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January 3, 2014 – Volume 14–6
Please take your FREE copy of
Holiday Champs!
STANDINGSUSHL 9NAHL 9NA3HL 9MNJHL 9Tier I Elite 9CSDHL 10
INDEX2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic By The Numbers 3Affton PW Minors Unscathed At Nations Cup 3Bantam Major Americans Are Music City Champs 4Blackhawk’s Bollig, Living The Dream 5Mid-States Top 10 5‘99 St. Peters Selects Win Chicago Holiday Classic 5AIC’s Co-Players Of The Week – CBC’s McGlynn & Ryan 6Joe Boccardi’s Team Of The Week - Falcons PW A1 6Jr. Blues Travel To Play St. Mary’s University 9Tournament Calendar 10Blues Sign Steen To Three-Year Extension 10Stewart Named NHL’s First Star Of The Week 10
Chesterfield Falcons PeeWee A1
St. Peters Selects Bantam AA
Affton Americans PeeWee Minor CSDHL
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- A look at the 2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® “By the Numbers.”
0 Per stadium policy, zero bags are allowed into Michigan Stadium, including all bags, backpacks, purses, camera and binocular cases, etc.; fans should plan on leaving bags and purses locked in the trunk of their vehicle.
1 Cable cam that will be used in network cover-age by NBC and CBC
4 Of the five most-watched NHL regular-season games in the U.S. since 1975 were NHL Winter Classic games
4.5 Approximate drive, in hours, between Toronto and Detroit by car
7 Number of times the Maple Leafs and Red Wings have faced off in the Stanley Cup Final (1936, 1942, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1963, and 1964)
10 Most number of goals teams have combined to score in a single NHL Winter Classic, six of which were scored by the Red Wings in their 6-4 defeat of the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2009 NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field
11 Detroit Stanley Cup Championships (since 1918); one has come in a Final against Toronto
13 Toronto Stanley Cup championships (since 1918); six of which have come by defeating Detroit in the Final
15 Number of satellite uplink trucks on site to cover the event
18 Number of NHL corporate and broadcast partners activating at the 2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® Spectator Plaza, a free, interactive hockey and entertainment fan festival, open to the public at 9 a.m. ET on game day
23 Playoff meetings between the Maple Leafs and Red Wings (Toronto has a 12-11 series edge)
31 The combined number of Grammy and Juno awards won by the musicians that have performed at the NHL Winter Classic since 2009, including James Taylor, Patti LaBelle, the Zac Brown Band and more (15 Grammy Awards, 16 Juno Awards)
39.1 Average temperature in Fahrenheit at puck drop for the five NHL Winter Classics (2008 – 31.1°, 2009 – 31.9°, 2010 – 39.6°, 2011 – 51.7°, 2012 - 41°)
43 Most shots by one team in an NHL Winter Classic, recorded by the Red Wings at Wrigley Field on Jan. 1, 2009
53 Length, in feet, of the world’s largest mobile
rink refrigeration unit, specially built for the NHL Winter Classic
82 Broadcast cam-eras (all networks) that will capture all the NHL Winter Classic action at Michigan Stadium, including a cable cam, an airplane cam, and, for the first time ever, a rink-side camera cart
96 Rows of seats at Michigan Stadium
145 Players that have worn both the famed Maple Leaf and Winged Wheel
160-plus Approximate number of countries and territories that will carry the 2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® game broadcast
230 Approximate number of miles that separate Toronto and Detroit
276 Number of wins for both the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings in their 645 regular-season meetings since 1926-27
300 Ton capacity of refrigeration trailer that will keep the ice cool at Michigan Stadium
350 Gallons of paint used to make the Michigan Stadium ice white
645 Number of times, prior to the 2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic®, the Maple Leafs and Red Wings have met in the regular season since 1926-27
646 Total number of points earned by Maple Leafs in their 645 meetings vs. the Red Wings
648 Total number of points earned by the Red Wings in their 645 meetings vs. the Maple Leafs
1927 Year Michigan Stadium, the largest college football stadium in the country, was completed, initially seating 72,000 fans
1,846 Concessions staff manning the food and beverage outlets at Michigan Stadium during the 2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic®*
1955 Year that the official capacity for Michigan Stadium topped 100,000 for the first time
2003 Year the Heritage Classic was played in Edmonton between the Oilers and the Montreal Canadiens, the first regular season NHL outdoor game in history
2008 The year the first NHL Winter Classic was played in Buffalo between the Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins, with Sidney Crosby netting the game-winner in a shootout
3,000 Gallons of coolant used to freeze the Michigan Stadium rink
3,688 Gallons of hot chocolate expected to be brewed at Michigan Stadium on Jan. 1*
14,150 Pretzels projected to be purchased by fans during the 2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic®*
38,450 Hot Dogs projected to be purchased by fans during the 2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter
Classic®*104,173 The largest confirmed audience
for a game of ice hockey, which is the current GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title, set at “The Big Chill at the Big House” between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University at Michigan Stadium on Dec. 11, 2010; the 2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® is anticipated to host a potential world record-setting crowd on Jan. 1.
175,000 The estimated value, in dollars, of the resources and materials the NHL and Detroit Red Wings Foundation, in conjunction with DTE Energy, Johnson Controls, and York, funded in upgrades and renovations to the outdoor rink
operated by the Clark Park Coalition, a recreation center in Detroit. The donation to Clark Park’s rink was part of the 2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® Legacy Initiative.
250,000 Approximate number of visitors expected to visit downtown Detroit and the SiriusXM Hockeytown Winter Festival™, an out-door celebration of hockey held at Comerica Park in partnership with the 2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic®.
265,226 Total spectators in attendance at the first five NHL Winter Classics
*According to Sodexo, the food service provider for Michigan Stadium.
2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic By The NumbersBridgestone NHL Winter Classic - Maple Leafs vs. Red WingsNHL.com - December 30, 2013
The Affton Americans PeeWee Minor Central States Developmental Hockey League team began the season as the top-ranked team in the country.
Affton has protected that No. 1 ranking through-out the 2013 portion of its schedule.
“I don’t dwell on the rankings or really pay that much attention to it,” Affton coach Tim Rumpf said. “The one thing it does do is get us into some good tournaments.”
One of those tournaments this season was the
Nations Cup and it has certainly been a highlight of 2013.
The Nations Cup, which concluded on Dec. 1 in Detroit, is a unique event which features teams from the United States and Canada. Six teams from each country compete through round-robin play with the teams seeded after that portion of the tournament.
All teams continue to the final day and are seed-ed with the top seeds from both countries playing
for six points. The sec-ond seeds for five points and down the line with the sixth seeds playing for a single point.
Canada would finish as the champion this year by a 15-6 margin. The teams from Canada won five of the six final games. The only team from the United States which scored any points was Affton which had six points for winning
the top seed.“It’s the first time we had played in this event and
we will certainly return if we are invited,” Rumpf said. “It is hard to explain the atmosphere of the tournament. It is almost like a mini-Olympics. You are not playing for your organization but your country. Flags are being waved and chants of USA could be heard. All the teams hang out with each other and it was just a cool environment.”
Affton finished its round-robin portion of the tournament with three victories (3-0 over Center Wellington Fusion, 8-3 over the Belle River Junior Canadiens and 6-3 over the Lasalle Sabres) and a tie (1-1 against the London Junior Knights).
“London was a very good team and we were a little afraid that the tie would prevent both of us from getting to the championship in the top seed,” Rumpf said. “But when we beat Lasalle it ensured that London made it.”
Affton would win the championship game 7-2 although the score is somewhat deceptive. The game was scoreless until midway through the second period.
“London came out extremely strong and you could tell that they really wanted to win that game,”
Rumpf said. “They had the majority of the play in the first period. But we were able to weather the storm and stick to our game plan. We settled in after the first period and stayed out
of the box and kept with our methodical passing game.”
It would pay off with a pair of goals in the second period. The game would really swing the Americans way when they scored a goal in the last minute of the second period and shortly after the face-off to start the second period.
“We tend to score a lot of our goals in the third period,” Rumpf said. “That was the case in the game against London. We got the momentum with the late goal in the second period and the early goal in the third period. We wore them down and played really well. We have great synergy with all three lines. They feed off of each other and we also got great play from our defense and goaltending. Not one kid did not contribute in a big way to our suc-cess in that tournament.”
The Affton Americans are Nick Neimeier, Andrew Yocum, Cameron Beck, Joshua Bross, Andrew Koutsogiannis, Hunter Parker, Brett Robinson, Tommy Ramer, Bragan Rumpf, Gus Winter, Jeff Hutchinson, Tyan Yemm, Jack Anderson, Riley Howse and John Opilka. They are coached by Tim Rumpf and Dan Lesinski.
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It turned out to be a nice ending to 2013 for the Affton Americans Bantam Central States team.
The Americans, who are ranked 10th nationally, captured the Music City Classic in Nashville in a tournament which concluded Dec. 30.
“It is always nice to get five wins in two and a half days,” Affton coach Matt Ocello said. “That is very difficult to do and it was a very good tournament for us against solid competition.”
Four teams participated in the Music City Classic.“We were the only Tier II team in the tourna-
ment,” Ocello said. “The others were AAA Tier I teams.”
The four teams played a round-robin format with the Americans winning all three of their games.
They defeated the Nashville Jr. Predators 99 AAA team, 6-4 and followed with wins over Mid-America Generals 99 AAA team, 5-3 and closed out the round-robin play with a 4-1 win over the host team, TPH Thunder (America) 99 AAA.
The four teams were then seeded for the semifi-nals with the Americans earning the top seed with their three victories. They were matched up in the semifinals against the fourth seed, Mid-America Generals.
Affton struggled early in the semifinals falling behind the Generals 3-0 in the first 10 minutes. The
Americans made some adjustments and changes at that point and dominated the rest of the game, winning 7-4.
The Nashville Jr. Predators were the opponent for the championship game Dec. 30. The Predators scored first but the Americans came back with three unanswered goals to take a 3-1 advantage.
The Predators would make things interesting though with a pair of goals to tie the game 3-3.
The sudden death overtime would be played three-on-three with wide open ice.
“Both teams had some good scoring chances in the first five minute period but neither team scored,” Ocello said.
The Americans would win in dramatic fashion in the first couple of minutes of the second sudden death period as Zach Stolz scored on a breakaway with a shot to the high blocker side.
“It was a good championship game and a good confidence booster for us as we get ready for several league games,” Ocello said. “Going into the weekend we decided to use some different line combinations and they seemed to click all weekend.”
Offense has been a strength throughout the sea-son for the Americans, who finish the 2013 portion of the season with a 37-9-2 mark. They are averag-ing over five goals a game and that was the case in Nashville with 26 goals in the five games.
Jack Wess had a breakout tournament offen-sively for the Americans with four goals in the first four games.
The Americans Bantam Major CS are Kyle McClellan, Steven Pawlow, Neil Jakubeck, Dominic Metheny, Mark Capkovic, Caden Diel, Ryan Oliver, Sean Hofstetter, Max Rogers, Connor Bradley, Daniel Campbell, Jared Westcott, Jack Wess, Tyler Schaeffer, Zach Stolz, Alex Stewart and Drew Shapiro. Ocello’s assistant coaches are Dave Freeman and Sam Davis.
Bantam Major Americans Are Music City Champsby Bill Hester - ‘Hockey Stop’ Correspondent’
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None of their opponents in the Chicago Holiday Classic could outscore the St. Peters 1999 Selects, who easily championed the tournament held the weekend after Christmas.
“It was just a great all-around tournament for us,” Selects head coach Mike Whitehead said. “The forwards played really well, the defense played well and we just had great goaltending from our goalie. It was just a good all around team effort.”
The Chicago tournament was an unexpected treat for the Bantam team.
“What happened was, we were supposed to go to Minnesota and that fell through,” Whitehead explained. “And this was just a thing we got into at the last minute. We didn’t know what to expect. We just went up there and everyone played hard.”
The Selects played three teams in round robin games. They beat the West Dundee Leafs 5-2, the
Chicago Bruins 7-0 and the Midwest Blackbirds 7-0.“I wouldn’t say there was just any time we
thought we had it won,” Whitehead said of his team’s performance throughout the games. “It’s just they play hard, they work hard, they play as a team and usually it pays off in the end for us.”
The Selects then prepared for a rematch, against the West Dundee Leafs, for the championship.
“I think we were up 2-0 at the end of the first period,” Whitehead said of the championship game. “I wouldn’t say we were worried. The first time we played them it was tied 2-2 at the end of the second period. That one was kind of close, but the next game we just outworked them and the boys played hard. That’s all you can say, they just played hard.”
The rest of the championship game went smooth thanks to a good team effort and outstanding goal
‘99 St. Peters Selects Win Chicago Holiday Classicby Jared Grafman - ‘Hockey Stop’ Correspondent’
Brandon Bollig was born and raised in St. Louis.That meant two things when it came to hock-
ey. He loved the Blues and didn’t have the same feelings about the rival Blackhawks.
“St. Louis has a passionate fan base and I did not particularly like the Blackhawks,” Bollig said.
How things have changed as Bollig became the first St. Louis born and raised player to have his name engraved on the Stanley Cup after the Blackhawks captured the coveted trophy in 2013.
“It is ironic how I ended up here,” said the 26-year-old left-winger who was not drafted.
There may have been a couple of signs in the Bollig household though when Brandon was a youngster.
Dad, Dale, and Mom, Tracy, had similar feel-ings to Brandon about their favorite National Hockey League squads.
But there was one thing that they did like and that was the Blackhawk logo.
“Dad made area rugs and the one rug that we had was the Chicago Blackhawks one,” Brandon said. “He liked the Indian head. And Mom never bought any beach towels but the one I remem-ber having when I was a young kid was one of the Blackhawks.”
Call it an omen but Bollig has never played for another organization in his young NHL career.
Amateur hockey is quite popular and competi-tive in the St. Louis area and Bollig grew up play-ing high school hockey at Francis Howell North, where he graduated in 2005 with a 3.4 grade point average. He played with the successful Jr. Blues and then played with the Lincoln Stars in the United States Hockey League.
Bollig decided to go the collegiate route and attended St. Lawrence University, where he was on the Dean’s list, and a member of the hockey team for a couple of years.
The 6-foot-2, 223-pound “tough” guy was not drafted but signed a contract with the Blackhawks in April of 2010.
“It may have been a blessing in disguise when
I was not drafted,” Bollig said. “I was able to go to an organization where I felt I would fit in.”
And boy did Bollig fit in. He played a cou-ple of years with the Blackhawks’ American Hockey League affiliate
in Rockford and played his first NHL game on leap day (Feb. 29) in 2012.
It did not take Bollig long to experience the penultimate feeling of any boy growing up play-ing the sport as he held up the Stanley Cup last winter after the Blackhawks clinched the title with a win at Boston.
“It’s a feeling I will never be able to explain and love to relive,” Bollig said of lifting the most precious of sport’s trophies during the celebra-tion on Boston ice. “It was like an out of body experience.”
And one he was able to celebrate not only with his teammates but with several members of his family from the St. Louis area.
“The team was so gracious in flying out fami-lies to Boston in case we won there,” Bollig said. “My dad could not come but my Mom, sister, niece and nephew were there on the ice as we took the team photo. It was so much more spe-cial to see how happy my family was to see me fulfill a dream.”
Bollig takes great pride in becoming the first St. Louis native to have his name on the Stanley Cup. He took it to the St. Peters Rec-Plex during the summer to let St. Louis see the Cup first-hand (the Blues have yet to win the Stanley Cup).
“I remember having my picture taken with some of the Blues when I was a kid,” Bollig said. “And now I am having kids take pictures with me. It is just crazy that I was the first player from St. Louis to win the Cup. When I was watching NHL games when I was younger I felt there was no way that I could do that. Never in a million years when I was in college or the pros or even in the NHL that I would be the first one.”
Bollig and the Blackhawks entered play a week before Christmas with the best record in the NHL as they try for a repeat.
“I love the fact that we are Stanley Cup cham-pions,” Bollig said. “But the coaches stressed from the first day of training camp that last year was last year and that the book was closed on last season and that we had to open a new book.”
That book has had a good start as teams begin to approach the halfway mark. Bollig hopes for a similar ending and he does so with a different role on the team.
He is still a rough-and-tumble player who will look after his teammates but he has also been taking a regular shift on the fourth line with Marcus Kruger and Ben Smith.
“My role has definitely changed this year,” Bollig said. “Last year I was more of a one-dimensional player. But Marcus, Ben and I have been together for awhile now and we are log-ging more minutes, playing against a lot of the No. 1 and 2 lines of our opponents. Our focus is on defense but we have also been able to chip in offensively.”
Bollig has played in all of the 37 Chicago games this season and has contributed three goals and five assists to go along with his 59 penalty minutes.
Blackhawk’s Bollig, Living The Dreamby Bill Hester - ‘Hockey Stop’ Correspondent’
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RANK TEAM RECORD LAST RANK 1. CBC (11-0-1) 1 2. Chaminade (11-1-1) 2 3. SLUH (8-2-1) 3 4. DeSmet (10-2-2) 5 5. Oakville (6-5-0) 4 6. Lindbergh (7-5-0) 7 7. Kirkwood (7-4-3) 6 8. Vianney (5-6-2) 9 9. Eureka (7-3-1) NR 10. Fox (10-3-1) NR
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TOP TEN GAME SCORES (past 2 weeks)1. CBC Beat Francis Howell 11-0, SLUH 2-12. Chaminade Beat Vianney 3-2, Lindbergh 6-2, Oakville 4-0, MICDS 4-13. SLUH Lost to CBC 2-1, beat Fort Zumwalt West 6-3, tied Kirkwood 2-24. DeSmet Beat Kirkwood 3-2, Westminster 4-1, Kirkwood 3-25. Oakville Lost to Lindbergh 4-2, Chaminade 4-0, beat Westminster 3-26. Lindbergh Lost to CBC 6-2, Chaminade 6-2, beat Oakville 4-2, Lutheran South 3-17. Kirkwood Lost to DeSmet 3-2, beat Francis Howell North 3-0, lost DeSmet 3-28. Vianney Lost to Chaminade 3-2, beat Seckman 5-29. Eureka Lost to Chaminade 4-1, beat Summit 4-1, tied Summit 4-410. Fox Beat Priory 7-3, Mehlville 7-2, Seckman 4-2
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In years gone by forwards tended to stay togeth-er and play together in trios. Famous units like the Production Line, the French Connection, and the Triple Crown Line featured some of the greatest hockey players in hockey lore. It makes sense that forwards would be lumped together in threes; after all there are three forward positions. However, in recent years the trend has been find two play-ers-duos if you will- that share great chemistry. Tandems like Wayne Gretzky and Jari Kurri, and Brett Hull with Adam Oates are among the most successful pairings in recent NHL seasons.
No, they don’t always play together, but when they do, magic happens. As the AIC Hockey Stop Mid-States co-players of the week, Glen Ryan and Andy McGlynn both have a penchant for coming through in the clutch. And as CBC marched into the finals of the Chicago Blackhawk Charity HO HO high school hockey tournament, the pair destroyed the
field on the ice leading the tournament in scoring. McGlynn scored 11 goals and added three assists while Ryan scored twice and added nine assists to lead their team into the finals.
CBC lost 2-1 in the championship game to Providence in overtime with McGlynn scoring the lone Cadet goal. But leading up to the finals McGlynn and Ryan blitzed the opposition on the ice. McGlynn had hat tricks in wins over Waubensie and St Rita’s. Ryan, despite coming down with the flu during the tourney, was a demon on the ice setting up the sophomore sniper throughout tour-nament in Chicago. Neither efforts were enough to bring home the title that has eluded the Cadets since 2008, but everyone took notice of the pairs efforts.
“We had a great run, and the team with the two (McGlynn and Ryan) leading the way really played well throughout,” said CBC coach John Jost,
who was on the bench when the Cadets lost in the 2011 finals to St. Viator.
“Glen (Ryan) was sick all week but he put in a gutsy per-formance, while
Andy led two great comebacks in games we got behind early.”
CBC, which claimed tourney titles in 2008, ‘05, ‘04, and ‘03, suffered its only loss this season to Providence and started the week off defeating rival SLUH 2-1 in a rematch of last years final. McGlynn also scored the Cadet’s first goal in that hard fought contest and Jost felt like the momentum carried over to the fine effort in Chicago.
On the season, Ryan with 9 goals and 19 assists and McGlynn with 20 goals and eights assists are among team leaders in scoring and will be big threats down the stretch for the top ranked Cadets, now 17-1-1. But among Mid-States duos, they may be the best when paired together. Both shared a national championship last year at Affton Midget Majors and now have their sights set on a Mid-States title in 2014.
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This weeks Joe Boccardi’s Hockey Stop Team of the Week is the Chesterfield Falcons PeeWee A1 team.
To this group of PeeWee hockey players life is hockey. And hockey is life. The slogan teamwork makes the dream work applies to the Chesterfield Pee Wee A1 team, according to head coach Gary Tockman. And when the team travels, ‘hockey is life’ catch phrase becomes their motto.
“It was great to see 65 parents, grandparents and other family members in Peoria watching this team play,” said Tockman, as his club went on to win the 28th annual Peoria Snowball Tournament championship.
It was teamwork that drove the engine as Chesterfield won its second tournament of the year. Earlier the Falcons won the Rolling Thunder tournament in St Louis with a 3-1 win over the Lady Blues U12 AAA team. Goaltender Drew Moseley won MVP honors in the championship game of the Thanksgiving weekend tourney, but in last weeks Peoria Snowball Classic it was a team effort all the way according to Tockman, and for its efforts Chesterfield is the Joe Boccardi’s Ristorante Team of the week.
“We have eight kids that have played together for eight seasons, and the addition of several new players have made this a team determined
to work together as one unit,’’ said Tockman of his PeeWee team made up entirely of first year PeeWee skaters.
Succeeding as a hockey team requires disci-pline, teamwork, and intelligence, Wins are often the accumulation of many intelligent moves on the ice, and Tockman knows the team secret to success has been its discipline play on the ice and its work ethic off the ice as they prepare for each game. Chesterfield on the season is 29-9-2 overall, but winning isn’t as important to Tockman as the display of intelligent play on the ice.
“The chemistry appears to be there and the smart play carries over from our work ethic at practice,’’ added the Chesterfield coach.
Chesterfield defeated Quad Cities 6-1 in the tournament finals of the Snowball Classic and posted shutouts in all three preliminary games on the way to the title.
Team members are Jack Abell, Christian Bates, Matt Warneke, Tanner Wyatt, Drew Moseley, Eric Papuga, Jack Freeman, Dylan Du, Jared Busch, Drew Cuba, Nick Nieman, Devin Tockman, Michael Lane, and J.T. Williamson. Coaches in addition to Tockman are Jay Williamson, Ken Nieman and Greg Busch.
Teams may submit a picture and contact info to the Hockey Stop for future consideration for Joe Boccardi’s Hockey Stop Team Of The Week.
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tending, ending in goaltender Kavan Johnson’s third shutout of the tournament.
“He’s very consistent,” Coach Whitehead said of Johnson. “He gave up two goals in the first game of this tournament and had three shutouts. He’s got like 13 or 14 shutouts in the year. He’s a really good goalie.”
The Selects, who currently hold a 21-8-2 record this year, will face the older 1999 West Dundee Leafs for the first time this Friday night, Jan. 3, in St. Peters Rec Plex. The puck drops at 8 p.m.
“We’re looking forward to playing them,” according to Coach Whitehead. “It should be a
good game, we haven’t played them this year.”The ‘99 Selects will compete in the Smoky
Mountain Shootout for their next tournament, over Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, in Nashville.
The St. Peters ’99 Selects are Matt Birkemeier, Corey Moats, Adam Dempski, Gabe Vendetti, Kavan Johnson, Chase McClanahan, Brendan Johnston, Colin Anderson, Evan Diesfeld, Tim Sullivan, Colton Hart, Evan Green, Dan Geringer, Connor Patterson, Danny Barry and Corey Schmidt.
In addition to head coach Mike Whitehead, the team’s assistant coaches are Kyle Whitehead and Kris Kalin.
‘99 Selects continued from page 5
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United States Hockey League Jr. A Tier I StandingsStandings as of 12/29/13Eastern Conference TEAM GP W L OTL PTS GF GAIndiana 25 16 5 4 36 92 67Dubuque 26 16 9 1 33 92 72Team USA 29 16 12 1 33 127 107Green Bay 27 14 8 5 33 88 83Cedar Rapids 25 14 10 1 29 84 84Muskegon 29 12 13 4 28 90 105Chicago 29 12 16 1 25 76 93Youngstown 28 7 16 5 19 80 111Western Conference TEAM GP W L OTL PTS GF GAOmaha 29 21 4 4 46 109 60Waterloo 26 20 5 1 41 101 69Sioux Falls 28 19 7 2 40 93 73Sioux City 27 19 7 1 39 100 61Des Moines 26 10 13 3 23 67 85Tri-City 28 9 17 2 20 64 100Lincoln 26 7 14 5 19 59 93Fargo 26 5 19 2 12 40 99
North American Hockey League Jr. A Tier II StandingsStandings as of 12/29/13Central Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GAAustin 31 20 10 1 41 98 70Bismarck 31 19 9 3 41 98 76Aberdeen 32 19 11 2 40 89 76Minot 33 14 16 3 31 73 89Brookings 33 9 17 7 25 76 115Midwest Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GAFairbanks 31 22 9 0 44 100 67MN Wilderness 30 18 7 5 41 70 51Coulee Region 32 18 14 0 36 102 91Wenatchee 31 15 13 3 33 87 82Kenai River 32 15 14 3 33 84 93MN Magicians 32 13 13 6 32 77 100North Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GAPort Huron 31 18 6 7 43 105 86Johnstown 32 18 12 2 38 91 95Michigan 32 15 10 7 37 97 94Janesville 31 16 14 1 33 92 98Springfield 31 14 13 4 32 82 84Soo 33 13 14 6 32 78 103South Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GAWichita Falls 34 21 10 3 45 99 74Amarillo 33 21 10 2 44 104 70Topeka 34 19 11 4 42 94 77Rio Grande 34 17 10 7 41 81 74Corpus Christi 35 13 16 6 32 79 95Lone Star 33 11 20 2 24 69 115Odessa 35 10 24 1 21 69 119
North American 3 Hockey League Tier III Jr. A StandingsStandings as of 12/30/13CentralTeam GP W L OTL PTS GF GAPeoria 31 22 9 0 44 154 88St. Louis 30 17 11 2 36 119 83Wisconsin 29 15 9 5 35 117 107Chicago 26 14 7 5 33 108 100Cincinnati 30 14 14 2 30 99 106Battle Creek 26 1 25 0 2 25 175East Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GAFlint 32 27 3 2 56 150 64Pittsburgh 31 15 10 6 36 109 85Cleveland 30 16 11 3 35 112 98Toledo 27 13 10 4 30 74 79Metro 30 12 16 2 26 83 119Michigan 26 5 19 2 12 46 118South Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GATopeka 25 16 8 1 33 113 71Sugar Land 20 9 9 2 20 98 104Dallas 23 8 13 2 18 73 97West Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GANorth Iowa 28 26 2 0 52 167 55Granite City 29 22 7 0 44 154 65Alexandria 27 18 9 0 36 126 94Twin City 30 14 13 3 31 110 137Breezy Point 29 6 21 2 14 73 158Minnesota 29 6 22 1 13 68 142
Minnesota Junior Hockey League StandingsStandings as of 12/30/13Minnesota TeamsTeam GP W L T OTL SOL PTS GF GADells Ducks 30 26 4 0 0 0 52 159 70Maple Grove 34 25 8 0 1 0 51 134 81Northern Lights 31 18 10 0 3 0 39 106 88Hudson 31 17 10 0 3 1 38 125 100Rochester Ice 27 13 8 1 5 0 32 116 103Steele County 28 8 19 0 1 0 17 85 104Edina Lakers 30 8 21 1 0 0 17 75 132MN Owls 27 6 17 0 4 0 16 70 137Great Lakes Teams Team GP W L T OTL SOL PTS GF GAMarquette 31 27 4 0 0 0 54 193 89Illiana 29 21 7 0 1 0 43 123 97Central Wisconsin 31 18 13 0 0 0 36 115 105Wooster Oilers 31 16 13 0 1 1 34 129 126Tri City Icehawks 28 15 10 0 3 0 33 109 100Fort Wayne 32 15 14 0 3 0 33 157 130WI Rampage 31 6 22 0 3 0 15 119 196STL Frontenacs 31 1 27 0 3 0 5 48 205
Tier 1 Elite Hockey LeagueStandings as of 12/30/13Midget Major (18U)CHICAGOTeam GP W L T PTS GF GASTL AAA Blues 22 15 4 3 47 95 35Chicago Fury 19 16 2 1 46 69 46Thunder AAA 20 12 5 3 35 65 47KC Mavs Elite 22 1 19 2 5 38 121Milwaukee Jr. 19 1 16 2 4 23 86DETROIT Team GP W L T PTS GF GACleveland Barons 21 17 4 0 50 82 41Belle Tire 21 17 4 0 50 83 48Victory Honda 20 12 4 4 40 87 58Oakland Jr. 23 13 7 3 38 61 72Ohio Jackets 19 8 7 4 28 51 54EAST Team GP W L T PTS GF GATeam Comcast 24 18 3 3 54 109 70Pitts Penguins 25 14 10 1 38 80 67Philadelphia Jr. 20 12 8 0 34 67 63Boston 17 9 7 1 23 50 45Buffalo Jr. 23 4 15 4 13 43 87WEST Team GP W L T PTS GF GACO Rampage 25 16 8 1 49 73 50Phoenix Jr. 26 12 11 3 36 69 70Dallas Stars 26 10 10 6 36 76 84LA Jr. Kings 27 8 17 2 23 52 84CO Thunder 25 7 16 2 17 45 90 Midget Minor (16U) CHICAGO Team GP W L T PTS GF GASTL AAA Blues 20 17 2 1 52 75 34Milwaukee Jr. 19 12 7 0 34 82 61Thunder AAA 19 6 11 2 17 52 68Chicago Fury 19 5 12 2 16 43 81KC Mavs Elite 19 4 15 0 11 41 87DETROIT Team GP W L T PTS GF GAOhio Jackets 23 16 5 2 47 77 52Oakland Jr. 23 11 6 6 37 56 60Victory Honda 22 13 9 0 36 57 38Belle Tire 22 12 8 2 35 58 56Cleveland 20 5 11 4 16 33 60EAST Team GP W L T PTS GF GABuffalo Jr. 23 17 3 3 53 95 50Team Comcast 24 17 6 1 47 92 54Pitts Penguins 25 11 12 2 34 73 76Philadelphia Jr. 22 7 12 3 22 46 78Boston 19 6 13 0 17 39 71WEST Team GP W L T PTS GF GACO Thunder 25 19 6 0 55 87 50LA Jr. Kings 25 18 6 1 53 90 65Dallas Stars 23 15 8 0 45 83 57CO Rampage 25 10 12 3 33 69 79Phoenix Jr. 25 0 22 3 3 26 97 Bantam Major (‘99) CHICAGO Team GP W L T PTS GF GAChicago Fury 14 9 4 1 19 47 29STL AAA Blues 14 9 4 1 19 36 25Milwaukee Jr. 16 5 9 2 12 24 41DETROIT Team GP W L T PTS GF GABelle Tire 16 14 2 0 28 87 29Oakland Jr. 17 13 3 1 27 73 27Victory Honda 18 12 4 2 26 75 47OHIO Team GP W L T PTS GF GAOhio Jackets 15 5 9 1 11 34 39Cleveland Barons 14 5 9 0 10 20 51Pitts Penguins 12 4 7 1 9 24 50
Bantam Minor (‘00) CHICAGO Team GP W L T PTS GF GAMilwaukee Jr. 16 10 5 1 21 49 34STL Blues 14 9 4 1 19 43 31Chicago Fury 16 7 8 1 15 46 45DETROIT Team GP W L T PTS GF GABelle Tire 13 8 4 1 17 49 36Oakland Jr. 15 7 7 1 15 48 39Victory Honda 14 6 6 2 14 43 40OHIO Team GP W L T PTS GF GACleveland Barons 14 6 7 1 13 60 40Pitts Penguins 12 5 6 1 11 37 28Ohio Jackets 15 0 15 0 0 11 104 PeeWee Major (‘01) CHICAGO Team GP W L T PTS GF GAChicago Fury 10 4 3 3 11 35 30STL Blues 12 4 6 2 10 29 37Milwaukee Jr. 12 4 7 1 9 23 37DETROIT Team GP W L T PTS GF GABelle Tire 13 12 0 1 25 72 21Oakland Jr. 14 3 8 3 9 30 41Victory Honda 15 3 11 1 7 21 55OHIO Team GP W L T PTS GF GAPitts Penguins 16 10 3 3 23 57 34Ohio Jackets 16 6 6 4 16 57 53Cleveland Barons 14 4 7 3 11 37 36 PeeWee Minor (‘02) CHICAGO Team GP W L T PTS GF GASTL Blues 16 14 0 2 30 123 41Chicago Fury 14 8 6 0 16 74 57Milwaukee Jr. 12 1 10 1 3 22 71DETROIT Team GP W L T PTS GF GABelle Tire 15 11 4 0 22 70 31Victory Honda 16 8 6 2 18 62 55Oakland Jr. 15 3 11 1 7 34 78OHIO Team GP W L T PTS GF GAPitts Penguins 10 6 3 1 13 39 33Ohio Jackets 10 2 7 1 5 26 54Cleveland Barons 10 0 10 0 0 12 54
Squirt Major (‘03) CHICAGO Team GP W L T PTS GF GAChicago Fury 10 9 1 0 18 59 14STL Blues 10 5 2 3 13 40 36Milwaukee Jr. 10 4 5 1 9 27 39DETROIT Team GP W L T PTS GF GAVictory Honda 12 4 6 2 10 36 50Belle Tire 13 3 8 2 8 39 62Oakland Jr. 13 1 9 3 5 24 55OHIO Team GP W L T PTS GF GAPitts Penguins 10 7 2 1 15 53 15Ohio Jackets 10 2 3 5 9 24 33Cleveland Barons 10 1 6 3 5 30 48 Girls (19U) Team GP W L T PTS GF GAThunder Bay 5 4 0 1 9 24 6Chicago Fury 5 4 0 1 9 15 5Shaftsbury Titans 5 4 1 0 8 13 7Minnesota Blades 5 3 1 1 7 21 5Madison Capitols 5 3 1 1 7 13 4Team Detroit BT 5 2 2 1 5 12 9Pitts Penguins 5 0 2 3 3 8 14Dallas Stars 5 0 4 1 1 6 23Ohio Flames 5 0 4 1 1 3 22Milwaukee Jr. 5 0 5 0 0 1 21Girls (16U) Team GP W L T PTS GF GAMilwaukee Jr. 5 5 0 0 10 16 3Chicago Fury 5 4 1 0 8 20 7STL Lady Blues 5 3 1 1 7 14 8Madison 5 2 2 1 5 16 9Lansing 5 2 2 1 5 11 8Pitts Penguins 5 1 2 2 4 11 8Team Detroit BT 4 0 2 2 2 4 10Dallas Stars 5 1 3 1 3 4 17Ohio Flames 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Ohio Jackets 5 0 5 0 0 1 27Girls (14U) Team GP W L T PTS GF GAPitts Penguins 10 9 1 0 18 41 5Milwaukee Jr. 10 9 1 0 18 36 8Team Detroit BT 10 6 3 1 13 35 12Colorado Select 10 6 3 1 13 22 14Chicago Fury 10 5 2 3 13 27 20Ohio Jackets 10 4 4 2 10 17 14STL Lady Blues 10 2 6 2 6 11 23Madison 10 2 7 1 5 11 43Team Detroit VH 10 1 8 1 3 17 35Ohio Flames 10 0 9 1 1 8 51 Girls (12U) Team GP W L T PTS GF GAPitts Penguins 5 5 0 0 10 27 3STL Lady Blues 5 2 2 1 5 20 15Milwaukee Jr. 5 1 3 1 3 13 19Team Illinois 3 0 3 0 0 1 24
The St. Louis Jr. Blues took an off-weekend to give their players a little taste of college hockey. The mission of Jr. Blues hockey is to help players develop to play at the next level, whether that next level is Tier I juniors, Tier II juniors, NCAA, or ACHA hockey. Head Coach Chris Flaugher said, “This weekend gave us an opportunity to do several things. First, it gave our older players a chance to see where they stand against an NCAA DIII junior varsity team. It gave them a chance to gauge their ability as to whether they can play at the varsity level next year. Second, it gave our younger players the opportunity to see what it will take to reach that level, or higher in some cases.”
Flaugher and goalie coach Mark Staub are both graduates of St. Mary’s University. Staub said, “It certainly is not the same campus and facility that I played in while I was in college.
But I had a great experience playing there. It was nice to go back, visit and play some games.”
The team split the weekend series, winning game one, 5-3 but dropping game two, 3-2. Flaugher said, “We played pretty well and had some players talked to about their future plans. But like any recruiting opportunity, it isn’t just about making the next level, it’s about the right fit. I think some of our players would be a great fit at St. Mary’s, others, maybe not. We provide the opportunity to be seen.
As part of the visit, the Jr. Blues toured the campus and met with staff. Flaugher continued, “The message the staff had for the team was perfect and it was good to hear from someone at that level about the importance of grades. We will be using that message to help educate our younger prospects this summer.”
Jr. Blues Travel To Minnesota For Weekend Series With St. Mary’s University
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The St. Louis Blues on Wednesday signed for-ward Alexander Steen to a three-year contract extension worth $17.4 million.
He is in the final season of a four-year, $13.45 mil-lion contract and would have been an unrestricted free agent this summer.
Steen leads the Blues in goals (22) and points (36) this season. He is tied with Corey Perry of the Anaheim Ducks for second among all NHL players
with 22 goals, trailing the Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin, who has 28.
The 22 goals are two fewer than Steen’s career high for a season, set in 2009-10 with the Blues.
Steen was acquired in a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Nov. 24, 2008. In 570 regular-season games for the Maple Leafs and Blues, he has 145 goals and 339 points. Steen has four goals and seven points in 19 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
Blues Sign Steen To Three-Year Extension
NHL.com - December 18, 2013
NEW YORK – St. Louis Blues right wing Chris Stewart, Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby and Colorado Avalanche center Matt Duchene have been named the NHL’s “Three Stars” for the week ending Dec. 22.
FIRST STAR – CHRIS STEWART, RW, ST. LOUIS BLUES
Stewart led the NHL with six goals and added an assist as the Blues (24-7-4, 52 points) earned five out of a possible eight points to maintain second place in the Central Division. He opened the week by scoring twice, his first multi-goal game of the season, in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Ottawa Senators on Dec. 16. Stewart then was held off the scoresheet in a 4-2 loss to the San Jose Sharks on Dec. 17, but responded with his 10th goal of the season in a 5-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Dec. 19. He capped the week by recording three goals and one assist, including the game-winning goal, for his third career hat trick in a 6-0 triumph over the Edmonton Oilers on Dec. 21. The 26-year-old Toronto native has 13 goals and eight assists in 35 games this season, including eight goals, 10 points and two game-winning scores over his past six outings.
SECOND STAR – SIDNEY CROSBY, C, PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
Crosby finished second among skaters with 2-6—8 in four outings, helping the shorthanded Penguins (27-10-1, 55 points) stretch their win-ning streak to seven consecutive games. He recorded the game-winning goal, the 33rd of
his career, in a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs Dec. 16. Crosby followed that up with two assists in each of the next two games: a 4-3 shootout win over the New York Rangers Dec. 18 and a 5-2 triumph over the Minnesota Wild Dec. 19. He closed the week with 1-2—3, his 16th multi-point performance of the season, in a 4-3 victory over the Calgary Flames Dec. 21. The 26-year-old Cole Harbour, N.S., native leads the NHL with 20-34—54 in 38 games this season, including 7-11—18 during a 10-game point streak.
THIRD STAR – MATT DUCHENE, C, COLORADO AVALANCHE
Duchene led all players with seven assists and nine points, recording four multi-point performances to help the Avalanche (23-10-2, 48 points) remain in third place in the Central Division. He compiled 1-3—4 in a back-to-back, home-and-home series with the Dallas Stars: a 6-2 victory Dec. 16 (0-2—2) and a 3-2 loss Dec. 17 (1-1—2). Duchene then posted 1-2—3, his fourth three-point game of the season, in a 4-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers Dec. 19. He capped the week by assisting on both Colorado goals in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Los Angeles Kings Dec. 21. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Duchene is the first Avalanche player to record two or more points in four consecutive team games since October 2008 (Paul Stastny). The 22-year-old Haliburton, Ont., native leads Colorado with 16 goals, 17 assists and 33 points in 32 games this season.
Stewart Named NHL’s First Star Of The WeekNHL.com - December 23, 2013
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