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The blue-collar foundation for David Van der Gulik’s pro hockey career was fashioned right here in Abbotsford.

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COMMUNITY MINDED

From reading at schools to stocking shelves at the food bank, the Heat are spearheading a series of initiatives to give back.

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FIVE FOR FIGHTING photo by John Van Putten

We discuss the finer points of dropping the gloves with some of the Heat’s most frequent pugilists.

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Coming full circle ABBOTSFORD’S OWN DAVID VAN DER GULIK HAS SAVOURED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM IN FRONT OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY DanKINVIG ABBOTSFORD NEWS

Back on Oct. 9, prior to the Abbotsford Heat’s inaugural American Hockey League game against the San Antonio Rampage, the freshly minted franchise pulled out all the stops in their pregame festivities.

Each player on the Heat roster skated onto the ice between pillars of flame shooting skyward. The fans – all 5,163 of them – cheered as each player was introduced, but they saved a little something extra for No. 37.

That would be David Van der Gulik, or as he was introduced to the crowd that night, “Abbotsford’s very own David Van der Gulik.” As the 26-year-old forward skated onto the ice, his hometown crowd greeted him with a high-volume, goosebumpsinducing cheer.

Up in the stands, Ted Van der Gulik took in the scene – his son skating onto the ice, the pyrotechnics, the ear-splitting reception – and realized that not only was David’s presence on the Heat roster special for his family, it was also special for local hockey fans.

“It was awesome, absolutely awesome,” Ted said later. “I was kind of wondering what the reaction would be, and it was neat to see the people recognize a local player. I’ll always remember that.”

A PASSION FOR HOCKEY The hockey-obsessed Canadian lad is a well-worn stereotype, but David took it to another level.

When he was in Grade 1, his teacher wrote the following on his first report card: “David has a very high level of understanding of hockey.” Reason

John Van Putten photo being, every assignment he did somehow related to the game. If an art project was the order of the day, David drew a hockey rink, complete with players, officials, and spectators. If he had to write a short story, the protagonist was always a hockey player.

Ted recalls his son playing hockey with mini-sticks on the living room carpet before he could walk, and the youngster eventually graduated to playing in the unfinished basement of the family home, then to road hockey on rollerblades.

“He always had hockey on the brain, ever since he was a wee little boy,” Ted recalled. “He just loved the game.”

SELF-MADE MAN In the sports world, there are no shortage of stories of problem parents who push, push, push their kids to become athletic phenoms.

Ted Van der Gulik took the exact opposite tack. If David wanted to play hockey, he’d have to motivate himself. To ensure that was the case, Ted told David that for biggerticket items like new skates or spring-league hockey registration, he had to come up with half of the cash.

“Our philosophy was, he had to show the leadership and go for things, and we’d support him in it,” Ted explained.

Thus, David spent his summers picking raspberries, mowing lawns, or pressure-washing driveways.

“One time, our summer team was giving away a free pair of skates to the player who collected the most money for a skate-a-thon,” David recalled. “I think I went to half of Abbotsford. I spent weeks out there, going door-to-door on my rollerblades, but I won the contest.”

When David made his first atom rep team, the practices began at 5 a.m. – a prospect that didn’t thrill Ted in the Continued on A19

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Community minded READING PROGRAM JUST ONE WAY HEAT ARE REACHING OUT DanKINVIG ABBOTSFORD NEWS

As pressure situations go, a recent visit to Margarent Stenerson Elementary ranked right up there with the Stanley Cup finals for Hugo Carpentier.

The 21-year-old Abbotsford Heat forward was at Stenersen, along with goalie Matt Keetley, to participate in the Heat’s elementary school reading program, known as “Hawkey’s Hot Readers.”

But 10 minutes into his visit, Carpentier found himself sweating bullets in front of a group of Grade 4 and 5 students.

Carpentier, you see, is a francophone from Hull, Que. Sarah Garrett, the Heat’s community relations manager, figured that it would be a good idea to send him to Stenerson to help promote the reading program because the East Abbotsford school has a French immersion program.

Problem was, the first classroom they stopped in didn’t have any French-speaking students, so an English book was thrust into Carpentier’s hands. Carpentier bravely took on the challenge of reading aloud in his second language, but when he was finished, a young girl raised her hand.

“Why were you sweating when you were reading?” she asked.

“Because I was nervous,” he freely admitted with a grin. “I’m not nervous to play a hockey game in front of thousands of people, but I’m nervous in front of you.”

Carpentier’s gutsy second-language effort only served to endear him to the Stenerson students, who greeted the Heat players like rock stars.

After Keetley and Carpentier each read a book to the class, they participated in a question-and-answer period, where they were asked questions that the mainstream media might overlook. For instance, the youngsters’ grilling revealed that Carpentier’s favourite animal is a duck, while Keetley is partial to the polar bear.

Favourite colours? Keetley’s is blue, Carpentier likes orange.

Favourite NHL players? Carpentier mentioned Jarome Iginla and Todd Bertuzzi, while Keetley drew a huge cheer when he name-dropped Roberto Luongo.

Teacher Naomi Unrau got things back on track when she asked why it’s important to

be able to read as a pro hockey player.

“You need to be able to read your contract,” Keetley said with a grin. “You could be signing your life away, and not even know it.”

After signing autographs and exchanging high-fives with students, Keetley and Carpentier departed for the next classroom. One young girl apparently took quite a fancy to Carpentier – she ran to the door and pleaded “Arrêt!” (or “Stop!” en français) as the hunky hockey player disappeared down the hallway.

Later on, Unrau said that the Heat players’ visit was a huge thrill for her students.

“I actually had to tone the kids down before they came in – they were literally jumping out of their seats, they were so excited about it,” she said with a chuckle.

“The guys talked about the importance of reading, and it’s going to have a huge impact on those students, especially the boys. The boys can take or leave reading, a lot of them. But listening to someone who’s a professional hockey player talk about how important it is, is huge. We’re

so grateful for that.”

Hawkey’s Hot Readers is just one of the off-ice initiatives that the Heat franchise has established this season. With its Community Corner program, the team partners with a local non-profit group for each home game. The charity has the opportunity to sell Heat tickets as a fund-raiser, with $3 from each ticket sold going back to the charity. The group is also invited to set up an information table in the arena concourse during the game.

Community Corner partners have included the Salvation Army, the Abbotsford Food Bank, and the B.C. Cancer Foundation.

Heat players have visited hospitals and stocked shelves at the food bank, and the team also has a program that sends players out to practice with Abbotsford boys and girls minor hockey teams.

“It definitely starts with our ownership group,” Garrett said, explaining the impetus behind the community initiatives. “Being that it’s their hometown, it’s important to them that they give back. And if you

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Being involved in the community is a special opportunity for the players, Keetley said. The Heat goalie recalled growing up in Medicine Hat, Atla., and what it meant to him to meet members of the WHL’s Medicine Hat Tigers.

Keetley later played for the Tigers, and he made it a priority to give back to the community. He’s adopted the same mentality in Abbotsford.

“When you’re a young kid in Grade 1 and 2, you look at hockey players like they’re the biggest things ever,” he said. “I hope we can have the same impact, and I hope we can be role models.”

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Carrying torch a thrill E H T H C N E B In each edition of the Abbotsford News’s FACEOFF magazine, Abbotsford Heat head coach Jim Playfair sits down with beat reporter Dan Kinvig to give fans the inside scoop on the team.

For future editions of FACEOFF, fans are invited to pose their own questions to Playfair. Submit your questions for consideration via e-mail to sports@abbynews.com, and please include “Behind the bench” in the subject line.

We caught up with Playfair in early February, prior to his team’s nine-game road trip during the Olympics.

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as it passed through Abbotsford. What was that experience like?

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“(Wife) Roxanne surprised me by bringing in about 30 of my family members and friends, so that part of it was special. You’re made aware of the fact that when you’re carrying the torch, you’re the only person at that given time who has the Olympic flame and is moving it towards its goal. That became a prideful thing, and being a part of something that was established so many years ago, what it means about the nature of sport. It was a very special day, for sure.”

Q Let’s talk Olympic hockey. From a

coaching perspective, when you look at the Canadian men’s team, what’s your favourite thing about the roster that Steve Yzerman has assembled?

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“The youth. It’s a young man’s game, and when you look at teams that are having success in the National Hockey League, there’s a lot of young players bringing a lot of energy. I think that’s what (Team Canada) strived for. Having a captain like Scotty Neidermayer, who’s been there before and has a real quiet, strong leadership sense about him, I think that was a real good move.

When you put it all together, they understand that it’s got to be an up-tempo game, and I like that part of it.”

Q What’s the key element, personnel-

wise, that needs to go right in order for Canada to take the gold?

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“The biggest thing is that they stick to the structure put in place by the coaching staff, and realize that sometimes they’re going to have to win 1-0 or 2-1. The players are going to have to do that by learning to accept lesser roles. They’re all top players on their teams, but when they come together

in a collective environment like that, they have to understand they have to maximize their minutes and maximize the roles they’re in. They have to make sure their egos aren’t pushing in, where they figure they have to go out and be the hero. They need to be a part of the team concept.”

Q Keith Aulie was recently traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Dion Phaneuf blockbuster. What’s it like delivering the news to a player that he’s been traded?

A “In his case, it was interesting for me.

Calgary’s strength is their depth on defence, and one of the things Toronto was looking to do was shore up their defence. I know that Keith Aulie was an important player in that trade, talking to both (Flames GM) Darryl (Sutter) and (Leafs GM) Brian Burke.

“So I told Keith he had a chance to go to an Original Six team in Canada, and develop into a player who could play in that organization for a long period of time. It wasn’t like he wasn’t welcome here or unable to play here – it was quite the opposite. (The Leafs) really felt he could be an impact player, so it was easy to deliver the news, actually.”

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Five How many teeth do you have to lose before you get to be good at fighting? Do you learn by trial and error, or do you work at it away from the rink?

PETE VANDERMEER: "For myself, it was just something I grew up with.

I had five brothers, and we beat the snot out of each other every day. Beating up on someone you don't care about is a lot easier than beating up on someone you do care about."

MATT PELECH: "I don't know if anyone's really good at it. I can't take a punch, so I just try to hold out and not get hit. I'd love to be one of those guys who just stands in and goes with everybody."

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Who's the toughest scrapper you've ever faced, and why?

J.D. WATT: "I'd have to go with Alex Henry in Hamilton. I fought him this year, and it's virtually impossible to beat a guy who's 6'7" and 240 pounds or whatever he is. He's like (Boston Bruins defenceman) Zdeno Chara, and there's not many guys in the NHL who can beat him in a fight."

VANDERMEER: "Serge Roberge. He was a guy who played in Montreal for the Canadiens for a little while, and I played against him in the United League. I had to fight him 25 times one year. He was big and strong and a lot older than I was.

I learned so much, just from how technical he was and how strong he was. He was tough as nails.

He could throw both hands, he could block anything you threw at him, and he was strong enough to overpower you. You had to really out-think him in order to not get your head knocked off."

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The rule changes that came out of the NHL lockout in 2005 led to a lot of speculation that fighting was on its way out of hockey. And yet, most teams still have a player on the roster who is capable of dropping the gloves. Why is that?

VANDERMEER: "It's a game of emotion and a game of momentum, and (fighting) is one surefire way to fix those things. Because the game has sped up that extra notch or two, the collisions are so much bigger.

Your skill players are more valuable, and they're more at risk – when they get hit, it's a big deal. If somebody wants to step up and run over one of your skill guys, you need someone who can make them answer for it."

PELECH: "It's a part of the game, and it's always going to be a part of the game. They took out the instigator rule, and I don't like that, personally. There are always going to be guys who are around because they're good at it."

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Picking a fight is a common tactic that players use to shift momentum when their team is losing. What's the most momentum-shifting fight you've been involved in, or seen?

PELECH: "J.D. Watt on our team is super-good at turning momentum.

He just gets in great fights. He doesn't win every fight, but every one he gets into is extremely entertaining. To tell you the truth, next to a goal, that's the biggest thing that gets the guys going."

WATT: "I can't remember any specific one off-hand. But for me, when I'm sitting on the bench and watch a guy on my team go out there and take on a guy, everyone on the bench stands up and wants to build off that. It brings energy to everyone on the team."

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So she's pretty used to it, but she doesn't like to see me get hit in the face. She's my best critic – if I do something wrong, she'll tell me how I can improve on things. She grew up in Western Alberta too, so she knows how to throw 'em. She's a tough ol' cowgirl."

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As British Columbia hosts the world for the Olympics, the Abbotsford Heat are in the midst of their longest road trip of the season.

The Heat are currently on a nine-game, 18-day road trip that will see them touch down back in B.C. just in time to watch the gold medal game in men’s hockey on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 28. Here’s an inside look at a very demanding travel itinerary.

Wednesday, Feb. 10: The trip begins for the Heat as the team, coaches, training staff and broadcaster catch the Westjet Red Eye Special to Toronto. Instead of leaving the day before the first game, the Heat staff decide to try something different that will hopefully eliminate some of the jet lag that gets introduced when flying cross-country. After landing in Toronto, the team travels to Hamilton by bus to settle into the Steel City for the

first leg of their journey. The players practice on Thursday afternoon to acclimatize themselves to Eastern Standard Time prior to the first of three games on the trip.

Friday, Feb. 12: After a morning skate at nearby Copps Coliseum, the Heat board the bus for a two-anda-half hour drive to Rochester, N.Y. for a date with the Americans. Following the game, the team gets back on the bus for the return drive to Hamilton, arriving back in the hotel at 1:30 a.m.

Saturday, Feb. 13: The lads get up for a pre-game skate a Copps at 11:15 a.m., then get some rest before a 7 p.m. test versus the North Division leaders, the Hamilton Bulldogs. The best news about this game is that the hotel is located next door to the arena, so travel is negated.

Sunday, Feb. 14: The Heat skate at Copps Coliseum, fol-

lowed by a bus ride to Toronto.

The team has the rest of the day to relax as they get set for a Monday afternoon encounter with the Toronto Marlies at Ricoh Coliseum.

Tuesday, Feb. 16: The Heat fly from Toronto to Boston on Tuesday afternoon, then take a one-hour bus ride to Providence, Rhode Island, home of the Providence Bruins. The team spends seven days in Providence on the second leg of their trip, playing Providence on the Friday and Sunday of that week, sandwiching a game with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Saturday.

Tuesday, Feb. 23: After a week in Providence, the Heat spend a night in Bridgeport, before once again playing the Sound Tigers on Wednesday the 24th. Seven games down and two to go for the Road Warriors.

Wednesday, Feb. 24: After the Bridgeport game, the team

travels just over one hour by bus to Worcester, Mass., home of the Worcester Sharks. A doubleheader on Friday and Saturday in Worcester will wrap up the trip – nine games played over 15 days.

Sunday, Feb. 28: The Heat wake up early and catch a plane home from Boston, stopping in Denver on the way to Vancouver. The boys arrive at 1:30 p.m. on the 28th, having travelled twice across the country, through five states and one province, grabbing three different flights, five different connections, and over a dozen bus transfers.

By the way, the Heat’s nine-game road trip will go a long way to determining their playoff fate. Happy trails!

Dave Sheldon is the director of communications and broadcast for the Abbotsford Heat.

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‘I want the fans to enjoy watching me’ Continued from A6

least. If you want to play on this team, he told David, then you’ve got to wake me up to drive you to the rink.

“The first day, he’s up at 4 a.m. and in my room with his hockey equipment on,” Ted related with a chuckle. “That’s how keen he was. I never had to wake him up once. I’d crawl out of bed and run him down to the rink, then drive home and go back to bed for a couple more hours.”

FULL CIRCLE Following his days in the Abbotsford Minor Hockey Association, David moved on to the junior B Abbotsford Pilots (one year), the junior A Chilliwack Chiefs (two years) and the NCAA’s Boston University Terriers (four years).

When his Boston University career wrapped up in 2006, David signed his first pro contract with the Calgary Flames, who had drafted him in the seventh round four years earlier. After three seasons of toil for Calgary’s AHL affiliate in Omaha, Neb. and Moline, Ill., David was in the right place at the right time as the Flames moved their top farm team to Abbotsford last fall.

In truth, David wasn’t initially thrilled when the Flames sent him down to the Heat last September. Like every hockey player, his dream was to play at the NHL level – and he’d gotten into six games with the Flames the previous season.

But on opening night, when the fans nearly blew the roof off the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre as he skated onto the ice, he began to realize what a special thing it is to play in his hometown.

David missed the entire month of December with a high ankle sprain, but he came back with a vengeance when the calendar flipped to 2010. He scored five goals in 13 games in January to earn Ronald Allan Clothiers player of the month honours, and he’s been feeding off the energy that comes from playing in front of family and friends.

“When I was hurt, I’d see so many people I knew when I was walking around the concourse,” said David, who has 23 points in 42 games this season.

“This is my town, and I want to be a great player for this team. I want the fans to enjoy watching me.”

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Playfair on trades Continued from A6

Q You must have been traded a few times as a player. What’s it like to go through that?

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“When you’re on a team and you give it everything you have each and every day, (when you’re traded) you feel as if it wasn’t good enough to get the job done. That becomes a situation where you get a little bit frustrated with the fact you’re traded. But you know what, time heals everything. Over a 10- to 12-hour period, you learn to realize that it’s the nature of the beast, you’re paid to perform, and you have to get back at it.”

Q The AHL just announced a couple of changes last week. The Edmonton Oilers are moving their dormant franchise (formerly the Edmonton Roadrunners) to Oklahoma City next season. And the Albany River Rats are moving to Charlotte, N.C. What do you think of those moves?

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“Overall, I think they’re trying to find better markets for the league if the markets aren’t working. The proximity thing (with Oklahoma City) is obviously nice for us. Anything that cuts down on travel is a welcome addition, for sure.”

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