Article published Mar 17, 2008 RALEIGH, N.C. — Former Great Falls Americans star Patrick Dwyer was in uniform Sunday for the Carolina Hurricanes against the Ottawa Senators as he made his National Hockey League debut. Dwyer, who played youth hockey in Great Falls and later competed for the Americans’ Junior A club, wascalled up Saturday from the Albany (N.Y.) River Rats of the American Hockey League. Dwyer, 24, made his NHL appearance since turning professional at the end of the 2004-05 season. In 54 games with the River Rats this season, he scored 11 goals, had eight assists and compiled a plus-six on-ice rating. The 5-11, 175-pound Dwyer turned professional following a four-year collegiate career at Western Michigan University, and scored 43 goals and 62 assists in 206 AHL regular-season games with Chicago and Albany. The Atlanta Thrashers drafted Dwyer in the fourth round, 116th overall, in the 2002 NHL entry fraft. While in Great Falls, Dwyer led the Americans to a Bourne Cup championship in the winter of 2000-01, when he scored 90 points for coach Rikard Gronborg. The Americans had the two leading scorers in the America West Hockey League. Center Rick Kisskeys led the league with 101 points that year.
Posted in Calendar by webmaster on June 25th, 2008
SATURDAY, JULY 19, 2008
Montana Amateur Hockey Association and Northern Plains District Social Dinner and Drinks - Board Members Only
7:00 PM
Windmill Supper Club, 3429 Trans Tech Way, Billings, MT 59102, 406-252-8100
PLEASE RSVP loumadden@mthockey.com PRIOR TO JULY 7, 2008. Thank you
SUNDAY, JULY 20, 2008
Northern Plains District Board Meeting - 9:00 AM
Holiday Inn Grand Montana, 5500 Midland Road, Billings, Montana, 406-248-7701
A block of 20 rooms has been reserved under the name of Montana Amateur Hockey Association and they should mention that in order to get the room rate of $85.00 (plus tax). Rooms must be reserved prior to Thursday, June 25th in order to guarantee the block rate.
Proposed Agenda
August 11- 15, 2008
Helena Ice Arena
Mites & Squirts: 11am- 2pm
Peewee & higher: 2pm-5pm
Kevin Stone
6385 Johnson Road
Bozeman, MT 59718
Phone: 406-599-2490
Email: kstone@bozemanicedogs.com
Stonewall Hockey Camp info
Posted in Al Bloomer by webmaster on June 25th, 2008
The purpose of this presentation is to provide information regarding the many options available to a hockey player that wants to compete at the highest level. I have been involved in hockey as a player, coach or administrator for over 50 years. For the last 30 years I have been directly involved with players between the ages of 12 and 20 years old. When it comes to choosing options for their hockey future, I am continually troubled by how poorly prepared and uninformed many players and their parents are. Answers can be found if you know where to look. The challenge is to be realistic when evaluating your hockey abilities and pro-active in the planning of your hockey future. As your skills develop to the higher levels, you should begin to think about your options. I believe parents and players should begin to seriously investigate hockey opportunities when the player is 12 to 14 years old. This is not the forum to debate when a player’s skill potential can accurately be evaluated or predicted. Although there may be optimism concerning potential when players are 12 and under, their potential cannot be realistically evaluated until after they reach the age of maturity. All have dreams and expectations; however players and their parents need to make informed and realistic decisions. We all realize that players mature and develop at different rates. Your coach should be your initial source of information.
For the entire article please click the links below:
Achieve the Dream - pptx file Opportunities in Hockey - word file
The Northern Plains Coaches/ACE Section will be having its’ yearly section meeting
in Spearfish, S.D. on August 16th, 2008. We will not be meeting in July in Billings thus we will
not require a meeting room or a time slot for our group. Hope all is well and congrats to all
who were involved with the Player Development the past few weeks. Al Bloomer was
very complimentary to his experience in Minot and was very gracious to the invite. We spent
lots of time together in Lake Placid this past weekend at the Instructors Training Seminar.
Mike Wald represented us at the Annual ACE Meetings while myself, Dave Dukart [CIC-Montana]
and Hunter Boldt [CEP-Wyoming] were in attendance. We all had great meetings and
had some fun together as well. We have a lot to share in the next few meeting times but our
main focus this summer and fall is rolling out all the ACE that Tom Kehr [Natl ACE] has been
working on with his group including Mike Wald. He and I are in the process of getting the NPD
Board a road map of our plans for the four states. More to come.
Thanks,
Bob Gillen
G.F. Park District - Recreation Coordinator
Northern Plains District Coach-in-Chief [USA Hockey]
N.D. High School Hockey Statistician
1-701-746-2750 (W)
1-701-746-2753 (F)
bjggfk@hotmail.com
Boys 14 1D Blake Zabinski Grand Forks ND
Boys 14 2D Robert Hubka Great Falls MT
Boys 14 1F Jason Smith Big Timber MT
Boys 14 2F Garrett Brossart Fargo ND
Boys 14 3F Zebradia Knutson Sioux Fallls SD
Boys 14 1G (Fest #2) Roeder Camrud Grand Forks ND
Boys 14 At-Large Rec. None Selected
Boys 14 1D-Alternate Dwight Mack Mandan ND
Boys 15 1D Brandon Tendeland West Fargo ND
Boys 15 2D Michael Bond Fargo ND
Boys 15 1F Casey Fugelberg Grand Forks ND
Boys 15 2F John Simonson Grand Forks ND
Boys 15 1G Bryan Nies Grand Forks ND
Boys 15 At-Large Rec. None Selected
Boys 15 1D-Alternate Matt Walters Grand Forks ND
Boys 15 1F Alternate Jordan Foster Fargo ND
Boys 15 2F Alternate Jace Kusler Bismark ND
Boys 15 1G Alternate Sam Mallory Cheyenne WY
Boys 16 1D Dalton Spicer Grand Forks ND
Boys 16 2D Jeremy O’Keefe Grand Forks
Boys 16 1F Jordy Aamot Grand Forks ND
Boys 16 2F Peter Orson Fargo
Boys 16 1G Mitchell Byrne Grand Forks
Boys 16 At-Large Rec. None Selected
Boys 16 1D Alternate Derek Sand West Fargo
Boys 16 2D Alternate Paul Ladue Grand Forks
Boys 16 1F Alternate Brenden Gust Emerado
Boys 16 2F Alternate Casey Purpur Grand Forks
Boys 16 1G Alternate Adam Aikens Fargo
Boys 17 1D Daniel Ray Grand Forks ND
Boys 17 1F Jordan Bancroft Grand Forks ND
Boys 17 2F Cody Boyle Park River ND
Boys 17 1G No Selection
Boys 17 At-Large Rec. Bryce Schmitt Minot ND
Boys 17 1D–Alternate Bryce Anderson Grand Forks ND
Boys 17 2D–Alternate Nicholas Romanick Bismark ND
Boys 17 1F–Alternate Brandon Megal Bismark ND
Girls 14 1D No Selection
Girls 14 1F Mika Nervick Fargo ND
Girls 14 1G No Selection
Girls 14 At-Large Rec. No Selection
Girls 14 1F-Alternate Makayla Sandvold Minot ND
