SMART HOCKEY MAGAZINE March 2013
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Sharing the Energy Crescent Point is proud to team up with the BCHL to support junior hockey www.crescentpointenergy.com SMART HOCKEY MAGAZINE March 2013 Stories. Stats. Scores. Standings. www. .ca Late Registration - 7 Surrey Eagles goalie Michael Santaguida didn’t join the team until late September but quickly made a name for himself. Mr. Consistent - 17 Marcus Basara was one of the few constants in the West Kelowna Warriors lineup this season but put up numbers the whole way. BCHL All-Stars & All-Rookies - 21 Coastal Conference All-Stars - P. 21-22 Interior Conference All-Stars - P. 24-25 2nd Team All-Stars - P. 26 All-Rookie Team - P. 28-29 Non-voting awards - P. 30 Trophy Time - 11 For the first time in three years, the top d-man in the Coastal Conference is not from Powell River. But the Penticton Vees made it a three-peat in the Interior while Chilliwack also had good representation on the trophies this year. Wade Murphy, COVER: Penticton Vees two-time Marcus Basara - W. Kelowna Warriors BCHL first team all star Tyler Steel - Merritt Centennials Mario Puskarich - Langley Rivermen A word from the editor... SMART HOCKEY MAGAZINE Published by the British Columbia Hockey League 102-7382 Winston Street Burnaby, B.C., V5A 2G9 Editor: Brent Mutis (604) 422-8783 [email protected] Contributors: Alex Hill, Gordon Lee Photographer: Garrett James Printed by Printhink Solutions Inc. arity reigned supreme in the 2012-13 BCHL season with the final Circulation: playoff spot not decided until the season’s closing weekend and no Smart Hockey is distributed in team cracking the 80-point barrier in the standings. (Since the ‘08-09 P September, November, January campaign, there has been at least one team that went 90+). and March in these markets: Granted, it was a shorter season with 56 games rather than the usual 60 Alberni Valley Nanaimo but few have been more competitive across the league. It was a year where Cowichan Valley Victoria goals were harder to come by though there were some beauties including Powell River Langley Austin Azurdia’s viral-video game-winner for Langley. Coquitlam Surrey Penticton Chilliwack Salmon Arm Merritt There were also plenty of career years turned in by the league’s many Prince George Vernon talented players. We feature one of them, Marcus Basara of West Kelowna, West Kelowna Trail in this edition. Of course, goalies were a big story this season and we also profile one of the best from the past year in Surrey Eagles netminder Michael Santaguida. Available through www.bchl.ca Enjoy! And see you at the rink. Brent Mutis Editor, Smart Hockey Magazine !)0) K<JKPFLI@HN@K?JL9N8PI<JK8LI8EKJ 8jgifl[jgfejfijf]k_\9:?C#JL9N8P i\jkXliXekjf]9:`em`k\pflkfk\jkpfli@HYp `[\ek`]p`e^k_\fecpi\Xc_fZb\pi\]\i\\j`^eXc]ifd k_fj\j_fneY\cfn%?Xm\]le#Ylk[feËk^\kZXcc\[ INFOGRAPHIE S. 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Santaguida was thrust into a Sept. 28 start against the Coquitlam Express, who were 4-1 Ef[\f[fiXekle[\ii`^_kXid 9\`e^lgkfpflibe\\j`enXk\i ?\X[XZ_\ SERVICE-CONSEIL to start the season, and he responded with 30 saves earning first star and the FortisBC Energy Player of the Game honours. CLIENT “When I got here, I got in Tuesday night at 11:00, my first practice was Wednesday and I was pretty nervous even + , - though I had played in a good league,” he recalls. “I wanted to show the guys I could play.” They certainly know it now. Santaguida reeled off an 8-1 stretch in November and went 10-2-1 from Dec. 28 to Jan. 27 as the Eagles caught and passed the Chilliwack Chiefs for top spot on the Mainland Division. S4-8010 S4-8010 BCHL TestIQ_8.5x11 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 pouces OUI 100% QUADRICHROMIE The recently turned 20-year-old wound up with 29 wins, a Michael Santaguida took the BCHL by storm this season after BCHL-best .933 save percentage, 2.28 goals-against average being added to the Surrey Eagles roster in late September. The COULEURS : and two shutouts. He earned the league’s Goaltending Award DE DOSSIER : O FORMAT FINAL : FORMAT BXiXk\Z_fgg`e^ Gi\k\e[`e^kfÕp ?`[`e^k_\k`d\ N Mississauga, Ont. product earned BCHL all-rookie status and the CETTE ÉPREUVE : MARGE PERDUE : (the first Eagles goalie to ever win it), was named to the BCHL NOM DU FICHIER : league’s Goaltending Award. All-Rookie team and was a Coastal Conference 2nd Team All- Star. While no one in the BCHL knew who he was before Sept. 28, Santaguida had made a good name for himself playing . / 0 for Avon Old Farms, a prep program in Avon, Conn. that has also produced the likes of NHLers Chris Higgins, Brian Leetch, BCHL N/D SUBWAY RESTAURANTS SUBWAY COMMANDITE Hockey (A penalty for...) Jonathan Quick and Cam Atkinson. TITRE : “He’s had the same numbers here as he had in prep school,” SUJET : CLIENT : notes Eagles head coach Matt Erhart. “Everything I’d seen and D’ANNONCE : PUBLICATION : PUBLICATION O N heard was true. In his first game, he was first star and we’ve DATE DE : PARUTION never looked back.” Santaguida finalized a scholarship to the University of Ver- ?feb`e^XkilZb_fie D`jZfe[lZk ;`jZf[XeZ`e^ mont for next season and has been happy to be part of the Eagles’ first-place overall finish in the regular season, their first since 1997. “When I got here, they weren’t in a very good position standings-wise,” he says. “I was excited to turn the team around and as the season progressed, you could see guys try- JXe[n`Z_% k^ff[ZXccX[\c`Z`fljJL9N8P 81>ff[ZXcc@kËjE/ÇG\eXckp]fid`jZfe[lZk%DXb\pflie\o ing new things and the confidence going up and up.” Prepared fresh. © 2008 Doctor’s Associates Inc. SUBWAY® is a registered trademark of Doctor’s Associates Inc. Printed in Canada. Canadian version SMART HOCKEY MAGAZINE 7 S4-8010 TestIQ_8.5x11 BCHL.indd 1 8/4/08 5:29:01 PM Certainly not the largest netminder in the league at 5-foot-9, Santaguida uses sharp instincts and anticipation along with superior puckhandling skills to provide a vital asset for Surrey. He’ll put those tools to use in the playoffs with Austin Azurdia (#11 above) and the rest of the Langley Rivermen providing the opposition. One of the biggest changes when Santaguida took over the “It’s fun to come out and make plays and help my team- crease was how much he communicates with his teammates mates.” on the ice. Santaguida seems to have been the perfect find for the “I’m a vocal guy out there and I think it’s made a world of Eagles and at just the right time too. Not only did he provide difference,” says Santaguida. “I love the D-corps this year; we reliability in the crease, he didn’t really need to adjust to the all play hard for each other. They’ve been there for me and I’ve team’s Olympic-size ice surface at South Surrey Arena. been there for them. My goals-against average directly reflects “When I was growing up, in bantam and midget I played the performance of the defencemen.” on an Olympic-size sheet and I actually love the Olympic-size And Surrey has some of the best with 1st Team All-Stars Dev- sheet,” he says. “To have that much more room behind the net on Toews and Craig Wyszomirski along with the steady play of and corner to corner; some (goalies) don’t like it because of Dan O’Keefe and Jordan Klimek.