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Jon Filewich

Phys Ed (BPE) - Certified Personal Trainer

Experience as a professional hockey player (NHL,AHL,Swedish Elite League)

Jon will be working primarily at the Souris Location

Westman Wildcats  had a great turn out for the pre-training evaluation.  The weather was very warm but the girls were put through their tests.    Jonathon Filewich who now works with Outperfome Athletics ran the pre-training evaluation. Jon is available to answer any questons you may have had with the evaluation or on summer training needs.     If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact us by email at svrc@mymts.net or at the numbers listed below.  

The pre-training evaluation was held July 3 from 1pm to 3pm at the Souris School

POST TRAINING EVAULTION WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 28.  More details to follow.

Looking forward to seeing you all again in August.

Carole Williams 483-5214

Penny Hunt        858-2183

Campbell gets the call for Hockey Manitoba’s Summer Prep Camp

Congratulations to Kristen Campbell of Chater who has been selected to the next stage of Hockey Manitoba’s Program of Excellence for the U18 Team Manitoba squad that will compete at the U18 National Women’s Championship to be held in Calgary from November 6-10. Campbell is one of 3 goalies who has made the short list of players invited to participate in the Team Manitoba Prep Camp held August 15-18, 2013. The Prep Camp is the last camp setting in the POE process, however it is not the final phase before selecting the Team Manitoba roster. Following the Prep Camp, the coaches will use a combination of exhibition games and scouting to cut down to the final roster size of 20 players before the championship tournament in November. The Team Manitoba coaches have cut down to 3 goalies, 9 defenseman, and 15 forwards for the August Prep camp.

The Westman Wildcats organization is very proud of you Kristen and wish you good luck in the upcoming camp!

Jon Filewich

Phys Ed (BPE) - Certified Personal Trainer

Experience as a professional hockey player (NHL,AHL,Swedish Elite League)

Jon will be working primarily at the Souris Location

Westman Wildcats have one more opportunity before we all get some great summer weather.   This year Jonathon Filewich who now works with Outperfome Athletics will be running a pre-training evaluation. We would like to invite  everyone who attended our spring camp or anyone who has an interest in trying out for the Wildcats in the fall.    If you are interested in attending please let us know by June 28^th.     If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact us by email at svrc@mymts.net or at the numbers listed below.  Hope to see you in July.

For any returning wildcats this is a mandatory session.  Jon runs training sessions throughout the summer but most of you will have your own program in your community that you follow.  We will do a final evaluation near the end of August.  For any of you who have already done your initial  assessment with Jon you do not need to attend the July 3^rd session but will be retested in August.  

The pre-training evaluation will be    July 3 from 1pm to 3pm at the Souris School

Carole Williams 483-5214

Penny Hunt        858-2183

3 WILDCATS CHOSEN FOR TOP 40

Congratulations to Melissa Hunt, Kristen Campbell, and Jaycee Magwood for being selected to Hockey Manitoba’s Program of Excellence Top 40. Each Wildcat is fighting for one of twenty roster spots that are up for grabs. Notable mention is Courtney Ganske who was chosen as an alternate player so if any  Top 40 player was injured or unable to attend the May 10-12 tournament, she would be called upon. If the 3 players are chosen for the top 20 they will travel to Calgary, AB in November for the U-18 National Championships. The U-18 Nationals were a stepping stone for a lot of players who are on rosters of Canada’s U-18, U-22, and the National women’s team. 

11 Wildcats attend POE tryouts in Winnipeg 2013

The Wildcat organization would like to congratulate the players that were selected for the Program of Excellence Top 100 Spring Tournament held in Winnipeg from March 28-30. This was the first stage in deciding who will play for Team Manitoba in the 2013 National Women’s U-18 Championships in Calgary, AB November 6-10. Congrats to the players who were chosen to attend the camp! Pictures are below with the names in order (clockwise R-L). Jaycee Magwood from Killarney, Gina Williams-Souris, Courtney Ganske-Killarney, Kristen Campbell-Chater, Megan Robertson-Boissevain, Melissa Hunt-Hartney, Jenna Patterson-Boissevain, Keisha Robertson-Oak Lake Beach, Kaitlyn Crowe-Deloraine, KJ Wallace-Oak Lake, and Jossa Danis-Brandon.

Former Westman Wildcat and current University of Minnesota Duluth player Brigette Lacquette has been chosen by Hockey Canada to come to Calgary on August 6 and train full time for the chance to make Team Canada for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Lacquette was one of four current or former Bulldog players named to Canada's National Women's Team centralization roster Thursday, along with UMD alumni Jocelyne Larcoque, Haley Irwin and Caroline Ouellette. One of 27 players that will be centralized, Lacquette, a sophomore from Mallard, Manitoba, was one of only five players chosen to join Canada that was not on the world championship roster from earlier this year. Brigette was part of the Esso Cup winning Wildcats in the 2008/2009 hockey season before going on to play for the Bulldogs. Brigette is the fourth player from the Wildcats organization who has been selected to try out for Team Canada along with former Wildcat star Brittany Phillips-Colgate University, Karissa Kirkup-University of Maine and Ashleigh Brykaliuk- University of Minnesota-Duluth.

The Westman Wildcats would like to wish Brigette good luck on trying to crack the Women’s National team. 

Congratulations to Karissa Kirkup and Ashleigh Brykaliuk for being invited to attend Hockey Canada’s U22 strength and conditioning camp. Hockey Canada’s National Women’s Program is conducting the camp for U22 aged athletes in consideration for their program for the 2013-2014 season. The camp will take place in Toronto, April 24^th – April 28^th. The camp will assess individual fitness levels and will help start a proper summer training program. The Wildcat organization would like to congratulate Karissa and Ashleigh for achieving their dreams and goals and maybe someday playing for the National Women’s team. Good luck and make us proud!

The second step in Canada’s Program of Excellence, the National Women’s Under22/Development Team meets twice a year, for a summer camp and three-game series, typically against the U.S., in August, and again for an international tournament in January.

Since 1990, Canada’s National Women’s Team has been a power on the world stage, winning 10 world titles, three Olympic gold medals and 12 - 3 Nations/4 Nations Cups. Its success has helped women’s hockey registration numbers skyrocket in the last decade.

The Westman Wildcats are pleased to announce the following additions to the coaching staff for the 2013-2014 season.

Dan De Kezel will again be behind the bench as an assistant coach for the upcoming 2013-2014 season.  Dan brings 19 years of coaching experience with the last 8 of those years with Regional Program and the Westman Wildcats.  He was part of the coaching staff that led the Westman Wildcats to their win of the inaugural Esso Cup in 2008-2009.  He coached the Regional Bantam Challenge Team for 2 years and has been involved with the Wildcats since 2007.   Dan brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience with the Wildcat Program and that expertise is invaluable.  Dan also played Junior A Hockey with Weyburn and Melville of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.

Dan is Maintenance Supervisor at the Deloraine  School and resides in Deloraine with his wife Siggi.  Kiara their daughter who is a former Wildcat will be entering her 3^rd year with the University of Wisconsin Superior Yellowjackets. 

Tod Wallace joined the Wildcats mid-season last year and we look forward to his return as an Assistant Coach.  Tod is a goalie who played his Minor Hockey with the Yellowhead Chief’s AAA midget hockey and then went on to play with the Bottineau Junior College team and then 4 years with the North Dakota State University who play in the ACHA Division 1.   Tod has coached Minor Hockey for 11 years and has been involved as an assistant coach with the Director’s Cup Team.

Tod works at MAFRI and resides in Oak Lake with his wife Penny and their three children Kjierstan, Riley and Hunter.

Doug Roach will be joining the coaching staff for the 2013-2014 season.  Doug has an extensive background in hockey having played goal for  3 years with the Estevan Bruins of the SJHL and 4 Years of University with the Brandon University Bobcats of the CIS.  Doug has coached hockey for 16 years, 8 in the minor hockey system, 6 in high school hockey and most recently the last 2 years with the AAA Female Bantam Regional Program.  Doug has also instructed at a number of hockey schools over the past 8 years.     The Wildcats are fortunate to have two goalies that have played at the elite level behind the bench next year.  Doug has completed his certifications to Development 1 and his past coaching experiences have shown him to have a creative mind and to think outside the box in his approach to coaching.

Doug is a high school teacher who resides in Virden with his wife Nikki  and their children Logan, Zack, Mackenzie and Brooklyn. 

The Wildcat Organization looks forward to an exciting new season in 2013 – 2014.