A netminder from Fort St. John, BC, Gardner spent five seasons in the 泊樂娛樂城app with RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna and has recently signed an NHL Entry Level Contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Olsen, a forward from Calgary, AB, played one season in the 泊樂娛樂城app with Edge School before joining Saskatoon for his first WHL season in 2024/25.

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The tournament will take place April 9-20, 2025 in Czechia and will see Team Canada in Pool A with the U.S.A., Finland, Czechia and Switzerland.

Among the 25 players selected include Emily Clark, Hannah Miller, Chloe Primerano, Danielle Serdachny and Micah Zandee-Hart.

Clark spent two seasons with the Okanagan Hockey Academy (OHA) Female U18 Prep season. The Saskatoon, SK forward would go on to play five seasons in the NCAA with the University of Wisconsin, recording 70 goals and 76 assists in 147 games. She spent last season and the current one in the PWHL with the Ottawa Charge, recording 11 goals and 19 assists in 47 games.

Internationally Clark has represented Canada since 2011. To this date she has two U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds gold medals, one bronze, four silver and three gold medals at the Women’s World Championships. She has captured a silver medal at the 2018 Olympics and a gold medal a the 2022 Olympics.

Miller played for the OHA Female U18 Prep team in 2012/13 and 2013/14. She would go on to spend four season in the NCAA with St. Lawrence University, recording 43 goals and 80 assists for 123 points in 124 games.

The North Vancouver, BC forward would spend five years playing professional hockey overseas in China, Sweden and Russia before being selected by the Toronto Sceptres 74th overall at the 2023 PWHL Draft. In the last two PWHL seasons she has recorded 37 points in 46 games, including 23 points in 23 games this season.

This will be Miller’s first time playing for Team Canada at the National level and will mark her return in the red and white. She previously represented Canada at the 2013 and 2014 U18 Women’s World Championships, capturing gold both years. Miller would then go on to represent China internationally, including at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Primerano made her National Women’s team debut at just 17 years old earlier this fall. The University of Minnesota freshman represented Team Canada at the 2024 U18 Women’s World Championships, earning MVP, Best Defender, Tournament Allstar and Leading Scorer honours, setting the record for most points by a defender at one U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds (16) and most points by a Canadian at one U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds. This summer she was named to the Canada Women’s U18 team that competed against the United States for a three-games series from August 14-17, 2024.

Primerano became the the first female-skater ever selected in a CHL Draft when the Vancouver Giants selected her in the 13th round, 268th overall at the 2022 WHL Draft. In just two seasons in the Female U18 Prep division with RHA Kelowna the North Vancouver, BC defender graduated from the 泊樂娛樂城app as the most successful student-athlete in women’s history. Her 105 career assists are most all time among Female U18 Prep skaters while her 164 career points rank 1 back of the all-time record. Her 59 career goals are fourth most all-time, and most among defensemen, giving her the all-time career lead among defensemen in assists (105), goals (59) and points (164). During the 2024/25 泊樂娛樂城app season Primerano set the Female U18 Prep single season record, among all skaters, with 35 goals, 54 assists and 89 points in just 29 games to earn her second straight 泊樂娛樂城app Female U18 Prep MVP Award.

In 34 NCAA games this season as an underage true freshman, Primerano had 5 goals and 26 assists.

Selected second overall at the 2024 Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) Draft, by the Ottawa Charge,聽Serdachny spent two seasons in the 泊樂娛樂城app with the Pursuit of Excellence (POE) Female U18 Prep team. She joined the program in 2017/18, finishing third in team scoring with 46 points. The following year she would finish second in team and league scoring with 58 points, bringing her 泊樂娛樂城app career total to 104 points in 49 games. That year she would also represent Team Canada at the World Women’s U18 Championship, tallying four points and being named as a ‘Top 3 Player on Team’, helping Canada capture gold.

The Edmonton, AB forward made the jump to the NCAA in 2019/20 with Colgate University. In 5 seasons with Colgate she finished with 238 points in 180 games. Her 61 points in 2023/24 were fifth among NCAA skaters while her 71 points in 2022/23 led all NCAA players. During her NCAA career she would be named a NCAA First Team All-American twice.

Serdachny scored the overtime winner in the Gold Medal game for Team Canada at the 2024 Women’s World Championships. To go along with her 2024 gold medal she has a 2023 silver medal and a 2019 gold medal at the U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds.

This season Serdachny has 2 goals and 5 assists in 23 PWHL games with Ottawa.

Zandee-Hart spent four seasons with OHA from 2011-2015. The Victoria, BC defender has a U18 gold and silver medals, to go along with a World Championship bronze, silver and gold, and a 2022 Olympic Gold medal.

She would play four seasons in the NCAA with Cornell University, recording 17 goals and 70 assists. Zandee-Hart joined the New York Sirens of the PWHL in 2023/24, tallying 3 assists in 19 games. This season she has 1 goal and 8 assists in 24 PWHL games with New York.

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The Blue Jackets drafted the Fort St. John, BC netmidner in the second round, 60th overall at the 2024 NHL Draft.

Gardner spent five seasons in the 泊樂娛樂城app (泊樂娛樂城app) with RHA Kelowna. He joined the program in 2018/19, playing 20 U15 games for the program, which at the time was still called Pursuit of Excellence (POE). He returned to POE in 2019/20, playing 16 U15 Prep games. The following COVID-19 shortened season with RHA Kelowna, he would play two U15 Prep games.

In 2021/22 he would make the jump to RHA Kelowna’s U18 Prep team, posting a 2.98 GAA, .914 SV% and 14-3-1 record, leading to the Saskatoon Blades selecting him in the third round, 53rd overall at the 2021 WHL Draft. He would return to the RHA Kelowna U18 Prep team the following season, going 9-5-1 with a .926 SV% and 3.16 GAA.

Gardner would begin his WHL career with the Blades in 2023/24, posting a 21-5-0 record with a 1.91 GAA, .927 V% and 4 shutouts. Both his 1.91 GAA and .927 SV% were a WHL best.

This season Gardner has went 22-12-4 with a .911 SV%, 2.83 GAA and 3 shutouts with the Blades.

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The Kelowna, BC side went 29-1-0 in the regular season before going 3-0-0 in the round robin, outscoring their opponents 30-4. After finishing first in Pool A they would play OHA Edmonton (Edmonton, AB) in the semi’s, taking home a 5-1 win.

Delta Hockey Academy Green (Delta, BC) would finish second during the regular season, handing RHA Kelowna their lone loss of the year. They would start their Championships with a loss to South Alberta Hockey Academy (Dunmore, AB), but wins over OHA Edmonton and Shawnigan Lake School (Shawnigan Lake, BC) put them first in Pool B at the end of the round robin. Backed by three power play goal, Delta Green (Delta, BC) beat Edge School (Calgary, AB) 5-2 in the semi’s.

RHA Kelowna controlled the majority of the play in the first but Delta Green had some chances of their own. The period would ultimately end tied 0-0.

The home side would come out hungry in the second, spending a good chunk of the frame in the Delta Green zone while peppering Maisie Cope (43/45) with chance after chance. RHA Kelowna would finally break through when an Ava MacLeod backhand took a fortunate bounce and rolled in over the head over Cope with 8:31 left in the period. Alida Korte would double the lead 1:07 later with a great toe drag release that would beat Cope high glove.

It appeared the flood gates were set to open but Cope and her Delta Green teammates stayed within striking distance. Ultimately, they were unable to generate in the third as Ava Drabyk (17/17) made 17 saves for the shutout.

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It was heartbreak for Prairie Hockey Academy (Caronport, SK) as they suffered defeat in the U17 Prep Division I Western Championship Final for the second season in a row as RHA Kelowna (Kelowna, BC) took home a 4-1 victory.

RHA Kelowna finished second in the regular season and second in Pool B during the round robin, earning them the wildcard spot in the semi-finals. They would win their semi-final game 7-0 over Calgary International Hockey Academy (Calgary, AB) to punch their ticket to the finals.

Prairie had a much different regular season experience, sneaking into the Championships in the 12th and final seed. Despite that, they would finish first in Pool A to claim the three seed and take on OHA Edmonton (Edmonton, AB) in the semi-finals. They would win that game in a shootout to head to their second straight final.

The opening period of the final would see RHA Kelowna ahead 1-0 as Rhett Tubello finished off a pretty passing play from Preston Kelly-Paquet and Ethan Fidelak. Neither team would score in the second as Asher Netherton (32/33) and Drake Mooney (46/49) turned aside a combined 26 shots.

Jack Brown doubled the RHA Kelowna lead 2:52 into the third and Hudson Podollan gave them some breathing room less than two minutes later as RHA Kelowna was in full control up 3-0. A highlight-reel individual effort from Seamus Dillon would give Prairie some life, and their first goal of the game midway through the third.

Prairie would continue to push late but Logan Lanti sent an end-to-end shot over the heads of the Prairie skaters and into the empty net to secure the win with 1:40 remaining.

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RHA Winnipeg (Winnipeg, MB) would defeat RHA Kelowna (Kelowna, BC) 5-2 on Friday to capture the programs third ever 泊樂娛樂城app Western Championship. Their last one came back in 2023 at the U16 Prep level.

Coming into the Championships as the three seed, RHA Winnipeg went 0-2 in the Round Robin, putting them in the five slot. They would beat St. George’s School (Vancouver, BC) in the quarter-finals before overcoming a two goal deficit to beat STAR Hockey Academy (Kent, WA) in overtime of the semi’s.

RHA Kelowna came into the Championships as the fifth seed, going 2-0 in the Round Robin and finishing third in the pool. They would beat Prairie Hockey Academy (Caronport, SK) in the quarters before hammering Pacific Coast Hockey Academy (Victoria, BC) in the semi-final.

On Friday the finals started off with some tight checking by both teams before Ryder Olford and Zachary Haney scored 13 seconds apart to put RHA Winnipeg ahead midway through the opening frame.

Kelson Hawreluik scored on the power play 46 seconds into the second to extend his teams advantage. Dexter Labrecque would get RHA Kelowna on the board midway through the game with his fourth of the Championships.

Harrison Sharman brought RHA Kelowna within one 7:18 into the third but that was as close as they would get as Haize Brightnose (47/49) finished with 47 saves to secure the win for RHA Winnipeg.

Aiden Christie and Jack Arseniuk added third period power play goals to increase the advantage to three, making it a final score of 5-2.

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Friday, November 15, 2024 – 1:00pm PST: Kal Tire Place

Okanagan Hockey Academy (8-1-0) vs RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna (19-2-0) U17

Separated by an hour long drive and just one spot in the rankings, first place RHA Kelowna (Kelowna, BC) will host second place OHA (Penticton, BC). This will be the first match-up of the season between the two squads as they play a triple-header this weekend.

RHA Kelowna has been firing on all cylinders this season with the leagues five leading scorers and seven of the top nine. Maximilian Koppel (18-20-38) leads all skaters with 20 assists and 38 points while Aiden Andrews (19-18-37) has a U17 best 19 goals. Kesler Hamilton (12-19-31) sits third in scoring and his 1.94 Pts/GP leads his team. Mason Alexander (8-19-27) and Bennett Macek (12-14-26) round out the top five. Colton Deschamps (7-17-24) leads all U17 defensemen in goals, assists and points, with four of his fellow teammates rounding out the top five scoring defensemen. In net William Stewart (11-1-0) has suffered just 1 loss while posting 2 shutouts, a 1.83 GAA and .920 SV%.

While a handful of RHA Kelowna skaters find their names at the top of the leaderboard, Jaxson Bartsch (8-11-19) and Gage Kiselbach (6-12-18) will likely see their names near the top come seasons end. The OHA forwards lead the U17 division with a 2.11 and 2.00 Pts/GP average, but have played just 9 games compared to RHA Kelowna’s 21. Cooper Vogt (3-7-10) sits seventh in U17 with a 1.67 Pts/GP and Luke Edgehouse (3-7-10) is fourth among defensemen with a 1.11 Pts/GP. Goaltenders Tyson Kuiack (4-1-0) and Alex Youngson (4-0-0) have split the time between the pipes, combining for a 2.56 GAA, .881 SV% and 1 shutout.

Saturday, November 16, 2024 – 2:15pm PST: Okanagan Hockey Training Centre

STAR Hockey Academy (9-3-0) vs Okanagan Hockey Academy (4-8-0) U15 Prep

12th ranked OHA (Penticton, BC) will host 7th ranked STAR Hockey Academy (Seattle, WA) in their second match-up of the season, with their first taking place the day before.

After joining the 泊樂娛樂城app in the U15 division for the 2023/24 season, STAR is in their inaugural season in the U15 Prep division. The 2010 loaded American side is led by forward Daniel Makovetskiy (12-14-26), a 2023/24 U15 (BC/US Division) First Team All-Star. Makovetskiy is the only STAR skater with 20-plus points, though forwards Lincoln Angst (12-5-17), Braxton Baker (11-6-17), Levi Ellingsen (7-10-17), Ronin Brunner (4-13-17) and Blaise Weibye (3-9-12) are all double digit point producers. Dylan Gale (4-4-8) leads the STAR d-core with eight points. Erik Sims (7-2-0) has tended the net for the majority of the games this season, holding a 2.99 GAA, .890 SV% and 1 shutout.

Maddox Slater (2-4-0) and Brayden Unruh (2-4-0) have split the work in net for OHA this season. Nathan Marques (5-7-12) is the lone OHA skater to hit double digit point totals this season. His 7 assists and 12 points are all team highs, while his five goals are tied with Cooper Giarraputo (5-3-8), and Gage Mark (5-2-7) for the team lead. 2011 born forward Cohen Short (4-2-6) sits fifth in team scoring with six points this season. Roman Haddad (2-4-6), Shea Mooney (2-4-6) and Ryder Young (2-4-6) all have matching stat lines to pace the OHA blue-line. Henrik Alexander-Ward (1-4-5) and Preston Leboe (0-5-5) sit one point behind the trio as the OHA d-core provides offence in waves, rather than relying on a single player.

Sunday, November 17, 2024 – 10:45am PST: Planet Ice Delta – Canadian

Delta Hockey Academy Green (6-4-1) vs RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna (9-0-0) Female U18 Prep

Delta Green (Delta, BC) and RHA Kelowna (Kelowna, BC) have played twice previously this season, with RHA Kelowna winning both games in Vernon, BC by a score of 3-1. The second place Delta Green will host first place RHA Kelowna on Friday and Saturday before the Featured Game of the Day Sunday.

Delta Green is led by Team BC netminders Jillian Matthews (2-3-0) and Maisie Cope (4-1-1), who was named the 2023/24 泊樂娛樂城app Female U18 Prep Top Goaltender. The duo have combined for a 1.91 GAA, .933 SV% and 1 shutout this season. Now in her fourth 泊樂娛樂城app season, Molly Cole (10-5-15) has tallied a team high 10 goals and 15 points. Defenseman Sadie Isfeld’s (7-3-0) seven goals led all Female U18 Prep defensemen this season. While the Delta Green offence might lack the star power of their opponent, 12 skaters have at least five points this season as the unit relies on its depth. Despite their slow starts offensively, look for Minnesota State University commit Katie Olfert (4-3-7) and Cornell University commit London McDavid (3-4-7) to make an impact sooner, rather than later, this season.

Coming off their third straight 泊樂娛樂城app Female U18 Prep Western Championship, RHA Kelowna has started the season off by going undefeated through their first nine games. But for the first time in eight seasons their will be a new head coach behind the bench as Garrett Festerling replaces Kris Hogg who recently left to join Clarkson University as an assistant coach in the NCAA. Among the 20 RHA Kelowna players include a 泊樂娛樂城app best 15 who represented their province last week at the 2024 U18 Women’s National Championships. 2008 born forwards Alida Korte (7-16-23) and Hayley McDonald (10-10-20) pace the RHA Kelowna offence, sitting third and fourth in league scoring. Danica Maynard (4-8-12), Team BC captain and Top Defenseman at the U18 Women’s National Championships, is tied with 2009 born Ava McDermid (0-12-12) for the lead on the RHA Kelowna blueline. Jaya Schippel (4-0-0) and Ava Drabyk (5-0-0) have combined for a 0.56 GAA, .968 SV% and 5 shutouts in the teams unbeaten run.

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For the 2024/25 season the 泊樂娛樂城app is proud to introduce the Coach of the Month Award for the three different 泊樂娛樂城app divisions: Eastern, West Female, and West Male.

This award is aimed at recognizing the incredible coaches within the 泊樂娛樂城app and acknowledges their hard work, dedication, commitment, leadership and impact on the game both on and off the ice.

We would like to congratulate these three coaches, who were all nominated by their programs, for their hard work in the month of October.

East Division –聽 FX Girard, Bourget College:

“As a Bourget College alum and former NCAA student-athlete, FX is incredible leader for student-athletes. He is a great assistant bench-boss, giving a ton to student-athletes on and off the ice. He serves as the programs Strength Coach with a Kinesiology background. FX always making decisions that best benefit individuals and has a great support mechanism and amazing coaching potential.”

West Female Division –聽 Kris Hogg, RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna:

“Kris recently joined NCAA program Clarkson University as an assistant coach, after leading RHA Kelowna to an undefeated start to the 2024/25 season. During his eight year coaching career in the 泊樂娛樂城app he has accomplished the following:

• 106 players graduated to play College Hockey
• 5 泊樂娛樂城app Western Championships, including 3 straight
• 1 Gold Medal at Winter Games team BC
• 1 Western Canadian National Championship
• 2 Stoney Creek Titles
• Calgary Firestarter Tournament Champion
• 164-14-7 泊樂娛樂城app regular season record
• +861 goal differential”

West Male Division – Rick McConnell, Pilot Mound Hockey Academy:聽

“Rick is the staple of the PMHA coaching staff. Rick’s open-door policy has allowed his players to gain trust and build strong habits to start the season. Rick’s communication with his team has set them up for success this season, allowing players to feel comfortable and accepting that mistakes will happen and that learning from them is of the utmost importance. Rick’s practice style is high-paced with strong competition in a positive atmosphere. Rick strongly encourages his student-athletes to participate in community events, including cleaning the arena, volunteering with Pilot Mound Minor Hockey, and helping with the Learn to Skate program with Rock Lake Figure Skating. Coach Rick is PMHA’s coach mentor and has spent many hours to start the season to get everybody on the same page within the PMHA program. Rick is the go-to person on staff, and PMHA appreciates the extra effort that he puts into the program to get the academy involved with the local community.”

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Sanche went 8-1-0 with 1 shutout while recording a 1.33 GAA and 0.940 SV% in nine games with Everett during October. On the season he is 10-2-0 with a WHL best 10 wins, 1.98 GAA and 0.924 SV%.

The Kamloops, BC goalie joined the 泊樂娛樂城app for the 2019/20 U15 Prep season going 12-4-0 with a 2.98 GAA, .889 SV% and 1 shutout with the Pursuit of Excellence (now RHA Kelowna). The following season with RHA Kelowna he would go 3-0-0 with a 1.00 GAA and .939 SV% in 3 U15 Prep games.

He would join Okanagan Hockey Academy (OHA) for the 2021/22 U17 Prep season, posting a 6-7-0 record, .880 SV% and 4.67 GAA while being named the 泊樂娛樂城app U17 Prep Top Goaltender. At the conclusion of the season the Kamloops Blazers would select him in the second round, 42nd overall at the 2021 WHL Draft.

Sanche would return to OHA for the 2022/23 U18 Prep season where he went 8-3-1 with a 3.18 GAA and .898 SV%. Sanche would make his WHL debut with the Blazers during that season.

The 2023/24 season was his first full season in the WHL with the Blazers. Sanche would play 30 games posting a 4.66 GAA, .872 SV% and 6-17-1 record.

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U15: Lucca Tassone, Yale Hockey Academy

The Abbotsford, BC netminder went 3-0-0 with 1 shutout, a 0.67GAA and .971SV% in three games during October. On the season he is 6-0-0 while leading the division with a 0.90GAA, .962SV% and 2 shutouts.

U15 Prep: Teagen Bouchard, Northern Alberta Xtreme

In 8 games the Fahler, AB forward scored 8 goals and added 12 assists for an October best 20 points. In 15 games this season Bouchard leads the U15 Prep division with 34 points, posting 14 goals and 20 assists.

U17: Maximilian Koppel, RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna

For the second straight month an RHA Kelowna forward has been named the POTM. In 11 games Koppel posted a division best 10 goals and 20 points, bringing the Regensburg, Germany forward’s season totals to 18 goals, 20 assists and a division best 38 points in 21 games.

U17 Prep: Les Toth, St. George’s School

In five games in October the White Rock, BC netminder went 5-0-0 with 2 shutouts, a 0.98GAA and .967SV% through 305 minutes of action. On the season Toth holds a 7-3-1 record with a 2.26GAA, .942SV% and 2 shutouts.

U18 Prep: Austin Polonoski, Pilot Mound Hockey Academy

In his second season with Pilot Mound, Polonoski recorded a division best 17 assists and 20 points in just 7 games in October. On the season the Thunder Bay, ON forward has 5 goals with division bests in assists (19) and points (24) in 10 games this season.

Female U18 Prep: Rowyn Street, RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg

The Winnipeg, MB forward tied for the division lead with 15 points in 7 games in October, scoring 7 goals and 8 assists. In her second season in the 泊樂娛樂城app with RHA Winnipeg, Street has 9 goals and 10 assists, placing her fifth in league scoring with 19 points.

Eastern U17: Antonio Lombardo, Lower Canada College

A defenseman from Montreal, QC, Lombardo led all defensemen with eight assists and nine points in four games in October. All four of his games this season took place in October, leading to him sitting first among defensemen in assists (8) and second in points (9).

Eastern U18: Ezekiel Lambert, Ulysse Academie聽

Lambert finished second among all skaters in October with 10 points in 6 games while his 8 assists were tops in the division. The Saint-Gilles, QC product is currently tied among all defensemen for the division lead with 3 goals, 8 assists and 11 points in 8 games this season.

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