Mighty ‘nucks soar over Oilers

In a dazzling display of both offensive and defensive skill, the Burlington Canucks soundly defeated their b-central division rivals, the Hamilton Oilers in an exhibition game on September 20th. The Canucks stepped out onto the ice in their sparkling new apparel, beaming with Canuck pride. After many long years of suffering on mediocre teams, the members of the new powerhouse of the CRHL skated with new-found confidence and great chemistry. Missing three key players due to injury (aka babysitting…) the Canucks were still able to get off to a fantastic start. The Canucks’ goal-scorers got to work early scoring a number of quick goals. Veteran goaltender Chris Vanderhorst showed that a new set of matching pads wouldn’t slow him down a bit, flashing his glove hand countless times and saving his team from a few too many odd-man rushes. The defensive core of the Canucks also proved their worth, stifling the speedy Oiler offence, and firing a number of superb point shots. The final score was unknown due to a deterioration of organized game play as the ice-time came to a close, however it is certain that the Canucks proved they will be the team to beat in the 06-07 season and for years to come.

League Meeting Results

I attended the League meeting last night and here are a couple things you may want to know:

• The B-South division will be divided into two separate divisions based on geographical regions. This means that there is now a B-Central, in which we are part of. The teams in our division will be:
  • Burlington Canucks
  • Burlington Predators (formerly known as Martinrea)
  • Burlington Sharks
  • Burlington Vipers
  • Hamilton Oilers
  • Toronto Titans
    
• Leo Lodder has left the league executive, replaced by Tim Lodder. Although it is still unknown who will be the new league president.
  
  
• Changes regarding suspensions:
  
  • 4 minor penalties at any time during the game, results in removal from that game as well as the next game. This is a change from the previous rule where you only missed the next game if the 4th penalty was in the last 10 minutes.
    
  • After a player accumulates 40 minutes of penalties, he will be suspended for two games. At 50 minutes, there will be an indefinite suspension.
    
• The schedule for the new season will be available on or around the 25th of September.

League News

Burlington Huskies, Brampton Predators, Hamilton Ambassadors, and the Hamilton Steelhawks/Leafs have all choosen not to partake in the 2006/2007 season. Toronto Titans are back in. There are three new teams. Burlington Canucks, Burlington Martinrea, and Smithville Stealth.

Exhibition Game - 09/20/2006

I've booked ice time for next Wednesday (September 20th) at 10:00 at Mainway Arena in Burlington. I will talk to the Hamilton Oilers about setting up an exhibition game. If you can't make it let me know.

Jerseys

The new jerseys are in. They will be handed out at the next practice/game.

Due to limited funds, I have only ordered the home white jerseys. The away jerseys will have to wait until we receive $1500 in additional sponsorship. Until then, I have a set of cheap blue Jets jerseys that we can use if we're playing another white team.

Sponsorships

Setting up a hockey team is not cheap. We would not be able to afford this without the help of sponsorships.

The Burlington Canucks would like to thank the following contributors for their generous support:

Coyote Software Corporation - http://www.coyotecorp.com
Floridus Design Images - http://www.floridus.com

We still have a long way to go to meet our sponsorship goal. Please get the word out. Any donation amount small or large will be appreciated!

Who we are...

The Burlington Canucks are a team in the Canadian Reformed Hockey League. The team was founded in 2006, and is starting their first season this fall.

The Canucks home rink is the Wave Twin Centre in Burlington. The arena is located at 1179 Northside Rd. - one block east of Guelph Line off Mainway. We play Friday nights at 9:30.

The team's 2006/2007 roster is:

Joel Jagt #2
Dave Linde #9
James Poort #10
Matt Poort #11
Richard Poort #19
Wade Poort #16
John Scholtens #53
Arie Smouter #31
Mike Smouter #13
Ken Vanderboom #24
Chris Vanderhorst #1
Jack Vanderhorst #33
Mark Vanderpol #18
Dan Veldman #7
*Dave Jagt (sub)
*James Penninga (sub)
*Dan Witten (sub)