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spring 2020 YEARBOOK2020 EDITION INSIDE: THE GOLD MEDAL WINNING TEAMS FROM QUIKCARD EDMONTON MINOR HOCKEY WEEK 2020 INSIDE What’s INSIDEHOCKEY EDMONTON MAGAZINE | SPRING 2020 2020 WAYNE GRETZKY AWARD WINNERS MESSAGE FROM THE 12 PRESIDENT OF HOCKEY HOCKEY EDMONTON EDMONTON PHOTOGRAPHS FROM ARENA LOCATOR MAP 5 #CELEBRATEYEGHOCKEY 18 MESSAGE FROM THE 13 GOLD MEDAL WINNING PUBLISHER OF THE HOCKEY SHOOTING TO SCORE TEAMS FROM QUIKCARD EDMONTON MAGAZINE TIPS & TRICKS ON HOW EDMONTON MINOR 7 14 TO GET MORE GOALS 21 HOCKEY WEEK 2020 MATT BENNING HIS STRENGTH ALONG THE QUIKCARD EDMONTON BLUE LINE KEY TO RECENT MINOR HOCKEY WEEK 9 OILER SUCCESS 16 PHOTO MONTAGE Port O’Call Hotel 1935 McKnight Blvd NE, Calgary, Alberta Phone: 1-800-661-1161 Wherever Life Takes You, Best Western is There.R Each Best WesternR branded hotel is independantly owned and operated. EGG. BACON. ALL DAY. Satisfy your breakfast craving any time of day with the Egg & Bacon or Egg & Sausage English Muffin. Breakfast. Lunch. 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We HOCKEY EDMONTON | EXECUTIVES witnessed changes at Hockey Edmonton, with a full President: Joe Spatafora season of the novice modified ice program for all players First VP: Myles Diamond and our midget AAA program has undergone major Second VP: Will Jang changes with retraction from four teams to three. This Director of Elite Hockey: Pat Elliott coming fall we will see a renaming of all our hockey Director of Community Hockey: Kevin Humphrys categories to align with Hockey Canada and Hockey Treasurer: Philippe Bourbonnais Past President: Mark Doram Alberta. So, thank you to all who worked hard to make these transitions as smooth as possible. As I write this message, we are currently working on changes to our elite stream of hockey which will bring an alignment BOARD OF DIRECTORS and balance within the four clubs and will provide a Knights of Columbus EFHC: Paul Brown positive hockey experience for all those members. I NE District: Carlos Vieira would like to thank our staff, volunteers, coaches, team NW District: Pauline Hughes managers and officials, without all these people this SE District: Jim Reed could not happen. SW District: Darren Buma On behalf of the Hockey Edmonton executive, staff and EGHA: April MacKinnon board of directors have an enjoyable and safe summer CAC: Richard McAdie as we look forward to seeing everyone in the fall. MLAC: Neil Brown SSAC: Ted Boomer EFAC: Darren Bilawchuk Knights of Columbus AA: Bruce Fitzpatrick STAFF Executive Assistant: Sharlene Cook Manager Ice Allocations: Dave Linman Yours in Hockey, Ice Allocator: Ray Vigneau Joe Spatafora Operations Manager: Chris March President Hockey Edmonton Manager: Sarah Kennedy Coordinator Administration: Glenn Sommerville Development Manager: Joel Lenius Executive Director: Dean Hengel Hockey Edmonton Magazine | 5 ©2019 McDonald’s Proud to be the Offi cial Restaurant of ©2020 McDonald’s CREATION DATE: MODIFICATION DATE: November 28, 2019 11:09 AM OUTPUT DATE: PROOF # 1 APPROVALS DOCKET #: 11164266 CLIENT: McD DESCRIPTION: Edmonton Hockey Week Poster Prod Mgr.: cg Producer: FILE NAME:111164266_McD_Edmonton_2020_Minor_Hockey_Week_Print_AD_7.875x10.375.indd Acct Exec.: kh Accounts: TRIM:7.875" x 10.375" BLEED: 0.0” Art Director: -- Copywriter: IMAGE RES: 300 dpi Copywriter: -- Senior Copywriter: NOTES: Assoc. Creative Dir.: -- Software: InDesign Art Director: Version: CS6 C M Y K Creative Dir: -- ACD/CD: #400 – 1085 Homer Street, Vancouver BC, V6B 1J4 | p: 604 647 2727 | f: 604 647 6299 | www.cossette.com Operator: sk PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK FOR ACCURACY. PLEASE NOTE: Colour lasers do not accurately represent the colours in the finished product. This proof is strictly for layout purposes only. Message From The Publisher Welcome to our final edition of the Hockey Edmonton Magazine for the 2019-2020 season. CREDITS This is our Yearbook Edition of the magazine, which President and Publisher | Rob Suggitt features the 57 gold medal winning teams from 2020 Quikcard Edmonton Minor Hockey Week. Additionally, we Graphic Designers have included a number of “spotlights” of players who won Cailey Buxton | Katelyn Suggitt gold medals during this event. Contributing Writers We have also included a montage of photos taken during Joel Lenius | Jeremy Freeborn Quikcard Edmonton Minor Hockey Week, and photos submitted for the #CelebrateYEGHockey contest. Copy Editing Shari Narine Lastly, we have a feature article on Matt Benning from the Edmonton Oilers. Benning grew up in Edmonton, played Photography Credits minor hockey in Edmonton, before his two-year stint with Andy Devlin - Oilers Entertainment Group the Spruce Grove Saints. Benning shared a few of his early hockey memories with our magazine, including some fond Sales Associates memories of Quikcard Edmonton Minor Hockey Week. Katerina MacKenzie Lynn Schuster With the hockey season winding down, we would like to wish all the participants a great off-season, and look forward to Accounting Manager Amber-Lea Grmek 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. President & CEO | Rob Suggitt 10177 - 105 Street, Edmonton AB T5J 1E2 Ph: 780.423.5834 | Fax: 780.413.6185 Playhouse Publications Ltd. also publishes the Citadel Sincerely, Theatre Playbill, Edmonton Opera Playbill and the Rob Suggitt Arden Theatre Playbill. All Rights Reserved. The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expresses within do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Publisher of the publisher or Hockey Edmonton. No part of this publication may Hockey Edmonton Magazine be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, ie. electronic, mechanical, photocopied or otherwise recorded without the prior written permission of the publisher - www.suggitt.com Printed By R.R. Donnelley Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Hockey Edmonton Magazine | 7 MATT BENNING STRENGTH ALONG THE BLUE LINE PART OF OILERS’ KEY TO RECENT SUCCESS By Jeremy Freeborn Photos By: Andy Devlin | Oilers Entertainment Group These are exciting times for the Edmonton Oilers. For One of the Oilers’ blueliners in the mix is Edmonton native Matt most of the decade in the 2010s, the Oilers played meaningless games Benning. Even though two concussions have kept him out for a as fans changed their calendar from one year to the next. Except for an good part of the 2019-20 season, Benning is a consistent stay-at- outstanding 2016-17 season when Edmonton finished second in the home defenseman that the Oilers desperately need at this time. Pacific Division and reached the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs Benning is now in his fourth season with the Oilers. To date, against the Anaheim Ducks, there has recently been little for Oilers fans he has been a plus player, someone you rarely find in Oilerland. to get enthusiastic about when it came to the success of the team. In 229 regular season games, he is actually a +32 and has never been a minus player for a single NHL season. Benning Yes, Oilers fans have had the opportunity to watch the remarkable has also showed signs of physicality (225 blocked shots, 121 skill of Connor McDavid, Taylor Hall and Leon Draisaitl over the last 10 penalty minutes and 419 hits), along with some offensive skill years, but rarely did their performances equate to consistent winning. (14 goals and 44 assists for 58 points). As the decade turns to the 2020s, Oilers fans have renewed hope. I caught up with Benning on Jan. 10 following the Oilers It appears as if Edmonton might, just might, finally have a notable practice at Calgary’s Scotiabank Saddledome. The 25-year- defense that can help them reach the Stanley Cup playoffs this season old is thrilled to be a member of the Oilers and is focused on or contend for a playoff spot. At press time, Edmonton holds the improving his health so he can make a significant contribution eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference, one point up to the Oilers down the stretch. on the Winnipeg Jets. Hockey Edmonton Magazine | 9 Benning grew up in a hockey family. His father Brian, also an Edmonton native, played 10 NHL seasons with the Oilers, St. Louis Blues, Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers and Florida Panthers from 1984 to 1995. He had 63 goals and 233 assists for 296 points in 568 NHL regular season games including one goal and seven assists for eight points in 18 games with the Oilers in 1992-93. Brian Benning also has the distinction of being among the players traded from Los Angeles to Pittsburgh for Oilers legend Paul Coffey in 1992. Matt’s uncle Jim, also an Edmonton native, played nine seasons as a defenseman with the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Vancouver Canucks from 1981-1990. He had 52 goals and 191 assists for 243 points in 605 games. After his playing career, Jim became an NHL scout for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks and Buffalo Sabres, before being the assistant general manager of the Boston Bruins (winning a Stanley Cup in 2011) and since 2014 has been the general manager of the Vancouver Canucks.