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Cardel Hitmen Wall of Fame in front of Section 104

 

CONGRATULATIONS KARL ALZNER

Western Hockey League

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

and

DEFENCEMAN OF THE YEAR

Congratulations to Kip Reghenas

the Director of Business Operations

winner of the

 WHL Marketing/Communications Award

 

A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THE HITMEN FOR ANOTHER AWESOME YEAR OF JUNIOR HOCKEY, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE THIS YEAR, YOU MADE US ALL PROUD !!

WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER EXCITING YEAR IN 08/09

 

NEW

a night at the movies

(click Picture on the right)

 

A Night 2008 Awards Banquet

(click "Pictures" on menu)

 

Bowling Night With The Hitmen
 
Booster Club members are invited to spend an afternoon bowling with the Hitmen players on Sunday, Feb 24th.  If you haven't already signed up, please see George Walters or Veronica Dean at the Booster Club tables at an upcoming home game.  Even if you do not want to participate, you can come out and cheer the boys on!  We'll see if Karl Alzner can retain his championship bowling title this year! (click on above picture for details)

 

The Mob Scene !

 

How I spent Christmas
 
Karl Alzner spent his Christmas break at the IIHF World Junior Under 20 Championships in the Czech Republic.  Karl did all Hitmen fans and Canadians alike proud as our fearless captain lead Team Canada to their fourth consecutive Gold medal performance.  This was the second consecutive Gold for Karl.  Congrats Karl!
 
Bostjan Golicic got an early jump on Karl and participated in the B Pool of the IIHF World Junior Under 20 Championships in Latvia which took place two weeks prior to Karl's tourney.  Bostjan played for Team Slovenia scoring two goals and getting 3 points in 5 games helping his team capture the Bronze medal.  Way to go Bostjan!
 
Chase Schaber and Matt MacKenzie represented the Hitmen playing for Team Pacific at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in London, Ontario.  Chase picked up 4 goals and 2 assists in 5 games!  Matt also chipped in with a helper on one of Chase's goals.  They made it to the Bronze medal game before falling a bit short to Team West.  All in all it was still a good showing!
 


 
The Right Place At The Right Time  


 
Hitmen Booster Club members John Turner, Dale Baird and Santa were among some Hitmen fans who flew to Prague to support Captain Karl Alzner and the rest of the boys on Team Canada at the World Juniors tourney over the Christmas holidays.  As luck would have it, John and Dale ended up on the same flight back to Canada as some of the players from Team Canada including Karl Alzner, Zach Boychuk, Brandon Sutter and Kyle Turris.  The players proudly showed the passengers their newly captured gold medals and eventually the World Juniors championship trophy was brought out and passed around to the lucky passengers.  Santa wasn't so lucky as his tour company apparently decided to leave Santa without a return flight home.  Being the world traveler that Santa is, he eventually got things straightened out and made it back to Calgary safe and sound.

 
Hitmen Trades  

 

The Hitmen were involved in a couple trades before the January 10th trade deadline.  We said goodbye to Devon Kalinski who was traded to the Kamloops Blazers in return for sniper Brock Nixon.  Defenceman Eric Frere was also traded to Kootenay...however, in keeping with Hitmen tradition,  as much as we hated to see Eric leave, in good conscience...we just couldn't accept any Kootenay players in return!  We will miss the sense of humour that Killer and Eric brought to the team but they'll both get a little more ice time with their new teams.  Since joining the Hitmen, Brock has fit right in and even scored his first Hitmen goal in his very first game against the Rebels....and he didn't stop there, he's been scoring consistently ever since!

 
Hitmen Hockey Cards
 
Watch for the autographed Hitmen hockey cards which are due to be released within the next week at the Booster Club tables.  As always, these cards go fast!  Also available this year, is a limited quantity of autographed Hitmen sheets of uncut cards for you collectors.  For the really serious collector, the Booster Club is also selling prints of the Hitmen team photos covering the history of the team in Calgary.  Stop by the Booster Club tables to get more info on how you can get the entire set or just your favorite years.  These team photos have never been available to Hitmen fans before now!  

 
Schaber Scores First WHL Goal

 
Rookie forward Chase Schaber stunned Hitmen players and fans alike with his super skills-like goal scored in the shootout against the Tri-City Americans.  He skated at full speed toward the goalie faking an up close slap shot and skating around the helpless tender and popping the puck into the net.  Chase's goal made the WHL top 5 plays of the week but unfortunately, shoot out goals don't count as a goal in the regular stats.  The upside is that Chase didn't have to wait long to score his first WHL goal.  He scored it just one week later against the Portland Winterhawks... another American team...I'm sensing a pattern here!  The Hitmen players award the hardest working player a pair of beautiful fluorescent rubber boots to wear for interviews, riding the bike, etc. after each home win and the team recognized Chase for his hard work.  His fellow teammates voted him the co-winner of the hardest working player of the game alongside goalie Martin Jones who got his first WHL shutout.  This meant Chase and Martin each got to wear one rubber boot for the remainder of the evening!
 

 
Sonne Set To Return Soon
 
Forward Brett Sonne is set to return to the line up in Early February.  He is now skating with the team.  Even though he couldn't take part on the ice, Brett still kept busy doing rehab, writing movie reviews and assisting Brad Curle in the Broadcast Booth. Brett filled in for Ken Thrower providing color commentary for 4 or 5 games.  Who knew he was so multi-talented?  The Hitmen have been on a roll as of late and are ranked 4th in the league for their penalty kill, and with Brett's imminent return to the ice, the Hitmen penalty kill is only going to get even stronger...the Hitmen opposition had better behave!

 
Where Are They Now?  


 
At a recent game in Lethbridge last month, Booster Club Member Dale Baird caught up with former Hitmen player Derek LeBlanc who was watching the Hitmen battle the Hurricanes.  Derek is now attending the University of Lethbridge and is playing for the U of L Pronghorns.  Some of Derek's new teammates include former Hitmen Shaun Norrie, Kris Deines and Scotty Bowles.



 

 Go Hitmen Go!!!!

 

 For previous editions of Mob Scene, please see under Articles.

 

This Month

"Semi Pro"

Check out "A Night At The Movies"

 with Plante & Sonnz

(CLICK ON PICTURE)

 

 

Holiday Ice Print

 Limited Edition

(click on image for details)

Order your print at the HITMEN Booster Club Table outside section 212

Hurry, quantities are limited