SEASON ENDS WITH HEAT AWARDS

February 20, 2012

Your Heat Junior Hockey Season concluded with two home games and a Sunday night Awards Banquet.  On Friday night in the local barn our boys took on the dastardly Kamloops Storm.  A very entertaining game ended with a 3-1 loss.  The three stars were 1^st Jacob Mattes, 2^nd Aiden Silzer-Hooker and 3^rd Jordan Steel.  The lone goal being off the stick of Kurtis Johnson from Jared Seutter and Steel on the power play.  Mattes went the distance stopping 40 of 43 between the pipes.

Saturday night February 18^th saw the third place North Okanagan Knights take a 8-2 victory back to Armstrong in the teams last regular season game.  It was a costly victory for the Knights as three third period tilts resulted in injuries to 2 of the Armstrong players.  Chase got goals from Kevin Leschuk on the powerplay and Reese Forman shorthanded.  This spirited contest was closer then the score indicates with all the puck luck going to the Knights.  Mattes once again provided top notch backstopping in net.

Sunday night saw the first annual Awards Banquet take place at the Community Hall.  Board Members and team volunteers put on a sumptious dinner prior to the awards presentation.  The packed hall crowd were clearly there to see which of their favourites would go home with some shiny new hardware.

The Award winners are:

Carlin Family Award                  Top Scorer                   Kevin Leschuk

Ernie & Mary Erickson Award     Top Scholastic Player    Reese Forman

Blue Spruce Award                    Unsung Hero                Jared Seutter

Norm & Jean Stelter Award        Most Improved            Jacob Mattes

Heat Jr. Hockey Society            Most Dedicated            Ethan Kalugin

Silver Fox Award                       Rookie of the Year       Reese Forman

Bob Koch Memorial Award         Most Sportsmanlike     Jared Seutter

Chase Heat Award                    Fan Favourite               Owen Barker

Harry & Jane Torbohm Award   Top Defenceman           Mitchell Rosko

Patterson Family Award            Most Valuable Player     Kurtis Johnson

The entire Heat Organization believes that each of the players are award winners.  During the season we won some, lost a few, provided enjoyable entertainment and will be back with a vengeance next season.  The hours that were put in this year by the Society, Hockey Operations and our Volunteers were countless and very hard to adequately thank.  Winter Rust Removing Dance at the Hall on March 3^rd for $20, and Spring Camp March 30-April 1^st up next on the calendar.  Thank you to everyone that supported the team leading up to and during the season.