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NEWS
& EVENTS
August, 2010
FOR SALE!!!
Goalie equipment for sale! Used and new:
blockers, chest pads, pads, etc. Call Ron Doppler (KC's Equipment
Manager) for details at 457-4529.
August 2010
KC Coach Mentorship Program kicks into action for the FY10 – FY11 Hockey
Season; Bob Green, Rick Carriere and Billy Moores give our KC
Coaches some tips…
KC Coaches from Initiation to Midget were taking it all in as veteran
hockey professionals Bob Green, Rick Carriere and Billy Moores focused
in on some very important messages when developing young hockey players.
Dave Lynes, Director of KC Coach Mentorship Program opened up the first
session with an overview of the mentorship program – “we are all here to
develop hockey players, ensure they play at the highest level possible
and make their development fun. Dave then introduced our 1st speaker Bob
Green, GM of the Edmonton Oil Kings;
Bob spoke about scouting and the importance of good evaluations when
forming your team.
1. Identify the top, middle and bottom of the group
early, and put your focus on the middle group to ensure you pick the
right players
2. Use games to find the right players as well – games
will expose players and elevate others
3. When releasing players, be positive and make sure
the player wants to come back to the rink the next day
Rick Swan & Larry Draper, Coaches of the Midget AAA Pats then did a
quick recap and we watched an important video about EAGLES and DUCKS –
“we all need to be Eagles to drive positive change and work hard to bust
up the flocks of negative Ducks”. Rick then introduced Rick Carriere,
from the Medicine Hat Tigers;
Rick spoke about player development and the importance of building a
good plan as a coach
1. Be committed to improve your players and your team
thru development
2. Be consistent – don’t confuse the message
3. Be patient – everyone learns at different rates and
different levels
4. Give Praise – find something to praise the player
about, be positive and give specific feedback that will build their
confidence
5. Work on practice habits – hard work, good effort at
all levels, keep it competitive and fun
6. The 2 biggest things to work on are skating and
competing
7. The importance of character players on a team
8. Build a plan around role specific player
development
Billy Moores for the Edmonton Oilers took the stage in our next session
focused purely on building an effective practice which in turn builds
confident, over achieving and well developed hockey players.
1. The importance of drill building – starting out
small, building over 3 or 4 practices
2. The importance of quality – look for the little
things to improve upon – proper stick placement etc.
3. Always giving feedback, make it positive and make
it specific
4. Never give up on a kid, they all have something
special to give.
Both sessions were full houses and every KC Coach left there with a
positive attitude and a few more tools to draw from.
Thanks to Rick Swan, Larry Draper and Dave Lynes for putting this
together. It is efforts like these that make KC one of the best hockey
development centers in western Canada.
August 22, 2010
Tryouts for KC Rep teams from Novice Tier 1 to Midget AAA officially
kicked off on Saturday. Hockey Operations unveiled a new evaluations
system led by Jim Flemming, a parent rep expectations meeting led by
Carrie Plett, followed up with a question and answer session led by Ken
Rylance and Alex Bryks. The message was clear that this season’s focus
will be player and goaltender development. While Novice, Atom and Peewee
teams will still be communicated via the phone, Bantam and Midget
communication will all be done through the web site.
June 23, 2010
NEW! KC will be offering I1 an I2 for Initiation/Timbits
Hockey this season! I1 is once per week for kids learning to skate, or
just learning to play hockey for the first time, and I2 is twice per
week for kids who are more comfortable on their skates are ready to
learn more about the FUNdamentals of hockey.
Please see our
House Hockey Program page for
links to our club's websites for further information!
 June
17, 2010
KC's Midget AAA Pats Coach, Rick Swan,
was interviewed for the Edmonton Examiner about the changes underway
here at KC. Great article! Check it out on the
Examiner's website here.
June 14, 2010
Click
here to download information about our 2010-2011 A Program and Rep
Tryouts!
June 1, 2010
Scholarship opportunity for Midget Players:
the Jonathan Doody Memorial Scholarship. Each
year, Phi Gamma Delta, a philanthropist organization of the University
of Alberta, provides two scholarships of $750 to outstanding incoming
students at the University of Alberta. See
Scholarship Info
for details.
June 1, 2010
The KC Squires are pleased to announce
that Geoff Wowk will join the Squires coaching staff for the 2010/2011
season. Geoff has spent the past 2 seasons coaching in the AMBHL with
the Maple Leaf Athletic Club, and prior to that was an assistant coach
with the Grant MacEwan Griffins of the ACAC. He has also coached in
Hockey Alberta's U16 program and Alberta Cup program. We are excited to
add a coach of Geoff's caliber to our team and organization!
May 15, 2010
The A Program Coaches for the 2010-2011
season have been uploaded to the
Rep
Hockey Program page.
April 29, 2010
HUGE congratulations going out to the KC Bantam AAA Squires
players who were chosen in the WHL Bantam Draft today!
- Brett Zarowny was chosen in Round 3 - 45th overall by Prince George
- Wyatt Noskey was chosen in Round 5 - 104th overall by Portland
- Jade McMullen was chosen in Round 9 - 177th overall by Prince George
April 26, 2010
UPDATE: The Edmonton North Oilers took
Bronze in the Alberta Cup! Congratulations to everyone who
participated!!
Edmonton North Oilers: Jordan Busch, Chance Hopkins, Chase Rylance,
Cameron Brezinski, Jade McMullen, Wyatt Noskey, Ryley Rimmer and Thomas
Rotundo.
Edmonton South Bruins: Rylee Makowichuk
April 10, 2010
Congratulations to Luke Pavlic for being
the Top Scorer in the REM AA for the 09-10 season, and to the Colts for
receiving the Al Haskins Memorial Award for 1st place overall in the REM
AA league! And also,
congratulations to Mike Hennessey for being named Coach of the Year for
the 09-10 season for the REM AA League! Way to go!!!
Click for more photos....
April 10, 2010
Congratulations to all of the award
winners and ring recipients at the KC Awards Banquet! Check out the
Photo Gallery to view and
download photos.
April 5, 2010
The KC Crushers Novice Won "The Spring on Ice
Tournament".... GOLD!!!! An exciting final game... Had to go in
overtime... and the final was 4-3... a nail biter to say the least!!!!
What a fantastic way to end the season... to win in our tournament!
April 5, 2010
Registrations dates for the 2010-2011 KC
Rep Program will be 7:00-9:30 on June 15, July 13 and August 4th at the
KC Office. Please see the
Registration page for details and house club dates!
April 5, 2010
Photos from the Playoffs have been
uploaded to the Photo Gallery.
Check them out!
March 24, 2010
A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS going out to our Novice 1 Knights who
won GOLD in their city Playoffs!!! Way to go Team!!!
March 13, 2010
A big thank you goes out to Mike
Hennessey who has Coached with KC for 20 years!
March 9, 2010
CONGRATULATIONS to the KC Colts coached by Mike Hennessey!!! They won the Midget AA Playoffs!!
Click on the photo below to see some scenes from their final game in the
championship series. The team will head to Provincials on March 25-28th in Brooks.
Click here for their schedule.
March 9, 2010
All 24 KC Timbit Teams took part in the 1st Annual KC Timbits
Jambouree held at the KC Arena on the weekend of March 6-7. There was
face painting, balloons, prize draws, lots of HOCKEY, medal ceremonies,
and a graduation ceremony for the players who are moving up to Novice
next year! Click through to the
Photo Gallery to see what a
great time all of our Timbits Hockey Players had at the KC Timbits
Jambouree!
September 9, 2009
Interested in becoming a Referee? Contact Darryl Desjarlais at refdarryl
"AT" yahoo.ca or
call 780-476-9360.
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