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.

Busto A Hab

The Montreal Canadiens have acquired centre Scott Gomez, winger Tom Pyatt and defenceman Mike Busto from the New York Rangers in exchange for winger Chris Higgins and defensemen Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko from the Montreal Canadiens.

ICE Select Czech Rep D

The Kootenay ICE have selected 18-year-old Czech Rep defenseman Petr Senkerik with the 38th overall pick in the Import Draft.
He is 6'0 180 lbs.
08-09 Czech Rep Jr Zlin 46 GP 3-19-22 42pm Playoffs 6 GP 1-2-3 0pm
07-08 Czech Rep Jr 30 GP 4-3-7 22pm
06-07 Czech Rep U-18 41 GP 6-19-25 38pm

Dominik Pacovksy will return for his 2nd season with the ICE so the club will not be using their 2nd round pick.

Import Draft

The CHL 2009 Import Draft takes place tomorrow.
The ICE will make their selection at 1:40pm. They have the 38th overall pick.

ICE 09-10 Slogan

McNabb A Sabre

Brayden McNabb was selected in the 3rd round by Buffalo.

TENATIVE ICE 09-10 Schedule TENATIVE

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

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

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

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

January (8 Road – 5 Home)
Sat 2 @ Calgary
Wed 6 Saskatoon
Sat 9 Red Deer
Wed 13 @ Edmonton
Sat 16 Spokane
Sun 17 @ Calgary
Wed 20 @ Swift Current
Fri 22 @ Saskatoon
Sat 23 @ Prince Albert
Sun 24 @ Regina
Tue 26 Brandon
Fri 29 Prince Albert
Sat 30 @ Spokane

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

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

2009-10 WHL CLUB OPENING HOME GAMES

Home Day Date Visitors Time
Kootenay Friday Sept. 18/09 vs. Lethbridge 7:00
Brandon Friday Sept. 25/09 vs. Swift Current 7:30
Calgary Sunday Sept. 27/09 vs. Red Deer 2:00
Chilliwack Friday Sept. 18/09 vs. Kamloops 7:00
Edmonton Saturday Sept. 19/09 vs. Calgary 7:00
Everett Saturday Sept. 26/09 vs. Vancouver 7:05
Kamloops Saturday Sept. 19/09 vs. Chilliwack 7:00
Kelowna Thursday Sept. 17/09 vs. Vancouver 7:00
Lethbridge Friday Oct. 9/09 vs. Edmonton 7:00
Medicine Hat Saturday Sept. 19/09 vs. Lethbridge 7:30
Moose Jaw Saturday Sept. 19/09 vs. Prince Albert 7:00
Portland Saturday Sept. 26/09 vs. Seattle 7:00
Prince Albert Friday Sept. 18/09 vs. Brandon 7:00
Prince George Friday Sept. 18/09 vs. Spokane 7:00
Red Deer Friday Sept. 18/09 vs. Calgary 7:30
Regina Saturday Sept. 19/09 vs. Brandon 7:00
Saskatoon Friday Sept. 18/09 vs. Regina 7:05
Seattle Friday Sept. 18/09 vs. Everett 7:35
Spokane Saturday Sept. 26/09 vs. Tri-City 7:00
Swift Current Friday Sept. 18/09 vs. Moose Jaw 7:30
Tri-City Saturday Sept. 19/09 vs. Kelowna 7:05
Vancouver Saturday Sept. 19/09 vs. Everett 7:00

WHL Exhibtion Schedule

Thu Aug 27
Saskatoon @ Prince Albert 7:00

Fri Aug 28
Moose Jaw vs Medicine Hat 3:00 in Edmonton
Regina vs Edmonton 7:00 in Edmonton
Kelowna @ Chilliwack 7:00
Kamloops @ Vancouver 7:30 in Ladner

Sat Aug 29
Regina vs Medicine Hat 11:00 in Edmonton
Red Deer vs Moose Jaw 3:00 in Edmonton
Swift Current vs Edmonton 7:00 in Edmonton
Vancouver @ Kamloops 7:00
Chilliwack @ Kelowna 7:00
Seattle @ Portland 7:00
Prince Albert vs Saskatoon 7:05 in Aberdeen

Sun Aug 30
Regina vs Swift Current 3:00 in Edmonton
Medicine Hat vs Edmonton 7:00 in Edmonton

Wed Sept 2
Red Deer @ Calgary 7:00
Kamloops @ Chilliwack 7:00 in Hope
Kelowna @ Vancouver 7:00 in Ladner

Fri Sept 4
Calgary vs Kootenay 7:00 in Crowsnest Pass
Prince George vs Seattle 11:30 in Everett
Portland vs Spokane 3:00 in Everett
Tri City vs Everett 7:00 in Everett
Regina @ Brandon 7:30
Chilliwack @ Kamloops 7:0
Medicine Hat @ Prince Albert 7:00
Edmonton @ Red Deer 7:30 in Stettler
Moose Jaw @ Swift Current 7:30

Sat Sept 5
Prince George vs Portland 11:30 in Everett
Tri City vs Spokane 3:00 in Everett
Seattle vs Everett 7:00 in Everett
Red Deer @ Edmonton 7:00 in Leduc
Kamloops @ Kelowna 7:00
Calgary vs Lethbridge 7:00 in Crowsnest Pass
Swift Current @ Moose Jaw 7:00
Medicine Hat vs Saskatoon 7:05 in Aberdeen

Sun Sept 6
Kootenay vs Lethbridge 4:00 in Crowsnest Pass
Tri City vs Prince George 11:30 in Everett
Seattle vs Spokane 3:00 in Everett
Portland vs Everett 7:00 in Everett

Wed Sept 9
Lethbridge @ Kootenay 7:00
Brandon @ Regina 7:00

Thu Sept 10
Everett vs Spokane 7:05 in Tri City

Fri Sept 11
Kootenay vs Red Deer 7:30 in Innisfail
Everett vs Lethbridge 2:00 in Tri City
Portland vs Tri City 7:05 in Tri City
Moose Jaw @ Brandon 7:30
Calgary vs Edmonton 7:00 in Barrhead
Prince George @ Kamloops 7:00
Vancouver @ Kelowna 7:00
Prince Albert @ Saskatoon 7:05
Medicine Hat @ Swift Current 7:30

Sat Sept 12
Lethbridge vs Portland 2:00 in Tri City
Spokane vs Tri City 7:05 in Tri City
Vancouver @ Chilliwack in 7:00
Brandon @ Moose Jaw 7:00
Kamloops @ Prince George 7:00
Calgary vs Red Deer 7:30 in Lacombe
Saskatoon @ Regina 7:00
Everett @ Seattle 7:05
Swift Current @ Medicine Hat 7:30

Sun Sept 13
Lethbridge vs Tri City 1:00 in Tri City
Regina @ Prince Albert 7:00
Chilliwack @ Vancouver 5:00

10 Things I Think I Think

1. I think the biggest concern for the ICE this summer is what 20-year-old Ty Stephens will do this season. As has been mention here for the last few months there is a strong chance he will forgo his last year of eligibility to go to school. The feeling I get is there is about a 5% chance he will play in the WHL.
2. I think my prediction Brent Sutter is returning to the WHL will be shot down as it appears he will coach the Calgary Flames. Look for Ryan McGill to be an assistant and maybe even Dave Lowry on the coaching staff.
3. I think the best marketing tool for the WHL as they battle to get players to play in the league is their amazing collection of coaches. Kids in
the WHL are getting NHL type guidance.
4. I think the biggest surprise from last weeks WHL AGM’s was the announcement that within 3 years all WHL teams will have jumbo-tron type score clocks. As a result all fans will eventually have replays. That creates new jobs as it takes a staff to run the cameras and the studios.
5. I think at the NHL Draft this weekend the Islanders will select John Tavares 1st overall. Giants’ Evander Kane will be the 1st WHL player selected at 4th overall to Atlanta. Wheat Kings’ Brayden Schenn will go 5th to Los Angeles. Chiefs’ Jared Cowen 8th overall to Dallas.
6. I think the ICE could have anywhere from 1-4 players selected. For the sake of making shot in the dark predictions I’ll say Brayden McNabbwill go in the 2nd round to Philadelphia, Nathan Lieuwen 4th round to New Jersey, Hayden Rintoul 6th round to Chicago and Kevin King 7th round to Toronto.
7. I think the ICE will select a defenseman in next weeks Import Draft. Another shot in the dark with no inside information.
8. I think I’m not surprised the WHL will keep the Conference playoff system instead of switching back to the divisional format. Plus they have extended the format another 5 years. It’s the best way to make sure the teams with the best records make the playoffs.
9. I think I’d like a rule change in which all games start at 7 and all Sunday games start at 2.
10. I think these are my non-hockey thoughts.
a) I think there is no chance of me going to twitter. A blog is enough. Would be great to have all 22 play-by-play guys to have a blog. I believe we are halfway there.
b) I think it’s time to stockpile some books to read on those long road trips. Any recommendations? I don’t like fiction.
c) I think I need someone to show me how to podacst on a PSP. The instructions on the internet aren’t helping.

Dean Chynoweth To Islanders

The Swift Current Broncos have called a news conference for Friday morning where it's expected that Coach/GM Dean Chynoweth will be leaving the team to be an Assistant Coach with the NY Islanders.
He was with the Broncos for 5 years.
NHL Career w/Islanders & Boston 241 GP 4-18-22 667pm Playoffs 6 GP 0-0-0 26pm
Dean is the brother of ICE GM Jeff Chynoweth.

RED LINE REPORT'S TOP EIGHT GOALIES FOR THE 2009 DRAFT

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/columnist/woodlief/2009-06-16-red-line-goalies_N.htm
1. Jean-Francois Berube 6-1/166 L 13 JUL 91 Montreal
2. Igor Bobkov 6-4/192 L 02 JAN 91 Magnitogorsk
3. Olivier Roy 5-11/163 L 12 JUL 91 Cape Breton
4. Robin Lehner 6-3/220 L 24 JUL 91 Frolunda
5. Nathan Lieuwen 6-5/181 L 08 AUG 91 Kootenay
6. Edward Pasquale 6-2/216 L 20 NOV 90 Saginaw
7. Jaroslav Janus 6-0/183 L 21 SEP 89 Erie
8. Scott Stajcer 6-3/197 L 14 JUN 91 Owen Sound

Lieuwen has had an up-and-down roller coaster ride in his two seasons with Kootenay. He's got the prototypical size that NHL clubs are looking for with a lean, athletic 6-foot-5, 181-pound frame. But a rollover car accident during the 2007-08 season left him with a serious concussion. He started out this season well, showing a strong glove hand and agility around the crease, but once again was dinged by the recurrence of concussion woes and his uncertain medical status will likely push him well down many draft boards.

WHL Annual Meeting Concludes

Calgary, AB -- The Western Hockey League concluded its Annual Meeting yesterday in Vancouver by announcing a decision has been made to maintain the current conference playoff format that has been in place for the past two seasons. The WHL Board of Governors agreed that the conference playoff format will remain in place for the next five years, through the 2013-14 season. Prior to adopting the conference format in 2007-08, the WHL first round of playoffs were based on divisional match-ups as opposed to conference seeding.

The WHL Board of Governors also agreed to adopt video replay during the regular season and playoffs commencing with the 2009-10 season. The WHL introduced video replay for the first time during the 2009 WHL Playoffs.

The WHL also announced it will be expanding its officiating development program to include video training centres for referees and additional linesmen training camps throughout Western Canada.

The WHL also adopted a new player recruitment strategy which will include the hiring of a Director of Player Recruitment who will focus on promoting the WHL Scholarship program and the overall benefits of playing in the WHL to top prospects in Western Canada and the United States.

The WHL has also adopted a new facility standard in which all WHL franchises will work toward installing in venue video display boards by the 2011-12 hockey season to further enhance the fan experience.

The WHL also announced that through the support of the WHL Alumni Association and its corporate sponsors the League will be introducing a series of new online post secondary education initiatives commencing with the 2009-10 season. These new initiatives will improve the access players will have to University courses while playing in the WHL.

“This year’s WHL Annual Meeting was very productive in that we have a clear consensus on the direction we are heading in many key areas within the League,” commented WHL Commissioner Ron Robison, “The new initiatives we have adopted will allow us to enhance awareness of our education program and expand our commitment to development for the players and officials.”

10 Things I Think I Think

1. I think it’s great to hear the WHL scheduling meetings are next week. It’s always a challenge for the WHL to make their schedules fit around the NHL schedules in Calgary & Edmonton. This year the ICE will visit the B.C. Division teams and will have the U.S. teams visit the Rec-Plex. The only exception is the ICE playing Spokane 5 times (3 times in Cranbrook and twice in Spokane).
2. I think it was great to see Dean Arsene win his 2nd AHL championship with Hershey but of course tough to see Jason Jaffray and Manitoba lose in the final. Why weren’t these games on T.V. for everyone to see?
3. I think it’s hard to believe it was 10 years ago that we were getting ready for the final ICE season in the Memorial Arena. It was also 10 years ago the ICE were getting ready for the 99-00 season in which they won the WHL Championship.
4. I think you really notice that time is flying when a guy like Shaun Sutter is named the Regina Pats Assistant Coach. He is 29 years old but it seems like yesterday he was playing in the WHL.
5. I think it’s interesting to see the playoff system is being discussed today at the WHL BOG meetings. I’m sure the fact the ICE played Brandon in the 1st round (14 hours of travel) has worried a few teams about the current system. But the 2 teams involved weren’t concerned so I’m don’t think the current system will be changed. There isn’t a perfect system but the current method makes the most sense. The best teams make the playoffs and the 1st round rewards having a strong regular season. In the old divisional system there were too many instances where we the #2 and #5 rated teams in the conference meet in the 1st round because they were #2 and #3 in their division.
6. I think I have always enjoyed watching the NHL Draft, even before it got the coverage it deserved. Now with the NHL Network they cover rounds 2-7 live on Saturday plus the internet has updates pick by pick.
7. I think it’s exciting to know that the NHL Draft is the week after the NHL Draft.
8. I think the biggest rumour out of Lethbridge is Perry Pearn being their new GM and Michael Dyck returning as coach.
9. I think Brent Sutter will coach Red Deer this season. I have no inside information, just making a guess.
10. I think these are my non-hockey thoughts.
a) I think Dan Patrick has the best sports talk show. Plus his weekly articles in SI are always a gem. Bob McCown is always great, let's make him #1A.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/danpatrick/

b) I think Rick Reilly has almost been an after thought after moving to ESPN. I would always read his column 1st every week in SI.
c) I think it would be great to have the MLB Network available in Canada. Who makes these decisions to not allow certain channels to be available in Canada? Get a clue.
d) I think Artie Lange was very funny on Joe Buck Live. It’s a show on HBO, which is sort of available in Canada. There is HBO Canada but doesn’t have all the same shows as the HBO USA.
e) I think I always look forward to watching the PGA grand slam events. The U.S. Open is this weekend and it’s at Bethpage Black in New York. Have to love their sign “The Black Course is an extremely difficult course which we recommend only for highly skilled golfers.” It’s public course in which people line up overnight to get a tee time.

New Rec-Plex Sign

The new Rec-Plex sign is being put up today.
The 30 foot LED Readerboard will also be installed.
The cost of the sign is just over 98 thousand dollars, with another 20 to 25 thousand being needed to accomodate power at the site.

10 Things I Think I Think

1. I think the WHL should call their summer the silly season. In NASCAR they have silly season where the final few months of the season sees drivers and sponsors start preparing for next season by signing new deals. In the last few months there have been a bunch of coaching and GM changes and there is still more to come. Plus add in some new assistant coach’s and there are a lot of new names and new/old names in the WHL.
2. I think it’ll be nice to talk again with Jeff Truitt who is the new GM of Moose Jaw. I was in Lethbridge when he was an assistant coach and had many interviews with him during his time in Kelowna. Truitt is passionate about hockey but very honest and fair in answering all questions. That being said I will miss the visits with former GM Chad Lang.
3. I think it’ll be interesting to see how Marc Habscheid does with the Chilliwack Bruins as both the coach & GM. He was one guy who many thought would never to return to the WHL as it appeared he was on his way to a long NHL career. He still is a strong candidate to be in the NHL again. Habscheid is always an interesting interview who appeared amazingly calm before a game. That being said I hope to see Jim Hiller in the WHL again soon.
4. I think I can’t believe the things that are happening in Lethbridge. No Coach or GM and it doesn’t appear any one person is controlling the situation. Some are unhappy that Rich Sutter has publicly made it known he wants the GM job. But what is he supposed to do when the radio & newspaper people interview him. Is he grandstanding or is he just answering questions. Because he is a Sutter the fact he is applying for the job is a headline story that the media wants to report on and there is nothing wrong with it being a story.
5. I think the rumour of Craig Hartsburg being a candidate to be the next coach of Everett doesn’t surprise me to much. Remember it was GM Doug Soetart that got former NHL coach Kevin Constantine to be the coach of the Silvertips when they were an expansion franchise. Soetart has the big connections and Everett has a reputation for being a great hockey city.
6. I think it’s great to have Dean Clark back in the WHL. The new Prince George coach is 18 wins away from 400 regular season wins in his career. 10 years ago, while coaching the Hitmen, he seemed destined to be on the road to the pros but never seemed to find the right fit. He did more great things with Brandon. In Kamloops he bounced back and forth from being Coach and GM. With the Cougars he has signed a 5-year deal to just worry about being a coach.
7. I think it’s surprising to see Curtis Hunt back as coach of the Regina Pats. It was only 1 year ago he left to be an assistant in the NHL. Even with all the changes with the Senators I thought he would be in the AHL at the very least. He is always great for an off the wall comment or two during our pre-game interviews.
8. I think it’s great to see Jon Klemm joining Spokane as an assistant coach. There were rumours he was thinking of being interested in joining the ICE 2 years ago when the club lost Cory Clouston and Brad Lauer. He still wanted to play hockey and now 2 years later he is more comfortable with his decision.
9. I think it’s only a matter of time until Ryan McGill is named to the Flames’ coaching staff. Will he be working on the bench with Darryl Sutter or Brent Sutter?
10. I think these are my non-hockey thoughts.
a) I think it was great to see Roger Federer win his 14th major at the French Open on Sunday. Tiger Woods has 14 golf majors. You have to think it’s harder to win a major in tennis because if you have 1 bad day you’re done. In golf you still have 3 days to recover from a bad round.
b) Every year at this time I try to get excited about the CFL but am disappointed there are no magazines to read to get more information on the teams and the players. It starts in a few weeks. There are dozens of NFL and NCAA magazines yet not 1 on the CFL. I lean on Rod Pedersen (link to the right) for info on the Riders.

McNabb @ Combine

Kootenay ICE play-by-play announcer Jeff Hollick talks with defenseman Brayden McNabb after returning from the NHL Combine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNQ_zdfW7tc

WJHC Canada Development Camp Roster

Canada’s National Junior Team development camp will be in Saskatoon August 5-10. Goalies will be named in mid-June.

Defence
T.J. Brodie L 6'1" 173 06/07/90 Chatham, Ont. Saginaw (OHL) CGY '08 (4, 114)
Matt Clark R 6'3" 205 10/17/90 Milton, Ont. Brampton (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Jared Cowen L 6'4.5" 218 01/25/91 Allan, Sask Spokane (WHL) 2009 Dft/Rep.
Tyler Cuma L 6'1.5" 189 01/19/90 Bowmanville, Ont. Ottawa (OHL) MIN '08 (1, 23)
Calvin de Haan L 5'11.5" 165 05/09/91 Carp, Ont. Oshawa (OHL) 2009 Dft/Rep.
* Ryan Ellis R 5'9.5" 176 01/03/91 Freelton, Ont. Windsor (OHL) 2009 Dft/Rep.
Cameron Gaunce L 6'1" 203 03/19/90 Markham, Ont. Mississauga St. Michael's (OHL) COL '08 (2, 50)
Travis Hamonic R 6'0" 202 08/16/90 St. Malo, Man. Moose Jaw (WHL) NYI '08 (2, 53)
Shawn Lalonde R 6'0" 190 05/10/90 Orleans, Ont. Belleville (OHL) CHI '08 (3, 68)
* Tyler Myers R 6'7.5" 213 02/01/90 Calgary, Alta./Alb. Kelowna (WHL) BUF '08 (1, 12)
Dylan Olsen L 6'2" 205 01/03/91 Calgary, Alta./Alb. Camrose (AJHL) 2009 Dft/Rep.
* Alex Pietrangelo R 6'2.5" 204 01/18/90 King City, Ont. Niagara (OHL) STL '08 (1, 4)
Colby Robak L 6'3" 194 04/24/90 Gilbert Plains, Man. Brandon (WHL) FLA '08 (2, 46)
Charles-Olivier Roussel R 6'1" 198 09/13/91 St-Eustache, Que./QC Shawinigan (QMJHL) 2009 Dft/Rep.
Marco Scandella L 6'2" 208 02/23/90 Montreal, Que./QC Val d'Or (QMJHL) MIN '08 (2, 55)
* Colten Teubert R 6'3" 189 03/08/90 White Rock, B.C./C.-B. Regina (WHL) LA '08 (1, 13)
Patrick Wiercioch L 6'4" 185 09/12/90 Maple Ridge, B.C./C.-B. Denver (WCHA) OTT '08 (2, 42)

Forward
Luke Adam L 6'1" 201 06/18/90 St. John's, N.L./T.-N.-L. Montreal (QMJHL) BUF '08 (2, 44)
Gabriel Bourque L 5'9" 183 09/23/90 Baie-Comeau, Que./QC Baie-Comeau (QMJHL) 2009 Dft/Rep.
Josh Brittain L 6'4" 217 01/03/90 Milton, Ont. Barrie (OHL) ANA '08 (3, 71)
Jordan Caron L 6'2.5" 200 11/02/90 Sayabec, Que./QC Rimouski (QMJHL) 2009 Dft/Rep.
Joe Colborne L 6'5" 195 01/30/90 Calgary, Alta./Alb. Denver (WCHA) BOS '08 (1, 16)
* Patrice Cormier L 6'1.5" 201 06/14/90 Cap-Pelé, N.B./N.-B. Rimouski (QMJHL) NJ '08 (2, 54)
Philippe Cornet L 5'11" 182 03/28/90 Val Senneville, Que./QC Rimouski (QMJHL) EDM '08 (5, 133)
* Stefan Della Rovere L 5'11" 200 02/25/90 Maple, Ont. Barrie (OHL) WAS '08 (7, 204)
Matt Duchene L 5'11" 201 01/16/91 Haliburton, Ont. Brampton (OHL) 2009 Dft/Rep.
* Jordan Eberle R 5'10" 181 05/15/90 Regina, Sask. Regina (WHL) EDM '08 (1, 22)
Scott Glennie R 6'1" 180 02/22/91 Winnipeg, Man. Brandon (WHL) 2009 Dft/Rep.
Taylor Hall L 6'0" 181 11/14/91 Kingston, Ont. Windsor (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Adam Henrique L 6'0" 188 02/06/90 Burford, Ont. Windsor (OHL) NJ '08 (3, 82)
* Cody Hodgson R 5'11" 189 02/18/90 Markham, Ont. Brampton (OHL) VAN '08 (1, 10)
Nazem Kadri L 5'11" 174 10/06/90 London, Ont. London (OHL) 2009 Dft/Rep.
* Evander Kane L 6'1" 180 08/02/91 Vancouver, B.C./C.-B. Vancouver (WHL) 2009 Dft/Rep.
Zack Kassian R 6'2.5" 212 01/24/91 LaSalle, Ont. Peterborough (OHL) 2009 Dft/Rep.
Brandon Kozun R 5'8" 156 03/08/90 Calgary, Alta./Alb. Calgary (WHL) 2009 Dft/Rep.
Louis Leblanc R 6'0" 178 01/26/91 Kirkland, Que./QC Omaha (USHL) 2009 Dft/Rep.
Brandon McMillan L 5'11" 190 03/22/90 Delta, B.C./C.-B. Kelowna (WHL) ANA '08 (3, 95)
Greg Nemisz R 6'4" 201 06/05/90 Courtice, Ont. Windsor (OHL) CGY '08 (1, 25)
Ryan O'Reilly L 5'11.5" 205 02/07/91 Varna, Ont. Erie (OHL) 2009 Dft/Rep.
Brayden Schenn L 6'0" 199 08/22/91 Saskatoon, Sask. Brandon (WHL) 2009 Dft/Rep.
Kelsey Tessier R 5'9" 169 01/16/90 Fredericton, N.B./N.-B. Quebec (QMJHL) COL '08 (4, 110)

Not attending camp in accordance with National Junior Team policy, which allows for two-time members of the National Junior Team to forego camp and remain eligible for IIHF World Junior Championship.
** John Tavares L 6'0" 203 09/20/90 Oakville, Ont. London (OHL) 2009 Dft/Rep.

Message From ICE Office

Today is the Early Bird Season Ticket Deadline.
We are open until 5pm and over lunch.
People can get their season tickets by coming down to the ICE Office, phoning in or faxing in.
Deadline for Early Bird Season Tickets is today at 5pm!
Regular Season prices will take effect on Monday.

U-18 Selection Camp for August 09

ICE Head Coach Mark Holick is with Team Canada for this years' U-18 team. The selection camp is in Calgary August 1-4.

JP Anderson G R 5’10” 175 02/14/92 Toronto, Ont. Mississauga (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Louis Boileau-Dominque G L 6’1” 176 03/06/92 Mont St-Hilaire, Que./QC Moncton (QMJHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Calvin Pickard G L 6’1” 208 04/15/92 Winnipeg, Man. Seattle (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Kent Simpson G L 6’1” 183 03/26/92 Edmonton, Alta./Alb. Everett (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.

Brock Beukeboom D R 6’2” 199 04/01/92 Uxbridge, Ont. Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Samuel Carrier D R 6’0” 181 04/28/92 Varennes, Que./QC Quebec (QMJHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Nathan Chiarlitti D L 6’0” 185 02/04/92 Maple, Ont. Sarnia (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Morgan Ellis D R 6’1” 180 04/30/92 Ellerslie, P.E.I./I.-P.-E. Cape Breton (QMJHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Jérôme Gauthier-Leduc D R 6’1” 171 07/30/92 Quebec, Que./QC Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Brandon Gormley D L 6’1” 175 02/18/92 Murray River, P.E.I./I.-P.-E. Moncton (QMJHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Erik Gudbranson D R 6’3” 195 01/07/92 Orleans, Ont. Kingston (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Ryan O’Connor D R 5’8” 175 01/12/92 Hamilton, Ont. Barrie (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Alexander Petrovic D R 6’4” 180 03/03/92 Edmonton, Alta./Alb. Red Deer (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Mark Pysyk D R 6’1” 175 01/11/92 Sherwood Park, Alta./Alb. Edmonton (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Troy Rutkowski D R 6’1” 200 04/29/92 Edmonton, Alta./Alb. Portland (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Stephen Silas D L 6’0” 180 06/26/92 Georgetown, Ont. Belleville (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.

Guillaume Asselin F R 5’10” 171 09/09/92 Quebec City, Que./QC Montreal (QMJHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Michaël Bournival F L 5’10” 172 05/31/92 Shawinigan-Sud, Que./QC Shawinigan (QMJHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Brett Connolly F R 6’1” 162 05/02/92 Prince George, B.C./C.-B. Prince George (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Sean Couturier F L 6’3” 185 12/07/92 Bathurst, N.B./N.-B. Drummondville (QMJHL) 2011 Dft/Rep.
Gabriel Desjardins F L 5’11” 190 11/09/92 Montreal, Que./QC Halifax (QMJHL) 2011 Dft/Rep.
Freddie Hamilton F R 6’0” 185 01/01/92 Toronto, Ont. Niagara (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Ryan Harrison F R 5’10” 185 03/31/92 Kelowna, B.C./C.-B. Prince Albert (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Cédrick Henley F L 6’4” 182 01/10/92 Val d’Or, Que./QC Val d’Or (QMJHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Quinton Howden F L 6’2” 175 01/12/92 Oakbank, Man. Moose Jaw (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Brandon Hynes F R 5’8” 170 09/14/92 Norris Point, N.L./T.-N.L. Victoriaville (QMJHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Brooks Macek F R 5’11” 170 05/15/92 Winnipeg, Man. Tri-City (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
John McFarland F L 6’0” 192 04/02/92 Richmond Hill, Ont. Sudbury (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Brendan Ranford F L 5’10” 180 05/03/92 Edmonton, Alta. Kamloops (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Brad Ross F R 6’1” 167 05/28/92 Lethbridge, Alta. Portland (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Jaden Schwartz F L 5’9” 172 06/25/92 Wilcox, Sask. Notre Dame (SJHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Tyler Seguin F R 6’0” 170 01/31/92 Brampton, Ont. Plymouth (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Steven Shipley F L 6’2” 200 04/22/92 Ilderton, Ont. Owen Sound (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Jeffrey Skinner F L 5’10” 182 05/16/92 Markham, Ont. Kitchener (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Ryan Spooner F L 5’9” 160 01/30/92 Kanata, Ont. Peterborough (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Mark Stone F R 6’2” 182 05/13/92 Winnipeg, Man. Brandon (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Gregg Sutch F R 6’2” 190 02/09/92 Newmarket, Ont. Sarnia (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Christian Thomas F R 5’9” 165 05/26/92 Toronto, Ont. Oshawa (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Tyler Toffoli F R 6’0” 181 04/24/92 Scarborough, Ont. Ottawa (OHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.
Jordan Weal F R 5’8” 158 04/15/92 North Vancouver, B.C./C.-B. Regina (WHL) 2010 Dft/Rep.

Jaffray & Arsene Interviews

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1XTDSqY3gA



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

Renney in Edmonton, Klemm in Spokane

Tom Renney, who was born in Cranbrook, was named Assistant Coach of the Edmonton Oilers today. Pat Quinn is the Head Coach.
Renney began his coaching career in the WHL winning a Memorial Cup in with Kamloops. Last season he coached the New York Rangers. He also coached the Vancouver Canucks for 2 seasons. He has a history with Hockey Canada and captured a silver medal as the head coach at the 1994 Winter Olympics.



The Spokane Chiefs have announced that former Memorial Cup and Stanley Cup Champion Jon Klemm has been named the Assistant Coach for the 2009-10 season. Klemm played 204 games as a Chief in a three season career that culminated with the 1991 Memorial Cup championship as a 20-year-old captain. The Cranbrook, BC native won a pair of Stanley Cups, 1996 and 2001, with the Colorado Avalanche in his 17-year pro career.

Where Were You 7 Years Ago Today

May 26, 2002 the Kootenay ICE beat Victoriaville 6-3 to win the Memorial Cup.
Colin Sinclair scored 2 goals, including the game winner. Cole Fischer, Igor Agarunov, Duncan Milroy and Shaun Norrie had the other goals. ICE outshot the Tigres 40-23.
Here is the story from CP on the game ...

Sunday, May 26, 2002
ICE 6, Tigres 3
Ice cap long journey
By JON COOK -- SLAM! Sports
GUELPH -- It started with a double-overtime loss two years ago in Halifax.
The lessons learned from that crushing defeat against Barrie are the ones the Kootenay Ice applied this week in Guelph that catapulted them to a Memorial Cup championship with a 6-3 victory against Victoriaville on Sunday.
Head coach Ryan McGill and five returning players from Halifax desperately wanted to erase the stigma of being the first Western Hockey League champion to go 0-3 in the tournament since it changed to its present format in 1972.
In the final it was those players - Jarret Stoll, Cole Fischer, Colin Sinclair, Richard Hamula and B.J. Boxma - who refused to let another opportunity slip away.
"He (McGill) just told us if we ever get a chance again, not to piss it away," said Sinclair, who scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner at 5:16 of the second period. "Coming in we felt confident with our play and we knew we didn't want to go 0-3 this year."
Fischer, who had lost in the semi-finals as a 16-year-old with Spokane in 1998, scored the all-important first goal of the game for the Ice. The 20-year-old defenceman took a soft pass from Stoll and wristed it over Tigres' goalie Daniel Boisclair. Hamula drew the second assist.
Throughout the regular season and playoffs, the Ice were 41-7 when taking a 1-0 lead.
Hamula and Stoll again drew assists on Duncan Milroy's third-period goal, which was a nice way for the teammates to end their junior careers. While both could return next year as overagers, it's unlikely.
"From losing every game to being a Memorial Cup champion is definitely a sweet feeling," said Stoll, who after five years with the Ice will likely be signed this week by the Calgary Flames who drafted him in the third round in 2000. "Every year is a journey and from where we came four years ago, even from where the Edmonton team came, to now is just leaps and bounds above that."
Fischer collected his second point of the period assisting on Igor Agarunov's first goal of the tournament at 17:59. The 19-year-old's short-side shot eluded Boisclair.
The Ice's strong forechecking was very effective in wearing down the Tigres, who were playing their third game in as many days. The Tigres didn't even register a shot until Danny Groulx's long slapper nine minutes into the game.
The Ice outshot the Tigres 40-23 in the game, but the scoring chances were much more lopsided as Victoriaville rarely got anything from in close.
"I think in the first two periods we had only one or two good scoring chances," said captain Carl Mallette, who scored the final goal of the Tigres' season with 42 seconds left in the game. "You have to give credit to Kootenay. There was no space. They play a forechecking style of hockey and we had only two or three power plays tonight, so when you play five-against-five and you don't get shots, it's hard to score."
After Mallette's first goal cut the deficit to 2-1, Sinclair put the game out of reach with two goals in a 4:32 span in the second. Both scores should have been stopped by Boisclair, who surrendered Sinclair's game-winner on a bad angle shot from below the face-off circle and his second goal off a rebound from Tomas Plihal's floater from the point that handcuffed Boisclair.
"Nothing worked for me," said the 19-year-old, who was yanked following the fourth Ice score, but re-inserted after a brief heart-to-heart with head coach Mario Durocher. "He said 'Do you want to come back?' and I said 'Yeah, you know I deserve to come back.'"
Yet Boisclair's bad luck continued, as the Sept-Iles, QC native surrendered two more goals - to Milroy that went five-hole, and Shaun Norrie that deflected in off his own defender.
Durocher pulled his goalie for the second time in the game and inserted rookie Daniel Manzato, who ironically was displaced in the Victoriaville nets during the their second-round playoff series against Hull. But he put Boisclair back in for the final 1:27.
"The future of our team is Manzato, so I was just thinking that he deserved to be there at 6-1 to get some experience," said Durocher, who has compiled a record of 82-47-8 since taking the coaching job two years ago. "I brought back Boisclair, because he deserved to be there in the end and not on the bench."
The Tigres, as they had done in the tie-breaker and semi-finals, rallied with two late goals by Lombardi and Mallette but it was too late this time.
"We were missing a little juice at the end and we just couldn't get it," said Lombardi, who led all scorers at the tournament with nine points off two goals and seven assists. "We're all proud of ourselves and everything we accomplished."
Groulx became just the first player on a losing team to win the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy as tournament MVP, since Guelph goaltender Chris Madden won it in 1998. The 20-year-old had seven points.
"It's not really the award I wanted, I wanted the big cup," said Groulx, a free agent who will try to translate his Memorial Cup success into an NHL contract. "It's a good way to end my junior career. I think I had a good year and it's looking good for next year. My agent has been talking to a few teams and we're looking forward to signing a contract somewhere."
Kootenay's win gives the WHL three of the last five Memorial Cups and the league's second straight.
The Tigres' dream of being the first team to go 0-2 and win the title died, but they gave the QMJHL it's third consecutive Cup finalist.
NOTES: The tournament All-Star Team members were: Defencemen Groulx and Kevin Dallman (Guelph), forwards Lombardi, Sinclair and Cory Pecker (Erie) and Erie Otters goalie T.J. Aceti.
Summary
GUELPH, Ont. (CP) -- Memorial Cup final Sunday afternoon:
First Period
1. Kootenay, Fischer (Hamula, Stoll) 11:35
2. Kootenay, Agarunov (Fischer) 17:59
Penalties -- Lombardi Vic (boarding) 8:35, Fischer Ktn (hooking) 14:04.
Second Period
3. Victoriaville, Mallette (Deev, Lombardi) 3:26
4. Kootenay, Sinclair (Dicaire, Svatos) 5:16
5. Kootenay, Sinclair (Plihal) 9:48
Penalties -- Pottie Vic, Norrie Ktn (fighting) 12:16.
Third Period
6. Kootenay, Milroy (Stoll, Hamula) 7:42
7. Kootenay, Norrie, (Makway, Agarunov) 9:22
8. Victoriaville, Lombardi (Snowball) 17:17
9. Victoriaville, Mallette (Groulx, Lombardi) 19:19 (pp)
Penalties -- Pottie Vic (roughing) 0:49, Sheen Ktn (slashing, misconduct) 14:53, Plihal Ktn (holding) 18:33.
Shots on goal by Victoriaville 6 15 2--23
Kootenay 11 13 16--40
Goal (shots-saves) -- Victoriaville: Boisclair (L,3-3) (start, 12:16 second, 18:33 third) (36-30), Manzato (9:48 second, 9:22 third) (4-4); Kootenay: Boxma (W,3-1).
Power plays (goals-chances) -- Victoriaville: 1-3; Kootenay: 0-2.
Referee -- Francois St. Laurent. Linesmen -- Brent Holdsworth, Kevin Hastings.

Former ICE "C"'s in A Final

Former ICE Captains Dean Arsene and Jason Jaffray will meet in the AHL Finals.
Arsene was "C" in 00-01. For Hershey in the playoffs he has played 16 games with 2 assists, 8pm and is a +8.
Jaffray wore the "C" in 01. For Manitoba in the post season in 16 games he has 6 goals 8 assists for 14 points, plus 6pm and is a +9
Also playing for the Moose is Fernie native Jason Krog. In 16 games he has 7 goals 11 assists for 18 points.

Brandon 2010

The 08-09 Junior hockey season came to an end with Windsor winning the 2009 Memorial Cup with a 4-1 win over the WHL's Kelowna Rockets.
It was the 1st time a team has won the cup after losing the 1st 2 games of the tournament. The Spitfires won 4 in a row to claim their 1st ever title.
This tournament brought back memories of the ICE in Guelph in 2002. The ICE were 2-0 and facing 0-2 Victoriaville. The ICE had clinched a spot in the final and the game had no meaning to them. The ICE lost the game and almost everyone thought the ICE didn't try their best thus forcing a tiebreaker game. I think most of the media wanted a day off instead of covering another game.
Victoriaville won the tiebreaker on Friday, then won the semi-final on Saturday. The Final was on Sunday. The Tigres not only had to win 3 games but needed to do it in 3 days while the ICE had 3 full days off.
The format was changed last year in which there is now a day off between the semi-final and the final making it more likely we could see more teams coming out of the tiebreaker to win the Cup.
Much like the ICE, I don't think the Rockets lost on purpose in their last round robin game. Could they have tried harder, probably. But it was a 1-goal game. It's not like they played their 3rd string goalie and scratched their best players. They earned the right to handle the bench anyway they wanted.
In 2002 the WHL ICE played the QMJHL Victoriaville in an OHL city of Guelph. Talk about no atmosphere. It seemed like most of the non-ICE fans were cheering for the cinderella Tigres but the game wasn't close.
There is nothing like winning 4 best-of-seven play-off series' against teams from your own league. The Memorial Cup is a 1-week tournament and you can't afford 1 off-day.

McGill's Turn

With the Calgary Flames' firing Mike Keenan, one name that better be mentioned is former ICE Head Coach Ryan McGill.
He has more than payed his dues and has produced at the WHL & AHL.
In his years with Hartford (Rangers farm club) he had some amazing successful seasons. 240 games 127-76-27 .585%. Out of nowhere he was not renewed.
In his time handling the Flames farm clubs they have done better than expected. Plus they're on their way to moving that farm club to another city for the 2nd time. That's 4 cities in 3 years.
With the ICE the club won the 2002 Memorial Cup.
New Jersey's Brent Sutter and Hitmen's Dave Lowry will be the most talked about but it would be a shame if McGill didn't fit into the equation.

ICE Early Bird Deadline

Cranbrook, BC – The Kootenay ICE Hockey Club has announced that they will be open from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm including the lunch hour from May 25th to May 29th to accommodate those individuals wishing to buy Early Bird Season Tickets for the 2009 – 2010 season.

Early Bird Prices are as follows:
Adults $399
Senior (65+ before September 18 with valid ID) $299
Student (25 and under with valid Student ID) $249*
Youth $199

The Early Bird prices will only be available until Friday, May 29, 2009.
Regular office hours will resume June 1st.

Niedermayers could be Canucks

From TSN
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=279374

Holick Interview

Kootenay ICE play-by-play announcer Jeff Hollick interviews Head Coach Mark Holick after being named an Assistant Coach for Team Canada at the U-18 August 11-15.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yIrmqM7ebQ

Holick Assistant at U-18

Hockey Canada has named ICE Head Coach Mark Holick an Assistant Coach for Under-18 tournament being held in Czech Republic and Slovakia from August 11-15. Calgary's Dave Lowry is Head Coach and the other assistant is Chris DePiero who is Head Coach/GM of the OHL Oshawa Generals.

Memorial Cup Round Robin

After knocking off Calgary I think everyone felt Kelowna were the favorites to win the Memorial Cup but who would have known it was going to be this easy.
It's always tough to win a 4-team 1 week tournament as anything can happen but the 3 teams from the East don't appear that strong.
There are probably 5 or 6 other WHL teams that could have won this thing this year.
If Kelowna doesn't win the cup it will be a huge upset.
With Spokane winning in the OHL last year and Kelowna on their way to winning in the QMJHL is there any doubt to the best junior league in the CHL.
Next year it's in Brandon and with 2 of the 4 teams from the Dub, the WHL could be on their way to winning 4 in a row.

May 13

Today in ICE history saw the club win both their WHL Championships on this date.
In 2000 they won 1-0 in Spokane over the Mike Babcock coached Chiefs to win the series in 6 games. Dan Blackburn with 33 saves had the shutout and Jarret Stoll scored the only goal on a powerplay on a nice pass from Jason Jaffray.
http://whl.ca/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=23080
In 2002 Duncan Milroy got the game winner at 3:02 of the 2nd overtime in a 3-2 win in game 6 at the Rec-Plex over Cam Ward and the Red Deer Rebels.
http://whl.ca/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=24643

ICE Alumni at Charity Golf Event

CRANBROOK DODGE CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC!
The Drive & B-104 has once again teamed up with the Dodge Boys at Cranbrook Dodge to help in the fight against cancer.

The 4th Annual Cranbrook Dodge Charity Golf Classic is Sunday, May 24th at the Cranbrook Golf Club. It's a 1:30pm shotgun start. Proceeds will go to Relay For Life. Our goal this year is an ambitious $16,000.00! Ottawa Senators Head Coach Cory Clouston is going to golf with us this year. Clouston was the Assistant Coach in 2002 for the Kootenay Ice when we won the Memorial Cup! Come and golf with Cory Clouston!

Put your team together now and plan to take part. The Early Bird entry fee of just $99.00 has been extended to May 16. After that, it jumps to $120.00. per person.

There are some great hole-in-one prizes. Cranbrook Dodge is giving you a chance to win two cars. Willow Appliances has kicked-in a $10,000.00 shopping spree. Bedroom Furniture Gallery is donating a Lazy-Boy recliner as a hole-in-one prize as well. And that's not all. Travel Plus is donating a trip (to be named later). And Beachcomber Hot Tubs is donating a hot tub!

Call Kelly at Cranbrook Dodge for details, or, to register, 250-426-6614. Or, email kelly@cranbrookdodge.com

THN Draft Preview

The Hockey News has this years' Draft Preview magazine. ICE defensemen Brayden McNabb is rated 54th overall which would make him a late 2nd round pick.

ICE Alumni Stasiuk Fired

Lethbridge has relieved Roy Stasiuk from his duties as the Hurricanes GM.
He started with the ICE as a scout in 1995 and eventually became their Director of Player Personal and Assistant GM. He took over the Hurricanes duties in October 2005, replacing Darren Stocker.

Kelowna Champs

Congrats to the Rockets for winning the 2009 WHL Championship.
They defintely earned it with wins over Calgary and Vancouver, plus a tough test against Tri City.
When the Rockets get to Rimouski for the Memorial Cup they'll probably get the same treatment from some of the fans that the ICE got in Halifax in 2000. "Where are the Hitmen. We want to see the Hitmen". That year the ICE took out Calgary in the 3rd round. Much like this year the 2000 Hitmen were ranked #1 in the CHL standings and the fans wanted to see the top ranked CHL team in their tournament.
In 2002 in Guelph the fans wanted to see the defending Cup champion Rebels but they lost to the ICE in the WHL finals.
The fans and organizers didn't show any disrespect towards the ICE but after seeing the rankings all year long I'm sure they were looking forward to seeing what the #1 rated team was all about.
Calgary had a great season but it's always sour to lose so late in the playoffs. Next year they'll lose at least 3 of their top 4 defensemen in Seabrook, Plante & Postma. Stone should get a long look in Phoenix. Forwards gone will be Bortis & McMillan and probably Sonne, Broda, Karpov and Golicic.

Coaching Change

There is a team in every WHL division in search of a new coach. The Central Division Lethbridge Hurricanes have announced that they will not renew Michael Dyck's contract. U.S. Division Everett, B.C. Division Chilliwack and East Division Regina are also looking for a new bench boss. Dyck was the East Conference Coach of the year in 07-08 and went to the league final. With many key returning players the expectations were to at least match that success this year but they never found their groove in the regular or post season.

10 Things I Think I Think

1. I think the only thing that bothers me in the hockey playoffs coverage is the statement "Let's hope the refs put away their whistles and let the players decide the game. They shouldn't be a factor in what type of game it will be". Isn't the fact they aren't calling penalties dictating the type of game that is be played as well? The games where the officials let the games turn into a clutch and grab affair is when I switch the channel.
2. I think Jim Basille's attempt to buy the Phoenix Coyotes will not happen. He is being criticized for not going through the proper channels but it's obvious the NHL doesn't want him. No matter what route he takes it appears there will be huge road blocks. Basille is a huge hockey fan with incredibly deep pockets. I'm not sure if another hockey team in Southern Ontario would work but it can't be any worse that Phoenix.
3. I think it was disappointing to hear Dale Derkatch was fired after being the Regina Head Coach for 1 year. He was a great person to visit with and I am sure he learned a lot in his 1st season but will not get a chance to fulfill the last 2 years of his contract.
4. I think I'm like most people and like to hear all the rumours on who could be the next coach for teams like Regina and Everett. Being in the media I always wonder what that fine line is as to when it's okay to speculate and how much information you need to make it okay to talk about these rumours.
5. I think the contrasting styles of NHL coverage between CBC and TSN shows there is no exact system as to how to cover a hockey game. The most entertaining part of the playoffs has been listening to Bob Cole get frustrated as his colour commentator Greg Millen changes his opinion 3-4 times during a replay. Bob Cole, clearly exasperated, finally jumps in "Whatever. He's gone for two minutes."
6. I think there will 2 high scoring teams winning the OHL & QMJHL titles. Windsor and Drummondville have been dominant in their playoff runs.
7. I think Kelowna beating Calgary would be one of the bigger upsets in recent WHL Finals. Not that the Rockets aren't worthy, it's just how Calgary seemed to be unstoppable. Imagine if Luke Schenn did play for Kelowna all year. But you can't forget the Rockets had some things fall in their lap as well over the past 2 years. Getting Backlund after it seemed he wasn't going to ever play in the WHL. Jamie Benn left his NCAA route last year. While most top American products stay in the USA, the Rockets got Colin Long to play for them. Tysen Dowzak started the year in the AHL and then returned to the WHL.
8. I think it's time to update the ICE Alumni in the AHL Playoffs. Jason Jaffray and Manitoba are already in the Final 4. Brad Lauer and Milwaukee trail Houston 2-1. Dean Arsene and Hershey are up 2-1 vs Wilkes-Barre. Taylor Dakers, Riley Armstrong and Worcester are down 2-0 to Providence.
9. I think there is only 1 ICE Alumni left in the ECHL post season. Steve Makway and Las Vegas are in the Conference Finals against Alaska, while Cincinnati will meet South Carolina.
10. I think these are my non-hockey thoughts.
a) I think it's been a long time since people have talked about horse racing but the 50-1 shot winning the Kentucky Derby created a few conversations this week.
b) I think I want to see the new Star Trek movie. I am not a Trekkie. Not that there's is anything wrong with that. I remember watching a few of the original episodes Saturday afternoons on CBC. Have only seen 1 of the major movies. But the the trailers looks great. Advertising works.
c) I think it'll be great to return to Safeco Field next week. Last year our family accidentally left behind some souvenirs under our seats. After I sent an e-mail to their office to let them know our dilemma I didn't expect response. 1 week later we received all of our stuff in the mail. Great customer service and will always promote the fact there are only an 8-hour drive from Cranbrook.
d) I think I can't wait for summer but will miss those Monday nights with new episodes of House & 24. I hear next year 24 will be done in New York. Oops is that speculation?

ICE Done

Overall they took 2 goalies, 3 defensemen and 4 forwards.

Kootenay ICE Director of Scouting Garnet Kazuik tell us more about the the top 4 selections made by the club in the 2009 WHL Bantam Draft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-di3GhlNVY

ICE 9th Pick

ICE in the 10th round made their 9th pick, and their 2nd goalie of the draft.

Steven Myland - Goalie
08-09: Cloverdale Colts (BCAHA AAA bantam) -- 5gp-2w-0l-0t-1.47gaa-.893sv%
08-09: Cloverdale Colts (KIBIHT) -- 6gp-2w-4l-0t-2.83gaa
08-09: Cloverdale Colts (PoCo bantam AAA tournament) -- 2gp-2.00gaa

Stats from Alan Caldwell's Small Thoughts At Large site, posted on the right.

ICE 8th Pick

ICE 8th pick comes in the 9th round.

Mitchell Fyffe - Right Wing, 5'7" 130lbs
08-09: Kelowna Pursuit of Excellence (KIBIHT) -- 7gp-2g-6a-8pts-4pim
08-09: Kelowna Pursuit Of Excellence (Nike/Bauer AAA bantam tournament) -- 4gp-2g-2a-4pts-0pim
08-09: Kelowna Pursuit of Excellence (St. Albert AAA bantam tournament) -- 5gp-2g-0a-2pts-10pim
08-09: Kelowna Pursuit of Excellence (Victoria AAA bantam tournament) -- 5gp-3g-0a-3pts-2pim

Stats from Alan Caldwell's Small Thoughts At Large site, posted on the right.

ICE 7th Pick

The Ice did not have a pick in the 7th round and they made their next selection in round 8.

Jared Iron - forward
08-09: Meadow Lake Stampeders (CFHL AA bantam) -- 19gp-28g-19a-47pts-16pim
08-09: Meadow Lake Stampeders (Saskatoon bantam tournament) -- 3gp-4g-10a-14pts-2pim
07-08: Meadow Lake Stampeders (CFHL AA bantam) -- 17gp-27g-18a-45pts-2pim
06-07: Meadow Lake North Stars (CFHL AA pee wee) -- 19gp-19g-12a-31pts-6pim

Stats from Alan Caldwell's Small Thoughts At Large site, posted on the right.

ICE 6th Pick

Mike Simpson - Defense
08-09: Semiahmoo Ravens (KIBIHT) -- 7gp-2g-5a-7pts-16pim

Stats from Alan Caldwell's Small Thoughts At Large site, posted on the right.

ICE 5th Pick

Kurt Johnas - Right Wing, 5'11" 138lbs
08-09: Winnipeg Hawks (WMHA AAA bantam) -- 27gp-8g-5a-13pts-28pim
08-09: Winnipeg Hawks (WMHA AA midget) -- 1gp-0g-0a-0pts-0pim
08-09: Winnipeg 2 (Director's Cup) -- 4gp-1g-1a-2pts-2pim
07-08: Winnipeg Hawks (WMHA AA bantam) -- 29gp-1g-6a-7pts-38pim

Stats from Alan Caldwell's Small Thoughts At Large site, posted on the right.