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Ellerslie Road 780-486-5100 VolVo OF EDMONTON & 101 Street volvoedmonton.com Contents5 Message from Hockey Edmonton 100 Things to Love 18 About the NHL Right Now Message from the Publisher 7 Spotlight on an Official 23 ASHWIN KAUL 9 Wayne Gretzky Award Winners Arena Locator Map Edmonton Oilers Community 26 10 Foundation Honours Dave Semenko Memories Montage from 2018 Harbin Hockey Association 28 Quikcard Edmonton Minor Hockey Week 12 UNLIKELY COUNTRIES GAIN INTEREST IN HOCKEY Gold Medal Winning Teams from 2018 30 Quikcard Edmonton Minor Hockey Week 14 The Hockey Conference

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AGE: 10 SCHOOL GRADE: 5 CURRENT TEAM: Braves Athletic Club NUMBER OF YEARS PLAYED: 7 HOCKEY EDMONTON MAGAZINE | SPRING 2018 FAVOURITE NHL TEAM: Edmonton Oilers FAVOURITE HOCKEY PLAYER: Connor McDavid ROLE MODEL: Connor McDavid FAVOURITE HOCKEY MEMORY: Scoring a goal when two players were slashing and hacking me.

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Message From Hockey Edmonton 10618- 124 Street Edmonton, AB T5N 1S3 Ph: (780) 413-3498 • Fax: (780) 440-6475 www.hockeyedmonton.ca I would like to thank all those who contribute to this magazine and To contact any of the Executive or Standing the valuable information that’s shared. In this edition we salute the Committees, please visit our website champions of Minor Hockey Week. Congratulations to those teams and to the teams, who won silver medals. Finishing with silver is no Hockey Edmonton | Executives small feat and you should be proud of your achievements. President: Mark Doram This season has seemed to roar by. I would like to thank the volunteers First VP: Darcy Wiltse Second VP: Joe Spatafora and staff for their countless hours of work that make our season run Director of Elite Hockey: Will Jang so smooth. We always experience a few hiccups but when we step Director of Community Hockey: Kevin Humphrys back and look at the big picture, over 8,500 athletes hit the ice and Director at Large: Ed Croken played a solid seven months of hockey. Director at Large: Bruce Howlett Treasurer: Berry Bentz Next year, the 2018-19 season will see some significant changes as Past President: Betty Chmilar we align with Hockey Alberta’s “Alberta One” concept. This will mean we’ll have six tiers of hockey, along with Elite in the case of Bantam Board of Directors and Midget. What will this look like? When you’ve registered for a tier 3 tournament you will be closely matched with other teams in the Knights of Columbus EFHC: Marc Aubee province and we won’t experience these huge gaps in team talent. NE District: Darlene Hein NW District: Myles Diamond Hockey Edmonton will begin the roll out of Hockey Canada’s novice SE District: Gerald Kruhlak program, which may see age range hockey. Development will be a SW District: Larry Shaben key component with this program. The goal is to grow better skilled EGHA: Bryan Toles | CAC: Richard McAdie MLAC: Neil Brown | SSAC: Ted Boomer players, who can compete and play at higher levels especially when Knights of Columbus AA: Bruce Fitzpatrick they hit pee wee, bantam and midget. Junior B: Larry Lepine | Junior C: George Metez Local associations will have standards they will be required to meet Standing Committees as an organization when it comes to governance and reporting. This falls under Hockey Alberta’s “Ideal MHA” program. Ice Allocation: Bernie Coderre Ice Management: Pat Elliott We continue to grow our relationships with local, provincial, national Minor Hockey Week Chair: Joan Kirillo and now international organizations such as Harbin, China. Hockey EOCF 50-50: Sam Gaekle Edmonton hosted the Harbin China Girls Team in late November. Referee Representatives: We’ve opened the door for our teams, both male and female, to visit Herman Costa (AA) & Duncan MacDougall (Federation) China for future tournaments. League Governors Hockey Edmonton is working on a possible leadership conference for pee wee, bantam and midget team leaders; we will keep everyone Edmonton Federation Hockey League posted on how this is progressing. Midget: Kim Turner (Acting) Your Hockey Edmonton board and executive have been busy over Bantam: Kim Turner the past few months on many projects to improve the hockey Pee Wee: Crystal Feader experience and add positive life lessons to our sport. The young Atom: David Onyschuk athletes we see on the ice are more than just hockey players: they Novice: Amy & Pat London are our leaders of tomorrow. Bantam Female: Justin Kidd Midget Female: James Wilson On behalf of the executive, the board, volunteers and staff of Hockey Edmonton, enjoy the city championships and we’ll see you next season. Elite Hockey Bantam AAA: Steve Lekochinsky Bantam AA: Russ Lukawesky Major Midget AAA: Bob Olynyk Minor Midget AAA: Carrie Aldridge Midget AA: Tracy Orbel Rem 15 Midget AA: Mike Hennessey Yours in Hockey, Staff Executive Assistance: Sharlene Cook Mark Doram Development Coordinator: Joel Lenius President Ice Coordinator: Ray Vigneau Hockey Edmonton Minor Administration Coordinator: Glenn Sommerville Operations Coordinator: Chris March Resource Development Coordinator: Sarah Kennedy Manager of Ice Operations:Dave Linman Executive Director: Dean Hengel

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Welcome to our final edition of the Hockey Edmonton Magazine for the 2017-2018 season. CREDITS This is our Yearbook Edition of the magazine, which features President and Publisher | Rob Suggitt the gold medal winning teams from 2018 Quikcard Edmonton Minor Hockey Week. Additionally, we have included a number of Art Director | Christine Kucher “spotlights” of players, who won gold medals during this event. Graphic Designers And in the centrefold, we have a montage of photos taken during Cailey Buxton | Katelyn Suggitt Quikcard Edmonton Minor Hockey Week. Thanks to Ian Jackson and the great group of photographers at Epic Photography for Contributing Writers supplying these photos. Joel Lenius | Paul Gazzola Rob Suggitt | Shari Narine One of the mainstays in our magazine is the “Spotlight on an Official” feature, where we interview a young minor hockey Cover Photo Provided by official. For this edition, we met up with 16-year-old Ashwin Kaul, EPIC Photography who has been officiating minor hockey since he was 13 years old. The officials volunteer their time to help make Minor Hockey Week Copy Editing Shari Narine possible. To put a dollar value on it, the value of donated time works out to approximately $45,000. That’s a big commitment! Photography Credits Including officials, approximately 3,200 people volunteer their Andy Devlin - Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club time to make Quikcard Edmonton Minor Hockey Week possible. Epic Photography Special thanks and recognition to Joan Kirillo, chairperson for SC Parker Photography Sportsnet this event, and her great group for all their dedication! Two Point Photography Rounding out this edition, we have a neat submission from Luke Fox at Sportsnet: His top 100 things he likes about the current Sales Associate NHL game, from the quirky to the cool. Lynn Schuster That’s all for this issue. With the hockey season winding down, we Administration would like to wish all the participants a great off-season, and look Amber Grmek forward to seeing everyone back on the ice in a few short months! The Hockey Magazine is a product of Playhouse Publications Ltd. - an affiliate of Suggitt Ltd.

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

2018 Wayne Gretzky Award Winners Nathan Trombley being presented with the Wayne Gretzky Award - Junior

Hockey Edmonton Magazine | 9 EDMONTON OILERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HONOURS DAVE SEMENKO BY PAUL GAZZOLA PHOTOS PROVIDED BY ANDY DEVLIN | OILERS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

EDMONTON, AB – Forever known as the Oilers protector on the ice, Dave Semenko’s legacy will now also be immortalized off it with the Dave Semenko Legacy Project. The Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation (EOCF), in partnership with Sport Central, the National Hockey League, and National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA), announced the Semenko Legacy Project. The initiative is devoted to providing equipment to minor athletes in order for them to participate in whichever sport they desire. The announcement comes on the same day as the NHL Centennial Greatest Team Celebration, which saw the 1984- 85 Oilers voted as the greatest team in National Hockey League history. “The Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation was absolutely thrilled to announce our contribution to the Dave Semenko Legacy Project in partnership with Sport Central,” said EOCF Executive Director Natalie Minckler. “The EOCF is contributing $320,000 in partnership with the NHL and NHLPA, which will be donated to Sport Central for these two special initiatives.” [ (From left to right) Mark Messier, Brian Semenko, Sheldon Oleksyn & Natalie Minckler ]

10 | Hockey Edmonton Magazine Sport Central, led by community-oriented individuals wanting to Members of the Semenko family and 1984-85 Oilers were at help acquire sporting equipment for children, has been able to Abbottsfield Recreation Centre, where the announcement provide over 135,000 low-income children with safe equipment took place. since its beginning. “It’s not the same without him here,” said Oilers great Wayne “I know that those funds will go a long way in getting kids into the Gretzky. “He was the guy that kept everybody together and kept sport of their choice,” said Minckler. everybody loose, but it’s a great charity event.” Semenko’s initiatives are coined Dave’s Drive and Put a Lid on A Kid. Dave’s brother, Brian Semenko, said Dave understood the challenges Dave’s Drive is an equipment drive aimed at gathering equipment parents go through in order to give their children an opportunity to and donations, while Put a Lid on a Kid increases concussion participate in sports. prevention awareness by providing helmets to the minor athletes. “This is all about helping parents get their kids playing,” he said. “In Dave’s memory, we wanted to ensure that all those kids receiving “It’s very touching seeing Dave’s name, kids running around and those helmets knew how very special Dave was to our organization,” Dave’s sticker on the helmets. said Minckler. “Each helmet has a special #27 decal on it.” "It’s a little overwhelming and unexpected but it's an honour.”

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

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Hockey Edmonton Magazine | 11 HARBIN HOCKEY ASSOCIATION HOCKEY IS BECOMING A GLOBAL SPORT BY JOEL LENIUS PHOTOS PROVIDED BY TWO POINT PHOTOGRAPHY

The sport of hockey is growing rapidly across the globe. Countries that were not customarily associated with the sport, are now highly invested in developing their hockey programming. Some of these counties include: China, Mexico, Jamaica and Australia. With the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics fast approaching, China has promoted and invested significant resources into improving their winter sports programming, specifically the sport of hockey. There are numerous Canadian coaches and players, who have recently visited or moved to China to contribute to their hockey player and coach development opportunities. Additionally, Chinese hockey associations have further invested resources into their players and coaches visiting Canada to learn firsthand from our practices. During November and December 2017, Hockey Edmonton hosted a female youth peewee/ bantam team from Harbin, China. Harbin is the sister city to Edmonton, Alberta, and has a small hockey association within their city: Harbin Hockey Association. Twenty female players and three female coaches visited Edmonton and participated in hockey games and practices, which were organized by Hockey Edmonton. The purpose of their trip was to learn from Hockey Edmonton’s sport practices, organization, and administration. In addition to the visiting team members, two Harbin delegates also visited Edmonton: Xuanxin She (Director, Harbin Sport Bureau) and JingGan Wang (Principal, Harbin Sport School). The team began their Canadian trip at the 2017 WickFest tournament in Calgary, and performed remarkably well there. After the tournament, the team travelled to Edmonton, where they participated in 10 exhibition games against Edmonton Girls Hockey Association teams. The team performed very well in Edmonton and gained in-game experience and knowledge to take back to their Harbin hockey programming.

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

Serdachny Hockey – shooting and scoring skills

Quantum Speed – agility and transition skating skills Mike McGinnis and Joel Lenius – individual/ team tactics (puck protection, zone entry skills, down- low play, 1v1 play, 2v1 play, etc.)

In partnership with the Oilers Entertainment Group, the team was also able to view an Edmonton Oil Kings game and the Hockey Canada and USA NWT game. These were exceptional once in a life- time experiences that the team was particularly thankful for. The passion and love for the game of hockey was evident with this group of Chinese hockey players. It was refreshing to see a group of athletes and coaches trust and co-operate with each other so well. It is opportunities like these where the true meaning of hockey is displayed: building relationships, learning new skills, and developing a love for this wonderful game.

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We welcome . parents, coaches, athletes, anybody “ “ They add to the discussion and we hope we can offer them some sort of personal development. - DR. CHERYL MACDONALD -

All things hockey the focus of summer conference in Edmonton By Shari Narine

Coaches, athletes, parents and fans can add “Whether you believe society affects hockey or hockey affects valuable perspectives to panel discussions this summer when society, there’s a relationship there and so we often, in Canada, academia gather in Edmonton to talk about all things hockey. equate hockey with nationalism. So that means a big part of our population defines itself by hockey,” said Dr. Cheryl The 2018 Hockey Conference, with presenters so far from MacDonald, who is heading the event. MacDonald was also on across Canada, the United States, Finland, the United Kingdom the organizing committee of the 2016 conference, which took – and even the possibility of China, who just got a professional place at the University of New Brunswick. When she made the women’s hockey team that plays in Canada – will take place at move to Edmonton in January 2017 to undertake post-doctoral the University of Alberta from July 5-7. research at the UAlberta’s Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services, she brought the conference with her.

14 | Hockey Edmonton Magazine While academics do dominate as presenters and panelists, MacDonald says there are occasions where parents, coaches and fans “have done their own little analysis or own thinking and we will often accept them, too.” But she stresses that those involved with minor hockey don’t have to take part in such a formal manner. They are welcome to attend panel discussions, which always allow for at least 15 minutes of questions and comments from the floor. “We love having observers. I think often times hearing ‘academic’ scares people and we like to involve the community because without the community, outside of academia, we’re all just talking to one another. We welcome parents, coaches, athletes, anybody. They add to the discussion and we hope we can offer them some sort of personal development,” said MacDonald. “We hope they are able to get something out of it, too.” The conference which is now held every two years rose from humble beginnings. In 2001 a group of academic friends gathered to delve deeper into hockey and its different aspects. From there, the hockey conference became official, including being hosted once in Buffalo. MacDonald has high hopes that it will one day be held in Europe. “Since then hockey has become a bit more of a rigourous site Dr. Cheryl MacDonald will include a panel discussion on the hockey for academic study so it has grown and now you see people experience for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gay like me, making their entire careers out of it so the conference community during this summer’s Hockey Conference in Edmonton. has grown in relation to that,” said MacDonald, who did her (Photo: Shari Narine) doctoral research on homonegativity among Major Midget AAA hockey players. She defines homonegativity as hatred, All of this, she says, reinforces the message the public receives ignorance and judgement towards homosexuality. about identity from hockey. There will be a panel discussion on the hockey experience for “I think that when you think about what it means to be extra the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gay community. masculine or manly you can’t necessarily define what it is Although MacDonald would argue that hockey itself as a except to say it’s not feminine, it’s not homosexual because sport is not a leader, she does hold that hockey can be used often gay men are stereotyped as being feminine. I think in by leaders to send messages and she believes that is playing men’s hockey there’s such a fixation on being manly on that out right now in the National Hockey League. While there extreme end of the spectrum that there’s just no room for have been some openly lesbian and transgender hockey wavering, whereas in women’s hockey the definitions of players, no one in the NHL has come forward to openly identity are looser and there are less expectations of you,” identify with the LGBTQ community. said MacDonald. She adds that in 2001 talking about LGBTQ And while the NHL has spoken out against anti-gay slurs on and hockey would not have been considered. “It has absolutely the ice, she believes the repercussions aren’t strong enough. come to the forefront (now).”

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LEARN MORE VISIT: CanadaDonates.ca Other hockey-related topics MacDonald expects panel discussion to centre on include literature, sociology, physiology, anatomy, business analytics and economics. “Since the NHL is so culturally important we’re able to have very important discussions specifically here in Edmonton,” said MacDonald, who notes the discussion that is taking place on economics and social ramifications with the recent construction and opening of the new Rogers Place, home arena for the Edmonton Oilers. There are those who view the new Ice District as an opportunity for prime real estate and business development, while others are concerned about the displacement of the low income population in that area. To date, two keynote speakers and three guest speakers have been confirmed. Keynote speakers are Harnarayan Singh, who does play-by-play on Hockey Night in Canada in Punjabi, and Gerry Ranking, Jr., of Newport Sports Management Inc., which is the premier representation and management agency of professional hockey players. Guest speakers are Brock McGillis, who played professional hockey in Europe and recently came out as gay; Golden Bear skater Keiron Block, who worked his way back to playing hockey after shattering his legs in a cliff-diving accident; and Erica Kromm, who plays for the Calgary Inferno in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League. MacDonald says she is still trying to secure funding to get two more keynote speakers. MacDonald believes it is important to talk about hockey as more than just the game that is played on ice. “Because we need to think about how to make it better on the ice so all of the challenges we’re facing within the context of the rink, we need to pull back and figure out how to fix those so hockey is more accessible and more enjoyable for those who are participating in it,” she said.

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

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Hockey Edmonton Magazine | 1716 100100 Things to Love About the BY LUKE FOX | SPORTSNET NHL Right Now

1 Sudden death overtime 22 David Poile (see 21 - P.K. Subban for Shae Webber in 2016)

100The way Erik Karlsson skates, passes, does his hair BORING SEAN MONAHAN 1002 23 3 Watching warmups and taking note of which player goes off last for each team (also looking for who doesn’t wear a helmet because they want to be seen and/or enjoy the breeze through their hair)

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

5 A couple days after a club’s elimination when you hear the long list of the injuries players were pushing through 24 Gary Bettman always getting booed whenever he appears publicly 6 No one wanting to block Shea Weber’s shot Gary Bettman not caring one iota that he gets booed Sticking up for one another 25 7 whenever he appears publicly 8 Drew Doughty interviews 26 Zoomed-out photos of games with poor attendance 9 Goalies who try to score on the opposition’s empty net 27 Zoomed-in photos of sweaty, intense faces about to take a face-off 10 Tyler Seguin and Mark Scheifele’s paper-rock-scissors battles 28 Claude Giroux creating from the wall That the winning captain, not the team owner, is the 11 Patrik Laine’s release first person to touch the Stanley Cup 29 Under-rated Evgeni Malkin considering leaving Sid and 12 Tumbling down a CapFriendly.com rabbit hole 30 the Penguins but deciding to stick around anyway 13 Going for the Gordie Howe hat trick 31 Mic’d-up refs 14 Goalie fights 32 Two full minutes of 5-on-3 15 Goalie controversies 33 The unbelievable excitement of 3-on-3 overtime 16 Goals from centre ice 34 That night Auston Matthews hit ’em with the four (scored four goals in his NHL debut game) 17 Goal songs, good team ones and individual ones (Flames: Righteous Smoke by Monster Truck) 35 John Tortorella press conferences (bonus if he says “Brooksie”) 18 That guys with names like Dit Clapper still hold scoring records 36 The Flying V (hockey formation used in “the mighty ducks” has actually been tested, and it proves Steve Yzerman winning at both playing and GM’ing 19 successful.) Endless bickering about who should be your team’s 20 That every member of a championship team, even seventh defenceman or 12th forward 37 trainers and assistant coaches, gets a summer day alone with the Cup 21 The Halley’s Comet that is the blockbuster one-for-one trade 38 When they go to the Olympics

Hockey Edmonton Magazine | 19 39 The off-the-board draft pick that sends us all scrambling to 56 Alex Ovechkin waiting for the one-timer Google 57 Cheeky shootout moves 40 The undrafted star everyone missed 58 HOCKEY HUGS 41 JAMES VAN RIEMSDYK NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT MOUTH GUARDS ARE FOR

42 Joe Thornton generally not giving an eff

43 Team Twitter battles 59 The unmistakable sound of a puck hitting a post

44 That you have to buy a guy something if you’re new to the 60 Unfair bounces team and want his sweater number 61 Mark Stone stealing your puck when you least expect it 45 Trade rumours outnumbering actual trades by a ratio of about 45 to 1 62 Ceremonial puck drops

46 BEARDS: PLAYOFF & LIFESTYLE 63 Commentators planted between the benches

64 The Tampa Bay Lightning‘s game presentation

65 Retired numbers watching bird’s-eye from the rafters

66 Press box snacks, and the hockey writers who passionately rate them 67 That moment between when a penalty shot is called and when a penalty shot takes place

68 JAROMIR JAGR’S IMMORTALITY (AND THE ‘TRAVELLING JAGRS’ WHO FOLLOW HIM) 47 The three stars of the night

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

49 Completely unimaginative but so-fun-to-say nicknames

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

51 Head coaches that take time to explain

52 Head coaches with no time to explain

53 Bob Cole trying to describe everything that’s happening 69 Doug Glatt (played by Sean William Scott in “Goon”, and 54 Doc Emrick’s vocabulary sports the number 69.)

55 HARNARAYAN SINGH’S PASSION & PERSEVERANCE 70 Braden Holtby’s pre-game routine

71 Quiet Joe Sakic shutting everyone up

72 When tanking backfires

73 Offer sheets (extinct)

74 The Pittsburgh model

20 | Hockey Edmonton Magazine 75 Five minutes of Timbits shinny during intermission 88 THAT TIME THAT PHIL KESSEL FILLED THE STANLEY CUP WITH HOT DOGS AND ATE THEM (ALL?) 76 The moment Don Cherry realizes he’s running out of time

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

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

79 Jokes about the Columbus Blue Jackets’ cannon

80 EVGENY KUZNETSOV CELEBRATING GOALS LIKE A BIRD

89 Insiders

90 When fake insiders get accidentally retweeted by real reporters

91 Steven Stamkos coming back stronger

92 Must-win games (but only the literal ones)

81 Finished checks 93 Patrick Sharp still using thin shoulder pads that are about 23 years old and falling apart and gross 82 New arenas putting the home team’s logo on the dressing room ceiling instead of the floor 94 Brainstorming a nickname for your freshly drafted fantasy team 83 “Last minute to play in the third period!” 95 Pucks in shallow (which result in an odd-man rush the 84 Throwback jerseys other way)

85 Scrambling-for-a-last-minute-emergency-goalie stories 96 Owning own-goals

86 Chirps 97 Game-time decisions

87 Sidney Crosby’s insatiable desire to win despite already winning 98 Handshake lines everything 99 Wayne Gretzky mentoring Connor McDavid

100 Game 7 of the Stanley Cup playoffs

Hockey Edmonton Magazine | 21 SPOTLIGHTSPOTLIGHT ON AN OFFICIAL SPOTLIGHTSPOTLIGHT ON AN OFFICIAL Have you officiated Minor Hockey Week, and If so, what makes you volunteer your time as an official? Yes. Gaining volunteer hours for school as well as participating in an intense, passionate, shortened game where every player digs deep and brings an exciting game forth.

Any special memories from Minor Hockey Week? Being applauded by the fans after reffing a final. After the last game of Minor Hockey Week, our names were announced over the intercom thanking us for our time and volunteering. All the parents then stood up and applauded us. It was a nice feeling that our time was appreciated by all these parents. It was a very close game. I can’t remember the exact score but I think it was 5-4, and lots of close calls.

Do you have any highlights related to any other big games or tournaments you wish to pass along? Same as the last, being able to receive applause was an amazing feeling as generally criticism is mostly all you receive.

What do you enjoy most about officiating hockey games? Being able to improve my skills and knowledge of the game at all times as well as participating in the game in a new way.

What kind of training were/are you provided? Ashwin Kaul At the start of each season, we are required to attend one full day course which outlines all of the rules once again, which is followed by an exam.

BY ROB SUGGITT Do you have a role model or mentor who has helped you PHOTOS PROVIDED BY SC PARKER PHOTOGRAPHY along the way? Gary Greenough. I have been working with Gary for the last We met up with Ashwin Kaul at Terwillegar Arena, as he four seasons. I respect him for his extensive knowledge of was ready to go on ice for a high level bantam game. the game and his commitment to ensuring all the officials Ashwin, who turns 17 in April, is currently in Grade 11 can become as successful as possible. I respect him for the at Lillian Osborne High School. In addition to officiating amount of time he has dedicated to making us better officials. hockey, he plays hockey for the SWZ Oil Kings and his other winter activity is skiing. In his spare time, he also How have you improved your skills as an official? likes tinkering with cars. Ashwin took the time to answer Through being a referee, not only has my skate work improved, a few questions about why he took up officiating and what but so has my knowledge of the game. he enjoys most about being a young minor hockey official. What do you enjoy most about officiating hockey games? Being able to improve my skills and knowledge of the game at When did you start officiating hockey? all times as well as participating in the game in a new way. At 13, this is my fourth season. (Ashwin started playing hockey at six years old.) What is the toughest part about being a referee? Receiving criticism from players, coaches and fans. What made you want to become a hockey official? Being able to take part in a sport that I love in a whole new way How do you handle criticism on the ice? was an amazing idea to me. Generally, I will talk to the player and coach and try to clarify any misconceptions but if the player or coach is persistent I will How many games do you plan to officiate this season? either choose to ignore it or assess a minor penalty. Around the same, maybe a few more. Do you have any future aspirations in officiating? What level of hockey are you currently officiating? I would like to progress into becoming a referee in the A program. I have done up to high level midget. I mostly do lines for bantam.

Hockey Edmonton Magazine | 23 Thank you! Proudly Supporting With your support, our 8th Annual Stollery Family Day Classic raised more than $395,000* - a total of $2.6 million since 2011!

The four-day invitational, in support of the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation and Hockey Edmonton, focuses on children, families, active living and good health.

Proceeds to the Foundation will help fund a Synaptive surgical scope – the world’s first hands-free surgical scope – making the Stollery the first children’s hospital in Canada with this technology.

Thank you to Steve Serdachny and the Stollery Family Day Classic organizing committee, to our many volunteers, participants, sponsors and donors! Sponsors ATB Financial, Derrick Disposal, Ross & Sylvestre LLP Chartered Professional Accountants, Serdachny Powerskating & Hockey, Canadian Powerskating Association, Murrays Trucking, Hockey Edmonton, B Wright Drywall Inc., Summit Insulation, Boston Pizza, Dolce Vita Homes, D’Amores Mercato, Driving Force, Radisson Hotel Edmonton South, South Edmonton Blades Skating Club, Infinite Eye Photography, Go Logo

*Gross revenue. For further information about the fundraising goals and costs for this event, please contact Michelle Goulet, special events co-ordinator, Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation,780.431.4623, [email protected].

Photos provided by John Hardeman For more information, visit familydayclassic.com

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Hockey Edmonton Magazine | 27 Memories from

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Hockey Edmonton Magazine | 29 Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gNOVICE BAHNSEN gNOVICE BOYCHUK

SW577 – CONFED ICE DAWGZ KC049 - KC ST. CHARLES BULLETS Players: BOLDT STEEN, MIKA | BONAR, OWEN Players: ANDERSON, KYLE | ANTUNES, TIAGO | CARSON, THEREN FOWLER, GAVIN | HAM, NATE | KOMOSKY, TIMOTHY ELUDIN, MOHAMMED | ESTRADA, DEONTAE | FREDRICKSON, KONG, DENVER | LIND, ELIAS | MORRIS, GAVIN EMMETT | HABTE, MANASEH | HILL, TOBIN | LALJI, JINAYD OZEROFF, DIRK | RILEY, NATHAN | ROUSSEL, ELIJAH MACDERMOTT, HANNA | MACKENZIE, HUNTER | MANSARAY, SIVARAJAN, NIKHEEL | YOUNG, GAVIN BRISMOH | PORTELA, SERGIO | SNOW, EASTON | TU, COHEN Staff: BONAR, FRANCIS | HAM, DREW | HAM, MARK Staff: ANDERSON, STANLEY | ANTUNES, ALCIDES | ESTRADA, MORRIS, SCOTT | RILEY, CRAIG | ROUSSEL, DENIS | YOUNG, RICK BEN | FREDRICKSON, AMANDA | MACDERMOTT, DAYTON

Gold Medal Winner Gold Medal Winning Team ICE DAM RILEY MAY NOV ER

CURRENT TEAM: KC St. Charles Vipers g gYEARS PLAYED: 3 GRADE: 3 USUAL POSITION: Goalie FAVOURITE HOCKEY TEAM: Edmonton Oilers WHO IS YOUR ROLE MODEL: My Mom & Dad OTHER HOBBIES / INTERESTS: KC047 - KC ST. CHARLES VIPERS Playing Jackpot and snuggling Players: BARBAR, RIDA | BAYDA, SIMON | CHRISTENSEN, with my cat, Meeka JONAH | CIEPLY, STELLA | ESTRADA, AUDRINA | FRANIEL, BENEDICT | HARASIMIUK, LUKE | HUDSON, OWEN FAVOURITE HOCKEY KRAWEC, MORGAN | MANUCCI, LUIGI | MAY, RILEY | SOCO, MEMORY: Winning gold at Minor TREYSON | STEPHENS, JUSTIN Hockey Week! Staff: ESTRADA, ANTHONY | HARASIMIUK, JASON JAVIER, REY | KRAWEC, TODD | MAY, JASON

30 | Hockey Edmonton Magazine Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winner ICE BOUCHA NOV RD YNN KRE BROOKL KLAU

g AGE: 8 CURRENT TEAM: gNorth Seera Ice Breakers YEARS PLAYED: 3 GRADE: 3 USUAL POSITION: Defence FAVOURITE HOCKEY TEAM: Edmonton Oilers FAVOURITE HOCKEY PLAYER: Connor McDavid ST ALBERT NOVICE 1A - SA720 WHO IS YOUR ROLE MODEL: Players: BRUNEAU, TYCE | CHALUPA, DANE | CRITCHLEY, BRADY My borther Nate & my Daddy DECHAMPLAIN, SHAE | EWASIUK, BENNETT | GODLIEN, CARSON OTHER HOBBIES / INTERESTS: HACH, KIEFER | KAZURO, ERIK | L’HEUREUX, ZANE | MCINTYRE, Gymnastics OSSIE | PISANI, JAXON | PLAZONIC, NIKO | RALPH, CARSON RICHARDS, KAI | SANDERSON, COLTON | YAEHNE, LUCAS FAVOURITE HOCKEY MEMORY: Winning gold at Minor Hockey Staff: DECHAMPLAIN, KURTIS | MCINTYRE, BRODY Week after so many losses. PISANI, FERNANDO | RICHARDS, SEAN | SANDERSON, GERRY

Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gNOVICE ELIASON gNOVICE FERGUSON

SE453 - NORTH SEERA ST ALBERT NOVICE 3B - SA725 Players: BAALAM, BRYCE | BELOUS, BRENNA | BUTLER Players: BOGART, HAYDAN | CHUGG, DEXTER | CROZIER, ROWAN FENSKE, EDWARD | GOULET, TUOMAS | KREKLAU, DUROCHER, RILEY | FABER, BRAEDAN | GAUTHIER, KOWEN BROOKLYNN | LUPKE, EVELYN | NEWANS, ZACHARY GIBSON, MIKAYLA | JAMES, LIAM | JOHNSON, DOMINIC O’BRIEN, FINN | PARADIS, CHARLES | PELCHAT, EMMANUEL KALYNCHUK, ALEXANDER | MAISANO, MATTEO | MATHISEN, THIESSEN, ELLIOT | WONG-MAGICO, NOLAN SETH | PROSTEBBY, JAKE | STILES, NATHAN | SWIFT, CADEN ZAYCHKOWSKY, LUCAS Staff: GOULET, CAL | KREKLAU, KEVIN | NEWANS, STEVE Staff: CHUGG, MAHLON | FABER, STEVE | GAUTHIER, RYAN PARADIS, TYLER | PELCHAT, LOUIS-PHILIPPE GIBSON, SARAH | MCEWAN, DEREK | STILES, DALE

Hockey Edmonton Magazine | 31 Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gNOVICE GRETZKY gNOVICE HEIN

ENOCH CREE NOVICE 2 NE204 - EAGLES Players: ALEXIS, KASODA | ARCAND, BLAKE | BREWER-MORIN, Players: APPELMAN, SOPHIA | BUNDUN, ANTHONY | EL MAKAYLA | BRULE, KYRIE | BRUNO-THOMAS, CODY | BURNS, BAWARCHI, MAHMOUD | EL BAWARCHI, MOHAMAD | EZROUTI, KINGSTON | CARDINAL-RAIN, ALYSSA | CARDINAL-RAIN, ADAM | EZROUTI, NOAH | HATOUM, GAVIN | KADDOURA, HELENA | GOODSWIMMER, TYSON | LETENDRE, DARIAN YAKOUB | KOULOURIS, KOSTAS | MCMARTIN, ALEXANDER MICHEL-BURNSTICK, JAEDUS | MORIN, AMERIE | MORIN, KATORI ROGGE, MADISON | SAWAN, MOHAMAD | SEIFEDDINE, AMEER MORIN, WAUKEEN | PAPIN-CARDINAL, JUSTINE | PEACOCK- SHTAY, WEAM | TOMLINSON, ELLIOT | YAM, ISAAC PAPIN, KEYAYSHA | SHARPHEAD, BENTLEY | WARD, SOPHIE Staff: APPELMAN, THEODORE | APPELMAN, THEODORE Staff: BURNS, SHAWN | FLEMING, TAYLOR | RAIN, JARETTE BUNDUN, KYLE | MCMARTIN, ERIC | YAM, DAN

Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gNOVICE KIRILLO gNOVICE KORBUTT

SE420 - MILLWOODS FIREBIRDS KC048 - KC ST. CHARLES HORNETS Players: AXTELL, CONNOR | BORSHOWA, BEN | CATHCART, Players: BAILEY, CARSON | BESCHELL, MIKAYLA | BROUSE, MATTHEW | CHAHAL, IVOR | DHILLON, GURSHAN | DUNLOP, ALEXANDER | FARR, MASON | MENARD, COLE | PEREIRA, BECKHAM | FERRIS, ETHAN | GAZELLE, KEANE | HARVEY, TREY ZACK | PERSAUD, MATTHEW | PHILLIPS, OLIVER | POPIL, ISSAC, JACOB | KY, CHRISTIAN | MAYAN, SCARLETT | SINGH ELLAMARIE | REDHEAD, RYAN | TARANKO, GRADIN DHALIWAL, JASON | TESKEY, KAEL | WIENS, SHELBY TOWER, CHARLES | YAGGEY, MILAD Staff: AXTELL, CHRIS | ISSAC, SABU | KY, PHONG Staff: BROUSE, BRIAN | POPIL, ZENON MAYAN, AVORY | SZABO, ISAAC TARANKO, JASON | TOWER, CHARLES

32 | Hockey Edmonton Magazine Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team VICE LIBE MACDO gNO R gNOVICE UGALL

SE409 - MILLWOODS BRUINS Players: AINSWORTH, WYATT | AUCHENBERG, THIAS | BARNER, SW575 – CONFED PHOENIX CHARLES | BAUZON, RHAYLEE | ELLIOTT, KYLEN | HANS, EASTON Players: BLACKBURN, TAYLOR | CHIMERA, CARTER | CRAIG, HARAGA, SAMUEL | ISKIW, NATHAN | LARIVIERE, ANDREW XAVIER FARION, CHASE | FECHNER, BRITTA | GONZALEZ, ETHAN LEVESQUE, MAKENZIE | MACLELLAN, KINGSLEY | MEADOR, DEVON GOODWIN, DAVIN | GRABAS, OWEN | GRIFFITHS, NOLAN | HWANG, MOLYNEUX, ANDREW | MORIN, HUDSON | SINGH, GURSHAN EVAN | MAGNAN, ROCKY | PETERS, CORMAC | WASYLYCIA, CONNOR Staff: AUCHENBERG, DOUGLAS | BARNER, AARON | ELLIOTT, Staff: BLACKBURN, DWAYNE | CHIMERA, JEFF | FECHNER, MARTIN TREVOR | HANS, JASON | HARAGA, MIKE | LARIVIERE, STEVEN GONZALEZ, GERMAN | GRABAS, JEREMY | MAGNAN, AARON LEVESQUE, JOE | MOLYNEUX, GEOFFERY | MORIN, CHAD

Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team A ICE MCL gNOVICE M NDEVILLE gNOV EAN

NE203 - EAGLES KC042 - SW KC Players: BABIN, NICOLAS | BLACK, QUINTYN | GRAHAM, Players: ABOUGOUSH, WILLAID | CARNOVALE, MASON | CLARK, SHAUN | GRAY, TORIN | HOPWOOD, IAN | KANTOR, GABRIEL BRAYDEN | COLIN, MIA-ISABELA | CURRIE, TYLER | DALLAS, LAMOUELLE, KONSTANTINE | MCCONAGHIE, NOLAN HAILEY ELLIS, THEODORE | HAMILTON, CALLIE | HENDERSON, NELSON, SHEPARD | PARK, DYLAN | PORTER, TUCKER SARA HOULIHAN, ETHAN | LOUNSBURY, WILLIAM | NGUYEN, CRUZ ROBAR, GRACE | WILLOUGHBY, TRISTAN | XU, JIE RAU, CLAIRE | SHIELDS, JENNA | TALLICK, RYDER | VIEL, AUSTIN YANG, JEREMY | ZATORSKI, IZAYA Staff: ABOUGOUSH, ADEL | COLIN, GEORGE | CURRIE, RYAN Staff: BABIN, ERIC | GRAY, PATRICK | KANTOR, MIKE HAMILTON, NATHAN | LOUNSBURY, WILLIAM | TALLICK, ADAM MCCONAGHIE, BRENNAN | NELSON, MICHAEL | ROBAR, EDDIE

Hockey Edmonton Magazine | 33 Gold Medal Winner Gold Medal Winning Team CE PHIL NIKOLAS VIHOS NOVI LIPS

AGE: 8 g gCURRENT TEAM: Whitemud West 323 - Snipers YEARS PLAYED: 4 GRADE: 3 USUAL POSITION: Right Wing FAVOURITE HOCKEY TEAM: San Jose Sharks FAVOURITE HOCKEY PLAYER: Brent Burns NW323 - WHITEMUD WEST WHO IS YOUR ROLE MODEL: My Dad Players: BOUCHARD, JORDAN | COX, NICKSON | CULHAM, CLARK FRASER, JAXON | HAQUE, ALI | HECK, FINN | HUGHES, OTHER HOBBIES / INTERESTS: MILLER JOHNSON, ORIN | JONES, ETHAN | POULIN, MAXIME Soccer, Piano & Figure Skating SCHAUERTE, JACOB | STEWART, LIAM | VANBERG, REECE FAVOURITE HOCKEY MEMORY: VIHOS, NIKOLAS | YAKINNEAH, ZDENO | ZAROWNY, HUNTER Winning the gold medal game at Minor Hockey Week! Staff: COX, JUSTIN | FRASER, MATT | HUGHES, O’RYAN SCHAUERTE, NATHAN | STEWART, TREVIS | VANBERG, TRAVIS VIHOS, JOHN | ZAROWNY, AARON

Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gNOVICE VIRGIL gNOVICE WILLIAMS

NW322 - WHITEMUD WEST NW328 - WHITEMUD WEST Players: CRERAN, HAYDEN | DAMERY, GAGE | FEHLAUER, BLAKE Players: COWLEY, CARSON | CROMWELL, GRIFFIN | DUFFETT, HORE, JACOB | KEHLER, RYLAN | LEMKE, CAIUS | MADDIGAN, BRAYDEN | HELWIG, HUDSON | JOHNSON, NOLAN | LEMKE, JACOB ZANDER | NARANJILLA, MATTIA | NAUMANN, PARKER | OKOLOISE, LUSSIER, MARCUS | MOREAU, BRAYDEN | NOSEWORTHY, JADEN NATHAN | POPOWICH, ETHAN | SAMU, LUKA | SORENSEN, POGUE, REECE | QIN, TIANYI | SAWATZKY, KYLE | VILLARICA, JACK COLE | THOMPSON, BRYCE | WATSON, ELI | WILSON, AIDEN WOOD, LATHAN | WRIGHTSELL, REEVE | WYNNYK, ETHAN Staff: CRERAN, RYAN | DAMERY, DEREK | HORE, ANDREW Staff: COWLEY, BRAD | COWLEY, GREG | CROMWELL, KELLY NAUMANN, KYLE | POPOWICH, RYAN MOREAU, MICHAEL | POGUE, DEAN | VILLARICA, JAY WYNNYK, CHRISTOPHER

34 | Hockey Edmonton Magazine Gold Medal Winner Gold Medal Winning Team from 2017 QEMHW ATOM AVALANCHE BRAYDEN GIN AGE: 9 g CURRENT TEAM: SWAT Bombers 667 gYEARS PLAYED: 5 GRADE: 4 USUAL POSITION: Defence FAVOURITE HOCKEY TEAM: Edmonton Oilers FAVOURITE HOCKEY PLAYER: Connor McDavid WHO IS YOUR ROLE MODEL: NE212 - EAGLES My Dad Players: JUSTIN ARNOLD | JAMES BARBER | JESSE BORDIAN OTHER HOBBIES / INTERESTS: ROBERT ELLIS | HAMDAN FARHAT | WILLIAM HENKE Taekwondo & Cub Scouts RILEY HODDER | DECLAN JOHANNESEN | AIDAN JUNCK FAVOURITE HOCKEY MEMORY: DYLAN KOROLUK | JACOB LOVE | AVERY SIMONIN Winning gold at 2017 Quikcard CONNOR VAN DYCK | KOLBY WILLOUGHBY | DECLAN WONG Edmonton Minor Hockey Week! Staff: JERRETT BORDIAN | MICHAEL FORESTELL | RYAN JUNCK JAMES LOVE | LANCE SIMONIN

Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gATOM BLACKHAWKS gATOM BLUES

NW348 - WHITEMUD WEST NW285 - HAWKS Players: ALKAROUT, AMIR | ARLIDGE, AUSTIN | CONNOLLY, Players: DRAYDEN CHRISTENSEN | MATTHEW ELDING | KOHEN JESSY | DUCHARME, JACOB | HELLYER, GABRIEL | KREGER, HAMILTON-RICHARDS | JASON HOGUE | JACK LETTO | HENRY MARKOVICH | MATHESON CAMERON | MERRITT MARTIN LIAM | LABRIE, ZACHARY | NONAY, BROOKLYN | PAUFLER, HAYDEN PERTMAN | JACK RAWLINSON | ETHAN REYES | LUCA DOYLE | PHAM, HAYDYN | RICH, ISAAC | SIMPSON, BRADY RIPOLI | JACOB STEWART | COLIN WOOD | KADEN WOOLNOUGH SIMPSON, BYRON | STROF, CONNER Staff: DAVID EVANS | GLEN HAWKINS | MIKE LETTO | LYLE Staff: ALKAROUT, AHMED | LABRIE, CHRIS | SIMPSON, DON MARKOVICH | TREVIS STEWART | MONTY WOOD SIMPSON, RUSS | STROF, MICHAEL

Hockey Edmonton Magazine | 35 Gold Medal Winner Gold Medal Winning Team BENJAMIN LIM ATOM BRUINS

AGE: 9 gCURRENT TEAM: Whitemud West NW347 Raiders g YEARS PLAYED: 4 GRADE: 4 USUAL POSITION: Defence FAVOURITE HOCKEY TEAM: Whitemud West NW347 Raiders FAVOURITE HOCKEY PLAYER: Connor McDavid WHO IS YOUR ROLE MODEL: Wayne Gretzky NW347 - WHITEMUD WEST Players: BOROSIUK, CALEB | BURKE, KALEN | COX, JESSE OTHER HOBBIES / INTERESTS: Playing video games, playing DECHENE, ALEXANDRE | FAIRCLOUGH, GRIFFIN | LAMB, hockey in my basement & MAXIMUS | LETTO, JACK | LIM, BENJAMIN | MARSON, TYLER playing with my dog. NGAI, DEACON | O’BRIEN, JACOB | ROSHKO, LOGAN | SIMON, BENNETT | TEHA, KADEN | WAN, ISSAC | ZAYAC,HUNTER FAVOURITE HOCKEY MEMORY: Winning gold at Minor Staff: BOROSIUK, MICHAEL | COX, JUSTIN | DECHENE, DARCY Hockey Week! MARSON, SCOTT | O’BRIEN, DAVE | SIMON, MICHAEL TEHA, GREG | ZAYAC, KRIS

Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gATOM CANADIANS gATOM CANUCKS

ST ALBERT ATOM 1C - SA733 SE463 - NORTH SEERA Players: BREZOVSKI, TUCKER | DEACON, BEN | FELL, AUSTIN Players: ALLEN, LEWIS | BRACUK, LAINEY | BUNNER, HAIDYN FINDLAY, LOGAN | HAIGHT, ALEXANDER | HARRISON, JACK CULLINAN, KIERAN | DOLLEVOET, PETER | DOROSHUK, DYLAN HOBBS, EASTON | KACHKOWSKI, JACK | KARAKI, COLE | KONDRO, ELLIS, KAI | ERLAM, SOPHIE | HAWRYLUK, FELIX | HEIFORD, MATTHEW | LONGWORTH, TRISTAN | MCKINNON, JESSE REUBEN | KALINOCKA, NICOLAS (NICO) | RICE, ROWAN | RYBAK, MEUNIER, TY | NELSON-KUZMA, CAMERON | OWEN, KAEL MAKSYMILIAN | WONG-MAGICO, ALEXANDER RICHARDS, CADENCE | TUTTLE, COHEN Staff: ALLEN, JEFF | BRACUK, CHRIS | BUNNER, COLIN Staff: KACHKOWSKI, MARK | KONDRO, BRENT | MEUNIER, MARC CULLINAN, CODY | DOLLEVOET, ROB | ELLIS, KIM OWEN, KORY | RICHARDS, HEATHER | RICHARDS, SEAN HAWRYLUK, TRISTAN | RICE, GREG

36 | Hockey Edmonton Magazine Gold Medal Winning Team FEATURE ON ATOM CAPITALS Gold Medal Winner: g BOHDI MACDONALD

SPRUCE GROVE ATOM 6 - SG859 Players: BARRETT, BRODY | BYERS, LOGAN | COCHRANE, COLE DOIRON, JACKSON | DOUGLAS, ETHAN | HARRIS, KIERAN MUSTUS, MATHEW | PALMER, KELTON | PENMAN, NATHAN PUHALSKI, KAYLA | PURDY, MADISON | RADKE, NASH | ROTH, NICHOLAS | SHACKLETON, ZACHARY | STRINGER, JORDAN TWETEN, JULIEN | ZUTZ, JONAH Staff: BABINEAU, ROD | COCHRANE, GARETT | RADKE, JENNIFER | ROTH, TROY | TWETEN, CHARLES | ZUTZ, STEWART AGE: 10 GRADE: 5 YEARS PLAYED: 6 CURRENT TEAM: KC Vipers USUAL POSITION: Centre Gold Medal Winning Team FAVOURITE HOCKEY TEAM: ATOM DEVILS Edmonton Oilers FAVOURITE HOCKEY PLAYER: Connor McDavid WHO IS YOUR ROLE MODEL: My Dad, for being an assistant coach and helping g me all these years FAVOURITE HOCKEY MEMORY: Winning the gold medal with my teammates and hearing how loud the parents and crowd were!

KC074 - KC ST. MATTHEW VIPERS Players: ALEXANDRE, MARKUS | DARBY, TUCKER | DASSOUKI, YOUSSEF | DOAN, JOHNATHAN | DRAGON, ZANDER | FISCHER, BRETT | JOMHA, AMEER | MACDONALD, BOHDI | NEWMAN, ETHAN | PHO, ISAAC | PIANO, LUCAS | RAHIME, ABRAHIM SIFFLEDEEN, TAIMOOR | SUDYK, NATHAN | TAMMINGA, BRADLEY WELLER, RYLEY | WILLIAMS, LUCA Staff: DARBY, THOMAS | JOMHA, AHMED | MACDONALD, BARRY PHO, DENNIS | SUDYK, JASON

Hockey Edmonton Magazine | 37 Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gATOM DUCKS gATOM FLAMES

BEAUMONT BRAVES ATOM 7 SW588 – CONFED SNIPERS Players: ABRAHAM, LINCOLN | AITKIN, CHARLOTTE | BEVERIDGE, Players: ASHTON, KESLER | BUSSIERE, ISAAC | CORDELL, KAI | BOUCHER, TYLER | DESPRES, DOMINIQUE | ERICKSON, ATTICUS | DYCK, TYLER | EVANS, JACOB | HARSCH, CALE EMERSON | GRAHAM, DAVID | HEMMERLING, LUCAS | KRUK, HOFFMAN, ZACHARIAH | HUNTER, NICHOULAS | KOOY, KALEB JONAS | KULAR, JAGSHAN | LAPORTE, JOSHUA | LEBLANC, LINDSEY LEE, JONAS | PAULSON, EVAN | POTTS, GAVIN | SEERY, DILLON LEMIEUX, MATHIEU | OUANDA, SOURALAIS | SKLARCHUK, STURROCK, BRODIE | TAYLOR, DILLON PARKER | TIETZEN, AUSTIN | VASS, MATTHEW | VASS, ROBERT Staff: DESPRES, VINCENT | GUERETTE, RICHARD Staff: ASHTON, VICTOR | EVANS, PETER | HARSCH, CORY HEMMERLING, CRYSTAL | LAPORTE, CHRIS | SEIDE, KELLY HOFFMAN, HAL | LEMIEUX, RICHARD | VERRET, RENEE

Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gATOM FLYERS gATOM JETS

SE465 - NORTH SEERA SHERWOOD PARK ATOM 3A SP799 Players: BELL, SYDNEE | BLISS-RUSSELL, HENRY | BOEKESTYN, Players: ABRAM, BRADY | COOK, HUDSON | CUNDLIFFE, KEIRA | COMPRI, XAVIER | COULOMBE, ANNALISSE MATTHEW | CYCA, CONNOR | DYER, BRODY | ERGEZINGER, GIESBRECHT, RHETT | HIMSCHOOT, OWEN | LAFAYETTE, TY NATE | FRAY, EMERSON | GOLIGHTLY, WILL | GRAVELLE, LUKE LATIF, ZAYAN | LEISTER, RONAN | MCDONALD, GRAYSON JOHNSON, RYAN | LANCASTER, LUKE | MARSON, LINKIN NICHOLS, MAXIMUS | STANOJEVIC, CADEN | VAJSABEL, STEFAN MIRANDA, ALEXANDRE | OLEKSYN, BRYSON | PICHOTA, HUDSON WARAWA, ISAAC SCHEUER, CARSTEN | SCOTT, SAMUEL | ZAHARIA, RENO Staff: COULOMBE, COLIN | GIESBRECHT, CHAD | MCDONALD, Staff: COOK, JONATHAN | CUNDLIFFE, KEVIN | FRAY, KURTIS DALE | VAJSABEL, BORIS | WARAWA, TERRACE LANCASTER, TIM | MARSON, CODY | UZELMAN, KYLE

38 | Hockey Edmonton Magazine Gold Medal Winner DAWSON FEREDAY

AGE: 9 gCURRENT TEAM: Whitemud West Seals YEARS PLAYED: 5 GRADE: 4 USUAL POSITION: Left Wing FAVOURITE HOCKEY TEAM: Edmonton Oilers FAVOURITE HOCKEY PLAYER: Connor McDavid WHO IS YOUR ROLE MODEL: My Dad OTHER HOBBIES / INTERESTS: Playing with friends FAVOURITE HOCKEY MEMORY: After our gold medal game, my dad served us champagne! (sparkling apple juice)

Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gATOM KINGS gATOM MAPLE LEAFS

NW354 - WHITEMUD WEST SW518 - SWZ OIL KINGS Players: DOUGLAS, PARKER | ELKADRI, AHMED | FEREDAY, Players: BLYTH, HUDSON | BRINKMAN, DECLAN | CRUMLEY, DAWSON HAY, ETHAN | LEE, RONAN | LEE-CARDINAL, ELIZA JAKE | DACHWITZ, BRAYDEN | DEKKER, ETHAN | GEHLERT, MACKENZIE, LACHLAN | MACLEOD, DEXTER | MAKOWSKY, TYE | KANJI, KEYAAN | KEDDIE, JACK | KIERNAN, PRESTEN TOMA | MERRITT, ROBERT | NEUMAN, CONNOR | OLSON, JAKE MARCH, CAMDEN | OHNYSTY, WILSON | PARK, BRENDAN RAIN, TALON | REYES, RAPHAEL | SIDHU, CHANDAN | WALKER, PEROZNI, KALDER | SANDHU, ARSHROOP | SMITH, ETHAN AIDEN | WALKER, KESIA VIK, BRODY | YOUNG-KORBISSER, TYREE | ZHANG, ETHAN Staff: FEREDAY, PAUL | LEE, STUART Staff: BLYTH, DEREK | BRINKMAN, CAMERON | CRUMLEY, MACKENZIE, CAMPBELL | OLSON, JARET JASON | DEKKER, BRAD | KANJI, SHAFIN | SMITH, DARREN

Hockey Edmonton Magazine | 39 Gold Medal Winner Gold Medal Winning Team WILSON OHNYSTA ATOM OILERS

AGE: 10 CURRENT TEAM: gSWZ 518 Oil Kings g YEARS PLAYED: 6 GRADE: 4 USUAL POSITION: Defence FAVOURITE HOCKEY TEAM: Edmonton Oilers FAVOURITE HOCKEY PLAYER: SW587 - CONFED Leon Draisitl Players: CARDINAL, PETER CIPENUK | CARROLL, JOSHUA WHO IS YOUR FOLK, ROWAN | GRANT, ALEXANDER | HOFFMAN, ROLE MODEL: ZACHARIAH | HUCKABAY, NOLAN | HUCKABEE, LIAM My Cousin Brodie HUEBNER, ERIC | MCLEOD, HARRISON | MILLS, TYSAIAH OTHER HOBBIES / INTERESTS: Baseball & Camping ROTH, DARIAN | SEITZ, GAVIN | TCHESNOKOV, ALEXANDER FAVOURITE HOCKEY MEMORY: VOSS, LEVI | WHIDDEN, ALEX Winning Minor Hockey Week two years in a row. Also, Playing Staff: FOLK, DWAYNE | GRANT, COLIN | HUCKABAY, JAMES in tournaments that are out of town, with my friends! MCLEOD, CHAD | MILLS, TREVOR | WHIDDEN, GARRETT

Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gATOM RED WINGS gATOM SENATORS

NE129 - BRAVES Players: AIMOE, LINCOLN | BOYKO, RYLAN | CHUTE, NE128 - BRAVES MAXWELL | CLARK, ZHAYNE | FENWICK, HAYDEN | FIPKE- Players: ALEONG, BRANDON | BARICH, ETHAN | DUFRITH, ALEXANDER MARTIN, MORGAN | FLASHA, VICTORIA | HOGAN, CASEN GAGNE, EVAN | KIERSTEAD, ETHAN | LEWIS, TYLER | MISHIO, JARRELL, HUNTER | LAWRENCE, MARCUS | PAUL, ZAYNE NATHAN | SCHURMAN, HAYDEN | SCOTT, TAILON | STARCHUK, JAYDEN ROY, ALEXANDER | SPRINGER, MAX TELLEFSON, AUSTIN | VEENSTRA, AVERY | WANG, CARSON Staff: FENWICK, WARREN | LAWRENCE, ELTON Staff: ALEONG, RYAN | BARICH, DARYL | BARICH, MIKE | MISHIO, PAUL, DAVE | SPRINGER, VICTOR TODD | STARCHUK, DEAN | TELLEFSON, LISA | VEENSTRA, BRAD

40 | Hockey Edmonton Magazine Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gPEEWEE CAMERON gPEEWEE CLAGGET

SW675 - SWAT ST ALBERT PEEWEE AA STARS - SA747 Players: ABOUGOSH, JOSEPH | ANDERSSON, MAXIM Players: BALLOS, JONATHAN | BREZOVSKI, BLAKE | CAPSTICK, EDWARD | COSTANTINO, BEN | CRANDELL, CARMELO | DAOUST, BIELARCZYK, AVERY | BLACK, RYERSEN | BURNETT, GRACE COHEN | DEVLIN, JET | GIORDANO, LUCA | HANEY, JOHN NOAH BUTTERFIELD, MADELINE | DEVLIN, CARSON | GARBUTT, RYAN HUTCHINSON, ASHTON | KALEMBA, ALEX | MAKAY, OWEN HEATH, JACK | JOHNSON, GARRICK | JONES, RILEY | LEMISKI, MAKOKIS, SADIE | MCLAUGHLIN, CURAN | STRAUSS, KIERAN CARTER | LEONG, JACOB | MENON, DANE | RUTHERFORD, CALEB STRICKLAND, LIAM | TOMLINSON, TYSEN | VALERIO, NIKOLAS SCHNEIDER, MATTHEW | SIM, JACKSON Staff: BERES, ANDREW | BREZOVSKI, MIKE | DAOUST, BRAD Staff: BUTTERFIELD, BRAD | DEVLIN, PAT | GARBUTT, TIM | HEATH, DEVLIN, ANDY | DEVLIN, LEILA | FLEMING, JIM | HANEY, JOHN JEFF | LEMISKI, JASON | RUTHERFORD, MIKE | SCHNEIDER, TIM SCOTT, JERRY | TOMLINSON, BRIAN | TOMLINSON, MORGANN

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Hockey Edmonton Magazine | 41 Gold Medal Winning Team gPEEWEE DALY

KC101 - KC KNIGHTS Players: AYLWARD, JULIAN | BIRD, KAILAN | BONDON, ANTOINE | DEGUARA, CAMERON | KAHLON, ANMOL | LAM, MATTHEW | NOUTA, JAYDEN | POFF, SEAN | STAKHANOV, MIKHAIL | VIENS, SAWYER | VIRK, GURNOOR WORTH, TRENTAN | YOUNG, COLE Staff: AYLWARD, WILLIAM | NOUTA, COLIN POFF, MYLES | VIENS, JAY | YOUNG, IAN

Gold Medal Winning Team gPEEWEE DUTCHAK

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

42 | Hockey Edmonton Magazine Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gPEEWEE FEADER gPEEWEE HAMILTON

SW681 - SWAT ST ALBERT PEEWEE 3A - SA754 Players: ARLINGHAUS, REEVE | BOVEN, BRADEN | BRUNEAU, Players: AMIRAULT, CHRISTIAN | BUSCH, COLE | HERMENEAN, CHASE | GARDINER, MAXWELL | GORDON, RONAN | HUTNAN, EVAN | KLAPSTEIN, COREY | LACLAIRE, NATHANIEL JAKE | KAZURO, MATTHEW | REES, TYSON | REID, ISAAC ROBBINS LOOWELL, RYEN | MA, COLIN | MILLIGAN, LUKE | MILLIGAN, - BURNSTICK, SAMUEL | SCHOPF, NICHOLAS | SCOBLE, WILLIAM SCOTT | REITER, LIAM | RODRIGO, JONAH | SANA, AARON SHIELDS, JOHN | SPAANS, BRAYDEN | SYBULKA, CORBYN SHACK, LINCON | SNOW, DEVLAN | TSE, GARRICK Staff: GARDINER, QUENTIN | GARLAND, IAN | PASCHAL, KENNETH Staff: BUSCH, GREG | KLAPSTEIN, EVERETT REES, ROBERT | REID, PAUL D. | SCHOPF, ALLAN | SPAANS, TONY LOOWELL, MARK | MILLIGAN, JASON | SANA, ELIAS

Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team MC gPEEWEE JEX gPEEWEE KINLEY

SHERWOOD PARK FEMALE PEEWEE SP812 KC095 - KC ST. MATTHEW WARRIORS Players: COLE, MAKAYLA | DUNCOMBE, COURTNEY | DYBKA, GRACE Players: ALEXANDRE, KAITLIN | ALFRAJANI, ALI | ARMCHUK- DYBKA, HANNAH | EIRIKSSON, KAYLEE SHERRI | FEDORUK, TEEGAN LAFLUER, CAMERON | BAKSTAD, DAWSON | BUSCH, JAYDEN FOURNIER, ALEXANDRA | GABERT, BROOKE | GASKELL, ALEXIS CHAN, KEATON | DANNISH, GAVIN | DECKERT, BRODY | GABLE, HANSON, BRENNA | KOMANT, TAYA | KOZAK, CALI | KOZAK, SIERA KAEDEN | HALABI, ANDREW | MOUSTAFA, AHMAD | MYSLICKI, ROCHE, KAYLEE | SHIPTON, SOPHIE | SMALL, BROOKLYN PATRICK JR. | SALAME, CARSON | SCOTT, JONAH | SHAMIE, VETSCH, TALIA | YATES, RACHEL RKAN | WELLER, OWEN | YASINSKY, EVAN Staff: DYBKA, CHRIS | DYBKA, EMMA | EIRIKSSON, APRIL | HANSON, Staff: ARMCHUK, CHRIS | BAKSTAD, DARREN STEVEN | KOMANT, BARRY | KOZAK, JESSE | KOZAK, SHAWNA | ROCHE, NICHOLAS | SMALL, BOB | VETSCH, BRANDON | VETSCH, SHANNON BAKSTAD, LANDON | GABLE, RICK | ROSS, NATHAN

Hockey Edmonton Magazine | 43 Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gPEEWEE NITZ gPEEWEE RAINS

KC096 - KC ST. MATTHEW REBELS NW362 - WHITEMUD WEST Players: ALUCEMA, ANNABELLA | BELAMISCA, JOSHUA Players: BRYANT, WESLEY | CAIRNS, EMRY | DARLING, CHAN, NICHOLAS | ELIUK, ERIK | HALABI, ADONIS | HICKS, ADAM DE LEON, LIAM | FILIPS, ALEC | GIOVANNI, AYDEN SEAN | HOANG, KAI | HORNE, WILLIAM | KEITH, MICHAEL GREGORET-QUINN, ALEXANDRE | LOEFFLER, XANDER KYLE, ADAM | POTTER, XAVIER | RETTSCHLAG, MATTHEW MACLEOD, JAKOB | MALTAIS, LANDEN | MCKENZIE, COHEN RONQUILLO, NATHAN | SCOTT, KALEB NICHOLSON, LUKE | PORUMB, STEFAN | SOOSAY, ANDRE SIFFLEDEEN, JEREMY | SMYTH, TYSON VANSTONE, LUCAS | WIKLUND, COLBY Staff: ALUCEMA, MARCEL | ELIUK, RUSSELL | HOANG, HENG Staff: DARLING, RICHARD | LOEFFLER, MIKE | MACLEOD, CORY; LIEW, YUAN | POTTER, JOHN MCKENZIE, DEVON | QUINN, MIKE

Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gPEEWEE SANREGRET gPEEWEE SHAVE

NE132 - BRAVES SE434 - MILLWOODS BRUINS Players: ASUMU, SEVERINO | BITTMAN, SCOTT | BOWLER- Players: ALLEN, JAYDEN | AUCOIN, BRANDON | BALLAM, COLE BRAUN, ADELINE | BRAR, DARSHVEER | CABALLEROS, DAMIAN BALLAM, JACK | BEEBE, BRETT | CLARKE, GAVIN | KAUS, DYLAN CARPENTER, JADA | CAUL, NICKLAUS | DROVER, JAYDEN KORKOLA, CHASE | LACOMBE, ASHTON | MACPHERSON, ESCOTT, JORDAN | HINKLEY, KEENAN | JACKSON, KALEB | SAM, SETH | MERCIER, KOLBY | ROBINSON, CARTER | SMITH, KODA KEVIN | WATT-MAYES, STERLING | WILLIER, CAYLEY SOPROVICH, CAMERON | YEO, TYLER Staff: CAUL, THOMAS | JACKSON, DION Staff: AMUNDSON, JEFFERY | BEEBE, GREG | CLARKE, GARETH MARTIN, DALEN | ORR, STEVE KAUS, SKYE | WOODS, JAKE

44 | Hockey Edmonton Magazine Gold Medal Winning Team gPEEWEE SOLLANYCH

NE215 - EAGLES

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

Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team EE TY gPEEW MKO gPEEWEE ZAOZIRNY

SE440 - MILLWOODS TITANS ST ALBERT PEEWEE 6A- SA760 Players: ALI, SYED HASSAN | BANNERT, BURKE | BARIAR, PRABHKIRAN | BATH, SHANVIR SINGH | BRANDSON, AUSTIN Players: BENNER, BROCK | BOOTLE, COEN | DEMERS, TYSON BRUNO, KIYA | CONNELL, OWEN | GILL, GURJAAP | GILL, KADAM GAGNON, PAUL | HILLAS, ANDREW | KURTZ, KYLE | LATTA, GRAHAM, RILEY | KHAN, MOHAMMAD | KIZIAK, BRAEDON | LACROIX, CHASE LIGHTFOOT, BENJAMIN | LOWN, OLIVER | MCDONALD, EDDIE | MCDOUGALL, JAXON | NGO, CALISTA | RAMIREZ, MANUEL | COREY NIELSEN, JAMES | ROGERS, WILLIAM | RUSSELL, ETHAN SOUTHWICK, EITHAN | TALLON, SLOAN SUTCLIFFE, NOLAN | WHILLANS, JAYCE | WHITTAL, CHRISTOPHER Staff: BANNERT, CLINT | MADDIGAN, ROBERT | MCDOUGALL, Staff: BOOTLE, ED | GAGNON, NORM | KURTZ, MIKE SEAN MOORE, SHAWN | POMEROY, TOM | SOUTHWICK, NICOLE MCDONALD, ROB | SUTCLIFFE, SEAN | WHITTAL, BYRON TALLON, BRUCE

Hockey Edmonton Magazine | 45 Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gBANTAM ATKINSON gBANTAM BARNES

SE487 - SEERA SW531 - SWZ OIL KING Players: ANAKA, CALLUM | BENTLEY, BENJAMIN | BIRKOBEN, Players: BAICH, LOGAN | CAIRO, CARSON | CHOI, HAYDEN KEAGHEN | BORDEN, RYAN | CHAHAL, AADESH | DELOS BEOMKWON | CLARKE, AIDEN | GRANT, ZACHARIAH HOSSACK, SANTOS, BRIAN | DRAPER, BEN | FULLAM, ROBERT | GANAM, SEAN | JOHNSON, LINDSEY | KRUKEWICH, ZACHARIAH | LARUE, KASPER | GANAM, SHAYE (AYDEN) | GILL, ARMAAN | JOBSON, DANIEL | LOOK, JASON | PHILIPPON, GAGE | SCHNEIDER, TYRESE | KITTLE, JESSE | MAIER, JESSE | MASLUK, PAXTON CRAIG SWARTZ, ETHAN | WALKER, MAKALO | WUEST, KONRAD PRAKASH, ELVIS | TAYLOR, BRADLEY YUAN, JUNN | ZYGUN, ALEXANDER Staff: GANAM, SHAYE | MASLUK, DAVID Staff: BAICH, ERIC | HOSSACK, CRAIG | JOHNSON, BARRY DEE PRAKASH, ADREAN | SMITH, MIKE SCHNEIDER, TIM | WISMER, WENDY

Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gBANTAM BUTLER gBANTAM DERMOTT

NW241 - NWZ OUTLAWS ST ALBERT BANTAM 4B- SA773 Players: ANSELMO, MATTHEW | BROOK, COLTON | CHOW, AIDAN COUTURE, CHASE | GALLOWAY, CADEN | GALLOWAY, Players: BLEAKNEY, SHANE | CAMERON, TYE | CROZIER, GABRIEL GOERTZEN, OWEN | HAYNE, MYLES | HUGHES, CONNOR | HOWES, LUCAS | JONES, CONNOR | KALLAY, AUSTIN IPPOLITO, MATTEO | KENNEDY, NATHAN | LAI, CARTER PEYTON | KENDRICK, BRYNDEN | MACKENZIE, BRAYDEN LOCKMAN, LOGAN | NAGEL, KARSTON | NEILSEN, ELI | PARISEAU, MACPHERSON, ETHAN | MUELLER, ADAM | POPOWICH, JARRET | POYSER, DYLAN | REITER, CARSON | REYNOLDS, NIKHIL CHASE | ROOKE, NATHAN | ROTH, PORTER | SIMMS, JACE SLAGHT, ETHAN | SOKALSKI, SHEA TAYLOR, MAX | TUTTLE, CONNOR Staff: ANSELMO, GEOFFREY | BROOK, COLIN | GALLOWAY, BRAD Staff: JONES, MICHAEL | KALLAY, DAVE | KENDRICK, RICK HAYNE, ROB | IPPOLITO, TOM | KOLIDA, PAUL POPOWICH, KURT | ROOKE, THOMAS NEILSEN, TYLER | SOKALSKI, LON

46 | Hockey Edmonton Magazine Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gBANTAM FEMALE A gBANTAM FEMALE B

SHERWOOD PARK FEMALE EG709 - EGHA REBELS FUZION BANTAM 1 SP825 Players: ABELE, AUTUMN | ANDRUSIAK, TARYN | BLANCO NUÑEZ, PAULA | COMEGAN, JAIDEN | DECK, JORDANA Players: BABYCK, BROOKE | BISHOP, RAYA | DENNEY, TAYA DY, TRINITY | FOX, DARRAH | GINGLES, KATHERINE ELENIAK, KAYLEE | FENTON, HALLE | GOEREE, JORDAN | JONES, REESE | MATCH, ABIGAIL | NIEMAN, JENNA | NORD, LINDSAY JACKNISKY, NATALIA | LEHMAN, BROOKE | LEQUIER, GRACE O’BRIEN, HAILEY | ROBINS, KAYLA | SEMOTIUK, JULIE | SMIBERT, MALCOLM, KATHLEEN | MCCARTHY, ALYSSA | MENON, ELLA ASHLEY | TAITINGER, CHLOE | WEBSTER, KIANNA | WHITE, NAKONECHNY, ULIANNA | PHILLIPS, ERIN | ROPPO, SOPHIA DANIELLE | WHITE, LAUREN | WILSON, ALEXANDRA WOODS, GRACIE | YOUNG, KAYLEY Staff: BABYCK, BRENT | DENNEY, CURTIS | DENNEY, SUSAN Staff: ALBRECHT, BRITTANY | ANDRUSIAK, JASON FENTON, NATHAN | GOEREE, CHAD | MATCH, BEN | O’BRIEN, COMEGAN, TANNIS | DECK, BARRY | HOWARD, ERICA JACKIE | O’BRIEN, PETE | WILSON, KELLY JACKNISKY, TOM | YOUNG, BRENT

Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team TAM FY gBANTAM FREDERICK gBAN SH

SW526 - SWZ OIL KINGS SHERWOOD PARK BANTAM 6 SP832 Players: BRUCE, KARSTEN | COX, TYLER | ERMUBE, ALEXANDER Players: ASSALY, TYSON | BRETECHER, JUSTUS | ELLIOTT, FARRIES, ZANE | GAUCHIER, SEBASTIEN | GIANNUZZI, STEFANO CRAWFORD | FARQUHAR, SAM | FREHLICH, EVAN | FUNNELL, HEIDENREICH-KORCHINSKI, JUSTIN | HUMEN, JOSHUA | KEYLOR, JAXEN | HANSEN, TYSON | HELGESON, JESSE | JONES, GRIFFIN MATTHEW | KRISTJANSON, KIERAN | KUSHNERYK, DYLAN KAINZ, ETHAN | KRYS, AEDAN | MACGILLIVRAY, TYSON KUSHNIR, CAIDEN | LAMOUREUX, CORBIN | LOTHAMER, AUSTIN PITZEL, GARRETT | PLICAN, AUSTIN | RITCHIE, ERIC | ROBERTS, MCPHAIL, ETHAN | NORSTEN, LUCAS | REDDEKOPP, TYE RYDER | ROY, KEEGAN | SAUNDERS, TYNE | SIMPSON, KRUZ ROBSON, COLIN | SETTLE, EVAN | SOMERS, EVAN | THOMAS, EVAN STEPANIUK, CLARKE Staff: COX, CHRISTOPHER | HUMEN, MIKE | KEYLOR, KELLY Staff: ASSALY, CHERYL | FREHLICH, CHRIS | FUNNELL, JESSE LOTHAMER, BRAD | NORSTEN, TYLER MACGILLIVRAY, ANDREW | PITZEL, ROB | RITCHIE, RON

Hockey Edmonton Magazine | 47 Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gBANTAM LEE gBANTAM PRUDEN

KC109 - KC SABRES SW529 - SWZ OIL KINGS Players: BARABASH, JUSTIN | BEATON, RYDAN | DAVIDSON, Players: BIRD, TODD | CAINES, WILLIAM | CAMPBELL, CARTER CANTIN, ZACHARY | CHIVERS, RILEY | CURRAN, GAVIN CHRISTIAN | EL-HARATI, YOUSSEF | HUBER, JOSHUA FULCHER, AYDEN | HUYGHE, MARKUS | KEEHN, BRETT | KOBI, KOOTENAY, DAYTON | MCCARTHY, NATHAN | MELVIN, BRANDT KYLE | KONOWALEC, MAX | KURIAN, SAMUEL | MORHART, MUSTAFA, KARIM | OSWALD, JONAH | PALTZAT, CONNOR SETH | NELSON, TEJ | NOVAK, ETHAN | POWER, JONATHAN PARKIN, JONAH | REDHEAD, JAKE | VELJANOV, RYAN ROBERTSON, JEVON-TAE | ROSS, KOAH | ROSYCHUK, SLATER WATMOUGH, NOAH | YAM, ROBERT SLAFEREK, ZAREK | THOMAS, EVAN | YOUNG, CALEB Staff: BARABASH, CHAD | GINGRAS, LUKE | MCCARTHY, DEAN Staff: CHIVERS, PATTERSON | CURRAN, JOHN | MORHART, MIKE MUSTAFA, ALEX | PALTZAT, LARRY NELSON, JEFF | ROSS, DESMOND | ROSYCHUK, JARRETT

Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gBANTAM ROSS gMIDGET BIDEWELL

NW246 - NWZ MUSTANGS Players: BRANDON, RHYS | BUSCH, OWEN | CARSCADDEN, SW549 - SWZ OIL KINGS OWEN | CHMAIT, RANI | FAOUR, AHMAD | FIRST RIDER- Players: BADIOLA, LORENZO | DUNN, ETHAN | GUPTA, KUSH CARDINAL, PAYTON | GOEHRING, ANDREAS | HOWSE, HOSSACK, MARK | JEONG, JAMES JAE WON | JOY, GIBSON DOMINIC KARAS, DERIN | KIRWIN, NOLAN | LAMOUCHE, ELI KLYMYSHYN, OSTAP | MACKENZIE, TOMAS | MONAGHAN, LEONARD, GAVIN | LINTON, JOSHUA | LITTLE, JONAH | LUU, CONNOR | MONAGHAN, OWEN | MURESAN, STEFAN SPENCER | MEDLEY, JOSHUA | PARKER, CHASE | PARRILL, PHILIPPON, GAGE | PHIMESTER, ALEX | SOEHN, CAEL | TIMMS, LOGAN | THOMPSON, NOLAN | TRAPP, GARREN R. MICHAEL | WELSH, BRADEN | WONG, EVAN Staff: BUSCH, TYSON | GOEHRING, SHANE Staff: DUNN, JAY | HOSSACK, CRAIG; MEDLEY, GREG | THOMPSON, BRUCE MURESAN, VLAD | SOEHN, SCOTT

48 | Hockey Edmonton Magazine Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gMIDGET BONNER gMIDGET DAVIS

SHERWOOD PARK MIDGET 1 SP837 SPRUCE GROVE MIDGET 2 - SG881 Players: ANDREW, CHRISTOPHER | COLLISON, KYLE | FISCHER, Players: BLACKBURN, SPENCER | CORBIERE, DILLAN ALEXANDER | GODWIN, TYLER | GUDMUNDSON, HUNTER GABOURY, REID | HAGG, THEO | HEDGE, CARTER HARMATYS, TRISTAN | HAWRELAK, JOSH | HEINZE, THEO HOLOWAYCHUK, ADAM | INCH, ANDREW | KEIL, BRAEDEN HEGERFELDT, JACOB | HOOPLE, JAKOB | HUEBNER, DYLAN KIRKLAND, BROCK | KONOPADA, ETHAN | LAMBERT, NATHAN JACKLIN, TRISTON | KURYSH, CONNOR | LAMB, MATTHEW LIPTAK, JUSTIN | MORPHY, CALEB | PIASETSKY, MATTHEW LUKAN, ASHTON | NELSON, RYLEY | PELESHATY, JOEL RUSSELL, KACEY | SMETHURST, CAMERON | SMITH, NOAH SCHMIDT, ERIC | SCHMIDT, KYLE | SHAW-BOWMAN, RILEY Staff: FISCHER, MARK | HAWRELAK, CLAYTON | HAYES, JOHN SPERLING, JUSTIN | STUMP, ETHAN HEINZE, TIM | HOCKLEY, KYLE | KIRKLAND, GILLIAN Staff: HEGERFELDT, JOHN | HOOPLE, CURTIS PIASETSKY, STEVE | SMITH, PAUL KURYSH, KELLY | STUMP, RICK

Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gMIDGET FEMALE A gMIDGET FEMALE B

SHERWOOD PARK FEMALE FUZION ONOWAY FEMALE MIDGET 1 MIDGET SP835 Players: CAMPBELL, SIERRA EMILY | DEWSNAP, ERIN Players: BILLINGSLEY, RAE-LYNN | EBERLE, RACHEL | EMBURY, ENRIGHT, JENNA | EVANS, ALYSSA | FERGEL, RYNAE ERIN | EMPEY-KAINZ, KAYLEA | GARON, MEGAN | HOGLIN, FERGEL, TAYLOR | HOLLOWAY, TIANNA | HOMEAK, JENNA MAIRI | HULL, MORGAN | LEHMAN, CALLEN | MALICA-HARE, KASSIAN, KAITLYN | KIBBLEWHITE, VICTORIA | MILLER, ASHLEY NIKKI | NEAL, LEVI | OLSON, JACKLYN | PAYNE, KAITLIN NICOL, SHAYNA | PAANANEN, JOSIE | PLANTE, SHAYLA RAMSANKAR, J’LYN | REID, PRESLEY | VISSER, JANAE | WARD, SHEELER, ABBYGAIL | SUTHERLAND, JENNIFER JAZMYNE | WARD, JEVLYNN | WILLIAMS, KAITLYN WILDMAN, FAITH | WYLIE, LAUREN Staff: EBERLE, LLOYD | HARE, METIEKE | LEHMAN, RAYMOND Staff: CUMMINS, MELINDA | FERGEL, ANDY | HOLLOWAY, WARD, JASON | WILLIAMS, NATALIE | WILLIAMS, WARREN DARREN | HOMEAK, DANIEL | NICOL, LIANE | WYLIE, WARREN

Hockey Edmonton Magazine | 49 Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gMIDGET HETCHLER gMIDGET HOLT

KC117 - KC SABRES ST ALBERT MIDGET 4 - SA785 Players: AMORIM, MATHEW | BESSETTE, AVERY | CHERPIN, Players: AMBROSIE, TY | ANDERSON, THOMAS | DANKS, BLAKE | DELVER, TREY | DONALD, JOSHUA | DORWARD, MATTHEW | DAVIS, CARSON | DAWSON, RYAN | DUBE, JULIA | EL-HAYOUNI, OUSSAMA | EVANS, JACOB | FUDGE, LIAM | EPP, SAMUEL | GILBEAU, JARED | KROETSCH, BRODIE GAUTHIER, SAWYER | GRANT, CALEY | HALCROW, CONNOR | LABINE, BRODY | MALONEY, GRIFFIN | MILES, JONAH HARATI, NOAH | KUTCHER, TY | LOCONTE, STEVEN DYLAN | NOWELL, ANDREW | OKE, RYAN | PETTER, CRAIG O’CONNOR, ASHTON | ROWLES, CARSON | TAVARES, ZACHARY RUNCO, MASON | SANDMAIER, RYLAN | TAYLOR, LUCAS WARNER, GRAHAM | YOUNGHANS, SILAS WOLFE, MATTHEW Staff: CHERPIN, DALE | DONALD, ROSS | DORWARD, GEOFF Staff: EPP, GLENN | KROETSCH, DOUG | MALONEY, KEVIN; GRANT, MICHAEL | KUTCHER, ROBERT | ROWLES, JAMES OKE, NICK | PETTER, SCOTT

Gold Medal Winning Team Gold Medal Winning Team gMIDGET RUPTASH gMIDGET TURNER

NE153 - NEZ Players: AMMAR, JAIDAN | BENIK, RILEY | DEAN, SETH ENOCH CREE MIDGET 1 DEROSE, ANTHONY | FILIPCHUK, CONOR | FLEURY, SAMUEL Players: ALEXANDER, DAMIAN | BLAIS, GABRIEL | BRUNO, KILPATRICK-STEELE, JACOB | KULCZYCKI, TYLER | LOUGHEED, HAYDEN HAWK | BULL, LEON | CRUZ-MORIN, JEREMY JACOB | MCDONALD, JACOB | NIKIFORUK, TRAVIS | SEMENIUK, MACKINAW, STORM | MORIN, KEIRAN | MORIN, OCEAN STEPHEN | SHAMSELDINE, SHAMSELDINE | SIDORCHUK, MORIN, PHOENIX | STEINHAUER, DAWSON | THOMAS, ZACHARY | STEWART, LUKE | TREMBLAY, ASHTON JARDELLE | THOMAS-CRANE, DREYDON | WARD, CHANCE TRIEU, VAN | TYMCHUK, COLE | WEBBER, COLE WARD, SHYLO | WARD, TERRELL Staff: BENIK, RAYMOND | HARRISON, DALE Staff: MORIN, JONATHAN | MORIN, LOGAN | MORIN, OWEN TREMBLAY, JASON | TYMCHUK, BRIAN THOMAS, JOSEPH

50 | Hockey Edmonton Magazine KLONDIKE CYCLE IS PEDALING INTO THE FUTURE AFTER 44 YEARS IN THE HOCKEY INDUSTRY, WE ARE CHANGING OUR FOCUS TO CYCLING THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES WE STRIVE TO BE YOUR ‘GO TO’ SHOP FOR ALL YOUR CYCLING NEEDS

WHYWHY SHOPSHOP ATAT KLONDIKEKLONDIKE CYCLE?CYCLE? We will continue to sharpen skates at our pro shop all year long.

Our goal is to inspire you to ride or play.

We carry all of your favourite brands such as Norco, Marin, Felt, WeThePeople, Haro, Radio, Thule, Yakima, Giro, Bell, Smith, Camelbak, Fox & more!

Klondike Cycle has been serving Edmonton families since 1974. We are Edmonton’s cycling retailer of choice.

Knowledgable staff will assist you towards what products work best for you.

We aim for a comfortable, family atmosphere in a professional environment.

We provide our customers with quality products & timely service.

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