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| Kimberley Dynamiters | vs | Columbia Valley Rockies |
| 7-1-0-0 | Record | 2-5-0-1 |
| 14 | Points | 5 |
| 1st | Division Standing | 5th |
| 5th (4.00) | Offence (GFA) | 18th (2.38) |
| 2nd (2.13) | Defence (GAA) | 17th (4.88) |
| 0.927 | Goaltending (SV%) | 0.883 |
| 16th (13.64%) | Power Play | 19th (2.50%) |
| 3rd (87.80%) | Penalty Kill | 20th (73.91%) |
| 5th | Power Ranking | 18th |
| W7 | Streak | W1 |
| 7-1-0-0 | Last 10 | 2-5-0-1 |
| Korbyn Chabot (6G-6A) | Top Scorer | Riley Knott (3G-1A) |
| James Farmer (2G-8A) | 2nd Top Scorer | Colby Sherlock (3G-1A) |
| Franco Colapaolo (3G-6A) | 3rd Top Scorer | Carter Beston-Will (1G-3A) |
| Ryan Hozjan (28) | PIM Leader | Cole Richardson (29) |
Saturday, 8 October 2016
It's Game Day! Kimberley Dynamiters at Columbia Valley Rockies
Thursday, 6 October 2016
Kimberley Dynamiters take their 6-game winning streak on the road
The Kimberley Dynamiters start off their
4-game road trip with two games this weekend. First, the Nitro’s head over the
Kootenay Pass to Castlegar, to play the Rebels (3-4-0-0) on Friday. Then on
Saturday, they return to the East Kootenay’s and play the Columbia Valley
Rockies (1-5-0-1) in Invermere.
“Road trips are always fun,” Ryan Hozjan,
Dyanmiters Captain said. “You get to bond with the guys.”
“I
think for this road trip, it is a good chance for us to prove that we are a good
road team, having only played one game on the road so far.”
The Dynamiters lone road game this season
was in Golden, and they won that match.
The Rebels currently sit fourth in their
division, and are 1-1 at home. They have four players averaging at least one
point a game (Styler, Moeller, Lindsey & Petten).
“Castlegar played us tough when they came
here a few weeks back,” said Kimberley’s General Manager and Head Coach, Derek
Stuart. “They have improved their team since then. They are right in the mix of
things in their division. It will definitely be a hard game for our players. It
will be a good test for us.”
The Rockies, however, are heading in a
different direction in the standings. They are in last place in their division,
currently on a five game losing streak, and are 1-3 at home.
But Stuart doesn’t want to focus on the
standings, “You’re never as good as your record says and you are never as bad
as your record says.”
“We are the defending Kootenay Conference
Champions.” He said, “We have a target on our back. Now being 6-1, I’m sure
that target is a little bigger.
“We are most likely going to see other team’s
best games, and we need to be prepared to play our best game.”
The Dynamiters want to keep the winning
streak going, but don’t want to focus on it. “It’s something we need to keep
out of our minds,” Hozjan said. “Having a win streak is nice, but it’s
definitely not going to be our focus this weekend.”
Stuart shared the same emphasis, “Hopefully
we are not thinking too much about what we have done, and focus more on what we
have learned and on what we are going to do.”
“We
have a lot of confidence in our group. The players have a lot of confidence in
themselves. That if we play our game the result should take care of itself.”
Puck drop for the Castlegar game is 8PM
MST, and then 7:30PM MST in Invermere.
Check it out in the Kimberley Bulletin/Cranbrook Townsman
Monday, 3 October 2016
KIJHL Clutch Scorers: September 2016
Before we get into it, let's review the stats breakdown.
- 2 points for every PPG
- 1 point for every PPA
- 2 points for every SHG
- 1 point for every SHA
- 2 points for every GWG*
The total is then counted and ordered from highest to lowest.
* = GWG are sometimes poorly tracked and therefore this ranking system is flawed.
While the overall league leading point getters may correlate with this list, the goal is to capture which players score at key moments: on the PP, the dagger on the PK, or notching the GWG.
Observations of the first Clutch Scoring
- Defencemen are #1 & #2. Osoyoos Coyotes Daniel Stone is #1 followed closely by Pat Brady of the Chase Heat. Both have been efficient on the PP and notching GW's
- '99 on the list: Brody Dale from Kelowna Chiefs; Owen Reith from Princeton Posse; Dean Whitcomb from North Okanagan Knights
- This list is only 20 players this go around as there was a natural cut-off.
Here is the list (click on image for larger view) *It does include stats from Oct 1st and 2nd*
Sunday, 2 October 2016
Kimberley Dynamiters win sixth straight
The Kimberley Dynamiters took on the KIJHL leading Creston
Valley Thunder Cats in their only game this past weekend. It was a clash of winning streaks: Kimberley entered on a five game winning streak, and Creston was on a six game winning streak.
The Thunder Cats had control of the game for the first 30
minutes. Leading the prowl was Aiden Wong.
Wong attended the Dynamiters Main Camp, but then joined the
Thunder Cats after a tryout with the Kindersley Klipper (SJHL). He scored the
Cats three goals, capping the hat trick with a short-handed effort.
Head Coach and General Manager of the Cats, Jeff Dubois
praised Wong’s efforts. “Aiden was excellent, just as he's been since he joined
us. He has a great skill set, but he also plays a very smart game defensively.
“If there was any doubt that he could be an impact guy in
our league, then he erased it last night, he was clearly our top guy.”
Dubois was also happy with the first part of the game, “We
played a good first period, then took our foot off the gas after the 3-0 goal
and let it become a game.”
Derek Stuart, Head Coach and General Manager for the Nitro’s,
felt that his team were bystanders to start, “for some reason we had a slow
start. I don’t know if we were a little bit in awe of them, puck watching. Our
feet weren’t moving in the first period”
The next 30 minutes of the game belonged to the Kimberley
Dynamiters.
“They have been dealing with pressure since day one,” Stuart
said of the Nitro’s squad. “They don’t panic under pressure. The character is
good, the leadership has been outstanding. They are comfortable in the
situation: if you are down, you don’t give up.”
Rookie forward Brandt Bertoia from Unity, SK, ignited the Nitro’s
comeback as he scored the first goal, his first KIJHL career goal. The Nitro’s
were still trailing the Cats 3-1 by the end of the second.
Coach Stuart said, “I think for us to shut down their team
shot wise in the second period, gave us that confidence coming into the third.
It was a really big thing regardless of the score after forty.”
Newcomer, Matt Davies, playing in his third game scored his
first KIJHL goal, getting the Dynamiters to within one.
“It was good to finally get the first one behind me,” Davies
shared. “After joining the team a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to get the
first one in there. It felt really good, I got a little bit of stress off my
back.”
Brandt Bertoia deflected in his second of the game off a
shot by not-at-all-related George Bertoia, levelling the game with just under
four minutes’ left in the game.
The 590 in the Civic Centre celebrated the tying goal as if
it was a playoff game. And they were treated to an additional two overtime
periods.
Four-on-four, while exciting, yielded no conclusion. It was
during three-on-three that there was a lot of ice to work with.
Chase Miller was the benefactor of a turn over for a break
but was unable to beat Creston Valley’s keeper, Brock Lefebvre.
“I thought [Miller] was going to tuck it in,” Davies
recalled. “He kept battling and threw the puck at the front of the net, I was
just lucky enough to put it home.”
Davies was the overtime hero with his second goal of the
game!
Mitch Traichevich turned aside 37 shots to earn his second
win of the season. At the other end, Lefebvre stopped 33 of the 37 shots fired
at him.
“It was a great game for the boys.” Davies recalled after
the game. “The room has a lot of heart in there, we kept to our systems and to
what coaches were telling us.”
From Dubois vantage point, “You don't win in Kimberley with
a C+ effort and it was good to see the reaction from our guys after the game;
they knew we played nowhere near our level.
“You also have to give Kimberley credit for sticking around
and capitalizing on the opportunities we gave them.”
But Stuart saw things from a different perspective “It was a
good first game out of the eight that we are going to see them. It was
definitely entertaining.
“It’s always a good feeling to beat Creston, whether they
are in first or last, it is always good to beat Creston”
Photo by Jonathan Righton
Check it out in the Kimberley Bulletin/Cranbrook Townsman
My Sons Kimberley Dynamiters 7th Player Experience
However, his 7th player experience wasn't just yesterday, it was something he looked forward to all week.
It all started with his decision to want to write his name down on the 7th player draw when we were at Subway on Friday - It's a tradition in our family to eat at Subway on payday Friday.
To our surprise and joy his name was drawn on Sunday as I received a call. It was at the moment when we told him, that his excitement and nerves set in.
As the week went by, Jackson's dream of being on the ice at the same time as the Dynamiters was becoming a reality. We had to make sure his unsharpened skates fit, that his helmet straps were adjusted, and that he could find his hockey stick and gloves.
It was on Thursday, when 14 Nitro's showed up at his school for the Terry Fox run, that he was sold and ready to go. Franco Colapaolo, Ryan Hozjan, and James Farmer were assigned to his kindergarten class. They played with Jackson and shared in his excitement of being the seventh player. Jack was now more excited than nervous.
Saturday, the big day. About every hour Jackson would check in and ask "Is it six o'clock yet?" After dinner we packed up his skates, gloves and helmet; and headed to the arena.
Even my wife was coming to the game! The last time she was in the Civic Centre for a hockey game was when she face painted for a Sunday Family game many years ago. We were all going to support Jackson.
We were greeted by helpers Scott and Neil; and assistant Coach Keiver. While getting dressed, Korbyn Chabot came up and gave a fist bump.
As the players flooded the ice for the warm ups; it was at this moment that my 3'5", 40lbs, 5 year old son realized how big the Nitro's players really are when they are on skates and fully equipped. He got scared, panicked and said he wasn't going out. Which was OK with me and my better half.
During the warm up, the glass broke, and there was a 30 minute delay. It was in this time that Hozjan, Farmer and Chabot kept interacting with Jackson. He spent that wait time rebuilding up his confidence and courage.
During the second go of the warm up, he watched with enthusiasm. His fear was gone. Several players greeted him as they skated by during the warm-up.
This was it, he was going to do it.
As the players entered the arena for the game, the smoke came billowing out, lights started flashing, music was blasting, announcer was blaring, and fans were cheering. It was too much. System overload, and shut down. Fear came back, and he wasn't going out on the ice.
Chabot came back and encouragingly said "come on bud." Hozjan tried motivating him from the bench. And Farmer took extra time to say "come on" as well. My wife and I really appreciated these efforts. But Jackson chose to stay on the bench for O Canada.
It was exhausting and emotionally flooding expereince. But he has his jersey to show his courage for trying.
And the morning after, he said "I want to do that again!"
Saturday, 1 October 2016
Kimberley Dynamiters September Player of the Month: Franco Colapaolo
Forward Franco Colapaolo was rewarded for his hard work in September, as he was named the Player of the Month.
Colapaolo scored three goals (hat-trick against Golden) and four assists in six September games.
Colapaolo's hard work has been praised by HC/GM Stuart earlier this season.
"It has been our motto all year." Colapaolo said, "Coach wants us to be the hardest working team no matter what. Throughout my career, I always try to make sure that I am the hardest working guy on the ice every shift. Even if I have a bad shift, I forget about it, and go out the next shift and give it everything I got."
Photo by Jonathan Righton
It's Game Day! Kimberley Dynamiters vs Creston Valley Thunder Cats
|  | |
| Kimberley Dynamiters | vs | Creston Valley Thunder Cats |
| 5-1-0-0 | Record | 6-0-0-0 |
| 10 | Points | 12 |
| 2nd | Division Standing | 1st |
| 11th (3.67) | Offence (GFA) | 1st (5.33) |
| 4th (2.17) | Defence (GAA) | 1st (1.50) |
| 0.917 | Goaltending (SV%) | 0.944 |
| 12th (16.13%) | Power Play | 1st (38.24%) |
| 6th (85.71%) | Penalty Kill | 1st (96.15%) |
| 5th | Power Ranking | 1st |
| W5 | Streak | W6 |
| 5-1-0-0 | Last 10 | 6-0-0-0 |
| Korbyn Chabot (4G-3A) | Top Scorer | Thomas Cankovic (4G-5A) |
| Franco Colapaolo (3G-4A) | 2nd Top Scorer | Kyle Bergh (3G-5A) |
| Nicholas Ketola (4G-1A) | 3rd Top Scorer | Liam Plunkett (3G-5A) |
| Ryan Hozjan (26) | PIM Leader | Topher Harding (26) |
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