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St. Albert Minor Hockey
NEWSLETTER
DID YOU KNOW?
In 2018/19 there were a total of 621,026 registered hockey
players in Canada
Approximately 9,300 pucks will fit in one hockey net
An NHL puck weighs 170 gm or the same as 40 quarters and is 7.6 cm long or the length of
a new crayon
You can park about 120 zambonis on a standard NHL
size rink at one time
FEBRUARY WRAP UP
February was a busy month for SAMHA players and teams! See page 2
COACH OF THE MONTH
We have some of the best coaches and we want to recognize them!
See page 3
GIVING BACK Recently Bantam SA617 spent some
time at Hope Mission - see page 4
SCHOLARSHIPS We have scholarships to award – see
page 4
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
We have some tentative dates for you to keep in mind - see page 5
PHOTO CONTEST Are you our winner? See page 5
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February Wrap Up 2020
• Stollery Tournament – Atom SA410 Wolves, Peewee SA500 Sabres and Peewee SA511
Spartans all won their division at the 2020 Stollery Family Day Classic Tournament
• Atom SA400 Lightning won Ford Drills & Skills
• Atom SA402 Barons hosted a successful tournament Family Day weekend
• Atom Female SA420 Spitfires took home Bronze at the Hockey In The Rockies
tournament in Banff
• Peewee SA501 Saints had a great time in Québec at the Tournoi International De Hockey
Pee-Wee De Québec, it was a trip of a lifetime!
• SAMHA athletes Jet Devlin, Braelyn Plaquin, Grace Charko, Jack Kachkowski, Dylan
Karran, Connor Schmidt, Finn Kallay, Will Lutic & Joseph Stabile took part in the Alberta
Winter Games in Airdrie. Jack & Dylan’s Zone 7 team took Gold!
• Peewee SA514 Rockies won Bronze in Edson
• Midget SA714 Rangers hosted a successful tournament Family Day weekend
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IT’S A GREAT DAY FOR HOCKEY
-“Badger” Bob Johnson
Coach of the Month Our coaches put in many, many hours to make our teams run and make sure our kids are developing and having fun while they
do it! Every month we recognize those coaches that go above and beyond! Here is a list of our Coach of the Month winners so far
this season:
Initiation Novice Atom Peewee Bantam Midget
October Jeff Demkiw Umberto
Fiorillo
Lance Popke Marc Meunier Mike Kells Darcy Forsen
November Jason Gregor Axel Aulin Bash Ramahi Tony Abrantes Marshal
Fedorovich
Kent Wirth
December Ashley Dobson Melissa Crozier Darius
Yakimchuk
Rick Reiter Ruben Jeffrey Darren Hansen
January Derek
MacMillan
Ron Gauthier Chad Burden Kyle Hook David Medoro Stephen Doyle
February Jason Kent Sean Tymkow Andy Kyle Brian
Macsymic
Bob Rees Ken Parenteau
Congratulations!
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SA617 Gives Back
On February 16, after spending the day preparing, Bantam SA617 spent the evening down at Hope Mission. The
team handed out 300 packed lunches, fed hot meals to 300 of Edmonton’s homeless and distriubted 4 truckloads of
donated clothing. Way to go St. Albert Rock!
Scholarships Do you have a player or referee who is going to be attending post secondary? SAMHA and the Raiders have
scholarships! Applications are now being accepted for the Chris Rogers Memorial Midget Scholarship, Referee
Scholarship, Esso Cup Legacy Female Midget Scholarship, and Raiders Male Midget Scholarship. For more
information and to apply please visit the SAMHA and Raiders websites.
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Mark Your Calendars **Please note, these are tentative and subject to change**
Bantam AAA Spring ID Camp – May 4-7, 2020
Midget AAA Slash Spring ID Camp – May 2-3, 2020
SAMHA Prep Camps begin – August 25, 2020
Bantam Checking Clinic Aug 8/9, 2020
Peewee AA Tryouts begin September 1, 2020
Raiders Enhancement Camps begin August 24, 2020
Raiders Tryouts begin August 29, 2020
Initiation Evaluation – September 20, 2020
Novice Evaluations begin – September 12, 2020
Atom Evaluations begin – September 10, 2020
Peewee Evaluations begin – September 17, 2020
Bantam Evaluations begin – September 20, 2020
Midget Evaluations begin – October 6, 2020
Junior C Tryouts begin – September 8, 2020
Photo Contest Thank you to everyone who submitted photos and info for our newsletter and social media this month, we had 104 names entered into our draw! This month’s winners are Angela Thorpe and Tim Osborne - congratulations! To enter your name in our draw please submit your photos and stories to [email protected]
Do you have a suggestion for our newsletter? We’d love to hear it! Send your ideas to [email protected]