Yellowhead future stars shine in Gilbert Plains

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Published on Thursday, April 16, 2015

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From Apr. 10-12, three Yellowhead regional development teams participated in Hockey Manitoba’s Future Stars Peewee Development program with tournaments held in Warren, Killarney and Gilbert Plains. 

Teams were formed from all regions across the province. The Yellowhead regional development squads were composed of second year peewee-aged players from communities within the local region.

Team White was one of the Yellowhead regional teams who outshined other regions at the Gilbert Plains Future Stars Tournament. 

Team White went on to battle teams from the Parkland region and won with scores of 10-2 and 6-3 along with a 14-5 victory over the Norman team composed of players from Thompson, The Pas, Flin Flon. 

Jim Krzyzaniak of Neepawa served as head coach for the team, with Kevin Bachewich, Scott Gibson and Darcy Boersma assisting. Bachewich said it was great to have Jim as part of the program.

“To have a non parent coach and volunteer like Jim commit to developing our players within our region was extraordinary and benefical to the kids. Jim has played and coached at the junior hockey level, continues to put on various hockey clinics where he has helped many with the success of their hockey development and we saw the success of having someone like this come in and help out,” said Bachewich. “It was great to watch this team come together in such a short time where they were able to develop new skills, make new friends and compete at a new level with just a few practices and a tournament.”