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Blind River Beavers, Official Press Release, April 30, 2009

Blind River Beavers Coach/G.M. Jim Capy has completed the Beavers coaching staff for the 2009-2010 season. Joining Capy will be Don Gagnon as Associate Coach and Jim Yardanoff as Assistant Coach. Yardanoff will also assist Capy with the G.M. duties. The Beavers will also retain Goalie Coach Dominic Sorrenti who worked with the Beavers during Capy's first stint with the Beavers.

Gagnon brings an impressive resume to the Beavers with over 20 years of coaching experience at various levels of minor hockey. He spent six years as the Head Coach of the Soo Indians "AAA" program in the MWEHL. Over that time he sent over 40 players to junior A and made many important U.S. college contacts. Three times Gagnon coached teams who have won the Steel City midget "AAA" tournament. He also served as an assistant coach with the Soo Indians in the NOJHL. The past two seasons he lead the Cambrian Nissan Titans to league and playoff championships in the Sault.

Yardanoff brings a tremendous amount of experience in both coaching and administration. Yardanoff has previously worked with the Beavers, Indians and Thunderbirds.

Sorrenti returns for his 5th season with the team.

All three members of the staff are loyal, hardworking people that will work for the players and put the organization first, Capy said.  

Blind River Beavers Try-Out Camp

Date:  Saturday May 23rd, & 24th

Location: John Rhodes Arena, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

All players will play in 3 games during the 2 day format.

The cost is $100 Canadian which includes a practice jersey.

Make Cheques payable to: Blind River Beavers 

Mail your cheque, permission to skate and player resume to

Don Gagnon, 50 Eastwood Street, Sault Ste. Marie, On P6B 5G8 or e-mail dgags@shaw.ca

A player must wear all hockey equipment including the mandatory neck protector.  

The Beavers are currently looking to add players to our roster

for the 2009-2010 season, and would like to invite you to our camp.

The Blind River Beavers are pleased to announce the rehiring of Jim Capy as their new Head Coach & General Manager for the upcoming 2009-2010 Hockey Season!

The Board of Directors decided to go with Mr. Capy who has a track record of building strong competitive teams! The decision was made to go with a coach with proven abilities!

Even though the season has just recently ended, the push will be on to start recuiting players for the rebuilding Beavers.

More information will be available in regards to the Beavers' training camps and staff during the week of April 27th!

STAY TUNED !!!! 

The Blind River Beavers would like to thank all their dedicated fans and sponsors for the great record breaking 2008-09 hockey season !

We also wish the Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds the best-of-luck in the next round of the playoffs!

Blind River Beavers vs Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Eagles, at Blind River, Sat.Mar.14th

  Scott Armstrong scored after 6:56 of sudden-death overtime to give the Blind River Beavers a 3 to 2 victory over the Soo Michigan Eagles and a four-game sweep of their best-of-seven NOJHL, western division semi-final series.

  Armstrong's goal capped a great comeback by the Beavers, who trailed 2 to 0 late in the second period.

  Drew MacMillan scored the other two goals for Blind River, while Aaron Celestino and David McCaig scored for the Eagles.

  The playoff series victory is the first in the history of the Blind River Junior 'A' franchise, which joined the NOJHL in 2000.

  The Beavers advance to play the Sault Thunderbirds in the NOJHL western division finals.

  Check-out the Album Section for the game and individual award pictures by Clark Photo. Presenting the awards is Hector Seguin of the NOJHL along with Sue Jensen (Town of Blind River), Robert Ambeault (Board Director) and Wayne Carnahan (Team President)! 

Congratulations go out to the Soo Eagles for the exciting and close series and the Beavers wish them the best of luck into the future!

Congratulations go out to Beavers Goalie Randy Willis who earned the NOJHL Player of the Week for the opening weekend of playoffs.

Willis kicked aside 101 of the 104 shots he faced courtesy of the Soo Eagles, propelling the Beavers to a 2 to 0 series lead with back to back single goal victories.

Good going Randy!

The Beavers are pleased to announce that the following players and staff will receive the 2008-09 NOJHL Individual and Team Awards!

Tyler Liukkonen, (Onaping Falls Huskies Trophy , Most Gentlemanly Player)

Tanner Burton, (Gilles LaPerriere Trophy, Most Improved Player)

Geritt Weller, (Mitch Tetreault Memorial Trophy, Top Defensive Forward) 

Gilles Pickard, (NOJHL Scholastic Player of the Year)

Robert Gauthier, (Trainer on the Second All-Star Team)

Congratulations from the Coaching Staff & Board of Directors!

Blind River Beavers vs Soo Eagles, March 14th, 2009, Pullar Arena

  The Blind River Beavers came out strong in the second period with 3 goals by Anthony Caruso (2) and Drew MacMillian after a scoreless first period.

  The third period proved interesting after the Eagles came back and scored 3 quick goals in the course of just over four minutes to tie the game 3 to 3. Coach Todd Stencill called for a time-out to get the team re-focused which paid-off as the Beavers replied with 3 more goals by Geritt Weller, Scott Armstrong and Nathan MacLeod.

The Shots on Goal, Soo Eagles 38  Blind River Beavers 41

Goalie Randy Willis played another out-standing game for the Beavers earning him the 3rd Game Star.

The Beavers now have a 3 to 0 lead in the series with 2 wins at the Pullar Arena and can clinch the series with a win on Saturday night in Blind River.  

The 3 Game Stars: 1. Anthony Caruso (BR) 2. Robert Einersen (SSM) 3. Randy Willis (BR).

GO BEAVERS GO ! 

Blind River Beavers vs Sault Ste. Marie Eagles, at Blind River, Sat. March 7th

  A goal by Jason Bird with just 2:22 remaining in the third period lifted the Blind River Beavers to a 2 to 1 victory over the Sault Ste. Marie Michigan Eagles in Blind River on Saturday Night.

  The victory gives the Beavers a 2 to 0 lead in their NOJHL, western division semi-final series. Game three will be played next Friday in Soo Michigan.

  The Beavers trailed 1 to 0 entering the third period, but rallied to tie the score midway through the period on a goal by Sam Skura. Jacob Johnson had given the Eagles the lead on a short-handed goal early in the second period.

  Goalie Randy Willis was out-standing for Blind River, stopping 47 of 48 shots, while Sean LaDouce of the Eagles stopped 41 of 43 shots by Blind River.

  The 3 Game Stars: 1. Randy Willis (BR) 2. Jason Bird (BR) 3. Sean LaDouce (SSM).

Check-Out the Album Section for game pictures by Clark Photo! 

Blind River Beavers vs Soo Michigan Eagles, March 9th, 2009

 The Blind River Beavers clipped the Soo Eagles' wings on Friday night after defeating the Eagles 3 to 2 and thus set the tone for the playoffs.

 The Beavers came-out hard and fast in the first period and scored the first two goals of the game by Tyler Liukkonen and Greg Sartoretto at 02:56 & 15:49.

 In took the Eagles all of the second and part of the third periods to tie the score 2 to 2. At the 09:14 minute mark of the third period, the Beavers went ahead with a goal by Nathan MacLeod to put the game 3 to 2. 

Beavers goalie Randy Willis made the big difference as the Beavers were out-shot 53 to 32.

 The Big win in the Soo at the Pullar now sets the tone for the series in favour of the Beavers!

 The series now goes back to Blind River for game two!

GO BEAVERS GO !!!!!!!!!!

Blind River Beavers vs Temiscaming Royals, at Blind River, Saturday Feb.21st

  A hat-trick by Tyler Liukkonen led the Blind River Beavers to an 8 to 3 victory over the Temiscaming Royals in Blind River on Saturday.

  After trailing 3 to 2 late in the first period, the Beavers scored six straight goals to coast to a decisive win.

Greg Sartoretto, Justin LaDounce, Owen Peltier, Daniel Sieger and Anthony Caruso scored the other goals for Blind River. Alex Bousquet, Kory Cashback and Pierre-Paul Landry replied for the Royals.

  The shots on goal: Blind River Beavers 48  Temiscaming Royals 37

Check-out the Album Section for game pictures by Clark Photo!

The Blind River Beavers were pleased to have in attendance 98 Rotary Kids from around the World who cheered the Beavers on-to victory.

Blind River hosts the Rotary Exchange Student Convention every two years and are guests to the Beavers game.

After the game, the Beavers skated with the kids for an hour of fun and exercise!  

Check-out the Album Section for pictures!

The Beavers' were pleased to receive a cheque from Ida Kennedy (owner of the Riverside Tavern) before the start of Saturday's game against the North Bay Skyhawks. $2300 was raised from the Beavers 3rd Annual Super Bowl Party held at the Riverside, sponsored by the Kennedy's and their volunteers.

Receiving the cheque on behave of the Beavers is Captain Geritt Weller.

Thanks for your support!   

Beavers defeat Sudbury Jr. Wolves 5 to 4 in Overtime on Feb.4th.

CLICK ON THE CAMERA ICON BELOW!

To play Scott's and Head Coach Todd Stencill's Interview , click on the headline!

The league has hired Dawstarscouting to interview each team within the NOJHL.

The objective is to promote the players and teams to the various college, university and other scouts with the intent of moving players to the next level in their hockey careers. 

Enjoy the show!

The Blind River Beavers were pleased to receive a $1500 cheque from Elva Morningstar and Helen Arnott from hosting the Price is Right Game Night held in November.

Saturday was also Sponsor Night for Job Connect which had lots of give aways and draws throughout the game. The Blind River Beavers would like to thank Lee Anne Blondeau and Marian Albert for their great support.

Again, thanks for your continuing support to your local Beavers!     

The Blind River Beavers were pleased to have Chris Astles, Cameco Plant Manager at the game on Saturday night to present the Beavers with their corporate sponsor cheque!

Cameco is a huge supporter of the Beavers and to the Town of Blind River!

Receiving the cheque from Chris Astles is Captain Gerrit Weller and Robert Ambeault, Beavers Corporate Fund Raiser Director.

The Beavers would like the thank Cameco for their continuing support! 

The Blind River Beavers are pleased to announce that forward Micky Sartoretto has just signed with his drafted team, the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League. Mickey was Kitcheners seventh-round pick at the 07 OHL Draft.  With the recent signing, Mickey will receive a complete university education package.

The Blind River Beavers are also pleased to announce that forward Brian Cooper has also just signed with the Division 1 Lake Superior State University Lakers. Brian's hard work all season really paid-off for him as he obtained his future ambition of playing hockey at Lake State.

With Brian's announcement, the Beavers have now moved 5 players from last season to the next higher level. 

Congratulations and the Best-of-Luck from the Beavers !