2009 RBc cup coupe RBc 2009 Team noTes HuMBoLDT BRoNcoS WEST OUEST # NAME P S HT WT BORN HOMETOWN They’re back! The defending RBC Cup champions will look No NOM P L T P NÉ VILLE D’ORIGINE to become the first team since the Vernon Lakers in 1990 1 Andrew Bodnarchuk G L/G 6’1” 180 05/19/1990 Saskatoon, Sask. and 1991 to repeat as the top Junior A team in Canada. 30 Matt Hyrnkiw G L/G 5’9” 165 04/04/1992 Saskatoon, Sask. Humboldt ran roughshod over the Saskatchewan Junior 31 Mathieu LaRochelle G L/G 5’11” 165 03/25/1989 Amos, Que. Hockey League during the regular season, finishing 15 points 2 Dimitri Levin D R/D 6’2” 205 05/21/1988 Montreal, Que. ahead of the next best team. Leading the way was blueliner 3 Garrett Leedahl D L/G 6’1” 190 06/15/1991 Saskatoon, Sask. and Broncos captain Brady Wacker – the Top Defenceman 5 Brady Wacker D R/D 5’7” 155 06/26/1988 Jansen, Sask. at the 2008 RBC Cup in Cornwall, Ont. Wacker led the 6 Mitchell Peeke D L/G 5’11” 175 02/13/1989 Raymore, Sask. Broncos and all SJHL defencemen in scoring and picked 14 Colton Allan D R/D 5’9” 160 11/28/1990 Davidson, Sask. up the league’s Defenceman of the Year and Player of the 15 Kyle Cowan D L/G 5’10” 170 08/24/1989 Hudson Bay, Sask. Year awards. After awaiting the results of first-round series 18 Joel Belair D R/D 6’2” 210 10/06/1988 Debden, Sask. in the SJHL, Humboldt needed six games to eliminate the 22 Kenton Valliant D L/G 6’1” 195 08/28/1990 Sudbury, Ont. 25 Tanner Vandesype D L/G 5’10” 195 07/02/1988 Radville, Sask. pesky Battlefords North Stars before rolling over Flin Flon in four straight to reach the SJHL final for the third year 7 Scott Schroeder F/A R/D 5’11” 180 06/30/1988 Drake, Sask. in a row. Facing the Melville Millionaires in the league 8 Bryce Walker F/A R/D 5’10” 180 06/25/1989 Quill Lake, Sask. championship series for the second time in three years, the 9 Leo Lacourciere F/A L/G 6’5” 220 01/01/1990 Cochrane, Alta. Broncos dropped Game 1 on home ice before rattling off 10 Steven Schroeder F/A L/G 5’11” 170 06/30/1988 Drake, Sask. three tight wins, including one in overtime, and clinching 11 Taylor Piller F/A L/G 5’11” 185 09/14/1990 Saskatoon, Sask. the Saskatchewan championship for the third-consecutive 12 Nick Keller F/A L/G 5’7” 160 02/20/1990 Saskatoon, Sask. 16 Dane Lindskog F/A R/D 6’0” 170 05/04/1989 Big River, Sask. year with a Game 5 win. Just as they did in 2008, the 17 Derek Schemenauer F/A L/G 5’10” 170 01/19/1990 St. Brieux, Sask. Portage Terriers provided the opposition for Humboldt in 19 Spencer Braaten F/A L/G 5’8” 160 09/21/1990 Saskatoon, Sask. the ANAVET Cup, but the Manitoba champions made sure 20 Matthew Kirzinger F/A R/D 5’10” 180 02/13/1988 Leroy, Sask. it would not be another sweep, as it was one year ago. The 21 Kendrew Friesen F/A L/G 6’3” 186 10/12/1990 Waldheim, Sask. teams split the first two games in Portage before the series 23 Tory Allan F/A L/G 5’10” 170 12/28/1988 Davidson, Sask. shifted to Humboldt for Games 3, 4 and 5. Back-to-back 24 Cameron Gibson F/A R/D 5’10” 165 10/11/1989 Valencia, Calif., USA wins by the visitors put the Broncos on the ropes, but they 26 Shawn Hunter F/A L/G 6’3” 220 03/03/1989 Caroline, Alta. responded with a dominating 12-2 win in Game 5, ensuring 27 Nick Kalnicki F/A L/G 5’9” 175 04/29/1988 Saskatoon, Sask. 28 Brendan Kotyk F/A R/D 6’5” 210 08/27/1991 Regina, Sask. the series would end in Portage. A Game 6 overtime win set the stage for a memorable Game 7, in which the Broncos HUMBOLDT STAFF/PERSONNEL DE HUMBOLDT trailed 4-1 in the third period before forcing overtime and Head Coach & General Manager / Entraîneur-chef et directeur général .........................Dean Brockman taking the West Region championship on Nick Kalnicki’s Assistant Coach / Entraîneur adjoint . .Murray Brookbank extra time winner, booking their ticket to Victoria for the Assistant Coach / Entraîneur adjoint . .Tim Klimosko chance to repeat as national Junior A champions. Trainer / Soigneur...........................................................................Brett McCorkell Trainer / Soigneur...........................................................................Chico Dhanjal Physiotherapist / Physiothérapeute . Marie Durrand Doctor / Médecin . Dr. W. Hammon ReGuLAR SeASoN SCORING ReGuLAR SeASoN # NAME GP G A P PIM # NAME GP G A P PIM NO NOM PJ B A P PUN NO NOM PJ B A P PUN RECORD – 45-8-1-2 5 Brady Wacker 54 17 65 82 90 8 Bryce Walker 43 4 6 10 12 (1st in Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League) 7 Scott Schroeder 54 27 39 66 77 26 Shawn Hunter 19 2 7 9 38 25 Tanner Vandesype 55 22 42 64 49 18 Joel Belair 51 0 8 8 128 GOALS FOR – 249 (1st) 10 Steven Schroeder 52 27 30 57 87 6 Mitchell Peeke 36 0 8 8 24 GOALS AGAINST – 130 (1st) 23 Tory Allan 55 28 25 53 185 22 Kenton Valliant 46 1 6 7 39 20 Matthew Kirzinger 39 29 23 52 57 3 Garrett Leedahl 40 1 5 6 40 TOP SCORER – Brady Wacker (17g 65a 82p) 27 Nick Kalnicki 56 18 27 45 63 24 Cameron Gibson 23 2 2 4 21 19 Spencer Braaten 45 21 18 39 16 2 Dimitri Levin 32 0 3 3 119 pLAYoFFS 16 Dane Lindskog 47 13 22 35 33 14 Colton Allan 29 1 0 1 37 9 Leo Lacourciere 53 12 20 32 49 21 Kendrew Friesen 0 0 0 0 0 QUARTER-FINAL – defeated Battlefords North 11 Taylor Piller 38 13 11 24 39 28 Brendan Kotyk 0 0 0 0 0 12 Nick Keller 51 6 13 19 44 17 Derek Schemenauer 0 0 0 0 0 Stars 4-2 (4-1, 0-1, 8-2, 1-6, 2-1, 7-2) 15 Kyle Cowan 55 5 13 18 70 SEMIFINAL – defeated Flin Flon Bombers 4-0 (4-2, # NAME GP MIN GA GAA SO W-L-T 4-1, 3-0, 3-2) NO NOM PJ MIN BA MOY JB V-D-N 31 Mathieu LaRochelle 15 447 15 2.01 1 5-2-0 AMHL CHAMPIONSHIP – defeated Melville 1 Andrew Bodnarchuk 50 1,854 69 2.23 6 25-7-0 Millionaires 4-1 (2-3, 3-1, 2-1, 2-1, 5-1) 30 Matt Hyrnkiw 0 0 0 0.00 0 0-0-0 PACIFIC REGIONAL – defeated Portage Terriers 4-3 pLAYoFF SCORING (1-4, 3-2, 2-3, 1-4, 12-2, 4-3, 5-4) # NAME GP G A P PIM # NAME GP G A P PIM NO NOM PJ B A P PUN NO NOM PJ B A P PUN pReVIOUS NMc eXPERIeNCE 5 Brady Wacker 22 9 14 23 42 15 Kyle Cowan 22 2 2 4 28 25 Tanner Vandesype 22 8 15 23 8 9 Leo Lacourciere 22 1 2 3 20 2008 (Cornwall, Ont.) – CHAMPIONS 7 Scott Schroeder 21 6 14 20 36 22 Kenton Valliant 17 1 1 2 25 – 4W-2L; 25GF 11GA 20 Matthew Kirzinger 19 11 7 18 26 8 Bryce Walker 18 1 1 2 8 10 Steven Schroeder 22 8 9 17 26 18 Joel Belair 20 1 1 2 24 2003 (Charlottetown, P.E.I.) – CHAMPIONS 27 Nick Kalnicki 22 10 4 14 41 2 Dimitri Levin 22 0 2 2 40 – 4W-2L; 25GF 19GA 26 Shawn Hunter 21 3 11 14 49 6 Mitchell Peeke 7 0 1 1 2 19 Spencer Braaten 22 6 6 12 4 14 Colton Allan 3 0 0 0 6 1987 (Humboldt, Sask.) – RUNNER-UP 23 Tory Allan 10 3 4 7 22 21 Kendrew Friesen 0 0 0 0 0 – 3W-1L; 19GF 10GA 16 Dane Lindskog 21 2 5 7 2 24 Cameron Gibson 0 0 0 0 0 11 Taylor Piller 20 1 6 7 25 28 Brendan Kotyk 0 0 0 0 0 12 Nick Keller 21 3 3 6 2 17 Derek Schemenauer 0 0 0 0 0 3 Garrett Leedahl 21 2 4 6 51 # NAME GP MIN GA GAA SO W-L-T NO NOM PJ MIN BA MOY JB V-D-N 1 Andrew Bodnarchuk 13 459 11 1.44 0 7-0 31 Mathieu LaRochelle 22 885 36 2.44 0 9-6 30 Matt Hyrnkiw 0 0 0 0.00 0 0-0-0 2009 RBC Cup / Coupe RBC 2009 – Team notes 3 KINGSToN VoYAGeuRS CENTRAL CENTRALE # NAME P S HT WT BORN HOMETOWN After surviving the toughest playoff road in Canadian Junior No NOM P L T P NÉ VILLE D’ORIGINE A hockey, the Kingston Voyageurs will play for the National Junior A Championship for the first time. From the time the 29 Cody Rosen G L/G 5’10” 165 09/27/1990 Kingston, Ont. first puck dropped on the OJHL playoffs on February 12 to 31 Fraser Nash G L/G 6’2” 190 -- -- the final buzzer in the championship game at the Dudley 33 Shawn Sirman G L/G 5’11” 185 04/15/1990 Blezard Valley, Ont.