WHL Lethbridge Hurricanes

Hurricanes Training Camp 2010 - Saturday Update

Published on September 4, 2010 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Lethbridge Hurricanes News Release


Lethbridge, AB - The games are upon us! Lethbridge Hurricanes Training Camp was headlined by the Intersquad Tournament on Saturday at Adams Ice Centre as all camp participants were grouped together into four new teams. In the end, Team 2 and Team ___ fared the best and will face off tomorrow for the Intersquad Tournament Championship at 12:30 PM.

Game 1 - Team 1 vs. Team 2 - 9:00-10:30AM

Reners and Brolly lead Team 2 to 8-3 win; Bennefield tallies one in 2010 camp debut

The Lethbridge Hurricanes first selection in the 2009 WHL Bantam Draft - Ryley Bennefield made his 2010 Training Camp debut on Saturday morning after returning from a foot injury that has held him out of the first two days. Bennefield got things started with the first goal of the day for Team 2 just a minute and a half into the game. Mark Reners (2G) and Craig Leverton also tallied in the first half while Shane Brolly (2G) and Hayden Goderis both scored to make it 3-2 Team 2 going into the second half. Brolly's second of the game came after Jordan Baillie (1G,1A) notched his first of the tournament early in the second half to make it 4-3 but from there Team 2 took control with four unanswered goals from Chris Thorimbert, Landon Oslanski (1G,1A), Reners second of the game and Mitch Owsley while veteran Jacob Berglund had a pair of assists in the 8-3 win.

Scoring Summary

1st Half

1. Team 2 - Ryley Bennefield (1) (Reners) 28:29

2. Team 2 - Craig Leverton (1) (Baillie, Bakke) 22:24

1. Team 1 - Shane Brolly (1) (Yadlowski) 16:52

2. Team 1 - Hayden Goderis (1) (J.Watson, Ross) 12:14

3. Team 2 - Mark Reners (1) (Oslanski, M.Watson) 5:53

2nd Half

4. Team 2 - Jordan Baillie (1) (Unassisted)

3. Team 1 - Shane Brolly (2) (Topping)

5. Team 2 - Chris Thorimbert (1) (Berglund, Sosa)

6. Team 2 - Landon Oslanski (1) (Unassisted)

7. Team 2 - Mark Reners (2) (Berglund, Oslanski)

8. Team 2 - Mitch Owsley (1) (P.Tot)

Game 2 - Team 3 vs. Team 4 - 11:30-1:00PM

Holy McKechnie! McKechnie notches hat trick in losing cause as Team 3 takes win in shootout

Another Cane prospect made his much anticipated Training Camp debut as Alex Kuvaev, (Koo-Vy-Ev) the Canes only pick in the 2010 CHL Import Draft played a solid game as a member of Team 4. It was the Navy Team 3 who jumped ahead to an early lead 2-0 after the first half on the strength of goals by Brett Printz (2G,1A) and Michael Sofillas. Team 3 then extended their lead as Brody Sutter (2G,1A) tallied before Veteran Austin Fyten then answered back a minute later to put Team 4 on the board. Last season's leading goal scorer Mitch Maxwell tallied to make it 4-1 for Team 3 before Sam McKechnie (3G) notched his first to make it 4-2. Sutter scored his second to extend the lead to 5-2 before Texas born forward Chris Stovall answered back for Team 4 again. Jared Marchi then scored his first of the game with just under eight minutes to play which looked to seal it away 6-3 for Team 3... Before a late charge from Team 4 who rattled off four unanswered goals from David Tot, the newcomer Kuvaev and McKechnie's second and third of the game - McKechnie's hat trick goal gave Team 4 their first lead of the game with 2:46 left in the game. But less than 30 seconds later a reeling Team 3 notched the equalizer with Printz's second of the game to force OT. After a fast paced OT period the game went to a shootout in which the Team 3 sharpshooters managed to all score with the winner coming off the stick of rookie Lenny Hackman for the 8-7 shootout victory.

Scoring Summary

1st Half

1. Team 3 - Brett Printz (1) (Guiel) 21:35

2. Team 3 - Michael Sofillas (1) (Kluck) 19:37

2nd Half

3. Team 3 - Brody Sutter (1) (Hackman) 23:42

1. Team 4 - Austin Fyten (1) (Scheunert) 22:38

4. Team 3 - Mitch Maxwell (1) (Marchi, Merkley) 21:30

2. Team 4 - Sam McKechnie (1) (Unassisted) 15:58

5. Team 3 - Brody Sutter (2) (Printz, Piatelli) 12:08

3. Team 4 - Chris Stovall (1) (Unassisted) 10:57

6. Team 3 - Jared Marchi (1) (Unassisted) 7:50

4. Team 4 - David Tot (1) (Moser) 6:20

5. Team 4 - Alex Kuvaev (1) (Hood) 3:41

6. Team 4 - Sam McKechnie (2) 3:21

7. Team 4 - Sam McKechnie (3) (Stovall) 2:46

7. Team 3 - Brett Printz (2) (Sutter) 2:24

Shootout Results

Team 3 - Jay Merkley (Goal)

Team 4 - Brady Ramsay (No Goal)

Team 3 - Daniel Johnston (Goal)

Team 4 - Reid Jackson (No Goal)

Team 3 - Mitch Maxwell (Goal)

Team 4 - Derek Ryckman (Goal)

Team 3 - Lenny Hackman (Goal)

Game 3 - Team 1 vs. Team 2 - 2:30 - 4:00PM

Bakke, Brolly and Baillie lead Team 2 in comeback win to book spot in Championship

Team 1 and Team 2 were back at it again later in the afternoon as Team 1 looked to rebound from their earlier 8-3 loss. Eager to get at the they quickly jumped out to a 1-0 lead less then 30 seconds into the game off the stick of local Russell Maxwell. Jacob Berglund (1G,1A) would even things up just minutes later before Jaimen Yakubowski would give Team 1 a lead which they would hold for the rest of the half and well into the second. Shane Brolly and 95-born defenseman Joel Topping added to the lead to give Team 1 a 4-1 lead with 20 minutes remaining. But Team 2 would show a little resiliency as they notched unanswered goals the game winner and insurance coming with under three minutes to go. The comeback was led by goal scorers Craig Leverton, Brady Bakke (2G, 1A), Mitch Owsley, Ryley Bennefield and Jordan Baillie who notched three assists in their 6-4 win advancing them to the Championship Game on Sunday.

Scoring Summary

1st Half

1. Team 1 - Russell Maxwell (1) (Ross) 24:36

1. Team 2 - Jacob Berglund (1) (Erkamps) 22:11

2. Team 1 - Jaimen Yakubowski (1) (J.Watson) 16:28

2nd Half

3. Team 1 - Shane Brolly (1) (Mantyka, Laurencelle) 28:30

4. Team 1 - Joel Topping (1) (Brolly, Goderis) 20:50

2. Team 2 - Craig Leverton (1) (Baillie, Bakke) 18:52

3. Team 2 - Brady Bakke (1) (Baillie, Leverton) 18:20

4. Team 2 - Brady Bakke (2) (Baillie, Oslanski) 14:01

5. Team 2 - Mitch Owsley (1) (Berglund) 2:37

6. Team 2 - Ryley Bennefield (1) (Owsley, Reners) 2:07

Game 4 - Team 3 vs Team 4 - 5:00 - 6:30PM

The Russian has landed! Kuvaev looks right at home, scoring insurance goal in 8-6 Team 4 win and OT winner in tie breaker to advance Team 4 to the Championship game

In another offensive explosion Team 3 and 4 combined for 14 goals and a tie breaker in the final game of the afternoon. Team 4 needed the win after being narrowly edged out by Team 3 in an 8-7 shootout loss earlier in the day. Team 3 came flying out of the gates and looked to have wrapped up a spot in the final after posting a 6-3 lead after the first period. The Team 3 charge was led by veteran Brody Sutter (3G) posting a hat trick while newcomer Josh Kluck (2G) had a pair and defenseman Daniel Johnston (1G) once again showed his offensive ability. Team 4 stuck with it and stayed within striking distance in the first with goals from Texan Chris Stovall (2G), Austin Fyten and Graham Hood (1G,1A). Team 4 then poured on the gas as facing elimination - Sam McKechnie, Brady Ramsay, Jared Jerome, Adam Henry each tallied unassisted markers before Alex Kuvaev put it away to give Team 4 a 8-6 win. With the win, Team 4 forced a tie breaker overtime period to decide which Team would advance to the Championship. As if on cue, Kuvaev made a nice move to the inside while crossing the blue line before sniping a top cheese shot to advance Team 4 to Sunday's Championship game.

Scoring Summary

1st Half

1. Team 4 - Chris Stovall (1) (Hood, Moser) 28:47

1. Team 3 - Brody Sutter (1) (Printz, Guiel) 17:27

2. Team 3 - Daniel Johnston (1) (Dillinger) 13:13

3. Team 3 - Josh Kluck (1) (Marchi) 12:20

4. Team 3 - Josh Kluck (2) (Dillinger) 7:09

5. Team 3 - Brody Sutter (2) (Printz, Hackman) 6:31

2. Team 4 - Austin Fyten (1) (Unassisted) 5:11

3. Team 4 - Graham Hood (1) (Moser) 2:47

6. Team 3 - Brody Sutter (3) (Unassisted) 1:01

2nd Half

4. Team 4 - Sam McKechnie (1) (Unassisted) 25:53

5. Team 4 - Brady Ramsay (1) (Unassisted) 23:16

6. Team 4 - Jared Jerome (1) (Unassisted) 17:09

7. Team 4 - Adam Henry (1) (Unassisted) 14:45

8. Team 4 - Alex Kuvaev (1) (Hood, Ryckman) 0:37

*OT Tie Breaker

1. Team 4 - Alex Kuvaev (1) (Ryckman) 4:00

The Tournament will wrap up tomorrow morning as Team 1 and Team 3 will play in the third place game at 9:00 AM followed by the Championship game between Team 2 and Team 4 at 12:30 PM. Due to injuries and departures - both Cam Braes and Hayden Goderis will be moved from Team 1 to Team 3 for this match up which will be played in a 4 on 4 format. Meanwhile in the Championship, Team 2 will be led by veterans Jacob Berglund, Mike Reddington, Landon Oslanski, Mark Reners and Phil Tot while Team 4 will get a boost from veterans Austin Fyten, Reid Jackson, Derek Ryckman, Graham Hood and the wildcard Russian Alex Kuvaev.

The United Way of Lethbridge will still be on hand to take donations on entry for these two games. Please note that rosters for the newly formed Teams 1,2,3 and 4 will be available only at the arena and will be made available at the rink with any donation to the Lethbridge United Way. The Hurricanes encourage you - the fans to support this great cause.

Charity Intersquad Tournament Schedule

Sunday, September 5th - Intersquad Tournament Finals

9:00 - 10:30 AM - Consolation Final

12:30 - 2:00 PM - Championship Game

*All Times Subject to Change

Preseason Update!

Tickets are still available for the Canes home preseason date on Tuesday, September 14th as the Lethbridge Hurricanes will play host to rookie standout Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Coaldale local Adam Kambeitz as the Red Deer Rebels come to town for a Preseason match up. This will be your only chance to see the brand new Lethbridge Hurricanes during the preseason on home ice.

This young Canes lineup will be fresh off their preseason tournament in Kennewick, WA and will undoubtedly be excited to be back in the 'Bridge' to play in front of the home town crowd. The hockey club is proud to host this game off site on the west side - the home of the CIS University of Lethbridge Pronghorns. With several former Hurricanes players taking advantage of their WHL Scholarship and choosing to play at the U of L, the Canes will be donating the proceeds of the 50/50 raffle to U of L Hockey.

Tickets are priced at $8 (includes GST) and are available for purchase only through the Hurricanes office located in the west parking lot of the ENMAX Centre. Doors open at 6:00 PM for this rush seating event while puck drop is 7:00 PM at Nicholas Sheran Arena (401 Laval Blvd. West). With limited seating the Hurricanes encourage everyone to purchase their tickets early by contacting OJ or Dawna in the Hurricanes office at 403 328 1986. Tickets will also be made available at both the Hurricanes Training Camp final games.

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