, TYSON | BRETECHER, JUSTUS | ELLIOTT, CRAWFORD | FARQUHAR, SAM | FREHLICH, EVAN | FUNNELL, JAXEN | HANSEN, TYSON | HELGESON, JESSE | JONES, GRIFFIN KAINZ, ETHAN | KRYS, AEDAN | MACGILLIVRAY, TYSON PITZEL, GARRETT | PLICAN, AUSTIN | RITCHIE, ERIC | ROBERTS, RYDER | ROY, KEEGAN | SAUNDERS, TYNE | SIMPSON, KRUZ STEPANIUK, CLARKE Staff: ASSALY, CHERYL | FREHLICH, CHRIS | FUNNELL, JESSE MACGILLIVRAY, ANDREW | PITZEL, ROB | RITCHIE, RON

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gg Gold Medal Winning Team

Gold Medal Winning Team

KC109 - KC SABRES

SW529 - SWZ OIL KINGS

BAN TA M LEE

Players: BARABASH, JUSTIN | BEATON, RYDAN | DAVIDSON, CHRISTIAN | EL-HARATI, YOUSSEF | HUBER, JOSHUA KOOTENAY, DAYTON | MCCARTHY, NATHAN | MELVIN, BRANDT MUSTAFA, KARIM | OSWALD, JONAH | PALTZAT, CONNOR PARKIN, JONAH | REDHEAD, JAKE | VELJANOV, RYAN WATMOUGH, NOAH | YAM, ROBERT Staff: BARABASH, CHAD | GINGRAS, LUKE | MCCARTHY, DEAN MUSTAFA, ALEX | PALTZAT, LARRY

BANTAM P RUDEN

Players: BIRD, TODD | CAINES, WILLIAM | CAMPBELL, CARTER CANTIN, ZACHARY | CHIVERS, RILEY | CURRAN, GAVIN FULCHER, AYDEN | HUYGHE, MARKUS | KEEHN, BRETT | KOBI, KYLE | KONOWALEC, MAX | KURIAN, SAMUEL | MORHART, SETH | NELSON, TEJ | NOVAK, ETHAN | POWER, JONATHAN ROBERTSON, JEVON-TAE | ROSS, KOAH | ROSYCHUK, SLATER SLAFEREK, ZAREK | THOMAS, EVAN | YOUNG, CALEB

Staff: CHIVERS, PATTERSON | CURRAN, JOHN | MORHART, MIKE NELSON, JEFF | ROSS, DESMOND | ROSYCHUK, JARRETT

gg Gold Medal Winning Team BANTA M ROSS

NW246 - NWZ MUSTANGS

Players: BRANDON, RHYS | BUSCH, OWEN | CARSCADDEN, OWEN | CHMAIT, RANI | FAOUR, AHMAD | FIRST RIDERCARDINAL, PAYTON | GOEHRING, ANDREAS | HOWSE, DOMINIC KARAS, DERIN | KIRWIN, NOLAN | LAMOUCHE, ELI LEONARD, GAVIN | LINTON, JOSHUA | LITTLE, JONAH | LUU, SPENCER | MEDLEY, JOSHUA | PARKER, CHASE | PARRILL, LOGAN | THOMPSON, NOLAN | TRAPP, GARREN Staff: BUSCH, TYSON | GOEHRING, SHANE MEDLEY, GREG | THOMPSON, BRUCE

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Gold Medal Winning Team MIDGET BIDEWELL

SW549 - SWZ OIL KINGS

Players: BADIOLA, LORENZO | DUNN, ETHAN | GUPTA, KUSH HOSSACK, MARK | JEONG, JAMES JAE WON | JOY, GIBSON KLYMYSHYN, OSTAP | MACKENZIE, TOMAS | MONAGHAN, CONNOR | MONAGHAN, OWEN | MURESAN, STEFAN PHILIPPON, GAGE | PHIMESTER, ALEX | SOEHN, CAEL | TIMMS, R. MICHAEL | WELSH, BRADEN | WONG, EVAN Staff: DUNN, JAY | HOSSACK, CRAIG; MURESAN, VLAD | SOEHN, SCOTT

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Gold Medal Winning Team

SHERWOOD PARK MIDGET 1 SP837

SPRUCE GROVE MIDGET 2 - SG881

M I D G E T BO N N E R

Players: ANDREW, CHRISTOPHER | COLLISON, KYLE | FISCHER, ALEXANDER | GODWIN, TYLER | GUDMUNDSON, HUNTER HARMATYS, TRISTAN | HAWRELAK, JOSH | HEINZE, THEO HOLOWAYCHUK, ADAM | INCH, ANDREW | KEIL, BRAEDEN KIRKLAND, BROCK | KONOPADA, ETHAN | LAMBERT, NATHAN LIPTAK, JUSTIN | MORPHY, CALEB | PIASETSKY, MATTHEW RUSSELL, KACEY | SMETHURST, CAMERON | SMITH, NOAH

Staff: FISCHER, MARK | HAWRELAK, CLAYTON | HAYES, JOHN HEINZE, TIM | HOCKLEY, KYLE | KIRKLAND, GILLIAN PIASETSKY, STEVE | SMITH, PAUL

M I D G E T D AV I S

Players: BLACKBURN, SPENCER | CORBIERE, DILLAN GABOURY, REID | HAGG, THEO | HEDGE, CARTER HEGERFELDT, JACOB | HOOPLE, JAKOB | HUEBNER, DYLAN JACKLIN, TRISTON | KURYSH, CONNOR | LAMB, MATTHEW LUKAN, ASHTON | NELSON, RYLEY | PELESHATY, JOEL SCHMIDT, ERIC | SCHMIDT, KYLE | SHAW-BOWMAN, RILEY SPERLING, JUSTIN | STUMP, ETHAN Staff: HEGERFELDT, JOHN | HOOPLE, CURTIS KURYSH, KELLY | STUMP, RICK

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Gold Medal Winning Team

SHERWOOD PARK FEMALE FUZION MIDGET SP835

ONOWAY FEMALE MIDGET 1

MIDGET FEMALE A

Players: BILLINGSLEY, RAE-LYNN | EBERLE, RACHEL | EMBURY, ERIN | EMPEY-KAINZ, KAYLEA | GARON, MEGAN | HOGLIN, MAIRI | HULL, MORGAN | LEHMAN, CALLEN | MALICA-HARE, NIKKI | NEAL, LEVI | OLSON, JACKLYN | PAYNE, KAITLIN RAMSANKAR, J’LYN | REID, PRESLEY | VISSER, JANAE | WARD, JAZMYNE | WARD, JEVLYNN | WILLIAMS, KAITLYN Staff: EBERLE, LLOYD | HARE, METIEKE | LEHMAN, RAYMOND WARD, JASON | WILLIAMS, NATALIE | WILLIAMS, WARREN

MIDGET FEMALE B

Players: CAMPBELL, SIERRA EMILY | DEWSNAP, ERIN ENRIGHT, JENNA | EVANS, ALYSSA | FERGEL, RYNAE FERGEL, TAYLOR | HOLLOWAY, TIANNA | HOMEAK, JENNA KASSIAN, KAITLYN | KIBBLEWHITE, VICTORIA | MILLER, ASHLEY NICOL, SHAYNA | PAANANEN, JOSIE | PLANTE, SHAYLA SHEELER, ABBYGAIL | SUTHERLAND, JENNIFER WILDMAN, FAITH | WYLIE, LAUREN Staff: CUMMINS, MELINDA | FERGEL, ANDY | HOLLOWAY, DARREN | HOMEAK, DANIEL | NICOL, LIANE | WYLIE, WARREN

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Gold Medal Winning Team

KC117 - KC SABRES

ST ALBERT MIDGET 4 - SA785

MIDGET HETCHLER

Players: AMORIM, MATHEW | BESSETTE, AVERY | CHERPIN, BLAKE | DELVER, TREY | DONALD, JOSHUA | DORWARD, JULIA | EL-HAYOUNI, OUSSAMA | EVANS, JACOB | FUDGE, BRODIE GAUTHIER, SAWYER | GRANT, CALEY | HALCROW, JONAH HARATI, NOAH | KUTCHER, TY | LOCONTE, STEVEN O’CONNOR, ASHTON | ROWLES, CARSON | TAVARES, ZACHARY WARNER, GRAHAM | YOUNGHANS, SILAS Staff: CHERPIN, DALE | DONALD, ROSS | DORWARD, GEOFF GRANT, MICHAEL | KUTCHER, ROBERT | ROWLES, JAMES

M ID G E T H OLT

Players: AMBROSIE, TY | ANDERSON, THOMAS | DANKS, MATTHEW | DAVIS, CARSON | DAWSON, RYAN | DUBE, LIAM | EPP, SAMUEL | GILBEAU, JARED | KROETSCH, CONNOR | LABINE, BRODY | MALONEY, GRIFFIN | MILES, DYLAN | NOWELL, ANDREW | OKE, RYAN | PETTER, CRAIG RUNCO, MASON | SANDMAIER, RYLAN | TAYLOR, LUCAS WOLFE, MATTHEW Staff: EPP, GLENN | KROETSCH, DOUG | MALONEY, KEVIN; OKE, NICK | PETTER, SCOTT

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NE153 - NEZ Players: AMMAR, JAIDAN | BENIK, RILEY | DEAN, SETH DEROSE, ANTHONY | FILIPCHUK, CONOR | FLEURY, SAMUEL KILPATRICK-STEELE, JACOB | KULCZYCKI, TYLER | LOUGHEED, JACOB | MCDONALD, JACOB | NIKIFORUK, TRAVIS | SEMENIUK, STEPHEN | SHAMSELDINE, SHAMSELDINE | SIDORCHUK, ZACHARY | STEWART, LUKE | TREMBLAY, ASHTON TRIEU, VAN | TYMCHUK, COLE | WEBBER, COLE Staff: BENIK, RAYMOND | HARRISON, DALE TREMBLAY, JASON | TYMCHUK, BRIAN

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Gold Medal Winning Team MIDGET TURNER

ENOCH CREE MIDGET 1

Players: ALEXANDER, DAMIAN | BLAIS, GABRIEL | BRUNO, HAYDEN HAWK | BULL, LEON | CRUZ-MORIN, JEREMY MACKINAW, STORM | MORIN, KEIRAN | MORIN, OCEAN MORIN, PHOENIX | STEINHAUER, DAWSON | THOMAS, JARDELLE | THOMAS-CRANE, DREYDON | WARD, CHANCE WARD, SHYLO | WARD, TERRELL

Staff: MORIN, JONATHAN | MORIN, LOGAN | MORIN, OWEN THOMAS, JOSEPH

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