2013 OHL Draft - What a Year!

Published on Sunday, 07 April 2013

Source:  www.peac.ca

This year was another HUGE year for PEAC boys in the hockey program in both Toronto and London. This year Travis Konecny took the 1st overall pick joining the ranks of Connor McDavid from 2012 (OHL rookie of the year) and Daniel Catenacci 2009 1st pick overall (Drafted to the Buffalo Sabres). With a total of 13 PEAC students and former students getting drafted, with 4 in the first round, PEAC continues to make history in hockey.

1st pick - Travis Konecny - PEAC London - Ottawa 67s

5th pick - Lawson Crouse - PEAC London - Kingston Frontenacs

8th pick - Mitchell Stephens - PEAC Toronto - Saginaw Spirit

14th pick - Mitchell Vande Sompel - PEAC London - Oshawa Generals

21st pick - Jesse Saban - PEAC Toronto - Erie Otters

42nd pick - Cole Mayo - PEAC London - Erie Otters

47th pick - Andrew Burns - PEAC Burlington - Windsor Spitfires

80th pick - Trent Fox - PEAC London - Erie Otters

92nd pick - Josh Defarias - PEAC Toronto - London Knights

125th pick - Mark Bzowey - PEAC Burlington - Kitchener Rangers

135th pick - Matt Luff - PEAC Burlington - Belleville Bulls
216th pick - Stephen Mariani - PEAC Toronto - Belleville Bulls
290th pick - Christian Cella - PEAC Toronto - North Bay



Congrats boys, we are very impressed with your achievement - you have all earned it!



Wise Words From Coach Kim - Girls Hockey Program Update Feb 9th, 2013

Hi all,

Sorry for not getting this out yesterday - I was braving the snow driving to and from our tournament in Aurora.


RECAP:

We had an excellent week of training on and off the ice. We worked a lot on stick handling and shooting in our skills sessions and continued the power workouts off the ice. We had 3 potential student-athletes visiting us on Thursday and our players did a great job of showing them what PEAC is all about. We hope that all of them will be joining our program soon - fingers crossed.

THE WEEK AHEAD:

High School Tournament:

Here is a reminder of the schedule I sent out last week

Monday February 11th - Game #1 vs Gonzaga 9AM, Game #2 vs Loyola at 115PM

Tuesday February 12th - Game #3 vs St Joseph at 9AM, Game #4 vs Holy Cross at 11AM, Final (top 2 teams) at 145PM

Please ensure your daughter is at the rink with ample time to warm-up and be on the ice on time. We'd love to have you come out and support the girls at the tournament - so if you can make it out to watch the games, that would be awesome.

No Ice On Wednesday. We are cancelling the ice on Wednesday so that players can make up any classwork they miss due to the tournament.

We will still do a workout after school at 4pm

Thursday - regular PEAC time ice from 12-1.

A FEW KEY POINTS:

I know that this is a tough time of year with playoffs and play downs for the younger players, and the playoff run for the PW players, so I understand that sometimes PEAC time can be too much on top of all of that. I would ask that you and/or your daughter communicate with me if she will not be on the ice or working out so that MJ and I can plan accordingly.

All players MUST wear PEAC jerseys during PEAC time. I have to admit I've been a little too lenient on this recently, but want to make sure everyone is on the same page about it. If your daughter doesn't have a PEAC jersey on during PEAC time, she will not be allowed on the ice. Please speak to her directly about this to ensure there is no confusion.

Last but not least, I've been frustrated with the girls taking far too long to get ready for ice time at PEAC. Again, I've been too lenient in terms of letting the 12:05 start time slide to 12:10 or 12:15. That is not acceptable. The girls arrive at the rink around 11:45-11:50 and 15 minutes is more than enough time to get their equipment on and be on the ice. MJ and I will continue to police this on our end and would appreciate any help you can provide in reminding your daughter that arriving late on the ice is disrespectful to the team and coaches and will result in everyone having to be "skated" - which is definitely not something we want to do at this time of year - and/or in the late player being asked to sit on the bench for part or all of PEAC time.

I really don't mean to be a "downer" with all of this. In fact, I've been quite happy with the level of effort on the ice and in the gym. But these little details are what makes a really big difference in elite level performance and in life. That might be hard for the girls to understand sometimes, but we all know that being late, dressing inappropriately and communicating when you won't be at an appointment (or in this case, at PEAC time) are all much bigger deals as we get older. I don't expect that the girls understand this to the level that we all do, but I hope that you can take a moment to reinforce some of these lessons that we've been working on teaching them. We don't want to be the bad guy - but we want to do all we can to help each and every player in this program succeed and in order for that to happen, we need to make sure that we run a tight ship, especially as things get more hectic with hockey at this time of year.

Thank you for your continued support in all of this. It is very much appreciated.

Good luck to everyone in their games this weekend!

Coach Kim McCullough,

FOUR PEAC HOCKEY STARS - BOURNE, HOSANG, SALITURO, & MCDAVID COMBINE FOR 7 POINTS IN ONTARIO U17 ROUT 12-0 OVER SLOVAKIA

 

PLESSISVILLE, Que. – Connor McDavid (PEAC SCHOOL, Newmarket, Ont./Erie, OHL) scored a hat trick to lead the way offensively as Ontario earned its first win at the 2013 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in emphatic fashion, routing Slovakia 12-0 on Sunday night.

The margin of victory is the largest for Ontario since a 13-1 victory over Atlantic at the 2002 tournament in Selkirk, Man., and it’s just the third time since 2000 it has reached double digits in a game.

Robby Fabbri (Mississauga, Ont./Guelph, OHL) and Sam Bennett (Holland Landing, Ont./Kingston, OHL) also had multiple-goal games for Ontario, which bounced back in a big way from Saturday’s shootout loss to the U.S.

Dante Salituro (PEAC SCHOOL, Willowdale, Ont./Ottawa, OHL), Spencer Watson (London, Ont./Kingston, OHL), Josh Ho-Sang (PEAC SCHOOL, Thornhill, Ont./Windsor, OHL), Jaden Lindo (Brampton, Ont./Owen Sound, OHL) and Brett Hargrave (North Bay, Ont./Sarnia, OHL) scored the other Ontario goals.

Salituro and Bennett gave Ontario a 2-0 lead after one period before the Canadian side erupted for six goals in the second, three off the stick of McDavid in a span of 10:41. The 15-year-old under-ager leads Ontario in scoring with six points (four goals, two assists) in two games.

Bennett added an assist for a three-point night, Ho-Sang, Hargrave and Watson finished with a goal and a helper each and Aaron Ekblad (Belle River, Ont./Barrie, OHL) and Daniel De Sousa (Mississauga, Ont./Belleville, OHL) chipped with two assists apiece.

Matthew Mancina (Lakeshore, Ont./Leamington, GOJHL) stopped all 23 shots he faced for the shutout, making more than half his saves in the third period when the Slovaks pressed to break the goose-egg.

Both Slovakian goaltenders saw action – Stanislav Skorvanek gave up six goals on 26 shots before being replaced by Maximilian Pajpach, who gave up six on 22.

Slovakia was playing its first game at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge since 2011, when it went winless and finished 10th. Overall, the Slovaks have lost seven in a row at the tournament.

Ontario is off Monday and won’t see the ice again until the New Year, taking on Atlantic on Tuesday afternoon in Drummondville in the first game of 2013 (1:30 p.m. ET), while the Slovaks have a short rest before they face Atlantic on Monday afternoon in Victoriaville (1:30 p.m. ET).

SCORING:
First Period

Goals:

08:45 ONT 20 Dante Salituro - PEAC (16 Josh Ho-Sang - PEAC, 17 Michael Dal Colle) PP

10:04 ONT 11 Sam Bennett

Second Period

Goals:

01:06 ONT 9 Connor McDavid - PEAC (11 Sam Bennett)

04:36 ONT 9 Connor McDavid - PEAC (7 Daniel De Sousa) PP

08:48 ONT 15 Spencer Watson (5 Aaron Ekblad) PP

11:13 ONT 16 Josh Ho-Sang - PEAC (18 Brett Hargrave)

11:47 ONT 9 Connor McDavid - PEAC (15 Spencer Watson, 7 Daniel De Sousa)

12:07 ONT 22 Jaden Lindo (5 Aaron Ekblad)

Third Period

Goals:

00:45 ONT 11 Sam Bennett (2 Roland McKeown)

05:21 ONT 18 Brett Hargrave (21 Damian Bourne - PEAC)

09:51 ONT 19 Robby Fabbri

16:18 ONT 19 Robby Fabbri (10 Eric Cornel)

PEAC Hockey Program Grad Malcolm Subban backstops Canada to win over U.S.



Canada's goalie Malcolm Subban stops a breakaway on Team USA's John Gaudreau during the 2013 IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, Dec. 30, 2012.   - Source: Toronto Star

 UFA, RUSSIA – Malcolm Subban emerged from the Canadian dressing room in a cape.


He stood on his head – and scrambled, and did the splits – to answer his critics and just maybe steal a game for Canada at the world junior hockey championships, with a 2-1 win over Team USA.

So Team Canada's coaches gave him the cape as the team's superhero for the game.

“No one deserves it more than him,” said forward Ryan Strome. “He proved a lot of people wrong. We knew he had it in him. He quieted a lot people.”

Related: Photo highlights from the game

Subban had been sub-par in games against Germany and Slovakia and some were wondering if it was time to turn to Jordan Binnington. But coach Steve Spott would have none of that talk.

“I'm really proud of him,” said Spott. “Goaltending ... has been under the radar in our country for a couple of years. It's a big moment for Malcolm. It's a big moment for our hockey club.

“Like (goalie coach) Ron Tugnutt said: 'Give him a chance,' and he stood up tall in the net.”

Subban was humble after the win that vaulted Canada into first place in its group.

“It's just one game,” said Subban. “Just trying to do everything I can.”

Canada relied on Subban in a big way after getting off to a 2-0 first period lead on goals by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Ryan Strome.

The Canadian power play went kaput, failing twice to score on 5-on-3s and Canadians then started to take penalties. Jake Trouba got the Americans on the board halfway through third.

Nugent-Hopkins then took a penalty with less than two minutes remaining, but Subban stonewalled the American attack.

“We needed that,” said Spott. “You need to have a lead goaltender to win this tournament. We've seen over the last number of years you need your goaltender to be your best penalty killer and certainly he was tonight.”

The Americans – considered gold-medal contenders – find themselves in a fight to stay out of the relegation pool. They have only one win and need to beat Slovakia in their final game to have any medal chance.


“We have to win or we're out,” said American forward Rocco Grimaldi. “We'll figure it out.”

Canada has nine points thanks to three regulation wins. The Russians have eight, needing overtime to do away with Slovakia.

Canada plays Russia on Monday in the final game of the round robin. The winner gets first place and a trip to the semifinals. The loser will finish second in the group and play the third place team in the other group in the elimination round.

“They come hard, they hit,” said Murphy. “At the same time they capitalize on their opportunities. They'll definitely have the home crowd advantage. I saw about 400 Canadian fans out there. With them in crowd, we won't need any motivation.”

Source:  http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/juniorhockey/article/1308482--world-juniors-canada-beats-usa-2-1

PEAC Alumni Dominate Team Ontario Roster for Upcoming 2013 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

By:  Tim Correia, PEAC Marketing Intern
Toronto, ON
November 24th, 2012

The World Junior Hockey Championship is not the only stage for hockey’s future this holiday season. Ontario will send 22 of its most elite prospects to compete the 2013 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, beginning December 29th. Of the 22 players recently selected, six attended PEAC School for Elite Athletes prior to playing in the OHL, including 15-year-old phenom Connor McDavid. Rounding out the other five PEAC alumni are Jared McCann, Niki Petti, Josh Ho-Sang, Dante Salituro, and Damian Bourne. All six will suit up as forwards, making up nearly half of the forwards selected to the team.

McDavid, who was only the third player to ever be granted Exceptional Player status, was drafted first overall by the Eerie Otters in the 2012 OHL Priority Selection. Since joining the Otters, McDavid has lead all rookie skaters in goals and assists as well as being among the league’s top 20 scorers. No doubt, he will be expected to lead Team Ontario on their quest to capture another medal after winning bronze in last year’s tournament.

Ho-Sang, McCann and Petti were all taken in the first top 10 of the 2012 OHL Priority Selection. Salituro and Bourne were also taken in the first round. PEAC alumni will be leaned on to lead Team Ontario offensively as Ho-Sang, McCann and Salituro as well as McDavid, are amongst the OHL’s top rookie scorers.

Team Ontario will look improve on last year’s bronze medal at this year’s World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. The tournament is hosted by Victoria and Drummondville, Quebec and will run from December 29th until January 4th 2013.

PEAC Hockey Newsletter November 2012

Hello PEAC Parents and Students!

Welcome to our first Newsletter of the year!

We will update you on the significant events year to date and discuss what we are doing to help improve the PEAC time hockey experience.

Overview:

The first couple of weeks were spent establishing our routines and testing our athletes, both on an off the ice. All students conducted dry land baseline testing using established  protocols including:

* Total pushups in 60 seconds (upper body strength and endurance)

* Right and left single leg squats (5 reps is a pass)

* Chin-ups (total number until exhaustion)

* T-pattern agility test (speed and dexterity test)

* RIOT endurance testing (cardiovascular endurance)

We noted a solid effort from all our students. They were focused and determined to  establish a strong baseline.

Why is this important?

Serious athletes will always take pride in beating their personal best scores, and those of their peers. Serious coach's will always want to see physical improvements in their athletes. We demand both! Baseline testing allows quantitative comparisons which is similar to what our athletes will face when they move on to higher levels of competition. Think about the TSN Combine analysis we see on TV. We want our athletes to have experienced this type of testing long before they get in front of the cameras.

When we look at our most successful PEAC graduates, athletes that include Connor McDavid, Malcolm and Jordan Subban, Josh Ho-Sang, Jordan Binnington, Carlos Amestoy, Daniel Cattenacci (amongst others), the one consistent trait is that all of them were ABOVE average athletes with very high testing results.

We will conduct two more tests before the final report card and students will be ranked according to their progress. Clearly there is a strong correlation between a strong, physically fit athlete and success. We trust that is one of the reasons you chose to come to PEAC!

U14 and U16 Programs

Coaches Andy Meth, Lucas Miller, Ryan Barnes and Jesse Hebscher have been pushing the kids hard and are pleased with the progress made to date. Coach's Miller and Hebscher have the U16's on Mondays and Wednesdays. Coach's Meth and Barnes Have the U14's on the same day and then they switch groups Tuesdays and Thursdays. According to coach Meth, the focus for the next month and a half will be to "amp up the training and get the kids ready to peak for the important Christmas tournaments."  Coach Miller plans to focus on "speed and puck control drills" over the next month while noting that he is seeing "improvements in conditioning and first step quickness. I'm noticing they are getting better at shooting to score and burying the puck in practices." Lucas' advice as the kids start prepping for the Christmas tournaments, "Continue to work hard and buckle down. The Christmas tournaments are the big ones for all the scouts and you have to be ready to perform at your best."  John Walters, Director of the Hockey Program, notes that having the best coach's in the GTA on staff has helped make this program a premiere destination for elite athletes in
Canada and also internationally. "The European players are getting better at understanding the North American game. Now that their English language skills are improving they can participate more actively. Being able to blend their European skills with the North American approach is going to pay huge dividends for them." 

Upcoming Tournaments

Walters notes that the U14's will be involved in the Canlan tournament and we are waiting for an answer regarding the Upper Canada College tournament (that we won last year). The Brampton Tournament is also
scheduled, details on the dates and team selection process will follow in due course. The U'16's will be looking at a Canlan tournament [providing there is not a conflict with the Silver Stick tournaments], the All-Ontario Classic and the Cabernet Cup... details to follow.

Goalie Program

Coaches Kay Whitmore and Dave Wells have been working the ten goalies in the program hard, with an early focus on fitness and basic concepts including positioning,  rebound control and puck handling. Notes Coach Wells, "We continue to focus on what we believe to be absolutely critical for goalies at the minor hockey level. Simply, that is to get your butt of the blue paint, play big, care about your rebounds and simplify your game." This starts with a strong focus on skating and edge control and continuous reinforcement of positioning. "We spend a great deal of time encouraging our goalies to challenge out. Goalies who play deep typically are not confident with their skating abilities or have an over-inflated opinion of their reflexes. They often do not trust their defencemen and instead of taking the shooter, they cheat by playing deep, often getting scored on the first shot. It's a constant battle to get a goalie to do their job, to challenge and play big. Overall the progress made to date has been good, the kids are working hard, listening well and making adjustments to their game."

PEAC Prep

Prep team coach Alex Bezzera has his team off to a good start this season with 8 wins, 4 ties and 6 losses. He is particularly proud of his squads efforts against some strong teams in the Boston Pro-Am tournament. "We went undefeated (3-0-1) in that tournament. We played some really good hockey teams (including the Boston Advantage teams) and showed very well. In the East Coast College Cup tournament we played the Springfield EJ team to a 1-1 tie... we only had 12 skaters on the bench." Coach Bezzera was also proud that his team defeated a strong St. Michael's team 4-2 in their home rink. "Our guys played hard that game and took it to a talented St. Mike's squad".

In terms of forthcoming tournaments, the Prep team is in a the Valley Junior Warriors tournament in Haverhill Massachusetts and then they are in the Upper Canada College tournament after that. Asked about personal successes this year Bezzara stated that "we have already moved four guys on to Jr A. The whole basis of this program is to develop players to move on to the next level, whether it's Jr A or NCAA. To be able to practice four times per week and play good teams on a regular basis is a big deal. Integrating academics into the team's schedule is a huge part of the program. We are trying to produce well rounded athletes with a strong academic focus. That will open as many doors as possible."

Game Day Skates - Coaching Staff Perspective

Some Club coach's will not let their players participate in PEAC time skates when they have a game later that same day. We surveyed the coaching staff (coach's themselves) to get their thoughts and it was unanimous - game days skates are viewed as a great opportunity!

Coach Lucas Miller believes that it's a great time to get "warmed up and mentally focused. It gives the player a chance to get their legs and arms going, to feel the puck, so that when they get to their game they are ready to go as soon as the puck is dropped, not the 2nd or 3rd period."

Coach Andy Meth believes it is a good thing and that "we are only working them out for one hour and there is plenty of recovery time before a game".

Coach Dave Wells strongly encourages goalies to take a game day skate. "Warming up your eyes and getting a good feel for your gear, your skates, the ice and the chaos of a game is important. I don't understand the snowflake mentality attached to holding a player off the ice on game day. Once they hit Jr A and above it will be their routine, they might as well get used to it now, there's a huge upside benefit to a pre-game skate."

Prep Team coach Andy Bezzera believes that holding back a kid from PEAC time on a game day is a "bit delusional. Any time a kid can get on the ice for 60 minutes of development he should take it. Seven hours of recovery before a AAA game is sufficient. All these kids want to play NCAA, Jr A and eventually pro. Those guys all do a one hour game day skate, there's no reason minor hockey kids cannot do the same."

PEAC Alum Connor McDavid added to Team OHL

McDavid and Hall added to Team OHL

OHL Images

Source:

http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/article/mcdavid-and-hall-added-to-team-ohl-roster/130397

OHL Images Toronto, ON – The Canadian Hockey League in association with the Ontario Hockey League today announced that forwards Connor McDavid of the Erie Otters and Zach Hall of the Barrie Colts will compete in the 2012 SUBWAY® Super Series for Team OHL on Thursday November 8 in Guelph, ON.

McDavid and Hall are added to the roster as replacements for Lucas Lessio of the Oshawa Generals and Brendan Gaunce of the Belleville Bulls who are unable to compete due to injury.

McDavid, a 15-year-old from Newmarket, ON, currently leads all OHL rookies in scoring with seven goals and 11 assists for 18 points in 15 games. McDavid was the first overall pick in the 2012 OHL Priority Selection and becomes the youngest player to compete in the 10-year history of this event.

Hall, a 19-year-old from Belleville, ON, is playing in his third full OHL season with the Colts. He is currently fourth in league scoring with nine goals and 13 assists for 22 points in 13 games.

Team OHL enters the tenth anniversary of this event with a perfect 18-0 record against Team Russia following a 10-7 win last season in Ottawa, and a 6-3 victory in Sault Ste. Marie.

The 2012 SUBWAY® Super Series is supported by CHL associate sponsors, Bank of Montreal, Old Dutch, and Post. All games will be broadcast nationally on Sportsnet with QMJHL games shown on TVA Sports.

The schedule for the 2012 SUBWAY® Super Series is as follows:


Game 1 – Monday November 5 at Blainville-Boisbriand, QC
Game 2 – Wednesday November 7 at Val-d’Or, QC
Game 3 – Thursday November 8 at Guelph, ON
Game 4 – Monday November 12 at Sarnia, ON
Game 5 – Wednesday November 14 at Vancouver, BC
Game 6 – Thursday November 15 at Victoria, BC

For more information including how to purchase tickets please visit www.subwaysuperseries.ca.

PEAC Grads & Owen Sound Attack Stars: Catenacci, Binnington picked to play against Russian all-stars



Jordan Binnington, left, and Daniel Catenacci during a break in the Owen Sound Attack’s practice Tuesday at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre

 By Bill Walker, Sun Times, Owen Sound
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 10:49:32 EDT PM .

Source: http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/2012/10/23/catenacci-binnington-picked-to-play-against-russian-all-stars

Jordan Binnington is finally getting a chance to represent Ontario in an international event.

The 19-year-old Gravenhurst native was the spare goalie at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Timmins a couple years ago and he was called upon to help out Team Atlantic when its goalie got hurt.

Now the Owen Sound Attack netminder will play for the Ontario Hockey League as it gets set to take on a team of Russian all-stars at the 2012 Canada/ Russia Subway Super Series.

And he’ll be joined by Attack teammate Daniel Catenacci, who has earned a roster spot for the second consecutive season.

“It (the event in Timmins) was pretty exciting and the atmosphere was great, so I’m looking forward to this,” Binnington said Tuesday. “I got a little taste of how awesome it can be so I’m excited. I’m really honoured to get this opportunity.”

Binnington will play in both the Nov. 8 game in Guelph and the Nov. 12 rematch in Sarnia.

Belleville’s Malcolm Subban will also play in the Guelph game while Saginaw’s Jake Paterson will suit up in Sarnia.

Binnington is trying not to make too much about the fact he’s the only OHL goalie asked to play in two games.

“I’m excited about that because it gives me a better opportunity to showcase myself,” he said. “The guys have been playing extremely well and everything has been really clicking so far this year.”

Binnington’s selection isn’t a surprise. He’s one of the top goalies in the OHL this season, sitting first in save percentage (.935) and second in both goals-against-average (2.07) and in wins (seven).

“It’s a great tip of the hat for the work that he’s done and the way that he’s played,” Attack coach Greg Ireland said. “All those little accolades go a long way and it shows how he’s grown.”

Catenacci will suit up in Sarnia. The 19-year-old Newmarket native has six goals and eight assists in 11 games this season and has a +8 plus/minus rating while playing a solid two-way game.

“It’s exciting and it’s definitely something I was looking forward to, so I was relieved that I’d made the team,” said Catenacci who played in the series last year.

“It’s exciting that Hockey Canada wants to take a look at me. I just have to go and play my game because that’s what got me there.”

What got Catenacci there is a solid two-way game that combines speed and creativity up front as well as a commitment to defence.

“I know that I’d be giving him a good, long look because he’s got the ability to kill penalties, he hits like a truck, he’s hard to knock off the puck and he plays responsibly defensively,” Ireland said, noting Catenacci has been promoted this week to being a full-time assistant captain for the Attack.

“He’s a guy who could adapt his role. If someone gets hurt, he can jump up and play a skill role. You see so many guys from junior who have made the (National Hockey League) because they have committed to playing a 200-foot game. Daniel has worked very hard over the last couple years on this and he has been rewarded for this with his NHL contract.”

But it was not all good news for the Attack as forward Cameron Brace didn’t earn an invitation to the dance with the Russians despite scoring 10 goals and adding six assists and having a +10 plus/minus rating in 11 games this season.

“I was disappointed for Cameron because he’s worked very hard here and he’s been one of the better players in the league, so I was quite surprised,” said Ireland.

“It’s tough to name everyone, I get that. He quite honestly could have been one of the guys here.”

The group of touring Russian players begins its trip with games Nov. 5 in Blainville-Boisbriand, Que., and Nov. 7 in Val d’Or. Once through Ontario, the Russians will be in Vancouver on Nov. 14 and Victoria on Nov. 15.

Hockey Canada uses the Subway Super Series to help select the players who will be invited to the national junior team selection camp in December.

Those players are whittled down to form the Canadian national junior team, which will compete at the World Junior Hockey Championships which run from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 in Ufa, Russia.

Connor McDavid extends his point streak to 14 games

Duininck scores twice as the Sting beat the Otters 5-2

PEAC Alum and rookie phenom Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist for the Otters

Saturday, 10.27.2012 / 10:24 PM / News


The Canadian Press

ERIE, Pa. - Craig Duininck scored twice as the Sarnia Sting downed the host Erie Otters 5-2 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League play.

Nikolay Goldobin scored once and set up two more for the Sting (7-6-1), Reid Boucher had a goal and an assist and Charles Sarault added a single goal.

Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist for the Otters (4-8-3), which extends his point streak to 14 games, and Connor Crisp scored the other.

JP Anderson made 30 saves for the win as Oscar Dansk stopped 29 shots in a losing cause.

Sarnia was successful on the power play, going 4-for-5, while Erie failed to score on three chances with the man advantage.

PEAC alum & Erie Otters’ Connor McDavid can’t hardly wait; Making The Jump

PEAC Alum & Erie Otters’ Connor McDavid can’t hardly wait; Making The Jump


By Neate Sager

Buzzing The Net – Mon, 10 Sep, 2012 1:53 PM EDT

Erie Otters rookie Connor McDavid (OHL Images)The number of questions highly touted Connor McDavid faces might be nothing compared to how many he wants to ask.

The Erie Otters centre is considered the 'next one' as the first forward since current New York Islanders star John Tavares to enter the OHL as a 15-year-old, which means endless media attention. TSN has already sent a camera crew out to two Otters preseason games to capture footage of the Newmarket, Ont., native, while Sportsnet magazine is said to be considering a cover story. Meantime, McDavid, whose regular-season debut is set for Sept. 20 against the Niagara IceDogs, is trying to glean as much as he can from linemate/roommate Stephen Harper.

"They partnered us up right from the beginning," McDavid says. "I'm lucky to have him, for sure. He [the 17-year-old Harper] has helped me with everything, He's probably sick of me already by now, actually. I ask him everything and he always answers every question. It's great to have him here. They've been through it all."

McDavid's team will be one of the OHL's youngest and is coming off a 10-win season. The centre is careful to steer his answer about goals for his season away from statistics, perhaps knowing comparisons are going to be inevitable. (Tavares, for what it is worth, had 45 goals and 77 points in 65 games as a 15-year-old, but that was in a perhaps higher-scoring environment than the current OHL.)

"I've had that question [about goals] a lot and I can't put numbers on it because I don't think success is about numbers," says McDavid, who is listed at 5-foot-11 and 170 pounds. "Probably the main thing is to please myself, please my teammates and the staff and everyone. In terms of what I would see as a successful season, that would be a winning season for Erie."

McDavid's quickness and vision is what set him apart since an early age.

"I've always felt that I like to be a passer. I like to score a few myself. There's just something I like about being a playmaker."

The first fortnight of the season will be a road show for McDavid and the Otters. Their Sept. 20-21 trip involves the home openers of the reigning league finalists, Niagara and London. McDavid is also eager for an Eastern swing that includes facing some of his Toronto Marlboros minor hockey teammates, the Belleville Bulls' Michael Cramarossa and Kingston Frontenacs' Sam Bennett and Roland McKeown.

"I'm just so excited for it to be here," he says.

1. How would you say your past season progressed, from start to finish?

"Probably my defensive side of the game. [Otters coach] Robbie Ftorek is trying to teach me a lot about that at the moment. They can't put me out there if I am a liability in my own zone."

2. Whom in the NHL do you watch closely to get an idea of what it takes to thrive at the next level?

"I just try to watch everybody and learn from everybody. But probably I just watch the main guys, [Sidney] Crosby and [Claude] Giroux. Those guys are the true pros."

3. Your former Marlies teammates, Roland McKeown and Sam Bennett, have cited your father Brian as a big influence on them. When you've been down, how has he picked you up?

"Whenever I was down, he was never just that shoulder or whatever. He would be always be tough on me. He would tell me what I needed to hear, even though I didn't like hearing it. He taught me that with every mistake comes a lesson learned and I'll be forever grateful for that."

4. Have people at your new school figured out you play hockey and it's kind of a big deal?

"Down here it's more about the football. I'm not really a big deal at the school. It is good to go and be relaxed and know that I don't have too many eyes on me."

5. The anniversaries of the 1972 Summit Series and 1987 Canada Cup are getting a lot of coverage in Canada. What role would you choose if you could have been Paul Henderson crashing the net to score the winning goal, Wayne Gretzky sliding the puck over to Mario Lemieux in '87 or Sidney Crosby sniping the winner in the 2010 Olympics?

"That's an extremely hard question. Probably Crosby in 2010 just because thinking about it makes me so excited remembering watching it. I can't imagine what it would be like to be the guy who scored it... 2010 was more my time, my generation. I don't know what it was like back in '72 or '87. Maybe it was exactly the same and I just don't know. But for me, it was definitely 2010."

Neate Sager is a writer for Yahoo! Canada Sports. Contact him at neatesager@yahoo.ca and follow him on Twitter @neatebuzzthenet .



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PEAC Athlete, Jordan Subban, Makes Team Canada U18 Men's Hockey

Jordan Subban officially announced as a member of Team Canada’s U18 Hockey Team. Jordan started at PEAC in grade 7 and was drafted in the first round of the OHL draft to the Belleville Bulls in 2011.

clip of the try-out here:  http://watch.tsn.ca/international-hockey/clip734028#clip734028

It is official now, he has made the team!!  We are so proud of the Subban…

Courtesy of CHL Network:
http://www.chl.ca/article/22-chl-players-named-to-canada-s-u18-summer-team

TORONTO, Ont. – Hockey Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Hockey League, announced Monday the 22 players who will play for Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team at the 2012 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament, Aug. 13-18 in Breclav, Czech Republic and Piestany, Slovakia.


Goaltenders:
Eric Comrie (Tri-City Americans)
Zachary Fucale (Halifax Mooseheads)

Defencemen:
Chris Bigras (Owen Sound Attack)
Madison Bowey (Kelowna Rockets)
Kayle Doetzel (Red Deer Rebels)
Josh Morrissey (Prince Albert Raiders)
Darnell Nurse (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
Jordan Subban (Belleville Bulls)
Shea Theodore (Seattle Thunderbirds)

Forwards:
Max Domi (London Knights)
Jonathan Drouin (Halifax Mooseheads)
Anthony Duclair (Quebec Remparts)
Jérémy Grégoire (Chicoutimi Sagueneens)
Bo Horvat (London Knights)
Morgan Klimchuk (Regina Pats)
Ryan Kujawinski (Kingston Frontenacs)
Yan-Pavel Laplante (P.E.I Rocket)
Curtis Lazar (Edmonton Oil Kings)
Nathan MacKinnon (Halifax Mooseheads)
Nic Petan (Portland Winterhawks)
Sam Reinhart (Kootenay Ice)
Nick Ritchie (Peterborough Petes)

The roster was finalized Monday following Hockey Canada’s four-day selection camp at the MasterCard Centre in Toronto. The camp included daily practices and three Red-White intrasquad games.

Canada’s roster is made up of 13 forwards, seven defencemen and two goaltenders. Head coach Todd Gill (Cardinal, Ont./Kingston, OHL), assembled the roster with support from assistant coaches Yanick Jean (Alma, Que./Victoriaville, QMJHL) and Scott Walker (Cambridge, Ont./Guelph, OHL), Kevin Prendergast, Hockey Canada’s head scout for the men’s Program of Excellence, and Brad Pascall, Hockey Canada’s vice-president of hockey operations/national teams.

“It was a very competitive camp, we could of easily chosen all these players to play in the tournament,” said Gill. “There is a lot of talent on the ice in this country, and we look forward to getting to Europe and continuing Canada’s great tradition at this event.”

Canada has won the Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament four consecutive years, and has won 17 of 21 summer under-18 tournaments since 1991. It will play in Group B in Piestany with Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland. Group A, which consists of Finland, Russia, the Czech Republic and the United States, will play out of Breclav.


Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team breakdown

Two goaltenders, seven defencemen, 13 forwards
22 players from the Canadian Hockey League
Nine players from the Western Hockey League
Seven players from the Ontario Hockey League
Six players from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
21 players with experience in Hockey Canada’s Program of Excellence

Canada will face Czech Republic in a pre-tournament game in Piestany on Saturday, Aug. 11 before opening the tournament against Switzerland on Monday, Aug. 13. The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals on Friday, Aug. 17, with the gold medal game scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 18.

There will be no TV or radio coverage of the event. Hockey Canada’s official website, www.hockeycanada.ca, is the place to find complete coverage of Canada at the tournament.

For more information on Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team and Hockey Canada, please visit www.HockeyCanada.ca, or follow along through social media at www.facebook.com/hockeycanada, www.twitter.com/hockeycanada  and www.twitter.com/hc_teamcanada.

PEAC Hockey Program Stars: Connor McDavid, Mitchell Stephens - Allstate All-Canadians Mentorship Cup

Courtesy of:  http://www.peac.ca/

Two PEAC School For Elite Athlete Stars, Connor McDavid and Mitchell Stephens were featured as the main player to watch at this years Allstate All-Canadian Mentorship Camp.


It’s a five-day camp that concludes with the Allstate All-Canadians Mentorship Cup – an inter-squad exhibition game taking place on Saturday at 3:30pm et

We’d like to congratulate the two PEAC students that were selected- Connor McDavid and Mitchell Stephens.  Great Job Fellas!

McDavid impresses at All-Canadians

Jul 22, 2012

Courtesty of the Erie Otters:
http://www.ottershockey.com/article/mcdavid-impresses-at-all-canadians-mentorship-camp

Although he attracted media attention in the spring after becoming the third player in Ontario Hockey League history to receive exceptional status, Erie Otters forward Connor McDavid had a coming out party of sorts when he had a terrific performance in Saturday's Allstate All-Canadians Mentorship Cup game in at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga.


The event was broadcasted on TSN, allowing Canadians audiences a glimpse in the middle of summer of one of the most talked about prospects in recent memory.

Selected as one of the top 42 players in his age group, McDavid excelled against the competition throughout the week and landed on highlight reels with an outstanding penalty shot goal in Team (John) Tavares' and the shootout winner in a 9-8 win over Team (Taylor) Hall.

McDavid was coached in the camp by Tavares, who was the first player to receive exceptional status into the OHL in 2005. Barrie Colts defenseman Aaron Ekblad received exceptional status last year and participated in the first Allstate All-Canadians Mentorship Camp in 2011.

Playing a year ahead of his age group with the minor midget Toronto Marlboros last season, McDavid dominated the opposition as he averaged over two points a game. McDavid collected 209 points (79g, 130a) in 88 games. He was Most Valuable Player in three tournaments: Silver Stick North American Championships, Peterborough Minor Midget Tournament, OHL Cup and was the GTHL Player of the Year.

More information on the Allstate All-Canadians Mentorship Program can be found at their website, at http://www.allcanadians.com/.

Highlights from Saturday's game can be found on TSN.