Abbotsford Heat Face Off - Issue 3

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FACEOFF FACE JAFFRAY TAKES ROAD LESS TRAVELED From undrafted to the cusp of regular NHL employment, the Heat centre’s career has been a fascinating journey.

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LEADING MAN Blueliner Brett Palin wears the captain’s ‘C’ for Heat.

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BEHIND THE BENCH with Jim Playfair The Heat head coach discusses his team’s hot start to the season, and breaks down what it takes to win on the road.

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Jason Jaffray, a former Vancouver Canuck, scored goals in each of his first three games with the Heat. photo by John Van Putten

MORE BLUE-COLLAR THAN BLUE-CHIP, JASON JAFFRAY HAS TRACED A FASCINATING JOURNEY IN PRO HOCKEY DanKINVIG ABBOTSFORD NEWS

For the Sidney Crosbys of the world, the road to professional hockey employment is more straightforward than a Saskatchewan highway.

Then there are the Jason Jaffrays of the hockey galaxy – players who lack the blue-chip pedigree, but rise from relative obscurity to establish themselves.

Ask Jaffray, the 28-year-old Abbotsford Heat centre, to trace his journey in pro hockey, and he’ll spin you a whale of a tale.

“My career has kind of jumped all over the place,” noted Jaffray, reflecting on an eight-year odyssey that has taken him through Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Manitoba, before landing him in Abbotsford.

We’ll begin Jaffray’s tale in his final year of junior hockey with the Western Hockey League’s Kootenay Ice. Jaffray was a key cog on a stacked Kootenay squad, but the Ice shipped him to the Swift Current Broncos at midseason. Jaffray was gutted when the Ice went on to win the Memorial Cup, but before you

bemoan his misfortune, it should be noted that his truncated tenure with Kootenay wasn’t a total loss. It was in Cranbrook that Jaffray ended up meeting his future wife Michelle, who was the daughter of his billet family.

Jaffray was undrafted out of junior hockey, so he signed on with the ECHL’s Roanoke (Virginia) Express in the fall of 2002. With the Express, he had the good fortune of playing on a line with a pair of returning league all-stars, and he earned ECHL rookie of the year honours after racking up 34 goals and 51 assists in 64 games.

Following a couple of seasons with the ECHL’s Wheeling Nailers, Jaffray got his first extended look at the AHL level with the Cleveland Barons in 2004-05. Playing on a line with future NHLers Ryane Clowe and Marcel Goc, Jaffray posted 10 goals and six assists in his first 30 games.

But then, Jaffray’s career hit an unexpected road-

block. The Barons forgot to renew his working visa, and in the post-9/11 United States, that meant an immediate one-way ticket back to Canada.

Jaffray was suddenly unemployed, and there was nothing he could do but point his vehicle towards his hometown of Olds, Alta.

But somewhere between Cleveland and Olds, Jaffray’s cell phone rang. Manitoba Moose general manager Craig Heisinger was on the other end of the line. Two Moose forwards had come down with some sort of sickness, and Heisinger wanted to know if Jaffray could be in Hamilton to suit up for a game against the Bulldogs that night.

Problem was, the puck dropped in six hours, and Jaffray was about an eight-hour drive away from Hamilton.

No matter – Jaffray pulled a U-turn, put the pedal to the metal and made it to the rink just minutes before the start of the game.

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Palin a perfect pick as captain

‘HE’S A GOOD CORNERSTONE TO DEVELOP OUR GROUP AROUND’: PLAYFAIR DanKINVIG ABBOTSFORD NEWS

Brett Palin isn’t the flashiest player on the Abbotsford Heat – far from it.

But perhaps that’s part of the reason that the 25-year-old blueliner is the perfect pick to serve as the first captain in Heat franchise history.

After all, the Calgary Flames – the parent club of Abbotsford’s AHL squad – have long espoused a philosophy of blue-collar work ethic and attention to detail.

Palin boasts those qualities in spades.

“When you look around the dressing room, he’s a guy who stands for a lot of the right things we believe in,” Heat coach Jim Playfair said, explaining his decision to tap Palin to be team captain. “He’s a solid citizen and a solid player.”

Players of Palin’s ilk – the stay-at-home defenceman – tend to fly under the radar with fans and media, who are more apt to be seduced by the dazzling goal or the highlight-reel save. Thus, it’s somewhat ironic that the letters of Palin’s surname can be rearranged to spell “plain.”

But Palin’s on-ice contributions aren’t lost on Playfair, who appreciates the blueliner’s rock-solid play in his own zone, particularly on the penalty kill.

“We pride ourselves on developing into a good defending team, and that’s how Brett sees his game,” Playfair said. “He’s a real good competitor, and a good vocal leader for our players. I think he’s a good cornerstone to develop our group around.”

Palin found out he’d be wearing the captain’s ‘C’ prior to the Heat’s home opener against the San Antonio Rampage on Oct. 9. It’s a responsibility that he relishes.

“It’s definitely an honour,” he said. “I’ve learned a lot of good things from a lot of good people along the way, and now I think it’s time for me to take that and mould it into my own thing.”

Palin knows what a winning team looks like. During his junior career, he was a key member of a dynastic Kelowna Rockets squad that won Western Hockey League titles in 2003 and 2005, and a Memorial Cup championship in 2004.

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The 2009-10 campaign marks Palin’s fifth year in the Flames’ system, and he says that what sets this Heat team apart is its ability to put the puck in the net.

“We’ve got a really offensive foward group, and I think that’s the biggest change,” he said. “In my four previous years, I haven’t really seen many games where we’ve scored five, six, seven goals in a night. Whereas this year, our team has a lot of firepower.”

As for the Heat defensive corps, Palin is the elder statesman of a group that features three rookie pros – John Negrin, Keith Aulie and Keith Seabrook – and he finds himself cast in a mentoring role.

“Based on age, we’re all pretty young,” he noted.

“They’re all good hockey players, they’re all good guys, and they’re all willing to learn.”

Palin is a Naniamo product, and he’s enjoying being back in B.C. after playing for the Flames’ AHL affiliate in Omaha, Nebraska and Moline, Illinois. His parents have Heat season tickets, and he’s relished the opportunity to play in front of friends and family.

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“This is my fifth year (in the AHL), and this is the first time that my brother (Marc, age 23) has been able to watch me play a professional hockey game,” Palin noted. “They’re not always going to be here, but it’s nice when family and friends can come and visit.”

Palin’s on-ice contributions can’t be summarized with a stat, but plusminus comes the closest. Through the first eight games of the season, Palin’s +6 rating was tops on the Heat by two points.

“It’s definitely something I try to take pride in,” he said. “You can’t rely on that stat to tell you everything, but I think that as a defenceman, you want to make sure you stay on that plus side.”

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In each edition of FACEOFF, 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 last week, following the Heat’s strong 3-0-2-1 start.

Q We’ve got almost a month of the Jim PLAYFAIR

regular season under our belts. How would you evaluate your team’s start to the season?

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“I think we’re learning. The players are willing to learn, and they expect to get better. They’re recognizing how to compete together. ”I think we can do a lot better job of keeping our shots-against down. We can do a lot better job on our power play. We can do a better job of staying away from the lazy stick penalties – 18 of our 33 penalties (through the first six

games) were on stick fouls. So in areas like that we can improve, and we will improve.”

Q In five of the first six games this

season, your team was out-shot by the opposition. How do you explain that, and to what extent are you concerned?

A”The biggest thing is that we’ve

given up four five-on-threes, and there are a lot of shots coming out of those.

And the 33 minor penalties we’ve taken, a lot of shots come on those. Those are probably the two main reasons.”

Q While your team has given up a

fair number of shots, the goaltenders have kept you in the game most nights. How would you assess the play of Leland Irving and Matt Keetley to this point?

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”I think Leland Irving has been the better of the two. Obviously the game in Manitoba (a 5-4 shootout loss on Oct. 14) wasn’t a real strong game for Matt Keetley, and so he’s in a posi-

tion where he’s working to get himself back into the lineup. I like the fact that David Shantz is here – I think it’s a real healthy competition, and I think it sets us up to be a much more competitive team amongst our goaltenders, which will prove to be good down the line.”

Q On Oct. 13, the Heat beat the

Manitoba Moose 4-2 on the road to post the first win in franchise history.

After a couple of heartbreaking OT losses to the San Antonio Rampage the previous weekend, how big a deal was that for your team’s confidence?

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”In each game over the course of the year, we’ve given ourselves a chance to win. They haven’t all been pretty, obviously, but we’ve been around each and every game. To get that first win, to me, was an important thing for the ownership. I think that for them to see that they were able to build something and put something together that had some traction was enjoyable for them. Also, the pride of the city and pride of the fans, knowing that the team was able to put one together and then build on it.”

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Q When this interview hits news-

stands, your team will be in the midst of a six-game road trip – its secondlongest of the season. What’s the biggest key to success on such a long road swing?

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”We have to do a real good job of managing our time, managing ourselves rest-wise and preparation-wise. We

have to make sure we’re prepared to start the first game and be focused.”

Q You’ve got a very young group

on defence. They’ve put up a lot of points (20 points over the first six games combined), but there have been adventurous moments in the defensive zone at times. How would

overall, they’re fine.

“As they start to understand other teams’ forechecks and how other teams want to compete against them, they’ll help themselves get better. There are tons of details that go into a defenceman’s ability to play.

“So I think they’ve been fine, and I think they’ll get a lot better.”

you assess the play of your team’s defence to this point?

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”I think that when you have half your group of defencemen as first-year players, it becomes a team responsibility to help get better defensively. As far as offence from the blueline, they’re fine. I’d like to see them get a few more (point) shots through and on net, but I think

Heat coach Jim Playfair talks Xs and Os with his team during a recent practice at the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre. photo by John Van Putten

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scored the lone goal for Manitoba. It’s a goal he remembers to this day.

“Alex Burrows threw it to me from the corner, for a back-door tap-in,” he recalled with a smile. “I definitely didn’t have my legs that night, and I had a gas-station sub as my pregame meal. It was just kind of one of those things that was meant to be.”

Indeed, it was in Manitoba that Jaffray’s career really started to find some traction. Over four-and-a-half season with the Moose, playing alongside the likes of Burrows, Ryan Kesler and Kevin Bieksa, Jaffray became the franchise’s all-time leader in game-winning goals, power-play goals and plus-minus, and No. 2 in goals, assists and points.

The Vancouver Canucks, the Moose’s parent club, took notice, and in 2007 Jaffray inked his first NHL contract. He played 33 games as an injury fill-in with the Canucks between 2007 and 2009, tallying four goals and six assists in the process.

But when Jaffray looked at the Canucks’ depth chart and saw young up-and-comers like Cody Hodgson, Michael Grabner

and Sergei Shirokov, he started to wonder whether he was in Vancouver’s long-term plans. So this past summer, he opted for a fresh start and signed with the Calgary Flames as a free agent.

Jaffray cracked the Flames roster out of training camp this fall, only to be sent down to Abbotsford after a couple of weeks. He still feels good about his decision to join the Flames’ organization, though.

“I don’t think I would have had a chance at making Vancouver out of camp,” he said. “I knew if I came into a new camp and fresh system, I could open up some eyes. It’s not going to matter who’s drafted . . . it’s about who’s going to fight for that spot, who’s going to score goals in the preseason, who’s going to do the right things.

“I think my style of play really fits in well with the Calgary Flames’ style of play, and it’s been a good fit for me. I think I have gotten that opportunity, and it’s just a matter of waiting for an injury or a call-up to get back.”

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“I’ve come from a team in Manitoba where I played with Mike Keane and Nolan Baumgartner and Jason Krog – guys who have been around so long, you almost take it for granted that when something is going wrong, they’ll straighten it out,” he noted.

“Here, it seems like there are only three or four guys who are married on this team.

In Manitoba, there were only three or four guys who were single.”

Away from the rink, Jaffray has found that fatherhood has helped him to focus.

He and Michelle have a two-and-a-half year old daughter named Kennedy, and she’s been a fixture at Heat games cheering for her dad.

“It’s life-changing,” said Jaffray, noting that his breakout season with the Moose (2006-07) coincided with Kennedy’s birth.

“You could have a real crappy game, and you come home, and you’ve got this little girl who’s smiling and happy to see you.

You walk in the door, and it just changes everything.”

Jaffray was already a familiar face to Abbotsford hockey fans thanks to his time with the Canucks, and he further endeared himself by scoring goals in his first three games with the Heat. The stocky centre blends tough-as-nails play along the boards with a sniper’s finish, and while he’s been a mainstay on the Heat’s top line, it’s no stretch to envision him being an effective third- or fourth-line checker at the NHL level.

According to Heat coach Jim Playfair, Jaffray’s job is to “develop an NHL-style game” while toiling with the Heat.

“He’s got to have those details of his game in place so that when he goes up there (to the NHL), it’s a slide for him, not a major step,” Playfair explained. “We can’t expect him to be a top goal-scorer down here and then be a top defender up there.

He’s got to be a top defender in both places, so that it becomes a natural slide for him, not a major adjustment.”

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Greentree, 25, was the AHL's second-leading goal scorer last season with 39 goals, but he's off to a slow start (one goal and one assist in six games) with the IceHogs.

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“With their souls of patent leather, they come down the road.

Hunched and nocturnal, where they breathe they impose…”

--- Federico Garcia Lorca I am pretty sure that when Lorca, the Spanish poet, spoke of the road, he probably wasn’t evoking images of hockey players.

But for the Abbotsford Heat, the road and how they perform on it will set the stage for what type of season they will have in their inaugural American Hockey League campaign.

Let’s light the scene: We already know that Abbotsford is 2,200 kilometres away from the Heat’s nearest opponent, the Manitoba Moose. Over the course of the season, the Heat will jet away to the farthest points of North America while chasing the Calder Cup. On their first road trip to Winnipeg, the team travelled just 4,400 km from

start to finish. On their next road trip – which takes them to from Grand Rapids, Mich., to Chicago, back to Grand Rapids, to Milwaukee, Wis., then to Hamilton, Ont., and finally ending in Cleveland, Ohio – the players will travel 10,100 km in 11 days, playing six games in that stretch.

But before anyone feels sorry for the players, let us make a couple of things clear. First, these are professional hockey players who know that travel comes with the job. Second, every team has to travel. Yes, while Abbotsford is the farthest team west and without question will have the hardest travel schedule in the AHL this year, the team knew this coming in and will make no excuses. Which is why getting the travel excuse out of the way has to be first and foremost on the Heat’s radar.

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How important is the road? Last season the predecessor to the Heat, the Quad City Flames, won just 13 times in 40 games away from home. The Flames missed the postseason by one point.

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Manitoba Moose forward Andre Bolduc (49) sets up shop in front of Heat goalie Matt Keetley during the Heat’s first visit to Winnipeg’s MTS Centre. How the Heat fare on the road will go a long way to determining their fate this season.

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86 points was the minimum number of points that an AHL playoff team had last year. To get home ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs, you needed to average 99 points.

39 wins was the minimum number of victories for an AHL playoff team.

Let’s finish off with some good numbers news.

Last year, this franchise opened 1-41 for three points through their first six games. At the same point this season, the Heat are 3-0-2-1 for nine points, marking a six-point swing in their first six games.

Points are important any time of the year – just look at the numbers.

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Q You scored the first goal in Abbotsford Heat history. How cool was that moment for you?

A “It was pretty special to score that, and to be in the record books. I think they’re even putting the stick in the Hockey Hall of Fame, so that’s pretty cool.”

Q Last season, you and Heat teammate Mikael Backlund were on the

Kelowna Rockets team that won the WHL title and made it all the way to the Memorial Cup final. What was that experience like?

A “It was an unbelievable experience. We knocked off three top-end teams (in the WHL playoffs), and we weren’t supposed to get out of the second round. It felt pretty good to beat all of them, especially the Calgary Hitmen. Then to get a berth in the Memorial Cup, that doesn’t happen very often. They say it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it was a great experience.”

Q What was the first thing you bought with your first professional paycheck?

A “We haven’t got it yet, but I ordered a new Camaro. It just caught my eye, so me and my dad are splitting it.”

Q If you could have dinner with anyone dead or alive, who would it be?

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Q What’s your favourite pre-game meal?

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1 The Hockey Hall of Fame has requested the stick that scored the first goal in Abbotsford Heat history. Which player scored that goal?

2 Heat defenceman John Negrin is a B.C. boy. Which Lower Mainland community does he hail from?

3 The Heat begin the month of November on their secondlongest road trip of the season. How many games are the Heat away from home?

4 During that 11-day road trip, how many kilometres will the Heat travel?

5 Which Heat defenceman was named the first captain in team history?

6 Which current Vancouver Canucks forward assisted on Jason Jaffray’s first goal with the Manitoba Moose?

7 The Rockford IceHogs visit the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre for a doubleheader on Nov. 6-7. Which NHL team are the IceHogs affiliated with?

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