By P. J. Kennedy
The history of men’s hockey at University of Saskatchewan dates back to the 1909-10 season. In subsequent years, Huskies have accomplished a great deal playing within the Canada West Conference of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS). Indeed, in the past eleven seasons alone, the Green and White pucksters have made it to the CIS University Cup championship tournament eight times. Yet despite such success, only once in the ninety-eight year history of the team has it captured the prized University Cup as Canadian university champions.
The lone championship was earned in 1982-83 under the tutelage of head coach Dave King. King has been recognized internationally for his coaching prowess with the Canadian national team, several NHL teams, with Huskies, in the WHL, and with teams in Russia, China, Sweden, and Germany.
In June 2008, members of the championship team gathered in Saskatoon and later at Emma Lake to get reacquainted, remember that great season, and then commemorate and celebrate what has been the high point of men’s hockey at University of Saskatchewan. This was an opportunity to consider the impact that this accomplishment has had on each player’s life.
King, along with Lori Buesch (NHL office in New York), Troy Parchman (trainer for Chicago Black Hawks), Peter Friesen (trainer for Carolina Hurricanes), and Robin Bartel (defenceman for Canadian Olympic team and Calgary Flames), found employment with NHL teams after their Huskies’ experience. “I wasn’t looking for something to kick start a professional coaching career,” volunteered King, “but that’s what happened. When we won the national championship, shortly thereafter Hockey Canada approached me about going with the national team and that led to other things as well. It wasn’t my motive, but it was one of the results of a successful hockey programme as people move on. We had a lot of our people go on to the National Hockey League.”
The vast majority of players and staff did not reach the NHL, but nevertheless they saw the benefits of winning the national title after having lost in the finals the two previous years. “It was a humbling experience” said assistant coach Bill Seymour. “At the time, it was the highlight of my career” said the long time teacher, coach, and sports administrator. “It was a springboard to my career and it was a blueprint for my future coaching. It gave me the confidence to say `I can do this; to say WE can do this.’”
Fellow assistant coach of the 1983 team Glen Hawker has found substantial success in the international business world. For Hawker, the fact that the team had “been to the dance” two consecutive years without winning the Cup before finally capturing it affected his life beyond the sport: “It was a character thing,” he recalled, “it was about character.” “It [the experience] has helped me in my business career.”
Defenceman Peter Anholt and team captain and centre Willie Desjardins went on to become very successful coaches in the WHL. For Desjardins, who has won WHL Coach of the Year honours, the lessons learned in the time leading up to and including the championship “were probably the basis for a lot of things I have done in my life. Going into coaching knowing what that team had to do to be successful, the type of people who were on that team” has helped me. “Now that I’m coaching I try to get good people, guys who want to win…and totally committed to the group” like the Huskies of 1983.
The effects of the accomplishments of the 1982-83 season and the seasons leading up to it have been significant for more than those who have gone on to further accomplishments in hockey.
“Ultimately the hockey comes to an end,” stated Hodgson, “and you get a real job in your chosen profession. I believe that what you learn in team sports in terms of the hard work, the dedication, handling adversity, the disappointments, the successes, dealing with team mates, the relationships…the skills learned and things experienced have an application to the real world.” For Gord Tait, a right wing, struggling together to win the championship “taught me about hard work, being a team player, sacrifice, understanding how different people bring different things to different situations and it has served me so well in my post-hockey life.”
Marc Chartier, who played left wing, saw winning the championship as “the icing on the cake, but the biggest thing for him was “getting to it [the final] and all the lessons learned along the way.” Centre Tim Hodgson also valued the “journey” to the championship: “It was unbelievably devastating to lose that final game in 1981 and then to repeat the same thing in 1982…again to lose a heartbreaker. When you’ve gone through that twice and had two bad results like that and then to finally get it right…[it] was pretty special.” Current Huskie head coach Dave Adolph was a defenceman in 1983. He, too, recalled how long it took to be the best team in the country: “This wasn’t a one year wonder, it was four years in the making.” Tim Leier, a right winger on the team, added “it took years to get there” and “it was a very satisfying feeling to [finally] win.”
Randy Wiebe concurs when it comes to his evaluation of the quality of players on the championship team: “At the end of the day it’s about the hard work, the commitment, and the special friendships that you build over the course of a few years that culminated in winning the championship.”
Leier remarked: “that hockey game was a microcosm of life; guys working together in the same direction.” “The friendships developed and the work ethic and moving in the same direction with good leadership doesn’t happen that often, but when it does it just clicks.” For Robin Bartel, the championship season was a season of personal growth as a hockey player but also the beginning of many lifelong friendships: “It was a huge stepping stone for me when I look back at where I was when I left junior hockey and basically a year and a half later I was on the Olympic team.” Twenty-five years later he looks at his fellow players as “brothers.” “You become so close,…just a good group of guys, classy and salt of the earth people.”
Speedy centre Dennis Fenske disclosed how “once you’re a dog, you’re always a dog.” For him, his team mates from the 1983 team were “a phenomenal group of guys” who demonstrated “integrity and a high level of commitment to the team and to each other” which continues to this day. “You share a special bond with all the people with whom you went through it [fighting for the championship] ” volunteered Wiebe, “you grow to appreciate the people you shared it with and they’re lifelong friends.” “All these guys are my best friends” voiced goaltender Bob Dougall. Even Doc Hader who ministered to Huskie teams from 1964 to 1996 noted how “I felt a part of the team.” As Chartier was proud to note: ”there’s closeness even after ten years or more because you all were involved in the journey.” “These guys are just like family” is the way defenceman Doug Archibald put it. Forward Arley Olson added “Some of these guys are the best friends I’ve ever had.” Doug Archibald agreed. “It’s all about relationships.” “I have a daughter getting into CIS sports and she asked me if it was worth it. I said `you will create friendships and stories that you will remember the rest of your life and that’s the important part.’”
This team, these individuals are what university sport is all about. Yes, they were one of a kind at University of Saskatchewan for capturing the national championship. Yet the development of individual skills and personal commitment for team goals goes far beyond any won-lost record in any single season. These men struggled and grew together to reach the final achievement they sought.
Perhaps Dave King summed it up best at the twenty-fifth anniversary gathering when he said: “I’ve often looked back at the Huskies’ team pictures and the one thing that always strikes me is overachievement. They were just a great bunch of overachievers. They were guys who were highly motivated, easy to work with. I look at where they are now with their careers after their education and they’re all so successful. I look at our team picture [from 1982-83] and we had three captains; we could have had twenty! “ “It’s amazing, they’re such a successful group. That’s the essence of college sport, it’s to get guys focused on their hockey but their education is the most important thing and the two should go together.”
Twenty-five years after the only men’s hockey championship was brought to University of Saskatchewan and the memories remain. As important, are the life lessons and friendships gained as a result of the journey to the 1983 University Cup.
P.J. Kennedy is the author/editor of Dogs on Ice: A History of Hockey at University of Saskatchewan and teaches a class entitled “Reading Culture: Hockey in Canadian Literature” for the Department of English
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Monday, July 30, 2007
Darkness & Light
Jeremy Stasiuk lost an eye playing hockey, but plays on without regret
sees things a lot differently now and it has nothing to do with losing his left eye.
Enduring 12 eye surgeries in four years, Stasiuk has persevered through six seasons of pro hockey in Europe.
“My first year over there, I get my eye ripped out by a skate,” Stasiuk says. “I’ve now got a glass shell over my eye and, yet, overall, I have not one negative thing to say about it.
“I lost my eyesight, but it’s been such a good thing (otherwise). I’ve met a lot of good people. I found out a lot of things by myself. I learned a new language.
“It’s a very interesting thing to put yourself in a culture and become part of it. It shows yourself how much you appreciate being a Canadian.”
After three seasons with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies, including being team captain, Stasiuk headed to Europe to pursue a pro career and see the world.
Stasiuk had 13 goals and 14 assists for 27 points in 38 games with the Bremerhaven REV in the 2.GBun League before an accident changed his life — and hockey career — forever.
“It was a freak accident 15 seconds into the game,” recalls Stasiuk, a 32year-old native of Saskatoon.
He collided with another player. As they were both falling, the skate of the opposing player caught him in the eye.
“In Germany over six years I’ve probably been in the hospital seven months. I’ve had 12 eye surgeries. It’s dead, but I’ve still got (a good) one. It could be worse, man. My dad says, ‘I don’t know how you do it.’ I say to him, ‘I’ve got a guy who’s disabled next to me (in the hospital), a guy who’s 22 and can’t even eat by himself. I’ve got a 72-year-old guy who’s only got one leg. “I’m healthy really.” Still, Stasiuk spent agonizing months in a foreign hospital.
“I couldn’t speak a word of German and I was amongst all of these German people. I told my family to stay away, because it was too painful to visit (people) with all the stitches and movement.
“I had to do it by myself. I found my weaknesses and my strengths.”
Dogged determination has always been Stasiuk’s way.
“I was determined to prove that I could play again. The first season back certainly had its ups and downs. However, when the season ended, I scored a hat-trick in the (German OBL League) championship game to help win the championship, 4-1.
“I knew then why I came back. That changes a person in ways I can’t describe. It’s about finding what your limits are and going beyond your comfort level to satisfy something inside. “It sounds a bit dramatized.” Stasiuk is spending the summer taking classes at the University of Victoria.
As he contemplates retirement, he has accepted a transitional job as a player-coach in Austria.
“I want to give back something back to the game because it’s given me a lot of things. It’s given me a chance to challenge myself, but also see the world.
“They need someone to communicate the game to them and I think I can do the job. It’s a good opportunity. I also took the job because it allows me to travel and ski.
“The game comes first, but skiing is a sweet second option. I’m in powder and I’m in the Alps.”
Stasiuk was in Saskatoon earlier this month for the Huskies hockey alumni golf tournament. His plans for the future may include becoming a currency broker in Europe.
“I’m pretty sure I’m going to retire (from playing after next season),” he says.
His philosophy won’t change, however.
“Plan for tomorrow, but make sure you’re happy today.”
dzary@sp.canwest.com
sees things a lot differently now and it has nothing to do with losing his left eye.
Enduring 12 eye surgeries in four years, Stasiuk has persevered through six seasons of pro hockey in Europe.
“My first year over there, I get my eye ripped out by a skate,” Stasiuk says. “I’ve now got a glass shell over my eye and, yet, overall, I have not one negative thing to say about it.
“I lost my eyesight, but it’s been such a good thing (otherwise). I’ve met a lot of good people. I found out a lot of things by myself. I learned a new language.
“It’s a very interesting thing to put yourself in a culture and become part of it. It shows yourself how much you appreciate being a Canadian.”
After three seasons with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies, including being team captain, Stasiuk headed to Europe to pursue a pro career and see the world.
Stasiuk had 13 goals and 14 assists for 27 points in 38 games with the Bremerhaven REV in the 2.GBun League before an accident changed his life — and hockey career — forever.
“It was a freak accident 15 seconds into the game,” recalls Stasiuk, a 32year-old native of Saskatoon.
He collided with another player. As they were both falling, the skate of the opposing player caught him in the eye.
“In Germany over six years I’ve probably been in the hospital seven months. I’ve had 12 eye surgeries. It’s dead, but I’ve still got (a good) one. It could be worse, man. My dad says, ‘I don’t know how you do it.’ I say to him, ‘I’ve got a guy who’s disabled next to me (in the hospital), a guy who’s 22 and can’t even eat by himself. I’ve got a 72-year-old guy who’s only got one leg. “I’m healthy really.” Still, Stasiuk spent agonizing months in a foreign hospital.
“I couldn’t speak a word of German and I was amongst all of these German people. I told my family to stay away, because it was too painful to visit (people) with all the stitches and movement.
“I had to do it by myself. I found my weaknesses and my strengths.”
Dogged determination has always been Stasiuk’s way.
“I was determined to prove that I could play again. The first season back certainly had its ups and downs. However, when the season ended, I scored a hat-trick in the (German OBL League) championship game to help win the championship, 4-1.
“I knew then why I came back. That changes a person in ways I can’t describe. It’s about finding what your limits are and going beyond your comfort level to satisfy something inside. “It sounds a bit dramatized.” Stasiuk is spending the summer taking classes at the University of Victoria.
As he contemplates retirement, he has accepted a transitional job as a player-coach in Austria.
“I want to give back something back to the game because it’s given me a lot of things. It’s given me a chance to challenge myself, but also see the world.
“They need someone to communicate the game to them and I think I can do the job. It’s a good opportunity. I also took the job because it allows me to travel and ski.
“The game comes first, but skiing is a sweet second option. I’m in powder and I’m in the Alps.”
Stasiuk was in Saskatoon earlier this month for the Huskies hockey alumni golf tournament. His plans for the future may include becoming a currency broker in Europe.
“I’m pretty sure I’m going to retire (from playing after next season),” he says.
His philosophy won’t change, however.
“Plan for tomorrow, but make sure you’re happy today.”
dzary@sp.canwest.com
Job offers cultural rewards
Jason Becker first ventured overseas in 2000, little knowing he’d still be playing in Europe eight years later.
He began his odyssey with the Bremerhaven REV of the 2.GBun League following five seasons with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies.
“I made it known to ( U of S coach) Dave Adolph that I was interested in going to Europe and asked him if he had any connections,” says Becker.
“It was around the middle of May when I got my first phone call from (Jamie Bartman) from Medicine Hat, who was coaching in Germany. He said he had heard some good things. Right then and there he pretty much made me an offer. He gave me 10 days to decide.
“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and I took full advantage of it.And here I am (eight) years later. “I can’t believe it’s gone this long.” Becker played five seasons in the Western Hockey League, split among the Saskatoon Blades, Red Deer Rebels, Kamloops Blazers and Swift Current Broncos.
“I never really dreamed of playing in Europe. During university I first got the itch, hearing about how players had gone over there, like Dave Struch and Dean Seymour and Cam Bristow.
“It was a chance to travel and a chance to do something I love and still get to paid to do it.
“They supply each player with an apartment, a vehicle and take care of the flights for you and your family. It’s a pretty good deal.
“I’m doing OK. I was able to purchase a townhouse and a new vehicle.”
While the money is good, the overall experience is even better.
“You always meet new people in the hockey world,” says Becker, 33.“Now I know people halfway across the world. I’ve made a lot of friends that are of European descent — German, Italian, Russian, you name it.” And the toughest part? “The first couple of years, being away from family and friends. I’ve been pretty fortunate, my wife (Jaimie) — girlfriend at the time — was able to take time off school.The past (four) years, after we got married, she’s been able to come out the whole time.
“What I miss most right now are 7-Eleven Slurpees.”
Becker had the opportunity to play on the same German team as former Huskies teammate Jeremy Stasiuk.
“His first year over there we played together and (two seasons ago),I played against him.It’s always nice to see a familiar face, but it’s not always fun to have to battle him in the corner or in front of the net. “(But) I think he took it easy on me.” After spending last season with the ECHL’s Reading Royals, Becker is returning to Germany later this summer.
He began his odyssey with the Bremerhaven REV of the 2.GBun League following five seasons with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies.
“I made it known to ( U of S coach) Dave Adolph that I was interested in going to Europe and asked him if he had any connections,” says Becker.
“It was around the middle of May when I got my first phone call from (Jamie Bartman) from Medicine Hat, who was coaching in Germany. He said he had heard some good things. Right then and there he pretty much made me an offer. He gave me 10 days to decide.
“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and I took full advantage of it.And here I am (eight) years later. “I can’t believe it’s gone this long.” Becker played five seasons in the Western Hockey League, split among the Saskatoon Blades, Red Deer Rebels, Kamloops Blazers and Swift Current Broncos.
“I never really dreamed of playing in Europe. During university I first got the itch, hearing about how players had gone over there, like Dave Struch and Dean Seymour and Cam Bristow.
“It was a chance to travel and a chance to do something I love and still get to paid to do it.
“They supply each player with an apartment, a vehicle and take care of the flights for you and your family. It’s a pretty good deal.
“I’m doing OK. I was able to purchase a townhouse and a new vehicle.”
While the money is good, the overall experience is even better.
“You always meet new people in the hockey world,” says Becker, 33.“Now I know people halfway across the world. I’ve made a lot of friends that are of European descent — German, Italian, Russian, you name it.” And the toughest part? “The first couple of years, being away from family and friends. I’ve been pretty fortunate, my wife (Jaimie) — girlfriend at the time — was able to take time off school.The past (four) years, after we got married, she’s been able to come out the whole time.
“What I miss most right now are 7-Eleven Slurpees.”
Becker had the opportunity to play on the same German team as former Huskies teammate Jeremy Stasiuk.
“His first year over there we played together and (two seasons ago),I played against him.It’s always nice to see a familiar face, but it’s not always fun to have to battle him in the corner or in front of the net. “(But) I think he took it easy on me.” After spending last season with the ECHL’s Reading Royals, Becker is returning to Germany later this summer.
Finesse, conditioning prized assets
Dean Beuker is of German heritage, but the language was Greek to him during his first season of pro hockey overseas.
The former University of Saskatchewan Huskies standout stickhandled his way around language and cultural barriers, finishing with 31 goals and 41 assists for 72 points in 50 games and placing second on his team and the league in scoring.
“It was a little shaky off the start, with the cultural and language problems,” Beuker says of his first season in Germany’s 2.GBun league. “As the season went on, I just got better and better and I really enjoyed myself.” The best part? “The people,” says the 26-year-old native of Watson. “I didn’t think I’d enjoy that part, trying to get to know people of a different language. The best guys over there were the German guys.
“My father is of German heritage. He helped me out a little. My mom was from Belgium. When she flew over, I drove her to her hometown. She loved that.”
Beuker played for the Essen Mosquitoes. Linemate Tyson Mulock of North Delta, B.C., led the league in scoring, racking up 50 goals and 51 assists for 101 points in 52 games.
“As usual, I try to latch on to somebody and let them carry me,” Beuker says.
“Our team wasn’t supposed to be very good, but we ended up making the playoffs. The atmosphere, the fans in the rink, was a lot different. There was more of a college atmosphere — half the stands were for people standing and cheering and not sitting on their hands. It was a lot more entertaining.
“I got some offers from the top (German league), but this was the best fit for me and my wife (Victoria). She’s going to be working at the same place next year. I really enjoyed my coach and the town was good, so I figured I rather be somewhere comfortable and maybe venture out somewhere (the following year).”
The season began in late August. Beuker said he didn’t fully adjust until November.
“It probably took me 15, 20 games. Pro hockey, your job depends on it. I couldn’t grasp that at the start. I was, like, ‘What are you guys talking about? This isn’t me.’
“You learn the style. There’s lots of skill and no rough stuff. They’re really in shape and I’m not one who’s the greatest conditioned person.”
In four seasons at the U of S, Beuker won the Canada West conference scoring title three times.
“There were a lot of things I wanted to do as a Huskie and that included being one of the top guys at the end of it all,” he says. “I would have loved to have won a (Canadian) championship.
“I still want to win something. Sooner or later I’ve got to be due for it.”
The former University of Saskatchewan Huskies standout stickhandled his way around language and cultural barriers, finishing with 31 goals and 41 assists for 72 points in 50 games and placing second on his team and the league in scoring.
“It was a little shaky off the start, with the cultural and language problems,” Beuker says of his first season in Germany’s 2.GBun league. “As the season went on, I just got better and better and I really enjoyed myself.” The best part? “The people,” says the 26-year-old native of Watson. “I didn’t think I’d enjoy that part, trying to get to know people of a different language. The best guys over there were the German guys.
“My father is of German heritage. He helped me out a little. My mom was from Belgium. When she flew over, I drove her to her hometown. She loved that.”
Beuker played for the Essen Mosquitoes. Linemate Tyson Mulock of North Delta, B.C., led the league in scoring, racking up 50 goals and 51 assists for 101 points in 52 games.
“As usual, I try to latch on to somebody and let them carry me,” Beuker says.
“Our team wasn’t supposed to be very good, but we ended up making the playoffs. The atmosphere, the fans in the rink, was a lot different. There was more of a college atmosphere — half the stands were for people standing and cheering and not sitting on their hands. It was a lot more entertaining.
“I got some offers from the top (German league), but this was the best fit for me and my wife (Victoria). She’s going to be working at the same place next year. I really enjoyed my coach and the town was good, so I figured I rather be somewhere comfortable and maybe venture out somewhere (the following year).”
The season began in late August. Beuker said he didn’t fully adjust until November.
“It probably took me 15, 20 games. Pro hockey, your job depends on it. I couldn’t grasp that at the start. I was, like, ‘What are you guys talking about? This isn’t me.’
“You learn the style. There’s lots of skill and no rough stuff. They’re really in shape and I’m not one who’s the greatest conditioned person.”
In four seasons at the U of S, Beuker won the Canada West conference scoring title three times.
“There were a lot of things I wanted to do as a Huskie and that included being one of the top guys at the end of it all,” he says. “I would have loved to have won a (Canadian) championship.
“I still want to win something. Sooner or later I’ve got to be due for it.”
Goalie Lehman wins Grand Slam of English hockey
Jon Barkman, former player of the year in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, spent last season with the Miesbach TEV in the German OBL League.
He racked up 27 goals and 34 assists for 61 points in 17 games.
Next season he is going to play for Eppan, an Italy A-1 Division team.
“It’s been awesome,” Barkman, 27, says of playing in Europe. “It’s been good to see a different part of the world.
“Culture is a large part of it, but not the best part. The best part is to still play at a competitive level and get paid to do something you love to do.”
Jody Lehman, a goalie with the Huskies for one year, went on to play five seasons of minor pro in the Central Hockey League, East Coast Hockey League and American Hockey League, then headed to Europe for five seasons.
“Absolutely, it’s a good experience,” says Lehman, 32. “You can only play in the Coast for so long. You can’t really get ahead, so you look where the best options are. I had the opportunity to go to Coventry.
“I went there for three years and did my schooling. (My first year) we ended up winning the league in the playoffs. My last season there, during the NHL lockout, we had Wade Belak from my hometown (Battlefords) and my best friend Adam Calder.
“We ended up winning the Grand Slam: The Challenge Cup, the league and the playoffs. “It was a pretty special year.” Lehman has since returned home and last summer in Meota married an English woman he had met in Coventry.
Cam Bristow, 34, of Saskatoon played for Frisk-Asker in Norway and the BISL’s Ayr Scottish Eagles before returning to North America to wind up his career.
Sheldon Moser, 33, of Mendham played a handful of seasons in Europe in Salzburg, Austria and Appiano, Italy. He is now retired from hockey. Scott Cannam, 34, is playing in the U.K. Bryce Thoma, 25, who spent last season with the ECHL’s Las Vegas Wranglers, plans to play pro in England.
He racked up 27 goals and 34 assists for 61 points in 17 games.
Next season he is going to play for Eppan, an Italy A-1 Division team.
“It’s been awesome,” Barkman, 27, says of playing in Europe. “It’s been good to see a different part of the world.
“Culture is a large part of it, but not the best part. The best part is to still play at a competitive level and get paid to do something you love to do.”
Jody Lehman, a goalie with the Huskies for one year, went on to play five seasons of minor pro in the Central Hockey League, East Coast Hockey League and American Hockey League, then headed to Europe for five seasons.
“Absolutely, it’s a good experience,” says Lehman, 32. “You can only play in the Coast for so long. You can’t really get ahead, so you look where the best options are. I had the opportunity to go to Coventry.
“I went there for three years and did my schooling. (My first year) we ended up winning the league in the playoffs. My last season there, during the NHL lockout, we had Wade Belak from my hometown (Battlefords) and my best friend Adam Calder.
“We ended up winning the Grand Slam: The Challenge Cup, the league and the playoffs. “It was a pretty special year.” Lehman has since returned home and last summer in Meota married an English woman he had met in Coventry.
Cam Bristow, 34, of Saskatoon played for Frisk-Asker in Norway and the BISL’s Ayr Scottish Eagles before returning to North America to wind up his career.
Sheldon Moser, 33, of Mendham played a handful of seasons in Europe in Salzburg, Austria and Appiano, Italy. He is now retired from hockey. Scott Cannam, 34, is playing in the U.K. Bryce Thoma, 25, who spent last season with the ECHL’s Las Vegas Wranglers, plans to play pro in England.
Monday, May 28, 2007
Alumni Golf Tournament- Thursday, July 5
The eighth annual Hockey Alumni Golf Tournament will take place at the Willows Golf and Country Club on Thursday, July 5. This is an excellent fundraiser for Huskie Hockey and an excellent chance to come socialize with past and present players.
Format
* 135.00 per player
(golf, cart, supper, gift, beverage)
* Texas Scramble – submit
your own teams of three.
(Note: two threesomes will play on each hole.)
* Two long drive holes.
* Two closest to the pin holes.
* Driving Range included.
* Supper @ 6:15 p.m.
* Prize Presentation and Social
to follow.
Tee/Green Sponsors and Teams of three discounts. Phone for details.
All money raised will go into the “Dog” Hockey Alumni Fund. Thank you for your involvement in making this tournament an annual event.
For more information:
Dan Leier
(306) 374-3839
or
Shannon Briske
(306) 260-1441
or
Trevor Winkler(306) 373-4621
Format
* 135.00 per player
(golf, cart, supper, gift, beverage)
* Texas Scramble – submit
your own teams of three.
(Note: two threesomes will play on each hole.)
* Two long drive holes.
* Two closest to the pin holes.
* Driving Range included.
* Supper @ 6:15 p.m.
* Prize Presentation and Social
to follow.
Tee/Green Sponsors and Teams of three discounts. Phone for details.
All money raised will go into the “Dog” Hockey Alumni Fund. Thank you for your involvement in making this tournament an annual event.
For more information:
Dan Leier
(306) 374-3839
or
Shannon Briske
(306) 260-1441
or
Trevor Winkler(306) 373-4621
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Former Dog -Troy Parchman: Making it big in the Windy City
Troy Parchman: Making it big in the Windy City
Thursday, February 01, 2007
by Devin Heroux, U of Saskatchewan Sports Info Assistant
It was humble beginnings for Troy Parchman. The product of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and now equipment manager of the Chicago Blackhawks, has had quite an illustrious career, a career that started right here at the University of Saskatchewan.
Parchman had finished high school, and headed north to Saskatoon, where he would enter the U of S, not too sure exactly what he wanted to be doing, but knew it had to involve sports. In 1982 Parchman got a big break, and would end up becoming the Huskies football and hockey equipment manager. This is what paved the way for what would become his life job, and life love.
It was a lot of work for Parchman as he tried to earn a degree, and take care of all the equipment for two of the biggest sports teams on campus. His hard work wouldn’t go unnoticed however, as in 1988, he would get his second big break, receiving news that the Canadian national hockey team would like him as their equipment manager. The news was thrilling for Parchman. From 1988 to 1994, he served as equipment manager with the national program, where he worked consecutive World Hockey Championships from 1991-94.
His experience with the University and the Canadian national hockey team would allow him to expand his knowledge of what it took to be the best in the business, and his name was getting around quickly. Before long Parchman would be using his expertise in the biggest sporting event in the world, the Olympics.
After taking part in the 1992 and 1994 Olympics, Parchman looked for something a little more concrete, a job that would allow him to stay in one place with his wife. That’s when he got the offer with the Chicago Blackhawks.
Parchman has no idea when the phone will ring next to ask him if he wants to be a part of another World Championship or Olympics. For right now, he loves his job with the Blackhawks, but would be more than willing to take part, in say, another Olympics if he had the chance. He does, however, admit that if it weren’t for the University of Saskatchewan, and the chance he received with the Hockey and Football teams, he would not be where he is today.
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
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