Polar Kings Athletic Club News 2003

2005 Polar Kings Athletic Club
YEAR END BANQUET
March 23, 2005
Wainwright Communiplex - Hall 1
Supper at 6:30
Program at 7:30
Guest Speaker - Brian Perkins
Awards
Unsung Hero Awards
Bantam Player
Minor Midget Player
Major Midget Players
Iron Man - Dedicated Player
Volunteer Award

On behalf of the Polar Kings Athletic Club we would like to thank
everyone for a great season of Polar Kings hockey!

DENNIS STAFFORD RETIRES AFTER 13 YEARS OF SERVICE
2004 CHRISTMAS - GAME DEDICATION
On December 5th the Polar Kings Athletic Club board of directors along with players, coaches and parents gathered for their 2nd annual Christmas Pot Luck.
Following the meal, President Elmer Paulgaard, presented retired director Dennis Stafford a new Polar Kings Jacket as
well as a Life Time Membership Certificate.
In 1993 the Polar Kings Athletic Club was formed with a vision, which Dennis was apart of. The vision was to provide talented hockey players in rural Alberta a higher level of hockey without having to leave home.
The past 12 years Dennis has been the rock within the club, he will be greatly missed.
THANK You Dennis for his many years of service and dedication!

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Beginning November 3rd and will continue throughout the season every Wednesday the
"Polar Kings Report" on Key 83 @ 8:50 am

Powerplays: TEAM EAST: 1 - 3 TEAM WEST: 0 - 2

WEST DIVISION ALL STARS
The coaching staff of the West Division team, from the Grande Prairie Storm will be Ed Widdifield,
Kelly Coulter and Ray Marcoux. The trainer for TeamWest is Ray Maroux and team manager is Terry Wolfe.
The players selected to Team West representing:
Peace River Royals
Andrew Szmata, Blaine Ofukany and Darren Noskey.
Grande Prairie Storm
Mike Painchaud, Andrew Buote, Levis Monfette, Conner Felker, Mike McVey and Brian London.
Fort McMurray Barons
Cory Mader, Ryan Allen, Adam Pretty, Cory Smith and Eric Singer.
Fort St. John Flyers
Brett Loney, Clayton Wolsey and Bryce Novak
Spruce Grove Timberwolves
Leland Irving, Aaron Semenyna and Josh Baron

EAST DIVISION ALL STARS
The coaching staff of the East Division team, from the Wainwright Polar Kings will be Randy Huxley,
Darcy Peelar and Jeremy Veitch. The trainer for Team East is Barry Bartlett and team manager is Duane Bray.

The players selected to Team East representing
Wainwright Polar Kings
Lance Gulbraa (injured), Ryan Volk, Chad Nelson, Mark Nelson, Dallas Erickson, Jason Walker, Jarvis Smigelski, Chase Tomlinson and Dave Redhead.
Camrose Nordics
Karl Stollery, Dean Petiot, Mike Luciuk and Tyler Hurum.
Lloydminster Blazers
Catlin Schneider, Joel Lamont, Davin Swift and Shaun Newman
Northeast Panthers – Cold Lake
Adam Jessome (injured), Corry Bezpalko, Justin Fontaine, Derek Jeannotte and Barrett Grab.

Congratulations to GRANT MCNEILL who played in his first NHL game on November 21, 2003
for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League!
Way to go Grant & best of luck in your hockey futures!
Grant will be playing in Monday nights game on Sports Net TV.
Click on Grant's name for full story.......GRANT MCNEILL!

Grant will be playing in Monday nights game on Sports Net TV November 24th.....tune in everyone!
Cheering you on from Alberta!

JEFF WOYWITKA - December 2003....The Edmonton Oilers have traded the rights to centre Mike Comrie to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for defenceman Jeff Woywitka and the Flyers first round pick in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft and the Flyers third round choice in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.
2003-12-16 - OILERS OBTAIN JEFF WOYWITKA FROM PHILADELPHIA

The Edmonton Oilers have traded the rights to centre Mike Comrie to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for defenceman Jeff Woywitka and the Flyers first round pick in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft and the Flyers third round choice in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.

General Manager Kevin Lowe says that the acquisition of Woywitka is a strong addition to the Oilers organization. Lowe says, “Jeff is a player that we have liked since we first saw him play with the Red Deer Rebels and he has improved each year. He was rated high on our 2001 draft list along with Ales Hemsky, and we would have liked to have drafted him that season. We feel that Jeff will solidify our defence for the future. There seems to be a huge premium on defencemen in the NHL and when you can get a solid defenceman that has the upside that Woywitka does, you go after him.

“With the make-up of the 2004 draft shaping up to be a solid draft year, the draft pick gives us more potential to add to our talent base.”

Woywitka, a 20-year-old native of Vermilion, Alberta, is in his first professional season with the Philadelphia Phantoms, the Flyers American Hockey League affiliate. Playing in each of the Phantoms’ 29 games this season, he has scored six assists while registering 51 penalty minutes and is even.

The 6’2”, 210 pound blue liner played four seasons with the Western Hockey League’s Red Deer Rebels from 1999-00 to 2002-03, earning several individual honours. He played in three consecutive WHL finals from 2001 to 2003 and was a member of the Rebels’ 2001 Memorial Cup and WHL championship team. He scored 41-99-140 with 327 penalty minutes in 268 career games for the Rebels.

His final season with Red Deer saw Woywitka win the Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy as the WHL’s outstanding defenceman and he was named to the league’s Eastern Conference first all-star team. It was his second WHL all-star selection as he earned second team honours in 2001-02.

Woywitka also helped Canada win the silver medal at the 2003 World Junior Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia and was a member of Canada’s gold medal winning Under-18 team at the 2000 Four Nations Cup in the Czech Republic.

Woywitka will report to the Toronto Roadrunners and will play his first game for Edmonton’s AHL affiliate against his former Philadelphia Phantoms teammates on Thursday, December 18th.

JEFF WOYWITKA......read about Jeff by clicking on his name!
Congratulations to Jeff and best of luck this season playing for the Phantoms!
Way to go Jeff!
Philadelphia Phantoms - AHL
Philadelphia Flyers - NHL

On behalf of the Polar Kings Athletic Club, 2002-2003 players and parents we
would like to congratulate Larry Golby on his recent award, Coach of the Year! Way to go Larry!

Larry Golby(centre) from Coronation, was recently presented with an equipment bag from Wal-Mart as the Timex Community Coach of the Year. The coach of the 2002-2003 AAA Bantam Polar Kings from Wainwright was nominated through a selection process through the Wal-Mart web-site and in-store ballots. Camrose Wal-mart department manager Sue Banack and assistant manager Rene Leyenhorst presented Larry with a wide variety of equipment to assist in his coaching endeavors.

A few Polar King directors gather to thank Oscar Buck for his past and present contributions
to the Polar Kings Athletic Cub on October 10th.
Bonnie Smith and Darrin Newell presented Oscar with a Polar Kings Jersey.
THANK YOU OSCAR!

Program of Excellence Under 16 Selections...

Two Bantam Polar King Players Selected to Attend the
2003 Under 16 Development Camp
in Camrose July 21 to 27, 2003.
Tyler Pugh and Dave Redhead....Congratulations!
for more information regarding the process click here!

Program of Excellence Under 17 Selections...

Congratulations also to Kyle DeSmith, Karey Pieper who were selected from the 2003 Under 17
Program of Excellence Provincial Camp!
Best of Luck to Kyle, Karey, Dave and Tyler!