www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday May 3, 2008 - 19 A look at the Royal Bank Cup field CAMROSE KODIAKS Alberta Junior Hockey League Ranking: 1 Record: 49-8-5, 12-6 playoffs Goals For: 247 Goals Against: 139 Qualified: Defeated the Penticton Vees 4-2 to win the Doyle Cup. RBC History: 5th appearance, won in 2001, finalist in 2003, 2005 Top scorer: Joe Colborne (33 goals, 90 points, 55 games) Top Dman: Karl Stollery (3 goals, 27 points, 52 games) Goaltender: Allen York (25-5-3, 2.24 average, .910 save percentage) Top playoff scorer: Colborne (8 goals, 16 points, 18 games). Other key players: Mike Connolly, Jesse Todd, Andre Herman, Dean Petiot, Shawn Ostrow. Notes: Colborne, a 6-foot-4, 195-pound forward who will attend the University of Denver next year, is ranked 28th among North American skaters for the NHL Entry Draft...Teammate Andrew MacWilliam is ranked 147th.... Eight Kodiaks have earned NCAA D1 scholarships.... Camrose had four players in the World Jr. A Challenge (Colborne, York, MacWilliam and Connolly).... York, drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2007, had a 1.86 average and a .935 save percentage in the playoffs, going 11-3....Camrose has won the AJHL championship seven of the last nine years. HUMBOLDT BRONCOS Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Ranking: 2 Record: 48-9-1, 15-4 in playoffs Goals For: 235 Goals Against: 113 Qualified: Swept the Portage Terriers 4-0 to win the Anavet Cup. RBC History: 3rd appearance, won in 2003, finalist in 1987. Top scorer: Jordan Schindel (30 goals, 65 points, 58 games) Top Dman: Tanner Vandesype (18 goals, 46 points, 57 games) Goaltender: Taylor Nelson (31-7-1, 1.74 average, .930 save percentage) Top playoff scorer: Schindel (14 goals, 27 points, 19 games). Other key players: Brayden Klimosko, Matthew Kirzinger, Laurent Benjamin, Brady Wacker. Notes: Humboldt rallied from a 3-1 series deficit against Kindersley to win its second straight SJHL title....Klimosko was the Anavet Cup MVP....Nelson, who will attend Ferris State in the fall, set a league record with seven shutouts and recorded six more in the playoffs, including a stretch of more than 224 minutes without allowing a goal....Schindel not only led the team in scoring, he also led the team in penalty minutes (169).....The Broncos acquired Vandesype and 20goal scorer Ed Gale from Notre Dame in December.....Humboldt was 31-0-0 this year in games it led after the first period..... Humboldt defeated Camrose in the 2003 RBC final. OAKVILLE BLADES Provincial Jr. A Hockey League Ranking: 3 Record: 39-6-4, 20-5 playoffs Goals For: 222 Goals Against: 130 Qualified: Went 4-0, beating Newmarket to win the Dudley Hewitt Cup. RBC History: Ist appearance. Top scorer: Nick McParland (29 goals, 77 points, 49 games) Top Dman: Chris Haltigin (9 goals, 35 points, 42 games) Goaltender: Scott Greenham (27-3-3, 2.32 average, .923 save percentage) Top playoff scorer: McParland (12 goals, 32 points, 21 games). Other key players: Kellan Lain, Luke Moodie, Julian Cimadamore, Jeremy Welsh, Chris Corbeil. Notes: No team in the tournament has more homegrown players than the Blades (10). The other four teams have only nine hometown players combined....Six Oakville players have earned NCAA D1 scholarships for next year....Oliver Wren stepped in to win the final two games at the Dudley Hewitt Cup. Greenham turned 21 mid-tournament and would have forfeitted a year of college eligibility if he continued to play past his birthday. He has appealed to the NCAA to play in Cornwall.... Haltigin played in the World Jr. A Challenge....The Blades have lost two key players, Trevor Eckenswiller and Domenic Monardo, to season-ending injuries. WEEKS CRUSHERS Maritime Junior A Hockey League Ranking: 4 Record: 35-21-2, 9-7 playoffs Goals For: 246 Goals Against: 180 Qualified: Defeated Pembroke 4-1 to win the Fred Page Cup. RBC History: Ist appearance. Top scorer: Jordan Knox (36 goals, 86 points, 48 games) Top Dman: Scott Lavigne (8 goals, 43 points, 52 games) Goaltender: Alexander Quessy (8-3-1, 2.67 average, .912 save percentage) Top playoff scorer: Jason Rinzler (10 goals, 16 points, 11 games). Other key players: Ryan Stoddard, Geoff Hum, Danny Morgan, Andrew Paquet, Tyson Cameron. Notes: The Pictou County Crushers were bought and transferred from Halifax to New Glasgow, N.S. in 2004...It also goes by the name of the Weeks Crushers because of its sponsor, Weeks Construction .....The Crushers were the hosts of the Fred Page Cup tournament. They beat the league champion, Yarmouth -- the same team that knocked them out of the playoffs -- twice in the tournament, including a 4-2 win in the semifinals. The Crushers won the final 4-1 against Pembroke, who beat them 7-1 in the tournament opener.....Hum played in the the World Jr. A Challenge.....Knox, Rinzler and Quessy were aquired mid-season. CORNWALL COLTS Central Junior A Hockey League Ranking: 5 Record: 31-24-5, 1-4 playoffs Goals For: 211 Goals Against: 207 Qualified: Royal Bank Cup host. RBC History: 2nd appearance. Top scorer: Darcy Findlay (44 goals, 82 points, 60 games) Top Dman: Michael Blunden (5 goals, 27 points, 59 games) Goaltender: Justin Roethingshoefer (16-71, 3.05 average, .897 save percentage) Top playoff scorer: Findlay (3 goals, 8 points, 5 games). Other key players: Mark Williams, Sy Nutkevitch, Jean-Philippe Beaulieu, Damian Cross, Landon Lavictoire. Notes: Cornwall has been idle since March 18 when they were eliminated in the first round of the playoff by Smiths Falls.... Findlay will attend Bemidji State next year while Williams, a defenceman, earned a scholarship at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado.....The Colts have players from six different provinces and states.....Cornwall won the CJHL championship in 1996, 2000 and 2001.....In its only other RBC appearance in 2000, Cornwall lost all four of its games....Since the national championships switched from the Centennial Cup to the Royal Bank Cup 12 years ago, four host teams have won the title. Weyburn was the last in 2005. DAVE SCAMURRA GOALTENDING Congratulates the Oakville Blades on becoming ONTARIO CHAMPS! Good luck boys at the National Championships! ·1 on 1 & small group training · Flexible schedule · Drafted by the Ottawa 67's OHL · Played with Ottawa 67's & Kingston Frontenacs OHL · Played with Oakville Blades and Niagara Falls Canucks OHA (First team all star) Spring Special Book 3 lessons during May & June Receive 10% off plus get a FREE goalie jersey Classes held at: ICE2ICE 1111 SPEERS RD., OAKVILLE 905.842.2ICE (2423) For more information: DAVE SCAMURRA 647.406.7226 dscamurra.goaltending@gmail.com