February 2011 Waterloo Wolves Midget AAA Hockey Volume 2, Issue 5 Wolf Talk Hero to Hero Presentation a Success The Wolves Hero to Hero pregame ceremony on January 30 was a great success. Special guests included: Waterloo Region Police Services Colour Guard Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid Kitchener-Conestoga MP Harold Albrecht Waterloo MPP Elizabeth Witmer Waterloo Region Chair Ken Seiling Waterloo Mayor Brenda Halloran Waterloo Region Chief of Police Matt Torigian The Wolves presented their donations for the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces to Const. Les Jones, formerly of the C.A.F. and currently of the Sarnia Police Service, and to Tammy Gould, representative of Hero to Hero Team Canada. The Chatham-Kent Cyclones also made a presentation to Hero to Hero of a signed Cyclones jersey, and an autographed London Knights stick, donated by Dale Hunter. We would like to thank everyone who signed the Wolves Supports Our Troops banner and for showing their support of this wonderful initiative. (more photos from Hero to Hero are on page 6) Playoffs: Round 1: Waterloo vs Chatham The Wolves finished the 2010-2011 regular season in 2nd place overall with 23 wins. London s Jr. Knights took the top spot. The schedule for the Wolves first round of playoffs is as follows: Saturday, February 5 3:45pm RIM Park, Waterloo (Piller s Ice Haus) Sunday, February 6 12:00noon RIM Park, Waterloo (Piller s Ice Haus) Friday, February 11 8:30pm Chatham (Walpole) Saturday, February 12 4:00pm Chatham (Walpole) Sunday, February 13 3:00pm RIM Park, Waterloo (Optimist s) Tuesday, February 15 7:00pm Chatham (Walpole) Scores will be posted on the official Wolves website at http://waterloowolvesaaa.wordpress.com Come on out and cheer on your Waterloo Wolves! Inside this issue: Sponsors 2 Coaching Staff 3 Getting to Know Your Waterloo Wolves Hero to Hero 6 Alumni News 7 Canadian Armed Forces 8 Contact Us 8 4/ 5
Page 2 Wolf Talk Volume 2, Issue 5 To Our Sponsors Thank You! Gold Sponsors Bronze Sponsors JGB Publishing Ltd. The Real Estate Book Guelph and Wellington County Jon Beauchesne Piller s Ayr Coach Lines Raffi Jewellers Ball Construction Inc. Daily Grill Restaurant Eyelight Creative Marketing Services Sports Groups International Ltd. Cober Printing Limited Jay Fencing Ltd. Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Coyote Jacks Restaurant (RIM Park) Stable26 Silver Sponsors Winpak Goliger s Travel Plus Conestoga Meat Packers Viscofan Rocky s Harley-Davidson Allied Flooring Inc. Allstate Insurance Company Almost Heaven Hot Tubs Axiom Millwrighting & Fabrication Inc. Bizerba BMO Brody Enterprises Inc. B-W Feed & Seed Ltd. Canadian Linen Conestoga Veterinary Clinic D.C. Foods Document Imaging Partners Dolphin Identification Dordan Mechanical Erb Transport Graham Mathew Herman Laue Spice Co. Ltd. Hogg Fuel and Supply Ltd. IHOP (International House of Pancakes) Kerry (Canada) Inc. K.L. Dryboard Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Rector N. Fonseca Construction Optimist Club of North Waterloo Pampered Chef Robin Witt P & H Foods Priority Circuits Ltd. Redman Distributing Inc. Reiser (Canada) Ltd. Rudolph Industries Saputo Dairy Products G.P. Scotiabank Sealed Air (Canada) Co. Sunlife Financial Mark Dickson TD Waterhouse Tin Works Tosca Tile Zevest Development Corp. Everything the Waterloo Wolves Midget AAA Hockey Team has achieved since its inception would not have been possible without the support of dedicated, enthusiastic sponsors. You help make it happen!
Page 3 Wolf Talk Volume 2, Issue 5 Meet the Waterloo Wolves Coach Staff Head Coach: Bob Lekun - 10 Years AAA Coaching Experience - National Coaches Certification - Played 3 Yrs Major Jr A (Sudbury Wolves) - Played 4 Years Semi Professional Hockey (Michigan, Texas) Asst. Coach: Doug Snyder - intermediate level coach - 20+ years coaching experience, primarily as head coach at AAA level in Waterloo Goalie Coach: Rob Way - 15 years coaching experience at all levels with WMHA and WGMHA - Hockey Canada Intermediate Coach Certification - Head Instructor for WMHA and WGMHA Joint Goalie School Asst. Coach: Travis Witt - 1st year coaching Coach Stream Certified - 11 years played at the AAA level in Waterloo; Waterloo Wolves Midget AAA alumni - 3 years played at the Jr. B level in Waterloo & Kitchener - 4th year of Honours Business Administration Program at WLU Asst. Coach: Sean Ryan - played several years at AAA level in Waterloo - played for the Waterloo Wolves Midget AAA team that competed for the Air Canada Cup - formerly with the Waterloo Siskins Trainer: Rob Stuart - MSc., P.T., CSCS - Registered Physiotherapist - Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist Strength & Conditioning: Andrew Hopf - Masters of Science (Exercise Physiolog Candidate- U of W - Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA) - NSCA Executive Council (Ice Hockey SIG); NCCP Level 1 Certified Assistant Coach, Doug Snyder, and Head Coach Bob Lekun. Special thanks as always to: Skate Technician: Kim Rennie For complete biographies of the Wolves coaching staff, visit waterloowolvesaaa.wordpress.com/the-wolves/coaches/
Wolf Talk Volume 2, Issue 5 Page 4 Getting to Know Your 2010-2011 Waterloo Wolves 7 Trevor Sauder 1. What is your favourite NHL Team? Minnesota Wild 2. Which NHL Player do you most admire (present or past) and why? Paul Kariya. He s a very good playmaker and creates lots of scoring opportunities. 3. What are you listening to? ACDC Thunderstruck 4. What is the most embarrassing band/musician on your ipod? Katy Perry 5. Burgers or pizza? Pizza 6. What is the worst movie you have seen? Funny People 7. What is your best moment in your hockey career to date? Winning Silverstick, Tavistock Peewee Rep 8. Pick one word to describe hockey Incredible! 9. Do you speak a language other than English? Nope 10. Will the Toronto Maple Leafs make the playoffs this year? No, but neither will the Wild. 1 Alex Alfieri 1. What is your favourite NHL Team? Detroit Red Wings 2. Which NHL Player do you most admire (present or past) and why? Martin St. Louis, because of all the obstacles and stereotypes about size that he has broken down and overcome. 3. What are you listening to? Black and Yellow Wiz Khalifa 4. What is the most embarrassing band/musician on your ipod? Taylor Swift 5. Burgers or pizza? Pizza 6. What is the worst movie you have seen? Disaster Movie 7. What is your best moment in your hockey career to date? Winning the Alliance Championships (back in the day) 8. Pick one word to describe hockey Amazing. 9. Do you speak a language other than English? French, but not fluently. 10. Will the Toronto Maple Leafs make the playoffs this year? Noooo. 16 Taylor Doering 1. What is your favourite NHL Team? The Leafs 2. Which NHL Player do you most admire (present or past) and why? PK Subban. Amazing offensive talent for a defenseman. 3. What are you listening to? Hey Baby Mash 4. What is the most embarrassing band/musician on your ipod? Miley Cyrus 5. Burgers or pizza? Pizza most of the time. 6. What is the worst movie you have seen? The Land of the Lost. It s pointless. 7. What is your best moment in your hockey career to date? This past summer and this season have been awesome for the development of my skills as well as my confidence. 8. Pick one word to describe hockey Heart! 9. Do you speak a language other than English? Small amount of German. 10. Will the Toronto Maple Leafs make the playoffs this year? Who knows anymore? They need to get some new guys in the line-up by the deadline.
Wolf Talk Volume 2, Issue 5 Page 5 Getting to Know Wolves Take 3rd in Kelowna 94 Mitch Lee 1. What is your favourite NHL Team? Dallas Stars 2. Which NHL Player do you most admire (present or past) and why? Mike Modano 3. What are you listening to? Jason Aldean s My Kind of Party 4. What is the most embarrassing band/musician on your ipod? Sara Evans 5. Burgers or pizza? Burgers 6. What is the worst movie you have seen? Bald 7. What is your best moment in your hockey career to date? Scoring the tying goal in the atom Napanee tournament with 0.2 seconds to go in the game, then scoring the winner in OT. 8. Pick one word to describe hockey Life 9. Do you speak a language other than English? No 10. Will the Toronto Maple Leafs make the playoffs this year? Yes, in 2067! In January 2011, the Wolves headed west to the 31st annual International Major Midget Tournament in Kelowna, BC. The Wolves had a good tournament, going to the semi-finals where they unfortunately lost out to the eventual winners. The game scores were as follows: Wednesday, January 5 Waterloo Wolves 2 Notre Dame Hounds 1 Thursday, January 6 Okanagan Hockey Academy 7 Waterloo Wolves 0 Thursday, January 6 North Delta Sun Devils 2 Waterloo Wolves 6 Friday, January 7 Swift Current Legionnaires 4 Waterloo Wolves 8 Saturday, January 8 Waterloo Wolves 3 Kelowna Jr. Rockets 9 Saturday, January 8 SEMI-FINALS Waterloo Wolves 4 Notre Dame Argos 9 Waterloo Wolves defenseman, Luke Moser, was named to the tournament s All-Star Team. Congratulations, Luke! The team also had an opportunity to ski, go tubing, and play some pond hockey at Big White and Silver Star Ski Resorts.
Wolf Talk Volume 2, Issue 5 Page 6 Hero to Hero continued... The Wolves Hero to Hero event received a lot of media attention with players being interviewed and featured in both the Waterloo Region Record and the Waterloo Chronicle, guesting on Roger TV s morning talk show, Daytime, and coverage on 570News. Tammy Gould from Hero to Hero Team Canada, and Const. Les Jones, formerly of the Canadian Armed Forces, receive an autographed Waterloo Wolves jersey from Evan Canzi. The Chatham Cyclones were inspired by the Wolves partnership with Hero to Hero and presented a signed team jersey and an autographed London Knights hockey stick, donated by Dale Hunter. Blake Hetherington presents a sample of the Wolves donation to Hero to Hero to Const. Les Jones (Sarnia Police Services) and to Waterloo s Chief of Police, Matt Torigian. Ceremonial puck drop with Willy Huber, KitchenerWaterloo MP Peter Braid, Tammy Gould, Const. Les Jones, and Chief Matt Torigian. http://waterloowolvesaaa.wordpress.com/
Wolf Talk Volume 2, Issue 5 Page 7 Alumni News Former Wolf, Matty McGonigle finished the regular season as the # 1 goalie in the Niagara & District Jr. C league with the Norwich Merchants, who also finished in the top spot. Four Wolves in Top Ten for Scoring The Waterloo Wolves players dominated the league standings at the end of the regular season Team Captain, Evan Canzi, finished 2nd in the league for scoring with 55 points. Close behind Canzi in 3rd is Christian Mroczkowski with 52 points. Trevor Sauder (6th) with 40 points and Kyle Ellis (pictured below) in 9th with 34 points rounded out the top ten. In goaltending, Jordan Witt finished the regular season as the # 1 goalie in the Alliance Hockey League with 15 wins. Alex Alfieri, in his first season in net for the Wolves, finished tied for 10th place. Congratulations to the entire team on a terrific season! Garrett Rank, a former Waterloo Wolf and top amateur golfer, is nowrefereeing in both minor hockey and junior hockey, with aspirations of refereeing in the NHL. Waterloo Wolves Alumni We want to hear from you! Send us your hockey updates, news and photos. Once a Wolf, Always a Wolf! Alumni news can be emailed to Sandi Henning at tymflys@yahoo.com
Canadian Armed Forces Present Wolves with Flag In January 2011, the Waterloo Wolves were surprised and honoured to be presented with a flag and a plaque from the Canadian Armed Forces, thanking them for their support through the Hero to Hero campaign. This is the second season the Wolves have taken part in Hero to Hero. The flag that was presented was flown during Mission Athena in Afghanistan at the end of 2010. MCpl Perry Thomas (pictured below proudly wearing his Wolves jersey) presented the flag to the players at a road game in Cambridge. He returned to Afghanistan just days later. The men and women in the photo have been following the Wolves online and cheering them on from the base in Kandahar. In a recent email, MCpl Thomas had this to say: It was good to see you all again. It was a good game even though the guys lost; always good hockey watching them! I am glad the parents also liked the flag. It was a small thing to do for the team after what they did for us. We will follow the playoffs online and see how far they go. Keeping fingers crossed that they will win it all. Wolves fan for life now! Waterloo Wolves Midget AAA Hockey Bob Lekun, Head Coach Phone: 519-658-3302 Email: blekun@ gmail.com Willy Huber, Chairman Phone: 519-743-1412 ext. 260 Email: willyhuberjr@ pillers.com Sandi Henning, Media & Advertising Phone: 519-634-8661 Email: tymflys@ yahoo.com Midget Operating Committee 2010-2011 Willy Huber Chair and Corporate Sponsorship Marnie Huber Director Parent Fundraising Bob Lekun Head Coach Gary Spark Director Team Operations Hardy Willms Director of Finance Sandi Henning Director Media & Advertising Alan Reinhardt WMHA President Scott Hetherington Team Manager, 2010-2011 Once a Wolf, Always a Wolf!