Our team held our end of season party at the Cro's nest this past Friday night, with another great pot luck, that our team have become well known for.
Thanks again, to Tammy and her Chapters store for supplying all of the player door prize gifts, all of my coaching and team staff for their support and the Kraemer's and Hoogstraten's for their tournament sponsorships.
Congratulations to all players on a great season, read on for player award descriptions.
Bantam LL 3 Player awards – 2016-17
1. Coaches player role model award – this award is given to a player who gains the attention and respect of all of the coaches by their genuine interest in learning the game, broadening their skills, fun attitude and being a team player.
This year’s award goes to Hayden Rattray.
2. Team player role model award – this award is given to a player who gains the attention and respect of his teammates by his hard drive and willingness to get into the play and in shot’s way. He has the ability to work with all players and brings fun to the forefront of the game.
This year’s award goes to James Hoogstraten.
3. Break out player of the year – each year a player stands out either from new development, change in their game style or they have adopted a new position that they excel at and become their teams break out player of the year. The move from defence line to forward line was quickly recognized and made a huge difference for our team’s success.
This year’s award goes to our AP player Connor Hardie
4. Technical player award – stick handling, skating finesse, speed, balance and agility are all examples of what makes up a technical player. The result of this type of player is evident on the game sheet.
This year’s award goes to Spencer Noseworthy.
5. Break out play award - this award is presented to a defenceman who consistently sets up plays from our zone to pass the puck up to awaiting forwards and/or carries the puck up to the opponents zone with the results of making great plays and goals.
This year’s award goes to Ian Lainson.
6. Penalty kill award – penalties can decide the outcome of a game, when it is in our team’s favour it is an opportunity for our team to score and the result can mean closing the score margin, tying up the score or taking the lead in a game. Games are won on good penalty killing, the player on our team who excels in this scenario is.
This year’s award goes to Owen Hannah.
7. Strategic player award – on and off the ice this type of player is constantly envisioning new ways to play the game and incorporate his teammates skills to make new strategies to score or hold off another team from scoring. This player is quick to identify the opponents game style and respond with a game style guaranteed to beat them at their own game.
This year’s award goes to Jackson Thibodeau.
8. Defence award – every team has a player that is best described as the most committed defensive player, this player knows their role and does not sway from their position and is their goalies most loyal team mate.
This year’s award goes to Liam McAlister.
9. Forward award – to be a strong forward player you need to be able to skate hard, envision where the play will be next and know where each of your team mates are to make a play up the ice and keep possession of the puck in the opponents zone.
This year’s award goes to our AP player Tyler Atkinson.
10. Back check award – forward players require a lot of endurance to be able to skate upwards fast with the puck and play into the opponents zone, not only that, but they require added endurance to back check and return to our zone to support our defense. This player excels at back checking and has proven results in cutting off opponents before reaching our net.
This year’s award goes to Evan Shipp.
11. Passing award – assists are what make goals possible, without players who can make those, stick to stick passes, our team would not make it on the scoreboard. This player thinks of the team before himself and shares the puck with his team mates and is responsible for creating great plays.
This year’s award goes to Oscar Powles.
12. Game changer award – every season injuries, illness, absenteeism, etc. force our team to adjust. This season proved to be our biggest adjustment, to date, with the loss of our centreman due to injury; fortunately, one player stepped up and took on the challenge of filling in for our goalie and became the game changer.
This year’s award goes to our AP player Emerson Noseworthy.
13. Power play award –our team has a good record in scoring when we are on a power play, numerous times this player has been credited for making an assist or scoring a power play goal.
This year’s award goes to Ryan VanHerk.
14. Positioning award – positioning in a game is crucial and is a game changer for a team, each team has a few players that position well but usually one player excels at playing their position perfectly.
This year’s award goes to Fletcher Adam.
15. Versatile award - when our team is missing players due to injury, holidays, illness or other reasons, it is reassuring to have the following player whom you can turn to and request that they play in a position where there is a need. This player can play all forward and defence positions with no hesitation and adapt well to the players on their newfound line.
This year’s award goes to Jack Kraemer.
16. Puck handling award – stick handling, speed, breakaways and patience is key to reading a goalie’s move and making final split second decisions to deek or shot on a goalie to find the back of the net. These are traits that a forward player needs to win.
This year’s award goes to Jayden Larry.
17. Team Development key player award – key players can transform simple practices into development changing experiences for all players and for the team, as a whole. This year’s recipient was sidelined for much of the season due to injury; however, when he was available for practices he was instrumental in allowing our coaching staff to run full ice drills.
This year’s award goes to AP player – Josh Drinkle.
