Wednesday, December 7, 2011

EPISODE 10: THE WEEKLY WORD

THE WEEKLY WORD reaches a MILESTONE this week with its 10th EPISODE....The growth and SUCCESS of our Athlete's has lead us to create a new twist for EPISODE 10... WEDNESDAY'S WILL NOW OFFER AN EXPANDED VERSION OF THE WEEKLY WORD, FEATURING THE WEEKLY WORD UPDATE, plus Our THREE STARS of the week...THE WEEKLY WORD UPDATE Segment will give readers an inside track on where and how some of top athletes THAT MAKE UP THE RINK FAMILY are performing, while OUR THREE STARS, will highlight the accomplishments of our athletes.... 

SO WITH that, let's get things going... 
HERE WE GO...

THE WEEKLY WORD UPDATE...
TYLER METCALFE - ARYSTAN TEMIRTAU (KAZAKHSTAN VYSCHAYA LIGA)

Tyler made the long journey over to KAZAKHSTAN towards the end of August, with just his hockey bag, and a bag of clothes, not sure what to expect with this new opportunity... Metcalfe was formally a member of the UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA GOLDEN BEARS, and became a distinguished member of this organization when he was named Team CAPTAIN in his final Season...He then spent a season in HUNGARY where he tore up the Hungarian Hockey ranks, winning the distinguished SILVER HELMET, which is presented to the LEAGUE LEADER in GOALS...And now his Hockey JOURNEY has taken him to Kazykhstan where TYLER has made the most of his OPPORTUNITIES...METCALFE currently has 17 PTS (5 G - 12 A) in just 25 Games Played, and became THE FIRST CANADIAN EVER TO SCORE A GOAL in the KAZAKHSTAN VYSCHAYE LIGA, when he potted his 1st of the season...Not bad for a Small town CANADIAN KID...Tyler recently sat down for an interview with a journalist over in Kazakhstan....HERE IS THE ATTACHED LINK......THE ARTICLE APPEARS UNDER THE "NEWS OF HOCKEY" OPTION...PLEASE BARE WITH THE TRANSLATION AS THE SITE IS WRITTEN IN RUSSIAN...KEEP UP THE SOLID WORK METZ...

THE WEEKLY WORD 3 STARS...
3RD STAR...
Brendan O'Donnell - University of North Dakota (FR.)

O'Donnell fired 2 Goals this past weekend, including the game winner over the University of Alaska Anchorage...The TAMPA BAY LIGHTHING Draft pick has 3G in 10 games in his Freshman Year with the Sioux.

2ND STAR...
Jon Gaudet - Winnipeg Saints (MJHL)

Gaudet was recently named the MJHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK after he fired 8 points in 3 games (5G - 3 A)..Jon currently has 21 Points (8 G - 13 A) in 27 games.. CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON JON...

1ST STAR...
Michael St. Croix - Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)

St. Croix was recently selected as the WHL's Player Of The Week after he collected 8 Points (3G - 5A) in just 3 Games followed with a +5 rating...The recently selected NEW YORK RANGERS DRAFT PICK sits in 11th among WHL Scorer's with 41 Points (16 G - 25 A) in 29 GAMES...CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON MICHAEL...


THAT'S A WRAP ON EPISODE 10 OF THE WEEKLY WORD...MAKE SURE TO CHECK THE RINK BLOG ON MONDAY'S FOR COACH CAMERON'S CORNER...UNTIL NEXT WEEK...

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