The Calgary Royals are off to the finals of their hosted hockey tournament after posting a 7-3 victory this morning over Airdrie. Cameron Anklewich led the attack with 2-2-4. Airdrie was able to win just one game in the tournament with star defenceman Marshall Burr playing just once in the 5-1 victory last night. Troy Van Tetering and Tristan Thompson had a strong tournament for Airdrie while Ryan Barrow had a goal and a couple helpers. The Royals will play their cross town rivals the Calgary Bronks in the final this afternoon. The Bronks went a perfect 3-0 in the tournament.
In some other action over the weekend in the AMBHL, it was Medicine Hat Hockey Hounds playing a pair of games yesterday vs. Lethbridge, then against the Calgary Bisons just 30 minutes after! In the first game, the Hockey Hounds came out on top 5-1. A pair of 98 born players, Jordan Taupert and Jaeger White each scored, while Vandersloot picked up 3 goals. Shortly after that game, they played again and fell 6-1 to the Calgary Bisons.
Lloydminster, who should have a pretty good season and be near the top of the AMBHL standings got off to a nice start in the pre-season with a 8-2 win over Red Deer. Star forward Andrew Koep scored 3 times for Lloydminster. The Heat will play again this afternoon before likely making their final cuts. A pair of highly touted 98 players played together with Kale Clague paired with Tristan Petrie. Petrie played in the Centre Four Hockey League with Lloydminster last year and we all know how Clague did in the AMBHL.
Also yesterday, it was POE all over Kamloops 10-1. Langley defeated Mission yesterday 5-3 in PCAHA action. Sharp led the way for Mission will 2-1-3, Kranabetter 2 assists and '98 born Choy with a goal as well.
Burnaby Winter Club will hold their Red/White pre-season game today, prior to making some final cuts. Here listed below is the roster:
Red
Ronning
Bruno
Szeto
Murga
Corazza
Coltellaro
Hermary
Kryski
Gurney
Bar-Lev-Wise
Shultz
Rasovic
Trott
Barberis
Parham
McBride
White
Uy
Barzal
Holowko
Zenone
Siagris
Lang
Kylyshbek
Ambrosio
Griffen
Massellis
Robillard
Ginetti
Buono
Fabbro
Peters
Shugrue
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Interesting Airdrie Tie Dye Jerseys?
Sep 07, 2011 04:38 pm
By Nick Kuhl
Airdrie City View
It may have only been an intra-squad game, but head coach Terry Keogh is already impressed with his team.
The hardest part will be picking the final roster.
Keogh and his Airdrie Xtreme coaching staff will be faced with that task this week, following the Bantam AAA team’s annual Labour Day Tie-Dye game, which wrapped up training camp at the Ron Ebbesen Arena on Sept. 5.
“In camp, there were some easy decisions, but in today’s game, there are no easy decisions,” Keogh said. “Guys really battled hard and showed that they want to play on this team.”
In jerseys used during the Xtreme’s inaugural season during the 1990s, Team Pink used three third period goals to outlast Team Black 5-3. Ryan Barrow had the game-winning goal, while Colton Buckler, Jordan McConnell, Cory Kohut and Zach Giroux also scored for the winning side.
Jared Bainbridge, Kyle Antochow and Ryley Smith countered for Team Black.
Airdrie’s Marshall Burr, who was a defenceman with Team Pink, will be one of the Xtreme’s second-year players when it opens the season at home on Sept. 17. The 14-year-old said he’s looking forward to his sophomore year with the club.
“You know what is expected of you from the coaches (this time around),” he said. “You try to set the tempo as much as you can and just be a leader out there.”
“Coming back as a second-year, it’s easier to get into the speed of the game,” added fellow returning defenceman Tristan Thompson. “As a first-year, it was hard to get ready because everybody was so fast.”
Keogh said he was happy with the development of his veterans and knows they will be relied upon early in the season.
“Your veterans that are familiar with your systems – at the start of the year, they play a big role in helping everyone get up to the level they need to be at,” he said.
“We just have to keep going the way we’re going,” Thompson said. “It’s going to get better as the team gets closer and closer to being finalized.”
The Xtreme, which plays in an exhibition tournament in Calgary this weekend, will look for a repeat of last year’s regular season first-place performance, but try to avoid the first-round playoff upset from a year ago.
“We were concerned somewhat coming into camp about some goal scoring and there’s some players that demonstrated today that, not only do they have some talent around the net to create some opportunities, but that they can play a gritty style as well,” Keogh said.
“A lot of good things came from today.”
“We’ll just try to catch our stride here before the tournament and make sure we’re ready,” Burr said.
“It will be good to see how we stack up against the other teams. I’m pretty excited for that.”
WEHP Announce Top 10 Team Rankings
WEHP are pleased to announce our top 10 preliminary team rankings for the 2011-2012 season. Rankings at this point are based on projected returning players, new players potentially joining from AA or Peewee players making the jump up to Bantam AAA or in the case of Saskatchewan Bantam AA. We are still playing with the idea of whether to include POE, Notre Dame, OHA or any of the other prep schools in the rankings as they are able to bring players in from all over. So for now, we will not include either of the 3 schools, even though they are exceptionally strong teams this year and will make noise in any tournament they enter.
WEHP Top 10 Rankings
1. Burnbaby Winter Club Bruins - A solid core of returning players, addition of Musil, good solid defence and goaltending and a good crop of 98's coming in led by Fabbro.
2. Edmonton CAC - Returning a solid core of forwards led by Stewart and Burke, defence led by Greer and strong goaltending.
3. Winnipeg Sharks - Dallas Miller and Reid Gardiner are a pair of first round prospects who will have big seasons. Purtill and Uhryniak will add good depth.
4. Calgary Bisons - Merkley, Lester, Shmyr give the Bisons some good anchors in key positions.
5. Cloverdale Colts - One of the better projected offensive teams this year in western Canada led by Soy, Seto, Stukel and Henderson.
6. Lloydminster Heat - Perhaps the top defenceman in bantam hockey in western Canada is a '98 born in Kale Clague. Koep and others will add very good offence.
7. Kamloops Jardine Blazers - Winters and Davis on defence give kamloops as good a 1-2 punch back there as any team. Bazien and Chyzowski up front will score and a good group of Peewee's moving up.
8. Winnipeg Warriors - A bantam 2 team that lost just 3 games last year should make noise in Manitoba.
9. Melville Millionaires- Despite losing Bear to POE, they still return a very strong core from last year and bring in some dynamite defenceman from Peewee.
10. Semiahmoo - Craighead, Bradley, Wesley and young Michael Regush give them a good chance at success this year.
WEHP Top 10 Rankings
1. Burnbaby Winter Club Bruins - A solid core of returning players, addition of Musil, good solid defence and goaltending and a good crop of 98's coming in led by Fabbro.
2. Edmonton CAC - Returning a solid core of forwards led by Stewart and Burke, defence led by Greer and strong goaltending.
3. Winnipeg Sharks - Dallas Miller and Reid Gardiner are a pair of first round prospects who will have big seasons. Purtill and Uhryniak will add good depth.
4. Calgary Bisons - Merkley, Lester, Shmyr give the Bisons some good anchors in key positions.
5. Cloverdale Colts - One of the better projected offensive teams this year in western Canada led by Soy, Seto, Stukel and Henderson.
6. Lloydminster Heat - Perhaps the top defenceman in bantam hockey in western Canada is a '98 born in Kale Clague. Koep and others will add very good offence.
7. Kamloops Jardine Blazers - Winters and Davis on defence give kamloops as good a 1-2 punch back there as any team. Bazien and Chyzowski up front will score and a good group of Peewee's moving up.
8. Winnipeg Warriors - A bantam 2 team that lost just 3 games last year should make noise in Manitoba.
9. Melville Millionaires- Despite losing Bear to POE, they still return a very strong core from last year and bring in some dynamite defenceman from Peewee.
10. Semiahmoo - Craighead, Bradley, Wesley and young Michael Regush give them a good chance at success this year.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Thoughts and prayers on Lokomotiv Hockey team plane crash
MOSCOW - A Russian jet carrying a hockey team crashed Wednesday while taking off in western Russia, killing 36 people and leaving one critically injured, officials said.
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said the Yak-42 crashed immediately after taking off from an airport near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River, 240 kilometres northeast of Moscow. It said one person survived the crash with grave injuries.
The ministry said the plane was carrying the Lokomotiv hockey team from Yaroslavl.
The team was heading to Minsk, the capital of Belarus, where it was to play Thursday against Dynamo Minsk in the opening game of the season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The CHL is a league of several ex-Soviet countries.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has sent his transport minister to the site of the crash, 15 kilometres east of Yaroslavl.
Former NHLers on the team roster include Pavol Demitra and Ruslan Salei, and the coach in Canadian Brad McCrimmon. But it was not immediately known whether they were on board the plane.
Former Montreal Canadien Brent Sopel, who is now playing in Russia, tweeted shortly after the crash: "In shock. Prayers out to all of the KHL families."
McCrimmon, 52, is a native of Saskatchewan. He played defence for six NHL teams — Boston, Philadelphia, Calgary, Detroit, Hartford and Phoenix from 1979-80 to 1996-97.
He played 1,222 regular season games in the NHL, collecting 81 goals, 322 assists and 1,416 penalty minutes.
McCrimmon was an assistant coach with the New York Islanders, Calgary Flames, Atlanta Thrashers and Detroit Red Wings. He also served as head coach of the Western Hockey League's Saskatoon Blades.
The short- and medium-range Yak-42 has been in service since 1980 and dozens are still in service with Russian and other airlines.
In June, another Russian passenger jet crashed in the northwestern city of Petrozavodsk, killing 47 people. The crash of that Tu-134 plane has been blamed on pilot error.
President Dmitry Medvedev has announced plans to take aging Soviet-built planes out of service starting next year.
— With files from The Canadian Press.
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said the Yak-42 crashed immediately after taking off from an airport near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River, 240 kilometres northeast of Moscow. It said one person survived the crash with grave injuries.
The ministry said the plane was carrying the Lokomotiv hockey team from Yaroslavl.
The team was heading to Minsk, the capital of Belarus, where it was to play Thursday against Dynamo Minsk in the opening game of the season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The CHL is a league of several ex-Soviet countries.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has sent his transport minister to the site of the crash, 15 kilometres east of Yaroslavl.
Former NHLers on the team roster include Pavol Demitra and Ruslan Salei, and the coach in Canadian Brad McCrimmon. But it was not immediately known whether they were on board the plane.
Former Montreal Canadien Brent Sopel, who is now playing in Russia, tweeted shortly after the crash: "In shock. Prayers out to all of the KHL families."
McCrimmon, 52, is a native of Saskatchewan. He played defence for six NHL teams — Boston, Philadelphia, Calgary, Detroit, Hartford and Phoenix from 1979-80 to 1996-97.
He played 1,222 regular season games in the NHL, collecting 81 goals, 322 assists and 1,416 penalty minutes.
McCrimmon was an assistant coach with the New York Islanders, Calgary Flames, Atlanta Thrashers and Detroit Red Wings. He also served as head coach of the Western Hockey League's Saskatoon Blades.
The short- and medium-range Yak-42 has been in service since 1980 and dozens are still in service with Russian and other airlines.
In June, another Russian passenger jet crashed in the northwestern city of Petrozavodsk, killing 47 people. The crash of that Tu-134 plane has been blamed on pilot error.
President Dmitry Medvedev has announced plans to take aging Soviet-built planes out of service starting next year.
— With files from The Canadian Press.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Friday, September 2, 2011
Head shots are becomming a regular news feature in hockey these days. With more and more concussions being diagnosed, and the study of the impact that they are having on the players who suffer from hits to the head, several programs and studies are being brought forth in various leagues all across North America.
Hockey Canada has layed out a specific wording of when a penalty will be assessed.
www.hockeycanada.ca
Approved at the Hockey Canada Annual General Meeting in Calgary, Alta., in May, Hockey Canada’s new head contact rules are zero tolerance, implemented to cut down on the number of head injuries suffered in the game.
The new rule will be in effect immediately, beginning with the start of the 2011-12 season.
Below is the wording included in the Hockey Canada Rule Book, outlining when the penalty is to be called and what penalty is to be assessed.
Rule 6.5 – Head Contact
(a) In minor hockey and female hockey, a minor penalty shall be assessed to any player who accidentally contacts an opponent in the head, face or neck with his stick or any part of the player’s body or equipment.
(b) In minor hockey and female hockey, a double minor penalty or a major and a game misconduct penalty, at the discretion of the referee and based on the degree of violence of impact shall be assessed to any player who intentionally contacts an opponent in the head, face or neck with her stick or any part of the player’s body or equipment.
(c) In junior hockey and senior hockey, a minor and a misconduct penalty, or a major and a game misconduct penalty, at the discretion of the referee based on the degree of violence of impact, shall be assessed to any player who checks an opponent in the head in any manner.
(d) A major and a game misconduct penalty, or a match penalty shall be assessed any player who injures an opponent under this rule.
(e) A match penalty shall be assessed any player who deliberately attempts to injure or deliberately injures an opponent under this rule.
Note: All contact above the shoulders (neck, face and head) is to be called Head Contact under one of the above (In minor hockey and female hockey).
Andrea Sands of Postmedia news has a very interesting article in regards to this topic. Several Peewee hockey players in Western Canada will be part of the study. You can read the rest of the article right here: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Peewee+hockey+players+monitored+concussion+study/5342541/story.html.
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The Airdrie Xteme will look to avenge their first round loss from a year ago in 2011-2012. Nick Kuhl of the Airdrie City News takes a look at the Xtreme camp with head coach Terry Keogh right here: http://www.airdriecityview.com/article/20110902/ACV1101/309029984/xtreme-prepare-for-upcoming-season.
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The Lloydminster Heat of the AMBHL look to take another climb up the standings this season. Robb Fenton of the Lloydminster Source takes a closer look here: http://lloydminstersource.com/Sports/tabid/60/entryid/1213/Default.aspx
Confirmed Tournament Dates
Saskatchewan
Melville Bantam AA Tournament - October 14-16 (8-10 SK, MB)
Regina AA Challenge - November 10-13
Swift Current Bantam AA Tournament - November 25-27
Prince Albert "Messier Project" Tournament - December 9-11 (24 teams)
Saskatoon AA Hockey Tournament - December 30 - January 1 (16 teams)
Alberta
Calgary SW Royals Calgary Sep 9-11, 2011
Edmonton SSAC John Ferguson Edmonton Sep 12-18, 2011
Red Deer Rebels Red Deer Oct 8-10, 2011
Medicine Hat Hockey Hounds Medicine Hat Nov 17-20, 2011
Lethbridge Golden Hawks Lethbridge Dec 1-4, 2011
Edmonton Bantam Invitational Edmonton Dec 27-31, 2011
John Reid Memorial St Albert Jan 19-22, 2012
British Columbia
Chilliwack (International Challenge Cup) Bantam AAA October 7-10
9th annual Seafair MHA Icebreaker Rep Tournament October 7-10
KMHA Bantam Tier 1 Tournament (Kelowna) October 21-23
Tim Jardine Bantam Showcase (South Delta) November 10-13
Randy Lindros Memorial (Kamloops) November 11-13
Bantam Tier 1 Tournament (Comox) November 11-13
Dallas Saunders 31st International Abbotsford Tournament November 24-27
Annual Bantam Tier 1 Tournament (Prince George) December 8-11
VRC Rick Lapointe Bantam AAA Tournament (Victoria) December 8-11
OHA Bantam Tier 1 Tournament (Penticton) December 27-30
KIBIHT (Kamloops) April 4-8
Hockey Canada has layed out a specific wording of when a penalty will be assessed.
www.hockeycanada.ca
Approved at the Hockey Canada Annual General Meeting in Calgary, Alta., in May, Hockey Canada’s new head contact rules are zero tolerance, implemented to cut down on the number of head injuries suffered in the game.
The new rule will be in effect immediately, beginning with the start of the 2011-12 season.
Below is the wording included in the Hockey Canada Rule Book, outlining when the penalty is to be called and what penalty is to be assessed.
Rule 6.5 – Head Contact
(a) In minor hockey and female hockey, a minor penalty shall be assessed to any player who accidentally contacts an opponent in the head, face or neck with his stick or any part of the player’s body or equipment.
(b) In minor hockey and female hockey, a double minor penalty or a major and a game misconduct penalty, at the discretion of the referee and based on the degree of violence of impact shall be assessed to any player who intentionally contacts an opponent in the head, face or neck with her stick or any part of the player’s body or equipment.
(c) In junior hockey and senior hockey, a minor and a misconduct penalty, or a major and a game misconduct penalty, at the discretion of the referee based on the degree of violence of impact, shall be assessed to any player who checks an opponent in the head in any manner.
(d) A major and a game misconduct penalty, or a match penalty shall be assessed any player who injures an opponent under this rule.
(e) A match penalty shall be assessed any player who deliberately attempts to injure or deliberately injures an opponent under this rule.
Note: All contact above the shoulders (neck, face and head) is to be called Head Contact under one of the above (In minor hockey and female hockey).
Andrea Sands of Postmedia news has a very interesting article in regards to this topic. Several Peewee hockey players in Western Canada will be part of the study. You can read the rest of the article right here: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Peewee+hockey+players+monitored+concussion+study/5342541/story.html.
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The Airdrie Xteme will look to avenge their first round loss from a year ago in 2011-2012. Nick Kuhl of the Airdrie City News takes a look at the Xtreme camp with head coach Terry Keogh right here: http://www.airdriecityview.com/article/20110902/ACV1101/309029984/xtreme-prepare-for-upcoming-season.
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The Lloydminster Heat of the AMBHL look to take another climb up the standings this season. Robb Fenton of the Lloydminster Source takes a closer look here: http://lloydminstersource.com/Sports/tabid/60/entryid/1213/Default.aspx
Confirmed Tournament Dates
Saskatchewan
Melville Bantam AA Tournament - October 14-16 (8-10 SK, MB)
Regina AA Challenge - November 10-13
Swift Current Bantam AA Tournament - November 25-27
Prince Albert "Messier Project" Tournament - December 9-11 (24 teams)
Saskatoon AA Hockey Tournament - December 30 - January 1 (16 teams)
Alberta
Calgary SW Royals Calgary Sep 9-11, 2011
Edmonton SSAC John Ferguson Edmonton Sep 12-18, 2011
Red Deer Rebels Red Deer Oct 8-10, 2011
Medicine Hat Hockey Hounds Medicine Hat Nov 17-20, 2011
Lethbridge Golden Hawks Lethbridge Dec 1-4, 2011
Edmonton Bantam Invitational Edmonton Dec 27-31, 2011
John Reid Memorial St Albert Jan 19-22, 2012
British Columbia
Chilliwack (International Challenge Cup) Bantam AAA October 7-10
9th annual Seafair MHA Icebreaker Rep Tournament October 7-10
KMHA Bantam Tier 1 Tournament (Kelowna) October 21-23
Tim Jardine Bantam Showcase (South Delta) November 10-13
Randy Lindros Memorial (Kamloops) November 11-13
Bantam Tier 1 Tournament (Comox) November 11-13
Dallas Saunders 31st International Abbotsford Tournament November 24-27
Annual Bantam Tier 1 Tournament (Prince George) December 8-11
VRC Rick Lapointe Bantam AAA Tournament (Victoria) December 8-11
OHA Bantam Tier 1 Tournament (Penticton) December 27-30
KIBIHT (Kamloops) April 4-8
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Top 10 1-2 Forward/Defenceman punch!
We will continue the Top 10 Thursdays with a double feature today and explore who we all think are the top 10 forward and defenceman punch on the same team.
1. Matt Barzal - Ty Schultz - BWC BRUINS
2. Dallas Miller - Ryan Gardiner - WINNIPEG SHARKS
3. Nick Merkley - Oliver Lester - CALGARY BISONS
4. Jordan Kawaguchi - Ethan Bear - POE
5. Addison Bazien - Kevin Davis (Alex Winters) - KAMLOOPS JARDINE BLAZERS
6. Matthew Campese - Lochlan Morrison - PRINCE ALBERT Venice House Raiders
7. Dylan Stewart - Justin Greer - EDMONTON CAC
8. Andrew Koep - Kale Clague - LLOYDMINSTER HEAT
9. Jayden Halbgewachs - Brennan Riddle - BALGONIE PRAIRIE STORM
10. Ryan Barrow - Marshall Burr - AIRDRIE XTREME
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| Ty Schultz is one of the top ranked defenceman for the draft |
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| 1st overall ranked Matt Barzal |
2. Dallas Miller - Ryan Gardiner - WINNIPEG SHARKS
3. Nick Merkley - Oliver Lester - CALGARY BISONS
4. Jordan Kawaguchi - Ethan Bear - POE
5. Addison Bazien - Kevin Davis (Alex Winters) - KAMLOOPS JARDINE BLAZERS
6. Matthew Campese - Lochlan Morrison - PRINCE ALBERT Venice House Raiders
7. Dylan Stewart - Justin Greer - EDMONTON CAC
8. Andrew Koep - Kale Clague - LLOYDMINSTER HEAT
9. Jayden Halbgewachs - Brennan Riddle - BALGONIE PRAIRIE STORM
10. Ryan Barrow - Marshall Burr - AIRDRIE XTREME
Top 10 Thursdays
A new blog idea this year will give us a chance to look at various top 10 lists in a number of different categories. Today, I would like to start with who we feel have the top 1-2 punch for scoring across Western Canada.
1. Matt Barzal - Adam Musil (Justin Szeto) BWC BRUINS
2. Nick Merkley - Braylon Shmyr - CALGARY BISONS
3. Chris Seto - Tyler Soy - CLOVERDALE COLTS
4. Jordan Kawaguchi - Ethan Williams - POE
5. Dylan Stewart - Brayden Burke - EDMONTON CAC
6. Darien Craighead - Matt Bradley - SEMIAHMOO
7. Matt Fonteyne - Tristan Starzynski - LEDUC
8. Dallas Miller - Julien Uhryniak - WINNIPEG SHARKS
9. Matthew Campese - Reed Gunville - PRINCE ALBERT Venice House RAIDERS
10. Jansen Harkins - Cal Babych - NSWC WINTERHAWKS
As always, feedback is welcomed and the list is of course up for debate!
1. Matt Barzal - Adam Musil (Justin Szeto) BWC BRUINS
2. Nick Merkley - Braylon Shmyr - CALGARY BISONS
3. Chris Seto - Tyler Soy - CLOVERDALE COLTS
4. Jordan Kawaguchi - Ethan Williams - POE
5. Dylan Stewart - Brayden Burke - EDMONTON CAC
6. Darien Craighead - Matt Bradley - SEMIAHMOO
7. Matt Fonteyne - Tristan Starzynski - LEDUC
8. Dallas Miller - Julien Uhryniak - WINNIPEG SHARKS
9. Matthew Campese - Reed Gunville - PRINCE ALBERT Venice House RAIDERS
10. Jansen Harkins - Cal Babych - NSWC WINTERHAWKS
As always, feedback is welcomed and the list is of course up for debate!
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