Gold Medal Winner Gold Medal Winner
brandon lakusta Age: 15
Grade: 10
Current Team: NW 233 Lightning Number of Years Played: 8 Usual Position: Goaltender Favourite Hockey Team: Edmonton Oilers Favourite Hockey Player: Carey Price Who is your Role Model: Carey Price Other Hobbies / Interests: I play premier league soccer in the spring & summer Favourite Hockey Memory: It was the fourth game of QEMHW 2017, down to one on one overtime & my player was tired. I asked him to pass me the puck (and go off) and another forward came flying out to the blue line where I sent the puck & he scored the winning goal!
Gold Medal
ryan Smith Age: 15
Grade: 9
Current Team: Northwest Zone Lightning Number of Years Played: 9 Usual Position: Defence Favourite Hockey Team: Edmonton Oilers Favourite Hockey Player: Ryan Smyth Who is your Role Model: My Dad Other Hobbies / Interests: Ball hockey, volleyball & slow pitch Favourite Hockey Memory: We played five games during QEMHW 2017 & had five OT games. Winning gold felt the same as the first time back in 2010. (Pictured above) I wish I could play like Wayne Gretzky but at least I have the heart like Ryan Smyth!
Gold Medal
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WINNING TEAM
NW233 - NWZ LIGHTNING
SW546 - SWZ OIL KINGS
M IDGET R UPTASH
Players: ELI ARNSTEIN | ERIC BENKENDORF | DAVID CALAHASEN | ADAM CARSCADDEN | ETHAN CHAMNEY | JOHN CLEIREN | NICHOLAS JUDGE | CONNOR KLAK | BRANDON LAKUSTA | FRASER MACDONALD | GRAHAM MCCABE MATTHEW MCEWEN | WARREN MCGINN | SHELDON NESTOROVICH | DAVID SEAL RYAN SMITH | MATTHEW VEILLETTE | STEVEN VO LIAM WHEADON | JOSHUA WUTZKE Staff: RYAN BALLANTYNE | ROB BALLANTYNE | RYAN CHAN | KYLE DAVIDSON ABE ELBANNA | DOMINIC HRYNIW | BRADLEY JONES | DOUGLAS JONES
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MIDGET TURNER
Players: EVAN ALBERT | JONATHAN CHIOVELLI | BRENDAN COUTTS | KEVIN DE PAUW | MICHAEL DREGER-SMYLIE | ARIANNA DUNHAM | MATTHEW ELSON BRADY FORD | ERIC HAWRELAK | JORDAN JODOIN | ERIC MAIK | LUCAS PANIAK TAYLOR PAYNE | ROBERT PELLAND | ALI RAMJI | GAVIN SMITH IAN SNYDER | SPENCER SOEHN | JUSTIN TUFTS Staff: ANDREW ALBERT | MARTIN COUTTS | ANDY ELSON | DARRELL MAIK | TIM SNYDER