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KIJHL Notebook: Team MVPs
For the final week of the regular season, the (Kootenay International Junior Hockey League)Ā KIJHL NotebookĀ puts the spotlight on each teamās most valuable players.
Eddie Mountain Division
RookieĀ Kayde KinaschukĀ andĀ Dylan MalarchukĀ have been two big pieces for theĀ Columbia Valley Rockies.
āKayde led the team in scoring (32 goals, 53 points in 37 games) and has been great off the ice, and Dylan was a strong two-way presence who played both defence and forward whenever we asked,ā said head coach Briar McNaney. āThey have both been phenomenal.ā
Fernie Ghostriders
Scott SinclairĀ andĀ Dayton NelsonĀ have been key pieces for theĀ Fernie Ghostriders.
āHeās just a great leader in our dressing room. Heās a guy that can be counted on in every situation or scenario that comes up,ā said head coach and GM Ty Valin of Sinclair. āHeās been a very good role model for our younger defencemen and even our younger forwards too.ā
Valin has seen the players respond to that really well.
āThey embrace learning from him and how hard he works everyday and that is starting to rub off on other guys.
āDayton Nelson has been amazing for us,ā said Valin. āHe rises to the occasion every night. That guy takes a beating everyday and he keeps on going, nothing fazes him. He wants the team to win and will do whatever it takes, he understands his role.ā
If heās needed to play physically, he will play that style. If heās needed on the power-play, he will do it (10 power-play points).
āHe has even been on the PK. Heās a guy that kind of just does it all,ā said Valin. āTeammates feed off of what he does and itās something that is contagious for our group.ā
TheĀ Kimberley DynamitersĀ have chosen not to reveal their choice until they hold their awards banquet at the end of the season.
Golden Rockets
Levi HallĀ has been a steady, calm influence in the net for theĀ Golden Rockets. Head coach and GM Chuck Wight said Hall has kept them in games.
āHe makes very athletic saves and keeps us in a position to be competitive,ā said Wight. āHe has done that consistently.ā
Wight has seen improvement in Hallās mental focus and keeps getting better at it.
āHe has worked on his puck-handling skills and he has been a lot calmer with the puck,ā said Wight.
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