聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 麻豆视频east Saskatchewan has produced over 30 hockey players from within an 80 km radius of Carlyle, from the WHL to CIS to the NHL. There have been many youth that have grown up in pursuit of a dream to play hockey at an elite level, all while inspiring younger generations to pursue their dreams. For many stepping out onto the ice is a passion and local AA Atom team (otherwise known as a Tier 1 team), the Moose Mountain Wild, was formed to help support advanced development of players.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Playing in the 麻豆视频 East Minor Hockey League, the Wild took on teams from Yorkton, Swift Current, Weyburn, Moosomin, and Estevan.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淥ur intention was to create a high calibre team,鈥� coach Wade Robertson explained. 鈥淚鈥檝e noticed individual improvements throughout the year in every kid on the team. We haven鈥檛 won too many games throughout the year, but I truly believe any team can win this league.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭here鈥檚 a difference of opinion over AA Atom teams, but in my opinion, the higher level of any sport pushes that individual to excel quickly, which is why we went about this team. It鈥檚 also been great for the community here as we鈥檝e had parents and teams driving from other communities that have taken advantage of the amenities in town.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淐ities tier their hockey from six-years-old and on, so this is tiering a team for a rural community; it鈥檚 a way to create the same opportunities as city kids have.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 There was a lot of work put in bringing back the Wild program to the area.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚t鈥檚 been seven years since we鈥檝e had the Wild program in town,鈥� Robertson explained. 鈥淚t was a lot of work to get it going again. I was even suspended for one month by the SHA over a misunderstanding of the rules. There wasn鈥檛 much for guidance; the Peewee AA rules are different than for Atom鈥� it was just a misunderstanding by everybody involved. It was a big learning curve.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淏ut, I spoke with every organization and made sure that if we took three players from here or there that the house team would keep going; so, we made sure everywhere we took kids from had an atom house league still going.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚 learned a lot and there was a lot of work put into the team, but we turned a bad experience into a good one and I鈥檝e had good dealings with the SHA.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 During his one month suspension, Robertson says he got to stand back and watch for the first few games, analyzing for when he was able to return to coaching the team. During this time the assistant coaches stepped in: Jody Jorgensen, Jamie Barnett, and Tyler Fehrenbach.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Robertson added, 鈥淭he parents were a huge asset this year; the support of the parents and businesses was great.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The year has been one of development for those on it: Chase Borreson (Redvers), Ty Fehrenbach (Carlyle), Jordan Andres (Corning/Kipling), Dawson Galbraith (Carlyle),聽 Mason Barta (Carlyle), Ethan Lees (Arcola), Mathias Fornwald (Lampman), Blaise Jorgensen (Redvers), Chase Robertson (Carlyle), Axton Martin (Redvers), Porter Barnett (Carlyle), Jaden Fischer (Carlyle), Ben McCarthy (Corning/Kipling), Kegan Ksenych (Corning/Kipling), and Turner Knockaert (Manor).
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淔or me, I was focused on individual development, not the wins and losses; which, I鈥檝e had numerous parents say that they鈥檝e noticed a visible improvement in their kid鈥檚 intensity and aggressiveness because of the high calibre hockey.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In addition to the individual improvements, the team has improved over the year as well. Heading into playoffs, in best of three series, the Wild recently beat Moosomin in the first round and will now face Yorkton in the next round.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淎 huge thanks to everyone involved this year and thank you to the assistance from Randall Smith and Roger Fafard, who ran this program in the past,鈥� Robertson stated.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淐ome cheer on the Wild, Sunday [March 12], at 5:30 p.m. for Game Two versus Yorkton!鈥�
