It's an end of an era for the Melville Millionaires

 

For the first time in 12 years, the Melville Millionaires will have a new Head Coach/GM for the upcoming SJHL season.

The team announced this morning (Wed) that they will not renew the contract of Jamie Fiesel for the 2016/17 campaign.

"We would like to thank Jamie for his 12 years with the organization and we wish him and his family all the best moving forward", Mils president Dawn Melnychuk said in a press release this morning.

Melnychuk also added that "After a dozen years you got to decide as an organization if this is the road you want to continue to go on or if you want to go in a new direction and that's what we decided to do."

Fiesel took over the helm of the Mils from Steve Young in 2004 had a regular season record of 339-280-58 regular season record over his 12 years and his teams lost in 3 SJHL League Finals to Humboldt (twice) and also the Yorkton Terriers in 2014.

"To me today, I'm not sad, disappointed that I won't be the guy to win the championship for this great community, I'm very content and I am very honored and happy that I was able to be the Head Coach/GM of the Melville Millionaires for 12 years", Fiesel said in a interview.

Fiesel was also the longest serving Coach remaining in the SJHL.

Any candidates interested in the Head Coach/GM position for the Melville Millionaires can send their resumes to Mils President Dawn Melnychuk by email to dawn@melvilleagencies.com

Thoughts from Mils President Dawn Melnychuk

Thoughts from Jamie Fiesel




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Reflecting on Feez...

I'd like to personally like to thank Jamie Fiesel for all he did for me during our 4 years we had the chance to work together for.

Feez was also so accommodating for interviews or press releases with the team or just was there to be some one to shoot the breeze with which you can't ask for more being new to the Sports broadcasting industry.

Here is a couple of videos to remind us what kind of great humor and character Fiesel has.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgXb_uLMrQM or https://youtu.be/9OaIcVAzrfA

I had the chance to first-hand see the impact that Feez had on the community and to the Mils organization being from the City of Melville, he was always willing to lend a hand for Minor hockey practices to having his team or himself help out in the community to just having a conversation with any on from young or old in Melville.

So did Jamie Fiesel win that elusive first league title for the Mils organization and their fans, no he didn't (but no coach has been able to as of yet), did he put his heart and soul in to try and do that? Absolutely, no doubt about that. He was able to take a team that didn't reach a league final in 10 years, to 3 league championship series, and tons of memories not only on but off the ice as well.

So from him pretending he left his wallet on the road trips so the rest of us had to pay for his snacks to always chirping me (or sometimes complimenting me) about how with my nice suit and tie that I finally didn't have a face for radio, its been a slice Jamie Fiesel, thanks for all you did for the City of Melville, the Melville Millionaire organization, the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey and for myself in your 12 years.

Like a lot of people have said, Melville was good for Jamie Fiesel but also Jamie Fiesel was good for Melville.

Portage Terriers capture 2nd straight MJHL Turnbull Cup Title

 

(Top left to right: Josh Bykowski and Braden Pettinger.
Bottom left to right: Michael Knaub and Braydon MacDonald)

For the 2nd straight year the Portage Terriers have conquered the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.

The Terriers are now back to back MJHL Turnbull Cup champions after a 5-1 victory over the Steinbach Pistons on Tuesday night to win the Best of 7 championship series, 4 games to 1.

Chase Brakel scored twice for the Terriers while former Swan Valley Stampeder Braydon Macdonald, Brandon Stanley,  and Adam Wowryk added singles.

MJHL goalie of the year Nathan Park was once again solid making 20 saves on 21 shots.

Former Melville Millionaires Josh Bykowski and Michael Knaub, former Swan Valley Stampeder and former Wayway Wolverine Braden Pettinger are all part of the Terriers roster.

The defending RBC cup champs now advance to another Crescent Point Energy Western Canada Cup this time in Estevan, Sask at Affinity Place.

The Terriers will open up the WCC on Sat. April 30th when they take on the champions from the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.

Former Millionaire helps Bentley win 2016 Allan Cup

 

The Bentley Generals capture their 3rd ever Allan Cup National Senior Hockey Championships on Saturday as they slipped by the Southeast Prairie Thunder, 4-3 in over time in Steinbach, Manitoba.

Carter Rigby scored the overtime winner at the 15:47 mark of the first overtime period.

Former Melville Millionaire Matt Stefanishion was a member of the Generals and led the tournament in goal scoring with 6 and also was named to the Allan Cup All-Star team.

The 33 year old from Dodsland, Alberta had 53 goals, 75 assists for 128 points in 112 career regular season games in the Blue and White.

Yorkton Terriers 2016 Spring Camp Schedule

Friday, April 15th

            10:00-10:30am Registration @ Terrier Locker Room (Lobby area)
            10:30-10:45 am Review camp format
            10:30-11:30 am Goalie session
            12:00-12:45 pm Team Orange practice
            1:00-1:45 pm Team Grey practice
            2:00-2:45 pm Team Green practice
            3:00-3:45 pm Team Black practice
            4:15-4:45 pm Parent/Player Info Seminar in Section A & B (optional)
            6:00-7:45 pm Team Orange vs. Team Grey
            8:00-9:45 pm Team Green vs. Team Black
          
Saturday, April 16th

           9:00-10:45 am Team Grey vs. Team Green
           11:00-12:45 pm Team Black vs. Team Orange
           5:00-6:45 pm Team Orange vs. Team Green
           7:00-8:45 pm Team Grey vs. Team Black

Sunday, April 17th

           9:00-10:45 am Team Orange vs. Team Grey
           11:00-12:00 Individual Meetings for Orange and Grey
           12:00-1:45 pm Team Green vs. Team Black
           2:00-3:00 pm Individual Meetings for Green and Black


*** All players must wear the proper facial protection. ALL players who were registered at the Midget level must wear full face shields and neck guards. Players who were registered at the Junior level may wear visors.

Local Ties/Connections to the teams at 2016 Keystone Cup in Regina

                                                         

The 2016 Keystone Cup, the Western Canadian Junior B Hockey Championships begins tomorrow (Thurs) at the Co-Operators Center in Regina, Saskatchewan.

The 6 teams taking part are the 100 Mile House Wranglers (BC), Saskatoon Quakers (Host), Regina Capitals (Host), Peguis Juniors (Manitoba), North Peace Navigators (Alberta) and Thunder Bay Northern Hawks (Northern Ontario).

Saskatoon Quakers:  includes former Melville Millionaire F Rhett Kehoe.

Regina Capitals: includes former Yorkton Terriers F Kaleb Bell & G Carson Bogdan. Former Ochapowace Thunder & Kamsack product F Tristin Keshane.

North Peace Navigators: includes former Yorkton Terrier, Canalta Cup champion, Western Canada Cup champion & 2014 RBC Cup National Champ G Riley Medves

Peguis Juniors:  Former Wayway Wolverine & Wayway product D Montana Tanner. Former Melville Millionaires Joey Sutherland and reigning PJHL MVP Matthew Cameron. Schedule & results from the tournament can be found here Here

Yorkton Cardinals (WMBL) holding Information Night tonight!

**The Yorkton Cardinals will be having their public information meeting tonight (Tues) at 7PM at the Days Inn in Yorkton
Everyone is welcome, and the team is going to be available to answer any questions that anyone has about the team for the upcoming season

The Cardinals will also have information on the billet family and volunteer positions available

Yorkton Minor Baseball creates girls Rookie baseball division for 2016

Yorkton Minor Baseball has created girls baseball at the Rookie Division.

The girls born in 2007, 2008, 2009 years would play against the boys but on an all-girls team.

The hope is to keep girls together for the future in the baseball program.

Registration forms can be printed off on the website at www.yorktonminorbaseball.ca

Deadline to register is: April 19th

For more information contact Yorkton Minor Baseball at 306-828-0937 or Coach Brian Trollope at 306-783-2089.