ECS 89's Rock the 1st Round at the NHL Draft! 4 ECS 89's were selected in a very exciting 1st round in Columbus. Sam Gagner (6th Pick - Edmonton), Logan Couture (9th Pick - San Jose), Kevin Shattenkirk (14th Pick - Colorado) & Nick Petrecki (28th Pick - San Jose). A total of 10 ECS 89 players were selected. Congratulations to all players and parents for your accomplishments. Click here to see list of all Alumni drafted View Evolution of a Elite Hockey Prospect - Kevin Shattenkirk View Evolution of a Elite Hockey Prospect - Nick Petrecki View Evolution of a Elite Hockey Prospect - Colby Cohen
NHL.com on Selects Hockey's Development Program NHL.com article discusses the Selects Hockey '4-Year Development Program as its first class (89's) impress all at the NHL Draft. Click here to read article
2007 Selects Hockey Teams win 8 Tournaments Selects Hockey completes its most successful season ever in 2007 by winning 8 tournaments out of 20 tournaments entered (40%). Congrats to all players and coaches for a great season!
2007 Selects Hockey Players of the Year Selects Hockey has announced the 2007 Players of the Year. The following players displayed great leadership, work ethic and character throughout the 2007 season. Congrats to all players. ECS 91's - Danny Biega (photo not shown) ECS 92's - Alex Noel (left) ECS 93's - Paul Barrafato (bottom center) ECS 94's - Ian Spencer (top center) WCS 94's - Matias Cleland (right)
5 ECS '92 Alumni Headed to USA NTDP ECS '92 teammates Jon Merrill and Luke Moffatt both committed to the USA National Team Development Program on September 10. Jon and Luke were the 1st two players from the '92 age group invited to play in Ann Arbor for the '08-09 hockey season. Joining Moffatt and Merrill are ECS '92 alumni Jared Knight and Kevin Clare who recently made their commitment to the USA NTDP.
Inaugural ECS -Q Tryouts for Elite 95 Players Sixty Eight of the top 95 born players from Atlantic Canada, Quebec and New England will be competing for 17 positions on the inaugural East Coast Selects (Q) roster. Tryouts will be held January 1, 2008 on the campus of the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont. For information on the tryout in English click here For information on the tryout in French click here
Europe Selects Uniforms Released! Europe Selects has decided on their colors for the team uniforms!
Max Gerlach Pulls Off Amazing Move Max Gerlach of the '98 Dallas Cougars Selects amazed the hockey world between periods of the Stars and Senators game in Dallas. Max gained notoriety on ESPN, CNN, and TSN for his amazing move. Click below to see the move.
Ron Tugnutt Joins Ottawa Cougars Organization 16 year NHL goalie veteran Ron Tugnutt joins the Cougars Selects Organization. Ron Tugnutt has joined forces with the Ottawa Cougars. Ron’s experience and desire to work with young up and coming hockey players in the area will be a great addition to the new Ottawa Cougars team.
Ryan VandenBussche Joins Cougars Coaching Staff Ryan made his NHL debut for the 1996-97 season . Ryan spent time with the New York Rangers, Pittsburgh and Chicago appearing in 310 NHL games. Ryan will oversee the on ice training as well as coach Cougars Selects teams in tournaments.
World Top 95's to meet in Reykjavik Iceland ! April 12-16 - Our 4 Selects Hockey 95 teams (Europe Selects, ECS - O, ECS - Q and WCS) will meet in Reykjavik, Iceland to compete in a training camp and warm-up tournament, in preparation for the 1891 Tournament in Stockholm. Players will be dormed with International players and trained by Coaches from Sweden, Finland, USA, Canada, Russia and the Czech Republic. Click Here to review Camp Details
ECS-Q 95's Pitre & Lovell's Team Win Big Tourney! Maxim Pitre and Brian Lovell's (ECS-Q 95) team Express du Suroit recently won the Tournoi Pee Wee de St-Hyacinthe. Lovell was named top Defensemen of the event.
Express du Suroit is one of the top ranked teams in Quebec this season with a strong chance of playing in the provincial championships later in the season.
Pitre and Lovell recently were selected to the inaugural ECS-Q 95 team at the 1/1/08 tryouts in Burlington, VT.
Bryan Rust (ECS '92) Commits to Notre Dame ECS '92 player Bryan Rust (Honeybaked) has recently annouced his commitment to Notre Dame.
18 year NHL vet, Grant Ledyard Joins Cougars 18 year NHL vet, Grant Ledyard, joins Cougars. Grant made his NHL debut for the 1996-97 season. Grant spent time with 8 NHL teams during an 18 year career and appearing in 1,028 NHL games. Grant will oversee the on ice training in Western New York as well as coach Cougars Selects teams in tournaments.
Petrecki gives BC Beanpot Championship Behind a pair of goals each from first-year center Brian Gibbons and first-year defenseman Nick Petrecki, including the overtime game winner, the Eagles skated off with a 6-5 win over Harvard on Monday night at a sold-out TD Banknorth Garden to capture the 56th Beanpot championship -- not to mention the school's 14th title in this event and first one since 2004.
ISS Hockey to Scout NAPS International Scouting Services (“ISS”) is the leader in hockey information and development worldwide. Founded in 2003, ISS rankings are used by most leading hockey media outlets such as The Hockey News and TSN. Many professional teams, including NHL, CHL, NCAA and even some major league(s) subscribe to ISS products and services.
The ISS Player Evaluation Program (“PEP”) provides all players with an opportunity to get evaluated. Just recently, the March, 2008, edition of the Hockey News called the ISS program a “Scouting Revolution”. “We are very excited at the prospect of providing all players from all levels with an opportunity to showcase their talents,” said Matt Ebbs, ISS, General Manager. “Many players get scouted at tournaments, however the information the scouts obtain remains confidential to that scout’s team, and it is not shared with the player; as a consequence, little or no improvement takes place.
With ISS’s new Player Evaluation Program players can finally get an unbiased professional assessment of where they rank compared to their peers. “They see clearly what they need to work on to be a top player in their sport.” said John St.-Pierre from Howe Hockey Development.
ISS intends on finding all of the diamonds in the rough playing hockey in the “NAPS,” “Warrior Meltdown” and “Chowder Cup” tournaments.
For more information:
1. CLICK HERE http://www.isshockey.com/player_evaluation_program.asp);
2. email ISS Hockey; or
3. Call ISS at 1-877-870-9090.
East Coast Selecs-O 95's Win First Ever Tourney
Europe Selects '93's win first ever tourney!!!
Jake Allen Named U18 World Championship MVP!
ECS '90 Alumni Jake Allen of the St. John’s Fog Devils made 29 saves for the shutout and was named Canada’s player of the tournament after allowing just 10 goals in seven tournament games.
Selects Hockey Teams Have Big Weekend! Selects Hockey had a big weekend to start the month of May.
- ECS 93's win Toronto Prospects
- ECS 94's win Pro Hockey Development Tournament
- WCS 95's win Nike Bauer Invite
- ECS U12 Girls win Quebec Prospects Tournament
- Cougars 99's win in Boston
Congrats to all players and coaches to a tremendous showing!
1891 World Hockey Cup U13 All Star Team Congrats to the following players for making the 1891 World Hockey Cup U13 All Star Team:
All Star Team
11 # Devin Shannon- West Coast Select
33 # Gabe Guertler- East Coast Select Ontario
63 # Noha Batis- East Coast Select Ontario
16 # Viktor Cruz Rydberg- Howe Hockey Europe
13 # Neil Maietta- East Coast Select Quebec
1# David Poirier-East Coast Select Quebec
99 Cougars Selects Win Spring Fling! The 99 Cougar Select team brought home their first championship trophy. This weekend, the 99 Cougars came together and went undefeated in the Spring Fling in Marlboro, Mass. The team was composed of players from Chicago, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. The boys started out in great fashion by moving the puck and put constant pressure on a good team from Colorado. The final score Cougars Select over the Colorado Thunderbirds 7 - 0. The next game became a bigger challenge. The boys started to understand what checking was all about. The boys from the Cougar Select program have not checked in a game yet, but in the Spring Fling Tourney checking was allowed. However, the boys played hard and beat a good Connecticut Yankee team 7 - 1. In the final game of the round robin play, the Cougar Select team played again with a relentless work effort and beat the tough Shamrock team in a hard hitting game 6 - 1
On Sunday morning, the boys entered the Play-off rounds. The Cougar Selects earned the number 1 seed and had to play the Protech team from New Jersey. This game turned out to be a great game with the teams exchanging rushes back and forth. Finally, the Cougars were able to take advantage of a line change and James Marooney took the puck end to end and slid the shot in far side of the net. Jake Modry tallied a goal with 4:00 mins to go to ice the game. In the championship game, the Cougar Select team came all together. The lines of Tyler Madden, Kevin Pagarini and Avi Synter played unbelievable. The line of Mike Collela, Jake Modry and Adam Kadlec continued with great play and the line of Greg Scolieri, Matt Cassidy and Nate Master continued to man handle the Minuteman Flames. Defensemen Dylan Sacks and James Marooney with Tom Conlin and Frank Errig stopped the Flames from coming into the House. There was solid goaltending throughout the tournament from Cayden Primeau. The final score 7 - 4 Cougar Select win. Overall, the boys all played well and can't wait for the Chicago Cougar Classic.
Europe Selects 93's win NAPS!
ECS 90 - Greg Nemisz Selected in 1st Round ECS 90 - Greg Nemisz was selected in the 1st Round of the NHL Entry Draft. 11 of his ECS teammates were drafed in rounds 2-7. Round 1 25 Greg Nemisz (RW) Canada Calgary Flames (from Montreal) Windsor Spitfires (OHL) Round 2 34 Jake Allen (G) Canada St. Louis Blues St. John's Fog Devils (QMJHL) 35[3] Nicolas Deschamps (C) Canada Anaheim Ducks (from Phoenix (compensatory)) Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) 36 Corey Trivino (C) Canada New York Islanders Stouffville Spirit (OPJHL) 41 Yann Sauve (D) Canada Vancouver Canucks Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL) Round 3 63 Robert Czarnik (C) United States Los Angeles Kings US National Team Development Program U-18 64 Danick Hudon-Paquette (RW) Canada Atlanta Thrashers Lewiston MAINEiacs (QMJHL) 68 Shawn Lalonde (D) Canada Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto via NY Islanders) Belleville Bulls (OHL) Round 5 126 Kevin Poulin (G) Canada New York Islanders Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) 129 Joel Champagne (C) Canada Toronto Maple Leafs (from Phoenix) Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL) Round 6 152 Mark Barberio (D) Canada Tampa Bay Lightning Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL) 157 Cameron Atkinson (RW) United States Columbus Blue Jackets Avon Old Farms (HS-Connecticut)
Several ECS 91 and 92' Selected in QMJHL Draft 1st
3 ECS 92's go in the 1st Round of the OHL Draft Rnd. No. OHL Team Player Name
1 10 Saginaw Spirit Saad, Brandon
1 12 Guelph Storm McNaughton, Cody
1 16 Oshawa Generals Bailie, Kevin
2 7 Ottawa 67's Schinkelshoek, Pieter
2 16 Windsor Spitfires Watson, Austin
2 17 Saginaw Spirit Parker, John
3 2 Kitchener Rangers Aleardi, Alex
3 9 Plymouth Whalers Merrill, Jonathon
3 12 London Knights Knight, Jared
4 2 Belleville Bulls Howe, Scott
4 8 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Archibald, Brandon
4 18 Erie Otters Clare, Kevin
5 6 Barrie Colts Bennett, Mitch
6 13 Guelph Storm Palmieri, Kyle
7 2 Erie Otters MacLeod, Connor
8 7 Barrie Colts Foguth, Carter
8 20 Kitchener Rangers Markinson, Colin
11 18 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Iles, Andy
13 19 Belleville Bulls Hill, Jamie
14 15 Brampton Battalion Heller, Thane
15 1 St. Michael's Majors Rust, Bryan
15 7 Windsor Spitfires Nelson, Noah
Philadelphia Cougars Have Success at Summer Slam! The Cougars Selects had great showing at the first annual Durham Hockey Institute, Summer Slam Tournament, in Voorhees, NJ. The Cougar Selects had 5 teams in the finals, 00s, 99s,98s,96s and 95s. The 00s and 96s brought home the Championship, at their respected levels. All the teams played well in a very competitive tournament.
The 00s won a tight one goal game with their goalie, Ben Kraws stopping 42 shots. The 96s won a close one goal game with goals from Anthony Siderio, Colin Valentine and Nick Bohatiuk. Congratulations to the championship teams and to all the Cougars Selects teams that made it into to the championship game at their age level.
Gordie Howe Golf Classic a HUGE Success! Young fans meet hockey legend Howe
Kevin Oklobzija • Staff writer • June 27, 2008
VICTOR — The knees of Mr. Hockey, both already rebuilt long ago, make more noise than a 20-year-old car that was never rustproofed.
"But that's a good thing," Gordie Howe said. "If they don't make a noise, it's bad."
Depending on his movements, pain stabs like a knife in three different spots in his left shoulder.
Arthritis has made it difficult for him to tightly grip a golf club — or a hockey stick for that matter.
His elbows are just fine, though.
So the golfers in Thursday's Gordie Howe Golf Classic learned. Rather than swat a ball around the Ravenwood Golf Club layout, Mr. Hockey did a meet-and-greet at the 10th tee.
He chatted with the golfers, posed for pictures — and showed that his once razor-sharp left elbow is still quick and still sharp.
As he posed with players, Howe threw an occasional playful elbow to the ribs.
"You haven't been elbowed until you've been elbowed by Gordie Howe," Ed Douesnard of Cardinal, Ontario, said proudly.
Douesnard, like all the golfers, was caught off guard. No one ever suspected this 80-year-old man would be jabbing them with the same elbow he threw 60 years ago while making space for himself and his linemates on the ice.
"It was a cheap shot," laughed Curran O'Brien, 14, of Greece after he was poked.
Could there be a better way to spend a summer afternoon than on the golf course and talking hockey at the 10th tee with Mr. Hockey?
"When I saw this tournament was coming, I said, 'I have to go.' Where else am I going to meet Gordie Howe?" said Ryan Welch, 25, of Rochester, a Detroit Red Wings fan who appropriately wore a Red Wings golf shirt.
After their picture was taken, golfers had to prove they could hit the ball. Patrick Kane, the NHL rookie of the year from the Chicago Blackhawks, failed miserably under the pressure of Mr. Hockey's eyes.
His tee shot may have killed a dozen earth worms.
"Not good," Gordie said.
But Brian Bailey and Nick Ventura, both 16-year-olds from Fairport, were great off the tee. And much better than their fathers, Kevin Bailey and Dennis Ventura.
"My heart was pounding," Nick Ventura admitted after a drive worthy of television.
Bailey, sporting his Fairport High School Golf Team shirt, did the program proud with a bomb of a drive that virtually split the fairway in half.
Pressure? What pressure?
"I've been in more nerve-racking situations, I guess," Bailey said, referring to tiebreaking shootouts at hockey tournaments.
Howe seemed to be enjoying every minute of the interaction. He doesn't do many of these outings anymore. He is slowing down a little, and he also doesn't want to be away from his wife, Colleen.
Mrs. Hockey suffers from Pick's disease and is for the most part bedridden at their home near Detroit. Gordie's connections to hockey usually come at night, on television, "after I tuck her in at 8 o'clock."
He came to Rochester to help with fund-raising for Howe Hockey Development, a worldwide program for elite players ages 13 to 16 that is co-owned by his grandson, Travis.
Howe Hockey Development helps with funding for underprivileged players.
"There may be a great hockey talent whose parents can afford skates but can't afford to send him to Rochester for our camp," said John St. Pierre, another of the co-founders. "We're using this to raise money for that fund."
The fundraising continues today when Howe signs autographs at the ESL Sports Centre from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
When Howe was a teenager growing up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, he didn't spend many summer days on the golf course.
"You gotta be strong," Howe recalls his father telling him. "Take the garbage out."
Albert Howe was a foreman on the city street crew and got Gordie a job helping to build curbing and gutters when he was 15.
"They told me if you can't stay with the men, they'd give me a different job," Howe said.
"Those bags of cement weighed 95.6 pounds," he said. "I had no problem lifting them. All I was after was the strength it gave me."
That might be why Howe was never afraid on the ice. Not even when he was 45 and playing against the notorious Hanson Brothers of Slap Shot fame — in real life they were the Carlson brothers playing for the WHA's Minnesota Fighting Saints.
"I tripped one of them," Howe recalls of his days with the Houston Aeros, "and he told me, 'Hey, don't do that. I have a hard enough time skating.'"
