Yes, you read that right. Apparently, without fanfare, team press release or any announcement from the league the Kootenay Ice won a lottery draw for the playing rights to 16-year-old Czech Import d-man David Musil, as reported by Kootenay Ice broadcaster Jeff Hollick on his blog this morning.
The reason there was a lottery for his playing rights is that a) Musil is 16 and as a 16-year-old cannot be drafted in the CHL Import Draft until next June and b)is expected to be one of the hottest prospects in the league this season and an expected top-ten NHL Draft pick in 2011. That and he and his family just relocated to Burnaby and of course desired to play near home.
Enter the Vancouver Giants. As soon as Musil became Kootenay property he was dealt to the Giants in exchange for a 5th round Bantam pick in the very deep 2010 Bantam Draft and a 1st round pick in the 2011 Draft. No small potatoes for a player who has never played a minute of WHL hockey.
Musil, at 6'5" and over 200lbs, is already drawing comparisons to Swedish d-man Victor Hedman who was selected second overall last week in the NHL Draft.
Ice GM Jeff Chynoweth was unavailable for comment as he is on holidays until mid-week. I'll have a story on the deal Wednesday.
If the name sounds familiar it's because David is the son of former NHL rearguard Frank, who played for the Calgary Flames, Minnesota North Stars, Ottawa and Edmonton over a 15-year NHL career from 1986-2001.
I'll admit, while getting the top prospect to play in the WHL is a coup for the league, it wasn't much a stretch that he wouldn't want to play out west. Musil played last season in a second-tier Czech pro league as a 15-year-old but grew up in Edmonton, playing a high level of peewee and bantam hockey with the likes of Dillon Simpson (son of former NHL'er Craig) and Keagan Lowe, son of former Oiler player and GM Kevin, where his dad finished his NHL career and was hired on as an Oiler Scout.
The bloodlines are also deep as David's mother is former pro tennis player Andrea Holikova, sister to recently retired NHLer Bobby Holik. His great uncle would be former Czech star Jaroslav Holick, Bobby's father, who won a World Championship with the Czechslovakian team in 1972 and coached the Czech juniors to a World Junior Gold medal in 2000.
You'd think though, during a time of year where the league and team gets little or no coverage, that a player of Musil's supposed stature would be celebrated with some sort of, or any, press announcement. There's not been an official peep of this anywhere besides Hollick's blog - and now every other WHL blog. Regardless of what you might think of a player dictating where he wants to go, if the kid is as good as they say, make some noise about it!
As Jeff reports on his blog the Ice do pick up another two picks, giving them a bevy of picks (8 by my count in the first five rounds but he has 9 so I'm probably missing one - the club's five, another 2nd and 4th from the Negrin/Stickland deal and the Vancouver pick) for a deep 2010 Draft but the first round pick of the Giants in 2011 could be even bigger as the Giants - though they never really seem to rebuild - should be going through a down phase in the junior cycle. Hell, it could even be a lottery pick.
Some other stuff of late: F Ryan Fox, 19, obtained near the deadline last season when F Kris Foucault wouldn't report to the Ice after being recalled from Canmore after Dustin Sylvester's ankle injury and was subsequently dealt to the Hitmen for Fox, has decided to head to school early and not play out his two remaining years of junior eligibility. I don't know if I'd call it a huge blow to the club as injuries limited what Fox could do after the deal and on the depth chart, I don't know if he'd be more than a 3rd line forward. A tough spot for a 19-year-old. The Calgary product will go to SAIT in Calgary... Still no update from 20-year-old Tylan Stephens and whether or not he'll return for his overage season this fall... Former Ice captain Jason Jaffray signed with the Calgary Flames this week. Hopefully he'll get a better look in cowtown than he did in Vancouver... Another former captain in Trail's Steve McCarthy is back from pro hockey Siberia - literally after spending a season in Russia's KHL - and signed a one-year deal with the Anaheim Ducks...Former Ice players signing new deals: D Aaron Rome signed with the Canucks. A good spot for the Nesbitt, Manitoba product as the Canucks lack of depth on the blueline - with Mattias Ohlund gone to Tampa - should give Rome a decent shot at being a regular... D Matt Walker - Tampa. A Warrior. Broken finger in playoffs... still played... nuff said... D Mike Busto was acquired by the Habs in the Gomez deal... The Flames signed former Ice foward Ryley Armstrong and Fernie product Jason Krog signed with the Atlanta Thrashers.
More this week...
Friday, July 10, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Ice take d-man in import draft...
Kootenay selected a left-shooting defenseman in today's draft. Petr Senkerik - a 6'180lb Czech rearguard - that gives them five 1991-born defenseman potentially on the roster.
Brayden McNabb, Cason Machacek, Hayden Rintoul, James Martin and Senkerik - if he sticks. There once was a time where it was an automatic that they Euros would get a roster spot but those days are no more. (Ales Frieb anyone?)
With the loss of Barteaux and Frere - the latter who will attend the Unversity of Calgary this fall and play for the Dinos - the club doesn't have a 19 or 20-year-old defenseman on the roster. Look for the club's compliment of 20-year-olds to be filled with at least one 20-year-old.
If you concede that first four will be the club's top four, at least for the time being, Joey Leach, 17, Tyler Vanscourt, 17, and possibly Micheal King, 16, will compete for the other spots, at least until help arrives via the trade route.
Brayden McNabb, Cason Machacek, Hayden Rintoul, James Martin and Senkerik - if he sticks. There once was a time where it was an automatic that they Euros would get a roster spot but those days are no more. (Ales Frieb anyone?)
With the loss of Barteaux and Frere - the latter who will attend the Unversity of Calgary this fall and play for the Dinos - the club doesn't have a 19 or 20-year-old defenseman on the roster. Look for the club's compliment of 20-year-olds to be filled with at least one 20-year-old.
If you concede that first four will be the club's top four, at least for the time being, Joey Leach, 17, Tyler Vanscourt, 17, and possibly Micheal King, 16, will compete for the other spots, at least until help arrives via the trade route.
Buffalo takes McNabb
For the News-Advertiser....
McNabb a Sabre
by Jeff Bromley
After every Kootenay Ice practice in the bowels of the Cranbrook Rec Plex you’ll find defenseman Brayden McNabb leaping side-to-side, back-and-forth and up and down a string ladder spread out on the floor in an exercise designed to increase his foot-speed on the ice. The sometimes grueling drill paid-off on June 27 as the Davidson, Saskatchewan product took another leap in his hockey career when the Buffalo Sabres called his name in the third round of the NHL Draft in Montreal, 66th overall. McNabb got the call from his agent and then from the Sabres about five minutes after he’d seen his name on the NHL draft-day website. “It was great,” said McNabb from his home in Davidson. “Watching the first round and not getting drafted. Then watching the whole second round and not getting drafted and then finally going early in the third round was a great feeling.”
The dreaded pit in his stomach formed after the second round came and went for the 6-foot-4, 200-pound defender after Central Scouting had him ranked 51st among North American skaters. “There was a little bit,” said McNabb of the forming anxiety. “But just getting drafted is an amazing achievement and I’m really excited about it.”
During the NHL scouting combine in late May where prospects were put through a battery of physical tests, interviewed by prospective teams and then tested some more McNabb sat through 21 interviews by NHL clubs, including the Sabres. Two in particular – Montreal and Toronto – expressed the most interest, with the Habs and Leafs actually flying him out for even more interviews and testing. McNabb finished first among all prospects on the fatigue index with a score of 37.1, an indication of why the rangy d-man can log the minutes he does with the Ice. “Those were the two teams with the most interest, I thought,” said McNabb. “But it was really hard to tell with the interviews because they’re all the same.”
McNabb, who will participate the Sabres prospect camp July 6-11, will join another tower in the Sabres stable in Kelowna Rocket defenseman Tyler Myers. Myers, at 6-foot-7, 211 lbs and arguably the best defenseman in the WHL last season, and McNabb went to school together at Athol Murray College in Notre Dame Saskatchewan three years ago when McNabb was on the Bantam squad and Myers on the Midget team. Myers, 19, is expected to challenge for a spot on the Sabres roster this season.
Size was a theme for the Sabres during the NHL Draft as before their second selection in McNabb the club used the 13th overall pick to take 6-foot-3, 210 lb Peterborough Pete forward Zack Kassian, thought by many to be the toughest player in the draft. “I want to go there next week and make a good first impression and hopefully move up on the depth charts for now," added McNabb.
Quick Hits – Two former Ice players – one a roster player and the other a list player – heard their names on draft day. Forward Kris Foucault, who was cut last September after being acquired from the Swift Current Broncos the season prior and subsequently dealt to the Calgary Hitmen for forward Ryan Fox, 18, just before the trade deadline last season. Foucault was with the AJHL’s Canmore Eagles at the time and went on to score 11 goals and 5 assists in 18 playoff games with the Hitmen who lost to the Kelowna Rockets in the WHL final in six games. Foucault went 103rd overall to the Minnesota Wild. D Kevin Connauton, an Edmonton product who was listed by the Ice two seasons ago, was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks 83rd overall out of Western Michigan University of the NCAA. Connauton was dropped by the Ice and subsequently listed by the Vancouver Giants, prompting speculation that he may leave the NCAA and join the Giants next season… McNabb, an accomplished pitcher who lead the Davidson Midget AA squad to the Saskatchewan Provincials last season, won’t be playing this summer citing a demanding workout schedule on top of the Sabres prospects camp… The CHL Import draft took place June 30 with the Ice picking 38th overall. The Ice were expected to make only one selection as Czech forward Dominik Pacovsky is expected to return in September... Two other ranked players - goaltender Nathan Lieuwen and defenseman Hayden Rintoul - went undrafted Saturday.
McNabb a Sabre
by Jeff Bromley
After every Kootenay Ice practice in the bowels of the Cranbrook Rec Plex you’ll find defenseman Brayden McNabb leaping side-to-side, back-and-forth and up and down a string ladder spread out on the floor in an exercise designed to increase his foot-speed on the ice. The sometimes grueling drill paid-off on June 27 as the Davidson, Saskatchewan product took another leap in his hockey career when the Buffalo Sabres called his name in the third round of the NHL Draft in Montreal, 66th overall. McNabb got the call from his agent and then from the Sabres about five minutes after he’d seen his name on the NHL draft-day website. “It was great,” said McNabb from his home in Davidson. “Watching the first round and not getting drafted. Then watching the whole second round and not getting drafted and then finally going early in the third round was a great feeling.”
The dreaded pit in his stomach formed after the second round came and went for the 6-foot-4, 200-pound defender after Central Scouting had him ranked 51st among North American skaters. “There was a little bit,” said McNabb of the forming anxiety. “But just getting drafted is an amazing achievement and I’m really excited about it.”
During the NHL scouting combine in late May where prospects were put through a battery of physical tests, interviewed by prospective teams and then tested some more McNabb sat through 21 interviews by NHL clubs, including the Sabres. Two in particular – Montreal and Toronto – expressed the most interest, with the Habs and Leafs actually flying him out for even more interviews and testing. McNabb finished first among all prospects on the fatigue index with a score of 37.1, an indication of why the rangy d-man can log the minutes he does with the Ice. “Those were the two teams with the most interest, I thought,” said McNabb. “But it was really hard to tell with the interviews because they’re all the same.”
McNabb, who will participate the Sabres prospect camp July 6-11, will join another tower in the Sabres stable in Kelowna Rocket defenseman Tyler Myers. Myers, at 6-foot-7, 211 lbs and arguably the best defenseman in the WHL last season, and McNabb went to school together at Athol Murray College in Notre Dame Saskatchewan three years ago when McNabb was on the Bantam squad and Myers on the Midget team. Myers, 19, is expected to challenge for a spot on the Sabres roster this season.
Size was a theme for the Sabres during the NHL Draft as before their second selection in McNabb the club used the 13th overall pick to take 6-foot-3, 210 lb Peterborough Pete forward Zack Kassian, thought by many to be the toughest player in the draft. “I want to go there next week and make a good first impression and hopefully move up on the depth charts for now," added McNabb.
Quick Hits – Two former Ice players – one a roster player and the other a list player – heard their names on draft day. Forward Kris Foucault, who was cut last September after being acquired from the Swift Current Broncos the season prior and subsequently dealt to the Calgary Hitmen for forward Ryan Fox, 18, just before the trade deadline last season. Foucault was with the AJHL’s Canmore Eagles at the time and went on to score 11 goals and 5 assists in 18 playoff games with the Hitmen who lost to the Kelowna Rockets in the WHL final in six games. Foucault went 103rd overall to the Minnesota Wild. D Kevin Connauton, an Edmonton product who was listed by the Ice two seasons ago, was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks 83rd overall out of Western Michigan University of the NCAA. Connauton was dropped by the Ice and subsequently listed by the Vancouver Giants, prompting speculation that he may leave the NCAA and join the Giants next season… McNabb, an accomplished pitcher who lead the Davidson Midget AA squad to the Saskatchewan Provincials last season, won’t be playing this summer citing a demanding workout schedule on top of the Sabres prospects camp… The CHL Import draft took place June 30 with the Ice picking 38th overall. The Ice were expected to make only one selection as Czech forward Dominik Pacovsky is expected to return in September... Two other ranked players - goaltender Nathan Lieuwen and defenseman Hayden Rintoul - went undrafted Saturday.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
McNabb to Sabres...
D Brayden McNabb - pegged to go anywhere from the 2nd to the 4th round was selected in the third round, 66th overall by the Buffalo Sabres.
McNabb was the only member of the Ice to hear their name called as prospects like G Nathan Lieuwen (ranked 11th among North American goalies by CSB) and D Hayden Rintoul weren't drafted.
Interesting to note that two former Ice players - one a list player and the other a former player - were drafted today. F Kris Foucault when 103rd overall to the Minnesota Wild and D Kevin Connaughton - a former list player who went the NCAA route to Western Michigan - went 83rd overall to the Vancouver Canucks.
McNabb was the only member of the Ice to hear their name called as prospects like G Nathan Lieuwen (ranked 11th among North American goalies by CSB) and D Hayden Rintoul weren't drafted.
Interesting to note that two former Ice players - one a list player and the other a former player - were drafted today. F Kris Foucault when 103rd overall to the Minnesota Wild and D Kevin Connaughton - a former list player who went the NCAA route to Western Michigan - went 83rd overall to the Vancouver Canucks.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Schedule, draft etc....
Perhaps the earliest release of the Kootenay Ice schedule happened today as the club released a tentative schedule of the 2009-10 season. It's almost an exact template of years gone by with the one exception that I can see being the club will host only one exhibition game, Wednesday September 9 against the Hurricanes. The other three will be held in the Crowsnest Pass (Lethbridge and Calgary) and Innisfail (Red Deer).
I like the idea that the Eastern Conference of the WHL gets their scheduling done early and at least tentatively released. With the T-Birds in their own building in Kent (and the Supersonics in Oklahoma City) the only stumbling block I see to the West doing their schedule earlier than the August date it's usually released is the dates the Portland Winterhawks will play at the Rose Garden this season as they share with the NBA's Trailblazers. I doubt it'll happen though with the uncertainity of the Memorial Coliseum where the Hawks play the bulk of their games.
Some other thoughts: Kootenay's 20-year-olds this season could be wide-open with the uncertainity surrounding the return of C Tylan Stephens. The Calgary product could forgo his last year of WHL eligibility and start school in Calgary. He wants to be a pilot and that goal could supercede any he might score in Kootenay this season. I'll be checking in with Ty later in the month... The only other 20-year-old on the roster is C Dustin Sylvester, though as a free-agent he could be offered a pro contract and turn pro this season, leaving the club with no 20-year-olds. Although the latter is a distinct possibility the ankle-injury Sylvester suffered at Christmas and sidelined him for the rest of the season likely dictates that another year of junior seasoning would be in order.
The NHL Draft goes Friday in Montreal with D Brayden McNabb, D Hayden Rintoul and G Nathan Lieuwen ranked by Central Scouting for the draft. The CHL Import Draft goes June 30.
Former Ice head coach Ryan McGill got his shot at the show this week when he was named an assistant coach with the Calgary Flames along with Hitmen coach Dave Lowry. The pair will serve under Brent Sutter as the hockey world's worst-kept secret was confirmed when Sutter accepted the Flames position. The annoucement of Lowry's promotion to the Flames forced HockeyCanada to name a new coach of the U-18 team for the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in Slovakia in August. Memorial Cup-winning coach Bob Boughner, of the Windsor Spitfires, will take Lowry's place. Ice head coach Mark Holick, along with Oshawa's Chris DePiero, remain the assistants.
Will have a couple of stories coming on this stuff later....
I like the idea that the Eastern Conference of the WHL gets their scheduling done early and at least tentatively released. With the T-Birds in their own building in Kent (and the Supersonics in Oklahoma City) the only stumbling block I see to the West doing their schedule earlier than the August date it's usually released is the dates the Portland Winterhawks will play at the Rose Garden this season as they share with the NBA's Trailblazers. I doubt it'll happen though with the uncertainity of the Memorial Coliseum where the Hawks play the bulk of their games.
Some other thoughts: Kootenay's 20-year-olds this season could be wide-open with the uncertainity surrounding the return of C Tylan Stephens. The Calgary product could forgo his last year of WHL eligibility and start school in Calgary. He wants to be a pilot and that goal could supercede any he might score in Kootenay this season. I'll be checking in with Ty later in the month... The only other 20-year-old on the roster is C Dustin Sylvester, though as a free-agent he could be offered a pro contract and turn pro this season, leaving the club with no 20-year-olds. Although the latter is a distinct possibility the ankle-injury Sylvester suffered at Christmas and sidelined him for the rest of the season likely dictates that another year of junior seasoning would be in order.
The NHL Draft goes Friday in Montreal with D Brayden McNabb, D Hayden Rintoul and G Nathan Lieuwen ranked by Central Scouting for the draft. The CHL Import Draft goes June 30.
Former Ice head coach Ryan McGill got his shot at the show this week when he was named an assistant coach with the Calgary Flames along with Hitmen coach Dave Lowry. The pair will serve under Brent Sutter as the hockey world's worst-kept secret was confirmed when Sutter accepted the Flames position. The annoucement of Lowry's promotion to the Flames forced HockeyCanada to name a new coach of the U-18 team for the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in Slovakia in August. Memorial Cup-winning coach Bob Boughner, of the Windsor Spitfires, will take Lowry's place. Ice head coach Mark Holick, along with Oshawa's Chris DePiero, remain the assistants.
Will have a couple of stories coming on this stuff later....
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Holick named U-18 Assistant Coach
For the News-Advertiser...
Holick named assistant coach for U-18 team
by Jeff Bromley
Kootenay Ice head coach Mark Holick’s summer just got a little shorter. Holick, 40, was named assistant coach to Canada’s entry into the Ivan Hlinka U-18 Memorial tournament – formerly the World U-18 Challenge – held annually in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and scheduled for August 11-15. Following the club’s early exit from the WHL playoffs at the hands of the Brandon Wheat Kings at the end of March the second-year head coach flew to Toronto in early April to interview for the job. “It’s an opportunity that you can’t pass up,” said Holick. “It’s a chance to work in the under-18 program, the national team program. When the opportunity presented itself, I jumped at it.”
The head coaching position went to Calgary Hitmen head coach Dave Lowry, who is coming off his first season at the helm of the Hitmen after leading the club to first place overall in the regular season before bowing out in the WHL finals to the Kelowna Rockets in six games. Holick’s counterpart behind the bench also in an assistant coach role will be Chris DePiero, the head coach of the OHL’s Oshawa Generals. “We interviewed in Toronto then came back and it was a waiting game from there,” continued Holick. “Obviously it worked out but it’s been something that's been in the back of my mind for awhile. If you’re a coach you want to coach at the highest level and this is a step in that process. If we do well it presents more opportunities and then who knows where one could end up in the program.”
Holick is the second Ice coach to venture into the national team program as Cory Clouston, now the head coach of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators, was the bench boss of the U-18 summer team that brought home the gold in 2006 on a club that included defenseman John Negrin. Holick himself is no stranger to Hockey Canada’s high performance program as the Penticton product was the head coach of Team Pacific at the World U-17 Challenge in Lethbridge in 2004 and guided that club, which included former Ice forward Ben Maxwell, to a silver medal. Holick was also going to be an assistant for the inaugural World Junior A Challenge in Trail in 2007 with Team West but was hired on with the Ice that summer.
Holick resigned himself to small steps up the ladder of Hockey Canada’s program, applying for the assistant coaching position first instead of the head coaching job. “I interviewed and indicated that I was interested in the assistant’s position,” said Holick. “I didn’t feel I was quite ready to take on the head coaching position. But for me it was honour and privilege just to be named.”
The coaching staff along with Hockey Canada scouts will have their first conference call to discuss the potential invites to the summer camp this July in Calgary. Though he wasn’t at liberty to say who might get the nod there are at least two members of the Ice who will get consideration; forwards Drew Czerwonka and Max Reinhart, both of which played at the World U-17 Challenge over the Christmas holidays in Port Alberni for Team West and Team Pacific, respectively. “I don’t think I can comment publicly on the player lists until the invites go out but we do have a couple of players on our team who may or may not be ready for that opportunity.”
Quick Hits – The WHL’s Central Division will be well-represented this year at the Hockey Canada level as beside Holick and Hitmen coach Dave Lowry, Medicine Hat Tigers bench boss Willie Desjardins was named the head coach of the National Junior squad that will compete in Saskatoon and Regina for the 2010 tournament this December and January. Canada has won five-straight gold medals at the tournament dating back to 2005 when former Ice players Nigel Dawes and Jeff Glass took home the gold medal… The deadline for Kootenay Ice season tickets at early bird prices is May 29. Inquiries can made at the Ice office at the Cranbrook Rec Plex.
Holick named assistant coach for U-18 team
by Jeff Bromley
Kootenay Ice head coach Mark Holick’s summer just got a little shorter. Holick, 40, was named assistant coach to Canada’s entry into the Ivan Hlinka U-18 Memorial tournament – formerly the World U-18 Challenge – held annually in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and scheduled for August 11-15. Following the club’s early exit from the WHL playoffs at the hands of the Brandon Wheat Kings at the end of March the second-year head coach flew to Toronto in early April to interview for the job. “It’s an opportunity that you can’t pass up,” said Holick. “It’s a chance to work in the under-18 program, the national team program. When the opportunity presented itself, I jumped at it.”
The head coaching position went to Calgary Hitmen head coach Dave Lowry, who is coming off his first season at the helm of the Hitmen after leading the club to first place overall in the regular season before bowing out in the WHL finals to the Kelowna Rockets in six games. Holick’s counterpart behind the bench also in an assistant coach role will be Chris DePiero, the head coach of the OHL’s Oshawa Generals. “We interviewed in Toronto then came back and it was a waiting game from there,” continued Holick. “Obviously it worked out but it’s been something that's been in the back of my mind for awhile. If you’re a coach you want to coach at the highest level and this is a step in that process. If we do well it presents more opportunities and then who knows where one could end up in the program.”
Holick is the second Ice coach to venture into the national team program as Cory Clouston, now the head coach of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators, was the bench boss of the U-18 summer team that brought home the gold in 2006 on a club that included defenseman John Negrin. Holick himself is no stranger to Hockey Canada’s high performance program as the Penticton product was the head coach of Team Pacific at the World U-17 Challenge in Lethbridge in 2004 and guided that club, which included former Ice forward Ben Maxwell, to a silver medal. Holick was also going to be an assistant for the inaugural World Junior A Challenge in Trail in 2007 with Team West but was hired on with the Ice that summer.
Holick resigned himself to small steps up the ladder of Hockey Canada’s program, applying for the assistant coaching position first instead of the head coaching job. “I interviewed and indicated that I was interested in the assistant’s position,” said Holick. “I didn’t feel I was quite ready to take on the head coaching position. But for me it was honour and privilege just to be named.”
The coaching staff along with Hockey Canada scouts will have their first conference call to discuss the potential invites to the summer camp this July in Calgary. Though he wasn’t at liberty to say who might get the nod there are at least two members of the Ice who will get consideration; forwards Drew Czerwonka and Max Reinhart, both of which played at the World U-17 Challenge over the Christmas holidays in Port Alberni for Team West and Team Pacific, respectively. “I don’t think I can comment publicly on the player lists until the invites go out but we do have a couple of players on our team who may or may not be ready for that opportunity.”
Quick Hits – The WHL’s Central Division will be well-represented this year at the Hockey Canada level as beside Holick and Hitmen coach Dave Lowry, Medicine Hat Tigers bench boss Willie Desjardins was named the head coach of the National Junior squad that will compete in Saskatoon and Regina for the 2010 tournament this December and January. Canada has won five-straight gold medals at the tournament dating back to 2005 when former Ice players Nigel Dawes and Jeff Glass took home the gold medal… The deadline for Kootenay Ice season tickets at early bird prices is May 29. Inquiries can made at the Ice office at the Cranbrook Rec Plex.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Holick named assistant to U-18
Ice coach Mark Holick had been named to the coaching staff of Canada's U-18 team that plays in the Ivan Hlinka Memorial tournament every August. Holick was named an assistant coach under Calgary Hitmen coach Dave Lowry. Chris Dipiero of the OHL's Oshawa Generals is the other assistant.
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