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Saint John Midget B Flames blazed through International Sedmha Tournament to take Gold
Back Row Left- Bill Buckley, Head Coach Paul Johnson, Trevor Watson, Zach MacDougall: Second Row Left- Nathan Davidson, Hallie Brown, Devan Mahaney, Shamus Murphy, Zack Seale, Nathan Evans, Geoff Hill, Jacob Cooke, Austin Perry, Evan Belyea. Front Row Left- Monty Watt, Brandon Daviault, Brady Adams, Alex Buckley, Travis Watson, Mitchell MacDonald, not shown in picture Team Manager Shelley Watson
The Saint John Midget B Flames were on fire as they skated through several top seeded opponents on their way to capture this year's Top Tier, Odyssey Division in the 2011 International Sedmha Tournament held this past weekend in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Teams from Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland, Saint - Pierre - et - Miquelon, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia all skated up to the red line for an opportunity to claim top prize in the largest minor hockey tournament in Eastern Canada.
In the final Championship Game, the Saint John Flames scorched their way through their opponent, the Westville Miners from Nova Scotia, to take Gold with a 5-4 final. Austin Perry, netted 2 goals for Saint John, followed by Brady Adams, Shamus Murphy and Alex Buckley to round out the final tally to victory in front of a capacity crowd of family and friends at the Halifax Forum. Head Coach, Paul Johnson expected nothing less than the best from his team, on and off the ice, and took advantage of every opening to tell that boys just that. "Life is a self fulfilling prophecy and you get what you put into it. Expect the best, be the best and we will take the Gold home". They boys did just that this past weekend and brought the championship banner and gold medals home to New Brunswick. Congratulations to the players and coaching staff of the Saint John Midget B Flames.
Tyler gets his hockey wish
Published Friday January 7th, 2011 :: Telegraph-JournalSAINT JOHN - As father and son sat in the dressing room at the Stu Hurley Arena Thursday and suited up, the pair finally got to realize a dream - playing hockey.
Photo: Peter Walsh/Telegraph-Journal
Tyler Owens enjoys his first time on the ice during a Saint John Youth Minor Hockey practice held at the Stu Hurley Arena Thursday. Coaches Mike Jackson and Dave Lomas gave Tyler basic instruction on how to move on the sledge.
With a rink full of players, coaches and onlookers, six-year-old Tyler Owens finally took to the ice for the first time. Developmentally delayed and needing a wheelchair or walker, Tyler's parents Lloyd and Heather knew the youngster wanted to play but had no idea how to make it happen.
With the help of Bob Purdy and Saint John Youth Minor Hockey, Tyler took to the ice with the initiation division players and practised using a hockey sledge.
"He's my inspiration," Lloyd Owens said.
His father never thought the day would come.
"It happened," he said. "I'm a hockey dad and I'm loving it."
Tyler's mother Heather and sister Haley were at the rink to cheer Tyler on, his dad said people he'd never met showed up to see his son play hockey for the first time and wish him well.
Even with the crowd of people, the father-and-son moment didn't get lost.
"It was like nobody else was on the ice but him and I," said Tyler's proud father. "We were in the centre of the ice and I looked up and there was all these people looking, taking pictures."
Now a proud hockey dad, he said, he's looking forward to getting up early on the weekend and taking his son to practice. The support for his son, he said, has been overwhelming.
"These people don't even get paid for this and they were absolutely wonderful," he said of the minor hockey staff. "I've heard they were, but seeing them in action - absolutely wonderful. It was better than I could ever imagine."
Story by: Jeff Ducharme Telegraph-Journal Original Article »
An emotional evening of hockey in store for six-year-old player
Hockey: Tyler Owens will realize a dream when he takes to the ice today for a 5:15 p.m. practice at the Stu Hurley Arena
Published Friday January 6th, 2011 :: Telegraph-JournalSAINT JOHN - When Lloyd Owens would go to the store and see other fathers with their children purchasing hockey gear, his heart would sink.
Photo: Peter Walsh/Telegraph-Journal
It's a special evening for the Owens family tonight in Saint John as Tyler, second from right, will play hockey for the first time at a practice at the Stu Hurley Arena. Cheering him on will be his sister Haley, father Lloyd and mother Heather.
It was a right of passage, something others take for granted, something he thought he'd never be able to do with his son, until now.
"I go to Wal-Mart or I go wherever and the fathers are there buying the equipment," he said. "I'm going by with the wheelchair - can't do it. But now, I had my chance."
As he talks, his voice breaks and his emotions get the better of him. He apologizes and hands the phone to his wife Heather.
"We have a son who's developmentally delayed and maybe he can't do some of the same things," she said. "You think you're never going to be able to do that and today (Lloyd) got to go out and buy him hockey equipment knowing he's going to get to go out on the ice with the other kids and do that."
The couple's six-year-old son Tyler needs a wheelchair or walker to get around. He can only say two words - mama and bye-bye. He wasn't able to sit up on his own until he was two-years-old.
With a hockey fan for a father, the family regularly gathers around the television to watch games together. When they watched hockey, Tyler would point at the screen and then at himself.
When Mom asked Tyler if he wanted to play hockey, he'd nod his head and grin.
It happened again on Monday as the family watched Team Canada defeat the Americans at the world junior hockey championship.
"That's when my husband decided to make the call to see what he could find out," she said.
He called Bob Purdy, president of Saint John Youth Minor Hockey. Purdy then called Brian Whitehead, executive director at Hockey New Brunswick and the pair wasted no time in making Tyler's dream come true.
Tonight at 5:15 p.m., with the aid of a hockey sledge, the youngster will play with the group's initiation players at the Stu Hurley Arena.
Purdy has been trying to set up a program for players facing the same physical and mental challenges as Tyler for years, but with no luck. He's hoping Tyler's story might change that.
"I think the ones that are going to be there are going to be taken up in the moment," Purdy said of the atmosphere surrounding the Owens family when Tyler plays ice hockey for the first time.
"I know I will be."
When Lloyd finally got to take his son out to buy hockey equipment, he went to The Box on Bayside Drive, but he never got to buy the gear. When the owner heard the story, he refused to take any money for the stick, gloves, helmet, cage and elbow pads the youngster needed.
"I get to take my little girl to dance class," Heather said of the couple's nine-year-old daughter. "When you have a son that is developmentally delayed and maybe can't do so some of the things, you think maybe I'll never get to do that."
But all that changed Tuesday when Lloyd Owens found out he'd get to outfit his son for hockey and then see him play.
"The biggest daddy-grin I've ever seen," said his wife. "Just floating on cloud nine. Daddy heaven. Daddy heaven."
Story by: Jeff Ducharme Telegraph-Journal Original Article »
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