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When your father – a for-mer NHL player – stands behind the bench as
your minor hockey coach, there are certain external expecta-tions that come as part of the package.
That’s the situation current Ab-botsford Heat centre Ben Walter faced during his formative years, following in the footsteps of his father Ryan. The elder Walter played more than a 1,000 NHL games with the Washington Capitals, Montreal Canadiens and Vancouver Canucks, win-ning a Stanley Cup in 1986 with
the Canadiens.“In minor and junior hockey, I
know guys would say (to him), ‘How come you are not as good as your dad?’” said Ryan Walter, who serves as the Heat’s team president these days. “There were all those negative things. I am sure it bothered him but it didn’t seem to dissuade him at all.
“Part of the maturation pro-cess of a professional hockey player is the mental toughness side,” he added. “It was proba-bly a disadvantage when he was in minor hockey — you don’t
want your kids to go through that — (but) on the other hand, when they go through that, they learn a lot.”
From the younger Walter’s perspective, those ripples of adversity were well worth the hassle.
“I didn’t pay attention to that, I was just having fun playing hockey,” he said. “I think the pros defi nitely outweigh the cons, anyways.”
From an early age, Ben Walter was hooked on hockey, and it was at the junior A level when he got his fi rst inkling that hockey
could be a career.After a solid rookie season
in the BCHL with the Langley Hornets — he had 30 points in 50 games as a 16-year-old — Walter had a sensational sophomore season, leading the team in assists (47) and points (76) while scoring 29 goals in 52 games.
“During those years, it kind of dawned on my that maybe this was something I might be able to do,” he explained. “It was always a dream and I could always picture myself playing pro hockey.”
Walter’s play with the Hornets landed him an NCAA scholar-ship to UMass Lowell, where he amassed 49 goals and 90 points in 107 games over three seasons. It also got Walter on the NHL’s radar and the Boston Bruins selected him in the fi fth round of the 2004 draft.
Turning pro in 2005, Walter spent two seasons in the Bruins organization, mainly in the American Hockey League with Providence, and suiting up in 10 NHL games.
Following a trade to the
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Growing up as the son of an NHL star wasn’t always easy, but Heat centre Ben Walter has persevered and found success in the pro game
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wThe best Christmas gift that Akim Aliu received in 2011 arrived a day late.
On Boxing Day, the 22-year-old right winger found out he’d been loaned to the Abbotsford Heat by the Winnipeg Jets, the team that held his NHL rights.
The news was a great relief to Aliu (pro-nounced ah-LOO), who had spent most of the fall and winter at home in Toronto after a falling-out with the Jets during training camp.
“It’s been a long year,” Aliu acknowledged during a post-practice interview last week. “I sat at home for a long time trying to get an opportunity somewhere else, and Calgary (the Heat’s NHL parent club) was nice enough to give me an opportunity. Hopefully I can make the best of it and make this my home.”
In all, Aliu spent the better part of two months cooling his heels at home, inter-spersed with short stints with the Colorado Eagles, the Jets’ ECHL affi liate, and EC Red Bull Salzburg, an Austrian club.
Aliu didn’t go into great detail on what happened in Winnipeg, other than to say he and Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff didn’t see eye to eye.
“Different things happened at different stages,” he said. “Myself and Kevin had been together in Chicago before (with the AHL’s Wolves in 2010-11, when it was the Atlanta Thrashers’ affi liate). Things didn’t work out. I’m just looking forward, and I’m really excited to be here.”
In many ways, Aliu couldn’t have found a better landing spot than Abbotsford as he sets about recharging his career.
Heat bench boss Troy Ward takes a “ho-listic” approach to his job – he’s as inter-ested in how his charges are handling their responsibilities off the ice as on it, and he’s more sensitive than most coaches to players’ motivations and needs.
Ward has had success in the past working with players perceived to be high-mainte-nance – Krys Kolanos’s all-star season being Exhibit A in that regard.
Ward acknowledged that Aliu arrived with the reputation of being hard to manage, but said to this point, he’s been “awesome” to work with.
“I have to rid him of old habits,” Ward
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“I don’t worry too much about winning and losing. I focus a lot on practicing the details that give us the win!”
– John Wooden
Every January as I evaluate my last season (it’s not a year to me, it’s a season) and look forward to my next one, I rely on those two quotes for solid wisdom. Buckingham is so right; people want a glimpse of what the better future is going to look like. They will work twice as hard towards a goal or direction that makes sense to them, than they will if they are just coming to work.
So, after we sneak a peek at the better future, then what? This is where John Wooden hits the slam dunk. Once we know our direction, we spend less time focusing on the result, and more working the process that gives us that desired result.
Our on-ice and off-ice teams both utilize this process to ac-complish our goals. I hope that it works for you too!
WHAT A JANUARY!January is often a bad weather
month outside, but inside, Janu-ary is a great time to enjoy the home team wins. We opened the month against Detroit’s farm team, the Grand Rapids Griffi ns (Jan. 6-7). On Jan. 20-21, the Charlotte Checkers (the Caro-lina Hurricanes’ affi liate) come to town. Then on Jan. 24-25, we host the big games against the Canucks’ farm team, the Chicago Wolves. The Shaw TV broadcast of our Heat game in Chicago was very well received here in the Lower Mainland, so you can be sure those home games at the end of the month will be tough tickets to fi nd.
GROUP SUCCESSDuring December many as-
sociations and companies had a blast attending our games together as medium to large groups. Coming as a group re-ally enhances the game experi-ence.
Two large groups are taking advantage of games in January. Jan. 7 at the AESC is Matthew’s House Night, brought to you by Vedder Transport; what an
awesome cause and sponsor! On Jan. 20 the Abbotsford Heat will be hosting Faith Night. We have invited over 50 Abbotsford churches to come out and enjoy our game that evening and hope you will too.
NOT-FOR-PROFIT SUCCESS
Many of our fans may not know that we have helped minor hockey in the Valley raise over $25,000 through our Fundraising Ticket Package.
Many minor hockey teams have utilized this model so well that their parents do not need to write any more cheques – imag-ine that! Now, with our good partners at the City of Abbots-ford, we are opening up our Fundraising Ticket Package to all not-for-profi ts. We invite you and your NFP to partner with our Heat team to help increase your fundraising capital. Call 604-743-4328 or 1-877-452-4328 to talk with my teammates.
MORE GOOD NEWSA friend recently sought me
out to convey these words: “Ryan, you and the Heat get some rough press at times and
very little credit for what you are doing for our community. Let me share my story to encourage your journey.”
He went on to talk about the Saturday night that he took his young grandson to a Heat game. They enjoyed the fi rst period’s entertainment, the hot dogs and the pop, and then, in between periods, they bumped into me, and I showed the little guy my Stanley Cup ring. This youngster was old enough to really enjoy having his picture taken with the ring. Then together they walked over to get their photo with B.C. Lions offensive co-ordinator Jacques Chapdelaine and the Grey Cup. The game fi nished with a win for the home team.
As the happy Grandpa and grandson headed home, the youngster turned and said, “Grandpa, that was the BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!”
Our new Heat mission is “To GIVE our community a brand of hockey and a hockey brand to be proud of.” I am proud to be a small part of an organization that GIVES their community the op-portunity to enjoy the best days of their lives.
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Open minds, open heartsIn each edition of the Abbotsford News’s
FACEOFF magazine, beat reporter Dan Kinvig chats with head coach Troy Ward about the state of the team.
For future editions of FACEOFF, fans are invited to pose their own questions for Ward. Submit your questions for consider-ation via email to [email protected], or via Twitter to @dankinvigsports.
We caught up with Ward last week, as the Heat prepared for their fi rst games of 2012.
Q The Heat went 9-1-1 in the month of December, and that was while dealing with a lot of adversity, with as many as 10 players absent due to injury or NHL recall. How did the
team manage through that?
A “I think we managed it two ways. One, I think the players were open-minded and open-hearted. Meaning, they let new people into their team that naturally aren’t always here. At the same time as they were open-minded about it, they were open-hearted about it – they had to assume new roles at times in differ-ent games.
“A Gaelan Patterson had to move from being a checker to being a second-line centre at times, and vice
versa. We’ve had players go from being second-line players to fourth-line play-ers. We’ve needed players to accept a Judd Blackwater in, and then they’ve got to see him play on the second line. ‘I’ve been here all year, and you’re not putting me up there?’ They’ve had to trust the process, and I thought that was a big part of our success.
“And then my assistants (Luke Strand and Cail MacLean), they work extremely hard behind the scenes. They do an unbelievable job of educating the new players as to how we play – really quickly – and what the protocol is in how we manage a game. And you look at (goalie coach) Jordan Sigalet, taking a new goalie (Danny Taylor) from out of nowhere. How does this guy just come in and play in this system and play well? Well, in the science or tactical part of the game, there’s a lot going on behind the scenes.”
Q You were very close to being an all-star yourself. (The Oklahoma City Barons edged the Heat for the best record in the Western Conference at the end of 2011, which would have given Ward the right to coach the conference all-star team). What does this team’s success mean to you personally?
A “It’s like raising a family. I often go to that analogy, but I truly live and coach that way. It’s just like having offspring and watching them grow up and be successful. It’s the greatest gift you have in life – to be a parent and have successful kids. I look at myself as just a guiding father.
“I’ve had a group of people come together and do special things, and I’m proud of them. At the same time, I’m very fortunate to be with people who are open-minded and open-hearted. They keep wanting to change, and everything revolves around the team.
“Had I been coaching the all-star game, it would have been an honour for the whole team. I look at it like, I’m representing the Abbotsford Heat, what a great honour. I’m just managing the ship. I got on the ferry yesterday and went to Victoria, shopping. I used to have an assistant who had a buddy who was the captain of one of those ferries. He’d take me up, and you could sit in the chair where the captain sits. That thing’s as wide as this hallway, a big old white chair. I’m up there overlooking the ship, and that’s the position I’m in. I just look at it as, I’m the guy who’s sup-posed to guide the ship and chart how we’re going to plod along.”
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7:15 a.m. Desbiens wakes
up, fi res up the coffee machine, and
takes his dog – a Boston Terrier named
Bear – for a walk. Then he heads down to
the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports
Centre for breakfast at the team facility.
9 a.m. The Heat hold a trio of
team meetings on game day – one that
addresses fi ve-on-fi ve play, as well as
power play and penalty killing sessions.
Two of those meetings occur in the morn-
ing, while the third happens in the early
evening, prior to the game.
10 a.m. After taping his stick
and stretching, Desbiens hits the ice with
his teammate for the morning skate.
"You want to get a quick sweat – a high-
tempo skate where you get your legs and
your hands going," he explains. "Once
you're off the ice, you know you're ready
for the game that night."
10:45 a.m. After the skate,
Desbiens has a protein shake, stretches
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Heat forward Guillaume ward Guillaume Desbiens takes us behind akes us behind the scenes as he prepares as he prepares
for a home gameor a home game
res the frigid water for eight minutes.
"Not everybody likes it, and it's not fun,"
says with a wry chuckle. "But it helps
e legs a little bit."
2 p.m. Desbiens heads back
his apartment to cook a pregame meal.
s more or less the same every day – two
icken breasts, some brown rice and
getables. His fi ance, Ally Nordgaard,
lls the food out of the freezer while
's at the rink so it's thawed and ready
cook when he gets home.
2 p.m. The afternoon nap is a
hockey staple, and Desbiens generally
snoozes for an hour and a half.
"It's part of getting your rest and recov-
ering properly," he says. "It helps you re-
lax a little bit, turn your brain off for a cou-
ple hours and not overthink the game.
Once you get up, it takes a few minutes
and a cup of coffee usually, and you're
ready to go."
4:15 p.m. Desbiens leaves
for the rink, where he'll participate in one
fi nal team meeting. He doesn't eat dinner
until post-game, because he doesn't like
to feel too full. He might grab some fruit
or yogurt in the meantime.
Some players have a pregame super-
stitions; Desbiens says he has a routine.
"I like to put on my equipment in the
same order," he says. "But if by mistake I
put on my left pad before my right one, I
won't be mind-boggled.
"I'm not superstitious like that, but some
guys are. I've seen guys leave their sticks
in the bathroom. They did it once and
scored a couple goals, and they think
that's the reason why."
7 p.m. Game time.
10 p.m. After a post-game meal,
Desbiens heads home, where he'll watch
TV until he falls asleep. Usually, that's not
until after midnight.
"I have a couple coffees before the
game, and things like Gatorade and Pow-
erade have a lot of sugar in them," he
notes. "So once you get home, it's kind of
hard to go to sleep."
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New York Islanders organization, Wal-ter played the bulk of his time with the AHL’s Bridgeport Sound Tigers, but he did manage his fi rst career NHL goal in a game against Tampa Bay.
Walter then spent a season in the New Jersey organization and then last season with the Colorado Avalanche. He led the team’s AHL affi liate, the Lake Erie Mon-sters, with 70 points in 77 games, good enough to fi nish ninth in league scoring.
His hockey odyssey continued, land-ing with the Calgary Flames organization this past off-season.
The Langley product has been a staple for the Abbotsford Heat, returning to the Lower Mainland after an extended absence.
“This year it was just strange being close to home, being able to see my family whenever I wanted,” he said. “I had Thanksgiving with my family this year, which I haven’t done in a long time.”
As of press deadline, Walter was third on the Heat with 25 points in 35 games.
And while Walter — like his teammates — strives to play in the NHL, he bides his time, waiting for another shot.
“People always say the hardest part is sticking (in the NHL),” he said. “You just have to stick with it and stay hungry and work to get back there.”
Having the right outlook is essential.“At the end of the day, you still get to
play hockey for a living, which is great, but you still have to have that drive to try and get better,” Walter said.
Last season, Walter captained Lake Erie for the second half of the year, a new experience for him.
“I enjoyed it, it was certainly something new, especially at the pro level,” he said.
While some leaders are the type who may deliver a fi ery locker room tirade to rally the team, that is not his nature.
“I am not the kind of guy who is going to stand up and make speeches all the time; I am the kind of guy who is going to lead by example and say something once in awhile and hope that it means something.”
Walter marvels at his father’s public speaking skills — the elder Walter is a re-nowned motivational speaker and author — something he admits he lacks.
“I have always been kind of nervous when I have to speak in front of people,” Walter said.
Instead, Walter lets his actions on the ice do the talking.
“I have always tried to keep an even keel on the ice,” he said. “That is my personality off the ice as well, so I think it just transfers over.
“The biggest thing is just leading by example; you don’t want to say too
much or try to be an ‘in-your-face’ guy.”Heat head coach Troy Ward called
Walter “a quiet guy who leads with his stick.”
“He is a calming infl uence who has great poise with the puck and makes the players around him better,” he said. “A great demeanor – never too high and never too low.”
And while some players may develop a negative attitude for what they may perceive as not getting their shot, Walter remains the consummate pro.
“He understands the business,” Ward said. “He just keeps plugging away. He knows if he keeps working, he is going to get his chance.”
Even though they are competing to catch the attention of the Flames and earn a call-up, as one of the Heat’s elder statesmen — Walter is 27, the fi fth-eldest on the team — he takes pride in showing the younger guys how to be a pro.
“You have to look at it like you are the example, you have to show them the way to be a pro, how to conduct yourself on and off the ice,” Walter said.
“I looked up to the older guys (when I came into the league) trying to see what they were doing.
“Off the ice is the biggest challenge for any young pro hockey player; you learn along the way and try to pass that on as you get older.”
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Q If you were not a pro hockey player, what line of work do you think you’d be in?
A “I’d be a musician. I just really enjoy playing the guitar, I enjoy singing, and I’ve always had a passion for music.”
Q Who’s the most famous person whose number is in your cellphone?
A “(Heat teammate) Dustin Sylvester.” (chuckles)
Q Aside from hockey, which sports trophy would you most like to win?
A “The Super Bowl, as a quarterback. It would just be cool, I think. I’ve never played the position, but those guys are pretty cool.”
Q If you could have dinner with anyone dead or alive, who would you pick?
A “I’d probably pick Tiger Woods. He’s an interesting dude, he’s been through a lot, and he’s got just as much determination for golf. I like how he’s making a comeback right now, too.”
Q I know there’s a lot of talk that goes on on the ice – what’s the best trash talk line you’ve ever heard?
A “Oh, man. I’ve heard a couple times about my red hair. But there’s not one line in particular that really stands out.”
Q Does that sort of thing ever get under your skin?
A “No, not really. It’s all just part of the game.”
Q You’re from West Vancouver. What’s your perfect day in the off-season?
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noted, “to help him become a successful player and and successful person.
“We’ve got to look at how we change behavioral patterns and how we change relationships with teammates, relationships with coaches, how he handles the equip-ment staff. Those are the things we’re going about now. As we work on those things, we’ve still got to work on the player.”
Aliu brings an intriguing blend of size (6’3”, 205 pounds) and skill to the table, befi tting his status as a former second-round draft choice of the Chicago Blackhawks (56th overall in 2007). He scored two goals in his fi rst four games with the Heat.
Ward wants to see Aliu establish himself as a reliable checking for-ward at the AHL level, before being entrusted with more of a scoring role. It’s a develop-ment arc that fellow Heat forward Guillaume Desbiens followed as a younger player, when he was a member of the Manitoba Moose.
“He’s going to have to play a role here he’s never embraced before,” Ward said. “If he can learn to check and play smart and play with some discipline, I think he’ll be a big part of our team.
“We have a special player here. I think he can help us. You can see loads of skill, but at the same time, you have to look at the bigger picture. It’s about his day-to-day activity as a person that will override his playing ability, and that’s what we’re working on right now. And to his credit, he’s been totally open to that. I think he feels there’s an open door
here.”Aliu said he’s willing to take on
whatever role Ward needs him to fi ll. Less than two weeks into his tenure in Abbotsford, he already feels at home with the Heat.
“Honestly, it’s been awesome,” he said. “They’ve all been very wel-coming, and they’ve been teaching me a lot in the fi rst few days here. It’s a great group of guys, and they’ve made me feel warm and welcome.”
Aliu has a unique background – he was born in Okene, Nigeria, then moved with his family to Kiev, Ukraine before his second birthday. He got a relatively late start in hockey, only beginning in the sport after his family moved to Canada when he was 10.
Many hockey fans still remember Aliu’s name from an ugly hazing-related incident in 2005-06, early in his junior hockey career with the OHL’s Windsor Spitfi res. Aliu, 16 years
old at the time, was involved in an alterca-tion during practice with current Tampa Bay Lightning forward Steve Downie, an older teammate. Aliu reportedly had refused to participate in a hazing episode, and Downie knocked out three of Aliu’s teeth with a blind-side cross-check before dropping the gloves with the youngster. The ensuing publicity shone a bright light on the issue of hazing in hockey.
“It happened a long time ago, and I’m kind of still hearing about it,” noted Aliu, who said he’s sick of talking about the incident at this point. “But I’m fi ne with it. I’m trying to get
past it.”Aliu has looked right at home on the Heat’s
third line with cagey centre Quintin Laing and rough-and-tumble left winger Lance Bouma. Laing, the Heat’s captain, has been of par-ticular assistance to the newcomer.
“Lainger’s been good with helping me out during practice, with drills and understanding the team concept, the way they play here,” Aliu said. “Booms is obviously an energy guy – he fi nishes his checks, and you know what you’re going to get from him every night. They’ve been great at helping me out, for sure.”
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O F F I C I A L F A N G U I D EO F F I C I A L F A N G U I D E faceofffaceoffpilotplay Down the stretch
of the regular sea-son, bear hunting
is the order of the day for the Abbotsford Pilots.
The local junior B hockey club currently sits second in the Pacifi c In-ternational Junior Hockey League’s Harold Brittain Conference, and with a 17-point cushion on the third-place Port Moody Black Panthers, it’s highly unlikely they’ll fall any lower.
All that’s left to fi ght for is fi rst place in the confer-ence – the Pilots sat just four points back of the Aldergrove Kodiaks as of press time, with each team having 16 regular season games remaining.
Pilots coach Jim Cowden is quick to note, though, that overtaking the Kodiaks is of secondary importance in his mind to simply getting his team
healthy and fi ring on all cylinders come playoff time.
The Pilots have been hit by a devastating wave of injuries over the past month, with a half-dozen players watching from the press box at any given time. Currently, the Abby squad is missing forwards Kevin Lourens, Riley Lamb, Brandon Daase, Brock Wellicome and Da-kota Schipper, and goalie Riley Parker.
Cowden said that while he won’t sacrifi ce his team’s health in order to catch the Kodiaks, he still believes it can be done.
“I think we still can take them,” he asserted. “They have a tough schedule coming up – this week they play Delta and Richmond, and we’re still only four points behind. I think our biggest problem is, when we get close to
them, we seem to drop winnable games.”
Indeed, the Pilots sand-wiched a big regulation-time win over the Kodiaks on Dec. 23 with losses to
the Black Panthers and the Ridge Meadows Flames – both teams with records well below the .500 mark.
“These are teams that we should beat,
and there’s no excuse,” Cowden noted. “But doesn’t really matter who we play in the fi rst round. We just have to be sharp in our systems and be ready.”
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