Hello IceDog Nation!
Even though it's the off-season, the AEMHA Executive is very busy getting ready for next season. The Rep Coaches for the 2022/2023 season have been selected and soon we will be scheduling ice for tryouts. Your AEMHA is a hard-working group!
With Covid Protocols stay in place as we wrapped up last season, we were not able to have an awards banquet. Each time had their own "banquet" or party to wrap up their season. Here is a list of the Award Winners for each team.
The Awards were for the following:
U 11 – A
Most Valuable Player - Cam Winkles
Desire & Dedication - Carson Legge
Most Sportsmanlike - Kieran Calhoun
Most Improved - Alex Stimson
U11 - B
Most Valuable Player : Kane Witzkie
Desire & Dedication: Sabatian MacIntyre
Most Sportsmanlike: Ben DeBoer
Most Improved: Declan Hodgins
U 11 - C
Most Valuable Player: Sawyer Monkman
Desire & Dedication: Liam Misch
Most Sportsmanlike: Madison Wright
Most Improved: Colt McClure
U 11 - Rep
Most Valuable Player: Avery Wathke
Desire & Dedication: Payson Hamel
Most Sportsmanlike: Conner Hesch
Most Improved: Landon Smit
U 13 – A
Most Valuable Player: Aden Misch
Desire & Dedication: Jake Fitter
Most Sportsmanlike: Quinn Cavill
Most Improved: Dylan Lorenz
U 13 - B
Most Valuable Player: Hudson Johnson
Desire & Dedication: William Hampton
Most Sportsmanlike: Neil Capstick
Most Improved: Ashley Leifso
U 13 - Rep
Most Valuable Player: Ethan Sopkowe
Desire & Dedication: Aiden Stephenson
Most Sportsmanlike: Jesse Price
Most Improved: Alek Fritz
U 15 - LL
Most Valuable Player: Dustin Vrooman
Desire & Dedication: Tyler Burrows
Most Sportsmanlike: Kaden Colwell
Most Improved: Leithan Bujold
U15 REP
Most Valuable Player: Spence Hamel
Desire & Dedication: Levi Wathke
Most Sportsmanlike: Chris Parker
Most Improved: Ryan Price
In addition to these team awards, there are some special awards that are presented to the U9 and U11 age groups:
Trevor Weller Award - this award is given to the player that shows the most potential as the leave U9 hockey and head into U11 (full-ice) hockey.
Landon Rhody
Hunter Klein Nienhuis
Randy Posthumus Award - this award is given to the U11 player that shows a tremendous love and passion for the game of hockey and is the ultimate teammate.
U11 – 1 ...Tyler Murphy
U11 – 2 Linkin Myles
U11 – 3 Chris Searson
U11 REP – Landry Wathke
Also, AEMHA would like to congratulate Melissa Barrett as the Volunteer of the Year (as nominated by you the fans and voted on by Arran-Elderslie Council) and Brent Wathke as Coach of Year (again, nominated by your the fans and voted on by Arran-Elderslie Council).