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The Kanata Minor Atom A Blazers capped off an amazing season winning the OEMHL Atom A Playoff Championship on March 28^th at the Kanata Recreational Complex. Following the clinch of the Regular Season Championship, the Blazers prepared for their first ever playoff matches against the Silver Seven Black and then the Cumberland Grads.  Both series resulted in hard fought victories sending them to the Championship where they faced the Nepean Raiders.  After giving up leads in the first two games and having them end in ties, the Blazers didn’t let it get them down and overcame adversity clinching the series after 5 games. Their key to victory was playing as a team!

Congratulations and thank you to all the boys, you should be very proud of yourselves and to the coaching staff (Mike Eastwood, Dean Johnson and Ryan Mitchell) who treated the boys with respect and taught them that the very essence of any successful sporting team is that you win as a team and you lose as a team.

In regards to the Volunteers and requirements for volunteering with youth:

• Number of Police Checks requested 2011/12 – 212 new KMHA Volunteer Letters were sent out
• Number of Police Checks returned 2011/12 – 139 City of Ottawa Police checks were returned
• Numbers of outstanding Police Checks 2011/12 – 73 still require to submit their Ottawa Police Form to KMHA Risk and Safety

This year, Risk and Safety concentrated on the House League Teams to ensure that valid Police Checks were submitted and only those with valid Police Checks were on the roster.

Next season 2012-2013, Risk and Safety will be concentrating on the Competitive volunteers’ requirements for screening while still maintaining the verification and screening for House Leagues.

Overall, from the Competitive and House Programs there are currently 211 KMHA volunteers who are on team rosters that require either a Police Check, Trainer Certification or a Speak Out course.

If you are going to volunteer for next season (2012/13), please ensure that your Police and Vulnerable Check is up to date, i.e. any Police Checks done before 2009, are no longer valid and a new one is required.

If you think that your Police Check is not valid or is about to expire, please contact me at riskandsafety@kmha.ca and we’ll work on getting you the KMHA Volunteer form needed to get a free Ottawa Police Check.

All KMHA members are strongly encouraged to beat the rush at the beginning of next season and request your KMHA Volunteer Letter now to get the City of Ottawa Police Check done for free.

You will not be permitted on a Team Roster until your Police check is submitted.

Speak Out and Trainers courses will be offered, dates to be confirmed for next season, please watch the KMHA website for more information.

Again, I thank all the KMHA members who displayed sportsmanship and meet the challenges with their players to ensure they continue to enjoy the game and have as much fun as their kids.

AJ Snyder
KMHA Risk and Safety
riskandsafety@kmha.ca

All registration information is available on our registration page.

Registration for returning players will begin online June 1^st.
New players to Kanata or transferring players, please see our registration page for details on registering your player.

It is with profound sadness that ODMHA announces the sudden passing of Chuck Riordan this weekend while attending the All Ontario PeeWee Championships as the ODMHA Representative.

Chuck devoted much of his life to minor hockey and was passionate in all that he did for the kids. After first putting in time with the West Carleton Association, Chuck served as District 4 Chair for many years and in 2004 he was elected to ODMHA as the Zoning & Constitution Director. In 2006, Chuck was elected to the position of Second Vice President and remained in that position until his passing. As 2nd VP Chuck was responsible for coordinating and approving all of the Tournament Sanctions and for overseeing the Tournament of Champions each year, making sure that every successive year was better than the last. In addition to his assigned tasks, Chuck was a ready volunteer for any and all additional Committees.

It is no exaggeration that Chuck’s passing has left a huge hole in this Organization and he will be sorely missed.

• Chuck’s obituary at the Ottawa Citizen

The Kanata Blazers Major Peewee AA and Major Peewee A teams, Condors, Kanata South Councillor Allan Hubley and other volunteers gathered for a group photo after the second annual Friendship Game, which raised $2,650 for the Condors organization.

The Kanata Blazers Major Peewee AA and Major Peewee A teams, combined with players from many other Kanata teams, recently hosted the 2nd annual Friendship/Fundraiser game with the Capital City Condors at the Bell Sensplex.

The support from the Kanata Minor Hockey Association and Honorary Condors Coach Kanata South Councillor Allan Hubley was very much appreciated. The interest has continued to grow, since the team was founded by Jim and Shana Perkins, as well as involvement from Honorary Captain Matt Carkner, with over 300 players now on a waiting list to play.

The Capital City Condors are an ice hockey team for youth who have been deemed ineligible to play on any other hockey team in the City of Ottawa due to a disability and Jim and Shana have made it possible for them to play. Players are ages 6 and up, of all ability levels and are each given a high degree of personal supervision by the Condors on-ice coaches where fun, skill development, sportsmanship and teamwork are highly emphasized.

The program is highly rewarding experience for the players, parents and volunteers as children who only dream of playing on a hockey team see their dreams come true and their abilities progress. The friendship game was able to raise $2,650 as well as a large amount of food collected for the Kanata Food cupboard and help demonstrate the support and acceptance of all abilities to play the great game of hockey.

Front Row: Aodhan Carey, Austin Cain - 2nd Row: Jonathan MacAskill, David MacFadyen, Tanyon Matheson-Fitchet, Kyle King, Rob Levesque (Coach), Alec Seed (A/Coach) - 3rd Row: Ross Farmer (A/Coach), Tom Kivell (A/Coach), Alex Levesque, Zak Farmer, Brandon Peacock, Jeremy Seed, Cameron MacMaster, Stanley Li, Daniel Lavoie, Aaron Kivell, Larry Cooper (Trainer) - Missing: Steven Bransfield, Julien Trehearne, Bobby Venier

In a season in which the Kanata Blazers Minor Midget “B” only managed two regular season and no playoff games with a full lineup due to injury, they managed to cap off a successful season with a win at the Tournament of Champions (TOC) at the Westport Community Arena on Sunday April 8th. The Blazers were invited to the tournament as the top team in the OBMHL regular season. Decimated by injuries and the flu, the Blazers lost their semi-final playoff match up against Nepean in the OBMHL playoffs in three games on points 4-2 and had a three week layoff heading into weekend play. In spite of the long layoff they again found themselves with three regulars out of the lineup, two due to injuries.

The Blazers opened the TOC with a convincing 7-1 win on Friday afternoon over the Cornwall Colts who had gone 23-1-0 in their regular season in the Upper Canada Minor Hockey League. On Saturday morning they faced off against the Athens Aeros who had gone undefeated in their playoffs defeating the Colts with two wins and a tie to clinch their playoff Minor Midget championship. Kanata spotted the Aeros a 2-0 lead before storming back to hang on for a 3-2 win holding off the Aeros with 6 skaters to the Blazers 4 as they killed off a penalty in the last minute handing the Aeros their only loss since their regular season ended.

The Aeros then had to win an 8AM contest Sunday morning over the RWC Crusaders to set up another match up against the Blazers for the TOC title as the Champion of Champions. The Blazers got out to an early 2-0 lead and led by 4-0 heading into the third before surrendering a short-handed goal to make it 4-1. The Blazers got that one right back and secured the title of Champion of Champions with a 5-1 win.

This was the third year in a row that head coach Rob Levesque guided his team to the OBMHL regular season championship – a truly impressive run for many players who had been together since their first season as Minor Bantam “B” Champions.

The 2nd Annual Bell Sensplex Golf Tournament is set to be held Friday May 25th, 2012 at the Loch March GC.
Thanks to our sponsors and participants, last year’s tournament raised over $6,000 for the KMHA Financial Assistance Program.

The registration fee this year is again $150 per person ($600 foursome) taxes included. This fee includes a hot breakfast, 18 holes of golf at one of Ottawa’s finest courses, golf cart and a hot lunch.

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For inquiries, please contact Brad Kinnaird at 613-599-0178 or email.

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The Kanata Vikings, won their second tournament of the year on the weekend. They won the Peewee B Kingston Kids for Kids Tournament  by a score of 1-0 against the Smiths Falls Bears. The team played six games in three days, including the quarter final, semi and final on Sunday.

The game scores were as follows:

• March 30/12 – Kanata Vikings 6; Carleton Place Kings 1
• March 31/12 – Kanata Vikings 5; CAL Storington Stingers 1
• March 31/12 – Kanata Vikings 3; Salvation Army 0

April 1/12 Quarter Final

• Kanata Vikings 3; Kingston Public Health 2 (in a shootout)

April 1/12 Semi Final

• Kanata Vikings 3; Brockville Motor Sales 2

April 1/12 Final

• Kanata Vikings – 1; Smiths Falls Bears – 0

The Kids for Kids Tournament raises money for the University Hospital Foundation at Kingston General Hospital, and the Boys and Girls Club Fund.

Trophies were presented by former Boston Bruin defenceman Rick Smith.

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Also of note, the Kanata Vikings also won the Capital House League Championship for Peewee B at the Sensplex on February 26, 2012.  The Vikings beat West Ferris Pizza Hut by a score of 4 to 1.

The Vikings won all their games, except one which they tied.

• Friday, February 24/12 – Vikings – 4 , Metcalfe Jets 1
• Friday, February 24/12 – Vikings – 1, West Ferris Pizza Hut – 1
• Saturday, February 25/12 – Vikings – 9, Blainville Bastions – 0
• Sunday, February 25/12 (quarter final) – Vikings – 4, Orleans Thrashers -0
• Sunday, February 25/12 (semi  final) – Vikings – 3, Camillus Peewee 2 (New York) – 2
• Sunday, February 25/12 (final) – Vikings – 4, West Ferris Pizza Hut – 1

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Congratulations to the Kanata Ice Knights (Novice B) for winning the Kingston Minor Hockey Association Tournament that took place March 9-11 in Kingston. The team went into the final game with 3 wins and a tie and played a hard fought final game against the Leitrum Hawks. The final score was 2 to 0 with goalie Connor L. earning the shut-out!

Well done boys! A big thank you goes out to the parents for their support, not only in the stands (which was fantastic!) but also throughout the year.

Congratulations to: Jack B., Stephen E., Ty L., Connor L., Carter R., Nicholas U., Tyler V., Ishaan C., Connor S., Paul A., Leo K., Justin G., Josh V., Max V., Sean F., James H., Dale Lafleur (coach), Paul Kluchert (asst. coach), Murray Shultz (asst. coach) and Brian Harrison (trainer).

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The Kanata Gladiators Atom A team took part in the Waterloo Fun Festival Tournament held this weekend where they walked away with the Gold Medals!  Congratulations Gladiators!

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On March 11, 2012 a group of KMHA Atom players took to the ice to hold a skate-a-thon to raise money for the Capital City Condors.

Kanata Kapitals coach Jason Gadde led the players through a sweaty 50 minutes of skating on an hour of ice graciously donated by Brilliant Waves Consulting.  The boys worked hard to crack the 100 lap mark and a grand total of $1,607 was raised to support the Condors!

Thanks to our generous supporters and especially our skaters – Aumio Islam, Alex Le, Dylan Cook, Gabriel O’Donnell, Nader Gamal, Connor Gilchrist, Logan Gilchrist, Kylar Code, Ethan Major, Garret Watson, Ewan Munro, Ben Ivan, Noah Vilon, and Ryan Melanson for making this event a huge success!

All Executive positions are up for election:

• President
• VP Hockey Programs
• VP Finance & Administration
• VP Operations
• Chairman, D & A
• Registrar
• Coordinator Risk Management
• Development Coordinator
• Referee In Chief
• Coach Mentor
• Secretary
• Director Competitive Program
• A/AA League Rep
• B League Rep
• Director House League
• Juvenile Convenor
• Midget Convenor
• Bantam Convenor
• Pee Wee Convenor
• Atom Convenor
• Novice Convenor
• Initiation Convenor
• Statistician
• Equipment Manager
• Public Relations
• Sponsorship & Fundraising
• Tournament Coordinator

If you wish to stand for any position please send your intentions to Caroline Trudel at secretary@kmha.ca For further information regarding any KMHA Executive position
please contact Kelli Burke at president@kmha.ca.

All motions for changes to the KMHA Constitution must be made to the Secretary no later than April 3rd, 2012.

• Motion Form  –  PDF format 79 KB