KVHA s Sean MacFarlane Pursuing His Hockey Dream

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1 KVHA s Sean MacFarlane Pursuing His Hockey Dream Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA KVHA News for 10 March, 2011 Sean MacFarlane was a goalie for Danny Lorenz s U18 team during the 2008/2009 season. During that season with KVHA, MacFarlane had the honor of suiting up for the Seattle Thunderbirds on February 8, 2009, for one game. He also practiced with the Birds for several weeks while continuing to play for Lorenz and the U18 team. MacFarlane played well for the KVHA U18 team. However, at the end of the season he decided to turn his hockey career in a different direction. He exchanged his goalie gear for a striped shirt and a whistle, and has been pursuing a professional career as a Hockey Official ever since. Sean s mother Janet MacFarlane provided the update that follows: Sean spent most of February driving to, working in and around, and driving home from Detroit, Michigan. While there, he got to be a linesman in his first USHL game in Muskegon. He was home for a scant 24 hours before flying to Alaska to work various NAHL games in Kenai and Wasilla for two weeks. He got to referee his first NAHL game on Saturday, March 5 th, He plans to return home on March 13 th and then he's off to Wenatchee to work the Wild's last home stand. Following that, he will leave on March 23 rd to work the Junior B Nationals in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and then to Hackensack, N.J., on March 29 th to work the U12 and U14 Tier I Nationals before flying home on April 4 th. Other than missing his family and his dog at home in Spokane, and his new "girlfriend" in Fresno, he is loving every minute. It sounds like and he's hoping--he'll get a full-time assignment next season and will work out of St. Paul-Minneapolis. Needless to say, he's come a long way! Janet MacFarlane also said; Since we still have many friends on the KVHA Midget Tier-II team, we're going to make a day trip down to Tri-Cities this Saturday to root them on in the State Tier II tournament! Again, those friendships with the players and their families are the best thing to come out of Sean s year with Kent Valley. KVHA is sharing this story with you for several reasons; 1.) We adored Sean during his season with Kent Valley Hockey Association, 2.) We continue to admire his strong work ethic and determination, 3.) We view Sean s pursuit of his hockey dream as inspiration for others to consider a career as a Hockey Official. We wish Sean the very best as he travels around North America, smile on his face and whistle in hand. Note: check out the two photos of Sean MacFarlane on the KVHA Web. Spring Forward Saturday Night Members are reminded to set their clocks one hour forward Saturday night. Daylight savings time begins early Sunday morning. KVHA Weekend Scoreboard: 03/04 Win KVHA Mite Tornadoes 6 vs. Nelson Sr. Rockets 4 03/05 Win KVHA Mite Tornadoes 7 vs. Spokane Screaming Eagles 0 03/05 Win KVHA Mite Tornadoes 7 vs. Creston Bruins Sr. 1 03/06 Win KVHA Mite Tornadoes 5 vs. Spokane Warriors 4 03/06 Loss KVHA Mite Tornadoes 1 vs. Nelson Sr. Leafs 5 02/26 Win KVHA Squirt Tornadoes 13 vs. SnoKing Squirt Green 1 03/05 Win KVHA Squirt Tornadoes 5 vs. Seattle Jr. Squirt Blades 0 03/05 Win KVHA PeeWee Tornadoes 4 vs. Everett PeeWee Bruins 2 03/05 Tie KVHA PeeWee Tier-II Selects 1 vs. SnoKing PeeWee Tier-II 1 03/06 Loss KVHA PeeWee Tier-II Selects 1 vs. SnoKing PeeWee Tier-II 3 KVHA News 03/11/2011 Page 1 of 8

2 03/05 Win KVHA Bantam Tier-II Selects 4 vs. Seattle Jr. NW Admirals 2 03/06 Tie KVHA Bantam Tier-II Selects 3 vs. Seattle Jr. NW Admirals 3 03/04 N/A KVHA Bantam Tier-I Rainiers? vs. Tri-Cities Bantam Tier-II? 03/05 N/A KVHA Bantam Tier-I Rainiers? vs. Boise Bantam Tier-II? 03/06 Win KVHA Midget Tornadoes 6 vs. Puget Sound Tomahawks 0 03/05 Loss KVHA Midget Tier-II Selects 0 vs. Seattle Jr. NW Admirals 3 03/06 Win KVHA Midget Tier-II Selects 3 vs. Seattle Jr. NW Admirals 1 Kent Valley Mite Tornadoes Take Second Place at Spokane Tournament Eagles Ice Arena, Spokane, WA 6 March, 2011 Parents of the Kent Valley Mite Tornadoes praised Spokane Americans Youth Hockey Association for hosting an excellent Jr. Mite/Sr. Mite Young Americans Days Tournament. The tournament included a good mix of teams and skill levels pooled for the best possible competition. As always, Eagles Ice Arena provided an appropriate venue for such a large tournament. Well done SAYHA! Kent Valley book-ended the tournament with teams from Nelson, B.C. The Tornadoes played the Nelson Rockets in their first game of the tournament and faced the Nelson Leafs in the tournament final. In between those two games they faced two Spokane teams and a team from Creston B.C. The Tornadoes outscored their opponents 26 to 14 over their five tournament games and earned one shutout. Below are the game scores: 03/04 Win KVHA Mite Tornadoes 6 vs. Nelson Sr. Rockets 4 03/05 Win KVHA Mite Tornadoes 7 vs. Spokane Screaming Eagles 0 03/05 Win KVHA Mite Tornadoes 7 vs. Creston Bruins Sr. 1 03/06 Win KVHA Mite Tornadoes 5 vs. Spokane Sr. Warriors 4 03/06 Loss KVHA Mite Tornadoes 1 vs. Nelson Sr. Leafs 5 A player scoring summary is below: Trevor Mertel - 10 goals, 1 assist = 11 points Zach Johnston - 6 goals, 4 assists = 10 points Andrew Alonzo - 4 goals, 3 assists = 7 points Jake Ferguson - 1 goal, 2 assists = 3 points Gage Gessner 2 goals = 2 points Jackson Grande 2 assists = 2 points Logan Edmunds 1 goal = 1 point Ty Herring 1 goal = 1 point Lucas Majors 1 goal = 1 point Mark Hanscom 1 assist = 1 point Nico Rogers 1 assist = 1 point Steven Rosenquist 1 assist = 1 point Congratulations to the Kent Valley Mite Tornadoes for their Second Place win in the Sr. Mite Division and their excellent performance at the SAYHA Mite Young Americans Days Tournament. Squirt Tornadoes Close Regular Season with 13-1 Win Story by JR Jenkins Castle Ice Arena, Renton, WA 26 February, 2011 The Kent Valley Squirt Tornadoes beat the SnoKing JR T-Birds Green 13-1 in the last regular season game of the NPSHL Squirt season. The Tornadoes finished the season with a 15-1 record and will enter the play-offs as the number two seed behind the number one seeded Everett Grizzlies, who handed the Tornadoes their only loss of the year. KVHA News 03/11/2011 Page 2 of 8

3 Jake Sordahl and Kemper Terry led the way for the Tornadoes with each earning their first hat trick of the season. Aaron Dunning scored the first goal of his career. Danny Smith scored two goals and assisted on Dunning s goal - and Lexi Doner Jr., Davis Fjeld, Oliver Carlson, and Jack Hanscom each adding a goal. Jesper Miquel earned the win in goal to run his regular season record to 7-0. The Tornadoes showed great puck movement and balanced scoring in their final game of the season and the same hard skating they demonstrated at the Ice Cup Tournament a week ago. The Tornadoes start the post season this Saturday against the Seattle Junior Badgers on home ice. Below is the scoring summary: Kent Valley Tornadoes (13) vs. SnoKing Green (1) Kent Valley 1 5:20 Jake Sordahl (1) from Blake Britten Kent Valley 1 6:30 Kemper Terry (1) (Unassisted) Kent Valley 1 7:40 Danny Smith (Unassisted) Kent Valley 1 11:00 Lexi Doner Jr. (Unassisted) Kent Valley 2 4:50 Davis Fjeld (Unassisted) Kent Valley 2 7:40 Jake Sordahl (2) (Unassisted) Kent Valley 2 14:30 Oliver Carlson (Unassisted) Kent Valley 3 6:10 Jake Sordahl (3) (Hat Trick )from Dylan Herzog (Power Play) Kent Valley 3 7:25 Kemper Terry (2) from Lexi Doner Jr. SnoKing 3 7:40 H. Jenkins from M. Juranek and D. Gainer Kent Valley 3 8:00 Danny Smith (Unassisted) Kent Valley 3 8:20 Aaron Dunning from Danny Smith Kent Valley 3 14:00 Jack Hanscom from Oliver Carlson and Jesse Everson Kent Valley 3 14:25 Kemper Terry (3) (HAT Trick) (Unassisted) Kent Valley s Brett Jenkins stopped 7 of 8 shots on goal for 88%. SnoKing s Jadon Steel stopped 15 of 28 shots on goal for 54%. Kent Valley had 1 minor penalty for 3 minutes. SnoKing had 1 minor penalty for 3 minutes. Kent Valley Squirt Tornadoes win 1st Play-off Game Story JR Jenkins Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA 5 March, 2011 The Kent Valley Squirt Tornadoes began the 2011 NPSHL playoffs with a convincing 5-0 victory over the SJHA Badgers. The Tornadoes were led by Danny Smith who earned 4 points with a goal and three assists. Kemper Terry added two goals and Oliver Carlson notched two assists. Brett Jenkins earned the shut-out in goal. The Tornadoes came out strong, carrying the play into the Badger zone early and often. Demonstrating a growing capability to move the puck around the offensive zone, the combo of Oliver Carlson and Danny Smith started the Tornado scoring with two crisp passes deep in the zone with the final one finding Jesse Everson just outside of the crease for an easy re-direct and goal. 5 minutes later Kemper Terry found some open ice after beating the Badgers at the blue line, faked hard to the back hand and pulled back to push a soft forehand past the goaltender to take the score to 2-0. Shots were 7-1 in the first period. The teams skated scoreless throughout most of the second. Brett Jenkins put his stamp on the game in the second making some nice stops and showing the Badgers that any goals would not come on the glove side. At the 9 minute mark and with a Badger in the penalty KVHA News 03/11/2011 Page 3 of 8

4 box - the combo of Oliver Carlson and Danny Smith worked their magic again in a tic-tacgoal from Carlson to Smith. Kemper Terry again put an exclamation mark on the scoring in the period by taking a nice feed from Smith to take the score to 4-0 after two. Shots were 8-4 in favor of the Tornadoes. The third period saw the Tornadoes fire 11 shots on goal, while only surrendering 3. The Badgers goaltender played his best hockey during this period. However, at the 3 minute mark, Smith corralled a loose puck at the center line and floated a beautiful, leading pass to a furiously skating Jack Hanscom. The pass freed up the game day Captain and he finished his breakaway beautifully, beating the goaltender low to the stick side. The Tornadoes outshot the Badgers 26-8 and dominated time of possession. The defence corp of Caed Kim, Noah Koester, Ben McQuade, Davis Fjeld, Dylan Herzog, and Oliver Carlson played with great determination both keeping plays alive with careful protection of the blue line, but also taking away the middle of the ice in the defensive zone. This left Badger shooters with poor angles and the deft glove of Jenkins to beat. This combo proved insurmountable. The Tornadoes now face the Everett Kodiaks in a match-up of the 2 and 3 seeds in the NPSHL Squirt Play-offs. The two teams played a thriller during the regular season with the Tornadoes coming out on top 5-2. Game time is 9:10 AM at the Kent Valley Ice Centre. Good seats are still available. The scoring summary is below: Kent Valley Tornadoes (5) vs. Seattle Jr. Blades (0) Kent Valley 1 3:25 Jesse Everson from Danny Smith & Oliver Carlson Kent Valley 1 8:36 Kemper Terry (Unassisted) Kent Valley 2 9:00 Danny Smith from Oliver Carlson (Power Play) Kent Valley 2 13:54 Kemper Terry from Danny Smith Kent Valley 3 2:58 Jack Hanscom from Danny Smith Kent Valley s Brett Jenkins stopped 8 of 8 shots on goal for a Shutout. Seattle Jr s Jackson Glassford stopped 21 of 26 shots on goal for 81%. Kent Valley had 1 minor penalty for 3 minutes. Seattle Jr. had 1 minor penalty for 3 minutes. Kent Valley PeeWee Tornadoes Win First Round of NPSHL Playoffs, Fall in Second Round Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA 5 March, 2011 The Kent Valley PeeWee Tornadoes got past the Everett Bruins in game one with a score of 4 to 2 and lost in a shootout against the Puget Sound Tomahawks 3 to 2 in the second round. A score sheet was not available for game two. However, below is the scoring summary for game 1: Kent Valley Tornadoes (4) vs. Everett Bruins (2) Everett 1 5:16 Gorde Delap from Aaron White Kent Valley 2 12:38 Sean Blair (1)(Unassisted) Everett 2 11:28 Aaron White (Unassisted) Kent Valley 2 2:08 Sean Blair (2)(Unassisted) Kent Valley 2 1:11 Sean Blair (3)(Hat Trick)(Unassisted) Kent Valley 3 6:44 Sean Blair (4)(Unassisted) Shots on goal were not recorded. Kent Valley had 3 minor penalties for 9 minutes. KVHA News 03/11/2011 Page 4 of 8

5 Everett had 3 minor penalties for 6 minutes. Kent Valley PeeWee Tier-II Selects Unable to get by SnoKing Jr. T-Birds Castle Ice Arena, Renton, WA 6 March, 2011 The Kent Valley PeeWee Tier-II Selects, behind the excellent goaltending of Cam Hansen (20 of 21 shots stopped,) were unable to get more than a tie out of game one of their two game series. Dylan Moriarty scored the Selects only goal in game one with assists from Dawson Myers and Elliot Plourde. The Selects lost Hunter Alden for game two following a confusing incident near the end of the third period of game one that left Alden with a 5 minute major and game misconduct penalties. It was not clear why the incident involved corporal punishment for Alden. The Selects clearly missed Alden s offense in game two. SnoKing got a goal in each period of the game while the Selects managed only one goal in the first period. Elliot Plourde scored off an assist from Mike Thomas. Carson Zadina played well under pressure stopping 19 of 22 shots on goal. Below are the scoring summaries: Game 1: Kent Valley Selects (1) vs. SnoKing Jr. T-Birds (1) SnoKing 1 10:22 Aiden Wagner from Tyler Haselman Kent Valley 3 UKN Dylan Moriarty from Dawson Myers & Elliot Plourde Kent Valley s Cam Hansen stopped 20 of 21 shots on goal for 95%. SnoKing s Kevin Tieck stopped 12 of 13 shots on goal for 92%. Kent Valley had 2 minor penalties, 1 major penalty and 1 major misconduct penalty for 19 minutes. SnoKing had 7 minor penalties and 1 major misconduct penalty for 24 minutes. Game 2: Kent Valley Selects (1) vs. SnoKing Jr. T-Birds (3) SnoKing 1 8:30 Denali Cornwell (Unassisted) Kent Valley 1 7:34 Elliot Plourde from Mike Thomas SnoKing 2 0:37 Aiden Wagner from Nicholas Snyder SnoKing 3 14:03 Tyler Haselman from Mitchell Brubacher Kent valley s Carson Zadina stopped 19 of 22 shots on goal for 86%. SnoKing s Benjamin Gardner stopped 14 of 15 shots on goal for 93%. Kent Valley had 3 minor penalties for 6 minutes. SnoKing had 4 minor penalties and 1 major misconduct penalty for 18 minutes. Kent Valley Bantam Tornadoes Out of NPSHL Playoffs Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA 11 March, 2011 The Kent Valley Bantam Tornadoes apparently lost their first round NPSHL playoff game against Kitsap County Outlaw Red. We have not received a score sheet, so scoring details were not available. Kent Valley Bantam Tier-II Selects Win and Tie Seattle Jr. Admirals in Final PNAHA League Series Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA 6 March, 2011 The Kent Valley Bantam Tier-II Selects wrapped up their PNAHA League season with a win and a tie against the Seattle Jr. Admirals at Kent Valley Ice Centre. The Selects won the first game of the two game series by a score 4 to 2. The Selects managed a 3 to 3 tie in game two. The final two PNAHA League games KVHA News 03/11/2011 Page 5 of 8

6 left the Selects in second place. They will move on to the PNAHA League playoffs this weekend in Tri-Cities. Go Selects! Below are the scoring summaries: Game 1: Kent Valley Selects (4) vs. Seattle Jr. Admirals (2) Kent Valley 1 9:48 Nick Pizzey from Anton Nikitin & Alec Johnson (Power Play) Kent Valley 2 14:29 Alec Johnson from AJ Alonzo (Power Play) Seattle Jr. 2 12:07 Nikolas Stritmatter from Steele Fosth Kent Valley 2 4:58 Alec Johnson (Unassisted) Seattle Jr. 2 4:02 Ben Herrling from Nikolas Stritmatter & Gunnar Forseth Kent Valley 3 9:47 Anton Nikitin from Patrick Dunphy Kent Valley s Aaron Matthews stopped 17 of 19 shots on goal for 89%. Seattle Jr s Connor Lacey stopped 26 of 30 shots on goal for 87%. Kent Valley had 4 minor penalties, 2 major penalties and 2 game misconduct penalties for 38 minutes. Seattle Jr. had 6 minor penalties, 3 major penalties and 2 game misconduct penalties for 47 minutes. Game 2: Kent Valley Selects (3) vs. Seattle Jr. Admirals (3) Kent Valley 1 7:48 Patrick Dunphy (Unassisted) Kent Valley 2 13:58 Jarid Rivers from Alec Johnson & Anton Nikitin Seattle Jr. 3 8:19 Logan Koski from Gunnar Forseth (Power Play) Kent Valley 3 7:42 Nick Pizzey from Anton Nikitin & Jake Best Seattle Jr. 3 4:44 Ben Herrling from Gunnar Forseth Nikolas Stritmatter from Ben Herrling & Logan Seattle Jr. 3 0:18 Koski Kent Valley s Austin Phelps stopped 20 of 23 shots on goal for 87%. Seattle Jr s Micah Alderman stopped 17 of 20 shots on goal for 85%. Kent Valley had 3 minor penalties and 1 major misconduct penalty for 16 minutes. Seattle Jr. had 3 minor penalties for 6 minutes. Kent Valley Bantam Tier-I Rainiers Travel to Tri-Cities Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA 11 March, 2011 The Kent Valley Rainiers played 2 games in Tri-Cities over the weekend of March 5 th and 6 th as part of larger round-robin series with Tri- Cities and Boise. We did not receive score sheets and have not heard any scores. Following are their game times: Friday 8:30PM TCAHA vs Kent Valley Rainiers 96, Toyota Arena, Kennewick, Saturday 2:00PM Boise vs Kent, TRAC Pasco Saturday 7:00PM Boise vs TCAHA, Toyota Arena, Kennewick Sunday 11:00AM Boise vs TCAHA, Toyota Arena, Kennewick Kent Valley Midget Tornadoes Win First Round of NPSHL Playoffs 6 to 0 over Puget Sound Tomahawks Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA 6 March, 2011 The Kent Valley Midget Tornadoes rolled over the Puget Sound Tomahawks Sunday at Kent Valley Ice Centre. Julius Bush earned a Hat Trick with one goal in the first period and two more in the second period. Paul Pinkoske added two goals, one to begin the first period and another to end the first period. Kyle Miller-Smith also scored in the first period to cap a four-goal scoring streak by the KVHA News 03/11/2011 Page 6 of 8

7 Tornadoes in the first period. Brendan Laik, Paul Pinkoske and Zach Cadiente earned assists. Joshua Severeid was solid in goal for the Tornadoes to earn another shutout. The Tornadoes now move on to round two of the NPSHL Playoffs. Go Tornadoes! Below is the scoring summary: Kent Valley Tornadoes (6) vs. Puget Sound Tomahawks (0) Kent Valley 1 13:02 Paul Pinkoske (Unassisted) Kent Valley 1 7:52 Kyle Miller-Smith (Unassisted) Kent Valley 1 4:22 Julius Bush (1) Paul Pinkoske (Power Play) Kent Valley 1 2:04 Paul Pinkoske (Unassisted) Kent Valley 2 10:33 Julius Bush (2) (Unassisted) Julius Bush (3) (Hat Trick) from Brendan Laik & Kent Valley 2 1:48 Zach Cadiente Kent Valley s Joshua Severeid stopped 7 of 7 shots on goal for a Shutout. Puget Sound s Shawn Jardine stopped 27 of 35 shots on goal for 77%. Kent Valley had 6 minor penalties, 1 major misconduct penalty and 1 game misconduct penalty for 35minutes. Puget Sound had 6 minor penalties for 14 minutes. Midget Tier-II Selects Lose Crucial PNAHA League Series Kent Valley Ice Centre, Kent, WA 6 March, 2011 It was a must win two-game series for the Kent Valley Selects. In order to take the PNAHA regular season title the Selects needed to win both weekend games against the Seattle Jr. NW Admirals. However, the Selects fell short in game one of the series unable to get any of their 27 shots on goal past the Admirals Phillip Kuniatsau. The Selects went on to win game two of the series 3 to 1, just one game short of the league title. The Selects are off to Tri-Cities for the PNAHA Playoffs this weekend. Good luck boys! Below are the scoring summaries: Game 1: Kent Valley Selects (0) vs. Seattle Jr. NW Admirals (3) Seattle Jr. 1 12:05 Marcus Triezenberg from Drew Ross Seattle Jr. 2 14:09 Frank Flight from Drew Ross Seattle Jr. 2 8:28 Drew Ross from Brendan Cantu Kent Valley s Troy Turpin stopped 26 of 29 shots on goal for 90%. Seattle Jr s Philip Kuniatsau stopped 27 of 27 shot on goal for a Shutout. Kent Valley had 9 minor penalties, 1 major penalty and 1 game misconduct penalty for 33 minutes. Seattle Jr. had 10 minor penalties, 1 major penalty and 1 game misconduct penalty for 35 minutes. Game 2: Kent Valley Selects (3) vs. Seattle Jr. NW Admirals (1) Kent Valley 1 5:38 Damon Hanson from Duncan Wyatt & Steven Farwell Kent Valley 2 8:21 Erik Jennings from Duncan Wyatt & Steven Farwell Seattle Jr. 2 11:47 Frank Flight (Unassisted) Kent Valley 3 3:30 Taylor Birkeland from Jereme Clark Kent Valley s Dmitri Nikitin stopped 20 of 21 shots on goal for 95%. Seattle Jr s Casey Moore stopped 18 of 21 shots on goal for 86%. KVHA News 03/11/2011 Page 7 of 8

8 Kent Valley had 5 minor penalties, 1 major penalty and 2 major misconduct penalties for 35minutes. Seattle Jr. had 4 minor penalties for 8 minutes. Quote of the Day "I wear tinted visor not to trick other players, but so hot girls in stands don't see me looking at them" Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals See you at the rink! KVHA News Contact: Lew Sellers, Director of Communications Kent Valley Hockey Association 6015 So. 240th Street Kent, WA (206) Cellular Lew@KentValleyIceCentre.com KVHA News 03/11/2011 Page 8 of 8