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HOCKEY TALKS 2014 The Winnipeg Jets, in conjunction with other Canadian NHL teams, and with the support of the National Hockey League, took part in Hockey Talks, a secondyear initiative to bring increased dialogue and awareness to mental health and effective treatments. Throughout the month of January in support of the initiative, the hockey club promoted the initiative through digital and social media in addition to our players who donned a Hockey Talks decal on their helmets and wore custom team issued apparel. In addition, a game night in each respective city was dedicated to Hockey Talks where each team will lend their voice to help encourage a national conversation about mental health and wellness.

The seven Canadian NHL teams recognize the importance of education and open dialogue of mental health and wellness at a national level. The goal of Hockey Talks is to bring this topic to the forefront in the public realm and alleviate misconception and stigma that has been unfairly associated with mental illness. With the collaboration of the seven Canadian hockey clubs, this message can have an extensive reach, connecting with citizens of all ages and backgrounds.

The Winnipeg Jets hosted their Hockey Talks night on January 28, 2014 as they took on the Nashville Predators at MTS Centre. That night, each Winnipeg Jets player wore a #11 Rick Rypien jersey during warm-up which, in turn, was auctioned and raised over $20,000 for mental health awareness initiatives.

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LEATHERMAKING WITH MARK STUART

How did you get into leather making?

I’ve always been interested in it. Last summer I looked up where I could find the tools.

I went in there and they were super helpful. I asked what were the bare essentials I needed to get started. So I basically got a starter kit and leather and started messing around with it. The first thing I made was a passport wallet for myself and as soon as I did that, I was hooked. Now I’ve built up my toolbox and have everything I need. When I was hurt I did it every day, just making stuff for family members and friends.

What have you made so far?

I’ve made card cases and wallets for family and friends, a couple passport wallets, a few iPad cases, iPhone cases, mostly small stuff like that. I’ve looked on YouTube for how to make bags and that’s something I’d like to eventually do, but it’s pretty time consuming.

I made Laddy an iPad case and Toby a card case, and a few things for the trainers. A few guys on the team have different things.

Do you have a personalized Mark Stuart branded iron?

No, I’ve been talking to a few guys about that, I think I’m going to have one made. Right now I just have the alphabet stamps so I can put people’s initials on their things, but I don’t have an actual brand.

Have you messed up a few creations in the learning process?

Yeah, at the beginning - that was the hardest thing, just trying to get the measurements down. So I’d make a wallet or something and the pockets would be so tight you could only fit a couple cards in there. That was a bit frustrating, but the nice thing about leather is that you can work it in and it stretches, so eventually it wears in.

What kinds of tools do you have?

I have a roller knife and a ruler, that’s basically how I cut the leather into pieces. Then you have different hole punches, you have a mallet, you have tools that you can line up where you want to stitch and a sewing board that holds the piece in place so it’s easier to sew. And I use pretty thick waxed thread. I also have different punches for when I’m making a belt, like one that gives you that “v” shape at the end. I made my brother a belt for Christmas - that was my first belt. I’d like to do more of that.

What is it about leather making that you enjoy so much?

Just the process. From the cutting to the measuring to the sewing, it’s just fun. It’s all I’m thinking about when I’m doing it. I put some music on and it just takes my mind off everything else. The coolest part is that if you make it right it can last a really long time and people can put it to good use. I’m kind of a leather nerd.

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ON REPRESENTING THE CZECH REPUBLIC: • 2004, 2005, 2006 WORLD JUNIORS U18 • 2005-2008 WORLD JUNIORS U21 • 2011 & 2012 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS It’s always a big honour for me. I remember the Czech team who won in 1998 in Nagano. I was watching on TV as a kid. It was something the whole country lived for. It was really special.

MICHAEL FROLIK EARLY MINOR HOCKEY MEMORIES – GROWING UP IN KLADNO, CZECH REPUBLIC: We had a pretty strong age group. We were winning a lot. My memories are winning championships back home. I played with Pav (Ondrej Pavelec) too.

ON PLAYING PRO HOCKEY AT THE AGE OF 16 FOR RABAT KLADNO IN THE CZECH EXTRALIGA (2004-2006): It was something nice and I got a lot of experience playing with the older guys. It helped me a lot.

ON TRANSITIONING TO CANADA AND PLAYING FOR RIMOUSKI OCÉANIC IN THE QMJHL (2006-2008): That was something very different from back home. The ice is smaller. The style of hockey is different. I had a Slovak guy in Rimouski with me so he helped me learn the language.

ON BEING SELECTED TENTH OVERALL IN THE 2006 NHL ENTRY DRAFT BY THE FLORIDA PANTHERS: I was in Vancouver in 2006. It was something you never forget. It was something special to go up on stage and shake everybody’s hands and put the jersey on. My family was there with me so it was special.

ON SCORING HIS FIRST NHL GOAL WITH THE FLORIDA PANTHERS (NOV.20, 2008 AGAINST NEW JERSEY DEVILS SCOTT CLEMMENSEN): Funny thing is the year after I scored on him he was traded to Florida, so he was my teammate after that. It was a power play goal from the blue line, slapper, and low blocker.

ON JUNE 30, 2013 THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS TRADED FROLIK TO THE WINNIPEG JETS – for a 3rd Round Pick (74th) and a 5th Round Pick (134th) in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

ON JOINING THE WINNIPEG JETS: Five days after we won the Cup I got the news. I was excited for sure. I knew Pav was here so I called him right away. It’s a very good hockey city. Great fans here and it’s always good to play in a place like that.

ON FEB. 9, 2011 FROLIK WAS TRADED TO THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS – along with goaltender Alexander Salák, for Jack Skille, Hugh Jessiman, and David Pacan GOING HOME: Played in the Czech Republic with Piráti Chomutov during the shortened 2012-13 season ON MAKING THE MOVE TO CHICAGO AND WINNING THE STANLEY CUP IN 2012-13: One of the best organizations in the league. The city is awesome, and the club too. I got pretty lucky to win the cup last year. Even from talking about it I still get goose bumps. It’s a special thing.

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Position: Right Wing Height: 6’0” Weight: 180lbs Shoots: Right Born: 10 JUL 1993 Birthplace: Regina, SK CAN Junior Team: Kamloops Blazers (WHL) Drafted: Selected by Winnipeg Jets in Round 3, #91 overall in 2013 NHL Draft.

With training which takes him to Florida, hard work and commitment have lead him to multiple national championships, as well as the world championships in Reno, Nevada.

“It’s a bit different for Canadian guys because you can When the warm weather hits the prairies, many only wake board for three months of the year and then Canadians can’t wait to get to the beach and enjoy you’re going against people who are from Florida who do it year round,” the Regina, Saskatchewan native said. the short window to play summer sports.

“It’s kind of interesting to see where you’re at but it was Winnipeg Jets prospect J.C. Lipon is no different. fun. You meet lots of good people and get introduced to all But he might take his preferred summer sport a the different spots you can go to.” little more seriously. Lipon started wakeboarding when he was eight years old, and it has since He found there was a bit of skill crossover between wakeboarding and hockey. taken him all over the world.

“A big part of my game is hitting and staying on my feet,” he “After elementary school ended I’d go to the lake with my grandparents for the summer and said. “Centre of gravity definitely transfers over from wake not come into the city at all for the summer,” boarding a lot.” he said. “Even though the lake was only 30 Ultimately it came time for Lipon to make a decision on which minutes away. I think that helped me a lot. sport he would focus on. The decision came when Lipon, unJust getting away from the game (of hockey) drafted out of midget, attended the Kamloops Blazers training and always keeping it fresh.” camp in 2009.

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“The first thing when I got there I thought ‘I have to get behind a boat to start training for nationals because they were a week after,” he said. “So after I was done camp there I was going to fly out to Peterborough, but then I ended up staying.”

Initially he wanted to see what the training camp experience was like. But opportunity presented itself when injuries plagued the Blazers early.

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“They ended up signing me and there were a few injuries so they kept me around for quite a while, which turned into a whole year,” said Lipon. “It was good. I wasn’t playing a lot in my 16 and 17 year-old year, but when I was 18 I got an opportunity and ran with it.”

In his first two seasons with Kamloops as a 16 and 17-year-old, Lipon played in 118 games, and registered six goals, 34 points, and 149 penalty minutes. But the stat sheets looked a lot different the next two seasons: 130 games, 55 goals, 154 points, and a plusminus rating of +57.

It was strong numbers like those that put Lipon on Hockey Canada’s radar. He has worn the maple leaf on his chest twice in his young career. The first time was at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge during the 2009-10 season, where he had five assists. The second was at the World Junior Hockey Championship in the 2012-13 campaign.

Though his team didn’t come home with a medal at the World Juniors, Lipon said the experience is something he’ll never forget.

A few weeks later he found himself at MTS IcePlex taking “It was crazy. I had a good start to my 19-year-old part in his first development camp. year. It was kind of a dream but it was kind of a long shot and just going to camp was pretty “It was good. I’d never been to a camp previously, so I just cool,” he said. “But then making the team was kind of took it all in,” Lipon said. “I knew Scheifele from awesome. Just the support you got from every- World Juniors before so he kind of showed me some of the one at home and everyone all over Canada. It ropes. Then I met some of the other guys I knew from the Western League from playing against them and made some was awesome.” good friendships.”

A memory that might be equally great for the 20-year-old Lipon comes from the NHL Entry Those friendships have continued to grow this season in the Draft in 2013. He wasn’t at the Prudential American Hockey League, where Lipon spent the year with the Center in Newark , New Jersey when his Jets’ affiliate, the St. John’s IceCaps. It didn’t take him long to name was called by the Winnipeg Jets in the score his first goal in professional hockey. It came October 4 third round, 91st overall. Fittingly enough, against Providence off a deflection. In his first season, Lipon likes playing for St. John’s, and is adjusting to the faster game he was at the lake. at the AHL level.

“I had a bunch of friends over,” he said. “I was just watching it, most of my friends “It’s been a learning experience. The first few months you’re kind were just having fun, but I was watching of just getting used to it,” he said. “But now I know what my role is it and then I got a phone call and a little going to be and I’m enjoying it so far. We’ve come together good as a team and everyone works hard. It’s been great.” celebration happened.”

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BRENDEN KICHTON:

SOMETHING TO PROVE

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Every day he heads to the hockey rink, a daily winter with the Winnipeg Jets, Kichton has been making a routine since he was a young lad growing up outside big splash as a first-year American Hockey League Edmonton, Brenden Kichton is armed with the drive defenceman with the St. John’s IceCaps. and desire to prove his detractors wrong.

Among the league leaders for first-year rearguards You know, the critics who have written him off as too since the get-go, Kichton impressed so much he was slow and too small, a career minor leaguer, at best. selected to suit up for the AHL side against Farjestad BK, a Swedish Elite team, in the 2014 AHL All-Star “Every day, it’s what I think about and it drives me to Classic in February in St. John’s. do better and better,” Kichton said recently. “Teams which passed me over in the draft… the Islanders, He was the AHL’s rookie of the month for January after who drafted me but never bothered to sign me. It’s collecting 14 points as the IceCaps went 9-3 during that that stuff that inspires me to do my best. period of time.

“It’s a huge driving force.”

Given his track record as a junior star in the Western Hockey League, that might not be so surprising. On the While Mark Scheifele and Jacob Trouba have other hand, his early-season success has raised more than been carving out their own niche as rookies a few eyebrows.

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Kichton, 21, is listed at 5-10 and 185 pounds. And Kichton admits there is work to be done in the while his skating doesn’t seem to post a big problem skating department, but he employs a skating coach at this level, let’s just say he will never be mistaken in the off-season and says he’s been showing steady for Paul Coffey-like speed and quickness. improvement in that area.

But there is no denying Kichton’s feel for the Certainly, McCambridge doesn’t feel Kichton’s feet are game, his ability to read plays and put himself in a deal-breaker in terms of success at the pro level. the right position.

“That side of his game will continue to blossom,” Still, the New York Islanders, after selecting him the IceCaps’ coach said. “For him, it’s just a matter in the fifth round, 127th overall in the 2011 NHL of adjusting to the speed level. He’s only going to get Entry Draft, opted not to sign him. quicker and quicker.

That left the door open for the Jets to grab “He’s a first-year pro. The players you play with and Kichton in the seventh round, 190th overall, in against only help you get quicker and faster. He’s young, the draft last June. so there’s still a lot of development left in him.”

No wonder Winnipeg could not pass up the Kichton certainly made an impact on the IceCaps early on, Spruce Grove, Alta. native. He led all WHL collecting three points – including the game-winning goal defencemen with 63 assists and 85 points and an assist – in his AHL weekend two-game series debut at toiling with the Spokane Chiefs last year, Mile One Centre in St. John’s. winning the league’s top defenceman “I’m a little surprised,” Kichton said the relative ease in which honours and the Bill Hunter Trophy. he’s slipped into the pro ranks from junior. “I’ve been given a Kichton finished with a point-per-game great opportunity to play by the coach and the organization. average over a 333-game regular season “But we’re only half-way through the season. There’s still a long junior career. ways to go.”

“It’s one of the main reasons we The leap from the junior ranks to the pros can be a long one, but drafted him,” said IceCaps coach Kichton was probably aided by the fact he played his final year Keith McCambridge, “because he’s an in Spokane as an overager, giving him those extra six or eight offensive weapon, someone who can months to develop both physically and as a hockey player. help on the power play and can help “That (extra) year helped, no doubt,” he said, “because there’s no in the organization from a depth question the pro game is stronger, faster and tougher to play. perspective.”

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“But that said, the players here are a lot better and smarter so in some ways it might be – I don’t want to say easier – but the transition isn’t as tough because the game is played more positionally.

“It’s a good opportunity for him to prosper and show why he put up the numbers he did in the Western “The practices are more crisp and when you’re out league. there, everyone knows how to do their job and that’s what makes for better hockey. If you’re “But he’s shown other parts of his game, too. positionally sound, you should not have too Defensively, he’s smart and knows where he needs to be much trouble.” on the ice. And there’s an edge to his game with regards to blocking shots.

From the start of the season, Kichton has been one of the IceCaps’ power play quarterbacks.

“I like Brenden’s game. That’s quite a feather for a firstBut he should not be dismissed simply as an year pro,” McCambridge said. offensive force, a player whose mistakes in Kichton was a late addition to the AHL roster for the allthe defensive zone are glaringly apparent. star game, but was thrilled nonetheless to play in one of Far from, actually. the league’s showcase events in his adopted home, joining IceCaps captain Jason Jaffray on the roster.

“He’s jumped in and played in all key situations,” McCambridge says, “from “It was a huge honour,” he said, “especially being a rookie. I power plays and also when we’re down and have to say I’m very lucky.” chasing games.

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BY RHÉANNE MARCOUX Winnipeg Jets fans are getting used to seeing Paul Maurice behind the team’s bench at MTS Centre. But while the 15,004 fans that pack the arena for each home game and the countless viewers on television are adjusting to the new face leading their team, three people have had the 47-year-old Maurice as a coach their whole lives: his kids.

“In my off time, believe it or not, I’m at a lot of hockey rinks. Sometimes running practices for my kids’ teams and a lot of times, just being in the stands enjoying it. My off days usually involve two or three practices or games with my kids, so I’m spending a lot of time in the rinks,” Maurice said. Between his 16-year old daughter, and his two boys aged 15 and 13, Maurice has plenty of hockey to keep him busy away from MTS Centre.

“When I’m at their practices I’m thinking ‘man they should be doing something different, they could make this better, or they should talk about this,’ but at the games I’m able to laugh. When I go to the games, especially when they were 5, 6, or 7, that’s the purest form of hockey. I could stand up there and laugh at every one of the mistakes and enjoy them. When you’re on the bench it’s a complete opposite feeling. It’s a real good, believe it or not, a real good out for me, it kind of brings you back to your roots and reminds you why you like the game of hockey.”

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Maurice’s love for hockey got him drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1985. But it wasn’t long after that he found himself behind a bench as a coach. One year after his final season as a player with the OHL’s Windsor Spitfires, Maurice took an assistant coaching job with the team in 1988. Fast forward to 1996, and the Sault Ste. Marie, ON native is making his first appearance as the head coach of the Hartford Whalers at 28 years old. Since then, his NHL coaching stops have included the Carolina Hurricanes (where he went to the Stanley Cup finals in 2001-02), the Toronto Maple Leafs, back to Carolina, and now with the Winnipeg Jets.

Maurice says his time in Toronto prepared him for the intense media and fan scrutiny also found in Winnipeg.

“It took me a while to realize when I say Mats Sundin is not playing well, that’s a three-day scrum at his locker,” said Maurice. But he says that passion for the game is what makes coaching in Canada so appealing. He recalls one of those passionate moments in the airport on his way to Winnipeg when he first got the job.

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“I’m sitting in the Toronto airport. There are two 14-15 year-old ringette player girls and over in the corner is a TV talking about the coaching change. And off they go, they’re talking hockey,” he said. “Eventually they got to when the next game was, and they asked some people. I said ‘it’s Phoenix tomorrow night’.

They asked ‘do you know who the new coach is?’ and I said ‘yup. I’ve met him.’ So we introduced ourselves. That’s Canada.”

It was the O Canada anthem that got Maurice’s attention during his debut with the Winnipeg Jets on January 13, 2014.

“It’s funny, the thing I love the most about it is when the fans sing the Canadian national anthem. I love that,” he said. “It sends chills down your spine. They’re loud and it really sets the tone. It makes you realize you’re home and you’re back in hockey country.

That’s one of my favourite things.”

But Canada isn’t the only place Maurice has coached. He spent time during the 2012-13 season with the Kontinental Hockey League’s Magnitogorsk Metallurg in Russia.

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“Eventually they got to when the next game was, and they asked some people. I said ‘it’s Phoenix tomorrow night’. They asked ‘do you know who the new coach is?’ and I said ‘yup. I’ve met him.’ So we introduced ourselves. That’s Canada.”

“My time in Russia was absolutely spectacular professionally. The hockey is so much different over there. After two months I thought of every European/Russian player I ever had.

I had totally underestimated what those guys went through,” said Maurice, who compiled a 27-13-12 record in Russia. “Not being able to speak the language is one thing. The food is different. Everything is different. But more importantly, what we teach and hold true and valuable here is not the same over there.

These young guys come over, you’re going to ask as a coach for him to change his game when he’s done it for 18 years, been heralded as a great player coming out of Russia, and then after the two weeks when it’s not done you get mad at him and don’t like him.”

Maurice returned home to be with his wife and three children after 52 games overseas. To start the 2013-14 season, he served as an analyst on TSN before the Winnipeg Jets came calling. There hasn’t been much down time for him since he took the job, but something about Winnipeg has made him feel at home.

“The best part of the learning experience?

How do you teach when you can’t communicate? How do you break down a concept to its simplest form to teach it when it’s not easy?

There was enough English over there with some of our European and North American guys that it was made easier.”

“It looks a little bit like my hometown; a bit bigger version of Sault Ste. Marie. The people are friendly like that. The handful of times I’ve been out in public everyone is excited about the hockey team,” he said. “The difference maybe here to other places that I’ve coached, it seems very personal. The Jets are their team. They really feel a part of it and part of the ownership of the team. And that’s great. That’s the buy in you want from your fans.”

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When the season ends and Maurice has some time to enjoy some time away from MTS Centre, he’s excited to go fishing. It’s a hobby he started a few years ago.

“It’s funny, the thing I love the most is when the fans sing the Canadian national anthem. I love that.

It sends chills down your spine… It makes you realize you’re home and you’re back in hockey country.

That’s one of my favourite things.”

“I hear it’s pretty good around here so I’m looking forward to that,” he said with a laugh.

“I enjoy that with my kids. As all parents, certainly people of my age know, as your kids change so do your interests because you’re basically interested in what they’re doing.”

For now though, his family and the fans in Winnipeg are interested in how the Winnipeg Jets are doing on the ice. Maurice knows there is no fooling the fans in the Manitoba capital when it comes to the on-ice product. But he wouldn’t have it any other way.

“If you’re standing behind the bench you can tell how in tune the crowd is by when they’re ooo-ing and ahh-ing. Here especially, they get it right,” he said. “They know when a penalty is a good one or bad one. They know the game, and they’re into the game here. It’s a different atmosphere. As a coach, that’s where you want to be. You want to be in a place that matters.

And that’s what this is.”

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BY MITCHELL CLINTON While the temperatures dipped to below -40 in Winnipeg, players and their guests boarded the team’s charter plane to California for the Jets’ first Men’s Guest Road Trip on January 21st. It was a loud and slightly chaotic plane that landed in sunny Anaheim that afternoon, as the players tried to keep track of their fathers who were happily mingling and talking about that night’s upcoming team dinner, the game against the Ducks the following day, and the day of golf in San Jose. For most guests, the excitement and anticipation for this trip had been building for quite some time.

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“We were going to do one last year and then the lockout came along, so that kind of ruined that,” explained Mark Stuart, who brought along his father, Michael. “There was a little bit of discussion earlier in the season about doing one this year. His eyes lit up,” he laughed, indicating his smiling father. “He had some other stuff planned but as soon as I told him he cancelled all those and changed his schedule, so yeah he’s very excited.”

Mark Scheifele had a similar experience with his father, Brad. “He had a meeting planned for that day, on the 21st, so he was like ‘oh, I’ll get it changed’ and then called me back 5 minutes later and said ‘ok, I got it changed’. It was pretty cool to see how excited he was for it,” smiled Scheifele.

While most players opted to bring their fathers, a few chose to invite brothers or another close family member. Chris Thorburn invited brother Joey this time around, having already brought his father on a similar trip while playing in Pittsburgh. “When the date got set, obviously I ran it by dad first… Not that he was comfortable letting Joe come along this time, but Joe deserves it. He’s been there growing up supporting me, just like the rest of my family has. But Joe’s a guy that I wanted around, just to take it all in,” he explained. “Right now his wife’s at home pregnant, so for her to let him go is kind of big on her part and I definitely appreciate it,” he added with a grin.

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him with news of his own. “It was actually the same night that I told him we were pregnant so it was just a bunch of awesome information and fun things happening at once,” laughed Joey, who added he immediately knew he had to make the trip. “Basically my heart was just pumping with excitement. I had my bags packed that night pretty much, I was already there in my head,” he said, causing his brother to laugh and nod in agreement.

Zach Bogosian was as excited as his father was for this special road trip. “My parents and my father are a big part of what I’ve done and where I’ve gotten. Just to have him see the planes and the hotels and stuff like that, growing up in a small town we were never really saw too much of that so I was just excited more for the flight for this guy, he’s never been on a charter flight before so that’s the thing that I was all jacked up for,” laughed Bogosian.

“Just to see how well all of us are treated and how good of a life we really have.”

Starting with the charter flight from Winnipeg to Anaheim, the fathers and guests were in for a special week in California. They were treated to a team dinner upon arrival at a nearby restaurant, and enjoyed both games from private suites. After a big 3-2 win against the Ducks Tuesday night, the team was given a day off in San Jose on Wednesday. A big group of players, staff and guests spent the day golfing at Boulder Ridge Golf Course, while other players opted for a day trip to San Francisco. It was an experience the fathers and sons won’t soon forget.

“You’re going to see a bunch of grown men acting like a bunch of little kids just on the flights and with all the food and everything,” laughed Bogosian after seeing the fathers’ reactions to the charter flight. “I’ve been in the league six years now, and they see us at practices and they see us after games, but no one really knows what 69

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For the fathers and brothers who spent countless hours in minor hockey arenas as the players were growing up, this trip was the perfect ‘thank you’ for supporting their careers.

“Oh it’s a wonderful thank you. We’ve really enjoyed all of our kids’ hockey experiences and to be part of something like this is really very special,” said Michael, who was the team doctor for Team USA when Mark played in the World Junior Championship in 2004. “We ended up winning the gold and that experience is probably one of my favourite hockey experiences of my life,” said Stuart, looking over at his father. “So just to have the chance to have him on the trip and kind of go through the day-to-day with me and a little behind the scenes look, I mean if it weren’t for my parents I wouldn’t be at this level, so it’s special,” he noted.

On the first night, the players and their guests spent most of dinner chatting and getting to know one-another. It was a special moment for the players, who rarely get to see the families and personal sides of their teammates away from the rink.

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often,” observed Stuart. “You know guys’ wives and girlfriends, you see them around the rink and you’ll see families once in a while, but to actually have the chance to meet guys’ dads and brothers and spend time with them, it’s pretty funny,” he smiled.

Bogosian agrees. “Literally there are a few dads you just look at them and you giggle because all you see is their son. They look just like them or have the same mannerisms and stuff like that.”

Without a question, the players agreed the father-son pair that most resembled each other is Mark Scheifele and father, Brad. “There’s definitely some resemblance between fathers and sons, just like there is between me and Joe. Or really not that much I guess, I’m good looking and he’s not,” grinned Thorburn. “But I think the biggest one was with Scheifs and his dad. You see Scheifs in his dad a lot.”

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“A lot of comments about Scheifs and his dad – they look the same and they have the same temperament and same laugh, it’s pretty funny,” laughed Stuart.

“Mark Scheifele’s dad, I think him and Mark are clones of each other,” agreed Bogosian. “They’re two very nice people and you can definitely tell that his dad raised Mark the right way. Little things like that you don’t get to see all the time.”

As everyone rushed to their vehicles to escape the biting wind and bone-chilling cold after stepping off the plane back in Winnipeg, many handshakes were exchanged between teammates and fathers, many of whom only met for the first time a few days earlier.

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Adam Pardy almost gave up on a career in hockey before it even began. After spending his entire childhood playing small-town hockey with his brothers and driving three-and-a-half hours every weekend to play, the Bonavista, Newfoundland native thought he had reached the end of the road. He never imagined that ten years later, he’d be living alone in a hotel, far from Bonavista, playing out his dream in the NHL. “At seventeen years old I finished high school back home and I never thought anything would come of hockey. It just kind of went away because the opportunity wasn’t there,” recalled the 6’4” defenceman, who was drafted by the Halifax Mooseheads in 2002 but failed to crack their deep roster. Instead, Pardy joined the Yarmouth Mariners in the Major Junior A Hockey League.

After playing only one game in Yarmouth, he was traded to the Antigonish Bulldogs and his QMJHL rights traded to the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. Wanting to move up to a higher level, Pardy asked to be released but the Bulldogs refused. “When I got traded at Christmas time, I thought that was it. I didn’t play hockey from January until March of that year because I was trying to get released and trying to move up to the QMJHL.” By graduation and the end of a frustrating season, Pardy planned to attend the University of Michigan on a scholarship and become a gym teacher. “I studied for my SAT’s all summer, I put all that into it. But after studying for a whole summer I realized ‘this might not be for me, I don’t know if I can do four whole years of this’. So I kyboshed that and went to Junior,” laughed Pardy.

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His first year in Cape Breton playing for the Screaming Eagles, Pardy was paired up with Tim Ramholt, a teammate he would later play with once again in the ECHL. “He was a second-rounder to Calgary (in the 2003 Entry Draft) and we ended up being D-partners. I guess they were up watching him, saw me, and drafted me the next year. So I guess I got pretty lucky that way,” he smiled.

But the next few years weren’t easy. After being drafted in the sixth round in 2004 by the Calgary Flames, Pardy played another year in Cape Breton then bounced back and forth between the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights of the AHL and the Las Vegas Wranglers of the ECHL. Finally in 2007, Pardy had a strong training camp with the Flames and was reassigned to the Quad City Flames. A great opportunity, but in a tough city far from home. “It was just a small city right outside Chicago, there wasn’t much going on there. It was a hard, hard spot. We were afraid to go out past sundown. It was pretty brutal, we had to be careful,” recalled Pardy.

The following year, the blue-liner arrived at training camp determined to stick this time around. “Again, I got lucky. Went to training camp in Calgary and we were so close against the cap, we had to make some moves.

So two defencemen were on the chopping block just because of salary,” shrugged Pardy. “That’s how I got my foot in the door there. Darryl Sutter was the GM, he liked 76

me and kept me on, (Mike) Keenan was the coach and he liked me, played me a ton.”

A good start, but an injury suffered early in 2010 caused him to miss most of the season. “I blew out my shoulder right at the start of the season. Missed twenty-five games, came back and played thirty, but after those thirty games it was just in such bad shape that it was falling out at the dinner table and it was just a matter of time before it fell out again. The doctors told me I had to get this surgery or it would just keep popping out again and there might not be much left to repair. So that ended my season.”

As a restricted free agent, Pardy signed with the Dallas Stars. Though he expected to play regularly, Pardy sat out for a good part of the season. “The year in Dallas was tough, really tough. A lot of things away from the rink were a little overwhelming at times. But once you go through that and you get through it, you realize decisions you made or things you did when you weren’t feeling good or didn’t feel like going to the rink and practicing, or your mind was somewhere else when you were trying to focus on a game, you realize there were bigger things in your head that you made out to be bigger. You just learn to deal with it and focus on your job. You have to want this.”

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“You know, when I was 17 I didn’t think any of this would come from it but now that I’m here, it’s my whole livelihood. It’s what I’ve wanted since I was a kid, just to be in the NHL. Now it’s happened and I’m part of it and it’s something I want to hang on to,” said Pardy quietly, looking around the Jets’ locker room.

After living in hotels for four years and not having a home to call his own, Pardy still finds it a struggle.

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Playing on four different teams in four years makes it difficult to form lasting bonds in the locker room as well. “It’s been tough getting to know people and creating friendships and relationships with my teammates because every year it’s new trainers, new coach, new team, new staff. So it’s been kind of weird that way.”

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“I just want to put something together where I’m not on the edge all the time, a little stability, to be able to be part of something that’s going to move forward. What we have here… I don’t think we realize what exactly we have. We have a ton of speed and a ton of heart. I think we have something here that can be special.”

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