U-18 Camp Starts on Saturday

Hockey Canada will host Canada’s Under-18 Team selection camp from August 1-4 at the Father David Bauer Olympic Arena in Calgary.

Team Red
1 Louis Boileau-Dominque L 6'1" 176 03/06/92 Mont St-Hilaire, Que./QC Moncton (QMJHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
31 Calvin Pickard L 6'1" 208 04/15/92 Winnipeg, Man. Seattle (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Defence
32 Brandon Gormley L 6'1" 175 02/18/92 Murray River, P.E.I./I.-P.-E. Moncton (QMJHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
33 Troy Rutkowski R 6'1" 200 04/29/92 Edmonton, Alta./Alb. Portland (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
34 Jérôme Gauthier-Leduc R 6'1" 171 07/30/92 Quebec, Que./QC Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
35 Ryan O'Connor R 5'8" 175 01/12/92 Hamilton, Ont. Barrie (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
36 Mark Pysyk R 6'1" 175 01/11/92 Sherwood Park, Alta./Alb. Edmonton (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
37 Brock Beukeboom R 6'2" 199 04/01/92 Uxbridge, Ont. Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Forwards
3 Christian Thomas R 5'9" 165 05/26/92 Toronto, Ont. Oshawa (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
4 Cédrick Henley L 6'4" 182 01/10/92 Val d'Or, Que./QC Val d'Or (QMJHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
5 Jaden Schwartz L 5'9" 172 06/25/92 Wilcox, Sask. Notre Dame (SJHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
13 Michaël Bournival L 5'10" 172 05/31/92 Shawinigan-Sud, Que./QC Shawinigan (QMJHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
14 Brooks Macek R 5'11" 170 05/15/92 Winnipeg, Man. Tri-City (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
15 Steven Shipley L 6'2" 200 04/22/92 Ilderton, Ont. Owen Sound (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
18 Tyler Seguin R 6'0" 170 01/31/92 Brampton, Ont. Plymouth (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
19 Tyler Toffoli R 6'0" 181 04/24/92 Scarborough, Ont. Ottawa (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
20 John McFarland L 6'0" 192 04/02/92 Richmond Hill, Ont. Sudbury (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
24 Brendan Ranford L 5'10" 180 05/03/92 Edmonton, Alta. Kamloops (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
25 Freddie Hamilton R 6'0" 185 01/01/92 Toronto, Ont. Niagara (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
26 Mark Stone R 6'2" 182 05/13/92 Winnipeg, Man. Brandon (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.

Team White
Goaltenders
1 Tyler Bunz R 6'0" 165 02/11/92 St. Albert, Alta/Alb. Medicine Hat (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
31 Kent Simpson L 6'1" 183 03/26/92 Edmonton, Alta./Alb. Everett (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Defence
27 Erik Gudbranson R 6'3" 195 01/07/92 Orleans, Ont. Kingston (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
32 Samuel Carrier R 6'0" 181 04/28/92 Varennes, Que./QC Quebec (QMJHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
34 Morgan Ellis R 6'1" 180 04/30/92 Ellerslie, P.E.I./I.-P.-E. Cape Breton (QMJHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
35 Nathan Chiarlitti L 6'0" 185 02/04/92 Maple, Ont. Sarnia (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
36 Alexander Petrovic R 6'4" 180 03/03/92 Edmonton, Alta./Alb. Red Deer (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
37 Stephen Silas L 6'0" 180 06/26/92 Georgetown, Ont. Belleville (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Forwards
3 Brandon Hynes R 5'8" 170 09/14/92 Norris Point, N.L./T.-N.L. Victoriaville (QMJHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
4 Brad Ross R 6'1" 167 05/28/92 Lethbridge, Alta. Portland (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
5 Ryan Spooner L 5'9" 160 01/30/92 Kanata, Ont. Peterborough (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
18 Jordan Weal R 5'8" 158 04/15/92 North Vancouver, B.C./C.-B. Regina (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
19 Ryan Harrison R 5'10" 185 03/31/92 Kelowna, B.C./C.-B. Prince Albert (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
20 Quinton Howden L 6'2" 175 01/12/92 Oakbank, Man. Moose Jaw (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
21 Brett Connolly R 6'1" 162 05/02/92 Prince George, B.C./C.-B. Prince George (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
22 Sean Couturier L 6'3" 185 12/07/92 Bathurst, N.B./N.-B. Drummondville (QMJHL) 2011 Dft/Rep.
23 Gabriel Desjardins L 5'11" 190 11/09/92 Montreal, Que./QC Halifax (QMJHL) 2011 Dft/Rep.
26 Gregg Sutch R 6'2" 190 02/09/92 Newmarket, Ont. Sarnia (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
28 Guillaume Asselin R 5'10" 171 09/09/92 Quebec City, Que./QC Montreal (QMJHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
29 Jeffrey Skinner L 5'10" 182 05/16/92 Markham, Ont. Kitchener (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Invited to camp but will not participate due to an injury
# Name S HT WT Born Hometown 2008-09 Team Pro status
Goaltenders/Gardiennes de but
- JP Anderson R 5'10" 175 02/14/92 Toronto, Ont. Mississauga (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.

Head Coach Bob Boughner Windsor (OHL)
Assistant Coach Chris DePiero Oshawa (OHL)
Assistant Coach Mark Holick Kootenay (WHL)

TENATIVE ICE Schedule TENATIVE **Updated**

The Western Conference are having their scheduling meetings this week and there was another change to this tenative schedule.

September (1 Road – 3 Home)
Fri 18 Lethbridge 7:00
Sat 19 @ Red Deer 7:30
Wed 23 Edmonton 7:00
Sat 26 Medicine Hat 7:00

October (7 Road – 6 Home)
Fri 2 Calgary 7:00
Sat 3 @ Medicine Hat 7:30
Tue 6 @ Prince Albert 7:00
Wed 7 @ Saskatoon 7:00
Fri 9 @ Brandon 6:30
Sun 11 @ Moose Jaw 7:00
Mon 12 @ Swift Current 2:30
Fri 16 Spokane 7:00
Sat 17 @ Spokane 8:00
Fri 23 Portland 7:00
Sat 24 Moose Jaw 7:00
Wed 28 Everett 7:00
Fri 30 Brandon 7:00

November (5 Road – 6 Home)
Sun 1 Seattle 6:00
Fri 6 @ Red Deer 7:30
Sat 7 Red Deer 7:00
Wed 11 @ Calgary 5:00
Sat 14 Tri City 7:00
Sun 15 @ Lethbridge 6:00
Tue 17 Prince Albert 7:00
Fri 20 Regina 7:00
Sat 21 Swift Current 7:00
Fri 27 @ Kamloops 8:00
Sat 28 @ Kelowna 8:00

December (5 Road – 7 Home)
Tue 1 @ Chilliwack 8:00
Wed 2 @ Vancouver 8:00
Fri 4 @ Prince George 8:00
Wed 9 Edmonton 7:00
Fri 11 Calgary 7:00
Sun 13 @ Calgary 7:00
Tue 15 Medicine Hat 7:00
Fri 18 @ Lethbridge 7:00
Sat 19 Lethbridge 7:00
Sun 27 Calgary 6:00
Tue 29 Red Deer 7:00
Thu 31 Regina 5:00

January (8 Road – 5 Home)
Wed 6 Saskatoon 7:00
Thu 7 @ Calgary 7:00
Sat 9 Red Deer 7:00
Wed 13 @ Edmonton 11:30
Sat 16 Spokane 7:00
Sun 17 @ Calgary 5:00
Wed 20 @ Swift Current 6:30
Fri 22 @ Saskatoon 6:00
Sat 23 @ Prince Albert 6:00
Sun 24 @ Regina 5:00
Tue 26 Brandon 7:00
Fri 29 Prince Albert 7:00
Sat 30 @ Spokane 8:00

February (8 Road – 5 Home)
Wed 3 @ Moose Jaw 6:00
Fri 5 @ Brandon 6:30
Sat 6 @ Regina 6:00
Tue 9 Moose Jaw 7:00
Fri 12 @ Edmonton 7:00
Sun 14 Saskatoon 6:00
Tue 16 Swift Current 7:00
Fri 19 Spokane 7:00
Sat 20 @ Lethbridge 7:00
Sun 21 @ Medicine Hat 6:00
Tue 23 @ Red Deer 7:00
Fri 26 @ Medicine Hat 7:30
Sat 27 Lethbridge 7:00

March (2 Road – 4 Home)
Wed 3 @ Edmonton 7:00
Fri 5 Medicine Hat 7:00
Sat 6 Calgary 7:00
Wed 10 Red Deer 7:00
Fri 12 @ Red Deer 7:30
Sat 13 Edmonton 7:00

ISS 2010 Top 10

Here is the Top 10 Rankings for the 2010 NHL Draft from the ISS.

1. Taylor Hall, C
2. John McFarland, C
3. Kirill Kabanov, RW
4. Cam Fowler, D
5. Tyler Seguin, C
6. Vladimir Tarasenko, RW
7. Mikael Granlund, LW
8. Joey Hishon, C
9. Erik Gudbranson, D
10. Evgeny Kuznetsov, RW

TENATIVE ICE Schedule TENATIVE **Updated**

Since the last time I posted the Tenative ICE schedule there has been a couple of changes.
There still is a chance of some more changes.

September (1 Road – 3 Home)
Fri 18 Lethbridge 7:00
Sat 19 @ Red Deer 7:30
Wed 23 Edmonton 7:00
Sat 26 Medicine Hat 7:00

October (7 Road – 6 Home)
Fri 2 Calgary 7:00
Sat 3 @ Medicine Hat 7:30
Tue 6 @ Prince Albert 7:00
Wed 7 @ Saskatoon 7:00
Fri 9 @ Brandon 6:30
Sun 11 @ Moose Jaw 7:00
Mon 12 @ Swift Current 2:30
Fri 16 Spokane 7:00
Sat 17 @ Spokane 8:00
Fri 23 Portland 7:00
Sat 24 Moose Jaw 7:00
Wed 28 Everett 7:00
Fri 30 Brandon 7:00

November (5 Road – 6 Home)
Tue 3 Seattle 7:00
Fri 6 @ Red Deer 7:30
Sat 7 Red Deer 7:00
Wed 11 @ Calgary 5:00
Sat 14 Tri City 7:00
Sun 15 @ Lethbridge 6:00
Tue 17 Prince Albert 7:00
Fri 20 Regina 7:00
Sat 21 Swift Current 7:00
Fri 27 @ Kamloops 8:00
Sat 28 @ Kelowna 8:00

December (5 Road – 7 Home)
Tue 1 @ Chilliwack 8:00
Wed 2 @ Vancouver 8:00
Fri 4 @ Prince George 8:00
Wed 9 Edmonton 7:00
Fri 11 Calgary 7:00
Sun 13 @ Calgary 7:00
Tue 15 Medicine Hat 7:00
Fri 18 @ Lethbridge 7:00
Sat 19 Lethbridge 7:00
Sun 27 Calgary 6:00
Tue 29 Red Deer 7:00
Thu 31 Regina 5:00

January (8 Road – 5 Home)
Wed 6 Saskatoon 7:00
Thu 7 @ Calgary 7:00
Sat 9 Red Deer 7:00
Wed 13 @ Edmonton 11:30
Sat 16 Spokane 7:00
Sun 17 @ Calgary 5:00
Wed 20 @ Swift Current 6:30
Fri 22 @ Saskatoon 6:00
Sat 23 @ Prince Albert 6:00
Sun 24 @ Regina 5:00
Tue 26 Brandon 7:00
Fri 29 Prince Albert 7:00
Sat 30 @ Spokane 8:00

February (8 Road – 5 Home)
Wed 3 @ Moose Jaw 6:00
Fri 5 @ Brandon 6:30
Sat 6 @ Regina 6:00
Tue 9 Moose Jaw 7:00
Fri 12 @ Edmonton 7:00
Sun 14 Saskatoon 6:00
Tue 16 Swift Current 7:00
Fri 19 Spokane 7:00
Sat 20 @ Lethbridge 7:00
Sun 21 @ Medicine Hat 6:00
Tue 23 @ Red Deer 7:00
Fri 26 @ Medicine Hat 7:30
Sat 27 Lethbridge 7:00

March (2 Road – 4 Home)
Wed 3 @ Edmonton 7:00
Fri 5 Medicine Hat 7:00
Sat 6 Calgary 7:00
Wed 10 Red Deer 7:00
Fri 12 @ Red Deer 7:30
Sat 13 Edmonton 7:00

Cracknell To St. Louis

The Blues have signed former ICE Captain Adam Cracknell to a contract Thursday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Cracknell had 26 points (10 goals) in 79 games with Quad City of the AHL last season, as he was part of the Flames organization.

Brad Lauer Interview

Kootenay ICE play-by-play announcer Jeff Hollick talks with ICE Aumni Brad Lauer about joining the Senators as an Assistant Coach.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFvBA_lo8zk

While visiting the link I noticed a few other youtube links featuring Lauer in a some NHL fights. Viewer discretion is advised.

Brad Lauer vs Paul Coffey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za5QGg18n-A&NR=1

Brad Lauer vs Jan Ludvig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rZlkhlYwp4&feature=related

Lauer Joins Clouston In Ottawa

The Ottawa Senators have named Brad Lauer assistant coach.
Lauer, who played 30 games with the Senators in 1993-94, served as Clouston's assistant for five seasons with the WHL Kootenay Ice from 2002-03 to 2006-07.
He spent the last two seasons as assistant coach with the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals.

Milroy To Minnesota

Minnesota has agreed to terms with Duncan Milroy to a one-year contract.
Milroy played with the ICE from 01-03.
Last year he played in the German League and registered 48 points (14-34=48).
In 06-07 he recorded a career-high 58 points (25-33=58) in 64 games for Hamilton of the American Hockey League, when he also notched one assist in five games with the Montreal Canadiens.

McNabb @ Sabres Camp

Last week our newsroom was in contact with Brayden McNabb after he attended the Buffalo Sabres Prospects camp.

Q - Where was the camp?
A - I was in Niagra Falls New York. We were at Niagra Falls University. It was about a week long and they put us through workouts. Lots of practices and we had a few scrimmages and I thought overall it went pretty well.

Q - Were there other WHL players?
A - It was pretty neat. (Tyler) Myers and (Tyler) Ennis were both there. I got to play against Ennis alot last year, something like 6 times. It was a little bit different being on his team as opposed to playing against him.

Q - Were there pro players?
A - Just American League players were there. There was about 10 of them but no NHL guys were there.

Q - How was the experience?
A - Yeah it was a great experience. Just to get going there. Got to play at a whole higher level of hockey was a really good experience.

Q - How does this experience help you this year?
A - You learn alot playing against older and stronger guys. So I can use that in the upcoming year.

Q - What's up for the summer?
A - I'm working out in Saskatoon everyday. Just getting ready for the season coming up.

Nachbaur To Binghamton

Tri City joins Calgary in looking for a new Head Coach as Don Nachbaur is off to the AHL Binghamton Senators.
That's 8 changes in the WHL, 2 in each division. (Swift Current, Regina, Lethbridge, Calgary, Prince George, Chilliwack, Everett & Tri City)
Nachbaur was going into the 09-10 season as the active leader for most games coached in the WHL. The leaders now ...

1. Lorne Molleken – 12 seasons Moose Jaw/Saskatoon/Regina 787 420-305-49-14 .574%
Playoffs 10 Seasons Moose Jaw/Saskatoon/Regina 99 49-50 .495% MC 4 1-3 .250%
2. Don Hay – 9 seasons Kamloops/Tri City/Vancouver 723 445-214-42-22 .660%
Playoffs 8 seasons Kamloops/Tri City/Vancouver 142 91-51 .641% MC 18 14-4 .778%
3. Dean Clark - 12 seasons Calgary/Brandon/Kamloops 696 382-246-62-6 .598%
Playoffs 8 seasons Calgary/Brandon/Kamloops 109 61-48 .560% MC 4 2-2 .500%
4. Willy Desjardins – 8 seasons Saskatoon/Medicine Hat 535 298-176-46-13 .612%
Playoffs 8 seasons Saskatoon/Medicine Hat 102 61-41 .598% MC 8 3-5 .375%
5. Kelly McCrimmon – 9 seasons Brandon 490 247-198-28-17 .550%
Playoffs 6 seasons Brandon 70 36-34 .514%

T-10. Mark Holick – 2 seasons Kootenay 144 77-51-7-9 .590%
Playoffs 2 seasons Kootenay 14 5-9 .357%

Dawes to Flames

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=284809

Former ICE Captain Nigel Dawes has been claimed off waivers by the Calgary Flames.
This re-unites him with former ICE Head Coach Ryan McGill who will be in his 1st year as a Flames' Assistant.
McGill coached him for only 1 year and that was in 01-02 season when the 16-year-old Dawes scored 15 goals in the regular season, 9 in the playoffs and 1 in the Memorial Cup.
Dawes was one of 20 players that filed for salary arbitration earlier this month. He was reportedly looking for a one-way deal for less than $1 million, but was instead put on waivers by the Coyotes.
Phoenix acquired Dawes, as well as Dmitri Kalinin and Petr Prucha, for Derek Morris at the trade deadline.
In 64 combined games with the New York Rangers and the Coyotes, Dawes scored 10 goals and 11 assists.

Arsene to Edmonton/Springfield

Coming down the pipe http://thepipelineshow.blogspot.com/
is reporting former ICE Captain Dean Arsene has signed with the Oilers/Falcons.

Tid Bit - The edition of The Hockey News with Sidney Crosby and the Stanley Cup on the front cover has Arsene and the Calder Cup on the back cover.

Gross to Hitmen

Calgary has claimed 20-year old forward Cody Gross off waivers from Red Deer.

Rebels now have four 20-year-olds on their roster. Jordie Deagle, Cody Esposito, Nathan Green and Cullen Morin.

Hitmen have eight 20-year-olds. Paul Postma (signed), Alex Plante (signed), Brett Sonne (signed), Jason MacDonald, Joel Broda (drafted), Bostjan Golicic (import), Ryan Kerr and Cody Gross.

McCarthy To Anaheim

Former ICE Captain Steve McCarthy has signed a 1-year deal with Anaheim. Last year he played in Russia.

ICE Trade With Vancouver

Frank Musil, NHL Career 86-01 w/Minnesota, Calgary, Ottawa & Edmonton, is moving his family to Burnaby BC. After moving from the Czech Rep to Canada his 16-year-old son David is now available to play in the WHL. Scouting reports say he should be a very high pick in the 2011 NHL Draft, maybe in the top 3. He is a huge defenseman at 6’5” and again the reports are he is the real deal.
The WHL held a lottery draft and the Kootenay ICE won his playing rights.
Musil wants to play near his family so the ICE have traded him to the Giants for a 2010 5th round Bantam pick and a 2011 1st round Bantam pick.

Overall this is great news for the WHL to get a high quality player to be in the league.
For the ICE they get 2 picks. Obviously a 1st round pick is always a great thing to get. Plus they now have something like 9 picks in the 1st 5 rounds of the 2010 Bantam draft which is expected to be one of deepest drafts in a long time.

Calgary - Portland Trade

From Andy Kemper's blog http://afterthewhistle.wordpress.com/
The Portland Winterhawks dealt overage defenseman Ryan Kerr to the Calgary Hitmen today for a conditional pick in the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft.

Calgary's possible overagers
Postma (signed with Atlanta), Plante (signed by Edmonton), Sonne (signed with St. Louis), MacDonald, Broda (Washington pick), Golicic (Import) Kerr.

Portland's possible overagers
Mucha, Ehrhardt (signed with Detroit), Schneider, Cornish, Francis, Valchar (Import).

Ryan Fox To School

Kootenay ICE forward Ryan Fox will not return to the WHL as he has decided to go to school. (SAIT) The 19-year-old joined the ICE in a trade from Calgary for Kris Foucault.
In his career he played 95 games with 4 goals, 16 assists, 20 points and 54pm.

Jason Jaffray to Calgary

Jason Jaffray has agreed to terms on a contract with the Calgary Flames.

Armstrong to Calgary

ICE Alumni Riley Armstrong has signed with the Calgary Flames.

Walker to Lightning, Rome a Canuck

NHL Free agency started today, so far a couple of ICE Alumni have changed teams.


Matt Walker signed with Tampa Bay


Aaron Rome has joined Vancouver.