Wolf Talk Alliance Championships: Wolves vs Jr. Knights

Waterloo Wolves Midget AAA Hockey March 2011

Volume 2, Issue 6

Sponsors 2

Coaching Staff 3

Getting to Know Your Wolves Coaching Staff

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Play-off Results 6

Long Arm of the Law 7

Recognize Anyone? 8

Contact Us 8

Inside this issue:

Telus Regionals: the provincial championships The Waterloo Wolves have secured a berth in the Telus Regionals: the provincial championships, being

held in London, Ontario. All games will take place at Western Fair in London. The schedule is as fol-

lows:

March 28— 2:30pm—Waterloo vs ODMHA 2

March 28—5:30pm—Opening Ceremonies

March 29—8:30am—Waterloo vs OMHA

March 29—5:30pm—Waterloo vs NOHA

March 30—4:30pm—Waterloo vs GTHL

March31—7:30pm—Waterloo vs ODMHA 1

April 1—1:30pm—Waterloo Wolves vs

London Jr. Knights

April 2—10:00am—Semi-Finals—2 vs 3

April 2—1:00pm—Semi-Finals—1 vs 4

April 3—10:00am—Bronze-medal Game

April 3—1:00pm—Gold-medal Game

The Alliance Championships for 2010-2011 will see the Waterloo

Wolves facing off against the London Jr. Knights. Go Wolves!

Wednesday, March 2—7:00pm –Waterloo at London (Medway)

Monday, March 7—7:30pm—London at Waterloo (RIM Park)

Sunday, March 13—7:30pm—Waterloo at London (Medway)

Monday, March 14—7:30pm—London at Waterloo (RIM Park)

Wednesday, March 16—7:00pm—Waterloo at London (Medway)

Saturday, March 19—3:00pm—London at Waterloo (RIM Park)

Sunday, March 20—7:00pm—Waterloo at London (Medway)

Monday, March 21—7:30pm—London at Waterloo (RIM Park)

Good Luck at the Alliance Championships & the Telus Regionals!

Everything the Waterloo Wolves Midget AAA Hockey Team

has achieved since its inception would not have been possi-

ble without the support of dedicated, enthusiastic sponsors.

You help make it happen!

Piller‘s

Ayr Coach Lines

Raffi Jewellers

Ball Construction Inc.

Daily Grill Restaurant

Eyelight Creative Marketing

Services

Sports Groups International Ltd.

Cober Printing Limited

Jay Fencing Ltd.

Canadian Warplane Heritage

Museum

Coyote Jacks Restaurant (RIM

Park)

Stable26

Allied Flooring Inc.

Allstate Insurance Company

Almost Heaven Hot Tubs

Axiom Millwrighting & Fabrication Inc.

Bizerba

BMO

Brody Enterprises Inc.

B-W Feed & Seed Ltd.

Canadian Linen

Conestoga Veterinary Clinic

D.C. Foods

Document Imaging Partners

Dolphin Identification

Dordan Mechanical

Erb Transport

Graham Mathew

Herman Laue Spice Co. Ltd.

Hogg Fuel and Supply Ltd.

IHOP (International House of Pancakes)

Gold Sponsors Bronze Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Winpak

Goliger‘s Travel Plus

Conestoga Meat Packers

Viscofan

Rocky‘s Harley-Davidson

To Our Sponsors…Thank You!

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JGB Publishing Ltd.—The Real Estate Book—Guelph and Wellington Coun-ty—Jon Beauchesne

Kerry (Canada) Inc.

K.L. Dryboard

Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Rector

N. Fonseca Construction

Optimist Club of North Waterloo

Pampered Chef—Robin Witt

P & H Foods

Priority Circuits Ltd.

Redman Distributing Inc.

Reiser (Canada) Ltd.

Rudolph Industries

Saputo Dairy Products G.P.

Scotiabank

Sealed Air (Canada) Co.

Sunlife Financial—Mark Dickson

TD Waterhouse

Tin Works

Tosca Tile

Zevest Development Corp.

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Meet the Waterloo Wolves’ Coach Staff

Head Coach: Bob Lekun

- 10 Years ‗AAA‘ Coaching Experience

- National Coaches Certification

- Played 3 Yrs Major Jr ‗A‘ (Sudbury Wolves)

- Played 4 Years Semi Professional Hockey (Michigan, Texas)

Asst. Coach: Doug Snyder

- intermediate level coach

- 20+ years coaching experience, primarily as head coach at AAA

level in Waterloo

Goalie Coach: Rob Way

- 15 years coaching experience at all levels with WMHA and

WGMHA

- Hockey Canada Intermediate Coach Certification

- Head Instructor for WMHA and WGMHA Joint Goalie School

Asst. Coach: Travis Witt

- 1st year coaching – Coach Stream Certified

- 11 years played at the ‗AAA‘ level in Waterloo; Waterloo Wolves Midget AAA alumni

- 3 years played at the Jr. B level in Waterloo & Kitchener

- 4th year of Honours Business Administration Program at WLU

Asst. Coach: Sean Ryan

- played several years at ‗AAA‘ level in Waterloo

- played for the Waterloo Wolves Midget AAA team that competed for the Air Canada Cup

- formerly with the Waterloo Siskins

Trainer: Rob Stuart

- MSc., P.T., CSCS

- Registered Physiotherapist

- Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist

Strength & Conditioning: Andrew Hopf

- Masters of Science (Exercise Physiolog Candidate- U of W

- Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA)

- NSCA Executive Council (Ice Hockey SIG); NCCP Level 1 Certified

Special thanks as always to:

Skate Technician: Kim Rennie

For complete biographies of the Wolves’ coaching staff, visit

waterloowolvesaaa.wordpress.com/the-wolves/coaches/

Assistant Coach and Wolves alumni, Travis Witt.

Bob Lekun

1. What is your favourite NHL Team?

Toronto Maple Leafs

2. Which NHL Player do you most

admire (present or past) and why?

Bobby Orr. He revolutionized his posi-

tion as a defenseman.

3. What type of music do you listen

to?

The radio

4. Tell us something about you that

we may not know.

I like to garden.

5. What would be your perfect last

meal?

Steak and baked potato

6. What is the worst movie you have

seen?

I never watch a bad film in its entirety.

7. What is your best hockey moment

to date?

Watching my son play the game.

8. Pick one word to describe what

hockey means to you.

Friendship.

9. Do you speak a language other than

English?

Unfortunately not.

10. Will the Toronto Maple Leafs

make the playoffs this year?

Hope so!

Rob Way

1. What is your favourite NHL Team?

Montreal Canadiens

2. Which NHL Player do you most ad-

mire (present or past) and why?

Ken Dryden. He was successful playing at

a high level of hockey and was able to bal-

ance it with politics, writing, and legal.

3. What type of music do you listen to?

Modern country music.

4. Tell us something about you that we

may not know.

I love to do anything competitive!

5. What would be your perfect last

meal? Maple Salmon barbecued on a cedar

plank, on a bed of rice, with a Greek salad.

6. What is the worst movie you have

seen? Any of Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s!

7. What is your best hockey moment to

date? Playing this year in the 35th year

reunion tournament of the first Junior

Hockey Team I played on. Seeing every-

one again and reminiscing really made me

understand the great experiences hockey

gives us.

8. Pick one word to describe what

hockey means to you. Exhilarating

9. Do you speak a language other than

English? No, English is it!

10. Will the Toronto Maple Leafs make

the playoffs this year?

For the sake of their desperate fans, I hope

so, but realistically, ―maybe‖.

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Getting to Know Your Wolves Coaching Staff

Doug Snyder

1. What is your favourite NHL Team?

Detroit Red Wings

2. Which NHL Player do you most

admire (present or past) and why?

Past - Bobby Orr (best player ever)

Present - Nic Spaling (coached him for 3

years in Wloo; he succeeded despite me)

3. What type of music do you listen

to?

Anything but rap

4. Tell us something about you that

we may not know.

I‘ve flown a plane.

5. What would be your perfect last

meal? Pizza with Luke Moser :-)

6. What is the worst movie you have

seen?

―Dumb and Dumber‖ … too many bus

rides!

7. What is your best hockey moment

to date?

Being at '72 Russia - Canada game in

Toronto

8. Pick one word to describe what

hockey means to you.

Insatiable.

9. Do you speak a language other

than English? No.

10. Will the Toronto Maple Leafs

make the playoffs this year?

Doesn‘t matter.

Getting to Know ...

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Rob Stuart

1. What is your favourite NHL

Team? None — just like the game!

2. Which NHL Player do you most

admire (present or past) and why?

Dave Keon, because he didn‘t get

involved in the politics & just retired.

3. What type of music do you listen

to? Country

4. Tell us something about you that

we may not know.

I play hockey too! And so does my

wife.

5. What would be your perfect last

meal?

Any breakfast in bed.

6. What is the worst movie you

have seen?

The Big Bus.

7. What is your best hockey mo-

ment to date?

Last place at Christmas; won the

championship.

8. Pick one word to describe what

hockey means to you.

Canadian.

9. Do you speak a language other

than English?

Medical. ;)

10. Will the Toronto Maple Leafs

make the playoffs this year?

Hope not!

Sean Ryan

1. What is your favourite NHL

Team? Colorado Avalanche

2. Which NHL Player do you most

admire (present or past) and why?

Joe Sakic because he was extremely

skilled and always a class act.

3. What type of music do you listen

to? Rock

4. Tell us something about you that

we may not know.

You don‘t want to know!

5. What would be your perfect last

meal?

Pizza and wings!

6. What is the worst movie you

have seen?

Any Jennifer Aniston or Ashton

Kutcher rom-com.

7. What is your best hockey mo-

ment to date?

Playing in the Air Canada Cup (now

the Telus Cup)

8. Pick one word to describe what

hockey means to you.

Canada.

9. Do you speak a language other

than English?

No.

10. Will the Toronto Maple Leafs

make the playoffs this year?

No—tied for 8th but lose on the head

-to-head tiebreak.

Scott Nagy

Congratulations to Scott Nagy, former-

ly of the Waterloo Wolves and present-

ly the Captain of the Waterloo Siskins,

on being named Best Defensive Player

of the Year at the Greater Ontario Jun-

ior Hockey League Mid-Western Con-

ference Awards.

Lukas Baleshta

Congratulations to Lukas Baleshta

(shown here in 2008/2009 with the

Wolves) on an outstanding year with

the Elmira Sugar Kings. Lukas finished

the season with 22 goals and 44 assists.

Other former Wolves aiding the Sugar

Kings to a 2nd place finish in the regu-

lar season are Colton Wolfe-Sabo, Cass

Frey, Clayton Greer and Matthew

Smith. Good luck in the playoffs!

Alumni News

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Play-offs: Round 1: Waterloo vs Chatham

The first round of play-offs for the 2010-2011 season saw the

Waterloo Wolves take on the Chatham Cyclones.

Saturday, February 5—Waterloo 9 Chatham 5

Sunday, February 6— Waterloo 5 Chatham 3

Friday, February 11—Waterloo 11 Chatham 2

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In the second round/semi-finals, it was the Waterloo Wolves vs. the Huron-Perth Lakers.

Monday, February 14—Waterloo 5 Huron-Perth 4

Thursday, February 17—Waterloo 4 Huron-Perth 1

Saturday, February 19—Waterloo 3 Huron-Perth 2

Play-offs: Round 2: Waterloo vs Huron-Perth

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The Long Arm of the Law

Midget Operating Committee 2010-2011

· Willy Huber – Chair and Corporate Sponsorship

· Marnie Huber – Director Parent Fundraising

· Bob Lekun – Head Coach

· Gary Spark – Director Team Operations

·Sandi Henning – Director Media & Advertising

· Alan Reinhardt – WMHA President

· Scott Hetherington – Team Manager, 2010-2011

Bob Lekun, Head Coach

Phone: 519-658-3302 Email: blekun@gmail.com

Willy Huber, Chairman

Phone: 519-743-1412 ext. 260 Email: willyhuberjr@pillers.com

Sandi Henning, Media & Advertising

Phone: 519-634-8661 Email: tymflys@yahoo.com

Once a Wolf, Always a Wolf!

As the saying, made famous by Willy Huber, goes ―Once a Wolf, Always a Wolf‖. Willy also stresses to the players each season that the friends they make playing hockey with the Wolves, will be friendships that last a lifetime. This pic from the past shows two players from the current roster who obviously share Willy‘s philosophy.

Recognize Anyone??

Waterloo Wolves Midget AAA

Hockey

Almost 109,000 people have visited the Waterloo Wolves website since fall 2009.

Over 50,000 of those visits took place in the 2010-2011 season.

www.waterloowolvesaaa.wordpress.com … great exposure for the program, the players,

and the sponsors. Visit today!