Congratulations to James Kennedy, from Glace Bay, NS, who just won $24,616.00 in our lastest weekly 50/50 draw for the 2011-12 hockey season.

This weekly draw is our major fundraiser which supports a host of hockey activities for our Glace Bay Minor Hockey Association. We would like to thank everyone who supports this fundraiser by purchasing tickets during this 2011-12 hockey season. For a complete list of our weekly winners visit our 50/50 Results Link located on the upper left margin of this main page.

GLACE BAY MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION SAYS "THANK YOU" !

Winter activity on lakes, ponds and rivers can be risky. Ice strength is directly related to how it is formed and not to its thickness, as ice is not uniformly thick.

Generally, clear blue ice is the best. White opaque ice is weaker due to its formation with wet snow. Grey ice is the most unsafe due to the presence of water in the ice.

Factors influencing ice strength

·         Air temperature changes with the sun.

·         ·         Snow-covered ice creates a thermal layer that prevents freezing and hides hazards.

·         Currents do not allow the water to freeze. River ice is 15 per cent weaker than standing ice due to the river current.

·         Chemicals in the water.

·         Size of the body of water.

·         Depth of the water and water fluctuation.

·         Vegetation growth.

·         Obstructions in the water such as birds, rocks, logs, weeds, garbage, etc.

Protect yourself around ice

·         Inform others of your destination and time of return.

·         Check weather conditions. Warm Chinook winds can quickly change ice strength.

·         ·         Check with your community association to see if neighbourhood lake ice has been tested for safety.

·         Dress in layers to protect against hypothermia (deceased body temperature).

·         Keep a cellphone, vehicle keys, and First Aid equipment on shore in a safe location known by all party members.

·         Never go onto ice alone.

·         Never go onto ice at night, as ice conditions are constantly changing.

·         When walking with others, keep a good distance apart on ice.

·         Keep pets on a leash. If you see an animal on the ice, that doesn't mean the ice is safe to walk on.

Congratulations to Keagan McPhee a young defenseman who plays for our the Glace Bay Novice Black Hawk's hockey team, for being selected as this week's Player of the Week. To view Keagan's hockey profile click on our Player of the Week link located at the top of this page.

Special Thanks to our POW Sponsor, SCOTTIES PIZZA for generously donating the gift certificates presented to our weekly selections.

In the above photo taken @ Centre 200 on Sunday afternoon, CB Screaming Eagle's goaltender Philippe Trudeau keeps a watchful eye out for a couple of potential Screaming Eagle future prospects, from Glace Bay (Burgundy Jerseys) and County (Blue Jerseys).  

Our Glace Bay Minor Hockey Association’s TOT’s were busy this weekend participating in the Sydney TIMBIT Jamboree at Centre 200. This year we sent 10 teams of players to enjoy two days of hockey and fun.

On Saturday evening our tot’s were game guests of the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles for their match-up against the Bathurst Titan. Today all teams were on the hop all day-long playing several hockey games, meeting the Screaming Eagle players, having team pictures taken and having plenty of refreshments. Above all the youngsters enjoyed a fun-filled weekend which was a great experience for their first of many road trips in hockey.

Miner’s forward Corrine Heffernan completes a spectacular rush to score the Miner’s game winner. Megan O’Neill also seen with the white Miner’s jersey earned an assist on the marker.

In North Conference Female Midget Hockey League action today our Glace Bay Miner’s skated to an exciting 2-1 victory over the visiting Parrsboro Predators. This victory was a key one for our Glace Bay squad as the two points will edge them a little closer to the league’s top seeded position.

In today’s match-up fans in attendance were treated to a high caliber level of female hockey as both teams displayed plenty of end-to-end excitement. Miner’s forward Bobbi McCormick was the first to score in the game as she lit the lamp at the 9:34 mark of the first on a nice unassisted effort. In the middle stanza Predator’s Shelby Leopold would tie the game with help from team-mate Ava Winters. Heading into the final period locked 1-1, it was evident that both teams were prepared to notch up their play and while patiently waiting for a chance to take advantage of their scoring chances. Midway through the period, Miner’s forward Corrine Heffernan took a feed from team-mate Megan O’Neill, drove down the left boards and then broke hard to the net while making a slick backhand deke to slide the puck into the open corner. With the Miner’s taking the lead their defense came up strong turning back several Predator attacks. Finally in the last minute of the game the visitors sat their goaltender in favor of an extra skater which generated a couple excellent chances, only to be foiled by Miner’s netkeeper Emily MacKinnon who picked up the win.

Other players for the Miners include: Kelsey Gilmet, Kendra Fraser, Miranda MacIssac, Mikayla Courtney, Rachel McKinnon, Candea Wadden, Kaitlyn Eagles, Katherine Shaw, Jessica MacDonald, Jill Doucette, Taylor McMillin, Danielle MacEachern, Maggie Gouthro, Anna Campbell and Kelsey MacLean.

Fans can catch the Miner’s in action most Sunday mornings at the BAYplex with the puck drop set for 10:30am. In addition to the Miners and Predators two other teams compete in the Midget A Female circuit, namely the Cape Breton County Islanders and the Cumberland Ramblers.

The last time we checked in on Mitchell McMullin a former resident of Gardiner Mines and graduate of our local minor hockey association, he was teamed-up with his hockey buddy Mitchell O’Neill, playing with Appleby College in Ontario.

We tracked Mitch down who had been recently playing in Ottawa, Ontario playing with the CJHL Glouchester Rangers where he played 10 games in the league. This year he was able to arrange for a trade where he could return to the Maritimes and landed a spot with the Miramichi Timberwolves of the Martime Junior A Hockey League, who owned his playing rights.

Mitch seems to be settling in with his new team nicely as Timberwolves head coach Rob MacDonald has been pleased with his performance to-date. MacDonald states that “Mitch has been a solid addition to our team since his return from Ontario. He is currently playing in our top 9 forwards and has 6 goals, 10 assists for 16 points in 32 games, while in his rookie season. Mitch brings a great deal of energy and skill to our lineup and is being counted on as an important member of our rebuilding team”.

For those who have been following some of our GBMHA graduates in recent years, you may be interested to know that Mitch is now teamed up with another former 2006-07 Glace Bay Miner Bantam AAA team-mate being his team’s goaltender Jordan Kennedy formerly from Reserve Mines. In addition Mitch and Jordan also compete against another close friend and former team-mate from that award winning Bantam team, by the name of Mitch O’Neill who is enjoying his season with his Amherst Ramblers.

Congratulations to Dylan O'Neill a young forward player who plays for our the Glace Bay Novice Panther's hockey team, for being selected as this week's Player of the Week. To view Dylan's hockey profile click on our Player of the Week link located at the top of this page.

Special Thanks to our POW Sponsor, SCOTTIES PIZZA for generously donating the gift certificates presented to our weekly selections.

Our Glace Bay Minor Hockey program continues to see on-going evidence that player development is progressing nicely.  This season we have a significant representation with the Cape Breton Tradesmen of the Nova Scotia Major Midget Hockey League, having five local players earning team roster spots.

Above are our former graduates who are with the 2011-12 Tradesmen’s team (L-R): Kenzie McIntyre – (Last season – CB Cougars, Major Bantam), Patrick Byrne – Defense (Last season – CB Major Midget Tradesmen), Chad Cullen – Forward (Last season – CB Major Midget Tradesmen), Ryan Groom – Forward (Last season – GB High School Panthers), Kelly Yates – Forward (Last season – CB Cougars, Major Bantam), Rob Sinclair – (6th year returning Tradesmen Assistant Coach).                                    

Local hockey fans can catch our Glace Bay players in action this up-coming weekend as the Cape Breton Tradesmen host the Canadian Tire Mustangs from Bridgewater in two home games. Games are scheduled for Centre 200 Saturday @ 7:30pm and Sunday @ 11:30am.  

You can follow the Cape Breton Tradesmen by clicking on their website below: http://nsmmhl.com/team_roster.php?team_id=2334&league_id=264

Female High Performance Information and Forms

The Hockey Nova Scotia High Performance Program is a national program administered by Hockey Canada in partnership with Hockey Nova Scotia. The High Performance Program is intended to assist aspiring players in preparing for regional, national and international competition. Hockey Canada’s High Performance Program includes the Male Under 17 Regional program, the Female Under 18 Regional program, the Male Under 18 National program, the Male Under 20 (junior) program, the Female Under 22 program, the National teams who compete at the World Championships annually, as well the Olympic Hockey teams which compete every four years.

We have included additional information in this correspondence relating to the High Performance Program to assist you in understanding the program as well as how it can benefit you.

The dates for the Female Under 15 Spring Camp are:

§ April 27-29, 2012 St. Margaret’s Centre, Tantallon, Nova Scotia

§ Female Under 15 Program is for players born in 1998 and 1999 (players born in 2000 if room exists in program)

§ Female Under 17 Program is for players born in 1996 and 1997

High Performance Program Spring Camps

The Hockey Nova Scotia Spring Camp is an event designed to provide you with the experience of playing with and against players who are of an elite level. As well, the HNS Spring Camp is used as an evaluation tool for all players for the next stage of the HPP.

Players are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner both on and off the ice at all times. Players are also expected to act in a manner worthy of a participant in the HNS High Performance Program. Should a player require discipline for off-ice activities, their involvement in the HNS High Performance Program may be terminated.

Players are expected to be at the arena one hour prior to the scheduled start of all assigned games and practices. Punctuality at all off-ice activities is also mandatory.

Please note that players are required to attend all camp activities!

Hockey Canada rules and regulations will be in effect during the Spring Camp competition. Please note that game misconducts, match penalties, etc. will be dealt with in the same manner as in League play.

The registration fee for the HNS Spring Camp includes the following:

· Practices

· 4 games

· Goaltenders will also attend a separate session

· Off-ice classroom sessions/briefings

• Souvenir HNS High Performance Program Gift
• HNS High Performance Program Camp sweater

Note: Accommodations, travel and meals are the responsibility of the individual players and are not included in the registration fee. Players are also responsible for the care and custody of all personal belongings and hockey equipment for the duration of the camp and should not leave them unattended

It should be noted that female players born in 1997, 1998 & 1999 will be eligible to compete for Team Nova Scotia at the 2015 Canada Winter Games in Prince George , British Columbia.

Players must be involved in the Hockey Nova Scotia High Performance in order to be selected for this team. Players will advance thru the High Performance Program over the next few years before the team is selected in late 2014.
High Performance Newsletter
U15 Player Invitation
U17 Player Invitation
High Performance Player Registration Form
High Performance Player Medical Form

PLAYERS WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN THE HIGH PERFORMANCE PROGRAM ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT YOUR LOCAL MINOR HOCKEY OFFICE OR VISIT THE HOCKEY NOVA SCOTIA WEBSITE FOR FURTHER DETAILS, APPLICATIONS AND CAMP DATES. 

http://www.hockeynovascotia.ca

Congratulations to Madison Capstick a young defense player who plays for our the Glace Bay Atom Female Hurricanes hockey team, for being selected as this week's Player of the Week. To view Madision's hockey profile click on our Player of the Week link located at the top of this page.

Special Thanks to our POW Sponsor, SCOTTIES PIZZA for generously donating the gift certificates presented to our weekly selections.

In the above game photo Glace Bay Miner’s goaltender Brooklyn Hennessey makes a spectacular right pad save off CB County Islander forward Andrea Pyke during the third period. Her effort was one of many that she made during the game to help preserve her shutout bid. Other players in the photo are Glace Bay player Jessica Hardy #9 and Islander captain Sarah Arseneau in the background.     

Our Glace Bay Miners hosted the Cape Breton County Islanders in a regular schedule game at the BAYplex Sunday and skated away with a convincing 6-0 win. The Miners led 1-0 after the opening period but then took control of the game by tallying three additional goals in the middle frame. In the third period the Islanders increased their offense effort but were turned aside by the Miner’s solid defense, two additional goals and the shutout goaltending by their netkeeper Brooklyn Hennessey.

Leading the Miner’s offense was Shelby MacNeil and Emilee Routledge who each notched a brace of markers while Morgan MacNeil and affiliate player Jessica Hardy added singles.

Other players on the team include: Kailin Gillis, Amanda Gove, Jessica Gracie, Abbey Penney, Rebecca Petrie, Jillian Brown, Taylor Burke, Kristan MacIntyre and Baille Sheppard.

The Miners are enjoying a successful season to-date as they are competing in the Northern Conference of the Female Bantam Hockey League along with teams from Strait-Richmond, Pictou County, Colchester and Antigonish.  

Fans can catch our Female Bantam Miners most Sunday’s at the BAYplex with game time scheduled for 12:00pm.

In the above game photo Miners defenseman James Hayes reaches out with a stick check against the Sharks team captain Brendon Jones as he makes a rush deep inside the Miner’s end zone late in the third period.

Thursday evening at the BAYplex fans were treated to an exciting Cape Breton Pee Wee A League match-up between the hometown Glace Bay Miners and the visiting New Waterford Sharks. In the first period both teams exchanged a pair of goals apiece. In the middle frame the Sharks struck for their third goal, finishing the period with a 3-2 lead.

In the final period, the stage was set for some fan favorite roller-coaster action depending on what team you were supporting. In the period, the Miners came out flying by controlling the play in the offensive zone which resulted in them scoring the game equalizer at the 1:18 mark. Feeding on the momentum, the Miners maintained their pressure and then hit the back of the Shark cage again with 7:27 remaining. On the play Jeff Parsons re-directed a point shot off the stick of Michael Hoffman to score what the Bay thought could be the game winner. However, their one goal lead appeared to backfire somewhat as the Miners were apparently taking some comfort of having a third period lead. In response, the Sharks team dug down and rallied with an amazing comeback effort, by scoring three unanswered goals within the final six minutes of the game to win the contest 6-4.

Scoring for the Miners was Matt Parsons with a brace of tallies while Luke MacDonald and Colin MacLeod chipped in singles. Adding assists for the Miners was Mitchell Hoffman with a pair of helpers while Robbie Harroun and Parsons added one each.

Scoring for the Sharks was Brendon Jones who was the game’s top play-maker notching two goals and adding a pair of assists, while other goals came from Cale Guyaux, Jackson Deveaux and Mathew MacKinnon. In the assist department, Keith Harvey, Coady MacIntyre, Brady Campbell and MacKinnon added one apiece.

Other players on the Miner’s team include: Devon Gouthro, James Hayes, Brett Strong, Christan Jackson, Jack O’Brien, Kallie MacKinnon, Tyler O’Leary, Trenton Gove, Sheldon Stubbard and Nick Bigley.

Our Glace Bay Miner’s hockey team had another successful tournament during the highly touted 18^th edition of the Sydney Legion Bantam AA Challenge Cup held in Sydney this past weekend. Miner’s coach Dwayne Doucet was very pleased with their team’s performance, saying “our team competed strong the whole weekend, going undefeated (3-0-1) in the round-robin and then dropped a 6-5 heartbreaker in the Sunday morning crossover game to Sackville”. A break either way would have advanced the Miners to the Sunday afternoon title game. This year's tournament included 12 Nova Scotia and one Newfoundland team.

As a result of their team’s solid effort the tournament organizing committee for the Challenge Cup recognized three Glace Bay players by awarding them All Star Team Honors. Receiving awards were Logan Cooke (Goaltender - 1^st All Star Team) left insert photo above, Kyle Rideout (Forward – 2^nd All Star Team) right insert photo and Matt O’Brien (Defense – 1^st All Star Team) no photo.      

Congratulations to David Beaton a young forward who plays for our the Glace Bay Atom Metro Grizzlies hockey team, for being selected as this week's Player of the Week. To view David's hockey profile click on our Player of the Week link located at the top of this page.

Special Thanks to our POW Sponsor, SCOTTIES PIZZA for generously donating the gift certificates presented to our weekly selections.

Pictured above Glace Bay Atom AAA Miner’s forward Aimee O’Neill cuts in behind the Steeler cage as she takes a quick glance out front to help set-up a scoring chance.  

Glace Bay Miner’s team captain Dylan McDonald displayed some nice offense skills Friday evening as he led his hometown Miners to a 5-2 win against the Sydney Steelers. The skilled centreman scored a brace of tallies and then set-up three other goals to get the nod as the game’s top play-maker. Team-mate Adam Wilson also had a strong game as he notched a pair of tallies in the game. Glace Bay’s other marker came off the stick of Aimee O”Neill. Other players helping out in the assist department were Xavier Johnson, Nicholas Pastuck and Liam Burke. Miner’s goalkeeper Seth Crowe picked up the win .

Goal scorers for the Sydney Steelers were Kinnon Williams and Brandon Armstrong while Allan MacDonald and Justin Thistle earned one assist apiece.

The GB Wolverines went undefeated in winning this years Pee Wee Christmas Tournament defeating GB Maniacs in the championship game .Team members are: Justin Routledge, Chad Pond, Allister MacNeil, Brayden Chaput, Will Campbell, Nathan Doucet, Micheal Aucion, Christian Murphy, Brandon Boutilier, Jordan MacNeil, Riley Smith, Keeghan Comer, Josh Bordon, and Brandon White.

Congratulations Wolverines !

The executive of the Glace Bay Minor Hockey Association would like to extend their Warmest Wishes to our players, coaches, officials, parents and the general public for a HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

May your families Enjoy Peace & Happiness during the Christmas Season and we hope that you have a Very Healthy & Happy New Year in 2012.

Front row (L-R): Gary Gracie (Equipment Manager), Nancy Politte (Secretary), James Edwards – (President – GBMH), Tracey Hanrahan (Office Manager) and Ken Tracey (Development Professional). Back row (L-R): Andre LeBlanc (Special Projects Coordinator), Aubrey Cameron (Fundraising Coordinator), Bobby O\'Handley (Referee-in-Chief), Phillip O\'Neill (Ice Allocator), Darren MacEachern (Female Coordinator), Sonny MacDougall (V.P. Finance & Administration). Missing from the photo : Greg O\'Neill (V.P. Hockey Operations), Derrick Hayes (Coaches Coordinator) and Mike Binder (Chair-Risk Management).

In the above photo a deterimed County Charger forechecker Koleton MacDonald, takes a leaping dive towards side of the Glace Bay net in an attempt to pass a loose puck out front to two of his teamates, however Glace Bay’s defenseman #3 Tanner Pickup took control and steered the puck out of danger.

The visiting Cape Breton County Chargers scored three unanswered goals during the first two periods of the final game which helped them capture the Glace Bay Christmas Bantam Metro Hockey tournament in a game played at the BAYplex. In the opening period Charger Spencer McPhee notched the game’s first goal on a play with Adam Nearing and Jared Boudreau. In the middle stanza Shawn Richards teamed up with McPhee to take a 2-0 lead and then later in the frame Richards would repeat his scoring touch once again with help from McPhee and L Denny.

Trailing 3-0, the Miners came out skating hard in the third period turning up their offense. After several close scoring chances the home team finally got a well deserved break as Jason MacQueen stretched the twine in the back of the Charger net on a nice play with Connor MacIntosh. In the dying minutes of the contest Glace Bay sat their goalie in favor for the extra man advantage but couldn’t close the scoring gap before the final buzzer sounded.  

In the above photo Glace Bay Miner's forward Travis Christie (red jersey) breaks up through centre ice with two Glace Bay Fury players (L-R white jerseys) Noel MacIntyre and Garrett Syms in close pursuit. On the play Christie eventually finished his break-a-way rush by wristing a high shot to the back of the Fury cage.

The tournament has a total of four Glace Bay teams and three County teams competing for championship honors. All games are being played at the BAYplex today and Friday with the Championship Final set for Friday evening @ 6:30pm.

Good Luck to All Teams !

Play continues Friday in our local Midget A Christmas Hockey Tournament. Games are scheduled from 9am until the final crossover game @ 3pm in Dominion, while the Tourney Championship Game is slated for 7:30pm in Glace Bay @ the BAYplex. 

Pictured above in this afternoon's game, Miner's forward Dana Cathcart is seen driving inside the Sydney Steeler's end zone as he tee's up a hard slap shot on goal. 

The Glace Bay Miners scored five unanswered goals through the second and third periods to overcome an early 2-0 deficit to capture the 2011 Midget Metro Christmas Hockey Tournament Wednesday in Dominion. Leading the way for the Miners was Adam Roach who scored a brace of tallies and chipped in with one assist. Darren MacGillivary had a strong game notching a pair of markers while Jordan Gibson added a single goal and Jordan MacNeil added one assist.

Scoring for the Ducks was Brett Gillis and Mitch O’Brien while Nathan MacDonald and O’Brien added one helper apiece.

Other players on the championship Miner’s team include: Anthony MacGillivary, Conner Bert, Chris MacIntyre, Blake Syms, Ryan Blois, Justin Bert, Anthony Byrne, Cody Oliver, Brendon O’Brien, Kenzie Wadden, Brandon Boland and James Matheson.

Fans attending this year’s edition of the ATOM METRO CHRISTMAS Hockey Tournament were treated to some exciting hockey action Wednesday afternoon as two local Glace Bay teams tangled in a sea-saw Championship game. Each team had turns scoring as both teams matched each other’s goal throughout the entire contest. The Grizzlies and Vikings were locked 1-1 following the first period, followed by a 2-2 deadlock after two periods of play setting the final period up as if it was an overtime match-up, as both teams then traded off a goal each in the third. Finally with time expired and the two teams so evenly matched both teams showed a great display of “sportsmanship” by mutually agreeing to share the Championship Title. 

Scoring for the Atom Vikings was Keegan Shea, Ryan Francis and Connor Baxter-MacNeil. Other team players include: Daniel Tanchek, Darcy MacLeod, Dakota Wood, Robbie Gottwald, Grayson MacIntosh, Nathan Harris, Curtis Roper, Joshua Smith, Stephen Huber, Kenny MacIntyre and Kyle Saccary. (Left Photo Above) 

Scoring for the Atom Grizzlies was Mitchell Hiscock, David Beaton and Andrew Batiste. Other team players include: Brandon MacDonald, Riley Mackie, Breton Nightengale, Aiden Donovan, Lucas MacKay, Noah McPhee, Owen Chauder, Daniel Bennett, Brady MacDonald and Wyatt Stubbard. (Right Photo Above) 

Congratulations to both teams !

Pictured above Glace Bay Miner's forward Adam Roach blasts a snap shot towards Glace Bay Duck's goaltender Brent Kelloway who makes a key game save during in the 2nd period. The two Glace Bay teams are competing in the two day Midget "C" Christmas Tournament @ the Dominion Rink along with other teams from the Northside and Cape Breton County. 

This game attracted a large fan turnout and with additional games for tomorrow it expected that fan turnout will remain strong through to the Championship Final scheduled for 2:00pm at the Dominion Rink.

Play is well underway at the BAYplex, in this year's Atom Christmas Hockey Tournament.

In the above game photo Glace Bay Hurricane's forward Abby MacNeil #19 pounces on a rebound to score a goal, before the Glace Bay Firecracker goaltender Daniel McNeil, could recover from his initial sprawling save. Despite giving up the goal, McNeil came through for his Firecracker squad to earn a key win in the tournament round-robin game.

Play continues today and Wednesday with the Atom Championship Tournament final slated for Weddnesday afternoon at 2:00pm.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

9am – GB 1 vs GB 3

11am – GB 4 vs GB 2

1 pm – 4th Place vs 3rd Place

2pm – 2nd Place vs 1st Place CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

With the popular Christmas Hockey Tournaments now underway this week, a number of our Glace Bay Atom, Pee Wee Bantam and Midget Metro teams are looking forward to the popular holiday event of Christmas Hockey Tournaments. Tournaments during Christmas always makes for good way for our families to come together watching their children having plenty of fun at the rink.

Best fo Luck To All Our Teams This Week !

Congratulations to Coleton Boutilier a young goaltender who plays for our the Glace Bay Atom "A" Miner's hockey team, for being selected as this week's Player of the Week. To view Coleton's hockey profile click on our Player of the Week link located at the top of this page.

Special Thanks to our POW Sponsor, SCOTTIES PIZZA for generously donating the gift certificates presented to our weekly selections.

Congratulations to Michael Gaetan from Glace Bay, Cape Breton, who just won $39,891.50 in our latest weekly 50/50 draw of the 2011-12 hockey season.

This weekly draw is our major fundraiser which supports a host of hockey activities for our Glace Bay Minor Hockey Association. We would like to thank everyone who supports this fundraiser by purchasing tickets during this 2011-12 hockey season. For a complete list of our weekly winners visit our 50/50 Results Link located on the upper left margin of this main page.

GLACE BAY MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION SAYS "THANK YOU" !

For a List of Our Christmas Bonus Cash Draws "click" on our 50/50 Link located on the left margin side of our front page. 

NEXT 50/50 DRAW WILL BE HELD FRIDAY DECEMBER 30th (The draw set for Jan 1 will be held on Friday Dec 30th from 5-8pm)

Pictured above are members from our Glace Bay Minor Hockey Association presenting a $75,469.00 cheque to Mr. Gordie Butts. In the photo is (L-R) Tracey Hanrahan (GBMHA Office Administrator) Sonny MacDougall (GBMHA  Vice President Finance & Administration), Sunday’s weekly 50/50 winner Gordie Butts and James Edwards (GBMHA – President).

During the cheque presentation Gordie willingly shared his secret for his recent  success. Butts says “I have two grandsons Josh & Joey Stubbard who play hockey here, in Glace Bay, so each week I always support them by buying 10 tickets from them”. This past Sunday, Butts was sitting home when he answered the phone and rather than being excited at first, he said “I honestly thought that someone was playing a prank on me”. He went on to say "that after I spoke to a couple of the organizers on the other end of the phone, I began to realize that I really did win the big draw”. Butts says that he has no immediate big spending plans other than he is sure to have a “Very Merry Christmas”.

Association president James Edwards stated following the presentation that this past week’s 50/50 was their largest to-date, not only setting one week payout record for our association but says that "this is probably the largest single fundraiser win in any association throughout the Hockey Nova Scotia’s network". This past week’s 50/50 jackpot of $75,469 surpassed last year’s Christmas jackpot prize of $68,976.

The popular weekly draw continues each week through until the end of the season. Our next draw is slated for this Friday December 23 instead of the regular Sunday, which happens to be Christmas Day.   

With the popular Christmas Hockey tournament scheduled to start Tuesday one of the Pee Wee players looking forward to the event is Dhane Morrison. Dhane who captains the Glace Bay Pee Wee #3 team,  (insert picture red  jersey), has held a “hot-stick” for his team recently by scoring 5 goals and adding 4 assists in just two weekend games.

Dhane and his team-mates got out to a slow start at the beginning of the season, but lately the team has recorded a number of recent wins and are hoping to contend for championship honors in next week’s Pee Wee Christmas Metro Tournament being held at the BAYplex.

Congratulations to Daniel McNeil a young goaltender who plays for our the Fire Crackers hockey team in our Atom Division, for being selected as this week's Player of the Week. To view Daniel's hockey profile click on our Player of the Week link located at the top of this page.

Special Thanks to our POW Sponsor, SCOTTIES PIZZA for generously donating the gift certificates presented to our weekly selections.

Congratulations to our Glace Bay Miner’s AA Bantam team for capturing top honors at the Pownal Markan Hardwood Plus Memorial Hockey Tournament held in Prince Edward Island this past weekend. The Miners defeated the Truro Bearcats 2-0 in the tourney final to capture the boy’s Bantam AA championship title. The Miner’s final game capped off a perfect 5-0 weekend for the travelling Glace Bay team.  

In the championship game Glace Bay’s Tristan White scored on a play with Andrew Smith in what proved the game winner at the 4:05 mark of the opening period. Leading 1-0 heading into the middle frame the Miners wasted little time to notch their second goal in the contest as Jordan MacInnis tallied the Miner’s eventual insurance marker just 1:42 into the period.

Miner’s goaltender Logan Cooke earned the 2-0 shutout victory to help his team capture the title and also earned game MVP honors in the game.

The Miners displayed a solid combination of offense, defense and timely goaltending during the weekend as they scored an impressive as 33 goals for and only 3 goals against. Miner's goaltender Dillon Buchanan also had a stellar weekend between the pipes as he recorded a pair of shutouts while picking up two wins.  

Top Miner’s scorers during the tourney were Jordan MacInnis who led the way with 4 goals and 9 assists for a combined 13 points, while Tristan White recorded 11 points (7 goals & 4 assists) and Kyle Rideout notched a total of 9 points (3 goals & 6 assists).

Other players on the team include: Zach Politte, Jack Summerell, Travis Lynk, Ian MacQueen, Matt O’Brien, Victoria MacIntyre, Dylan Burchell, Brady Buchanan, Michael Doucet, Logan Cable, Nathan Livingston.

Congrats To Our MINERS For WINNING GOLD on the ROAD

Congratulations to Noah MacAulay a young goaltender who plays for our the Green Hornets in our Novice Division, for being selected as this week's Player of the Week. To view Noah's hockey profile click on our Player of the Week link located at the top of this page.

Special Thanks to our POW Sponsor, SCOTTIES PIZZA for generously donating the gift certificates presented to our weekly selections.

In the above photo Novice forward Josh Covington with the Green Hornets is seen breaking out of his end zone against Black Hawk player #3 Ethan Murrant in an fun exhibition novice match-up @ the Dominion Rink.

This year our Novice Division has six teams of players ages 7-8 participating. All players practice twice per week and play a fun game in Dominion each Saturday. Players of this age level also have an option to attend an early morning practice if interested as well. The main emphasis for this age group is practice as they work to improve on their individual basic hockey skills.  

On Saturdays they are introduced to the game of hockey where they grasp the rules of the game, learn positional play and also where learn hockey, as a team sport. For most of the youngsters playing in a game situation tends to be the fun aspect of the sport. Saturday games are non-competitive, as game scores are not recorded with the intention to keep the game situations as “fun”.

During the season the youngsters sometimes get an opportunity to participate in Novice Jamborees where they play against other novice teams from outside minor hockey organizations. Our Glace Bay association will be hosting a fun Novice Jamboree Weekend which will be held at the end of the hockey season sometime in March.

Congratulations to Seth Crowe, a young goaltender who plays for our Glace Bay Atom AAA hockey team, for being selected as this week's Player of the Week. To view Seth's hockey profile click on our Player of the Week link located at the top of this page.

Special Thanks to our POW Sponsor, SCOTTIES PIZZA for generously donating the gift certificates presented to our weekly selections.

In the above game photo, Glace Bay Hurricane's forward Kate MacNeil (white jersey) is in full-stride as she outraces two Northside players while carrying the puck just inside the Northside end zone. 

Glace Bay’s youngest version of an all-female hockey team is now actively competing at the Atom level. This evening in Dominion the Glace Bay Hurricanes hosted the Northside’s atom female hockey team in an exciting hockey match-up and came through with a 5-1 victory. The Hurricanes stormed through the game’s opening period scoring three unanswered goals off the sticks of Braelee Hiscock, Elizabeth Campbell and Kaitlyn MacLean.

In the middle stanza MacLean notched her second on the night pushing the home team’s lead up 4-0. In the final period Glace Bay’s Eva MacDougall converted a goal mouth pass from Emma Penny to give the Hurricanes their fifth goal at the 8:47 mark. Other Hurricane players earning assists in the game were Leeann MacMullin who added two helpers while Abby MacNeil and Brooke Kelly chipped in with one assist apiece.

Northside’s forwards pressed hard in the final period creating some exciting scoring chances for their fans. As time wound down the visiting team was finally rewarded for their hard work in the game as Breanna Fifoot found the back of the Glace Bay cage with only 10 seconds remaining in the contest.

Other Glace Bay Hurricane players include: Claudia Lohnes, Madison Capstick, Christina Wong, Madison MacDonald, Sara Lynn Jewells, Kaitlyn O’Neill, Kate MacNeil, Loren Hill, Kelsie MacDonald, Eilidh Arsenault and Zoe MacKinnon.

This year our Glace Bay Minor Hockey Association decided to ice for the first time, an all female atom team in the Metro division. In previous years, female hockey players younger than the pee wee division would play on mixed boys and  girls teams. The head coach for the all girl atom team is Colin Campbell who is  very pleased that the association made the decision to support this new hockey  venture. Campbell states that “I have 19 young girls who are all eager to learn  and who are having plenty of fun playing as a girls' team, enjoying the sport of hockey”. Campbell sees this as a great opportunity to become introduced into female hockey competition as “currently we have three all-female teams including the Northside and Cape Breton County who we compete against and for other games we also compete in the local Atom Metro hockey league”.

Local fans can catch our Atom Hurricanes in action most Monday evenings as they play their home games starting at 6:00pm at the Dominion Rink.

Good Luck to our Glace Bay Atom Hurricanes during the 2011-12 hockey season !.
 

In the above game photo Glace Bay’s speedy defenseman Rickey MacKenzie is shown breaking down the left boards avoiding the back-check effort of Sydney forward Roham Harker.   

In local Pee Wee Metro hockey action this evening our Glace Bay #1 Miners came out flying scoring five unanswered first period goals on way to a convincing 7-2 win over the visiting Sydney team. Following the home team’s scoring spree display in the first period the Sydney squad settled the game down with strong defense and solid goaltending which set the stage for two remaining periods of entertaining two-way hockey.  In the middle frame each team scored one goal apiece and then repeated the same pattern in the final period.

Glace Bay’s scoring sniper Joshua Eagles lead the Miner’s offense recording a “hat-trick” in the game by notching a goal in each of the three periods. Other scoring marksmen for the Bay included Nicholas Kelly, Stephen Ferguson, Stephen Oliver and Riley Murrant. Glace Bay’s goaltending duo of Zachary Jenkins and Gabriel Hynes split the game to share their team’s win.  

Other players for Glace Bay #1 are:  Dawson Jessome, Derek Roach, Devon MacLean, Rickey MacKenzie, Brett Roper, Nicholas Kelly and Noah McAuly.

Scoring for Sydney was Thomas Pustovalov and Dylan Williams.

Local fans can catch our Glace Bay #1 Pee Wee Metro team in action most Wednesday evenings at the BAYplex with the puck drop set for 7:00PM.

Congratulations to Michael O'Neil, a young goaltender playing in our Novice Division, for being selected as this week's Player of the Week. To view Michael's hockey profile click on our Player of the Week link located at the top of this page.

Special Thanks to our POW Sponsor, SCOTTIES PIZZA for generously donating the gift certificates presented to our weekly selections.

In the above game photo Port Hood Bee’s goaltender, Brenton Sutherland stretches out to make a nice save off the stick of Miner’s right winger Brett MacDonald #10 who was driving towards the visitor's net during the second period.

This afternoon at the BAYplex rink our Glace Bay Miners hosted the visiting Port Hood Bees in a matinee Cape Breton Bantam A League match-up. The road team scored first and then rebounded from the Miner’s equalizer before scoring the go-ahead marker by the end of the opening ended. With the Miners trailing 2-1 heading into the middle frame, the Bay rallied to take charge of the contest by outscoring the Port Hood squad by a 3-1 count taking a 4-3 lead. In the final stanza the short-staffed Miners bench built on their momentum by once again outscoring the visitors 3-1 and to end the game with a convincing 7-4 victory.

Leading the way for our Glace Bay Miners was Brandon Carabin and Jared MacIsaac who notched a pair of tallies each while team-mates Liam Smith, Connor Harroun and Kyle Moss lit the lamp with single markers. In the assist department Brett MacDonald was the Miner’s top set-up player chipping in with two helpers while Sean MacPhee, Smith, Carabin, and MacIsaac added singles.

Other players on the Miner’s team include: Nolan Jewells, Breton Talbot, Brett Pimental, Jeffery MacLean, Aidan Graham, Brandon Tutty and Logan Morgan.

Scoring for the Port Hood Bees was Joseph MacDonnell with two while team-mates Jack MacEachern and Morgan MacDonald recorded one goal apiece.  

The Glace Bay Minor Hockey Goaltender's Clinic is back in operation including a couple of changes that have occurred since last season. The main change is that Liam Morrison has taken over the reins from long-time goaltender co-coordinator Ryan Boutilier who successfully ran our clinic since 2007. The second change is that this year’s clinic now operates from the Dominion Rink. Morrison states that “our clinic runs every Tuesday from 4-5 pm in Dominion and is open to all goalies ranging from Novice through to Midget ages within our minor hockey program”.   “We encourage all goalies to attend” says Morrison, “our goal is to provide age specific knowledge and training within a positive environment that is both fun and results in improvement as the season progresses”. Morrison feels that this an excellent development opportunity…”it is our hope that by attending this weekly clinic, our young goalies will be able to develop their skill level in order to improve their game and take the steps towards reaching their maximum potential”.

Our Glace Bay Minor Hockey Association is pleased to have Liam step-in with his strong goaltending competencies, offering our young net-minders an excellent opportunity to improve their skills. Currently Liam is an assistant coach with the Glace Bay Junior Miners and in recent years has been very active on other benches. Last season Liam was with the Major Bantam Cougars, while previous to this he spent three seasons he was with our Bantam AAA Miners. Liam has also worked as instructor at various goalie schools and clinics and has run clinics for Glace Bay, Sydney and County Minor Hockey associations.

We would like to extend a sincere thank you, to former goaltending coach Ryan Boutilier, who dedicated his time and expertise by operating a very successful goaltending clinic from 2007 until last season. For Boutilier, he is now seeing results of his goaltending tutelage come to fruition, as some of his former student goalies, are now playing for his Glace Bay High School Panthers hockey team.   

Our Glace Bay Miners travelled to the opposite side of our island this past weekend to compete in the Cape Breton West Invitational Female Pee Wee Hockey Tournament and struck gold by the time the tournament concluded on Sunday.  Competing in the Invitational Tourney were Cape Breton West Eagles, Cape Breton County Islanders, Antigonish Bulldogs, Pictou Selects and our Glace Bay Miners.  During the tournament our Miners went undefeated, recorded three shutouts by rookie Gabby Gillis. A spokesperson for the team stated “to a player, our entire team worked very hard to earn the well deserved tournament victory”.

In the first game our Miners won 5-0 over the Antigonish Bulldogs 5-0 with rookie atom age goaltender Gabby Gillis earning the shutout victory and MVP for the game. Leah Byrne notched a brace of tallies while team-mates Nicole McNeil, Jodi Dauphinee, and Jade Murphy scored one goal apiece.  Sarah-Jean Lohnes,  Mary Wadden and Dauphinee earned one assist apiece.

 In the second game the Miners relied on a shoot-out goalie by Game MVP Alisha MacDonald to break a 1-1 tie to record a 2-1 victory over the Pictou Selects. Scoring for the Miners was Leah Byrne on a play with Jodi Dauphinee. For Pictou,  Nicole Clements scored with help from Kassidy MacKinnon.

In Sunday’s Championship Final our Miners faced their toughest opposition of the weekend namely the Pictou Selects who they defeated a round-robin shoot-out. This time the determined Miners had the end goal in sight as they skated to a convincing 3-0 shutout victory to win the weekend tournament. Jodi Dauphinee Leah Byrne, and Jade Murphy scored one goal each while Mary Wadden earned two assists and Sarah-Jean Lohnes recored one helper

Other players for the Pee Wee Miners include: Jaden MacLeod, Robyn MacIssac, Kali Hynes, Nicole McNeil, Kaitlynn Hayes, Emma Yates, Karlie MacNeil, Madison Grace and  Hannah McIntyre.

(photo and tournament details supplied by Miner's team)

Congratulations - Female Pee Wee Team On Your Tournament Win !

Congratulations to Logan Cooke, goaltender for our Bantam AA Miner's hockey team for being selected as this week's Player of the Week. To view Logan's hockey profile click on our Player of the Week link located at the top of this page.

Special Thanks to our POW Sponsor, SCOTTIES PIZZA for generously donating the gift certificates presented to our weekly selections.

In the above game photo Glace Bay Miner's goalie Cory MacVicar squares up to Cheticamp Trail Blazer's top game scorer, Curtis LeBlanc #8, to make a key point-blank save helping to keep his team in the game, in the final period.   

The visiting Cheticamp Trailer Blazers visited Glace Bay on Sunday afternoon and scored well-earned road game victory over our Glace Bay Miners. Cheticamp opened the game’s scoring at the 2:15 mark of the first period as Bryndon LeLievre teamed up with Curtis LeBlanc and Dillon Merry.

In the middle stanza Cheticamp’s LeBlanc would score with help from Craig Bourgeois and Julien Aucoin to take a 2-0 lead. Then later that period Glace Bay’s team captain Tyler Southwell scored a power play marker on a nice passing play with Jarrot MacNeil and Brandon Binder to cut the lead in half 2-1.

During the final frame Cheticamp’s sniper Curtis LeBlanc would once again push his team into a two goal lead as he took a nice fed from Marcus Fraser putting the Trail Blazers up 3-1. In the final stages of the game the Miners pressed skated hard creating many solid scoring chances and then finally were able to draw a Cheticamp penalty to give themselves a man advantage situation. As a result of having the extra attacker, Miner’s forward Travis MacDonald stretched the twine after receiving a crisp goal-mouth pass from Brandon Binder which once again closed the gap to one goal, 3-2.  Despite the Miner’s late game efforts, Cheticamp’s LeLievre would then notch a key insurance marker goal with just 1:27 remaining on a play with Jaryd Dmytryshyn and Bourgeois.

Other players for the Glace Bay Miners are: BJ Wadden, Matt Budden, Mark MacLanders, Skylan Peterson, Jordan Butts, Breton MacEachern, Dana Cathcart, Randy Hopkins,  Cameron Gilmet, Cory MacVicar and Taylor Slade.   

The Glace Bay Miners compete in the Cape Breton Island Midget A Hockey League with other teams: Sydney Steelers, CB County Islanders, Northside Vikings and the Cheticamp Trail Blazers. Local fans can catch our Miners in action on home ice most Friday evenings @7:20 – Bayplex.

Pictured above are players of our Glace Bay Pee Wee AAA MINERS who captured the 2011 Bill Chisholm Memorial Pee Wee AAA Hockey Tournament held this past weekend in Antigonish, NS.

Members of our MINERS are: Dylan Pimentel, Connor Campbell, Chase Fraser, Dylan Turnbull, Logan Burke, Chad O’Neil, Drew Baxter, Hunter Bettens, Parker Spencer, Logan Bresowar, Dylan Burke, MacAulay MacDougall, Brandon MacLean, Cameron Yates, Logan Struthers, Kane Drake, Cody Smith.

(Photo submitted by team)

Congratulations to our GLACE BAY MINERS !

Pictured above are several youngsters who joined our minor hockey program as 4 year olds (left to right): Luke Sinclair, Charlie Pinhorn and Logan Heffernan. 

Hockey Nova Scotia recently changed the age eligibility rule for when children can start playing minor hockey. For the very first time this year, children could register to play hockey in Glace Bay providing they turned four years old by December 31^st. Previous to this change, a child had to turn “five” by December 31^st.  

This rule change is not mandatory for all associations in Nova Scotia, however our Glace Bay organization decided to be pro-active and implement the change immediately. All other minor hockey groups in our Nova Scotia region will need to implement this age change, no later than the 2012-13 hockey season.

As a result of age roll-back, Glace Bay has recorded approximately 12 extra youngsters registered in their Tots Initiation Program where they will be introduced to the very hockey basics while having plenty of fun with the coaching staff.

With the beginning of each new hockey season, Hockey Canada asks all affiliated minor hockey associations to set aside a weekend to be dedicated for “hockey development”. This weekend of development allows all teams to place a pause their busy game schedules and take time to get down to the basics of hockey skill and coach development.

This year our association is busy rolling out a very active development agenda including all players and coaches. In the above photo a large number of coaches are seen attending a coaching clinic. Standing in front of the group are: Kevin Higo (Assistant Coach – CB Screaming Eagles), Rodger Cuzner (Coaching Course Co-ordinator – Hockey Canada), Doug Sulliman – (Former NHL Player & Assistant Coach), James Edwards (President – GBMHA), Kenny Tracey (Development Co-ordinator – GBMHA) and Sonny MacDougall (Vice President Finance & Adminsitration  – GBMHA)

The special guest presenters offered the coach audience plenty of tips, ideas and real life experiences that they could pass on to their players. Kevin Higo offered some key advice on specialty teams, covering the various aspects of penalty killing and playing on a man advantage situation. Rodger Cuzner provided some points on defensive zone coverage and Doug Sulliman outlined the role of how coaches can transform their practice drills into a game scenario.

While this session was underway other coaches within our association were busy conducting on-ice drills with players at both our BAYplex and Dominion Rinks.

Our association would like to thank the guest speakers Mr. Higo, Mr. Cuzner and Mr. Sulliman for taking the time out of their busy schedules to help make our coaches clinic a very effective learning experience. We would like to also commend our coaching staff for attending this session as well as the other coaches who spent time with the players on the ice.

Assistant coach of the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles Kevin Higo, goes over some key points on "specialty teams" to a large turnout of coaches. Mr. Higo was an invited guest for our Hockey Development Weekend.

Rodger Cuzner (Coaching Course Co-ordinator – Hockey Canada) is shown providing some tips to an audience of coaches during our Hockey Devlopment Weekend. Mr. Cuzner was an invited guest for our Hockey Devlopment Weekend. 

Doug Sulliman (former NHL player and assistant coach) outlines the process on how coaches can transform what they teach their players in practice and relate it to real game situations. Mr. Sulliman was an invited quest speaker during our Hockey Development Weekend.

Pictured above CB West Eagle defenceman #4 Matt Hinkley attempts to clear a loose puck just inside his blue-line, as Miner’s speedy forwards Brett Baxter (left) and captain Dylan MacDonald team-up on a nice forecheck, while team-mate Adam Wilson (right) follows up on the play. 

In Cape Breton Island Atom AAA Hockey League action played at the BAYplex Friday evening, our Miners jumped into an early 2-0 lead following the opening period of play against the visiting Cape Breton West Eagles . In the middle frame the Eagles showed some good hustle outscoring the Bay 2-1 and then opened the final stanza with an early marker to close the gap 4-2. Later in the period both teams exchanged one goal apiece which was enough for the Miners salvage a final 5-3 victory.

Leading the way for the Miners was Adam Wilson and Brett Baxter who each notched a brace tallies  while team-mate Dylan Rosnok lit the lamp with a single marker. In the assist department Dylan MacDonald and Wilson each chipped in two helpers, while Nathan MacMillan, Liam Burke, Alec Campbell, Baxter and Rosnok recorded single assists.

Scoring for the visiting CB West Eagles were Colby MacLean, Ben Van Zutphen and Matt Raoke. Adding assists were Neil MacLean and Van Zutphen.

Other players for the Glace Bay Miners are: Zeth Crowe, Tye Clarke, Xavier Johnson, Gavin MacQueen, Aimee O’Neill, Tytan Donovan, Nicholas Pastuck, Ty Tracey and Colin Rosta.

Local fans can follow our Atom AAA Miners this season on home ice as the team plays most Friday evenings with game time set for 6:00pm. Other teams that compete in the Cape Breton League are the Sydney Steelers and the Cape Breton County Islanders.  

On Sunday our Glace Bay Miners opened up the 2011-12 Cape Breton Island Pee Wee AAA Hockey League schedule by defeating the Cape Breton West Eagles 4-0 at the Port Hood Arena. Tonight at the BAYplex the home-town Miners got off to another fast start in a match-up against the Sydney Steelers.

In the opening period Dylan Pimentel took a pass from Connor Campbell to score the game’s first marker and before the period ended, Pimentel returned the favor by setting up Campbell for their team’s second goal. In the middle frame at the 7:57 mark, Miner’s defenseman Chase Fraser scored on a nice play with team-mates Dylan Turnbull and Pimentel. Then exactly one minute later, Fraser once again stretched the twine on the Steeler’s cage, scoring his sceond on the night, after getting a set-up pass from Campbell to put the Miner’s up 4-0. Sydney continued to press with some good scoring chances and then with 3:18 remaining in the period, Steeler's forward Ashton Paul passed the puck to Dustin Sudds to close the score by a count of 4-1.

In the final period both teams exchanged some good two-way hockey with the difference being solid goaltending at each end of the rink. In the above action photo, Miner’s goaltender Kane Drake stretches out his right pad to ward off a good scoring chance by Sydney’s nifty forward Ashton Paul while Miner’s players Logan Burke and Chad O’Neil look on.

Other players on our Miner’s team this year include: Drew Baxter, Hunter Bettens, Parker Spencer, Logan Bresowar, Dylan Burke, MacAulay MacDougall, Brandon MacLean, Cameron Yates, Logan Struthers and goaltender Cody Smith.

Local fans can catch our Pee Wee Miners most Monday nights at the BAYplex as they play host to other teams in the league with game time set for 6:00pm.

Approximately five years ago our Glace Bay Minor Hockey Association realized that there was a growing need for all minor hockey parents to start each season on a strong communication footing. As a result of this initative GBMH executive member, Mike Binder (left insert photo) states that “all parents now start each hockey season in Glace Bay, by receiving the same message, which is vital to our player’s safety and as well as the important role that their parents must play”. During the session there were messages delivered pertaining to player & parental behavior, concussions, suspensions, protocol as well as current up-dates on the on-going need for volunteers and the importance of rolling out another successful weekly 50/50 draw program. Binder foresees the day very soon when HNS will be mandating similar parent programs “I have seen great strides in seeing the benefits of our educational program over recent years and I especially like the concept of providing our hockey parents the information in-person.  This gives them the opportunity to start each season being up-to-date on any changes, ask questions and to address concerns, this process helps strengthen all messages being delivered”.

As an extra bonus during the 1^st Parent Session, our association’s president James Edwards was able to arrange for a special guest appearance visit, by Mr. Doug Sulliman to drop by and deliver a message to an appreciative audience. Sulliman, a former local minor hockey player, played 11 years in the NHL and then in recent years embarked on several professional coaching assignments. During Sulliman’s address (right insert photo) to the parents, he emphasized that “parents have a very strong role to play in their children’s lives not only at home but also all places in between their homes and the rink”.  Sulliman says "parents have plenty of time to talk to their youngsters which leaves an impression on their lives” he says “take your drives to the rink whether it is to practice or a game or a longer drive to a road game”. He continues “these are all impressionable and precious moments to re-inforce nothing but positive messages to help strengthen your child’s confidence”.

As a hockey professional he has experienced the importance of personal commitment to the game of hockey both as a player and as an NHL assistant coach. One such example that Sulliman sites is, NHL All-Star, Shane Doan who he coached and plays with the Phoenix Coyotes. He was very impressed by Doan's personal commitment to his skill devlopment through endless practice. He says that the reason why Doan is one of the game’s top players, is because he really works at it. He says "Shane regularly stays behind on the ice after practice, (1-1/2 hours) and continuously works on targeted aspects of his game. He even has his own skating coach that he regularily includes in his extra practice routine".

As Doug departed the BAYplex he closed off by saying, “one of the best sports tips that I ever heard in my travels, was one that AL Michaels (NFL Commentator) made during one of his broadcasts".  Michaels said that “amateurs practice to get it right, while Pros practice to never to get it wrong!, that sounds pretty solid”.

Halifax Mooseheads GM Cam Russell announced today that the Club has selected Brad Cuzner in today’s QMJHL Waiver Draft. Cuzner, a 19 year old native of Glace Bay, was put on waivers earlier this week by the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. The 5’8” 157lbs forward recorded 13 goals, 24 assists and 131 penalty minutes in 110 games with Cape Breton.

Cape Breton Post article: http://www.capebretonpost.com/Sports/2011-08-24/article-2723739/Cuzner-selected-by-Mooseheads/1

Glace Bay hockey fans who enjoyed watching Brad Cuzner's hockey performance will now have to wait until the Halifax Moosheads visit Centre 200. Their first scheduled game here in Sydney is set for Friday September 30th which will create a great deal of interest seeing Brad playing @ Centre 200 wearing a rival Moosehead jersey.

Glace Bay Wishes To Extend Best Wishes To Brad with his new team and we can assure him that Glace Bay fans will following his performance this season with great interest.