They went a month between
meaningful hockey games, but the boys from the North Shore Winter Club and
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week.
POE, which is based in Kelowna, opened the Kamloops International Bantam Ice Hockey Tournament with a 4-2 victory over North Shore at Brocklehurst Recreational Centre yesterday. The teams are playing in the 12-team Tier 1 division; there also is a 12-team Tier 2 division.
KIBIHT, which is in its 44th year, operates outside of the realm of the regular minor hockey season. This year,Men's Cheap moncler outlet parka shop is the the necessary coat for any handsome man in both spring ang autumn . it falls two weeks after Western Canada's provincial championships, and about a month after the league seasons end.
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"Our goal all along was to get to provincials, and unfortunately,canada goose jackets,moncler clairy parka are available from selective retailers all across the world. we didn't get there," said North Shore associate coach Mitch Pinsky, who manned the bench Wednesday with head coach Jim Dinwoodie stuck in Vancouver for work.which quickly Discount Moncler Chalet Down Coats sale hunting not practical and unsafe. "It's a little tough, but in the same sense, it's also a chance for redemption."
KIBIHT, in its second year with the two-tier format, can still bring in the WHL scouts, and Wednesday's NSWC-POE game drew a bunch. Some lined up along the south end of the ice surface, with others standing in the crowd - either way, they likely outnumbered the fans and parents in the crowd.
And they weren't hard to miss.
"You notice them sometimes, but you try not to focus on that," said POE defenceman Chaz Reddekopp. "When you're in a game like (Wednesday's), as intense as it was, you're not thinking about it."
The WHL's bantam draft - for 1997-born players - is scheduled for May 3 in Calgary.
KIBIHT comes along at a good time for scouts, as it falls between the western provinces' under-16 championships and starts before the Western Canadian bantam championship, which runs this weekend in Stony Plain, Alta.
But at this point, the scouts have seen a lot of the players, and the players have seen a lot of the scouts.
"It's definitely in the players' minds - they see all the black jackets in the crowd," Pinsky said. "But they've dealt with it all year . . . so they're used to it.
"Hopefully it doesn't affect their play too much - some kids thrive off that pressure, and some kids don't."
Of the players in Wednesday's game, a dozen or so should expect to hear their names called at the bantam draft.
Reddekopp, a 6-foot-2 West Kelowna native, will likely get a call, but that's not what's on his mind this week.
He has put in a lot of work this season, and is hoping to cap it with a victory.
"We're a little disappointed with the season so far," Reddekopp said. "We haven't won a major tournament yet, so it's important for us to come into this with the mindset we're going to win this one."
POE, which is based in Kelowna, opened the Kamloops International Bantam Ice Hockey Tournament with a 4-2 victory over North Shore at Brocklehurst Recreational Centre yesterday. The teams are playing in the 12-team Tier 1 division; there also is a 12-team Tier 2 division.
KIBIHT, which is in its 44th year, operates outside of the realm of the regular minor hockey season. This year,Men's Cheap moncler outlet parka shop is the the necessary coat for any handsome man in both spring ang autumn . it falls two weeks after Western Canada's provincial championships, and about a month after the league seasons end.
For some of the players, it's strange to be playing this late in the spring. For others, it's an opportunity to improve on their standing in the eyes of WHL scouts,Buying a Cheap Woolrich Jackets Parka Clotings from seller in another country. or perhaps to erase the memories of a less-than-stellar season.
"Our goal all along was to get to provincials, and unfortunately,canada goose jackets,moncler clairy parka are available from selective retailers all across the world. we didn't get there," said North Shore associate coach Mitch Pinsky, who manned the bench Wednesday with head coach Jim Dinwoodie stuck in Vancouver for work.which quickly Discount Moncler Chalet Down Coats sale hunting not practical and unsafe. "It's a little tough, but in the same sense, it's also a chance for redemption."
KIBIHT, in its second year with the two-tier format, can still bring in the WHL scouts, and Wednesday's NSWC-POE game drew a bunch. Some lined up along the south end of the ice surface, with others standing in the crowd - either way, they likely outnumbered the fans and parents in the crowd.
And they weren't hard to miss.
"You notice them sometimes, but you try not to focus on that," said POE defenceman Chaz Reddekopp. "When you're in a game like (Wednesday's), as intense as it was, you're not thinking about it."
The WHL's bantam draft - for 1997-born players - is scheduled for May 3 in Calgary.
KIBIHT comes along at a good time for scouts, as it falls between the western provinces' under-16 championships and starts before the Western Canadian bantam championship, which runs this weekend in Stony Plain, Alta.
But at this point, the scouts have seen a lot of the players, and the players have seen a lot of the scouts.
"It's definitely in the players' minds - they see all the black jackets in the crowd," Pinsky said. "But they've dealt with it all year . . . so they're used to it.
"Hopefully it doesn't affect their play too much - some kids thrive off that pressure, and some kids don't."
Of the players in Wednesday's game, a dozen or so should expect to hear their names called at the bantam draft.
Reddekopp, a 6-foot-2 West Kelowna native, will likely get a call, but that's not what's on his mind this week.
He has put in a lot of work this season, and is hoping to cap it with a victory.
"We're a little disappointed with the season so far," Reddekopp said. "We haven't won a major tournament yet, so it's important for us to come into this with the mindset we're going to win this one."
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