聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 A Pelly woman, a Norquay woman, extended members of their families and many district friends will have their eyes on the Telus Cup championship hockey competition in New Brunswick beginning Monday.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Brody Vogel, 17, of Saskatoon, who is a great-grandson of Ann Vogel of Pelly and June How of Norquay, will be a right wing on the Saskatoon Contacts team, one of six teams seeking the Cup during the tournament being played in Quispamsis, New Brunswick April 18 to 24.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The son of Tyson Vogel, and grandson of former Kamsack residents Wendy and Lorne Vogel, Brody helped the Contacts win the Telus Cup West Regionals held March 31 to April 3at Rod Hamm Memorial Arena in Saskatoon.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Saskatoon Contacts, which is a team of the Saskatchewan AAA Midget League, faced off against the Kenora Thistles of Ontario; the Winnipeg Wild, and the Notre Dame Hounds in round robin play, Tyson Vogel said last week. The two top teams, the Contacts and the Winnipeg Wild, which had been the favourite, met in the final game, which the Contacts won 4-3 in double overtime.
A crowd of 1,000 packed the arena and聽witnessed a back-and-forth battle between the host Contacts and the Manitoba-champion Wild, said a story on the Contacts鈥� webpage.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Brody, who has been playing hockey since he was five years of age, comes from a hockey family. His grandfather, Lorne, and his Uncle Bernie Vogel are past members of the Kamsack Flyers hockey team.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淗e鈥檚 very excited,鈥� his father said, adding that he plans to be in New Brunswick to watch the tournament.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淏rody is a very good athlete,鈥� said Marc Chartier, his coach. 鈥淗e鈥檚 a great kid and he is a double athlete, playing baseball during the summer.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲henever I tell him something, he would do it,鈥� Chartier said, adding that last year Brody had great success with the Saskatoon River Kings which had 鈥渨on everything.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e鈥檒l be playing seven games in seven days in New Brunswick,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 anybody鈥檚 tournament.
鈥淲e go to win and we鈥檝e got a good group to do it with.鈥�
