Wolf Talk

The Wolves are flying to British Columbia in January to compete in the Kelowna International Midget AAA Tournament. Their game schedule is as follows:

Wednesday, January 5 – 6:30pm Waterloo Wolves vs. Notre Dame Hounds (Rutland East)

Thursday, January 6 – 10:30am Okanagan Hockey Academy vs. Waterloo Wolves (Rutland West)

Thursday, January 6 – 7:00pm—North Delta Sundevils vs. Waterloo Wolves (Rutland East)

Friday, January 7 – 9:00am – Swift Current Legionaires vs. Waterloo Wolves (Rutland West)

Saturday, January 8 – 10:30am – Waterloo Wolves vs. Kelowna Jr. Rockets (Memorial)

Saturday, January 8 – 5:00pm and 7:30pm – Semi-Finals (Memorial)

Sunday, January 9 – 12:30pm – Finals (Memorial)

For more information, visit the tournament's official website at http://www.kimmt.com/.

Good luck!

Waterloo Wolves Are Heading West!

Waterloo Wolves Midget AAA Hockey January 2011

Volume 2, Issue 4

Sponsors 2

Coaching Staff 3

Getting to Know Your Waterloo Wolves

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Wolves Kelowna Fan 6

Five Wolves in Top Ten 7

Gold Puck Champions 8

Contact Us 8

Inside this issue:

Hero to Hero Game is January 30 Once again, the Waterloo Wolves are partnering with Hero to Hero—Team Canada to show their sup-port for the men and women serving in the Canadian Armed Forces around the world.

Hero to Hero matches emergency services personnel and sports teams with Canadian troops serving overseas. The personnel or teams from Canada send autographed shirts and other goodies to the troops, showing their support for the members of the Canadian Armed Forces.

The 2010-2011 Wolves will be:

• autographing a team jersey

• autographing Wolves tshirts (1 per player), tennis balls (used by the troops in ball hockey games on the bases), and notecards

• autographing a “Wolves Support the Troops” banner. This banner will be available at all home games in January for family members, friends and other hockey players to sign as well.

RH Imprint is donating the tshirts, Eyelight Creative Marketing Services is supplying the banner, Piller’s is donating 20 cases of Pepstix (VERY popular with the troops) and Sandi Henning is donating the ten-nis balls. … continued on page 5

Everything the Waterloo Wolves Midget AAA Hockey Team has achieved since its inception would not have been possi-ble 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 Services

Sports Groups International Ltd.

Cober Printing Limited

Jay Fencing Ltd.

Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

Coyote Jacks Restaurant (RIM Park)

Stable26

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)

Gold Sponsors Bronze Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Winpak

Goliger’s Travel Plus

Conestoga Meat Packers

Viscofan

Rocky’s Harley-Davidson

To Our Sponsors…Thank You!

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JGB Publishing Ltd.—The Real Estate Book—Guelph and Wellington County—Jon Beauchesne

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.

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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

Special thanks as always to:

Skate Technician: Kim Rennie

For complete biographies of the Wolves� coaching staff, visit waterloowolvesaaa.wordpress.com/the-wolves/coaches/

Assistant Coach, Doug Snyder

77 Jon Nagata

1. What is your favourite NHL Team? Chicago Blackhawks

2. Which NHL Player do you most admire (present or past) and why? Kris Letang. Solid, overall defenseman. He can skate, shoot and pass the puck. He’s the go-to guy in Pittsburgh.

3. What are you listening to? Taylor Swift—Sparks Fly

4. What is the most embarrassing band/musician on your iPod? Lights

5. Burgers or pizza? Burgers

6. What is the worst movie you have seen? District 9

7. What is your best moment in your hockey career to date? Going 3—0 at Alliance Under 27 Camp.

8. Pick one word to describe �hockey� Sweet

9. Do you speak a language other than English? Nope

10. Will the Toronto Maple Leafs make the playoffs this year? One can always dream.

13 Blake Hetherington

1. What is your favourite NHL Team? Anaheim Ducks

2. Which NHL Player do you most ad-mire (present or past) and why? Ryan Getzlaff because he does everything on the ice...fights, smokes people, scores (kinda like Moser)

3. What are you listening to? Down—Jay sean

4. What is the most embarrassing band/musician on your iPod? Miley Cyrus

5. Burgers or pizza? Burgers

6. What is the worst movie you have seen? I forget, but National Lampoon’s Christ-mas Vacation is my favourite

7. What is your best moment in your hockey career to date? Not hockey but in my sports ca-reer...winning WCSSAA “A” Division Foot-ball

8. Pick one word to describe �hockey� Unreal

9. Do you speak a language other than English? Yes, francais

10. Will the Toronto Maple Leafs make the playoffs this year? Do cats fly???

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Getting to Know Your 2010-2011 Waterloo Wolves

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1. What is your favourite NHL Team? Toronto Maple Leafs

2. Which NHL Player do you most admire (present or past) and why? Drew Doughty because of his outstanding leadership, and his fantastic transition from Junior hockey to NHL.

3. What are you listening to? Rock n Roll!

4. What is the most embarrassing band/musician on your iPod? Michael Buble.

5. Burgers or pizza? Definitely burgers!

6. What is the worst movie you have seen? Meet the Spartans. Not funny whatso-ever.

7. What is your best moment in your hockey career to date? Winning the Burlington Tournament.

8. Pick one word to describe �hockey�

Phenomenal.

9. Do you speak a language other than English? I like to think I can speak French.

10. Will the Toronto Maple Leafs make the playoffs this year? The Leafs will be the underdog cup champs this year.

Getting to Know On Sunday, January 30 (which is also Sponsor Appreciation Day) at 12:00noon, the Hero to Hero pre-game ceremony will begin. Special guests include: • Hero to Hero Representative • Member of the Canadian Armed Forces • Mayor Brenda Halloran • Kitchener-Waterloo MP, Peter Braid • Kitchener-Waterloo MPP, Elizabeth Witmer • Kitchener-Conestoga MP, Harold Albrecht • Chief of Police, Matt Torigian • Waterloo Region Police Services’ Colour Guard Our special guests will take part in the on-ice ceremonies, saying a few words before the Wolves present their donations to the representative of Hero to Hero, and a member of the Canadian Armed Forces. Canadian singer, Tonya Kennedy, will be joining us to sing the National Anthem before the game against Chatham begins. Tonya has charted 3 singles on the Canadian country music charts and recently released her first CD, “Lucky I Lost You.” To assist in promoting the Hero to Hero event, Evan Canzi and Jordan Witt will be ap-pearing as guest on Rogers TV’s morning talk show, Daytime, on Friday, January 21 at 12:00noon. For more updates on the Hero to Hero event, visit the Wolves’ official website at www.waterloowolvesaaa.wordpress.com

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1. What is your favourite NHL Team? Toronto Maple Leafs

2. Which NHL Player do you most admire (present or past) and why? Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis...such passionate players and great leaders

3. What are you listening to? Country tunes obviously!

4. What is the most embarrassing band/musician on your iPod? Katy Perry

5. Burgers or pizza? Burgers

6. What is the worst movie you have seen? Macbeth—English class—should have skipped that period

7. What is your best moment in your hockey career to date? Winning our league play-offs (Woolwich Minor Peewee A)

8. Pick one word to describe �hockey�

Lifestyle

9. Do you speak a language other than English? A bit of French

10. Will the Toronto Maple Leafs make the playoffs this year? Unlikely. Give it a couple more years.

Hero to Hero continued...

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Former Wolves Selected for Jr C All-Star Team

Wolves Biggest Fan in Kelowna In 2008, the Wolves travelled to Kelowna to take part in the International Midget AAA tournament. As is the usual practice on the Kelowna trip, some off-ice time was spent at Big White Resort. Players have the option to ski, go tubing, or play a bit of pond hockey. That year, many chose pond hockey.

A young, enthusiastic hockey player, Owen Pritchard, was on the outdoor rink at the same time. In no time, Owen was playing with the Wolves as an “honourary” Wolf for the day.

Recently, the Wolves received an email from Owen’s Dad, David:

Hello folks,

I heard you were coming out to the local midget tourney again this year. Just wanted to let you know that your biggest local supporter will be there...my boy, Owen.

Time Flies and Owen has grown as well. Tell your lads to keep their heads up on the pond at Big White! ;)

Go Wolves Go!!

The photo above was taken at Big White in 2008. The photo to the right is Owen’s hockey pic for the 2010-2011 season with the Kelowna Minor Hockey Association.

So, if you hear a cow bell clanging loudly when the Wolves take to the ice in Kelowna during the tour-nament, you can be sure Owen Pritchard is in the stands!

Willie Buck (pictured left) and Taylor Wood, members of the 2009-2010 Waterloo Wolves, have been selected for the Niagara Jr. C All-Star Game.

The All-Star Game will take place on January 8 in Niagara Falls at the Gale Centre. Buck and Wood will represent the Western Division.

Buck and Wood play for the New Hamburg Firebirds, who are having an excellent season, lying 2nd in the standings.

Other ex-Wolves playing for the Firebirds include Brandon and Brock Yantzi, Matt Horst, Brock Shoemaker, Jay D’Aguilar and Mike D’Aloisio.

Good luck at the All-Star Game!

http://waterloowolvesaaa.wordpress.com/

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In July 2009, the Waterloo Wolves launched their new website. Since that time, over 95,700 visits to the site have been logged.

For the 2010-2011 season, 32,175 visitors have already logged in to waterloowolvesaaa.wordpress.com

You can also follow the Wolves on Twitter at watwolvesaaa.

Five Wolves in Top Ten for Scoring

Over 95,000 Hits for Site

The Waterloo Wolves’ players continue to dominate the league standings. Team Captain, Evan Canzi, is (as of De-cember 25, 2010) leading the league in scoring with 53 points.

Lying 2nd (pictured left) is Christian Mroczkowski with 42 points. Trevor Sauder (5th), Blake Hetherington (8th) and Kyle Ellis (9th) round out the top twn.

In goaltending, Jordan Witt is 2nd place with 11 wins. Lead-ing the league for goalies is London Jr. Knights’ Craig Wood with 12 wins.

Overall, the Wolves are lying in 3rd place in the league, with London and Huron-Perth taking the top two spots. How-ever, the race for the top 4 is very close.

Congratulations to all Wolves on a terrific season so far!

Waterloo Wolves Alumni

We want to hear from you!

Send us your hockey updates, news and pics.

Once a Wolf, Always a Wolf !

Alumni news can be emailed to Sandi Henning

at 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 · Michele Way – Director Special Events · Alan Reinhardt – WMHA President · Scott Hetherington – Team Manager, 2010-2011

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

Once a Wolf, Always a Wolf!

The Wolves had an outstanding run in the 2010 Waterloo Gold Puck Tournament, going to the finals on Sunday, December 12 where they beat Thunder Bay 4—3. Congratulations on this big win!

Friday, December 10 – Waterloo Wolves 2 North Bay Trappers 1

Friday, December 10 – Waterloo Wolves 5 South Central Coyotes 0

Saturday, December 11 – Waterloo Wolves 3 Ottawa Valley Titans 1

Saturday, December 11 – Waterloo Wolves 2 North Bay 3

Sunday, December 12 – Semi-Finals � Waterloo Wolves 4 Nickel Centre Sons 2

Sunday, December 12 – Finals � Waterloo 4 Thunder Bay 3

Wolves are the Waterloo Gold Puck Champions!

Waterloo Wolves Midget AAA Hockey