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S E A F A I R M I N O R H O C K E Y A S S O C I A T I O N N E W S L E T T E R<br />
Seafair Volunteer Apprecia)on Night<br />
It was ano<strong>the</strong>r full house at <strong>the</strong> Richmond River Club, as our organization recognized our volunteers <strong>for</strong> <br />
ano<strong>the</strong>r year at our Annual Volunteer Banquet Good <strong>com</strong>pany, good food (<strong>the</strong> "Cheeze Whiz" <br />
sandwhiches were not too popular, but at least <strong>the</strong> food wasn't as greasy as last year), good drinks (but <br />
no more than 2 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m) and good times were had by all. As stated by speaker Ken Hamaguchi, "it's hard <br />
to single out any particular volunteer, when we have so many excellent ones" -‐ but <strong>the</strong>n that's what this <br />
night is all about. <br />
The evening opened up with President Al White, sharing our team's successes <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <br />
year. Coach Coordinator Shane Hohlweg <strong>the</strong>n "dazzled" <strong>the</strong> crowd with his high tech <br />
power point presentaJon, as he gave out <strong>the</strong> coaching awards. The night concluded <br />
with <strong>the</strong> "sarcasJc and someJmes funny ramblings" <strong>of</strong> ExecuJve Director, Ken <br />
Hamaguchi, as he handed out <strong>the</strong> Peggy Maskant Award (Volunteer <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Year</strong>) and <br />
our Meritorious Service awards. If you couldn't make it, you missed a good Jme -‐ but <br />
here are <strong>the</strong> highlights:<br />
Juniour Coach <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Year</strong> -‐ Luke Birch<br />
Senior Coach <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Year</strong> -‐ Peter Reynolds<br />
Rookie Coach <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Year</strong> -‐ Ben Chen<br />
Manager <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Year</strong> -‐ Madeleine Csillag-‐Wong<br />
Peggy Maskant Award -‐ Shane Hohlweg<br />
Meritorious Service Award -‐ Kim Kemp and Nigel Shackles<br />
Japan Red Cross Dona)ons<br />
We had a collecJon box at <br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Year</strong> End banquet <strong>for</strong> <br />
<strong>the</strong> Japan Red Cross to aid <br />
<strong>the</strong>m with <strong>the</strong>ir disaster <br />
relief fund.<br />
Seafair members stepped <br />
up to <strong>the</strong> plate once again <br />
and in <strong>the</strong> short two hours <br />
we collected $526.00. <br />
Thanks to everyone who <br />
contributed.<br />
Where are <strong>the</strong> pucks?<br />
by Nigel Shackles<br />
Any visitor to Seafair’s H1 sessions this past season would <br />
probably have posed <strong>the</strong> same question no matter what <br />
time <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> year it was.......”where are <strong>the</strong> pucks?” Pucks. The <br />
game can’t proceed without <strong>the</strong>m. Fortunately <strong>for</strong> those kids <br />
enrolled in Seafair’s Hockey 1 program <strong>the</strong>ir ice time was not <br />
about games it was about skating. Skating <strong>for</strong>wards, skating <br />
backwards, skating side to side, upside down, on <strong>the</strong>ir hands. <br />
Okay, that may be a bit <strong>of</strong> hyperbole but you get <strong>the</strong> point. <br />
Skating was <strong>the</strong> main focus <strong>of</strong> this years Hockey 1’s <br />
(sometimes <strong>the</strong> sole focus) but <strong>the</strong> Seafair program is and <br />
will be known <strong>for</strong> one thing in particular. You guessed <br />
it.....skating! How serious was Seafair about <strong>the</strong>ir program <br />
this year? Enough to bring in Seafair Director <strong>of</strong> Player <br />
Development Yogi Svejkovsky as one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> instructors along <br />
with Seafair Coach Coordinator Shane Hohlweg. Under <strong>the</strong> <br />
guidance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se two executives <strong>the</strong> Seafair kids enjoyed an <br />
unparalleled year <strong>of</strong> development. Also helping out were <br />
many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Richmond Sockeyes Junior B players who were <br />
on <strong>the</strong> ice <strong>for</strong> each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> four sessions throughout <strong>the</strong> week. <br />
All in all it was a good experience <strong>for</strong> all concerned and one <br />
that Seafair will definitely be building on next year.<br />
In addition to his work with our Hockey 1’s Yogi also worked <br />
with our H2’s, 3’s and 4’s throughout <strong>the</strong> season. How does <br />
one person do all that? Did we cut him in half? No. Not <br />
really. But we did bring in noted power skating instructor <br />
Derek Popke to lend a significant hand. All kids who played <br />
Hockey 2,3 or 4 in Seafair during this past season had ei<strong>the</strong>r <br />
Derek Popke or Yogi as part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir practices every second <br />
week. Every team. Every player.<br />
Not bad <strong>for</strong> a small association and probably not something <br />
you would see in most o<strong>the</strong>r associations. And <strong>the</strong> price <strong>for</strong> <br />
all this extra instruction? Well, that’s where it got really <br />
interesting. The price was fixed at an even zero dollars. Yes, <br />
you read that right. For <strong>the</strong> price <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> registration all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <br />
Seafair kids received instruction throughout <strong>the</strong> year from <br />
two <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most qualified instructors in <strong>the</strong> province at no <br />
extra cost. Now why would Derek Popke, whose client list <br />
includes quite a few NHL players, be willing to work with <br />
Seafair and <strong>the</strong>se age groups? Why would Yogi Svejkovsky <br />
work so closely with all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> kids we have in Seafair H1/4? <br />
Because that’s Seafair. That’s <strong>the</strong> <strong>com</strong>mitment that all <strong>of</strong> us <br />
in Seafair have to our youngest members. They’re <strong>the</strong> future <br />
<strong>of</strong> Seafair and <strong>the</strong> more time spent with <strong>the</strong>m now <strong>the</strong> <br />
brighter that future is <strong>for</strong> Seafair.<br />
Now can someone find us some pucks? We’ve got some H2 <br />
teams to <strong>for</strong>m! <br />
Volume IV Issue IV Seafair - <strong>Great</strong> Hockey, <strong>Great</strong> People Page <strong>10</strong>