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Wolf Talk

It was a full house on Monday, January 25 as The Waterloo

Wolves celebrated their support of the troops with Hero to

Hero , an organization that matches emergency services

personnel and sports teams with Canadian troops serving

overseas.

In a special pre-game ceremony, the Wolves presented

Kevin McHarg of Hero to Hero and Captain Robin Cooke of

the Canadian Armed Forces with autographed Wolves jer-

seys, tshirts, handwritten notes from the players to the sol-

diers, and tennis balls for the troops‟ ball hockey games.

A banner signed by players, coaching staff and the general

public was also presented along with a team Canada jersey,

and an autographed jersey donated by the OHL‟s Kitch-

ener Rangers.

These items, and a few other treats for the troops, will be shipped to Afghanistan in February. Story continued on page 7 ...

Waterloo Wolves & Hero to Hero: a night to remember

On Tuesday, January 5, the Wolves headed west for the International Major Midget Tournament in Kelowna, BC. Results are as follows:

January 6 – Waterloo Wolves 0 The Seafair Islanders 4

January 7 – Waterloo Wolves 6 Okanagan Prep Academy 1

January 7 – Waterloo Wolves 6 NE Panthers 2

January 8 – Waterloo Wolves 5 Thunder Bay 3

January 9 – Waterloo Wolves 1

Okanagan Rockets MML 5

Story continued on back cover ...

The Wolves Go West

Waterloo Wolves Midget AAA Hockey

February 2010

Volume 1, Issue 3

Sponsors 2

Meet the Coaching Staff 3

Getting to Know Your Waterloo Wolves

4/6

55+ Club 6

Hero to Hero Night 7

Midget Operating Com. 8

Contact Us 8

Inside this issue:

http://www.herotohero.us/TeamCanada.html

http://www.herotohero.us/TeamCanada.html

http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=midget-aaa-tournament

Everything

the Water-

loo 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!

Piller‟s

Ayr Coach Lines

Raffi Jewellers

Ball Construction Inc.

Daily Grill Restaurant

Eyelight Creative Marketing Ser-

vices

Compass Group (RIM Park)

Sports Group International

Cober Printing Limited

Jay Fencing Ltd.

Eco-Shift Power

Erb Financial Services Inc.

Erb Transport

Herman Laue Spice Co. Inc.

J.H. Ryder Machinery

Kerry (Canada) Inc.

Kingspan Insulated Panels

Graham Mathew

McCordick Glove & Safety

Optimist Club of Waterloo North

Ottawa Heritage Dental

Overland RNC

P & H Foods

Precision Wall Systems

Priority Circuits Limited

AHS Security

Ariss Bros. Propane

Axiom Millwrighting & Fabri-cation Inc.

Bast Home Comfort

Bizerba

Blackmont Capital

Brodrecht Enterprises Ltd.

Canadian Linen

Conestoga Meat Packers

CP Industries

Crosby Volkswagen Audi

DC Foods

Document Imaging Partners

Dolphin Identification

Dordan Mechanical

RCR Design Air Inc.

Rebel Creek

Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Rector

Redman Distributing Inc.

Reiser (Canada) Ltd.

Rudolph Industries

Scotiabank

Sealed Air (Canada) Co.

Septimatech Group Inc.

Clarke Starke & Diegel LLP Chartered Accountants

TD Commercial Banking

TD Waterhouse

T.J. Frey Trucking

Twin-City Interloc

Van-Del Custom Millwork

Gold Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

Silver Sponsors Winpak

Goliger‟s Travel Plus

Viscofan

Tosca Tile Ltd.

Research in Motion (RIM)

Rocky‟s Harley Davidson

Redirack

Thank

You!

Wolf Ta lk Volume 1, I ssue 3


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

Asst. Coach: Mike Payne

- NCCP Developmental 1 Coaching Certification

- Alliance NCCP Coach /Prevention Services Facilitator

- WMHA-12 years experience AAA

- 2005/6 Assistant Coach Waterloo Siskins (GOJHL)

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: Duncan Snyder

- Longtime AAA hockey player in Waterloo and instructor at Skills Plus Hockey School

- Previously an assistant coach in both Waterloo and Kitchener; Waterloo Wolves Midget AAA alumni

- Played Jr. B hockey for three years; oneone year for the Listowel Cyclones, and two years for the Waterloo Siskins

- Currently enrolled in Political Science at WLU; planning to attend law school in 2010.

Trainer: Ally Samms

- Fourth year kinesiology student at WLU; lifeguard for City of Kitchener for 7 years

- Red Cross First Aid and CPR C

- Qualified for Automated External Defibrillation usage

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

For complete biographies of the

Wolves’ coaching staff, visit

waterloowolvesaaa.wordpress.com/

the-wolves/coaches/

Assistant Coach and Wolves‟ alumni, Travis Witt.

Special thanks as always to:

Kim Rennie, Skate Technician

19 Tyler Eckert

1. What is your favourite NHL Team?

San Jose Sharks

2. Which NHL Player do you most admire

(present or past) and why?

Joe Thornton; all-round player

3. What are you listening to?

Mud on the Tires (Brad Paisley)

4. What is the most embarrassing band/

musician on your iPod?

Shania Twain...good tunes

5. Burgers or pizza?

Zzzzaaaaa

6. What is the worst movie you have seen?

The Notebook

7. What is your best moment in your

hockey career to date?

Winning the Kitchener tourney

8. Pick one word to describe “hockey”:

Dirrrtttyyyy.

9. Do you speak a language other than

English?

No.

10. Will Canada win the gold in men‟s

hockey at the 2010 Olympics?

Put a thousand dollars on it! :)

44 Dan Teri 1. What is your favourite NHL Team? Detroit Red Wings 2. Which NHL Player do you most admire (present or past) and why? Nicklas Lindstrom, because he is the best defensive player on the ice in every game 3. What are you listening to? Forgot about Dre, by: Dr. Dre featuring Eminem 4. What is the most embarrassing band/musician on your iPod? ABBA Gold (I love it) 5. Burgers or pizza? Burgers 6. What is the worst movie you have seen? Vegas Vacation 7. What is your best moment in your hockey career to date? Playing pick-up hockey at Bissle park, and winning the Ottawa tournament 8. Pick one word to describe “hockey”: Filling 9. Do you speak a language other than Eng-lish? No, English is my native tongue. 10. Will Canada win the gold in men‟s hockey at the 2010 Olympics? Yes, please.


Getting to Know Your 2009-2010 Waterloo Wolves

9 Mitch Facey 1. What is your favourite NHL Team? Washington Capitals and Toronto Maple Leafs, when they‟re not embarrassing themselves 2. Which NHL Player do you most ad-mire (present or past) and why? Ovechkin, because he hits, scores, passes, and does whatever it takes to win. Plus he is better looking then Crosby 3. What are you listening to? Pursuit of Happiness – KiD CuDi 4. What is the most embarrassing band/musician on your iPod? Miley Cyrus 5. Burgers or pizza? Burgers every day, except pizza Fridays 6. What is the worst movie you have seen? Raise Your Voice starring Hillary Duff 7. What is your best moment in your hockey career to date? Filling the old New Hamburg arena for Game 7 OMHA finals 8. Pick one word to describe “hockey”: Lifestyle 9. Do you speak a language other than English? I can say thank you in five different lan-guages but that‟s it 10. Will Canada win the gold in men‟s hockey at the 2010 Olympics? Yes, and in a dominant fashion!

Getting to Know Your 2009-2010 Waterloo Wolves

33 Jordan Witt

1. What is your favourite NHL Team? Toronto Maple Leafs 2. Which NHL Player do you most admire (present or past) and why? Steve Mason. I watched him play in the World Jr‟s, then he came to Kitchener and played and I just think it is neat that he is a south paw like I am. 3. What are you listening to? Anything really, mostly Rise Against 4. What is the most embarrassing band/musician on your iPod? Miley Cyrus 5. Burgers or pizza? Hard Choice, but will have to say burgers 6. What is the worst movie you have seen? All About Steve 7. What is your best moment in your hockey career to date? Making the Midget AAA team, winning 2 out of 4 tournaments this year and my streak of 4 years in a row of winning the lowest goals against trophy (Brian Steffler Award) in Waterloo. 8. Pick one word to describe “hockey”: Life 9. Do you speak a language other than English? Nope, just English 10. Will Canada win the gold in men‟s hockey at the 2010 Olympics? No doubt they will; they better not lose to the USA


10 Evan Canzi

1. What is your favourite NHL Team? Vancouver Canucks 2. Which NHL Player do you most admire (present or past) and why? Steve Yzerman, because he plays with his heart on his sleeve and is the ulti-mate leader 3. What are you listening to? United State of Pop by DJ Earworm 4. What is the most embarrassing band/musician on your iPod? Enrique Iglesias 5. Burgers or pizza? Both! 6. What is the worst movie you have seen? Twilight 7. What is your best moment in your hockey career to date? Winning the International Silver Stick Tournament while playing for Fergus 8. Pick one word to describe “hockey”: Passion 9. Do you speak a language other than English? Some French 10. Will Canada win the gold in men‟s hockey at the 2010 Olympics? Of course.

13 Blake Hetherington

1. What is your favourite NHL Team? Anaheim Ducks 2. Which NHL Player do you most admire (present or past) and why? Ryan Getzlaf...he is the best 3. What are you listening to? Hard by Rihanna 4. What is the most embarrassing band/musician on your iPod? Tila Tequila 5. Burgers or pizza? Pizza 6. What is the worst movie you have seen? Twilight 7. What is your best moment in your hockey career to date? Coming back from losing 5-1 with 3:15 left in the Championship when I was five. (against Adam Campagnolo) 8. Pick one word to describe “hockey”: Sick 9. Do you speak a language other than Eng-lish? Ya, French. (ed. note: shouldn‟t that be “Oui, le français”?) 10. Will Canada win the gold in men‟s hockey at the 2010 Olympics? Obvi


Getting to Know Your Wolves Wolves’ 55+ Club

Thank you to all of our new Wolves‟ 55+

Club members.

The Wolves had a tremendous regular

season and your support was much ap-

preciated.

The 55+ Club, with all of its perks, will

be back in the 2010-2011 season.

We would like to thank our 55+ Club

sponsors: the City of Waterloo, the Wa-

terloo Wolves Midget AAA Hockey

Team, Waterloo Minor Hockey Associa-

tion, Waterloo Public Library, McPhail‟s

Sports, Coyote Jack‟s Restaurant (RIM

Park), and the Daily Grill.

Moffat Called

Up to Siskins

Part of the Wolves‟ philosophy is to pro-

vide first-class training to help players

prepare to compete at a high level.

Wolves‟ defenseman, Mike Moffat, has

been called up by the 2nd place Waterloo

Siskins Jr. B hockey team.

Mike has played well in both Siskins‟

games he has participated in to date.

Goaltenders Jordan Witt and Eric Pei-

cheff continue to fill in for injuries and

illness but have yet to see action.

Congratulations, guys!

55 Devon Mantler

1. What is your favourite NHL Team?

New Jersey Devils



Martin Brodeur. When I was a kid my

favourite team was the one who won the

cup, and one year they won. So, I have

stuck with that team and with him.


Silence (LOL)



Don‟t have one...even more embarrassing


Pizza all the way unless it‟s the BACONA-

TOR!


Any Star Wars movie



This year‟s Kelowna trip


Happy


English?

Negative.



Yepperz!

39 Tye Calder

1. What is your favourite NHL Team? I

do not enjoy watching NHL hockey and

don‟t have a favourite team.



Once again, do not enjoy watching so no

favourite player


Taylor Swift



Probably Hannah Montana


Burgers


Watchmen



Winning the Alliance in my novice AAA

year


Fun


English?

I speak a bit of French.



Obviously.

Mike Moffat was named to the All-Star

Team at the Kelowna International Major

Midget Tournament in January 2010.


Waterloo Wolves & Hero to Hero continued...

Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Jamie Warren attended the game and sang the national anthem.

The Wolves were honoured to welcome Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter

Braid, Kitchener-Conestoga MP Harold Albrecht, and the Waterloo Re-

gional Police Service Colour Guard to the game.

The game between the Waterloo Wolves and the Kitchener Jr. Rangers

started at 7:30pm, with the

Wolves winning 3 – 0.

The shutout went to Jordan Witt.

Harold Albrecht, MP for Kitchener-Conestoga, WRPS Col-

our Guard, and Peter Braid, MP for Kitchener-Waterloo.

Peter Braid, MP for Kitchener-Waterloo, Assistant Captain

Cass Frey, Captain Robin Cooke of the 58th Field Regi-

ment, and Kevin McHarg, Canadian Director, Hero to

Hero: Team Canada

Thank You! Piller‟s, RH Imprint, Eyelight Creative Marketing Services, the City of Waterloo , Precision Wall Systems, NTake Ecodurable Products, the Kitchener Rangers, the Great Canadian Gift Company, Elizabeth Witmer, MPP for Kitchener-Waterloo, WRPS, Peter Braid, MP for Kitch-ener-Waterloo, Harold Albrecht, MP for Kitchener-Conestoga and Jamie Warren.

Special thanks to… the players, coaching staff, family, friends and sponsors for their tremendous support of the Hero to Hero project.

Waterloo Wolves‟ Chair, Willy Huber, with Wolves‟ Assistant Coach,

Detective Constable Mike Payne, WRPS.

The ceremonial puck drop with Wolves‟ Captain, Mitch Facey, Captain

Robin Cooke, 58th Regiment, and Kitchener Jr. Ranger‟s Captain, Matt

Guild.

Midget Operating Committee 2009—2010

· 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

· Clive Smith – WMHA Past President

· Michele Way – Director Special Events

· Chuck Williams – WMHA Liaison

· Alan Reinhardt – WMHA President

· Scott Hetherington – Team Manager, 2009-2010

Bob Lekun, Head Coach

Phone: 519-658-3302 Email: [email protected]

Willy Huber, Chairman

Phone: 519-743-1412 ext. 260 Email: [email protected]

Sandi Henning, Media & Advertising

Phone: 519-634-8661 Email: [email protected]

Once a Wolf, Always a Wolf!

Although the team didn‟t move forward, their excellent play was recognized by not only the spectators, but by the attending scouts who

voted Mike Moffat (see photo on page 6) to the tournament‟s All-Star Team. Congratulations, Mike!

After the tournament ended, the Wolves enjoyed some time at Big White Ski Resort tubing, snowboarding, skiing and playing hockey on

the beautiful outdoor rink.

Team-building exercises at Big White

The Wolves Go West continued...

Waterloo Wolves Midget AAA

Hockey

The playoffs schedule will be posted on the Wolves’ official website:

http://waterloowolvesaaa.wordpress.com/

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