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Hockey Weekly Action Photo by John Castine Hockey Weekly Action Photo by LaVance Sykes OT HEROICS: Carmen Merlo (left) begins the celebra - NEXT UP – STATES! Woodhaven Leafs’ Gregory Obrycki firmly grasps the District 2 Pee Wee A tion with teammate Callie Rowbottom after Merlo's in the championship trophy Feb. 9 at the DISC. He and his teammates hope to add a state championship banner during the fifth OT made the St. Louis Lady Blues the 12-U T1EHL Playoff tournament at Orchard Lake March 7-10. See more District winners on Page 3. Champions. See Page 21 for all of the winners. SSUURREE SSIIGGNN OOFF SSPPRRIINNGG –– TTHHEE SSPPRRIINNGG SSCCRRAAMMBBLLEE!! PP.. 1122 PAGE 2 HOCKEY WEEKLY FEBRUARY 20, 2013 Looking for hockey players FOR SPRING?

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In one, GRAHA will partner with Little Caesars AAA participate in several spring tournaments, a High The 1999 Griffins team will have a corporate sponsor on Hockey on a 2002 team. Performance Hockey League event in April and possibly the Griffins game jerseys along with private sponsors to This partnership will help keep some home-grown players one in Chicago in May. keep costs down from the increased ice costs, locker room within GRAHA while also providing them the ability to play Another involves the 1999 in a with video capabilities, and access to the state-of-the art at the Tier I level. AAA program. weight room at their home rink. The 2002 Griffin team is a group of highly skilled players The focus is to provide hockey opportunities for elite Robert Nilsson will be the head coach for the 1999 that have competed all year vs the Elite teams as well aspiring hockey players without leaving home and focus GRAHA Griffins team. The team will be an independent as the AAA teams from across the United States. They now on elite hockey development. The elite development pro - team at the Tier I level but will have the ability to play in have a chance to play Tier I hockey without driving a great gram follows the European model from a practice-to-game AAA tournaments, league showcases and round robins with distance. ratio perspective along with the main focus on top level a focus on playing in Michigan. Mark Beaufait will be the head coach for the 2002 Little player development. The team will have open try-outs for their team and will Caesars West team. The team will be an independent team at The 1999 Griffins team is a highly skilled team that has participate in several spring AAA tournaments. Turcotte Group MAHA DISTRICT CHAMPIONS named hockey director for OL Belle Tire Midget A Selects goalie United HA Quincy Duran and defense - By Paul Harris Hockey Weekly Editor man Matt Alfie Turcotte's goal is to develop skilled hock - Kindred help ey players by the time they're in their mid-teens. hold off Jake He will be working towards that goal as the Oliver and leader of the Turcotte Group, which was recently Wayne Aeros named the Orchard Lake United Hockey at the DISC in Association's director of hockey. the District 2 The Turcotte group's responsibilities include Championship. planning and creating a yearly master plan for Belle Tire coaches to follow under Alfie‘s direction, oversee moves on to and work closely with the coaching committee in the MAHA the coaches’ selection process and develop and State Finals at maintain OLU coaching education program. the Lapeer “Basically, we want to make them good hockey Polar Palace players by the time they are 14-15-16 years old,” March 8-10. Alfie Turcotte said. “Then they can go wherever they want to in their careers from there,” He will also attend monthly meetings and pre - sent updates to the board on the progress of the Hockey Weekly coaching continued education, create an OLU photos by coaching Guide Book that will support the John Castine American Development Model practice plans that have been developed over the past two seasons, develop and maintain a line of communication Here are the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association district for the continued education playoff winners who have been reported to Hockey Weekly of OLU parents and create and oversee the evaluation by MAHA District Chairpersons. These winners will advance to process of both coaches the State Tournament Finals. and players. “The OLU Association DISTRICT 2 BANTAM B Midland Board feels this acquisition SQUIRT B Southgate Senators BANTAM A Midland will put a greater emphasis SQUIRT A Belle Tire BANTAM AA Flint EMHA and continued support to SQUIRT AA Allen Park Huskies MIDGET B Blue Water become the top develop - PEE WEE B Westland Blazers MIDGET BB Blue Water ment program in the coun - MIDGET A Bay County try,” said Orchard Lake PEE WEE A Woodhaven Leafs Alfie Turcotte PEE WEE AA Grosse Ile Islanders MIDGET AA Flint EMHA United Hockey Association BANTAM B Trenton Bantam #1 President Brian Klanow in a statement. DISTRICT 6 Alfie Turcotte said he already knew Klanow, as BANTAM A Trenton '99s SQUIRT B Gr. Valley Stars well as ADM District Manager Bob Mancini – BANTAM AA Allen Park Huskies SQUIRT A Muskegon Chiefs who has worked closely with the OLUHA in MIDGET B Trenton Chiefs SQUIRT AA Gr. Rapids Griffins developing its ADM program – well and was re- MIDGET BB Westland Warriors PEE WEE B Brown Kalamazoo united with them when Turcotte's son began play - MIDGET A Belle Tire Selects PEE WEE A Ann Arbor Wolves ing in the Orchard Lake United Hockey MIDGET AA Belle Tire PEE WEE AA Jackson Generals Association around Thanksgiving. Things then developed from there. DISTRICT 3 BANTAM B Muskegon Alfie Turcotte played 112 NHL games with the PEE WEE A Macomb Mavericks BANTAM A Gr. Rapids Griffins , and DISTRICT 4 BANTAM AA Gr. Rapids Griffins in a professional career that SQUIRT A HoneyBaked MIDGET BB Ann Arbor Storm spanned from 1983-84 to 1998-99, after being a PEE WEE AA Farmington Flames MIDGET A Gr. Rapids Griffins first round draft pick of Montreal in 1983. MIDGET AA Lansing Senators He also was the MVP of the DISTRICT 5 Tournament in 1983, while playing with the SQUIRT B Saginaw DISTRICT 7 Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey SQUIRT A Blue Water PEE WEE B Cadillac Vikings League and was a member of the 1983, 1986 and SQUIRT AA Port Huron PEE WEE A Petoskey Piranhas 1987 USA World Junior Hockey teams. PEE WEE B Saginaw PEE WEE AA TC Dave Harvey's Trevor Senterfit receives his championship Turcotte was also the hockey director for the BANTAM B Cadillac Vikings medal after he and his Squirt B Southgate hockey association in Bensenville, IL., for eight PEE WEE A Saginaw years, where he led teams to six state champi - PEE WEE AA Saginaw MIDGET B Cheboygan KofC Senators teammates defeated Allen Park MIDGET BB St. Ignace Saints for the District 2 title. onships and a head skills instructor for several NHL teams. PAGE 4 HOCKEY WEEKLY FEBRUARY 20, 2013 New Zetterberg off to fast start pparently, being the Red Wings’ huge save after huge save, just robbed them. captain agrees with Henrik RED WINGS He gave us a chance to win and we found a AZetterberg. The center has played WINGS STATS way.” some of his best hockey in a few years in Not only the Red Wings and their fans the early going this season after succeeding Through February 13, 2013 were happy about Ericsson’s game winner. Nicklas Lidstrom in wearing the “C” for the BEAT PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM “The funny thing is, one of the linesman Red Wings. 13 5 13 18 3 10 was thanking me after I scored,” Ericsson PAVEL DATSYUK 13 68 14 54 “Hank has been huge for us,’’ defenseman By Paul Harris 13 19 10 -6 22 said. “He said, “Thank you so much. I really Niklas Kronwall said. “Right now, he may JOHAN FRANZEN 12 36 9 4 31 have to go (to the restroom). I wouldn’t last be as good as I’ve seen him, the stuff he DAMIEN BRUNNER 13 63 9 0 4 the overtime.’” VALTTERI FILPPULA 13 35 8 5 0 does out there, all the little things right. injury bug. JONATHAN ERICSSON 10 24 6 5 8 Lack of shots He’s outworking everybody. Him and Pav Just before defenseman Ian White returned TODD BERTUZZI 721 3 3 2 Detroit’s three-game winning streak was (Datsyuk) are just tremendous.’’ DREW MILLER 13 12 3 -2 2 after missing time because of a leg lacera - snapped by a 4-3 overtime loss to the Blues Zetterberg was fourth in the league in TOMAS TATAR 511 2 1 2 tion, Brendan Smith took a hard check on JORDIN TOOTOO 13 02 2 2 30 at on Feb. 13, as Alexander scoring with 18 points (five goals and 13 his shoulder in Columbus and was expected IAN WHITE 811 2 4 2 Steen jammed the puck past Howard from assists) at press time and had points in 11 CORY EMMERTON 13 11 2 3 4 to be out for at least two or three weeks. just outside the crease 52 seconds into the of Detroit’s 14 games this season. JAKUB KINDL 811 2 4 8 Todd Bertuzzi missed three games with a overtime period. “I just go out and play, and the puck’s PATRICK EAVES 702 2 1 0 back injury and Franzen missed a contest DANIEL CLEARY 13 10 1 -1 22 The Red Wings not only blew a 2-0 lead been bouncing my way,’’ Zetterberg said. with a hip flexor. MIKAEL SAMUELSSON 201 1-1 0 early in the first period, but could only Linemates Damien Brunner and Johan BRIAN LASHOFF 910 1-4 2 In addition center Darren Helm had only manage seven shots after the opening peri - Franzen “have done a good job, and the BRENDAN SMITH 801 1 4 2 played in one game due to a sore back and JUSTIN ABDELKADER 13 01 1 -5 9 od. The Wings had five shots in the second, power play has been better the last couple goalie Jonas Gustavsson remained out with JOAKIM ANDERSSON 300 0 0 2 only one in the third (by Justin Abdelkader of games. So you just got to keep going. I GUSTAV NYQUIST 100 0 0 0 a groin injury. with only 1:17 left in the period) and one know it won’t last forever. You will have KENT HUSKINS 700 0-1 4 more in the short extra period. slumps when you’re not scoring and getting Season-high winning streak CARLO COLAIACOVO 200 0 0 0 KYLE QUINCEY 13 00 0 6 10 “I think we had lots of opportunity to get points. You better be happy when they’re The Red Wings won three straight games JAN MURSAK 100 0 0 2 the puck to the net, I think you’ve got to coming.’’ for the first time this season Feb. 7-10. DARREN HELM 100 0 0 2 give them credit,” Detroit coach Mike The fast start is in contrast to the 2011- Detroit beat the Blues 5-1 in St. Louis on GOALIE GP GAA W L OT SO SV GA SV% Babcock said. “When they’re playing well, 12 season, in which he struggled early and Feb. 7, and then won consecutive one-goal HOWARD 12 2.88 6 4 2 0 311 34 .901 they don’t give up a lot of shots,” only had five points in his first 12 games afternoon games at Joe Louis Arena Feb. 9- GUSTAVSSON 1 3.16 00 0 0 8 1.875 and only 35 points (nine goals and 26 10, 2-1 over the Edmonton Oilers and 3-2 PETR MRAZEK 1 1.00 10 0 0 27 1 0.963 Lidstrom sighting assists) through 35 games. But he finally over the . Nicklas Lidstrom was in attendance for got back to his old self and finished the sea - The win over the Kings was a thriller as for Los Angeles. the loss to St. Louis and the Feb. 15 contest son with a team-leading 69 points. Jonathan Ericsson broke a 2-2 tie with the Detroit won the game despite being against the at Joe Louis. “He’s one of those guys that just wants to game-winning goal as only 4.5 seconds soundly outplayed, as the Kings outshot the The former Red Wing great, who retired improve every day,’’ Kronwall said. “I think remained in regulation. Wings 47-31. Jimmy Howard was spectacu - after last season, is living in his native so far this year he’s been one of the best in That came after Los Angeles had tied the lar with 45 saves. Vasteras Sweden. But he’s in town to partic - the league.’’ game 2-2 with a little less than a minute left “If you watched that game, I think you’d ipate in 97.1 FM’s fourth annual and goalie Jonathan Quick pulled for the say Howie stole that one for us, no doubt Sportsfest.He was at the game on Feb. 13, Injuries continue extra attacker. Defenseman Alec Martinez, about that,” Kronwall said. “Especially in with good friend Tomas Holmstrom, who is Detroit continued to be hit hard by the who is from Rochester, got the tying goal the second period when he came up with also retired. MS diagnosis hasn’t NHL HOCKEY STANDINGS WEEKLY stopped Wild’s Harding Through February 13, 2013 Publisher: John Castine Executive Editor: Peggy Castine ere’s the part of all this that amazes EASTERN CONFERENCE Editor: Paul Harris Josh Harding’s Minnesota Wild ATLANTIC DIVISION teammates the most. NHL TEAM GP W L OTL PTS GF GA Office Manager/Circulation: Jennifer Watters H NEW JERSEY 13 82 319 35 28 Contributors: Bob Duff, Pete Krupsky, Randy Russon, If you didn’t know it, you’d never know. In September, the 28-year-old netminder PITTSBURGH 14 95 018 45 34 Paul Lubanski, Lou Issel, Byron Copley, NY RANGERS 12 75 014 33 30 Lisa Ilitch-Murray, Chuck Klonke, Alexis Bohlinger, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. In BEAT November, he went public with his illness. PHILADELPHIA 14 67 113 34 40 Frank Dattilo, Rena Laverty, By Bob NY ISLANDERS 12 47 1 936 43 Jennifer Watters, Tess Castine and Jonathan Castine “As a player, you don’t see any difference NORTHEAST DIVISION Advertising: John Castine in his game,” Wild captain Mikko Koivu Duff TEAM GP W L OTL PTS GF GA and Jennifer Watters said. BOSTON 11 81 218 32 25 Web Site: http://www.hockeyweekly.com Harding calls this his second NHL tryout. 13 85 016 39 33 email address: [email protected] He knew going into training camp that OTTAWA 14 75 216 35 27 Frequency: HOCKEY WEEKLY is devoted to the best inter - whatever the team said about him publicly, tem. Its cause remains unknown, but MS is MONTREAL 12 74 115 35 33 est of organized hockey including amateur, high school, he was going to have to show them on the the most common neurological disease BUFFALO 14 58 111 39 48 college and professional. HW is published 28 times a year. ice that this potentially debilitating dis - affecting young adults. SOUTHEAST DIVISION Weekly on Wednesday from Nov.-March (except at ease wasn’t going to impact his ability to “I was one of the first to hear the news,” TEAM GP W L OTL PTS GF GA stop pucks at the NHL level. Koivu said. “You get scared, even before CAROLINA 12 74 115 38 36 Thanksgiving & Christmas), twice each during April, May, TAMPA BAY 12 65 113 46 36 June, Sept. and Oct., 3 times in July and Aug. At first, those who know Harding the you know anything about it.” best were fearful of what might be in store It’s been Harding who’s done the most to WINNIPEG 12 56 111 32 40 Subscription Rates: HOCKEY WEEKLY (USPS 097-850) for him, and with good cause. Multiple scle - FLORIDA 12 46 210 30 46 allay their fears. 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MINNESOTA 13 66 113 27 32 permits, but we reserve the right to edit submitted stories 11 44 311 33 39 for length, grammar, punctuation and clarity. “Probably when you first hear what he’s trying COLORADO 11 46 1 923 29 Copyright c 2013 to deal with, there’s some PACIFIC DIVISION CASTINE COMMUNICATIONS INC. questions that pop up,” TEAM GP W L OTL PTS GF GA All Rights Reserved Yeo said. “It was extremely ANAHEIM 12 92 119 42 33 HOCKEY WEEKLY SAN JOSE 13 73 317 36 29 encouraging when you get DALLAS 14 76 115 34 36 PO Box 279 an opportunity to see him Farmington MI 48332 PHOENIX 13 65 214 35 35 first-hand. LOS ANGELES 11 45 210 26 32 248-477-1600 Minnesota’s Josh Harding: I know I’ll come to the rink tomorrow and it will get better.” See NHL BEAT, Page 7 FEBRUARY 20, 2013 HOCKEY WEEKLY PAGE 5 Charlie Harris learned about hockey because of his son By Paul Harris And when I began playing at the age of 15 in 1978, he Hockey Weekly Editor Many of encouraged and supported me in doing so. He and my moth - The upbringing of Charlie Lee Harris Jr. didn’t suggest Charlie’s er drove me to games and practices in Redford Township – that hockey would ever be any part of his life. where I played out of – or wherever I had to go to play. The game just wasn’t something that would ever seem to professional Charlie did this despite rising at 3 a.m. in order go to have any appeal for an African American born in the segre - boxing bouts work six days a week. gated south (Georgia) in 1923. came at And from the time I began covering hockey and the Red But the game did become important to him many years Olympia Wings in the early 90’s until his death, he was always inter - later. Stadium, ested in the team his son covered. That’s because Charlie’s son took an interest in hockey which was the My mother died in 1996 when Charlie was 72, but he in the early 70’s and was playing it by the end of that Red Wings’ mourned the loss and carried on. He was still living alone – decade. And years after that, the son began making a living in the house he and my mother purchased in 1969 – and dri - writing about hockey. home before ving at the age of 88, early last year. And Charlie remained interested in the game. Joe Louis But Charlie began to have problems walking and had Charlie, my father, died on Jan. 30 at the age of 89. Arena. totally lost the ability to do so by the beginning of last July. In addition to learning about hockey, he did and saw After a few hospital visits, he went to the hospital for many notable and significant things in his long life, the final time on Christmas Eve due to pneumonia. The ill - which spanned many eras in the history of the United ness overwhelmed Charlie’s already compromised kidneys States. The first black president of the United States. and he declined dialysis, which would have added a few Charlie went on to serve his country in World War II To make it even sweeter, Barack Obama was elected on months to his life. (mostly on Guam Island in the Army Corps of Engineers Charlie’s 85th birthday, Nov. 4, 2008. Charlie spent his last three weeks at the Manor of Novi from 1943-46), to working in the automobile factories of And he was never shy about sharing his experiences of Nursing and Rehabilitation facilty. Detroit (from 1946 when he came to the city until the early all of it to whoever would listen … or even if they didn’t He and I watched many games on television together 60’s). He did this while pursuing a professional boxing listen. over the years. Most of them were baseball games but also career for part of that time (from 1947 to the early 50’s in I first developed an interest in hockey during the 1972- quite a few hockey games. which he was 16-7 as a welterweight), to marriage and rais - 73 season. Three days before he died, I sat in his room as he mostly ing three children. He was present the first time the Rev. Charlie certainly hadn’t followed the game with the fer - slept. He woke up a few times and one of those times, Martin Luther King Jr., gave his iconic “I have a dream” vor of his two main sporting passions – boxing (he was Charlie asked, “They playing hockey yet?” I told him, yes speech – which was in Detroit. such a historian that even in the late 70’s he could name (the season had finally begun after the lockout was settled.) After bringing my mother and me home from the hospi - every heavyweight champion since before 1900 in order) And a couple of hours later, we watched our last sporting tal – after I was born – on June 23, 1963, he went to take and baseball (he was a New York Yankees’ fan). But he was event together as the Red Wings played the Blackhawks in part in a Labor March down Woodward Ave., led by Dr. aware of the legacy of the Red Wings. He knew the names Chicago. King, Walter Reuther and Rev. C.L. Franklin. At the end of of , and , who led Charlie was preceded in death by mother Nellie Harris the march, at Cobo Hall, Dr. King first gave the “I have a the Red Wings’ dynasties of the late 40’s and early 50’s. (Russell), stepson Charles Donald Wright and wife Ellen dream” speech and Charlie was in the audience. Many of Charlie’s professional boxing bouts came at Ruth (Rowell). He is survived by children Ilar and Paul Charlie also began working at the Post Office in 1963, Olympia Stadium, which was the Red Wings’ home before Harris, nieces Izola Lewis, Gloria McGee, Amanda and learned to drive tractor trailers, which he did until his Joe Louis Arena. McGowan, Jacqueline Freeman, Mattie Ruth Frazier and retirement in 1988. That was fitting because Charlie had a But when I became interested in the game, he learned Dorothy Stallworth, great nephew Anthonee Motley, lifelong passion for cars and driving. more about it and even took me to Red Wings’ games at the cousins Thelma Cotton, Robert James Brooks, Barbara He also saw something he never thought he would see: Olympia as he had done with Tigers games at Tiger Stadium. Jean Dowdell and a host of other relatives and friends. New book by Bob Duff tells Marcel Pronovost’s story By Paul Harris Olmstead. But the play got fouled up. Hockey Weekly Editor Gordie shifted right into the line of fire. I Hockey Weekly NHL columnist Bob Duff missed the Hab and hit him. Broke his has authored or co-authored many books on shoulder. He was out six games. hockey over the years. Naturally, I felt pretty lousy about that. His latest examines the life and career of But all Gordie said in the first-aid room was, former Red Wing defenseman, Hockey Hall “Marcel, you’re a rotten bodychecker. You’d of Famer and scout better get your eyes tested.” Marcel Pronovost. Also, Pronovost picked up the first octopus “A Life in Hockey” by Pronovost, with that was ever thrown in a Red Wings’ game. Duff, tells the story of Pronovost, an eight- It came in 1952 on Game 4 of the 1952 time champion, who played Stanley Cup Finals (when the Red Wings with Detroit from 1950 to 1965 and with went 8-0 in the playoffs to win the Cup). the from 1965-66 to After the Red Wings scored the game’s 1969-70, and has remained in hockey first goal, an octopus was thrown onto the since. Even at the ice. According to Duff, Pronovost said nei - age of 82, he is ther the referee nor either linesman would active as a scout for touch it. So Pronovost picked it up with the the Devils. blade of his stick, skated over to the penal - And, as you would ty box and dropped it there. expect, there are plen - Here’s what Sports Illustrated’s Stu ty of interesting and Hackel wrote about the book: “Defensemen funny stories over rarely get the accolades they deserve, but Pronovost’s time in Pronovost’s Hall of Fame career as a rock- hockey. solid blueliner spanned 19 seasons, mostly Of course, he was a in the era, for the Red Wings longtime teammate dynasty of the ’50s and the last Maple Leafs of Gordie Howe. team to win the Cup, those geezers of 1967. During a game in Pronovost He tells his story here, illustrated by glori - Montreal during the ous vintage black and white photos, and 1957-58 season, shares tales of Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay, Pronovost accidentally laid a crushing body Johnny Bower and more, especially his check on Howe. Here’s an excerpt from the friendship with the difficult Terry Sawchuk. book: He also goes into his later scouting career “I guess it was one of the craziest things where he was instrumental in the Devils that ever happened to me and Gordie. There drafting Marty Brodeur. The publisher creat - Marcel Pronovost in action against a Toronto Maple Leaf player. Pronovost, an eight-time was a face-off in our end of the rink. As usual ed two covers, a young Pronovost wearing a Stanley Cup champion, played with Detroit from 1950 to 1965 and with the Toronto Maple in such situations, Gordie was taking the Wings jersey for the US market and an older Leafs from 1965-66 to 1969-70. face-off for us. Marcel in Leafs jersey for Canada. Both “Just before the faceoff, I skated over and look sharp.” Famer Marcel Pronovost. It is 200 pages Toronto Maple Leafs jersey for sale in whispered to him that he was to step aside and is available in both hard cover ($39.95) Canada. It is available at bookstores all as the puck dropped. I wanted to get a reef at “A Life in Hockey” by Marcel Pronovost and paperback (22.95). There are two cov - over North America. For more information the player who had belted me pretty good with Bob Duff, published by Bibliostasis, ers. One with Pronovost in a Red Wing jer - Go to http://www.biblioasis.com/Bob- on an earlier play, Montreal’s Bert chronicles the career of Hockey Hall of sey for sale in the U.S., and the other in a Duff/marcel-pronovost PAGE 6 HOCKEY WEEKLY FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Photo by Rena Laverty Vince Trocheck has scored 14 goals in 13 games for the Whalers. Trocheck is red hot, scores four goals in 5-2 win ou don’t want to shake Vince Trocheck’s hand right now, or touch Yhis stick. WHALERS You’ll get burned. Trocheck scored four goals Feb. 10, in the Whalers’ 5-2 win in Brampton. He BEAT scored the goals in different ways: 1. Following the play through traffic and By Pete getting a second rebound after the puck was Krupsky touched by linemates Tom Wilson and Ryan Hartman to give Plymouth a 1-0 lead during the game’s first shift. When you have a guy on your team that gets 2. Moving through traffic in front of the you four goals, whether one is an empty-net Brampton goal and scoring on a backhand goal or not, I like your chances of win - as he was being dumped to give the Whalers ning.” a 3-1 lead. Trocheck’s four-goal performance is the 3. Scored on a breakaway from center ice first for a Plymouth player since Chad after Wilson collided with a Brampton play - LaRose did it on Oct. 6, 2002, in a 7-4 win er at the Plymouth blue to give the Whalers over the Mississauga IceDogs at Hershey a 4-1 lead. . 4. Scored late in the game on the empty Since coming over from Saginaw at the net by shooting the puck 150 feet from the Jan. 10, Trade Deadline, Trocheck has left boards in his own zone. scored 14 goals and 16 assists for 30 points “He’s one of the top players in the and is plus-13 in 13 games with the league, and that’s why they (Whalers) traded Whalers. for him,” said Brampton coach Stan Butler He’s generating serious consideration for after the game. “We’ve had those types of the Red Wilson Trophy as the Ontario players here. Those type of guys win you games some days that you shouldn’t win. See WHALERS BEAT, Page 7 OHL/PLYMOUTH WHALER STATS Through February 10, 2013 PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM OHL STANDINGS VINCENT TROCHECK 48 38 42 80 31 40 Through February 10, 2013 RYAN HARTMAN 44 21 30 51 17 104 EASTERN CONFERENCE MATTHEW MISTELE 53 25 22 47 13 50 EAST DIV. GP W L OTL SL PTS GF GA GARRETT MEURS 53 24 23 47 2 49 TOM WILSON 37 16 28 44 23 81 51 31 14 3368 159 129 CODY PAYNE 51 16 18 34 10 66 54 31 19 1366 179 154 GIANLUCA CURCURUTO 52 9 25 34 9 26 52 21 26 2347 167 214 STEFAN NOESEN 36 17 15 32 -4 37 54 18 29 3443 155 210 RICKARD RAKELL 32 13 17 30 10 12 OTTAWA 67’S 54 15 35 0434 175 251 CONNOR CARRICK 53 10 20 30 4 58 ALEX ALEARDI 39 15 14 29 5 44 CENTRAL DIV. GP W L OTL SL PTS GF GA ZACH LORENTZ 51 9 15 24 -5 16 53 34 16 1271 192 149 MITCHELL HEARD 17 6915 -4 23 54 25 18 4761 172 174 SEBASTIAN UVIRA 34 4913 2 28 54 25 20 3659 150 156 DANNY VANDERWIEL 48 4913 -1 33 NIAGARA ICEDOGS 54 25 25 2254 180 188 SIMON KARLSSON 34 2911 1 10 AUSTIN LEVI 43 09917 26 53 24 24 0553 150 169 ALEX PETERS 43 099-5 27 WESTERN CONFERENCE ZACH BRATINA 37 448 1 16 WEST DIV. GP W L OTL SL PTS GF GA MICHAEL WHALEY 51 358-10 14 PLYMOUTH WHALERS 53 28 16 5465 203 174 COLIN MACDONALD 43 088 8 19 CURTIS CROMBEEN 14 044 3 4 SARNIA STING 54 30 21 0363 199 191 MITCH JONES 31 044 8 37 SSM GREYHOUNDS 54 29 21 2262 201 195 CONNOR SILLS 36 022-1 36 SAGINAW SPIRIT 53 26 21 3358 196 198 NICK MALYSA 44 022 2 25 54 22 25 1651 162 208 ALEX NEDELJKOVIC 14 011 0 0 MATT MAHALAK 41 011 0 0 MIDWEST DIV. GP W L OTL SL PTS GF GA RILEY CORBIN 5000 0 0 54 39 11 2282 221 143 GOALIE GP GA SO AVG W L OTL SV SV% KITCHENER RANGERS 54 32 15 1671 170 137 MATT MAHALAK 41 121 1 2.93 19 11 4 1063 .905 OWEN SOUND ATTACK 53 33 16 1370 171 132 RILEY CORBIN 5 21 0 5.66 140 94 .817 52 30 17 1465 193 160 A. NEDELJKOVIC 14 32 0 2.77 811337 .913 54 16 30 3540 166 229 FEBRUARY 20, 2013 HOCKEY WEEKLY PAGE 7 This student group outcheers Hockey Moms Dear Readers, You’ve got the spirit? Let’s hear it! This sounds like a chant from Mini-Mite Moms! We Hockey Moms and our young children often make up the loudest cheer - ing sections in the stands. We wear jer - seys, we bring pom poms and we even make posters (with our children, of course). This I am DEAR quite used to and in fact love to do. I still Photos by Solin Vance Images HOCKEY do it now at my Members of Detroit Country Day’s Barnyard cheering section show their symbol – an over-the- nephew’s games. head triangle. Says one member: “This is about community, and a triangle connects on all sides. MOM Ring the bell. Ring We want to be connected as a community.” the bell. I also have a the school by having a group that By Lisa Ilitch small cow bell in my Two members of The Barnyard Steven Gordon why they make an over-the-head triangle arsenal. supports our sports.” Fittingly, The with their arms, he responded, “This is about community, Murray show off their duds on Western But I’ve experi - Barnyard recently attended the hock - and a triangle connects on all sides. We want to be con - enced yet a better Wear night. ey and basketball games dressed as nected as a community.” cheering section that gives us Hockey Moms barnyard animals. They cheer, whis - The teams have also picked up the motion, and it’s now a run for our money. Who could this be? Students. That’s tle, sing and even make a few animal sounds. They have a a way they say thank you to The Barnyard after the games. right. Go to a High School hockey game and look for the Facebook page to communicate with their group. They also How do the athletes feel about The Barnyard? Hockey students. The student-supported schools have loads of kids have themed weeks. Besides dressing as barnyard animals player and senior Patrick Adams said, “The Barnyard pumps and loads of fun! they were recently at a hockey game on Western Wear us up, especially in close games.” Added senior captain Recently, the Detroit Country Day School Class of 2013 night. There were lots of cowboys and even a few Indians. Sebastian Stankiewicz, “This is my fourth year on the team decided that school spirit needed improving in the area of Additionally, Anmar Qureshi tells me that it’s very and by far the most fans we have ever had at our games. We athletics. Not enough students were coming to watch their important to them that this group be fun and continue on really appreciate their support.” classmates so they decided to do something about it. past this year. How refreshing! We have high school teenagers dressing Five students, four seniors and one sophomore founded a They have given that task to Sophomore Joe Bergin. Joe up in costumes for themed nights attending their school's student group and affectionately named it The Barnyard. I hopes to carry on the group and to make it even bigger next basketball and hockey games. For all of the bad press high asked the students, “How did you get your name?” Steven year. “I am involved now because I want to see Barnyard school kids get, it’s sure is nice to hear about a group that Gordon, DCD senior, replied, “A barnyard is a place where continue and even get bigger,” Joe said. wants to improve their school support and spirit. Nice job, animals are all together, united. We want to bring unity to They also have their own animated symbol. When I asked Barnyard! Jiri Hudler returns to the Joe as a Flame NHL BEAT, from Page 4 go his way, that remains a blessing to him. “If he didn’t tell you, if we didn’t talk Hudler returns about it, you wouldn’t know. He looks like In what’s been an emotional in his the same goalie, he moves the same way, life, former center Jiri his athleticism is still great. His competi - Hudler’s return to Joe Louis Arena Tuesday tiveness, his technique – everything is still as a member of the resulted the same. Once we saw that, there was not a in an emotional 4-1 victory on Feb. 5. lot of doubt on our side.” “I have a lot of great memories in this Harding is coming off his best season as an building and of the guys on the other side, NHLer, posting career highs for games (34), so I knew it was going to be special,” wins (13) and (two) in 2011-12. Hudler said. Though he was taken aback by the news It’s been a difficult time for Hudler. While when first informed he had MS, doctors making the transition to his new team after offered an encouraging diagnosis. the NHL lockout ended last month, Hudler’s They felt they’d caught the autoimmune father Jiri Sr. died in the family home of disease, one in which the body randomly Olomouc and Hudler returned to the Czech attacks and eats away the protective lining Republic to be with family. Trocheck is red hot, of the nerves, at such an early stage that “It’s been tough, but this obviously with aggressive treatment via medication, helps a lot, being around the guys, talking Harding wouldn’t be seriously impacted. to the guys, to my teammates, my ex-team - scores four goals in 5-2 win He doesn’t want his sickness to become a mates, and just thinking about hockey,” distraction, nor will he ever use it as an Hudler said. “For me right now, this half WHALERS BEAT, from Page 6 offense. He moved Wilson to Trocheck’s excuse. season is better because the schedule is so line and added Ryan Hartman. “Right now, I’m worried about my game,” tight and I spent some time before with my Hockey League’s Most Valuable Player. The result? Harding said. “On days I’m not very happy dad. And why not? Hartman, Trocheck and Wilson scored a with it, I know I’ll come to the rink tomor - “I didn’t want to sit around for a long Offensively, he’s moved up to fourth in combined eight goals and 12 assists for 20 row and it will get better.” time. Just get back on the horse and play the league’s scoring race with 38 goals and points and were plus-21 in two Plymouth Harding hopes his battle will offer hockey.” 42 assists for 80 points and is plus-31 over victories. encouragement to the thousands of others Flames coach Bob Hartley is impressed 48 games between Saginaw and Plymouth. “I love playing with Hartman – I played dealing with MS. by what Hudler brings to the table. There’s more to Trocheck’s game, with him a lot at the beginning of the year,” His message is a simple one. “He has been a force for us,” Hartley said. though. He may be the best face-off man in Wilson said after being named the game’s “I’m still here,” he said. “I have so much respect for him. I knew him the league, regularly winning 70 percent of first star in a 7-3 win over Owen Still doing what he loves. as a player, now I know him as a player and his draws. Check out any important face-off Sound. “Tonight was my first time playing Even on nights when the scoreline doesn’t a man.” for the Whalers and Trocheck is out there – with Trocheck. He’s so creative and so offen - usually with another Plymouth center that’s sively minded. When you’re on the offensive also capable of winning draws. end with him, it’s pretty easy to play.” Trocheck plays on the point of the power Vellucci changes his combina - we cover play and he has formed an effective - tions around more than most coaches in the amateur killing duo with Wilson. It’s no surprise OHL – usually with a fair amount of success. that Trocheck has scored two shorthanded No matter what happens the rest of the hockey goals since coming over from Saginaw. season, you can be sure that Vince Trocheck HW like nobody else On Jan. 9, Plymouth head coach Mike will be in the middle of something good for www.hockeyweekly.com Vellucci was looking to jump-start his the Whalers. HOCKEY WEEKLY HIGH SCHOOL REPORT www.goalies-only.com FEBRUARY 20, 2013 / PAGE 8 MIHL Showcase weathers elevated expectations By Byron Copley BOYS HIGH SCHOOL Hockey Weekly High School Writer Unbridled trepidation trembled the RANKINGS movers and shakers of the Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League Showcase as Through February 11, 2013 a major snowstorm approached Michigan COMPILED BY MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL on Thursday, Feb. 7, threatening the travel HOCKEY COACHES’ ASSOCIATION plans of several invited outstate teams, coming from as far away as Toronto and DIVISION 1 Green Bay. There was grave doubt for a spell 1. BIRMINGHAM BROTHER RICE if the MIHL Showcase, ironically the 13th 2. BRIGHTON of its kind, was even going to happen as 3. NOVI CATHOLIC CENTRAL planned. And the plans were never this complex or 4. ORCHARD LAKE ST. MARY’S as ambitious compared to previous 5. PLYMOUTH Showcases. 6. MUSKEGON MONA SHORES “Every year, there is some concern that 7. U-D JESUIT one big snowfall could throw the Showcase 8. GROSSE POINTE NORTH into disarray,” said Cranbrook head coach 9. PLYMOUTH SALEM Andy Weidenbach. Novi Catholic Central head coach Todd 10. UTICA EISENHOWER Johnson was more blunt: “We were panick - DIVISION 2 ing, no doubt about it.” With good cause. Four new elite, outstate 1. LIVONIA STEVENSON teams were on the way. One of the premier, 2. TRAVERSE CITY CENTRAL first-time invitees, Upper Canada College, 3. TRENTON was stuck in Toronto and missed its sched - 4. ESCANABA uled Friday game against Orchard Lake St. Hockey Weekly photos by John Castine 5. PORT HURON NORTHERN Mary’s. Conner Jean of Brother Rice looks for a teammate to pass to in the offensive zone as Hill 6. LIVONIA CHURCHILL Other teams coming from outstate and the Academy 18U’s Zach Emelifeonwu defends. Hill came back to win in a shootout, 4-3. outer reaches of 7. GROSSE POINTE SOUTH Michigan needed to aged hockey players for the state of Michigan High School 8. HARTLAND completely rethink in the United States hockey—one way or another. 9. NOVI travel logistics to converged in front of “We rolled the dice,” said Johnson. 10. GRAND HAVEN beat the threatening 80 scouts from all And they came up 7's. Catholic Central snowstorm. Some of walks of the Junior whipped undefeated Notre Dame Preparatory DIVISION 3 them left as early as 4 and College ranks as 6-3, and Cranbrook beat ND the next day in 1. CRANBROOK a.m., on Friday. well as representa - a 4-3 shootout. Brother Rice beat Culver in 2. HOUGHTON Others left on tives of eight NHL a 4-3 shootout, a new wrinkle in this year’s 3. CALUMET Thursday night. franchises. format. It will certainly remain, since there “This event is so “We brought in were 10 of them on the weekend. St. Mary’s 4. LIGGETT big now,” said some real powerhouse beat the Hill Academy U18 team 4-3. 5. SAULT STE. MARIE Johnson, “that I have teams from the The largest margin of victory for any of 6. FLINT POWERS to credit the coaches Midwest,” said the out-state programs was Culver’s 4-1 7. DIVINE CHILD who traveled their Johnson. “The inten - decision over Orchard Lake, where the win - 8. FARMINGTON teams to Trenton on tion was to have the ners erupted Soviet-style with a four-goal Thursday night, so best teams, the best 9. HANCOCK they didn’t get caught players, and to show - See SHOWCASE, Page 10 10. RIVERIVEW in the bad weather. case Michigan High They made the School hockey to the MIHL STANDINGS arrangements that best of our ability.” MAC STANDINGS allowed their kids to Notre Dame Through February 13, 2013 compete and still Preparatory (WI), NORTH DIVI SION W L T OTL GF GA PTS Through February 13, 2013 stay safe. They know Scouting at the Showcase were Ferris Culver Academy (IN), CRANBROOK 11 0 1 0 54 23 23 RED DIVISION W L T OTL GF GA PTS how critical it is for State associate head coach Drew Famulak an additional team NOVI CC 10 3 0 0 51 25 20 DAKOTA 6000 38 4 12 their programs to be from Hill Academy BROTHER RICE 9 1 2 0 60 23 20 (left) and Dan Riedel of the USHL’s Cedar OLSM 5 6 1 0 36 40 11 EISENHOWER 6 0 0 0 47 2 12 a part of this. They Rapids team. (ON) and the already MARYSVILLE 3 5 0 0 22 34 6 were not missing it.” mentioned Upper PH NORTHERN 2 9 0 0 25 46 4 ST. CLAIR SHORES 2 6 0 0 15 42 4 The stakes were never higher for the peo - Canada College appeared for the first time. NORTH DIVI SION W L T OTL GF GA PTS ST. CLAIR 1 7 0 0 10 50 2 ple who built this event from a provincial The Hill Academy U18 team filled the sched - GP NORTH 7 4 0 0 31 28 14 WHITE DIVISION W L T OTL GF GA PTS tournament at Troy Sports Center to a uling void left by Upper Canada College to U-D JESUIT 6 5 1 0 43 35 13 ROMEO 7 0 0 0 42 9 14 Showcase in the true sense of the term, play Orchard Lake St. Mary's, as the MIHL TRENTON 4 7 1 0 34 44 9 UTICA 6 1 0 1 39 29 13 because some of the very best High-School took a risk that would set a new benchmark DE LA SALLE 2 10 0 0 26 59 4 L'ANSE CREUSE 4 3 0 0 27 22 8 WYANDOTTE 0 10 0 1 19 56 1 LC NORTH 1 5 0 1 23 42 3 STEVENSON 1 7 0 0 19 48 2 BLUE DIVISION W L T OTL GF GA PTS 3rd Public School Showcase OAA ANCHOR BAY 7 0 0 0 38 15 14 FRASER 4 2 0 0 30 15 8 STANDINGS CHIPPEWA VALLEY 3 3 0 0 27 23 6 ‘outstanding,’ organizer says PORT HURON 1 3 0 0 13 29 2 Through February 13, 2013 WARREN MOTT 0 6 0 1 22 48 1 By Paul Harris “On Sunday (Feb. 10), a third of all the RED DIVI SION W L T GF GA PTS Hockey Weekly Editor games were either one-goal or overtime ROCHESTER UNTED 52033 13 10 Don Wright, one of the organizers of the games,” he said. “Relatively few of the FARM HILLS UNTED 41217 10 10 Michigan Public High School Hockey games were one-sided.” CLARKSTON 32227 25 8 Showcase, was quite happy how the third- He said in scheduling the games, the STONEY CREEK 3 2 2 18 15 8 year event went. 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Proud Sponsor of Orchard Lake United HOCKEY WEEKLY HIGH SCHOOL REPORT www.goalies-only.com FEBRUARY 20, 2013 / PAGE 10 Girls High School teams overcome obstacles and illnesses By Alexis Bohlinger on the extra goalie gear. dent going end to end, but Hurd encouraged her to pick her Hockey Weekly Staff Writer Murphy played a phenomenal game, shut - moments and be patient with the puck. Mercedes Reyes It appears the flu, as well as numerous ting down every shot after she took the net. scored two goals, one of which was the game winner in injuries, have stricken the Michigan Metro Liggett knew that it had an inexperienced overtime. Reyes is now Ann Arbor's leading scorer. Girls High School Hockey League. Teams are goalie and changed its mindset to come back Freshman Maria Ten Brink also had an outstanding game cancelling games, girls are missing entire and win in overtime, 5-4. According to for the Pioneers and was even called attention to by the ref - weeks of school and teams are playing with Knights captain Aria Ganz-Waple, Murphy eree for her undeniable tenacity covering her point. Maria half of their rosters out with illnesses and was rewarded “player of the game” in the started her freshman year as a beginner skater and went injuries. locker room by her teammates, but the team from getting minimal ice time to playing every other shift Northville has been devastated since week in front of her was also acknowledged by the in the game against North. one with illnesses and according to Amy coaches for playing aggressively and win - “She played her heart out that night. She was tenacious,” Shepler of Bloomfield, they've been lucky ning the necessary battles to dig out of the said Hurd. enough to only have one player out at a time, 4-0 hole they were in. According to Hurd the intensity and excitement on the but it’s been a revolving door. Regina was Ann Arbor also stepped up during a stretch bench continued to grow for the Pioneers as these players forced to cancel a game due to their short ros - Liggett forward Molly of bad luck. In a game against Grosse Pointe gained more confidence. “We got more and more energy and ter of 12 players. Murphy morphed into a North on Wednesday Feb. 6, at Veteran's they got more and more frustrated and by the overtime we Regardless of this appearing to be a record goalie and won in OT, 5-4. Arena, Ann Arbor had five players out with outshot them,” he said. breaking year for illnesses, these teams are concussions and three more out with the flu. Hurd believes that a game like this helps to develop not backing down. Third and fourth liners and With eight of their 20 players missing, rookie players and give them confidence. “If you can rest underclassmen are stepping up to fill roles as teams battle including two of the team’s leading scorers, Caroline Hurd your first line and have a quality third line, your team will to stay healthy during the worst flu season since 2004. and Lauren Chapman, “We didn’t have much firepower up have more energy and they can produce more,” he added. “If University Liggett played an eventful game against front,” said Hurd, “This changed the game from speed and you give those kids the confidence to improve their skills, Walled Lake on Tuesday Feb. 4. Liggett goalie Olivia skill of the top couple lines to focusing on hunkering down come playoffs, they can really contribute. It helps to get Portillo was running a high fever and after allowing four on defense. I told the girls to keep them on the perimeter them real game time experience.” quick goals, she was taken out of the game due to her ill - and focus on heavy D positioning.” Playoffs are coming up quickly with only two and a half ness. Freshman forward Molly Murphy volunteered to put Offensively, the Pioneers had one player who was confi - weeks left in the regular season. GP North MMGHSHL Trenton holds off De LaSalle STANDINGS Trenton held on for a 5-4 win over De La in Detroit. gains tie for Through February 13, 2013 Salle at the Trenton Kennedy Arena Feb. 13. Jack Stander and Jeffrey Herron each had a goal and two assists and Tyler Capp, Max DIVISION 1 The Trojans led 5-0 midway through the third period before the Yoshida and C.J Kusch had a goal and an 2nd with a TEAM W L T OTL GF GA PTS assist each for GP North. GP SOUTH 14 1 0 0 58 23 28 Pilots scored four BOYS times in the final 8:16 Anthony Alleman and Nick Murray also CRANBROOK 13 1 1 0 78 30 27 ROUNDUP scored. win and a tie GP NORTH 12 2 2 1 78 39 27 to make it close. PORT HURON 9 4 0 1 70 34 19 Justin Dunn had two Tanner Colborg made 24 saves and Ben Grosse Pointe North tightened up the A.A. PIONEER 7 7 1 2 68 56 17 goals and an assist and Bradley Teska had a Borland stopped two shots in mop up duty. MMGHSHL standings atop the Division 1 LIGGETT 7 6 0 1 46 48 15 goal and and three assists for the Trojans. PH Northern 6, Flint Powers 1 circuit with a win and a tie Feb. 12 and 13. NORTHVILLE 2 12 0 1 32 76 5 Andrew Sawyer added a goal and two On Feb. 12 at Eddie LADYWOOD 2 14 0 0 32 101 4 assists and Nicholas Bondy also scored. Justin VanBuskirk had two goals and two Edgar Arena, the DIVISION 2 Michael Kinney had two assists. assists and Bryce VanHorn added a goal and GIRLS Norsemen got four TEAM W L T OTL GF GA PTS Liam McKenna, Tommy Raleigh, Angelo two assists to lead PH Northern during a ROUNDUP goals from Elizabeth WALLED LAKE 11 5 0 1 76 58 23 Lipari and Angelo Martin supplied De La Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League Gallagher and one MERCY 9 5 0 0 74 35 18 Salle's goals. Showcase game at Trenton's Kennedy Arena PCS 8 6 0 2 66 42 18 on Feb. 9. each from Katlynn Bowles, Julia Henderson REGINA 4 10 2 0 49 74 10 GP North 7, Wyandotte 1 and Bryn Moody for a 7-5 win over the Matt Fernandez stopped all 16 shots he BLOOMFIELD 4 12 0 0 31 92 8 Seven different players scored for the saw and Trevor Mamps saved seven of eight Mercy Marlins. Lindsay Gallagher had three COUNTRY DAY 0 8 0 0 4 54 0 assists. The two points for the win moved Norsemen on Feb. 13 at City Sports Center shots. GPN into a tie for second place with Cranbrook. Dempsey scored for GPS in a home win on On the road again the following night at Jan. 20, to boost their record to 10-1-0. MIHL Showcase weathers Wallace Arena, GPN battled Cranbrook’s Cranes to a 2-2 tie and both teams sat at 27 Cranbrook 6, Ann Arbor 3 points following the game, leaving them Keiko DeClerck had three goals and two elevated expectations each a point behind first place Grosse assists and her sister Hanna put up a goal Pointe South (14-1-0-0). Cranbrook's and three assists, on Jan. 19, at Wallace Ice SHOWCASE, from Page 8 “And it’s not about who you play for any - record was 13-1-1-0 and GPN's 12-2-2-1. Arena. Mercedes Reyes of Ann Arbor had more, whether AAA or High School. It is all Goal scorers for North in the Cranbrook two goals and an assist. blitz in a four-minute span of the second about developing players. That’s what we, game were Lindsay Gallagher and Sara Port Huron 5, Liggett 4 OT period that erased a 1-0 St. Mary’s lead. as High School coaches, need to focus on. Villani. The Ice Hawks scored 90 seconds into the “We proved that Michigan High School That’s the direction we’re going.” Mercy 5, University Liggett 2 overtime on Saturday, Jan. 19. Hockey can perform at an elite level,” said This was absolutely a quantum leap for Johnson. “The top High School programs the Showcase in the realm of competitive - Division 2 Mercy Marlins defeated the Five different players on Port Huron were responsible for the goals: Alyssa Ayers, in the state play at the elite level of Midget ness, because it concentrated so many more Division 1 Liggett Knights on Jan. 22, at Major hockey. We proved to the scouts that elite players in one venue than ever before. McCann Ice Arena. Mercy senior captain Sara Hall Hansen, Kayla McIntyre and Morgan Thompson. there is no asterisk next to a Michigan High “The teams that came from out of state Madeline McClain of the Marlins was School hockey player anymore. There was said, ‘I see what you are talking about. This responsible for three goals and an assist. Caroline Eckrich had two goals and an assist for Liggett and Ania Dow had a goal always a small doubt of ‘how good are these is a great event, and we’re coming back next GP South 3, Port Huron 2 and an assist. kids?’ year,’” said Johnson. Tenley Shield, Allison Daudlin and Darian Bella Canzano also scored. “There is no doubt now.” That there will even be a Showcase next Overall, the Showcase featured 21 one- year is a minor miracle, thanks to the goal games and five two-goal games. Only efforts of the City of Trenton, the volun - four of the 43 games were decided by four or teers, the coaches who got their teams more goals. onsite early and in no small part to the “If the goal differentials in more than a sponsorship of Capital Mortgage Funding. Save the Date! few of the games gets to be six, seven or “Having a title sponsor this year was eight goals,” said Weidenbach, “you can’t essential to the success of the Showcase,” Sunday, March 17 call it a Showcase.” said Johnson, “because we are always one So what appeared to be a pending disaster major snowstorm away from bankruptcy. For the 11th annual Hockey Weekly-Henrik Zetterberg High School turned out to be a perfect storm of highly Without their sponsorship this year, there contested competitive hockey, the sort that All-State Luncheon at Livonia Burton Manor. might not have been a Showcase next year.” the scouts covet, because they can evaluate Without even knowing if that last-written We’ll honor High School’s All-State and All-Academic Players as well players at all levels in the very situations clause is a viable tense, it illustrates the as the Zetterberg and Devellano Scholarship winners. And we’ll that separate them from the rest. tension generated by the looming Thursday reveal Mr. and Miss Hockey 2013! Watch HW for more details. “The scouts were thrilled with the level of weather, and the relief in the outcome—an competition,” said Johnson. “We have event that sprung to new heights and landed escalated to a whole new level. on its feet. HOCKEY WEEKLY HIGH SCHOOL REPORT www.goalies-only.com FEBRUARY 20, 2013 / PAGE 11 Coast to Coast : Petoskey Coach Ward works to build a hockey culture in Petoskey By Byron Copley other that well when they made the Ward: Yes. The Big North is very competitive, especial - Hockey Weely High School Writer High School team. It took some team ly with the two Traverse City teams, West and Central. Coast to Coast is a weekly snap - building to get them on the same page There’s also Cadillac, Alpena and Gaylord. That makes for shot of a Michigan High School and to build a sense of togetherness some tough road games. We are also in the Northern Hockey team that is known locally, and chemistry. That’s what we focused Michigan Hockey League for the first time this season, but not necessarily around the state. on last year and it has made a big dif - with Cheboygan, Manistee, Mid-Michigan Storm This week: Petoskey of the Big J ference this season. (Gladwin) and the Bay Reps. We were playing these teams North and the Northern Michigan Petoskey HW: It was a bit of a culture shock one or two games anyway and we had room in our schedule, Hockey League. Head coach Brent COAST to when you discovered that hockey is so we decided to join that league as well. This year, we won Ward seeks to build program stabili - not the main attraction in Petoskey, the (NMHL) with a 7-1 record, with our only loss at ty and a hockey culture that was sur - COAST wasn’t it? Cheboygan early in the season. prisingly absent when he arrived. WEEK 7: Ward: I’m originally from Trenton HW: You mentioned Trenton. Did you play hockey there? HW: What was the situation when Petoskey and I’ve always thought that the far - Ward: I played two years for Trenton and I was fortunate you took over? High School ther north you travelled in Michigan, enough to play for Coach Turner. We won a state champi - Brent Ward: This is my second year the more important hockey was. onship in 1998. coaching at Petoskey. When I joined That’s not the case here in Petoskey. It HW: How did your experience playing for Coach Turner the program, I was dealing with a lot of kids who had played is a big football school, the band is very successful and ski - influence your approach at Petoskey? for three coaches. It had to have been rough on them. I was ing is a big draw. So we don’t have a huge talent pool for Ward: Coach Turner is very demanding. He knows what it just trying to show the community, the parents, the school hockey. We’re trying to change that. Many parents believe takes to develop a program into one that can compete for a and, most importantly, the players that “we’re trying to get that hockey is too expensive, and we’re organizing fundrais - state championship every year. His systems work; he some stability here.” I was looking to build on an existing ers to help keep the costs down. We’re working hard to grow expects a lot from his players in the classroom and on the structure, but there was still some work to do. the hockey community in Petoskey, and we’ve been success - ice; and the team plays the way he wants it to play. It’s that HW: What initial steps did you take? ful so far. kind of stability and expectations that I want to bring to Ward: First and foremost was getting the school to sup - HW: So there’s reason for optimism? the Petoskey program. Coach Turner knows the importance port my decisions and also myself supporting their ideas. Ward: In a few more years, I think we’ll continue to grow of the youth hockey association in Trenton. What I learned That meant conversations with the Athletic Director to and have the numbers we’re looking for. Next year, I’ll have in Trenton, growing up in their hockey association, and determine what was important to us. We agreed that we’re players that have been on the team with me for three years with the help of my assistant coach, Jim VanAntwerp, we developing student-athletes, and that we would be monitor - and have only played for me at the High School level. That’s want to get the association here going in the right direc - ing their progress and performance in the classroom. We a step in the right direction. There was nothing wrong with tion, which can only help the High School program. also wanted to mold role models for the community that the the coaches in the past – they did a great job—but it’s nice HW: Final observations? younger kids could look up to. We want those younger kids for the kids to not have to learn new systems and to know Ward: Petoskey is still a very young program that has to aspire to play for the High School. what’s expected of them from one season to the next. had its ups and downs, and it’s all going to start with the HW: What else are you doing to build some momentum HW: What about your on-ice approach to the game? youth. You don’t have to be the best, but you have to give and stability for the program? Ward: Once we get in the opponent’s zone, we like to be your best. We want to know at the end of the day when we Ward: We’re getting the Petoskey Hockey Association aggressive and attack. We also like our defensemen to be are in the locker room that we can look at our teammates organized to keep the kids playing together so they know aggressive and pinch, because they know that the forwards and say that we gave everything we had. I really enjoy each other better when they get to High School. A lot of the will cover for them. We like our defensemen to jump into coaching here and I don’t see myself going anywhere any - players on our team played in Traverse City and in other the play. time soon. So I want to bring the program up to the level places when they were younger, and they did not know each HW: Petoskey competes in two conferences, right? where I think it can be.

Notre Dame defenseman Did you play in the is suspended Michigan National otre Dame junior defenseman Jason Hockey League and Beers was suspended from the team Nindefinitely due to an off-campus CCHA are looking for incident on Sunday, Feb. 3. According to the South Bend Tribune, financial aid for Beers, 22, was booked in the St. Joseph BEAT County Jail early the following morning college? Then it’s time on suspicion of battery, trespassing, By Paul Harris resisting law enforcement, disorderly con - to apply for the Neil J. duct and public intoxication. Allegedly, the female manager of Carnes Memorial Scholarship. Brothers Bar and Grill told Beers to leave six wins topping all goaltenders in the the bar after he tried to take beer from other nation, and was named the Central patrons. Collegiate Hockey Association Rookie of A $1,000 scholarship is available through the Beers reportedly refused to leave, the Month. scholarship fund for the 2013-2014 academic punched the manager in the face and then He backstopped Alaska to their most his - stepped on her head, face and neck when toric January in program history as the year. she fell to the ground and also pulled her Nanooks collected three consecutive week - ponytail. end sweeps, including their first sweep of You first need an application, which you can get During the incident, Beers left his wallet Michigan, while recording a 2.17 goals- by calling Gale M. Cronk, MNHL at the scene and responding officers called against average and stopping 140 shots for him to tell him they located his wallet. a .915 save percentage. President/Treasurer, at 810-629-7637 or mailing Once he arrived at the police station to The 6-foot-1, 184 pound netminder Cronk at 830 Westwood Drive, Fenton, MI 48430. retrieve his wallet, he was arrested. opened the month by making 19 saves in a “The university is aware of this incident 5-4 win at Michigan on Jan. 4. and is confident that it will be handled in a He then turned aside 30 shots the follow - You can also call Hockey Weekly at 248-477-1600 prompt and professional manner through the ing night in a 4-1 victory over the or email your request for an application form to criminal justice system,” Notre Dame Wolverines. spokesman Dennis Brown said in a state - From there, the Nanooks traveled to [email protected]. ment. Notre Dame where Keeney stopped a total of 43 shots in a pair of wins, 5-4 and 2-1, over The deadline to send in your application Keeney Rookie of the Month the Irish. Alaska goaltender John Keeney was Alaska closed out the month at home along with a resume and high school named the Hockey Commissioner’s against Northern Michigan, where the Twin transcript is June 1, 2013. Association Rookie of the Month for Peaks, CA, native made 24 saves in a 2-1 January. win on Friday night. Keeney started and earned wins in all six He then blocked another 24 shots on All questions should be directed to Gale M. Cronk games for the Nanooks in January, with his Saturday in a 4-2 victory. PAGE 12 HOCKEY WEEKLY FEBRUARY 20, 2013 PPrreemmiieerr HHoocckkeeyy pprreesseennttss tthhee 33rrdd AAnnnnuuaall SSpprriinngg ““SSccrraammbbllee”” April 12-14, 2013 All games played at the Troy Sports Center, Troy, MI * Mites through Midgets & girls * 3 game guarantee * 3 - 10 Minute periods for Mite, Squirt and 10U girls * 3 - 15 Minute periods for Pee Wee, bantam, Midget and 12U, 14U, 16U girls Costs: $525 for Mite, Squirt and 10U girls $725 for Pee Wee, bantam, Midget and 12U, 14U, 16U girls For info call Kathy @ 248-860-2157 Email: [email protected] Spring “Scramble” TOURNAMENT APPLICATION Team Name: ______cHecK: Contact: ______mite Address: ______squirt City: ______Pee Wee __Bantam State/Province: ______midget Zip/Postal: ______circle: Phone 1: ______Phone 2: ______B a aa Email: ______girls VViissiitt Send $100 non-refundable deposit to: K & J Ventures LLC, 3569 Sleepy Fox Drive, Rochester HIlls, MI 48309 circle: wwwwww..pprreemmiieerrhhoocckkeeyyttoouurrnnaammeennttss..ccoomm (Visa, Mastercard, Discover also accepted for deposits) 10U 12U 14U 16U MIT #130212

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Hsport that requires so much overall Rankings are through Feb. 10, 2013 athleticism in addition to specific skills KIM’S that aren’t replicated in any other sports, MIDGET MAJOR PEE WEE MAJOR parents, coaches and players are often torn CORNER 1. sHattUcK st. marY (mn) 1. cHicago mission about when they should focusing solely on 2. VICTORY HONDA 2. minUtemen Flames (ma) the sport they love. By Kim McCullough 3. cHicago mission 3. HONEYbAKED Many recent books and articles have MSc, YCS 4. nePonset valleY river rats (ma) 4. la Jr. Kings highlighted the “10,000 Hour Rule”, which 5. team comcast (nJ) 5. LITTLE CAESARS 6. cUlver academY (in) 6. ricHmond generals states that in order to become a master of seems to suggest that accumulating as many your craft (in this case, hockey) you must 7. HONEYbAKED 7. COMPUWARE hours of training as possible between the 8. st. loUis BlUes 8. long island roYals accumulate at least 10,000 hours of deliber- ages of 15-18 might in fact be the key to 9. cleveland Barons 9. WestcHester eXPress (Pa) ate practice time. Now 10,000 hours is a lot making the jump from near-elite to elite 10. bELLE TIRE 10. anaHeim Jr. dUcKs of time, especially when you consider that status. most hockey players are only on the ice for MIDGET MINOR PEE WEE MINOR I’ve watched this first-hand for the past 1. cHicago mission 1. minUtemen Flames (ma) an average of seven hours a week. So how four years with the girls hockey players I 2. colorado tHUnderBirds 2. LITTLE CAESARS (NORTH) would a young player looking to make it to work with at the PEAC School For Elite 3. COMPUWARE 3. cHicago mission the highest levels of hockey be able to Athletes in Toronto. 4. st. loUis BlUes 4. mid-FairField YanKees (ct) accumulate enough hours to reach the top of While our grade 7 and 8 players benefit 5. HONEYbAKED 5. neW JerseY colonials their sport? greatly from getting an extra four on-ice 6. team Wisconsin 6. anaHeim Jr. dUcKs Here is how those 10,000 hours might skills sessions a week skating with older, 7. sHattUcK st. marY (mn) 7. Boston Jr. eagles break down (assuming that a player is train- faster, more experienced players, it is our 8. connecticUt WolF PacK 8. soUtH sHore Kings (ma) ing all year around): If you spent 10 hours High School- aged players who really excel 9. tPH tHUnder (mn) 9. team illinois per week training for 50 weeks of the year, with all the extra time they are spending 10. la Jr. Kings 10. bELLE TIRE you would collect 500 hours of training honing their craft on the ice and in the gym. BANTAM MAJOR SQUIRT MAJOR time per year. At that rate, it would take you While their teammates on their clubs’ teams 1. HONEYbAKED 1. soUtH sHore Kings 20 years to reach the “mastery” level. have had probably 50 practices and 50 2. team comcast (nJ) 2. st. loUis BlUes Considering many young hockey players games by this point in the season, our 3. sHattUcK st. marY (mn) 3. anaHeim Jr. dUcKs don’t start playing until they are 7 or 8, PEAC players have had an additional 70 4. st. loUis BlUes 4. sYracUse nationals 5. colorado tHUnderBirds 5. cHicago mission that might just be too little, too late. hours of on-ice skill training and another Or is it? 6. COMPUWARE 6. san Jose sHarP sHooters 40 hours of off-ice training in the gym. 7. long island gUlls 7. mid-FairField YanKees An interesting study out of Scandinavia Over the course of the entire school year, has emerged studying this theory and it 8. neW JerseY devils 8. LITTLE CAESARS our PEAC players will have had over 120 9. cHicago mission 9. HigHland ParK Falcons (il) might just have big implications on the extra hours on the ice and 80 extra hours 10. milWaUKee Jr. admirals 10. Boston advantage way that we train and develop young hock- training off the ice. BANTAM MINOR SQUIRT MINOR ey players who aspire to reach the elite lev- As we can see from the study above, all els of their sport. The researchers asked 1. cHicago mission 1. neW JerseY colonials those extra hours during the critical period 2. bELLE TIRE 2. valleY Forge minUtemen (Pa) elite athletes and near elite athletes to of age 15 to 18 can make THE difference in 3. PHiladelPHia Jr. FlYers 3. la Jr. Kings swer questions about their experiences in an an athlete’s ability to go from near-elite to 4. OAKLAND JR. gRIZZLIES 4. PittsBUrgH PengUins the amount of training they did over the elite. 5. team comcast (nJ) 5. Boston Jr. eagles course of their career. So if by the age of 15, you want to focus 6. neW england Jr. Falcons 6. team comcast (nJ) Interestingly enough, the near-elite ath- on hockey and progress to the elite level, 7. mid-FairField YanKees (ct) 7. Boston advantage letes actually did more hours of training you must commit yourself to doing signifi - 8. la Jr. Kings 8. BUFFalo regals than the elite athletes prior to the age of cantly more training on and off the ice than 9. neW JerseY colonials 9. mid-FairField YanKees (ct) 15. But by the age of 18, the elite athletes your teammates and friends to catapult your - 10. st. loUis BlUes 10. nortH JerseY avalancHe caught up and had accumulated the same self from near-elite to elite status. amount of training hours as the near-elite athletes. 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Bryce Stenstrom of the Holland River Bandits was son championship and also a berth in Through February 10, 2013 It moved Tennyson one point picked as Player of the Week after putting up a pair of four- behind the idle second place Soo the UHU/AAU national tournament to TEAM W L OTL PTS GF GA point games in Holland’s home split with the Rhinelander be held in April in Las Vegas. Firehawks, who also have two games Street Cats, Feb. 9-10. HARTLND HNDS 41 0183 269 72 At the Hartland Sports Center, the in-hand on Tennyson. The 19-year-old from Hampshire, IL is second in MWJHL two teams were tied 2-2 after 40 min - SOO FIREHAWKS 28 6160 229 128 Jason Pischke, Ken Winter, scoring with 35 goals and 41 assists for 76 points and is utes before Thomas Kerr, Cam Miglia TENNYSON CHEV 28 9159 203 114 Keaton Lang, James Smith and riding an eight-game point streak. and Gabe Daavettila, with his second BLMINGTN BLAZE 23 11 1 49 159 150 Justin Whitson all had a goal and an Scott Luca of Hartland was named Defenseman of the of the night, put the game out of reach MICH ICE DOGS 22 17 0 45 160 160 assist, while Ryan Brown registered Week following a three-game weekend in which he tallied in the third period. RHNLNDR ST CATS 17 18 2 36 166 216 four assists. Joey Matyaszek added a eight points. The 18-year-old from Kalkaska, MI received Jared Vincek also tallied for the HOLL RVR BNDTS 14 21 2 33 180 237 goal and captain Zach Chapman, Cal the award for the second time this season. In 14 games Hounds and Andrew Brownlee’s 29 MICH GRRROWL 10 22 1 22 102 153 Jesko and Anthony Wojciechowski with the Hounds, Luca has eight goals and 18 points. saves gave him a league-best 28th win. G L LIGHTNING 5 34 0 10 87 274 each contributed a pair of assists. And Andrew Brownlee was selected Goaltender of the “It feels good to clinch and get the DAYTON AEROS 4 31 1 10 50 101 In goal, Dominik Corredino start - Week with two more wins for the Hartland Hounds last bid to Vegas,” Vincek told the MWJHL ed and took the win making just two weekend. The 19-year-old from Fowlerville, MI leads the report. “We have a great group of guys, saves on two shots in 29:12 of work MWJHL in all goaltending categories, including wins (28), but still a lot of unfinished business ahead of us.” while also assisting on Winter's goal. Chris Lewis played goals-against average (1.83), save percentage (.933), James Subu and Hunter Ledgerwood scored for the Ice Dogs the final 30:48 and stopped four of five shots and also drew shutouts (five) and minutes played (1674:58). and goaltender Andrew Freeman finished with 44 saves. an assist on Krolikowski's second goal. Brownlee previously won Goaltender of the Week honors Lightning captain Andrew Shalawylo broke the Tennyson tallies 10 in win on Nov. 6 and Dec. 24 and is a two-time Goaltender of the Tennyson 7:50 into the third period. Zach Boes and Month winner, having won the honor in November and In other play Feb. 9, third-place Tennyson Chevrolet Garrett Avery combined to stop 12 shots in the GL net. December. NA3HL EAST Playing HOCKEY NA3HL East STANDINGS Through February 10, 2013 in a TIPS enters the TEAM W L OTL PTS GF GA By Paul CLEVELAND 30 8060 184 98 five-man unit THREE RIVERS 26 12 1 53 162 127 Lubanski home stretch FLINT 20 14 2 44 135 118 recently read a comment by Red Wings TOLEDO 21 16 0 43 133 127 coach Mike Babcock referencing the As the North American 3 Junior Hockey METRO 15 21 2 32 128 134 team’s preparation efforts for an impor - League's season hit the high water mark of MICHIGAN 14 24 1 29 97 155 I five months down and one month to play, tant home game against St. Louis and to players weren’t not in the “FPU” alignment paraphrase he said the following: “We have I reference. with the regular season ending March 10, to get to competing and playing as a five- Defensively, this is even easier. the NA3HL took a look at how each team have their schedule in their favor as five of man unit as much as possible. When we Five-players positioned strategically, all stands going into the home stretch and the last six games of the season are played move up and down the ice like that, we have within clear eye sight and EAR shot allow for Showcase Tournament at the Troy Sports at home. the most success.” the required COMMUNICATION to take place Center March 17-20. Toledo Cherokee (4th place): Very cool. Why? that fosters switch-offs at a Cleveland Jr. Lumberjacks (1st Thanks to a sweep of the Revolution in It is something that I per - split-second notice. What place): The Lumberjacks have clinched a Battle Creek the Cherokee moved into third sonally have preached and Playing results, when executed effi - playoff spot and are in the driver’s seat for the place in the East, one point ahead of Flint, but their split with Three Rivers Feb. 9-10 taught for many years, I just in concert ciently, is a “smothering” division title with 10 games remaining. The haven’t heard it from others effect of the opposition. A Jacks split a home series with second place dropped them into fourth and a point back too often. So to have it come with the “blanketing” (eliminating Three Rivers and then swept Battle Creek of the Jr. Generals. The Cherokee are also out of a respected leader’s their time and space through Feb. 9-10. Still the Jacks will have a tough looking at stiff competition at Troy with mouth like Mike Babcock, it four other gap control) of any high-pow- task in Troy facing the likes of North Iowa Peoria, Granite City and North Iowa among feels good. players ered scoring machine can take and St. Louis in a battle of division leaders. their four games at the NA3HL Showcase. So, what exactly does it place with the “support” creat - Three Rivers Vengeance (2nd Michigan Mountain Cats (5th mean to be playing “as a five- on the ice ed by this style. place): The Vengeance still have an out - place): The Mountain Cats are 11 points person unit”? And why is it allows If your goal is to win via side chance to win the East Division and out of a playoff spot with nine games to important to strive to do so? defense-first, this is the way thanks to their weekend split with play, so they are going to have to put it in Quite simply, what we are for the BEST to do it. Always be reminded Cleveland, those chances remain alive. A overdrive to make the playoffs. The Cats talking about is moving up and hockey. that when your team possess - split with Toledo Feb. 9-10, though, hurt split a home and home series with the Jets, down the surface playing offen - es the biscuit, you/they are them. The one thing that will be a major but from here on out wins have to come sively or defensively in a tradi - actually playing offense and challenge to the Vengeance is their schedule almost every game after losing twice to tional three forward and two defense-person defense simultaneously. at the Showcase, which may be the toughest Flint Feb. 8 and 10. alignment. What a concept! What a bonus! out there with games against St. Louis, Metro Jets (6th place): The Jets, who You see, doing so gives any team the Best of luck. North Iowa, Granite City and Peoria. are three points behind Michigan for fifth chance to play the highest potential degree Flint Jr. Generals (3rd place): The place, find themselves on the outside look - of unified/elite-level play. BONUS TIP Jr. Generals were sitting comfortably in ing in. It still doesn’t mean that they are out Again, why? You should also take the time to consider their quest for the third or fourth and final of it as they have several games moving Primarily because playing in concert with the “five-person unit” theme as it relates to playoff spot in the East, 12 points ahead of forward that are “winnable.” The Jets only the four other players on the ice allows for a power play breakout. Why on earth would the fifth place. They picked up a 3-2 win play three games at the NA3HL Showcase the BEST hockey, in its purest sense, to be you want to try and stretch the defense with over Metro and then swept the Michigan and if they can sweep those games, they can manufactured. a north-south “bomb-breakout pass” to Mountain Cats 3-1 and 1-0. The Jr. Generals keep their slim chances alive. Specifically, how? gain entry when you can crash-in-unison Well, let’s first discuss offense. If all five with five players? players are within a proximity that allows That sort of trickery rarely results in for inter-changing of positions at a sound possession and/or effective/efficient Are you in the game? moment’s notice, some wonderful things odd-man rush. Quite the contrary. can take place. Think about it for a moment: So stick to the most intelligent and tena - If you have two defenseman on the surface cious five competitors you have and let THE ONLINE GAME? that have no qualms about jumping into the them enter with the simplicity of the “FPU” play and acting as pseudo-forward (or vice- mindset. It will will pay big dividends-trust If not, then join the thousands of others who are! versa) then amazing puck movement will me. occur. 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PAGE 20 HOCKEY WEEKLY FEBRUARY 20, 2013 COMPUWARE CLIPS Girls 12U Girls 14U Girls 14U Mini-Mite Kay Zubkus Jill Jacobs Marissa Cirino Karsen Kucharski

city: Northville city: Wixom city: Plymouth city: Superior school: Hillside MS school: school: Township Pos: D no: 11 Ladywood HS Plymouth HS school: Carpenter Yrs playing: 3.5 Pos: D no: 9 Pos: F no: 18 Elem. Years playing: 10 Favorite player: Years playing: 9 Pos: F no: 5 Johan Franzen and Favorite player: Yrs playing: 2 Sidney Crosby. Favorite player: Zdeno Chara. Henrik Zetterberg. Favorite player: Every shift he Andy Greene. I went Franzen has a great goes out on, he He is a fast skater shot and is tough. and he is tough. to his camp this gets the job done. summer and he Chara has the best slapshot ever! Future goals: To He also works the taught me many skills. He played his Future goals: To perfect my slapshot, other team all over get a hockey play on 14U Compuware, get a hockey youth hockey in Michigan. He plays hard the ice. It also helps that he is the hottest scholarship to a every game. He was a cool guy. scholarship and play in the NHL even player in the NHL! good college. Future goals: To play in the OHL. though I’m a girl. Future goals: Get an NCAA scholarship.

Mite Mite Squirt A Squirt Minor James Driscoll Logan Purkiss Joey Sherman Johnny Angerman

city: Plymouth city: Northville city: Northville city: South Lyon school: school: school: Silver school: Kent Lake Northville Amerman Elem. Springs Elem. Elementary Christian Pos: All no: 1 Pos: LW no: 17 Pos: G no: 1 Pos: C no: 11 Years playing: 2 Years playing: 5 Years playing: 5 Yrs playing: 5 Favorite player: Favorite player: Favorite player: Favorite player: Henrik Zetterberg. Steven Stamkos. John Gibson Pavel Datsyuk. He’s the new cap - He is an amazing because he is quick, He scores a lot of tain. Go, Wings! player who applies he is tall, he is a goals. He is fast. Future goals: To the stick well. great goalie and he Future goals: To Future goals: To play for Michigan has the same first name as me. become a profes - play for the Red State. sional hockey player. Future goals: To get a scholarship to Wings and to Michigan, make the NHL and help at score a lot. least 5,000 homeless people.

2001 Bantam Major Bantam Major Bantam Major Marino Peruzzi Jack Kopacka Alec Mahalak Nick Macari

city: Macomb city: Lapeer city: Monroe city: Canton school: Iroquois MS school: Lapeer school: St. school: Catholic East High School Pos: D no: 20 Mary’s Central Years playing: 8 Pos: LW no: 2 Years playing: 11 Pos: D no: 6 Pos: C no: 12 Favorite player: Nick Favorite player: Years playing: 11 Yrs playing: 11 Lidstrom. He’s not Pavel Datsyuk. He is Favorite player: Favorite player: only a great hockey a hard-working play - Nick Lidstrom. He Patrick Kane. He player but he was a er on and off the ice was a good is a very skilled, captain any teammate and he leads by defenseman and all-around player. could look up to. example. made good choic - Future goals: To Future goals: To give back to my com - Future goals: To es with the puck. play college hock - munity by being the best hockey coach I play for the USA Future goals: To ey while getting Development Team can be. I’d like to coach my own kids and play Division 1 college hockey or in the an education. hopfeully my son will make it to the NHL. and hopefully one day in the NHL. OHL, or on the USA Development team.

Bantam Major Bantam Major Bantam Major Bantam Major Keeghan Howdeshell Avery Hill Anthony Grimaldi Isaac Garmo

city: Brighton city: Saline city: Plymouth city: W. Bloomfield school: Brighton school: Saline school: Gabriel school: Orchard High School High School Richard HS Lake St. Mary’s Pos: C no: 3 Pos: D no: 4 Pos: LW no: 20 Pos: G no: 11 Years playing: 7 Years playing: 9 Yrs playing: 10 Yrs playing: 1 Favorite player: Favorite player: Favorite player: Favorite player: Steven Stamkos. Niklas Kronwall. Pavel Datsyuk. He Mike Smith. Very tal - He’s a team player He is an overall is a great player ented in his game. and he works hard great player. He with great hands. Loves the sport and to score. is very aggressive He’s fun to watch. carries his team on Future goals: Go and makes great hits. He sees the ice very Future goals: To his back. He also is very fast on rebounds and shots. to college and play well and makes great plays. play college hock - Future goals: Play for a good college for one of the best teams. Then hopefully Future goals: Play in the USHL and even - ey. make it to the NHL. tually at a D1 college. team. FEBRUARY 20, 2013 HOCKEY WEEKLY PAGE 21

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Selects take 16U MIDGET MINOR 02 SQUIRT MAJOR Blues the 12U T1EHL championship. The Colorado Selects won the 16U CHICAGO DIV. W L T PTS GF GA CHICAGO DIV. W L T PTS GF GA Skye Ziehwein scored St. Louis' first title, also in a comeback, over the ST LOUIS AAA BL 36 21110 200 59 CHICAGO FURY 26 1052 243 43 goal and Stephanie Niland tied it for the Pittsburgh Pens Elite, 3-2. Valerie CHICAGO FURY 21 14 3 66 129 104 MILW JR ADM 7 14 5 19 86 110 Pens, both in the second period. The Turgeon gave the Selects the early lead, RUSSELL STOVER 10 25 4 32 90 149 MADISON CAPS 4 20 4 12 50 184 goalies were outstanding, Gwyneth but Carly Tashman and Pippy Gerace MILW JR ADM 8 28 3 28 86 194 DETROIT DIV. W L T PTS GF GA Philips for Pittsburgh and Kristin Smith responded for Pittsburgh in the first DENVER DIV. W L T PTS GF GA BELLE TIRE 18 8137 136 69 COLO T-BIRDS 16 36 31108 190 56 VICTORY HONDA 13 9531 107 68 for the Blues, both with 33 saves. The period. OAK JR GRIZZL 8 18 2 18 73 177 teams played 68:04 total minutes and Caley Mueller and Elizabeth Dohner's RM ROUGHRIDRS 13 20 4 44 90 120 COLO RAMPAGE 9 27 3 30 78 139 OHIO DIV. W L T PTS GF GA were playing 3-on-3 for the third goals in the second, though, gave PITT PENS ELITE 18 5137 121 45 Colorado the lead that stuck. COLO T-BIRDS 15 3 16 0 10 28 74 through fifth overtimes. DALLAS ALLIANCE 1 17 15 27 79 OHIO BLUE JCKTS 8 15 3 19 70 94 DETROIT DIV. W L T PTS GF GA CLEVE BARONS 4 18 4 12 65 168 BELLE TIRE 27 7381 151 87 GIRLS 19U VICTORY HONDA 21 15 1 66 132 121 SHOWCASE W L T PTS GF GA CLEVE BARONS 18 16 3 58 130 112 SHAFTESBURY 64012 21 13 OAK JR GRIZZL 9 24 3 33 87 147 DALLAS STRS ELITE 54111 22 24 EAST DIV. W L T PTS GF GA ST LOUIS LADY BL 53212 27 15 BOSTON ADV 23 13 1 72 127 91 PITT PENS ELITE 53212 25 21 TEAM COMCAST 23 16 0 68 171 156 NATL SPRTS ACAD 4108 18 3 PHIL JR FLYERS 15 23 2 45 85 121 BOST SHAMROCKS 302884 WASH LITTL CAPS 14 24 0 41 91 160 MADISON CAPS 0633 10 28 MID-AM DIV. W L T PTS GF GA MILW JR ADMS 1 80 2 13 36 THUNDER AAA 31 7194 170 81 BELLE TIRE 0000 0 0 PITT PENS ELITE 25 12 2 76 143 98 OHIO FLAMES 0000 0 0 BUFF JR SABRES 18 19 3 56 98 117 GIRLS 16U OHIO BLUE JCKTS 17 17 4 56 101 111 TEAMS W L T PTS GF GA WEST DIV. W L T PTS GF GA PITT PENS ELITE 81622 40 18 LA JR KINGS 31 9090 197 102 CHICAGO FURY 92220 38 21 DALLAS STARS 30 9089 153 83 MILW JR. ADMS 73519 43 22 PHNX JR COYOTS 15 20 1 49 94 124 COLO SELECTS 56414 32 36 LAS VEGAS STRM 3 37 08 55 218 ST LOUIS LADY BL 45513 33 39 98 BANTAM MAJOR OHIO FLAMES 3 10 28 24 48 The 14U Tier 1 champion Pittsburgh Pens Elite. CHICAGO DIV. W L T PTS GF GA BELLE TIRE 1 10 35 20 46 MILW JR ADM 22 3246 124 47 GIRLS 14U CHICAGO FURY 13 12 2 28 78 76 TEAMS W L T PTS GF GA MADISON CAPS 5 18 2 12 51 116 MADISON CAPS 13 1127 76 16 DETROIT DIV. W L T PTS GF GA ST LOUIS LADY BL 13 1127 65 10 BELLE TIRE 18 6541 113 53 MILW JR ADMS 92422 49 29 VICTORY HONDA 14 8735 98 73 PITT PENS ELITE 10 4121 63 20 OAK JR GRIZZLES 8 16 5 21 64 103 BELLE TIRE 65416 31 31 OHIO DIV. W L T PTS GF GA CHICAGO FURY 46513 31 34 PITT PENS ELITE 15 7434 82 60 DALLAS STRS ELITE 36612 19 38 CLEVE BARONS 13 8430 98 71 VICTORY HONDA 5 81 11 29 42 OHIO BLUE JCKTS 5 20 2 12 48 102 COLO SELECTS 4 10 19 28 52 99 BANTAM MINOR COL BLUE JACKETS 1 12 24 13 66 CHICAGO DIV. W L T PTS GF GA OHIO FLAMES 0 13 11 676 MADISON CAPS 10 12 2 22 56 69 GIRLS 12U MILW JR ADM 9 11 4 22 60 59 TEAMS W L T PTS GF GA CHICAGO FURY 10 14 0 20 57 80 PITT PENS ELITE 90220 59 4 DETROIT DIV. W L T PTS GF GA ST. LOUIS LADY BL 71216 44 6 BELLE TIRE 20 2242 174 45 CHICAGO FURY 2704 732 OAK JR GRIZZL 18 3137 122 33 MILW ADMS 2 80 4 12 39 VICTORY HONDA 99422 57 67 OHIO FLAMES 0000 0 0 OHIO DIV. W L T PTS GF GA VICTORY HONDA 0000 0 0 The 16U Tier 1 champion Colorado Selects. PITT PENS ELITE 19 2139 134 41 BELLE TIRE 0400 142 PAGE 22 HOCKEY WEEKLY FEBRUARY 20, 2013 Flurry of deals at trade deadline Blow, blow, thou winter wind. With Cotroneo leaving Aberdeen for the Soo, the Eagles one 2014-15 tender and the Ice Dogs’ first two selections ajor activity prompted by the Feb. 6, trade dead - got a promising defensemen who is making the fourth stop in the 2013 NAHL Entry Draft. line caused the winds of change to sweep through of his brief NAHL career. The big blue liner played in eight Cornellier became the 29th player to be traded or released Mthe North . games with the erstwhile Traverse City North Stars in by Odessa this season. Net exchanges involving several 2011-2012 before beginning the 2012-2013 campaign “This was an extremely difficult decision,” said Matt goalies highlighted the trade market, with Topeka Road Runners, for whom he played in only Cressman, who serves as the Jackalopes president of hock - which also saw the five games before being dealt to Aberdeen, where he suited ey operations and assistant coach. “But it’s in the best make their 29th player transaction of the up for 22 matches. interest of everybody and gives Lawrence a better chance at 2012-2013 season. a Division I scholarship.” The Jamestown Ironmen reacquired Jamestown saga Odessa head coach Paul Gillis noted that the Jackalopes goalie Joey Ballmer from the Sioux City The Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings have already served notice felt obligated to deal Cornellier, who had 24 goals and 24 Muskateers of the United States Hockey that they will cease to operate as a North American Hockey assists in 43 games with the Jackalopes this season. League, while shipping fellow 1992 birth League franchise once the 2012-2013 season ends. “Corny’s been not only a terrific player for us but a terrif - NAHL year netminder Tim Shaughnessy to the Meanwhile, the future of one other North Division team, ic kid,” Gillis said. “This is a really hard thing for us to do Coulee Region Chill for a second-round namely the Jamestown Ironmen, is uncertain. but we really think it’s in Corny’s best interest and in the BEAT draft pick. In their second season in Jamestown after relocating long run, the interest of the organization. By no means are By Randy Ballmer was part of the Jamestown from the Detroit area, the Ironmen are averaging about 600 we happy about this but we feel it’s the right way to go.” fans per game and get very little in the way of corporate Russon team that missed the North Division play - Cornellier, a third-year NAHL vet - offs in 2011-2012, but is a contending sponsorship from within the commu - eran, said he’ll fondly remember his team in 2012-2013. nity. NAHL NORTH time in Odessa. Ballmer had respectable numbers for the Ironmen last Ironmen owner Kenji Yamada told STANDINGS “It’s a really fun place to play,” season: A 13-19-5 record to go with a 3.16 goals against Hockey Weekly that expectations said Cornellier. “The fans are great were that the team would draw an aver - average and .910 save percentage. With lowly Sioux City Through February 10, 2013 and I had an awesome time.” of the USHL this season, Ballmer was 5-15-6 with a 2.88 age of 1,000 fans per game to the GAA and .892 save percentage. jewel of the facility that is TEAM W L OTL PTS GF GA February chill The return of Ballmer made Shaughnessy expendable. Jamestown Savings Bank Arena. He SOO 31 11 4 66 154 113 Making the playoffs in the Central Shaughnessy, who had a 9-7-3 record, 2.33 GAA and .918 also confirmed that corporate spon - KALAMAZOO 30 13 4 64 155 133 Division of the NAHL won’t happen save pct., with the Ironmen, arrived in Coulee Region to be sorship from the Jamestown commu - JAMESTOWN 28 14 4 60 127 119 for Coulee Region. its No. 1 goalie with starter Blake Cates on the injury list nity has not been good. JOHNSTOWN 22 16 10 54 151 152 But for the Chill and a first-year for the rest of the season. Amid rumours that he is trying to PORT HURON 22 22 3 47 126 133 ownership led by Michelle Bryant, With the acquisition of Ballmer, Ironmen coach-general sell the Ironmen, Yamada told me that SPRINGFIELD 19 25 4 42 119 148 the 2012-2013 season has been a he has been trying for weeks, without JANESVILLE 17 20 8 42 107 128 heavy course of on-the-job training manager Dan Daikawa was happy to be able to find a place MICHIGAN 16 23 6 38 105 130 for Shaughnessy in dispatching him to Coulee Region. success, to land a suitable buyer. which should mean that better days “We didn’t want to leave Tim high and dry,” said However, Hockey Weekly learned are ahead in 2013-2014. Daikawa. that a group that has former NAHL coach and executive “I’ve learned a ton this year,” Bryant told me. “We are Meanwhile, the North Division-leading made David Cole as the front man recently approached Yamada looking to change things up for next year.” a three-player swap with the , who are bat - about buying the Ironmen. Bryant, a well-educated person with a background in tling with Coulee Region to stay out of last place in the Yamada subsequently confirmed to Hockey Weekly that sales and marketing and a passion for hockey, realizes that Central Division. he has talked to Cole. her hockey department needs to be expanded beyond its The Eagles peddled backup goalie Zach Nagelvoort to Interestingly, Cole and Yamada have a previous history. current occupancy, which basically consists of interim Aberdeen for fellow 1994 puckstopper Paige Skoog and Yamada hired Cole as his coach and general manager head coach A.J. Degenhardt. 1993 birth year defenseman J.D. Cotroneo. when he bought an NAHL franchise in 2009, located it in The absence of experienced hockey management is not In the Soo, Nagelvoort had been the clear-cut, second- the Detroit area and called it the Motor City Metal Jackets. lost on Rik Franke, who covers the Chill like a winter stringer behind 1992 birth year goalie Tyler Marble, a When Yamada moved the Metal Jackets to Jamestown and blanket for the Coulee Region Sports Network. NCAA Division I recruit of the Lake Superior State Lakers renamed them the Ironmen effective the 2011-2012 sea - Franke is of the notion that the Chill is in need of a per - who is considered to be one of the top five or six netmin - son, he elevated Cole to the position of vice president of son with a management and scouting background to play a ders in the entire NAHL. hockey operations and brought Dan Daikawa in as coach- defined role in the hockey operations department. Nagelvoort had a 9-5-1 record, 2.37 GAA and .927 save general manager. But before the Ironmen ever took to the The status of the 31-year old Degenhardt, a hometown pct., with the Eagles but did not win games on his own as ice, Yamada fired Cole and put Daikawa solely in charge of sports hero from La Crosse who went on to play NCAA Marble has done on several occasions this season. the hockey department. Division I College Hockey hockey with the Wisconsin Skoog, who hails from Bob Dylan country in the north - The Ironmen missed the playoffs for the 2011-2012 sea - Badgers, will be determined at season’s end by Bryant, who ern Minnesota town of Duluth, put up pretty-good numbers son but have rebounded this 2012-2013 campaign and are made the gutsy and bold move in early January to fire for - with Central Division, cellar-dwelling Aberdeen this sea - battling the Soo for first place in the North Division. mer assistant John Hamre as coach- son: A 2-6-1 record, 3.38 GAA and .905 save pct. From the general manager’s office, Daikawa has turned general manager of the Chill. In fact, there are scouts from different levels of hockey around the on-ice fortunes of the Ironmen through several Hamre’s work ethic was appreciated by Bryant but the who consider Skoog to be a slightly-better prospect than notable trades. In fact, of the 23 players on the current owner did not feel the team was moving forward and pro - Nagelvoort. Jamestown roster, more than half became Ironmen through gressing under the leadership of the man who she hired Eagles coach-general manager Bruno Bragagnolo said trades made by Daikawa, including scoring leaders Luc Gerdes, shortly after buying the Chill last summer. Nagelvoort objected to being the backup to the more-sea - Ryan Doucet, Tyler Dunagan, Ross Pavek and Nico Sierra and Bryant acknowledges that time was not on the side of the soned Marble. defencemen Matt Lanzillotti, Dylan Zink and Tyler Minx. franchise when she took it over in late June and quickly “We weren’t looking to trade Zach,” Bragagnolo said hired Hamre as coach and GM and Degenhardt as his assis - evenly. Go west, young man tant. “We gave him the opportunity to challenge for the No. 1 Odessa, in last place in the South Division and with the “But we’ve come a long way in the community with job but Tyler definitely earned that right. We think Skoog worst record in the 24-team NAHL, shipped its captain and sponsorship and fan support and we are looking to the will be a very-good backup for us and getting Cotroneo was leading scorer Lawrence Cornellier to Fairbanks of the future of the NAHL in the La Crosse-Onalaska area with pure a bonus.” West Division in return for two 2013-14 tender contracts, optimism,” Bryant told Franke and co-host Scotty Gran on a recent edition of the Chill Coach’s Show on the Coulee Region Sports Network. To be sure, Bryant will not be rushed into a decision as to Did you play in the Michigan President/treasurer, at 810-629- who will form the makeup of the Chill hockey staff beyond 7637 or mailing cronk at 830 the current season. National Hockey League and Degenhardt is a candidate to return in some capacity. And are looking for financial aid Westwood drive, Fenton, mi there are respected, seasoned hockey people with head 48430. You can also call coaching and management experience who will likely have for college? Then it’s time Hockey Weekly at 248-477- an audience with Bryant in the days and weeks ahead. to apply for the Neil J. The Chill stands to return as many as 18 players from its 1600 or email your request current roster for the 2013-2014 season, including Blake Carnes Memorial for an application form to Cates in goal, Sean Lang and Derek Smith on defense and leading scorers Mac Jansen, Hunter Anderson and Andy Scholarship. [email protected]. Faust. Who will take the lead from Bryant and assemble a a $1,000 scholarship is available The deadline to send strong hockey staff to take the Chill into 2013-2014 and through the scholarship fund for the in your application beyond is the big question that should be answered by the 2013-2014 academic year. You first need along with a resume and time winter turns to spring. The Chill has a favorable arena lease at the Omni Center an application, which you can get by call - high school transcript is in Onalaska. It has made strides within the business com - ing gale m. cronk, mnHl June 1, 2013. munity and attendance has slowly but steadily been on the increase. It has a passionate, personable owner with a high business IQ. All questions should be directed to Gale M. Cronk It just needs the right hockey person to turn the key and crank up the Chill ice machine. FEBRUARY 20, 2013 HOCKEY WEEKLY PAGE 23 PAGE 24 HOCKEY WEEKLY FEBRUARY 20, 2013 Little Caesars amateur Hockey League www.lcahl.org / Largest amateur hockey league in the U.s.

LCaHL PLaYOFF tiE-BREaKing sYstEM standings 2. If after applying the formulas 1 a, b, c or d the tie still exists, the results of The standings shall be determined on the basis of two points for a win and ALL the GAMES PLAYED by the teams tied in the standings shall be used in one point for a tie. There is no overtime in round-robin play. the following order: If two or more teams have an equal number of points, their position in the a. Most wins in ALL the GAMES played . standings shall be determined by the following tie-breaking format. If one tie-breaker establishes a position for one or more teams, each team is placed in b. Differential – Subtracting goals scored against from goals scored in the applicable position. Once a team is placed, the remaining teams shall start these ALL the GAMES played , the positions being determined in the the tie-breaking process over again at step 1a. order of the greatest surplus (see NOTE above) . (NOTE: For tie-breaker purposes, in determining standings in the round robin, a maximum six goal differential will be used regardless of a greater goal differential) c. Quotient – Dividing the goals scored in these HEAD to HEAD games by the goals scored against, the positions being determined in order 1. The results of HEAD to HEAD games played between the teams tied in the of the GREATEST quotient. A quotient involving dividing by zero (0) standings shall be used in the following order: has the higher standing than a quotient from dividing by any number (If all tied teams have not played each other, skip step 1 and proceed to Step 2) other than zero (0). Where two or more teams have no goals against a. Standings – Most points in HEAD to HEAD games . and the quotient tie-breaker is required, the teams shall be ranked b. Most wins in HEAD to HEAD games . high to low in descending order of “goals for” (see NOTE above) . c. Differential – Subtracting goals scored against from goals scored in d. Most periods won – In ALL the GAMES played by each tied team, these HEAD to HEAD games , the positions being determined in the points will be awarded for each regulation period won (2 points) and order of the greatest surplus (see NOTE above). for each regulation period tied (1 point). Positions shall be in the d. Quotient – Dividing the goals scored in these HEAD to HEAD games order of the highest point total. by the goals scored against, the positions being determined in order of the GREATEST quotient. A quotient involving dividing by zero (0) e. Quickest first goal – The team that scored the quickest goal in All the has the higher standing than a quotient from dividing by any Round Robin Games played shall be ranked the highest. number other than zero (0). Where two or more teams have no goals against and the quotient tie-breaker is required, the teams shall be 3. The team with the fewest total penalty minutes in ALL the GAMES Played ranked high to low in descending order of “goals for” (see NOTE above) . will be ranked the highest, etc. LCaHL PLaYOFF WiLdCaRd sEEding sYstEM standings other than zero (0). Where two or more teams have no goals against The standings shall be determined on the basis of two points for a win and and the quotient tie-breaker is required, the teams shall be ranked one point for a tie. There is no overtime in round-robin play. high to low in descending order of “goals for” (see NOTE above). If two or more teams have an equal number of points, their position in the i. Most periods won – In ALL the GAMES played by each tied team, standings shall be determined by the following tie-breaking format. If one tie- points will be awarded for each regulation period won (2 points) and breaker establishes a position for one or more teams, each team is placed in the for each regulation period tied (1 point). Positions shall be in the applicable position. Once a team is placed, the remaining teams shall start the order of the highest point total. tie-breaking process over again at step 1a . j. Quickest first goal – The team that scored the quickest goal in All the Round Robin Games Played shall be ranked the highest. 1. The results of HEAD to HEAD games played between the teams tied in the 3. The team with the fewest total penalty minutes in ALL the GAMES standings shall be used in the following order: Played will be ranked the highest, etc. (If all tied teams have not played each other, skip step 1 and proceed to step 2) *Any teams tied within a division MUST be decided prior to seeding of the wild - e. Standings – Most points in HEAD to HEAD games . card spots available. f. Most wins in HEAD to HEAD games . g. Differential – Subtracting goals scored against from goals scored in *In a situation that more teams exist in a division than another: these HEAD to HEAD games , the positions being determined in the Division 1 Division 2 Divison 3 order of the greatest surplus (see NOTE above) . Team 1 Team 1 Team 1 h. Quotient – Dividing the goals scored in these HEAD to HEAD games Team 2 Team 2 Team 2 by the goals scored against, the positions being determined in order Team 3 Team 3 Team 3 of the GREATEST quotient. A quotient involving dividing by zero (0) Team 4 Team 4 Team 4 has the higher standing than a quotient from dividing by any number Team 5 other than zero (0). Where two or more teams have no goals against The following shall apply: and the quotient tie-breaker is required, the teams shall be ranked high to low in descending order of “goals for” (see NOTE above) . 1. In order to determine a tie-break within Division 3 , all teams within Division 3 will be used per the 2. If after applying the formulas 1 a, b, c or d the tie still exists, the results of LCAHL Tie-Breaking System 1. ALL the GAMES PLAYED by the teams tied in the standings shall be used in the following order: 2. In order to determine a f. Most wins in ALL the GAMES played . tie-break across divisions g. Differential – Subtracting goals scored against from goals scored in (Division 1 v Division 3), the these ALL the GAMES played , the positions being determined in the last-place team’s results in Division 3 order of the greatest surplus (see NOTE above) . shall be discarded, then the h. Quotient – Dividing the goals scored in these HEAD to HEAD games LCAHL Tie-Breaking System 1 by the goals scored against, the positions being determined in order will be applied. of the GREATEST quotient. A quotient involving dividing by zero (0) has the higher standing than a quotient from dividing by any number