Congratulations 2007 Scholarship and Award of Merit Recipients
This year RMHA presented over $9,450 to 25 of our graduating players in the form of Scholarships/Awards of Merit. The following individuals were presented at their School’s Validictory ceremonies in June.
Boyd - Kyle Hass, Tim Jackson, Nikolas Slomba
Burnett - Shane Sander
Cambie - Govind Bedi, Brendan Steadman
McMath - Sean Thorsteinson
McRoberts - Jesse Falconer, Allan Fast, Mark Hosford, Ryan Kitchen, Kalen Martyniuk, Jeffrey Matthew, Michael Meloche, Dean Patterson, Jasper Tang
Steveston - Jeremy Jung, Shayne Labis, Matt Miller
St. John's - Alistair Kearn
The following Memorial Awards were awarded to- Brendan Steadman (Ron Frame), Nikolas Slomba (Kyle McKinnon), Dean Patterson (Noah Yelizarov) and Jeremy Jung (Orest Buchinski Scholarship).
A very special thank you to all those involved with our Midget International Hockey Tournament, including the many sponsors, individuals and volunteers that help make our tournament a success in order to continue to fund these awards.
Congratulations to our 2007 PCAHA Scholarship Award Winners
RMHA players can also apply for scholarships from PCAHA. There are 20 scholarships offered to graduating players from all over the lower mainland. This year, RMHA is proud to announce two scholarship winners:
Congratulations to Anthony Ast, recipient of the BC Hockey Presidents Award.
The Presidents Award is presented to an individual, team, league or Association that has brought honour to the Amateur Hockey Fraternity through an outstanding humanitarian endeavor. Anthony was recognized for his work with the Canadian Diabetes Association. Also in the photo are Al Berg (President BC Hockey), Paul Rosen (Olympic Gold Medal winner with Team Canada – Sledge Hockey) and Kaitlin Imai (BC U-18 Women’s Hockey Team – 17 year old from Coquitlam).
Richmond Rockets capture Spring Hockey Championship
The Richmond Rockets, a Novice Tier 5 team made up entirely of RMHA H3 players managed to win their tier in Playoff action last weekend at Excellent Ice in Cloverdale. The team of 7 and 8 year olds has combined for the first time this year after regular season action to play 3 on 3 Spring Hockey. They were very successful right from the start, going into the playoffs with a 6:2 record and only losing against local rivals the West Coast Warriors, made up of Seafair’s H3 players. Playoff action saw the team first win their pool with wins against the Cloverdale Rockets and the Chiefs , then move to the semi-final win against the Flyers. The final was played against the 99 Junior Islanders and was a tight game.
With the Rockets initially leading 6:1 early on in the first period, the Islanders managed to draw even again by the second period. The 3 period saw the Rockets come back in force, and with huge scoring from their power forwards Cameron Waisman, Tom Sweeney and Teddy Prior, the Rockets managed to hang on to the lead and in the end win decisively with a final score of 16:10. The Rockets also had great forward support from Craig Johnston, Kam Gill and Shawn Rana and solid defense provide by James Sings, Andrew Thiessen and Stephen Hohlweg. Goalie Bailey Lam had an outstanding game stopping four of five penalty shots. The team was coached by longtime RMHA coaches Pat Thiessen, Tom Johnston and Hari Gill. The team now goes into the summer break but after this year’s success, the Rocket are eager to try again next year!
Joe Morellato Midget "C" Scholarship Tournament
Congratulations to our players selected to participate in the Midget "C" scholarship tournament! Come support them!
Schedule:
1) Saturday, Dec. 15th, 7:45-9:15 PM, Arbutus Club - Team Sockeye (Black) vs. Team Steelhead (Red)
2) Sunday, Dec. 16th, 6:30- 8:00 PM, Queens Park Arena - Team Steelhead (Red) vs. Team Tyee (White)
3) Monday Dec 17th, 7:45-9:15 p.m., Minoru Stadium - Team Tyee (White) vs.Team Sockeye (Black).
BC Best Ever U16 Teams Selected
Congratulations to our players selected to participate in the BC Winter Games to be held in February in Cranbrook as part of the BC Best Ever U16 Zone 4 team:
Forwards: Corey Tasaka, Jessie Siemens, Sam Harkness
Defense: Chris Manhas, Conrad Edward, Adam Nishi
The PeeWee C1 Icebreakers win Vancouver T-Birds Christmas Tournament.
The Icebreakers won a 4-3 victory over the very fast Langley Blues.
The Icebreakers beat out teams from Kent Valley, Poco, Port Moody and North Delta
The Icebreakers were strong throughout the tournament being 6-1-0. They have also done very well in the first half of regular league season with a record of 17-1-2.
The Richmond PeeWee AAA Chiefs take Gold at Vancouver Tournament!
The Chiefs, the 6th ranked PeeWee team in the province, won the Vancouver tournament, outscoring their opposition in the round robin 30-4 and taking the final game against Mission by a score of 9-2.
The Chiefs are Anthony Ast, Justin Uyeno, Glenny Gawdin, Carter Popoff, Cody Nass, Ben Kiang, Travis Ingram, Harjun Gill, Alex Whitwham, Trevor Okino, Leah Lum, Justin De Graauw, Nick Lightfoot, Connell O'Brien, Nathan Mak, Matthew Gromer and George Eliopoulos.
Midget B1 Team Feeds Homeless
On Friday, January 18, the Richmond Midget B1 team didn’t spend a typical Friday evening like most other teens. Their evening was spent at the Salvation Army Harbour Light on Cordova Street serving dinner to homeless people.
However, you could ask any one of these hockey players after they had done it and every one of them would say it was something they would never forget. They were glad to be part of this experience and to make a difference in someone’s eyes. Joining the boys was head coach, Harbs Bains, assistant coach, Rob Garbo, and several other parents also made the trip downtown.
The volunteer coordinator for the Salvation Army, Kecia Fossen, had said “Our guests truly look forward to these meals every day. To have friendly volunteers assisting really helps to demonstrate how much our community cares. Thank you for your generosity.”
Coach Bains, a very innovative coach, wanted the players to understand how fortunate they were and also for them to realize how easy it could happen to anybody. Some of the homeless people spoke to the boys and said things like “stay in school”, and “don’t make the same mistakes we have”. Some of the people remembered when they played hockey when they were young and talking “hockey” made them want to reminisce. It was truly a win-win situation.
With Coach Bains, it’s not just about hockey; his players also volunteered at Christmas to paint windows at the Auto Mall, which was a big part of helping to raise $4,000 for families in need at that special time of year.
His team has done RMHA proud!!! The team consists of: Blake Kubeska, Alex Gold, Jesse Bigras, Riley Hass, Travis Quinn, Ryan McConaghy, Steven Thaker, Matt Richardson, Kevin McCrea, Alex Verhoeven, Jeremy Garbo, Josh Hertzman, Cameron McGowan, Aaron Merrick, Craig Walters, and Adam Chorney.
Congratulations to all RMHA Rep AAA and B1 teams!
RMHA would like to congratulate its Rep Teams on a fantastic performance so far in this season!
Congratulations to the Bantam B1 team, who will be going to Provincials over Spring Break!
Congratulations to the Juvenile AAA for finishing first in the regular season in Tier One and went undefeated in Final Four. They are heading to Provincials in Prince George!
Congratulations to the Midget AAA, Midget B1, Bantam AAA, PeeWee AAA and PeeWee B1 teams, all of whom have qualified for their respective Final Four Playoff Championships!
Frozen Rose Melted by the Hitmen!
The PeeWee C2 Hitmen traveled to Portland in February to play in the Frozen Rose tournament and held off fierce competition from the American Northwest to win the big trophy. They were undefeated earning with their goalie Miguel Soler three shutouts. The final was frantic against a hard skating Portland Pirate team who were not used to losing; but lose they did by a margin of 8-4. It was a long drive there and back but well worth it in memories of hockey with hotel-mayhem for the kids and shopping for their parents. The American fans loved the Canadian game and the boys represented their association and country with dignity and fun.
Richmond Bantam B1’s going to Provincials
The Richmond Bantam B1’s continue their amazing run this year by adding a Provincial berth to their 2 tournament Golds and a second place finish in Tier 3 in regular season play, with decisive victories at the Final Four Championship. The Chiefs are now on their way to Provincials with the coaching staff of Norm MacAulay, Ron McIntyre and Bryan Downey. The Chiefs beat Langley 5-1, Ridge Meadows 4-2, and Surrey 4-1, to win the PCAHA Final Four banner this past weekend in Surrey.
Stellar goaltending by Allen Hoegler and Brad Sullivan gave the team the confidence to win. Outstanding defensive play was shown by Jonathan Bailey, Josh Bonnar, Trevor Bradley, Brandon Minhas and Tony Yang. Tremendous speed and tenacious fore-checking and scoring from forwards Dexter Allen, Matthew Bailey, Bryan Chiang, Jeremy Chiang, Troy Kaczynski, Chan Woo Lee, Brayden Low, Mark Pearlman and Matthew Yonin-Eldridge contributed to the win. Greatly missed from the line-up was Bryan MacAulay. Thanks to affiliate players Anthony Ast, Ryan Hait, Carter Popoff and Trevor Okino for stepping up and supporting the team.
The Hitmen are Bowen Bakken, Evan Braun, Ryan Carriere, Tyler Chan(A), Jeff Falkenberg, Aidan Fischer, Andrew Fleming(C), Shayne Hertzman, Jason Huber(A), Cole Johnston, Nick Mah(A), Cody Mattu, Miguel Soler(G), Stephen Watanabe(A) and Isaiah Yu(A). Coaches Phil Carriere, Trevor Bakken, Tom Johnston and manager Chris Huber.
Richmond Juvenile AAA Team going to Provincials in Prince George!
Congratulations on winning first place in Tier One and then capping off a stellar season with three wins at Final Four! March 20 through 23. Stay tuned for results..
Bantam B1 Provincials Schedule - come support our team!
Sunday Mar 16 10:30 AM Richmond 3 vs Kelowna 3
Sunday Mar 16 8:00 PM Richmond 8 vs Van Tbirds 3
Monday Mar 17 2:00 PM Richmond 11 vs Cranbrook 1
Tuesday Mar 18 11:45 AM Richmond 5 vs Prince George 1
Wednesday Mar 19 11:30 AM Richmond 3 vs Abbotsford 1
Thursday Mar 20 8:15 AM Richmond 6 vs Comox Valley 2
** Thursday Mar 20 3:30 PM Richmond 5 vs Kelowna 4
** Championship game
C Teams Successes - congratulations and good luck on Presidents' Day!
Congratulations to the following RMHA “C” teams that have qualified for Presidents League Championship Day (March 29 and 30) at Richmond Ice Centre. Come cheer them on as they vie for the playoff championships!
Atom C4 (coached by Greg Ibbott) playing Sat. March 29th at 3:30 pm Forum against New West C1
Atom C5 (coached by Leslie Budden) playing Sat. March 29th at 12:30 pm Coliseum against Burnaby C2
PeeWee C1 (coached by Patrice Robitaille) playing Sun. March 30th at 2:15 pm Coliseum against BWC C1
PeeWee C2 (coached by Phil Carriere) playing Sun. March 30th at 2:00 pm Forum vs Burnaby C3
PeeWee C3 (coached by Dan Henriksen) playing Sun. March 30th at 12:30 pm Coliseum vs Van Minor C1
PeeWee C6 (coached by AJ Pratt) playing Sun. March 30th at 10:30 am Forum vs Van Minor C3
Bantam C4 (coached by Michael Thompson) playing Sat. March 29th at 5:15 pm Forum vs Vancouver C2
Bantam C5 (coached by Graham Amano) playing Sat. March 29th at 7:00 pm Forum vs Burnaby C4
Midget C2 (coached by Peter Evinger) playing Midget C3 (coached by Al Fabbro) on Sun. March 30th at 5:45 pm Forum
Good Luck to All Teams!!!
Congratulations to the Atom C2 team
Atom C2, coached by Ted Bryden, finished second in the Richmond Spring Tournament, losing a close game to South Delta 3-1. It was a hard fought game, with end-to-end exciting action. The team did a great job! To get to the final, they downed Seafair in double OT (shootout).
Congratulations to all the Richmond Atom C and PeeWee C teams for your great hockey this weekend and for your hard work in hosting this fantastic tournament!
CONGRATULATIONS BANTAM B1 TEAM - Provincial CHAMPIONS!!
This was a great game with two very talented and high performing teams. Both teams worked very hard and you could see the strategy being worked on. They had the crowd involved from the moment the puck was dropped. Richmond Chiefs started the scoring at 16:13 and again at 13:15. Kelowna Jr Rockets answered back at 1:42 and 1:36 tieing the game and ending the period. The 2nd period had Richmond scoring at 19:24 and the rink got rocking when the penalty shot went in the net by Richmond at 12:53 and at 7:44 they scored another. Kelowna put one in the net at 6:59 and ended the 2nd. 5-3 the score is now. Back and forth in the 3rd with many chances. Kelowna pulled their goalie and with the extra man they put the puck in Richmond's net at 4:06 of the 3rd. Most of the play was around the Richmond net with a Richmond player trying every now and then to hit the open net. Kelowna tried hard but Richmond held them off and the 3rd period ending with the Silver and Gold Winners definitely decided. Great exciting game that both teams should be very pround of. Congratulations to the Winners - Richmond for the Gold and Kelowna for the Silver. Richmond was also the Fair Play Winners with 68 minutes in penalties through the Round Robin.
BANTAM HITMAN WIN RMHA TOURNEY
Richmond Bantam Hitman became the second Richmond team in a row to win the annual RMHA Spring Bantam/Midget Tournament.
The Hitman went 2 and 1 in round robin play with their only loss at the hands of Semiahmoo. They would go on to defeat Semiahmoo 3-2 in the quarter finals in overtime.
They defeated Coquitam 3-1 in the semi-final and then faced the Victoria Racquet Club in the final. The Hitman were just too much too handle for the Victoria squad and the Hitman skated away with a 6-0 win.
CONGRATULATIONS JUVENILE AAA1 TEAM - 3rd Place Finish in Provincials
The Juvenile AAA1 team capped off an incredible season, finishing in first place in Tier One, in PCAHA. They finished first in the Blue Group final four, and travelled 12 hours by bus to Prince George. Unfortunately their goalie was injured during the first game of Provincials, and they lost that game, but were able to tie one game and win the rest of their games to miss the Championship game by one point, coming in 3rd. They beat the PCAHA winner of the Gold Group, Coquitlam and won their third banner of the season. Congratulations!
The Hitman's final game were led by a 3 goal performance from Defenseman Evan Gilbert and with Goalie Kootney Alder earning a shutout and MVP (his 3rd shutout of the tournament). The entire team played outstanding during the tournament especially the Hitmen's other Goalie Tyler Miko. The Hitmen were led on defense by Evan Gilbert, Philip Cho, Sean Weatherhill and Ryan Hait. The Hitman's forwards: Jagger Dhaliwal,Chyna Yim, Avi Sharma, Matthew Falkenberg,Evan Fleming, Imran Ladak,Hanzah Abdul-Baasit and Ryan Kidd. The Hitman are Coached by Harold Hait and assisted by Ted Bryden.
Richmond Minor 2007 – 2008 Season Award Recipients
ATOM "A" - FRED DESROCHERS TROPHY - Jacob LaTrace
ATOM C PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD - Colton Bakken
PEEWEE C PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD - Isaac Driscoll
PEEWEE "A" MVP - RCMP TROPHY - Anthony Ast
PEEWEE REP - Justin Uyeno
BANTAM C PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD - Bryon Wright
BANTAM REP AWARD - Corey Tasaka & Brandon Minhas
MIDGET C PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD - Matt McCrae
NOAH YELIZAROV MEMORIAL MIDGET REP AWARD - Alex Verhoeven & Tyler May
JUVENILE "A" - LORNE WILLIAMS TROPHY - Matthew Neufeld
LORNE FRAME MEMORIAL AWARD - Fraser MacLean
BRUCE ALLISON - Sam Madrussan
T.K.MEMORIAL AWARD - Bradley Whitehead
OREST BUCHINSKI TROPHY - Victor Wong
EXCELLENCE IN REFEREEING AWARD - Neil Brow
ROOKIE ON-ICE OFFICIAL - Ben Kiang
MEL PARK AWARD - Jordan Kelly
EXCELLENCE IN COACHING AWARDS:
Steve Freeland, Hockey 1, C1
Larry Hurst, Hockey 3, C1
Ted Bryden, AtomC2
Leslie Budden, Atom C5
Phil Carriere,PeeWee C2
Tom Johnson, PeeWee C2
Bob MacDonald, PeeWee AAA
Ron Popoff, Bantam AAA
Justin Cherwyk, Bantam C2
Mike Thompson, Bantam C4
Max Madrassan, Midget C1
Maurice Hamlin, Juvenile AAA
COACH OF THE YEAR, Norm MacAulay
CHA SAFETY PROGRAM AWARD, Jim Fong
RMHA TEAM MANAGER OF THE YEAR, Leslie Gilker
SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARDS;
Daniele Ast, Simon Hunt, Miles Lozinsky, Pam Mason, Ken McGowan, Bob Pacey, Maxine Schulmeister, Thomas Wong
MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARDS;
Colin Cox, Kevin Kemp, Mandy Klockow, Linda MacLean, Elaine Phang, Joyce Phillips
TEN YEAR SERVICE AWARDS;
Eleanore Matthew, Kathy Verhoeven, Ken Whitehead
BOB O’BARA MEMORIAL AWARD, Wendy Steadman
CITATION OF SERVICE AWARD TO RETIRING BOARD MEMBERS;
Simon Hunt, Jeffrey Lee, Miles Lozinsky, Corrine Margulius, Joyce Phillips, Isaac Wolfe
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BANTAM AAA WHL DRAFTEES!
Congratulations to the following two RMHA players who were drafted in the WHL draft today. They both played on the Richmond Bantam AAA team:
Jessie Siemens #106 overall in the 5th round to the Portland Winterhawks
Christopher Manhas #148 overall in the 7th round to the Kamloops Blazers
Steveston Salmon Festival Parade
Once again, RMHA has been wonderfully represented in the Salmon Festival Parade on July 1st in Steveston! Coordinated by the wonderfully capable, Sheri Morishita, our float was definitely the longest, and captured an award of recognition from the Parade! Well over 100 RMHA players and their families participated to make this one of our best entries yet!
RMHA and the Parade Committee would like to recognize the following individuals for their sponsorship of our float:
Kam Sahota – donation of RMHA frisbees
City of Richmond - truck
Murry Barstow- Driver
Maher Family – Porsche and Hummer, laminated stickers
Johnson Family – Antique Chevy
We would also like to recognize all the RMHA players and families who participated in the parade:
Adam Barish, Aaron Bell, Jessica, Kevin, and David Bell, Taryn Bell, Carson Bigras, Alex Cotton, Owen Eagles, Ted Eliopoulos, Steve, Kelly, Joshua and Jordan Freeland, Glenn Gawdin, Rob, Suzanne and Ben Gradl, Anne-Marie, Alex and Matthew Gromer, Roger, Lily, Ryley and Myles Hamson, Liam Hawbolt, Dan and Mark Henriksen, Sho, Evan and Lauren Hudson, Larry, Wendy, Hayden and Ella Hurst
Bill, Baksho and Jeremy Johal, Tony, Clark and Alexi Johnson, Peter, Tamar, Brendon and Aidan Jorssen, Diane and Ashley Kidd, Derrick Larocque, Vincent Li, Gary, Elisa, Bryson and Kassandra Lok, Tracy, Jade and Chad Lore, Tristan Mah , Stephane, Bonnie, Dilon and Choe Maher, Dalla and Nevin Middleton, Reza and Clint Mofakham, Jordan Narsiaya, Roman Pallone, Julie, Wayne, Benjamin, Connor and Madison Pulis, Nico Radji, Brandon Rennie
Sloan and Royce Richert, Kam and Jonah Sahota, Simon Sierra, Troy Stecher, Newton Szeto, Thomas and Andrew Thiessen, Marisa and SamTwaites, Rob, Jessie, Robin, and Sophia Uppal, Christy, Brynn and Cameron Waisman, Andrew Weale , Jarred and Richard Wong, Sharon, Kyle, and "Baby Jordan" Wong
Never played hockey, but want to try?
Come out and try hockey for free!
We will have equipment available, or bring your own. RMHA coaches and Executive members will be present to answer your questions!
Saturday, August 16 and August 23
10:00 am to 12:00 noon
Garage Rink at Richmond Ice Centre
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New Tiering Policy introduced by BC Hockey for upcoming season
Click here to read details of new tiering policy introduced by BC Hockey for upcoming hockey season.
