First Showcase

Three or four times this season one of the AAA teams hosts a showcase. This is like a tournament, in that the teams play four or five games in a weekend against the Chicago teams in the league. This cuts down on travel by letting the teams play several games and avoid back and forth driving. Well our first showcase was last weekend and Belle Tire didnt do too bad, Devin did well. He played the two toughest teams, won one and tied the second best team in our league. Due to the coaches rotating goalies, Devin only had two of the five games. Peter Ward was at the showcase and watched both of Devins games, which Devin played very well. He moved the puck alot and was told by many that he is like a sixth defenceman on the ice. For his first year in AAA he is doing very well, having won 4, lost 2 and tied 2. His only losses so far have been against Honeybaked, the number one team in the country. We are hoping that he will start playing alittle more often, as the more he plays the better he gets. Right now he is playing once every two weeks, which for him is not enough.

More News.........

Well Devin received an email from Peter Ward of the NTDP. He is putting together an elite team of 95 age hockey players for the Jr. Chowder Cup tournament in Boston in July. He is asking 9 forwards, 6 defencemen and 2 goalies from across the country and our Devin is one of the goalies. He reported that it would be a good way to get to know the kids that he is considering as potential candidates for the program when they turn 16. Unfortunately this tournament is the same time as the Philadelphia tournament we went to last year, which Devin goes for free because he was an All Star last summer. We have pretty much decided to do the Chowder Cup though, because that is the program we are considering for Devin in the future. His options are numerous through this program, and many of the kids already in the program have verbally committed to Universities. College, OHL, USHL or directly into the NHL seems to be what this program produces.