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Celebrating Steinbach’s rich hockey history Huskies road to Allan Cup finals still ranks as most exciting season

by WES KEATING

his weekend Steinbach will be one of the 25 stops on the Rogers Hometown Hockey cross-country tour. TThe community will host a two-day hockey celebra- tion that includes live entertainment and hockey-themed activities for the whole family. The event finishes up with an outdoor viewing party of a National Hockey League broadcast, hosted live by Ron Ma- cLean and Tara Slone on Sportsnet. As part of that Hometown Hockey Night broadcast, Steinbach will be profiled and local hockey stories will be shared. With that in mind, Carillon Sports Editor Terry Frey and former Carillon staffer Wes Keating have dipped into the archives to share a few hockey memories with readers this week. At the top of the list is the oft-repeated story of the Stein- bach Huskies and their amazing spring of 1979 Allan Cup run, which still remains, after 40 years, Steinbach’s most exciting month-long hockey event for players, fans and media alike. Since a Manitoba Junior Hockey League franchise re- turned to the community in 2009, the Pistons have been creating a growing, renewed hometown excitement for the game in Steinbach, the likes of which hasn’t been seen since the glory days of senior hockey’s Steinbach Huskies during that amazing 1978-79 season. When the playoffs come around, fan frenzy for the junior hockey team nearly reaches the peak (but only nearly) of the excitement the Steinbach Huskies generated in a Cin- derella season that carried them all the way to the Allan Cup finals in Sarnia, Ontario, 40 years ago. That 1978-79 hockey season was near the end of an era when Canada’s national amateur senior hockey champion- ship was not a week-long tournament, but decided by sev- eral rounds of playoffs, climaxing with east meeting west in a best-of-seven final for the Allan Cup. Ken Krentz hands the puck to coach Bill Heindl after scoring the overtime goal against the Trail Smoke Eaters. For the Steinbach Huskies, in their second season in the Central Amateur Senior Hockey League, that meant they coach Billy Heindl and when spring rolled around, the By now, Heindl had hung up his skates and traded in his would need to win a CASH League championship, just to Huskies found themselves on the final leg of a journey to Huskies uniform for an Armani suit befitting his new role earn a ticket to the ball. That was a daunting task indeed for the Allan Cup. a second-year CASH League team that had, to put it mildly, as bench coach and team motivator. Heindl was fond of re- Team captain Ralph Krentz recalls how the Huskies had struggled the first year in the senior league. ferring to himself as a cheerleader. These players all came moved from the Manitoba Eastern Hockey League to the Forty years later, three of the main cogs in the machine from competitive junior hockey teams and needed encour- Central Amateur Senior Hockey agement a whole lot more than they needed coaching, he League just a year earlier and it had said. been a disastrous season, with the We had no expectation of going that far, but we were team at times hard-pressed to dress See “Team chemistry” on 2D winning and everyone got along and it just snowballed. a dozen skaters. The second season in the CASH – Ralph Krentz League was expected to be a build- ing year, with most of the players in the line-up in their mid-twenties. that was the 1978-79 Steinbach Huskies shared a few mem- Former Canadian national team member Billy Heindl was ories of what that season was like and what it meant to the to be the playing coach. rest of their hockey careers. The way the 1978-79 season started, Ralph and his team- Goaltender Andy Stoesz, forward Ken Krentz and de- mates thought they were in for another rough year. fenceman Ralph Krentz all agree that the 1978-79 season Then came January, and the magic happened. The Hus- didn’t start out as anything special, but midway through kies had no shortage of talent and built the kind of chemis- the year, the team gelled under the cheerleading style of try every successful team needs for success.

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Ralph, Ken and Andy agree, and chuckle ate the same overtime magic in Game Three when they recall how unregimented Heindl’s of the finals. practices were. Coaching and set plays in prac- A win instead of an overtime loss by a goal tices were not the trademark of Bill Heindl’s would have narrowed the Squires’ series lead coaching style. He believed he was a motivator to two games to one and winning the next and that’s what he did. game, as the Huskies did, would have evened Ken says there weren’t too many “X’s and the series at two games apiece. 0’s” on the board in pre-game meetings and Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be and there Ralph can’t remember any set plays in practic- wasn’t enough gas left in the tank for the Auto es either. For Andy, who never liked practicing City heroes, and the Huskies surrendered the anyway, this was great. Allan Cup in the fifth game of a best-of-seven “When warmups were over we went straight series. to scrimmage.” But of course, there is life after the Allan Cup Heindl was right to believe his young players and for the Krentz brothers and Stoesz, there knew the game well enough to succeed with- was still a lot more hockey to come. out a lot of direction from him. By creating a The Krentz brothers paid a visit to Ralph positive atmosphere and building confidence, Krueger’s dad during the Allan Cup playdowns and team chemistry, while the players were to sign a contract with a German hockey team, having fun, made for a memorable season. who had sent officials to recruit talent in Can- During this season of team-bonding, Ralph ada. said there were times he thought the captain’s Ralph Krueger had been playing in Germa- “C” on his sweater stood for “Social Conve- ny and the Duisburg team was looking for ner.” more German-Canadian players. The signing “Everyone got along and we played hard, at Dr. Krueger’s house was not announced worked hard, and played hard.” until after the Allan Cup finals, because Ken Because everyone hung out together, the and Ralph mistakenly felt if they let down the team became a close knit group and even home team, it may have been thought they A standing-room-only crowd lines up to buy tickets for games as the Huskies met the Smoke Eaters in the when they picked up players from Morden for had slacked off because their future was se- Western nals of the Allan Cup. the Allan Cup run, the chemistry continued. cure. “We had no expectation of going that far, but we were winning and everyone got along and it just snowballed.” When asked at what point he thought they may be going all the way to the Allan Cup fi- nals, Ralph said he thought they had a good I got the puck on the chance to at least win the league champion- ship, because they had been playing so much wall, bounced it past the better in the second half of the season. Ken says after winning the CASH League defenceman and had championship they were competitive in each series leading up to the Allan Cup finals. a break-away. I went “We won the first (western) series against Camrose in four games and everything fell for the five-hole and into place after that.” That four-game series with Camrose, Alber- ta, was a picnic compared to the hard-fought whacked at the rebound. battle the team was in for when the Trail Smoke Eaters from British Columbia came to When goal judge ‘Pete the town for the next best-of-five. The teams battled it out for five games and Cool’ turned on the light, what had been expected to be a walk in the park for the bullies from the west coast turned I knew it was in. into a David and Goliath struggle, with the un- derdog Huskies coming out on top. – Ken Krentz Ken Krentz scored the tying goal in the de- ciding game against Trail and then notched the winner in overtime. For Ken, it was probably his most memora- ble game as a member of the Huskies. Playing Ralph and Ken left right after the season, re- on a line with Grant Skinner and Hal Haight, turning the following year with the Duisburg he tied the game in the third period on a pass team to play a sold-out exhibition game at the from behind the net to send the game into Steinbach Arena. overtime. Andy Stoesz made his visit to Dr. Krueger’s An April 1979 copy of The Carillon refreshes a host of memories of the Allan Cup season for former Huskies Krentz recalls the overtime goal against the house a year later, when Duisburg officials Ken and Ralph Krentz, and Andy Stoesz. Trail Smoke Eaters, which sent the Huskies to came back looking to sign the stellar goalten- the Allan Cup finals in Sarnia, as if it happened der during the CASH League playoffs. yesterday. When the Duisburg team ran into import “I got the puck on the wall, bounced it past difficulties, Ralph and Ken moved on to oth- the defenceman and had a break-away. I went er teams and played in Europe for a few more for the five-hole and whacked at the rebound. years. Stoesz was about to head home when When goal judge ‘Pete the Cool’ turned on the Duisburg team officials told him he would be light, I knew it was in.” playing in Fuessen as an import. Andy’s work in the net was not done at that Andy says he enjoyed his time in Germany, point, however. In those days, overtime was especially Fuessen, which was at the other not sudden-death but a 10-minute period, end of the country from the industrial area of and there were four or five minutes and about Duisburg and there was plenty of opportunity that many clutch saves left, before the Huskies for skiing. could celebrate their victory. For Ralph, his skiing experience at Fuessen And though their series against the Petro- was not quite as pleasant. Member of Parliament lia-Gibbons Squires lasted just five games, the “Never even got down the slopes and al- Cinderella season could well have had a hap- ready I had a black eye.” for Provencher pier ending, had the Huskies been able to cre- But that’s a story for another day.

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In this 1931 photo, the Steinbach Flying Dutchmen enjoyed the luxury of having three spares and were outscoring all challengers in the Southeast. In the front row are: Jakie Peters, Coach Bill Weiss and John D. Loewen. Standing are: Ed J. Friesen, Nick “Swatter” Friesen, Aaron Kroeker, August Schmidt, Peter K. Neufeld, Johnnie B. Toews and Peter Q. Friesen.

December 29, 1961 Road trips a real journey for early Steinbach teams by WES KEATING put their skates on and went out on the ice.” fame and glory in the old Southeastern Man- a few branches higher and then shook the tree, The Dutchmen played the 60 minutes and itoba League, which included teams in Piney, cheering whenever Steinbach scored a goal. or this, the 1961-62 hockey season, the then drove the team and sleigh back to Stein- Otterburne, St Pierre, St Jean and Ste Elizabeth. The Flying Dutchmen chalked up wins one Hanover Tache Hockey League is only bach in time to start work the next morning. A high wall around three sides of the old after another and grew so confident they made a few years old, but for more than three That was not the most productive day at work, open air rink at Steinbach, where the Dutch- the mistake of challenging the high-flying Grey F for it takes little to imagine the shape the men played their home games, kept the pucks Goose Bus Company team from Winnipeg. The decades Steinbach’s senior hockey team has been defending the honour of the community, Dutchmen would be in after the night before. in and unpaid spectators out. But nothing boys from Winnipeg turned up outfitted with earning bragging rights at the local coffee shop Scarcity of cash may have prevented the Fly- could be done about the trees in the immedi- complete equipment and the best of hockey for their fans in the process. ing Dutchmen from buying the latest equip- ate vicinity and a lot of boys who grew up in sticks, and outscored the locals “quite heavily.” In keeping with that tradition, half a dozen ment, but it did them a favour in that it kept Steinbach in those days remember freezing “It was so bad, the next day in the coffee current local hockey fans were sitting around them in very good physical condition, Aaron half to death as they watched the game from shop all they talked about was the weather.” at a Steinbach cafe, talking about how Stein- points out, tongue-in-cheek. the uppermost branches. If you drop into the local coffee shop after bach had won the latest game in spite of great “You had to be in good condition to play One time, a self-appointed rink official or- a senior hockey game, Kroeker will likely be odds. One of the boys, it seems, played a full 60 minutes and you couldn’t help but stay in dered the boys out of the tree and got a hockey there with a few more hockey stories, he is al- 15 minutes without changing off for a breather shape because you didn’t have any money stick to back up his demand. They just climbed ways willing to share. and was instrumental in his team’s victory. to take up dissipating habits like smoking or The conversation prompted chuckles from drinking beer.” a pair of veterans of earlier hockey wars, sit- Kroeker said playing for the Flying Dutch- ting two tables away. Aaron Kroeker may have men, they considered themselves lucky if they been too polite to say so out loud, but told his had any spare men, with or without equip- tablemates he could tell that “star” a thing or ment, during the depths of the Depression, two about the kind of hockey they played back when a quarter was as hard to come by as five when he was young and Steinbach had its first bucks is today. senior team. Only the most seasoned members of the Kroeker, a former goaltender, then regaled team could scrape together the cash to buy real his coffee buddies with another hockey story, hockey gloves and pads. The others stuffed recalling the early 1930s and the exploits of the their sweaters and socks with newspapers and Steinbach team they called the Flying Dutch- put on pairs of double wool work mitts and men. leather bush mitts. As a goalie for the Flying Dutchmen, Aaron, Even Aaron, who played goal and had to along with a handful of players, usually had to catch a lot of hard shots, said he never had a Welcome spend a full 60 minutes of every game on the real pair of goaltender’s gloves to play in. ice. They worried less about a shortage of ice “A player who couldn’t last a full 60 min- time when they got to the rink and more about utes on the ice wasn’t any use to the Flying the time it took to get to the ice for a game in Dutchmen. Finding spares around Steinbach neighbouring communities. for a team that played tough hockey the way The Flying Dutchmen travelled by horse and we did, was like trying to find a dollar in East to sleigh and Kroeker recalled one time when it Steinbach.” took nine hours to get to St Pierre in a snow- The Flying Dutchmen played a tough brand storm. of hockey and players became known for the “The St Pierre boys had given up and gone absence of front teeth. Broken noses, slashed home, but when word got around that Stein- cheeks and scarred heads, were also consid- bach was in town, they came back to the rink, ered badges of honour for a game well-played. Steinbach The Flying Dutchmen also gathered a lot of

In this 1970 picture, Aaron Kroeker, with an extra layer of natural padding since his playing days, gets T. G. Smith to help buckle up his chest protector for an old-timers game. Hometown Hockey

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Steinbach town councillor Bob Smith drops the puck to of cially launch the 1974 Manitoba Eastern Hockey League season in the newly refurbished Steinbach Centennial Arena.

October 12, 2017 Steinbach Arena still a work in progress by WES KEATING for recreation facilities, including an indoor skating arena, for the benefit teinbach’s first indoor venue of Steinbach youth. for hockey was more than two The winning bidder for Steinbach’s decades in the discussion and new rink was A.K. Penner and Sons S Ltd. of Blumenort with a low bid of planning stages before construction was completed during Canada’s cen- $106,655. In order to bring the bid in tennial in 1967. line with the $95,000 approved in a Since then, the Steinbach arena town referendum, a number of items has been a frequent topic of conver- were postponed. sation for city council and commu- In March, when the plan for an in- nity residents alike. A much-needed door rink was first broached by the addition to the lobby and dressing recreation committee, the cost was rooms, a second ice surface and on- to be $50,000. When it came to a July going updates and upgrades to the 25 referendum, the cost figure had aging facility have not been projects risen to $95,000 and that was what to be rushed into. was voted on and approved by a Most recently, talk has turned to wide margin. the possibility of building a new are- Recreation committee spokesman na, or perhaps a multi-purpose facil- T.G. Smith stated emphatically that ity to replace the Steinbach Centen- as a group of interested citizens, they nial Arena and the T.G. Smith Arena, were intent on pressing the matter at the T.G. Smith Centre on Elmdale of construction of an indoor rink for Drive. the community to a successful con- Russ Dyck and Jac Siemens, who clusion. have more than three decades of ex- With that in mind, construction perience of arena management be- started immediately, with a number tween them, have seen any number of items deferred until additional of changes to the landscape to Elm- financing could be arranged by the dale Drive, between Reimer Avenue town. and Lumber. That approach became the rule, During a tour of the facility, Dyck rather than the exception, and most spoke of the latest improvements, future upgrades of the facility, in- Jac Siemens and Russ Dyck have which included a major lighting cluding the addition of a second ice surface, were not accomplished seen any number of upgrades at the project to be completed during the Steinbach arena complex. summer of 2017. without a great deal of study, discus- The reflective ceiling over the ice sion, design alterations and fund- surface has been replaced and 52 raising efforts of the community in order to limit tax dollars needed. LED light fixtures will make things men in 1959, was later converted to construction of the first arena. and the community. Over the years, outdoor upgrades a lot brighter than the former 36 ice lobby and concession area, when the The city agreed to build the sec- Today’s wish list is for a new recre- included new roofs for the whole surface light. arena was built in 1967. Since 1974, ond rink if the committee raised half ation facility with a price tag of about building, including the lobby, which The $95,000 lighting project, in- when the new lobby was added, it the money it needed as a commu- $35 million. The arena component had been added in 1974. volving a Manitoba Hydro rebate, has been a multi-purpose facility nity contribution. Siemens said the would have a capacity of 1,500 to Inside the arena, the dressing is the most recent in continuing ef- and now is dressing room, offices, committee raised a lot of money, but 1,800 spectators with concourse rooms were stripped down com- forts to keep the aging facility in top meeting room and lounge for the then the city insisted that a $250,000 expansion in future to 3,500, when pletely and new showers were add- shape until a new arena can be built. Steinbach Pistons. Sport Manitoba grant was part of needed. Two practice rinks and all ed. The bleachers over the walkway Ironically, $95,000 was what the Siemens recalled the controversy the city’s contribution and asked the the amenities of a modern facility to the dressing rooms were closed in whole arena cost when the contract surrounding the building of Stein- committee to raise more funds. would be included as well. and rows of bleachers over the exits for the first Steinbach Arena was bach’s second arena in 1995. The public outcry that followed Hockey fans, especially Steinbach at each end of the ice surface were awarded in 1966. This was a project involving a prompted the city to build a second Pistons fans, can only hope it doesn’t added as well. The decision came nearly two de- community committee headed by arena anyway. Siemens said he was continue to be a matter of all talk The original playground changing cades after banker T.G. Smith first Bob Smith, whose father had been in an untenable position at the time, and no action. sparked discussion about the need room, built by the Steinbach Kins- instrumental in bringing about the for he was liaison between the town

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T.G. Smith cuts the ribbon to of cially open the Steinbach Centennial Arena in 1967. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

SATURDAY, MARCH 9 TIME LOCATION EVENT 12:00 p.m. Main Stage Live Music: The Boy & The Sea 12:30 p.m. Scotiabank Tent Autograph Signing with Colton Orr 12:45 p.m. Main Stage Rogers Hometown Hockey Trivia 1:00 p.m. Rogers Fan Hub Autograph Signing with Dave Ellett 1:00 p.m. On-Site The Hockey Circus Show 1:45 p.m. Main Stage Live Music: The Boy & The Sea 2:30 p.m. Main Stage Scotiabank Legacy Cheque Presentation and Jersey Reveal 3:00 p.m. Main Stage Scotiabank Hotstove Hosted by Tara Slone with Colton Orr and Dave Ellett 3:30 p.m. Rogers Fan Hub Autograph Signing with Dave Ellett 3:30 p.m. Main Stage Playmobil Word Play 3:45 p.m. Main Stage Dr. Oetker Find Giuseppe 3:45 p.m. Scotiabank Tent Autograph Signing with Colton Orr 4:00 p.m. On-Site The Hockey Circus Show 5:00 p.m. Main Stage Rogers Hometown Hockey Trivia 5:15 p.m Main Stage Live Music: The Boy & The Sea

SUNDAY, MARCH 10 TIME LOCATION EVENT 1947 Carillon News editorial 12:00 p.m. Main Stage Live Music: Del Barber 12:30 p.m. Main Stage Thank You Presentation to the City of Steinbach 12:30 p.m. Rogers Fan Hub Autograph Signing with Dave Ellett The value of recreation 12:45 p.m. On-Site The Hockey Circus Show 1:00 p.m. Scotiabank Tent Autograph Signing with Colton Orr t is rumoured young people are not satis- recreational facilities, properly supervised in 1:30 p.m. Main Stage Rogers Hometown Hockey Trivia fied with the facilities provided for their premises which we can all be proud of. Irecreation. Dissatisfaction leads to juvenile If our young people have somewhere to go 1:45 p.m. Main Stage Live Music: Del Barber delinquency and our community is far from in the evenings, where they meet children 2:15 p.m. Rogers Fan Hub Autograph Signing with Dave Ellett being free from petty crimes and lowered mor- within their own age groups, where good clean 2:30 p.m. Main Stage Dr. Oetker Find Giuseppe al standards. competition is fostered on an equal basis, then 2:45 p.m. Main Stage Dodge Family Face-Off The development of children who make or surely parents would be greatly relieved of the destroy our future civilization as they come frequent worries they must encounter under 3:00 p.m. Main Stage Playmobil Word Play to adulthood is the most important problem present conditions. 3:15 p.m. Main Stage Rogers Hometown Hockey Community Chat of any generation. A child’s brain grows func- Steinbach is a thriving, progressive town, 3:30 p.m. Scotiabank Tent Autograph Signing with Colton Orr tionally, not by cell reproduction, but by expe- but our citizens display far too much apathy 3:30 p.m. On-Site The Hockey Circus Show rience and education. in meeting the problems which confront our Latest criminal statistics show that 56 per- young people. 4:00 p.m. Rogers Fan Hub Autograph Signing with Dave Ellett cent of crimes are committed by those under Who is willing to devote a little time to start 4:15 p.m. Main Stage Live Music: John Grolman 20 years of age. The most popular shifting the ball rolling for a modern, properly super- 5:00 p.m. Main Stage The Parade of Champions of the blame for this is onto parents and the vised community recreational centre, includ- 5:30 p.m. Broadcast Studio Rogers Hometown Hockey Pre-Game Show home life of the children. ing all those things which build strong bodies Surely the onus rests not on the parents, and healthy minds? with Ron MacLean and Tara Slone but on those responsible for delinquent en- Many centres, far smaller than ours, have 6:00 p.m. Broadcast Studio Rogers Hometown Hockey Game: tertainment and with society for tolerating its these facilities now. Surely Steinbach will not Winnipeg Jets @ Washington Capitals presentation. Let us provide our children with be last. -Thomas Goldwyn Smith A BEAUTIFUL SMILE IS OUR #1 GOAL!

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The ve members of the 1974 Selkirk Steelers from Steinbach were Chester Reimer, Ray Mutcheson, Randy Reimer, Ken Neufeld and Andy Stoesz.

May 22, 2014 Steinbach five nucleus of Hall of Fame team by TERRY FREY and WES KEATING Selkirk won the seventh and deciding drew an assist on Gord Kaluzniak’s winning Recalling several highlights of that mem- game 1-0 in overtime, as Stoesz stopped goal in overtime to claim the national title. orable season, Randy remembers the play- onsidered one of the best junior hockey everything in the contest. When Gord Kalu- Neufeld said their 1974 team was built off games at the Winnipeg Arena in front of teams Manitoba has ever produced, the zniak scored the winning goal, assisted by similar to the Philadelphia Flyers, known at 6,000 or 7,000 fans. 1974 Selkirk Steelers, which included his brother Gary and Ken Neufeld in over- the time as the “Broadstreet Bullies”. “You don’t realize it at the time, but win- C time, the game still wasn’t over. “We weren’t necessarily the most talented ning a national championship may only five key players from Steinbach, are slated for their second Hall of Fame induction this week- They were not playing sudden death and team, we weren’t that big, but we had some happen once in a lifetime.” end. had to complete the three minutes still re- physically tough guys, we intimidated them.” While in Ottawa, MP Jake Epp gave the Inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of maining in overtime. It was a frenetic finish, The former Steelers captain said the big- team a tour of the Parliament Buildings and Fame in 2005, the Steelers, now 40 years after but Stoesz, considered by many to be the top gest single factor in winning was their coach, they had lunch with John Diefenbaker. winning the Centennial Cup, team will be in- junior goalie in the country at the time, held George Dorman, who instilled in his players The team had lunch with Diefenbaker ducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame the fort and the Steelers won 1-0. the way to win. again in May, in Selkirk, when the former at ceremonies in Selkirk. Neufeld and Stoesz both spent three years Randy Reimer, who used his wheels to prime minister was in Selkirk for a political Needless to say, the Steelers wouldn’t have with the Steelers. The 1974 championship crack the lineup as a 17-year-old, echoed rally. won the national title without the contribu- year came in their second season with the Neufeld’s sentiments about Dorman and the Ken Neufeld joined Diefenbaker and Jake tion of those Steinbach players. club. The rugged defenceman was also a important role he played in motivating the Epp at the podium to accept a plaque and Goaltenders Andy Stoesz and Chester leader with the Steelers as team captain and team. congratulations from the Prince Albert fan. Reimer, forwards Randy Reimer and Ray Mutcheson and defenceman Ken Neufeld, who was also the team captain, were instru- mental in leading the Steelers. The 1974 Steelers, the last Manitoba team to win the national junior title, joined the Portage Terriers in Manitoba’s Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005. The Terriers, led by Steinbach’s Randy Penner, won the Centennial Cup in 1973. The Portage Terriers hammered the Steelers on the way to their 1973 championship and the Selkirk team used that learning experience to be a surprise winner of the Centennial Cup the following season.

We weren’t necessarily the most talented team, we weren’t that big, but we had some physically tough guys, we intimidated them.

– Ken Neufeld

The Steelers went on an incredible marathon playoff run in the spring of 1974, led by the in- comparable goaltending of Andy Stoesz. The Selkirk Steelers captain Ken Neufeld Steelers beat the West Kildonan North Stars in accepts congratulations from former seven games in the MJHL finals and needed six Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and more to get past the Prince Albert Raiders. Provencher MP Jake Epp following the Following that series, the Steelers played Steelers national championship victory 14 intense playoff games in 19 days, downing in 1974. Kelowna in seven games before meeting Smith Falls in Ottawa in the national finals. www.thecarillon.com STEINBACH, MAN. | THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019 THE CARILLON – 7D

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WHILE IN STEINBACH STOP BY CLEARSPRING CENTRE AND VISIT OUR STORES: Academy of Learning Ardene In a February 1989 game, Dale Krentz scores what proves to be the winning goal for the Detroit Red Wings before a huge contingent of family and friends at the Winnipeg Arena. After a successful college career at Michigan State, Krentz played in the American Hockey League, the National Hockey League, Bundesliga and Bentley Deutsche Eishockey leagues in Germany before retiring from hockey to pursue a career in the RCMP. Boston Pizza June 26, 1985 BSI Insurance Five sons in hockey is Carter’s/OshKosh May 22, 2014 Dollarama hard on Krentz cars Domino’s Pizza by WES KEATING that 100,000 of those were chalked up going to hockey games. Edward Jones ena Krentz says when Dale and the De- Every weekend during the winter the team troit Red Wings visit the Winnipeg Arena, was playing someplace, Winnipeg, Souris, she and Roy will be there. Brandon, Dauphin, Deloraine, and Saskatch- Gold ‘n’ Memories L ewan. Steinbach five nucleus “Even if we have to stand.” I don’t expect Dale’s parents will have any Lena says sometimes it seemed best not to trouble getting seats, but even if it is standing- admit to being that avid a hockey fan. She re- Hanover Dental Clinic room-only, that won’t pose much of a problem. calls a time, along with Red and Norma Cole- After watching five sons play hockey over the man, sons and hockey gear they left Steinbach Maurices past two decades, the Krentzes should be used at 3 a.m. to make a 7:30 a.m. faceoff at a tour- to standing. nament in Souris. Reg, the oldest, started a Krentz hockey tra- “We sure would have felt silly telling anyone Mark’s of Hall of Fame team dition, although he passed up an invitation to we were going to a hockey game at that time the Winnipeg Monarchs junior hockey camp of day.” in favour of staying with the East Steinbach With indoor ice and a family tradition to fol- Marquis Dance Academy Eagles. It was thought that Winnipeg was an low, Dale started his trip to the big time at the awful long way to trav- age of five. When the youngest of the Krentz el for hockey games in boys left for Michigan McDonalds those days. State, he was 20. That’s Don also played with 15 more tough years for the Eagles, but added The 1969 Oldsmobile had the Krentz family cars. Pet Valu a tour of duty with the Dale says his par- Steinbach Huskies as 145,000 miles on it when ents never pushed him Pets of the Ark well. The Krentzes were into hockey, but were still spending win- it was retired and Roy is always there provid- ters in snowdrifts and willing to bet that 100,000 ing support for what- Phoenix Salon standing in cold arenas, ever decision he made watching their latest of those were chalked up through junior hockey hockey star in action. and on to college. Reitmans With Ralph, the going to hockey games. Roy and Lena have Krentz hockey horizons watched their sons play began to expand and in dozens of towns and Royal Bank ATM dramatically increased cities, three provinc- the mileage on the fam- es, as many countries R&B Management ily car. A graduate of high school hockey with a and two continents. It could be time to take a good deal of promise, Ralph went to the Bran- break, buy a satellite television dish and watch don Wheat Kings. their youngest on TV, making a name for him- Shoe Warehouse Roy and Lena remember many a round trip self in the NHL. to Brandon that ended at home at 4 a.m. When I really wouldn’t count on it though. You Ralph played in Portage, the Krentzes did not see, Ralph is still playing hockey in Germany, Smitty’s miss too many games. “Just a short drive,” says Ken will be coaching the Steinbach Junior “A” Roy. Hawks and there’s the grandchildren to con- And then came the Steinbach Arena, Jake sider. Sobeys Fries, indoor hockey and Ken Krentz. There may be better places than hockey are- The 1969 Oldsmobile had 145,000 miles on nas to spend winter evenings. But you just try it when it was retired and Roy is willing to bet telling that to Roy and Lena Krentz. The Source Sport Chek Staples Steinbach Credit Union ATM Subway Taco Del Mar Uncle Jake’s Restaurant Walmart Warehouse One Winners

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Former NHL teammates Ted Green and Bobby Orr are as amused as the rest of the crowd when “Cactus” Jack Wells starts telling stories at an afternoon luncheon prior to the Bill Heindl Bene t Hockey Game. April 30, 1980 Bobby Orr rallies players for Heindl Benefit Hockey Game by WES KEATING was first suggested by Bobby Orr as arises, the professional athlete is surrounded by old friends, former hockey fans at the benefit game a means of hockey players rallying to first to donate his time and money NHL players and former members included a busload of young fans he Bill Heindl Benefit Game, help a fellow player. Orr was first to to a worthwhile cause. of Canada’s National Hockey team, with transportation provided by the played before a sellout crowd confirm he would come to Winnipeg This time that cause was to help at a luncheon which featured radio Steinbach Huskies. of over 15,000 at Winnipeg and play in the game at his own ex- one of their own. personality “Cactus” Jack Wells as (Bill Heindl, due to health reasons, T pense. Two years ago, Bill Heindl, at age guest speaker and well-wishes from was unable to attend the Steinbach Arena on April 25, boosted the trust fund for the paraplegic former Stein- Weeks before benefit game day 32, retired from professional hockey Manitoba Fitness Minister Bob Ban- Huskies’ reunion marking the 10th bach Huskies coach to $70,000 and came around, active and former NHL and came back to Winnipeg to pur- man and City of Winnipeg Mayor Bill anniversary of the Allan Cup season at the same time gave hockey fans a players and members of Canada’s sue a working career outside hockey. Norrie. in 1989. Heindl passed away March rare opportunity to see some of the national team indicated they would He also took on coaching duties with A large contingent of Steinbach 1, 1992.) greatest professional hockey players join Orr in Winnipeg. Bill Heindl was the Steinbach Huskies of the Central in the world on the ice at the same surrounded by old friends at a Win- Amateur Senior Hockey League. In time. nipeg press conference when plans his first season he led the club to the Heindl, now confined to a wheel- for the game were outlined. On hand Allan Cup finals. chair, dropped the puck for the cer- to lend their support were Ken Ste- The transition from professional emonial faceoff between Bobby Orr phenson, Ted Irvine, Ted Green and sports was difficult for Heindl and and former Canada national team Bob Leiter. unsuccessful career ventures and captain Barry McKenzie. When most people think about a variety of personal problems led It didn’t matter that the NHL pro professional athletes they think only to an attempted suicide which left stars were travelling at half speed, of the glamorous side of a career in Heindl a paraplegic. while the former members of Cana- sports. They think only of the vast Although confined to a wheelchair, da’s National team were going as fast sums of money to be made and envy Heindl is making significant headway as they could. What mattered was the professional athlete the adora- in dealing with adversity and when that 48 players, including a number tion of fans, the popularity he has Bobby Orr heard of his former team- of active NHL stars, travelled to Win- with his peers and the security of his mate’s circumstances he started the nipeg at their own expense and were profession. ball rolling to organize the April 25 there to rally in support of a friend There is another side to profes- benefit game in Winnipeg. and former teammate. sional athletes and some pay a tre- Before the puck was dropped The Heindl Benefit Hockey Game mendous price for their brief time for the evening’s festivities at the in the spotlight. But when the need Winnipeg Arena, Heindl was again

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Steinbach’s Ralph Krueger has been a head coach in the NHL and Ralph Krueger: has coached national teams multiple times at the Olympics and World “The most Championships. interesting man in the world”

by JAMES LOEWEN Krueger had started his own company, Teamlife, which saw him give motivational o celebration of hockey in Steinbach speeches all over Europe. One listener was a can be complete without shining a big, woman who would inherit her dad’s Premier- bright spotlight on Ralph Krueger, for ship soccer team in England. So impressed N was she by Krueger’s motivational and leader- it’s neither exaggeration nor hyperbole to state that no one from Steinbach has accomplished ship skills, she offered him the job of chairman more in the game of hockey than Ralph and president of her Southampton football Krueger. club, despite the fact Krueger knew nothing Krueger played one season of hockey in the about soccer. MJHL with the Assiniboine Park Monarchs He got the job and now runs a program with in ’76-’77, where he notched 56 points in 43 a $200 million budget, from grassroots five- games. The next season he made the jump to year -old kids to professional athletes. Quite Former NHL teammates Ted Green and Bobby Orr are as amused as the rest of the crowd when “Cactus” Jack Wells starts telling stories at an afternoon luncheon prior to the Bill Heindl Bene t Hockey Game. the WHL, where he had 28 goals and 55 assists literally, it’s one of the most important jobs in 62 games with the Calgary Wranglers. in one of the biggest franchises in one of the That was the end of his Canadian hock- biggest sporting leagues in the world, dwarfing ey-playing days, and Krueger moved across the roles and responsibilities of an NHL coach. the big blue pond to establish a long and im- To no one’s surprise, with Krueger at the pressive career in Germany. business helm of things, the team had its best He played 350 games in Division One in Ger- finish ever. many, scoring 187 goals and 186 assists, and he But the hockey world wanted more of played in 45 games with the German national Krueger and in 2014 he was named an advisor team in Olympic competition. to Mike Babcock. Babcock told me later that After Krueger transitioned from player to Canada’s gold medal in the Sochi Olympics coach, he quickly became a legend in Austria, was in a very large and important way thanks where the team he led won five national and to Ralph Krueger and his unique insight of Eu- one continental championships. ropean and North American styles of play that From there Krueger was named head coach Krueger brought to Team Canada. of the Swiss national team, where he guided And then in the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, the always hard-working Swiss to appearanc- Krueger took a bunch of older players from es in the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Olympic Games, eight different countries and turned Team Eu- as well as several appearances in the World rope into a surprisingly successful underdog Championships. who took the team to the finals, ultimately los- In 2012 the Edmonton Oilers hired Krueger ing the best of three final to Canada. as an associate coach and promoted him to If you want to see Ralph Krueger in action Krueger’s achievements on and off the ice, whether coaching hockey, running a soccer head coach two years later. Sadly, the Oilers as a coach and motivational speaker, type on the soccer pitch or in the corridors of global club or shaping global economic policy – there relieved Krueger of his duties after just one ‘Krueger pumps up Team Europe before game power are impressive on many levels, but what is a direct line from all of those vastly impres- strike-shortened season. 2”. It’s really cool to see him in action. is even more extraordinary about Krueger than sive accomplishments to his roots in Stein- As disappointing as that must have been, Winnipeg Jets coach Paul Maurice was his formidable accomplishments, is how nice bach where he learned the game of hockey, Krueger’s rise in the hockey scene and the larg- Krueger’s assistant coach at the 2016 World a person he is. Fiercely proud of his Steinbach living just a slapshot away from the rink. er world of sports, was only on the rise. In a Cup of Hockey. Given Krueger’s background as roots, every time you meet him you are greet- Other cities in Canada may have produced sense this was life imitating art. Krueger wrote a player, coach, author, chairman of a Premier ed with a warm friendliness and genuineness more NHL hockey players than Steinbach, but a motivational book titled “Teamlife: Beyond League soccer team in Britain, motivational that is more than refreshing in someone of his I haven’t read anywhere that any superstar or Setbacks to Success,” which was a bestseller speaker and member of the prestigious World international stature. I can honestly say that NHL veteran has ever been called the “most in German-speaking countries. Despite the Economic Forum’s “Global Agenda Council on in my nearly 34 years of writing a sports col- interesting man alive.” setback that happened in Edmonton, success New Models of Leadership”, Maurice called umn for The Carillon, I have never met a nicer, Thanks Ralph, for your positive impact – much bigger success – was just around the Ralph Krueger “the most interesting man in friendlier person than Ralph Krueger. around the world. You’ve made Steinbachers corner. the world.” For all of Krueger’s formidable successes – very proud. WELCOME TO STEINBACH PROUD TO BE FUELING Hometown YOUR COMMUNITY Hockey

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by TERRY FREY and WES KEATING respected players in the game, was a highlight. an White skated into Winnipeg with White, 23, took a regular turn on de- the Toronto Maple Leafs as NHL fence for the Leafs, and said post-game hockey returned to Winnipeg, at “it felt pretty good after five months, it I was good to get back into a game situ- least for one night. The exhibition game prior to the start ation after a few days of camp.” White of the 2007-08 season was a homecom- cracked the line-up of the Leafs last ing of sorts for White, the second year season and had a standout rookie sea- defenceman from Steinbach and Leafs’ son, with three goals and 26 points in 76 forward Alex Steen, the son of former games. The 5’10”, 185 lb. rearguard has Winnipeg Jets great Thomas Steen. The exceptional skating skills, and that is why Maple Leafs took on Wayne Gretzky he is an NHL regular despite his size, and and the Phoenix Coyotes. Gretzky is the is considered small by NHL defenceman coach of the Coyotes (formerly the Jets), standards. which of course abandoned Winnipeg in Leafs’ coach Paul Maurice said in a 1995 for that hockey hotbed in Phoenix. post-game interview, “Ian was very good For Leafs’ fans and especially Ian for us last year, both defensively and on White fans from Steinbach, this was a the power play, he is still young and we special evening at the MTS Centre. expect him to get even better in his sec- Although this exhibition game was a ond year.” As for more time on the power Phoenix Coyotes home game, make no play, Maurice said that might be difficult mistake, the former Jets’ faithful were considering “Bryan McCabe and Tomas solidly behind the Maple Leafs. In fact, Kaberle are two of the top powerplay when the Coyotes took to the ice, there point getters in the league from the blue was a loud chorus of boos from the line.” gathering of 13,417. Although White has played at the MTS “It was nice to get the support for the Centre previously with the AHL’s Toronto Leafs here in Winnipeg,” said White, in Marlies against the Moose, he said it was an interview after the game. quite a thrill playing in Winnipeg with Although this game was played in the the Maple Leafs. Asked how many tickets comfy confines, state-of-the-art MTS he had to get for family and friends from Centre, as opposed to the old barn the Steinbach and Winnipeg for the game, “it Jets used to play in, it was still the NHL. must have been 200, but I didn’t pay for Even former Jets announcer Curt Keil- them all.” back was spotted in the dressing room White signed a new three-year con- area after the game. Keilback was the tract with the Leafs in May and he says voice of the Jets/Coyotes since 1979, but that gives him a different outlook com- was let go by the Coyotes at the end of ing into the season this year knowing he the 2007 season. has secured a spot on the team. With that For the record, the Leafs scored a 3-2 job security, he also purchased a condo come-from-behind victory over the in Toronto just before training camp Coyotes in the pre-season test, as White started. saw his first action of the season after In an interview with The Carillon at sitting out Toronto’s first game the pre- the MTS Centre, Maple Leafs General vious night in Edmonton. Manager John Ferguson, Jr., said it “was To the credit of both teams, they important to sign Ian to a new contract dressed their captains in this game, in- this year, he is an important part of our cluding Shane Doan of the Coyotes, hockey club, we’re looking at him to tak- who is the only player who formerly ing the next step this year.” (Ian White went on to play more than Ian White and the Toronto Maple Leafs edged the Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 in an exhibition game at the Winnipeg Arena, played for the Jets still with the Phoenix franchise. Seeing Leafs’ captain Mats 500 games in the NHL, most predomi- prior to the start of the 2007-08 NHL season. White went on to play more than 500 Games in the NHL, predominantly nantly with the Toronto Maple Leafs.) with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Sundin, one of the greatest and most

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Dave “Tiger” Loewen and Herb Martel He never dreamed his team would go playing noon-hour hockey, which looks undefeated for a span of three seasons like it still is a lot of fun for this pair of at one point, or that he would skate with former Huskies stars. 147 teammates over the course of a stel- Spending their noon-hours at the rink lar commercial hockey career. would seem a small sacrifice for these For Friesen and his Puckers team- hockey players, who would obviously mates, hockey was much more than rather play hockey than eat. But then, winning or losing, or even how you the most casual observer would have played the game. to come to the conclusion these skaters don’t appear to have missed too many The Puckers provided a place to play Top: Tiger Loewen and Herb Martel have for some of the finest, albeit aging, meals. Early lunches, or late lunch- es, may indeed be the order of the day slowed down a step or two, but still on the hockey stars in the Southeast, who were rare occasion, display some of the skills that not quite ready to hang things up after when it comes to noon-hour hockey. The rink is a great place to touch lled local arenas with Huskies fans, 45 years years of play in the Provencher League, ago.; Right: Ronnie Friesen, 40 years with base with old friends and meet a few the Carillon League, the Hanover-Tache the same team. League, the Manitoba Eastern League, new ones in an informal shinny match, where sides are chosen at random and the Central Amateur Senior Hockey on until well into the spring thaw. In- shifts are as short or as long as players League, or perhaps a stint or two in Eu- stead of scraping the ice between pe- can manage. ropean hockey circles. riods, the St Pierre arena staff used Players have plenty of time to remi- Over the course of four decades squeegees to try to remove the surface nisce between shifts or in the dressing the Puckers usually played at least 50 water. By the time the game was over room before or after the games and re- games a year, with a high of 96 one sea- (actually it was never finished) Herb call special moments of the past. For son. Along the way, the team raised over says there was no ice left at all and they “Tiger”, his only worry is that an old ri- $20,000 for Steinbach minor hockey. may as well have been playing street val from Ste Anne may show up to get Members of the Puckers were photo- hockey on skates. some measure of revenge for a vicious graphed by The Carillon regularly, pre- And Ronnie Friesen will tell you about body check he delivered back in his glo- senting a trophy case to the Steinbach the ultimate compliment he thought he ry days with the Huskies. arena or uniforms for a minor hockey had received from Huskies great Ralph And Herb Martel, if pressed, may team, a set of goaltender’s equipment, Krentz, who told him that with his hock- share a highlight or two of his exploits and more often than not, a cheque to go ey skills Ronnie was a perfect “stay at on the ice with the Steinbach Huskies along with it. home defenceman”. He didn’t realize and La Broquerie Habs, before he re- But all good things must come to an until later Ralph meant “stay at home” tired from hockey and took up snowmo- end some time, and the writing was on as in sitting in front of the television set biling, only to be lured back to the rink the wall for the Ronnie Friesen’s Puck- in the Friesen living room. to play old-timers hockey and later suit ers, when they suited up for less than a And it is the stories, the camaraderie, up with the Puckers. One of his old-tim- dozen games in Season Forty-One. the working hard to raise money for mi- ers teammates for tournament play was Years ago, a new commercial league nor hockey and coincidentally, playing St Pierre Braves star goaltender Leon in the area seemed to shrink the num- a hockey game or two along the way, Morrissette. ber of players ready to commit to the that will be missed the most now that Herb remembers a league final game extensive travel schedule that went the Puckers are history. when Morrissette was in the net at St along with being a member of the Puck- Hats off to a team and its four de- Pierre. It seems the Braves and the Hus- ers challenge squad. But the man who cades of players who showed there still kies were a couple of evenly matched started it all is not ready to hang up the is room in hockey for players who are in teams which couldn’t decide a champi- skates completely just yet. it just for the love of the game. 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Andy Stoesz reaches back with his goal stick to make another spectacular save against the Petrolia-Gibbons Squires in the 1979 Allan Cup nals in Sarnia, Ontario.

December 8, 2005 All roads lead back to Randolph for well-travelled star goaltender by WES KEATING able to catch a break when it came to lan Cup finals in Sarnia that spring. launching a professional career. Not The well-travelled Randolph net- andolph’s Andy Stoesz enjoyed that it really mattered, for he was just minder had plenty of other oppor- the travel that was part of be- as happy to return to the family’s hog tunities to take his game to a higher ing the best, and often the and grain farm at Randolph when level on the road over the years. He R hockey season was over. He chuck- joined Huskies teammates Ralph busiest, goaltender in the Southeast for close to two decades, but this les when he recalls the spring he got and Ken Krentz in Germany a year Hall of Famer is more than happy to to sit on the Winnipeg Jets bench after the Allan Cup run. be right back where it all started. during a World Hockey Association He started the 1980-81 season with In fact, Stoesz, his wife Debbie playoff game against the Edmonton the Krentz brothers in Duisburg, but and daughter Jillian still live on the Oilers. his contract was sold to Fuessen, family farm where Andy and his five He had been off the ice for three where he helped his new team make brothers learned to skate on a back- weeks, getting ready for seeding the playoffs, while enjoying the ski- yard rink. when the call came for him to get off ing. Stoesz first strapped on the pads the tractor and onto a plane to fly out After the season, Stoesz returned when he was in grade five at Moray to Edmonton that same afternoon. to the family farm for good. He fin- School because his brother John had Starting goaltender Joe Daly had ished his career very much at the top been a good goaltender and it was been suspended and the Jets need- of his game in senior hockey, playing thought the talent must run in the ed somebody to sit on the bench as a a couple more years with the Hus- family. Andy didn’t hang up those back-up for Curt Larsson. kies before stints with Morden and pads for good until more than 20 To put it mildly, Andy was more Thunder Bay, and a trip to the Hardy years later. Along the way he played than a bit rusty and didn’t show his Cup with Cal Marvin’s Warroad Lak- a huge role in winning national usual finesse during a practice ses- ers. championships at both the junior sion a day before the game. The next Throughout his career, Andy’s and senior levels. night he donned the pads and took stints on the bench were few and far And also along the way were plen- his position at the end of the Jets between and his trip to the 1984 Al- ty of opportunities to see the world. bench, content to be a spectator. lan Cup with the Thunder Bay Twins It is, after all, a long way from Ran- When Larsson took a shot on the was a new experience. dolph Gardens to Maple Leaf Gar- elbow in the first period, it briefly “I didn’t get into a game, but they dens. Thrown in for good measure looked like Stoesz may be going in. gave me an Allan Cup Ring anyway.” were a few side trips to Selkirk, Thun- He says he still remembers the look Thunder Bay had breezed through der Bay, the Maritimes and Europe. of despair on Coach Bobby Kromm’s the western finals and continued On his way to the induction to face while the Jets’ trainer frantically their winning streak in the Allan Northwestern Ontario and Mani- worked on Larsson. Cup finals without having to rely on toba Hockey Halls of Fame, Stoesz Even though pre-season training Stoesz. backstopped teams to victories in has never been Andy’s long suit, one It was a different story in 1985, junior hockey’s Centennial Cup, the of his fondest memories is the 1974 when the Twins, with Andy in the Hardy Cup of intermediate hock- Maple Leafs training camp, where net, came from behind to win the ey and senior hockey’s Allan Cup. he got to run the stairs with Eddie western finals in seven games and Wherever he has played, Stoesz has Shack. Dry land training was just Andy repeated his heroics in a sev- been the main difference between coming into vogue and the training en-game final in Corner Brook, New- winning and losing. camp exercise was probably just as foundland. For Stoesz it was always a matter new for Shack as it was for Stoesz. During the 1985-86 season Thun- of the more shots the better. Stoesz had earned that tryout with der Bay flew Andy out for weekend “If there weren’t many shots, I’d the Leafs for his play in the 1974 na- games and he was their starting get cold just standing there.” tional junior championships, where goaltender whenever he was at the Old Selkirk Steelers teammates he was named MVP and became a rink. are quick to say they could not have 10th round draft pick of the Maple And throughout his playing days won the 1974 Centennial Cup with- Leafs. that had always been the way for out Stoesz. Without Stoesz, a 1976 As a kid, Stoesz had been a huge Stoesz. Stoesz displays four of his ve championship rings. Included are two Allan Cup rings, Manitoba Eastern Hockey League Leafs fan and was thrilled to get the The year before he went to play a Hardy Cup ring and a Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame ring. Missing from all-star team would not have beaten chance to practice with the NHL junior hockey, he played full-time his collection is the Centennial Cup ring he won as a member of the Selkirk Steelers, the stronger Central Amateur Senior team in Maple Leaf Gardens. for five or six teams. He suited up which was stolen a month after he received it in 1974. Hockey League all-stars for the right In the spring of 1979, Andy Stoesz for a Steinbach high school squad, to host the West German national and his Huskies teammates creat- a Steinbach juvenile team, two New signing deadline to talk him into that evening Andy suited up for the team for an exhibition game. ed a few weeks of the most exciting Bothwell teams and was with Mitch- playing for the Huskies. Huskies in the first game of the Man- The Steinbach Huskies would hockey Steinbach fans have ever ell’s senior team before becoming a In fact, Andy remembers playing itoba Eastern Hockey League finals certainly never have upset the Trail seen. Andy was stellar in goal and rookie in the Steinbach Huskies line- two playoff games in one day that against Ste Anne. Smoke Eaters and made it to the the Huskies raised their game to an- up. year and winning them both. His During the 1971-72 season, Andy 1979 Allan Cup finals without Stoesz. other level as they upset a powerful Steinbach coach Jake Fries went Steinbach juvenile team won the put on the pads for 70 games. But Stoesz never seemed to be Trail, BC team on the way to the Al- to Andy’s house the night before the provincials in the afternoon and “I never practiced, I just played.” www.thecarillon.com STEINBACH, MAN. | THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019 THE CARILLON – 15D October 23, 2003 Steinbach loses most avid fan

by WES KEATING to offer a friendly hello when he spotted someone he knew, anywhere at all. If the his week the sports community person was across the restaurant, or the in the Southeast says good-bye arena lobby, Art’s “Hey Steinbach” would to without question its most avid simply be delivered at higher volume. T Everybody on the sports scene knew sports fan. Art Vogt was a fan for all sea- sons. In winter he haunted the curling that Art came with the territory and he rink between Huskies games across the was forgiven his faults because he was In this 1997 photo, Art stands in front of what he called Art’s Sports Hall of Fame, which included memorabilia from local street. such a tireless worker. If someone was curling great Vic Peters, whom he greatly admired, and former Edmonton Oiler Randy Gregg. The pride of his collection In spring, Art moved to the end of the needed to put up posters, Art was the is an autographed hockey stick from the 1997 NHL all-star game. Steinbach Millers baseball team’s bench man. If a few 50-50 tickets needed to be and when fall rolled around, the Winni- hawked between periods of a hockey peg Blue Bombers would see Art occu- game, Art could be counted on to ensure pying his seat in Section “W” for every a bigger than usual pot. game. As exasperating as he could be at But Art’s first love was hockey and like times, Art was a loyal and appreciative many young Steinbach hockey fans, he friend. He never expected a free ride saw his first televised NHL game through and insisted on paying for tickets in ex- the window of Alf’s Radio and Electric at change for being driven to games. At the the corner of Lumber Avenue and Main same time, he would seldom turn down Street. an offer for free food, both before and af- Alf Reimer set up speakers outside his ter the games. Art could work up a real electronics store so sidewalk spectators appetite cheering for his favourite team. could hear the action as well as watch There was a side to Art Vogt that peo- Hockey Night in Canada games Saturday ple rarely saw, though. He was actual- evenings. Art was front and centre in that ly much more sensitive than he let on. December 8, 2005 crowd of sidewalk spectators when tele- When Anne and I got married in 1986, vision first came to Steinbach in 1954. Art said he would like to come to the re- When the Winnipeg Jets shifted from ception but needed a ride. That item was the World Hockey Association to the added to the list of duties for our best NHL and Art’s niece married Randy man who picked him up and drove him Gregg of the Edmonton Oilers, he shifted back home later. Arthur never forgot that his attention to professional hockey at gesture. All roads lead back to Randolph For the next 15 years, the week before that level. Art Vogt was never an athlete, never a Christmas, a huge poinsettia would ar- coach, nor did he ever manage a team, rive at the office for Anne, with Art’s card, but that did not stop him from offering thanking her for letting us have those advice, usually unsolicited, to all three “boys’ nights out.” for well-travelled star goaltender when he thought the situation warrant- While Art Vogt may not have been the ed it. And for Art that was often and al- easiest to get along with and needed a bit ways at a voice level difficult to ignore. more support from family and friends Scores of people in the southeast are than others, he made a major contribu- richer for having met Art over the years. tion to his community. Art Vogt made Art was a fixture in the mall at his ticket better neighbours out of all of us. selling booth and could be counted on Art Vogt died Saturday, October 18, fol- In this 1954 photo, Art Vogt is in the middle of a crowd on the sidewalk outside Alf’s Radio and Electric watching a lowing a lengthy illness. He was 73. Saturday night NHL game on CBC television.

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April 12, 2018 Hockey the best healer in wake of Humboldt tragedy by TERRY FREY

n the immediate days following last Fri- day’s tragedy involving the Humboldt IBroncos, which saw 15 members of the team lose their life in an accident, also injur- ing everyone else on that team bus, hockey and the playing of games in the immediate aftermath just wasn’t important. The grief and shock that took hold of the entire country was unprecedented as the nation grieved with those families and the community of Humboldt, and it sparked an outpouring of support. Here in Steinbach, with the hometown Pis- tons involved in an MJHL final series with the Virden Oil Capitals, this tragedy also had a profound effect on the Pistons. And while the league made the right deci- sion to postpone Sunday’s game two of the finals, the resumption of play tonight in Vird- en is perhaps what is needed at this time to move on, to help in the healing. All of this was unfolding last Friday night just as the Pistons were about to take to the ice in Steinbach in game one of the champi- onship series against Virden. Word of the accident first came as the play- ers were on the ice in the warm-up. But at the time, no one really knew how serious it was, other than it was quite a serious accident. Pistons general manager and head coach Paul Dyck, hearing about the accident, sent a text at about 6:50 p.m. to Broncos head coach Darcy Haugan, who Dyck frequently talked to, sending a message of support and enquir- ing as to the well-being of the players. Well as everyone knows, Haugan was killed in that crash and Paul Dyck took his position behind the bench a short time later not knowing what had really happened. One of the first to hear was Pistons’ de- Pistons’ forward Daniel McKitrick, who spent the past two seasons with the Humboldt Broncos before joining the Pistons this year, losing several friends in the fenceman Jack Lenchyshyn, who was not Broncos bus crash, looks up at the Turnbull Cup as if in salute to his fallen former teammates. dressed for Friday’s game, but received a text from his older brother Thomas, assistant captain of the Nipawin Hawks, who of course and Nipawin then became ground zero of the game, which Virden won by a 2-1 score. When you do your best to move on.” were waiting at home on that fateful evening emergency operation. players arrive at the rink on game day, cell “It was good to get back onto the ice,” said to host the Humboldt Broncos in game five Prior to the Pistons taking to the ice for phones are put in a central location, so the Taraschuk, “we had some fun today, I think of their SJHL semi-final playoff series. 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