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KTW has looked ahead to the 2015-2016 Kamloops Blazers’ campaign by addressing five areas of the team in a series that started on Aug. 27 and finishes today. In the final instalment, the focus moves to Don Hay and the impact he can make in his second year back behind the bench. Each story in the series is posted online at kamloopsthisweek.com. Click on the ‘Blazers’ tab.
DON HAY, YEAR 2 It’s important the players understand “that, when you push them, you want to make them better. It’s to help them become good hockey players, but also good young men, so they can have success in whatever field they choose.
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Tom Gaglardi expects the Kamloops Blazers to finish the regular season in the middle of the pack in the Western Conference, at the very least. The team’s majority owner said as much in an interview with KTW after the Blazers failed to qualify for the post-season in 20142015. Head coach Don Hay was asked about expectations for 2015-2016, his second year back behind the Blazers’ bench, and his objective is simple: “Our goal is to make the playoffs and we expect to be there,” he told a scrum of reporters on Tuesday. Kamloops finished last season with 63 points — 30 points better than its total in 2013-2014, the worst campaign in franchise history — and nearly qualified for the postseason. “It looked like a Don Hay-coached team the last third of the season,” Gaglardi said. “We really just thought with Don we’d be able to will our way into the playoffs and we came up a couple points short.” There was always going to be a learning curve for players adapting to Hay’s no-nonsense style of coaching, a philosophy centred around hard work, the type of blood, sweat and tears some can’t handle. Perhaps the most-promising news for Blazers’ fans is returning players proved last season they could deal with the heat and, with one year under their belts learning from one of the game’s great teachers, there is potential for major growth. “At our first meeting, we had 24 players there and 22 had played for our team the year previously,” Hay said. “They know what I expect now. They know the routine, on and off the ice. They’ve embraced it.”
Hay kept on coming back to one word — improvement — when addressing the media earlier this week. “Each year, there are always new challenges to bring the group together and to get them playing the way you want them to play, and with the thought process you want them to have,” Hay said. “We’d love to have it happen overnight, but it doesn’t always work that way. We thought we improved throughout the year last year. We want to see more improvement.” So do season-ticket holders. So does the team’s ownership group. So does general manager Craig Bonner. So do the young men who will pull on the jerseys for Game 1 tonight in Kelowna. “Everyone was kind of feeling [last season] like it was too hard of practices and he [Hay] was yelling at everyone,” said Blazers’ 17-year-old forward Jake Kryski. “This year, you know what to expect, so it seems a bit easier.” Kryski, Quinn Benjafield, Jermaine Loewen, Deven Sideroff, Dawson Davidson — fans who attended games regularly last season will have seen those players struggle through teaching moments, with Hay speaking sternly to them on the bench. He does that for a reason. “It’s important the players understand that, when you push them, you want to make them better,” Hay said. “It’s to help them become good hockey players, but also good young men, so they can have success in whatever field they choose.” The army of NHL players who learned under Hay are proof tough love can work. Whether this particular group has fully bought in, and whether it’s talented enough to meet Gaglardi’s expectations, will be decided this season.
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Ingram No. 1 guy in Kamloops crease MARTY HASTINGS
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Craig Bonner gambled on goaltenders last season and Connor Ingram flopped on the river. The Kamloops Blazers’ general manager went with two untested 17-year-old netminders — Ingram and Cole Kehler — when he shipped 20-year-old Bolton Pouliot to the Portland Winterhawks in October. Ingram followed an up-anddown first half by posting stellar numbers from January onward — 15-10-1-1, with a 2.69 goalsagainst average and .914 save percentage — to lock up the starting job, while Kehler finished the campaign 3-14-2 with a GAA of 4.65 and a .855 save percentage. Ingram, who was invited by the Detroit Red Wings to attend the NHL Prospect Tournament in Traverse City, Mich., from Sept. 11 to Sept. 15, is the man in Kamloops heading into the 20152016 season. The affable netminder from Imperial, Sask., now has to prove last season was
no flash in the pan. “It’s a completely different mindset this season. I’m coming in here wanting to be a leader and be vocal,” Ingram said. “Last year was a start. I have more to give this year.” The competition for the back-up position was fierce, with Kehler, who turns 18 in December, and Lantzville product Dylan Ferguson, who turned 17 on Sept. 20, trying to stake their claim in the crease. Ferguson will start the 20152016 WHL season as the backup goaltender, with Kehler having been reassigned to the junior A ranks on Tuesday. “It’s mixed feelings for me,” Ferguson told KTW shortly after hearing news of Kehler’s reassignment. “Me and Cole got along pretty well. He was driving me places, to school, and it was a friendly competition for sure. We had nothing against each other that I know of and I wish him the best this year.” Kehler, 18, played in 32 games over the past two seasons for the Blazers, posting a 4.79 goalsagainst average and a .856 save percentage.
Ferguson, 17, played last season with the midget AAA Notre Dame Hounds, posting a save percentage of .907 and GAA of 2.70 in 25 games. He appeared in three preseason WHL games in September, posting a GAA of 3.10 and a save percentage of .887. “It’s another dream come true for me,” Ferguson said. “I’ve put a lot of work in to get here and I’m glad it paid off.” Blazers’ majority owner Tom Gaglardi was critical of the team’s decision to go with two young goaltenders last season — “Going into the season with two 17-yearold goaltenders, in retrospect, might not have been the right thing to do,” he said — but Ingram’s emergence is due, in part, to how much ice he saw in 2014-2015. Should Ingram pick up where he left off last season, the Blazers can look forward to solid goaltending in 2015-2016. “My game feels good right now,” Ingram said. “Having another year of experience is going to help a lot. It’s good to come back that much more ahead this year.”
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KTW sat down with Jermaine Loewen of the Kamloops Blazers to ask him a few questions about hockey and life outside the rink. Here’s what the 6-foot3, 205-pound Jamaicanborn forward had to say:
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Jermaine Loewen of the Kamloops Blazers fought Aaron Macklin of the Prince George Cougars in pre-season WHL play at Sandman Centre on Sept. 4. During a quiz with KTW, the Blazers’ Jamaican-born forward said a tilt against teammate Luke Harrison is a scary prospect.
KTW: What’s on your iPod right now? JL: I like to listen to reggae. Jah Cure is my favourite artist. He’s got a nice groove to him and it’s Jamaican style. It’s good. I like listening to rap, but pretty much anything that has a good beat gets me going. KTW: Of the current Kamloops Blazers, who would you be scared to fight? JL: Luke Harrison. He’s been in some pretty big scraps. He’s a pretty tough guy. Ryan Rehill — I’d be pretty scared of him, too. KTW: If Don Hay and Terry Bangen had a race on skates, who would win?
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JL: Don Hay. He does train a lot in crossfit. Terry Bangen might be right behind, but Don trains every day at the rink. KTW: What’s your favourite food? JL: I like jerk chicken and rice. I don’t get to eat it very often. My billet mom might make it every once in a while and I’ll help. KTW: Do you know there is a Jamaican restaurant in town? JL: Jam-Can Cafe. I’ve been there. I’m really good friends with the owner.
KTW: When you get your first goal, what do you think your celebration is going to be? JL: Oh, I’d probably just raise my hands above my head. I’ll be very happy once that puck goes in the net. It will be raucous in this place. People are going be pretty pumped up. It’s gonna come. KTW: Who will lead the Blazers in scoring? JL: I’m thinking it’s going to be Deven Sideroff. KTW: Is there one player in the league who really gets on your nerves?
JL: I can’t think of any guy in particular. There are just some guys that try and get on my nerves. There’s not one [nemesis] yet, but it’s going to come. KTW: Do you have any pre-game superstitions? JL: Not really. I like to take a 20- or 30-minute nap and then focus on what I want to do in the game and be relaxed in the moment, have fun with the game. KTW: Which Blazer is the best passer of the puck? JL: I would say Jake Kryski’s a real good passer. Jesse Zaharichuk also has the vision to pass the puck. KTW: What’s your favourite fast-food burger? JL: I like the double Big Mac. I never eat them during hockey season. That’s the right thing to say.
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The Kamloops Blazers had 24 players on their roster as of Wednesday: Forwards: Erik Miller, 16, Jake Kryski, 17, Garrett Pilon, 17, Jermaine Loewen, 17, Quinn Benjafield, 17, Jesse Zaharichuk, 18, Deven Sideroff, 18, Spencer Bast, 18, Matthew Campese, 18, Nick Chyzowski, 18, Matt Revel, 19, Collin Shirley, 19, Luke Harrison, 19, Matt Needham, 20, Defencemen: Nolan Kneen, 16, Conner McDonald, 16, Ondrej Vala, 17, Dawson Davidson, 17, Cameron Reagan, 18, 18, Patrik Maier, 18, Ryan Rehill, 19, and Marc McNulty, 20. Goaltenders: Dylan Ferguson, 17, and Connor Ingram, 18.
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