(January 5, 2010)

"Atom" Parents Meeting

There will be an "Atom" parents meeting held at the Mount Peyton hotel this Thursday, January 7th @ 7PM in preparation for the Mount Peyton tournament. All Atom parents are invited to attend. Thank-you.

(October 7, 2009) 
Cataracts Hockey Camp

October 17 and 18 the Cataracts will be holding a Hockey Camp. This camp is open to all players from Initiation to Midget. Each division will receive 3 hours of ice time. Cost is $40 per player. There will also be a goalie session. The schedule will be posted soon!
Registration will take place Saturday October 17 at the Stadium.

(September 28, 2009)
Notice

In an effort to assist needy members of our association secure the requisite equipment to participate in Minor Hockey, the Executive is soliciting donations for any used equipment. Anyone having equipment that they wish to donate are encouraged to contact any member of the Executive to arrange pick up or delivery. Anyone wishing to avail of this service and wishing to acquire hockey equipment through this program is asked to contact Mark Griffin at 489-3864(h) or 489-7111(w) or by e-mail at mgriffin@indergriffin.ca or jmgriffin@nl.rogers.com. Please note that any requests for this assistance will remain private and confidential.

 

(April 28, 2009)

Exploits Atom B Cataracts captured Silver at the HNL Provincials in Gander

Front: Matt Peyton, Liam Hynes
2nd Row: Tyler Young, Matt Antle, Ethan Browne, Grant Guy, Brandon Reid
3rd Row: Michael Dicks, Luke Wall, Carlos Letemplier, Michael Maher,
Jordan Goodland
Back Row: Edgar Power, Ken Dicks, Nic Power, Stephen Crooks, Jarod
Maloney, Nic Matthews, Thomas Collett, Mark collett, Brad Maloney

(April 20, 2009)

Exploits Bantam A Cataracts captured Gold at the HNL Provincials in Marystown

The Exploits Bantam A Cataracts catured Gold at the H.N.L tournament held in Marystown from April 17-19 2009
Exploits went on defeated and won over the host team Marystown Mariners 7 to 1.Congratulations to our Bantam A for
bringing this Association another Gold.

(April 19, 2009)

Exploits PeeWee A Cataracts captured Gold at the HNL Provincials in Kelligrews

(January 22, 2009)

Novice Division

These two house league teams
travelled to Lewisporte January 17, 2009 to play some games as a start to minor hockey week.

(January 18, 2009)

Updated PeeWee House League Rosters now posted

Click Here for Rosters

(January 12, 2009)

Atom cats take home Gold, Silver and Bronze in respective divisions in the Gander S&P Tournament held January 9, 10, 11, 2009

Atom A (Gold medal winners) Gander S&P Tournament

Front row: Noah Burt(goalie) Zachery Sampson, Noah Weir (goalie)
2nd row: Stephen Crant, Dillon Fewer, Bradley Manuel, Brandon Butt, Tyler Power, Jacob Trask, Lucas Hillier, Ryan Ricketts
3rd Row: Cameron Rice, Mark Janes, Tyler Anthony, Tyler Griffen, Conor O'Driscoll

Kent Butt (goalie coach); Keith Hillier (trainer); Dexter Fewer (head Coach) and Barry Manuel (Assistant Coach).

Exploits Cataracts Atom A won 5 to 3 against Gander in the gold medal game.

Go Cats Go!

Atom C  (Silver Medal Winners) Gander S&P Tournament

Front: Goalie Michael Hurdle
Kneeling L to R: Cole Sampson,Dillon Duffett, Zachary Mercer, Devin Morris, Maria Griffin

Standing Middle Row L to R: Trainer - Sean McFarlane, Gavin Osmond, Cameron Hemeon, Bailey White, Justin Mcfarlane, Haley O'Grady, Laura Horwood, Trainer - Allan Miller

Standing 2nd Row L to R: Head Coach - Art Coffey
Alex Locke, Colin Miller, Adam Loveless
Alex Coffey, Matthew Alaverdy

Exploits Cataracts Atom C lost to Twillingate 5 to 1 in the gold medal game

Atom B (Bronze Medal Winners) Gander S&P Tournament

Front row(L-R) Matt Peyton, Liam Hynes

Middle Row (L-R) Michael Maher, grant Guy, Matthew Antle, Stephen Crooks, Brandon Reid, Carlos Letemplier, Tyler Young

Back Row (L-R) Michael Dicks, Luke Wall, Jordan Goodland, Ethan Browne, Nic Matthews, Thomas Collett, Nic Power, Jarod Maloney

(January 9, 2009)                                          

Bantam Rep Team Roster

Click here for roster

(January 4, 2009)

Initiation Players List

The updated Initiation Players List is available. Click here to view the list.

Exploits Valley Minor Hockey Association would like to congratulate one of our own, AJ Whiffen, on winning the ITECH Design-A-Mask contest for the 2009 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships playing now in Ottawa. AJ was chosen from more than 1,000 entries that were received for the ITECH Design-A-Mask contest, brought to you by General Mills. If you`re watching the games in the next few days, keep a lookout for Canada`s goalies who will be wearing AJ`s designed mask. Its the home helmet. The white one. For full details on AJ's winnings, check out the website at http://www.hockeycanada.ca.htm

(March 3, 2008)

Exploits Atom B Cataracts Win Silver In Twillingate

Congratulations to the Exploits Valley Atom B Cataracts who were winners of the Silver Medals at Twillingate. The tournament took place February 15-17.

Mount Peyton Atom Invitational Tournament 

Congratulations to all the players, coaches and volunteers who took part in the 2008 Mount Peyton Atom Invitational Tournament held  January 25-27, in Grand Falls-Windsor. The medal winners were as follows.....

The complete scoresheet for the tournament is available here.

The Exploits Valley PeeWee A team captured the Gold Medal and the Provincial Championship at the PeeWee 'C' Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador Tournament held at the Conception Bay South Arena April 12-14, 2007. Exploits went undefeated in the round robin portion of the tournament, which included a pair of hard fought 2-1 victories over CBR and Lake Melville. In the Championship Game against Northeast, Exploits powered its' way to a 5-0 lead in the first period and then used tight checking hockey to win the game 8-3, and claim the Provincial Championship Banner and trophy.

Exploits went undefeated with a record of 5 wins and 0 losses at the J.P. Haliburton Shield Tournament in Lewisporte, March 23-25.  Exploits defeated Lewisporte 7-6 in a come from behind victory in the Championship Game.

(April 2, 2007)                                                  

Newfoundland and Labrador Strong In Atlantic AAA Hockey

The St. John's Hitmen, Provincial Bantam AAA Champs, have won the Atlantic Irving Cup Bantam AAA Championship in Fredericton, New Brunswick with a perfect 5-0 record against the other champions from the Atlantic Provinces. The tournament took place March 29-April 1, 2007. [tournament website] 

Newfoundland and Labrador also picked up three medals in AAA Hockey action March 22-25, 2007. The host team, Western Newoundland, won the Gold Medal at the Atlantic Midget AAA championship held in Stephenville. Western defeated PEI 3-2 in the Championship Game. The Central AAA Midget team won the Bronze Medal defeating Nova Scotia 4-3. [tournament website]

  Meanwhile in Aliant Atlantic Cup AAA PeeWee action, Tri-Com, representing Newfoundland and Labrador, picked up the Silver, dropping a 4-3 decision to Nova Scotia in the Championship Game. The Aliant Atlantic Tournament took place in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

(March 5,2007 )                                                                    

Silver For Central At The Aliant Cup AAA PeeWee Tournament 

The Central AAA PeeWee All-Star Blast were Silver Medal winners at the Aliant Cup AAA PeeWee Tournament held in Port-Aux-Basques March 2-4. The Central squad went undefeated in the round robin with four wins and a tie. In the Championship Game Tri-Com downed Central 2-1.
     Six teams representing St. John's, Tri-Com, Tri-Pen, Labrador, Central and the host Western squad competed in the single round robin tournament to determine who will represent Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2007 Pee Wee AAA Atlantic Championship being held March 22-25, 2007 in Wolfville, NS.
     Three players from Exploits Valley Minor Hockey, Brandon Jewer, Daniel Curnew and Cody Drover are members of the Central Team.
 

(March5,2007)                                                                 

Silver For Central At The Irving Oil AAA Bantam Provincials 

Central claimed the Silver Medals at the Irving Oil AAA Bantam championship in Whitbourne  March 2-4, 2007. Central finished with a 3-2 record in the round robin advancing to the Championship Game against St. John's.  Six teams representing St. John's, Tri-Com, Western, Labrador, Central and the host Tri-Pen team competed in the round robin tournament.  St. John's will now represent Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2007 Bantam AAA Atlantic Championship being held March 29- April 1, 2007 in Fredericton, NB.    [results]

The Green Bay Wild, an all-star team from the Springdale, Triton and Baie Verte region, captured the Gold Medals at the Bren Fitzgerald Memorial PeeWee Tournament March 9-11 in Grand Falls-Windsor. Green Bay scored late in the third period for a 4-3 win over Gander in the Championship Game. Exploits finished third in the six team tournament with a record of 3 wins and 1 loss. Jarvis Budgell of the Wild, with 18 points, was the top scorer and was named tournament MVP. Stephenville was named Most Sportsminded Team.

(February 14, 2007)  Exploits Valley Bantam 'A' Team Gold Medal Winners At The Gander Co-Op Invitational Tournament

The Exploits Valley Bantam 'A' squad captured the Gold Medals by going  undefeated in the Bantam Co-OP Invitational Tournament in Gander last weekend, February 9-11. Exploits defeated Clarenville 7-3, Lewisporte 10-0, St. John's 10-0, and Bonavista 3-1, before downing Clarenville 4-2 in the Championship Game. It was the second tournament victory of the season for the Bantam 'A' s who took the Gold Medals at a tournament in Marystown last month.

(February 27,2007) Exploits And Baie D'Espoir Combine To Win Silver

A PeeWee team comprised of players from Exploits and Baie D'Espoir picked up the Silver Medals at the Jack Curlew Memorial PeeWee Tournament in Lewisporte February 23-25. The team advanced to the Championship Game with a 5-3 win over Lewisporte. Botwood defeated Exploits-Baie D'Espoir 7-1 in the final.

(February 19,2007) 

Exploits Valley PeeWee 'A' Team Takes The Silver In Marystown

Exploits Valley PeeWee 'A' team came away with the Silver Medals at the Marystown PeeWee Invitational Tournament February 16-18. Bay Arena scored an empty net goal for a narrow  3-1 victory in the Championship Game. Exploits finished third in the seven team tournament and advanced to the Final with a 6-5 come from behind overtime shoot-out  win over Placentia in the playoffs.

 Local Referee Selected To The Officiating Personnel At The 2007 Canada Winter Games

(January 28,2007) Mount Peyton Atom Invitational Tournament 

The Annual Mount Peyton Atom Invitational Tournament was held  January 26-28, 2007, in Grand Falls-Windsor. Mount Pearl captured the gold medal in  Division 1 defeating Lewisporte 6-3 in the Championship Game. Avalon Celtics B was named Most Sportsminded Team in that Division. In Division 2 play, Gander B came away with the Gold Medal downing Bishop's Falls 8-5 in the Championship Game. Fogo was named Most Sportsminded Team in Division 2. 15 teams from St. John's to Port Aux Basques competed in the tournament. 

(December 1, 2006) 

Hockey Newfoundland And Labrador Minor And Female Tournaments To Be Sponsored By Steele Hotels

The role of title sponsor for all HNL Minor and Female Provincial Tournaments will be filled by Steele Hotels for the next three years. The sponsorship will give Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador the means to provide gold, silver, and bronze medals to teams in those tournaments. In addition, Steele Hotels now has exclusive rights to host HNL's Annual General Meetings and pre-season meetings. These are scheduled for the Albatross Hotel in Gander for the next three years.

(October 5, 2006)

Technical Director

The Exploits Valley Minor Hockey Association is pleased to announce that Terry Goulding has been appointed as the new Technical Director for the Association. Terry brings a wealth of experience, ideas and energy to this new position. Terry's key responsibilities will be:

 - the development, implementation, and evaluation of a skills development program for all divisions in accordance with Hockey Canada's guidelines

 - the coordination and instruction of specialty camps and clinics

 - the identification of coaches' training needs, and the planning and facilitation of education and skill development to meet these needs.

We wish Terry all the best this year. It should be a great year for all involved!

(October 10, 2006)

Newfoundland and Labrador At The Atlantic Challenge Cup

Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador's Program of Excellence sent five teams to the Atlantic Challenge Cup in Dieppe, New Brunswick October 6-9, 2006. The female Under 18 and Male Under 17 teams captured Silver Medals with the Male Under 15 team winning Bronze Medals in the final matches played on Monday, October 9. Alex Dalley of Grand Falls-Windsor was selected to the Under 15 team. Head coach of the team was Terry Goulding of Grand Falls-Windsor, and Garry Jewer, also of Grand Falls-Windsor,  was the team's Director of Operations. Newfoundland and Labrador defeated New Brunswick 3-2 in an overtime- ending shootout to take the victory.

• (October 2, 2006)

   Kidsport Funding Application

  As a result of an online auction sposored by Hockey Day in Canada, $18,000.00 has been donated to the Kidsport organization to help needy families offset the cost of joining Minor Hockey. This money will be made available over the next three years.To apply for assistance under this program you can download an application form at http://www.sportnf.com/kidsport/fund_application.html. 
  
  What is KidSport™ Newfoundland and Labrador?  www.sportnf.com/kidsport

Constitution and By-Law Changes for Exploits Valley Minor Hockey 

The Exploits Valley Minor Hockey Association, at it's Annual General Meeting May 30, 2006, adopted some changes to the Constitution and By-laws of the Association [more]                

NEW WEBMASTER

All Directors and coaches should note that Mr. Bill Ash has agreed to act as our webmaster. If you wish to post anything on our site please email Bill at bill.ash@nf.sympatico.ca

A special thank-you goes to Bill for volunteering his services.

USED EQUIPMENT

Exploit's Valley Minor Hockey Association will be accepting donations of used equipment. If you have any you would like to donate, please call Gerard Morry at 489-7033

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Exploits Valley Minor Hockey Association Canteen

 Dear Parents:

 Thanks for your support!