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COMMUNITY MINDEDFrom reading at schools to stocking shelves at the food bank, the Heat are spearheading a series of initia-tives to give back.PAGE 4

FIVE FOR FIGHTINGWe discuss the fi ner points of dropping the gloves with some of the Heat’s most frequent pugilists.PAGE 10-11

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Back on Oct. 9, prior to the Abbotsford Heat’s inaugural American Hockey League game

against the San Antonio Rampage, the freshly minted franchise pulled out all the stops in their pre-game festivities.

Each player on the Heat roster skated onto the ice between pillars of fl ame shooting skyward. The fans – all 5,163 of them – cheered as each player was introduced, but they saved a little something extra for No. 37.

That would be David Van der Gulik, or as he was introduced to the crowd that night, “Abbotsford’s very own David Van der Gulik.” As the 26-year-old forward skated onto the ice, his hometown crowd greeted him with a high-volume, goosebumps-inducing cheer.

Up in the stands, Ted Van der Gulik took in the scene – his son skating onto the ice, the pyrotech-nics, the ear-splitting reception – and realized that not only was David’s presence on the Heat roster special for his family, it was also special for local hockey fans.

“It was awesome, absolutely awesome,” Ted said later. “I was kind of wondering what the reaction would be, and it was neat to see the people recog-nize a local player. I’ll always remember that.”

A PASSION FOR HOCKEYThe hockey-obsessed Canadian lad is a well-worn

stereotype, but David took it to another level. When he was in Grade 1, his teacher wrote the

following on his fi rst report card: “David has a very high level of understanding of hockey.” Reason

being, every assignment he did somehow related to the game. If an art project was the order of the day, David drew a hockey rink, complete with players, offi cials, and specta-tors. If he had to write a short story, the protagonist was always a hockey player.

Ted recalls his son playing hockey with mini-sticks on the living room carpet before he could walk, and the youngster eventually graduated to playing in the unfi nished basement of the family home, then to road hockey on rollerblades.

“He always had hockey on the brain, ever since he was a wee little boy,” Ted recalled. “He just loved the game.”

SELF-MADE MANIn the sports world, there are no shortage of stories of

problem parents who push, push, push their kids to be-come athletic phenoms.

Ted Van der Gulik took the exact opposite tack. If David wanted to play hockey, he’d have to motivate himself. To ensure that was the case, Ted told David that for bigger-ticket items like new skates or spring-league hockey regis-tration, he had to come up with half of the cash.

“Our philosophy was, he had to show the leadership and go for things, and we’d support him in it,” Ted explained.

Thus, David spent his summers picking raspberries, mowing lawns, or pressure-washing driveways.

“One time, our summer team was giving away a free pair of skates to the player who collected the most money for a skate-a-thon,” David recalled. “I think I went to half of Abbotsford. I spent weeks out there, going door-to-door on my rollerblades, but I won the contest.”

When David made his fi rst atom rep team, the practices began at 5 a.m. – a prospect that didn’t thrill Ted in the

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As pressure situations go, a recent visit to Margarent Stenerson Elemen-

tary ranked right up there with the Stanley Cup fi nals for Hugo Carpentier.

The 21-year-old Abbotsford Heat for-ward was at Stenersen, along with goalie Matt Keetley, to participate in the Heat’s elementary school reading program, known as “Hawkey’s Hot Readers.”

But 10 minutes into his visit, Carpentier found himself sweating bullets in front of a group of Grade 4 and 5 students.

Carpentier, you see, is a francophone from Hull, Que. Sarah Garrett, the Heat’s community relations manager, fi gured that it would be a good idea to send him to Stenerson to help promote the read-ing program because the East Abbotsford school has a French immersion program.

Problem was, the fi rst classroom they stopped in didn’t have any French-speak-ing students, so an English book was thrust into Carpentier’s hands. Carpentier bravely took on the challenge of reading aloud in his second language, but when he was fi nished, a young girl raised her hand.

“Why were you sweating when you were reading?” she asked.

“Because I was nervous,” he freely ad-mitted with a grin. “I’m not nervous to play a hockey game in front of thousands of people, but I’m nervous in front of you.”

Carpentier’s gutsy second-language effort only served to endear him to the Stenerson students, who greeted the Heat players like rock stars.

After Keetley and Carpentier each read a book to the class, they participated in a question-and-answer period, where they were asked questions that the mainstream media might overlook. For instance, the youngsters’ grilling revealed that Car-pentier’s favourite animal is a duck, while Keetley is partial to the polar bear.

Favourite colours? Keetley’s is blue, Carpentier likes orange.

Favourite NHL players? Carpentier men-tioned Jarome Iginla and Todd Bertuzzi, while Keetley drew a huge cheer when he name-dropped Roberto Luongo.

Teacher Naomi Unrau got things back on track when she asked why it’s important to

be able to read as a pro hockey player. “You need to be able to read your con-

tract,” Keetley said with a grin. “You could be signing your life away, and not even know it.”

After signing autographs and exchang-ing high-fi ves with students, Keetley and Carpentier departed for the next class-room. One young girl apparently took quite a fancy to Carpentier – she ran to the door and pleaded “Arrêt!” (or “Stop!” en fran-çais) as the hunky hockey player disap-peared down the hallway.

Later on, Unrau said that the Heat play-ers’ visit was a huge thrill for her students.

“I actually had to tone the kids down before they came in – they were literally jumping out of their seats, they were so excited about it,” she said with a chuckle. “The guys talked about the importance of reading, and it’s going to have a huge impact on those students, especially the boys. The boys can take or leave reading, a lot of them. But listening to someone who’s a professional hockey player talk about how important it is, is huge. We’re

so grateful for that.”Hawkey’s Hot Readers is just one of the

off-ice initiatives that the Heat franchise has established this season. With its Com-munity Corner program, the team partners with a local non-profi t group for each home game. The charity has the oppor-tunity to sell Heat tickets as a fund-raiser, with $3 from each ticket sold going back to the charity. The group is also invited to set up an information table in the arena concourse during the game.

Community Corner partners have in-cluded the Salvation Army, the Abbotsford Food Bank, and the B.C. Cancer Founda-tion.

Heat players have visited hospitals and stocked shelves at the food bank, and the team also has a program that sends play-ers out to practice with Abbotsford boys and girls minor hockey teams.

“It defi nitely starts with our ownership group,” Garrett said, explaining the impe-tus behind the community initiatives. “Be-ing that it’s their hometown, it’s important to them that they give back. And if you

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look at our parent club in Calgary, their Flames Foundation has done great things, and we’re trying to follow in their footsteps.”

Being involved in the com-munity is a special opportunity for the players, Keetley said. The Heat goalie recalled growing up in Medicine Hat, Atla., and what it meant to him to meet members of the WHL’s Medicine Hat Tigers. Keetley later played for the Tigers, and he made it a priority to give back to the community. He’s adopted the same mentality in Abbotsford.

“When you’re a young kid in Grade 1 and 2, you look at hockey players like they’re the biggest things ever,” he said. “I hope we can have the same impact, and I hope we can be role models.”

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We caught up with Playfair in early Febru-ary, prior to his team’s nine-game road trip during the Olympics.

Q You recently carried the Olympic torch as it passed through Abbotsford. What was that experience like?

A “(Wife) Roxanne surprised me by bring-ing in about 30 of my family members and friends, so that part of it was special. You’re made aware of the fact that when you’re car-rying the torch, you’re the only person at that given time who has the Olympic fl ame and is moving it towards its goal. That became a prideful thing, and being a part of something that was established so many years ago, what it means about the nature of sport. It was a very special day, for sure.”

Q Let’s talk Olympic hockey. From a coaching perspective, when you look at the Canadian men’s team, what’s your favourite thing about the roster that Steve Yzerman has assembled?

A “The youth. It’s a young man’s game, and when you look at teams that are having success in the National Hockey League, there’s a lot of young players bringing a lot of energy. I think that’s what (Team Canada) strived for. Having a captain like Scotty Nei-dermayer, who’s been there before and has a real quiet, strong leadership sense about him, I think that was a real good move. When you put it all together, they understand that it’s got to be an up-tempo game, and I like that part of it.”

Q What’s the key element, personnel-wise, that needs to go right in order for Canada to take the gold?

A “The biggest thing is that they stick to the structure put in place by the coaching staff, and realize that sometimes they’re going to have to win 1-0 or 2-1. The players are going to have to do that by learning to accept lesser roles. They’re all top players on their teams, but when they come together

in a collective environment like that, they have to understand they have to maximize their minutes and maximize the roles they’re in. They have to make sure their egos aren’t pushing in, where they fi gure they have to go out and be the hero. They need to be a part of the team concept.”

Q Keith Aulie was recently traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Dion Pha-neuf blockbuster. What’s it like deliver-ing the news to a player that he’s been traded?

A “In his case, it was interesting for me. Calgary’s strength is their depth on defence, and one of the things Toronto was looking to do was shore up their defence. I know that Keith Aulie was an important player in that trade, talking to both (Flames GM) Darryl (Sutter) and (Leafs GM) Brian Burke. “So I told Keith he had a chance to go to an Original Six team in Canada, and develop into a player who could play in that organiza-tion for a long period of time. It wasn’t like he wasn’t welcome here or unable to play here – it was quite the opposite. (The Leafs) really felt he could be an impact player, so it was easy to deliver the news, actually.”

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learn by trial and error, or do you work at it away from the rink?PETE VANDERMEER: "For myself, it was just something I grew up with. I had fi ve brothers, and we beat the snot out of each other every day. Beating up on someone you don't care about is a lot easier than beating up on someone you do care about."MATT PELECH: "I don't know if anyone's really good at it. I can't take a punch, so I just try to hold out and not get hit. I'd love to be one of those guys who just stands in and goes with everybody."

2Who's the toughest scrapper you've ever faced, and why?J.D. WATT: "I'd have to go

with Alex Henry in Hamilton. I fought him this year, and it's virtually impossible to beat a guy who's 6'7" and 240 pounds or whatever he is. He's like (Boston Bruins defenceman) Zdeno Chara, and there's not many guys in the NHL who can beat him in a fi ght."VANDERMEER: "Serge Roberge. He was a guy who played in Montreal for the Canadiens for a little while, and I played against him in the United League. I had to fi ght him 25 times one year. He was big and strong and a lot older than I was. I learned so much, just from how technical he was and how strong he was. He was tough as nails. He could throw both hands, he could block anything you threw at him, and he was strong enough to overpower you. You had to really out-think him in order to not get your head knocked off."

3The rule changes that came out of the NHL lockout in 2005 led to a lot of

speculation that fi ghting was on its way out of hockey. And yet, most teams still have a player on the roster who is capable of dropping the gloves. Why is that?VANDERMEER: "It's a game of emotion and a game of momentum, and (fi ghting) is one surefi re way to fi x those things. Because the game has sped up that extra notch or two, the collisions are so much bigger. Your skill players are more valuable, and they're more at risk – when they get hit, it's a big deal. If somebody wants to step up and run over one of your skill guys, you need someone who can make them answer for it."PELECH: "It's a part of the game, and it's always going to be a part of the game. They took out the instigator rule, and I don't like that, personally. There are always going to be guys who are around because they're good at it."

4Picking a fi ght is a common tactic that players use to shift momentum when their

team is losing. What's the most momentum-shifting fi ght you've been involved in, or seen?PELECH: "J.D. Watt on our team is super-good at turning momentum. He just gets in great fi ghts. He doesn't win every fi ght, but every one he gets into is extremely entertaining. To tell you the truth, next to a goal, that's the biggest thing that gets the guys going."WATT: "I can't remember any specifi c one off-hand. But for me, when I'm sitting on the bench and watch a guy on my team go out there and take on a guy, everyone on the bench stands up and wants to build off that. It brings energy to everyone on the team."

5 What does your mom/girlfriend/wife think when she sees your gloves hit the

ice?VANDERMEER: "For 20 years my wife has been seeing that stuff. She just hopes I do well and get the better of the other guy, and then she cleans me up afterwards if I don't. So she's pretty used to it, but she doesn't like to see me get hit in the face. She's my best critic – if I do something wrong, she'll tell me how I can improve on things. She grew up in Western Alberta too, so she knows how to throw 'em. She's a tough ol' cowgirl."WATT: "My mom doesn't like it too much. My dad fought quite a bit when he played, so she's used to it, but she's more concerned about the orthodontic work she paid for when I was younger."

At a hockey game, there are three events that really get the fans fi red up: goals, fi ghts, and the

kiss cam. (We're only partially kidding about that last one). The decibel meter peaks, though,

when two heavyweights square off and the gloves hit the ice. In keeping with the "fi ve for fi ghting"

theme, we posed fi ve questions to some of the Abbotsford Heat's most frequent pugilists.FiveFOR FIGHTING



As British Columbia hosts the world for the Olym-pics, the Abbotsford Heat

are in the midst of their longest road trip of the season.

The Heat are currently on a nine-game, 18-day road trip that will see them touch down back in B.C. just in time to watch the gold medal game in men’s hockey on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 28. Here’s an inside look at a very demand-ing travel itinerary.

Wednesday, Feb. 10: The trip begins for the Heat as the team, coaches, training staff and broadcaster catch the Westjet Red Eye Special to Toronto. Instead of leaving the day before the fi rst game, the Heat staff decide to try some-thing different that will hope-fully eliminate some of the jet lag that gets introduced when fl ying cross-country. After landing in Toronto, the team travels to Hamilton by bus to settle into the Steel City for the

fi rst leg of their journey. The players practice on Thursday afternoon to acclimatize them-selves to Eastern Standard Time prior to the fi rst of three games on the trip.

Friday, Feb. 12: After a morning skate at nearby Copps Coliseum, the Heat board the bus for a two-and-a-half hour drive to Rochester, N.Y. for a date with the Ameri-cans. Following the game, the team gets back on the bus for the return drive to Hamilton, arriving back in the hotel at 1:30 a.m.

Saturday, Feb. 13: The lads get up for a pre-game skate a Copps at 11:15 a.m., then get some rest before a 7 p.m. test versus the North Division leaders, the Hamilton Bull-dogs. The best news about this game is that the hotel is located next door to the arena, so travel is negated.

Sunday, Feb. 14: The Heat skate at Copps Coliseum, fol-

lowed by a bus ride to Toronto. The team has the rest of the day to relax as they get set for a Monday afternoon encoun-ter with the Toronto Marlies at Ricoh Coliseum.

Tuesday, Feb. 16: The Heat fl y from Toronto to Boston on Tuesday afternoon, then take a one-hour bus ride to Provi-dence, Rhode Island, home of the Providence Bruins. The team spends seven days in Providence on the second leg of their trip, playing Providence on the Friday and Sunday of that week, sandwiching a game with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Saturday.

Tuesday, Feb. 23: After a week in Providence, the Heat spend a night in Bridgeport, before once again playing the Sound Tigers on Wednesday the 24th. Seven games down and two to go for the Road Warriors.

Wednesday, Feb. 24: After the Bridgeport game, the team

travels just over one hour by bus to Worcester, Mass., home of the Worcester Sharks. A doubleheader on Friday and Saturday in Worcester will wrap up the trip – nine games played over 15 days.

Sunday, Feb. 28: The Heat wake up early and catch a plane home from Boston, stop-ping in Denver on the way to Vancouver. The boys arrive at 1:30 p.m. on the 28th, hav-ing travelled twice across the country, through fi ve states and one province, grabbing three different fl ights, fi ve dif-ferent connections, and over a dozen bus transfers.

By the way, the Heat’s nine-game road trip will go a long way to determining their playoff fate. Happy trails!

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In a scene that illustrates the significant changes in this city over the past few decades, a farm tractor on Sumas Prairie is juxtaposed against a background of residential development, which is spreading over Sumas Mountain.

From rural roots to urban boom, we’re among B.C.’s ‘youngest’ citiesJoe MILLICANAbbotsford News

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Q I understand that when you were drafted (by the Los Angeles Kings in 2005), you were completely stunned. Can you tell me about that?

A “I was playing junior (for the Sioux City Musketeers of the USHL), and I had no clue anyone was looking at me. My coach never gave me a heads-up or anything. I got a call from my roommate, and he was like, ‘Congratulations.’ I said, ‘For what?’ And he said, ‘You got drafted by L.A.’ I couldn’t believe it. It was totally out of the blue.”

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Q You’re from Alexandria, Minn. What’s something from your hometown you can’t get anywhere else?

A “Family. I played the last four years in Minnesota (at the University of Minnesota-Duluth), and I had family at every game, whether it was home or away. It’s a bit different now – they’re not here, and it’s kind of weird having (teammates) ask me for tickets. That’s what I’ve been doing for the last four years.”

Q If you could have dinner with anyone dead or alive, who would it be?

A “Oh, wow. I’d probably say Jim Carrey right now. I’ve just been in a ‘Dumb and Dumber’ mood lately, and I’ve been watching that movie quite a bit. So, spur of the moment, I’ll say him.”

Q If you could be in a commercial, which product would you endorse? Something you really love or can’t do without.

A “I’d probably be in an XBox commercial, or something with gaming. That’s what I like to do quite a bit. My favourite game right now is probably NHL 2010.”

Q As a teenager growing up in Minnesota, which posters did you have on your wall?

A “I was a big Pavel Bure fan. We had two games on TV every Saturday night, Hockey Night in Canada on CBC, and they always seemed to have a Vancouver game on. That’s who I watched quite a bit.”

Q Who’s got the worst fashion sense on this Abbotsford Heat team?

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AHL STANDINGS, AS OF FEB. 11WESTERN CONFERENCENorth Division W L OTL SL Pts

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West Division W L OTL SL Pts

Texas Stars 29 16 3 4 65Rockford IceHogs 30 20 2 3 65Chicago Wolves 30 17 0 4 64Milwaukee Admirals 29 18 1 5 64Houston Aeros 26 20 6 1 59Peoria Rivermen 24 21 1 5 54San Antonio Rampage 21 20 3 6 51

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division W L OTL SL Pts

Worcester Sharks 31 16 2 2 66Manchester Monarchs 29 17 2 5 65Lowell Devils 29 18 4 2 64Portland Pirates 27 16 5 2 61Hartford Wolf Pack 25 20 3 4 57Bridgeport Sound Tigers 23 21 3 6 55Providence Bruins 25 24 3 0 53Springfield Falcons 17 27 9 2 45

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Hershey Bears 39 9 0 2 80Albany River Rats 27 19 3 3 60Norfolk Admirals 25 24 3 1 54Adirondack Phantoms 24 23 2 2 52Syracuse Crunch 22 23 3 3 50Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 23 26 1 1 48Binghampton Senators 21 23 3 1 46

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Q You must have been traded a few times as a player. What’s it like to go through that?

A “When you’re on a team and you give it everything you have each and every day, (when you’re traded) you feel as if it wasn’t good enough to get the job done. That becomes a situation where you get a little bit frustrated with the fact you’re traded. But you know what, time heals everything. Over a 10- to 12-hour period, you learn to realize that it’s the nature of the beast, you’re paid to perform, and you have to get back at it.”

Q The AHL just announced a couple of changes last week. The Edmon-ton Oilers are moving their dormant franchise (formerly the Edmon-ton Roadrunners) to Oklahoma City next season. And the Albany River Rats are moving to Charlotte, N.C. What do you think of those moves?

A “Overall, I think they’re trying to fi nd better markets for the league if the markets aren’t working. The proximity thing (with Oklahoma City) is obvi-ously nice for us. Anything that cuts down on travel is a welcome addition, for sure.”

Continued from A6

Playfair on tradesleast. If you want to play on this team, he told David, then you’ve got to wake me up to drive you to the rink.

“The fi rst day, he’s up at 4 a.m. and in my room with his hockey equipment on,” Ted related with a chuckle. “That’s how keen he was. I never had to wake him up once. I’d crawl out of bed and run him down to the rink, then drive home and go back to bed for a couple more hours.”

FULL CIRCLEFollowing his days in the Abbots-

ford Minor Hockey Association, David moved on to the junior B Abbotsford Pilots (one year), the junior A Chilliwack Chiefs (two years) and the NCAA’s Bos-ton University Terriers (four years).

When his Boston University career wrapped up in 2006, David signed his fi rst pro contract with the Calgary Flames, who had drafted him in the seventh round four years earlier. After three seasons of toil for Calgary’s AHL affi liate in Omaha, Neb. and Moline, Ill., David was in the right place at the right time as the Flames moved their top farm team to Abbotsford last fall.

In truth, David wasn’t initially thrilled when the Flames sent him down to the Heat last September. Like every hockey player, his dream was to play at the NHL level – and he’d gotten into six games with the Flames the previous season.

But on opening night, when the fans nearly blew the roof off the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre as he skated onto the ice, he began to realize what a special thing it is to play in his hometown.

David missed the entire month of De-cember with a high ankle sprain, but he came back with a vengeance when the calendar fl ipped to 2010. He scored fi ve goals in 13 games in January to earn Ronald Allan Clothiers player of the month honours, and he’s been feeding off the energy that comes from playing in front of family and friends.

“When I was hurt, I’d see so many people I knew when I was walking around the concourse,” said David, who has 23 points in 42 games this season. “This is my town, and I want to be a great player for this team. I want the fans to enjoy watching me.”

‘I want the fans to enjoy watching me’Continued from A6

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