Some of Newfoundland and Labrador’s most familiar hockey players will be hitting the floor instead of the ice this week in St. John’s and Mount Pearl.
The Canadian Ball Hockey Association is holding three 2019 national championships — men’s A, women’s A and masters — in the metro area beginning today, and the host province will be well-represented by six teams, two in each division.
The Black Horse men’s team — which was runner-up in the 2018 nationals — features two members of the ECHL Newfoundland Growlers — forwards Zach O’Brien and Marcus Power, as well as Cody Donaghey, the top-scoring defenceman for the ECHL’s Orlando Solar Bears last season.
Recent Memorial Cup champions Jordan Maher and Adam Holwell are on the team, as well as forward Jesse Sutton, who like Maher, is graduating from the major junior ranks to play for the University of Prince Edward Island next season.
The bulk of the Black Horse roster consists of Newfoundland senior league players, including goalies Mark Yetman and Scott Bray, defencemen Patrick O’Keefe and Mike Dyke; and forwards Danny Wicks, Jeremy Nicholas, Jordan Escott and former Montreal Canadiens first-rounder Terry Ryan.
The roster also features two players from Manitoba, defenceman Paul Kastes and forward Remi Laurenccelle; each team at the nationals is allowed three pick-ups from outside of its province.
The other Newfoundland and Labrador men’s team is largely made up of players from central Newfoundland and the Bonavista Peninsula, including forwards Adam Dawe, the Gander native playing for the University of Maine, and Bonavista’s Scott Trask, who spent most of last season in the Southern Professional Hockey League after beginning the campaign in the ECHL with the Growlers.
NL United, the province’s top-ranked team in the women’s division has three players — Dawn Tulk, Kristen Cooze and April Drake — who were part of Canada’s gold medal-winning team at the most-recent world women’s championship in Slovakia, as well as former national team player Amanda Kean.
AUS player Katie Peddle and one-time NCAA Division One standout Rebecca Russell, the former head coach of the Newfoundland senior hockey league’s Clarenville Caribous, are also with the United.
Newfoundland’s second women’s entry has a younger roster, highlighted by forward Ashley Stratton, coming off an outstanding rookie season with the University of New Brunswick Reds.
The Colonial Selects, one of the Newfoundland teams competing for the masters title, features a number of players who would be familiar to followers of local senior hockey, including Donnie Gosse, Dale Sullivan, Jamie Tobin and Ryan Delaney.
Longtome local standout Bob Dawson is part of the province’s second masters side, NL Cabot, as is one-time national ball hockey team goaltender Chris Feltham.
Feltham is actually part of two rosters this week — he’s also listed on the men’s A host side. The same goes for Terry Ryan, who is also part of the Colonial Selects in masters play.
Action begisn 10 o'clock this morning at both the Goulds Arena and Mount Pearl Glacier, then continues throughout the day and evening at both facilities.
Here is the schedule for N.L. teams today:
Men's A
• N.L. Black Horse NL vs Niagara War Pigs 1 p,.m., Glacier
• N.L. Black Horse NL vs North York Hitmen, 7:30 p.m., Glacier
• Host vs Edmonton Savages, 9 p.m., Goulds Arena
Women
• Host vs Ottawa Capitals, 10 a.m,. Goulds Arena
• NL United vs B.C. Selects, 6 p.m., Glacier
• Host vs New Tecunmseth, Ont., XTreme, 7:30 p.m., Goulds Arena
Masters
Cabot Masters vs Alberta Havoc, 4:30 p.m., Goulds Arena
Colonial Selects vs Montreal Machine, 4:30 p.m., Glacier
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N.L. Rosters
Rosters for Newfoundland and Labrador entries in Canadian ball hockey championships, beginning today in St. John’s and Mount Pearl, with jersey numbers (where available):
Men’s A
Black Horse
Goalies (2)
1 - Scott Bray; 31 - Mark Yetman
Defence (7)
5 - Alex Powell; 11- Patrick O’Keefe; 17 - Paul Kastes; 18 - Cody Donaghey; 19 - Mike Dyke; 22- Adam Holwell; 23 - Thomas Hedges
Forwards (15)
7 - Kevin Reid; 9 - Danny Wicks; 10 - Jordan Maher; 14 - Terry Ryan; 21 - Brandon Fewer; 25 - Jeremy Nicholas; 40 - Connor Donaghey; 44 - Jesse Sutton; 48 - Matthew Fewer; 51 - Remi Laurencelle; 63 - Zach O’Brien; 72 - Jordan Escott; 86 - Marcus Power; 88 - Nathan Yetman; 91 - Mason Reid
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Host
(no jersey numbers)
Goalies (3)
Curtis Bartlett; Chris Feltham; Gordon Green
Defence (7)
Josh Fitzgerald; Tyler Hollett; Brandon Howlett; James O’Brien; Alex Saunders; Andrew Smith; Nathan Tucker
Forward (13)
Mitch Bragg; Jayson Chaytor; Michael Cooney; Adam Dawe; Adam Dillon; Stephen Lambe; Conal McNamara; Andrew Mercer; Vince Picco; Brandon Street; Ethan Street; Scott Trask; Tristian Watkins
Women’s A
NL United
Goalies (2)
31 - Kelsey Shute; 35 - Shannon Fahey
Defence (7)
4 - Jenelle Rogers; 5 - Jill Mason; 7 - Kristen Cooze; 9 - Misty Seastrom; 16 - Sara Diamond; 17 - Tori Mayo; 88 - Rebecca Russell
Forwards (12)
2 - Shae-lynn Clarke; 3 Nancy Wadden; 8 - Brooke Williamson; 10 - Katie Peddle; 11 - April Drake; 12 - Susan Stuckless; 14 - Dawn Tulk; 18 - Jessica Davis; 19 - Angela Squire; 27 - Brittany Reid; 92 - Cassy Young; 93 - Amanda Kean
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Host
(no jersey numbers)
Goalies (2)
Destiny Budgell; Maggie Jones
Defence (7)
Toni Keats; Brook Lannon; Tyra Lannon; Demi Pelley; Monica Pritchett; Mikela Rowsell; Jen Walsh
Forwards (13)
Jennifer Bidgood; Mackenzie Cahill; Allsion Deering; Abby Gambin; Laura Gambin-Ryan; Brandi George; Jayme Guy; Kim Murray; Alicia Reid; Bella Richmond; Jennis Simpson; Courtney Snow; Ashley Stratton
Masters
NL Colonial Masters Selects
Goalies (2)
29 - Ray Martin; 31 — Lee Harding; 45 - Daniel Medeiros
Defence (7)
2 -Gerald Reid; 7 - Dion White; 14 - Harold White; 18 - Justin Kendell; 32 - John Jarvis; 77- Donnie Gosse; 81 - Kevin Reelis
Forwards (13)
4 - Mike Gambin; 9 - Jeremy Bishop; 10 - Terry Ryan; 11 - Jason Bearns; 15 - Grant Walsh; 16 - Shawn Kane; 17 - Peter Cabral; 19 - Dale Sullivan; 20 - Jamie Tobin; 27 - Rick Traverse; 28 - Tommy Beckett; 91- Ryan Delaney; 93- Robbie White
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NL Cabot Masters
Goalies (2)
31 - Chris Feltham; 33 - Ed North
Defence (8)
4 - Tony Power; 7 - Bill Camp; 15 - Marc Blunden; 16 - Darrell Lush; 23 - Steve King; 61 - Neville Godwin; 64 - Dave Frew; 65 - Darryl Smith
Forwards (15)
10 - Gord Laite; 9 - Jason Powell; 11- Chris Neary; 14 - Robert Price; 17 - Evan Connors; 19 - Sean Handrigan; 24 - Tony Roche; 43 - JP Morrissey; 57 - DJ Lucas; 60 - Bob Dawson; 66 - Scott Drake; 78 - Mike Murphy; 93 - Johnny Johnson; 96 - Jason Voisey; 99 - Rick Winsor
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