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What Las Vegas Star Players, Coaches and Execs Will be Doing on July 4 Weekend

30 Thursday Jun 2016

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Monday, July 4, 2016

Here is how Las Vegas star players, coaches, execs will be celebrating USA’s July 4 birthday…..

ARTURO CASTRO, PRESIDENT, UNLV REBELS HOCKEY – “July 4 is an awesome holiday that reminds us to celebrate this nation’s independence. Being from Mexico, when we moved here our family and I adopted the tradition of celebrating the freedom this country has given us. Although Mexico also has its independence it doesn’t give you the tranquility that living in the states does. I will most likely be with family and friends just BBQing and lighting off some fireworks. This year I think we are also going to go down to Lake Las Vegas to watch the fireworks show.”

RICHIE CROSSLEY, STAR LAS VEGAS DEFENSEMAN – “All of this means our independence and I will probably be spending July 4 by the pool with my family. I may be trying to recover from the night before because July 3 in my birthday.”

MATT EDLIN, LAS VEGAS HOCKEY EXEC – “I will reflect on our country’s independence and our history. We will be flying to Cape Cod to spend time with family and friends. BBQ, fishing and fireworks. I read Vegashockey.net all of the time. (Matt this fall will be playing men’s league hockey for a team called Slime on Thursday night in Frank Salcido’s pickup league at the SoBe Ice Arena. The Slime wears bright green jerseys)

GOAL SCORER CHRIS FRANCIS, ECHL QUAD CITY MALLARDS – “The 4th of July used to be great for me celebrating with friends and family but in the last five years my fiance and I have our black lab to look after. She is not a fan of fireworks so we make a little family travel to places which are are more quiet for our dog and that is how we celebrate our 4th of July – and I couldn’t ask for anything else.”

GABE GAUTHIER, GM/HEAD COACH WSHL LAS VEGAS STORM AND VEGAS HOCKEY HOF – “The 4th means honor, pride and sacrifice. And I will spend the day with my family – my wife and child along with my parents who will be driving up to spend some time here.”

MATT JOHNSON, FORMER NEVADA STORM COACH NOW WORKING ON HIS MASTERS DEGREE AT AT TUFT’S UNIVERSITY – “July 4 is a time for we Americans to celebrate our freedoms and our rights. Spend time with families taking a break from the chaotic world we live in. I am going to Maine to be at our families lake house and spend some time up there.”

ZEE KHAN, GM, UNLV REBELS HOCKEY – “Celebrating our country with family and friends. We usually do some BBQ and watch fireworks. This year I plan to head home to Southern California. In years past I would go to Beaver Lake in Wisconsin to a former teammate’s lake house to celebrate with a group of former teammates at ASU.”

WILL ‘MONEY’ MUNSON, TEAMMATE OF EDDIE SAMUELS OF LAS VEGAS ON THE NAHL BILLINGS JR BULLS: “Well I am going to be literal here since I love history but the 4th of July means a day of celebrating how great our country is, our freedom, and how lucky we are to be born in such a technology/industrial/progressive country compared to most of the world. My wife and I plus another couple are planning a weekend trip to Paso Robles to do some wine-tasting and relax.” (This fall Will will skate for the Snafu men’s league ice team at Icetown Riverside)

ADAM NAGLICH, LAS VEGAS GOAL SCORER IN ICE AND ROLLER – VEGAS HOCKEY HOF – “My family and I are heading to San Diego for the weekend. We had to beat the heat in Las Vegas so we decided to rent a beach house in SD for the weekend.

HOCKEY DAD STEVE POCHIRO OF LAS VEGAS – “The 4th means a lot to me. I’ve had a family member fight in every war since the conception of this country. In my life my grandfather fought in WW1 and three uncles in WWll and another uncle in Korea. My father fought in Vietnam. I served during the Gulf War but did not see any action. My brother also served. We respect the flag and our country’s history. We will be at our house BQ and then swimming with the family and friends followed by fireworks. You are more than welcome to join us.”

NICK ROBONE, COACH, UNLV REBELS – “I love July 4th. I usually head to a friends house to BBQ and celebrate our country’s freedom.”

HOCKEY DAD TONY ROBONE, LAS VEGAS  – “This is a time to be thankful and celebrate our Liberty and Freedom. I like to what Americans do best at this time…spend time with the family and cut loose!”

SKATER JIMMY SAMUELS, LAS VEGAS – GOING TO KANSAS UNIVERSITY THIS FALL: “The 4th of July provides a few moments for me to feel a strong sense of patriotism, proud to be a part of such a great country. Moments are thought of our troops, thoughts of our freedom. I will be celebrating with my good friends – the last holiday until I part with my friends of the last 12 years and meet new people in Kansas.”

MICAH SANFORD, HEAD COACH, AAA LAS VEGAS STORM 16U AND VEGAS HOCKEY HOF  – “Our whole family is spending the 4th in Hot Springs, Arkansas on the lake. Lots of good Southern food there. We are going early Monday morning to go bass fishing – me, my brother and Dad.

STAR DEFENSEMAN AND VEGAS HOCKEY HOF MIKE TRIMBOLI WHO JUST GRADUATED FROM UTAH STATE – “It is a fun day to celebrate America with friends, family and fireworks. Every year on this holiday a big group of us drive about an hour up into Idaho and go floating on the Oneida River, then return to Logan, Utah and have a BBQ that night. We all have fun celebrating together.”

HOCKEY DAD PETE TRIMBOLI OF LAS VEGAS – “For Terry and I, it will be a day to celebrate the freedoms we have and why this is the greatest country in the world. We will BBQ with some friends.”

GREG YOCHUM, LAS VEGAS HOCKEY DAD – “It makes you realize what a great country we live in, despite all of the craziness. We are going to BBQ at home with the family and watch the fireworks.”

We want to hear from all – If you want to send your July 4 plans, send to leesamuels07@aol.com

 

Breaking News – Gage Quinney Going to NHL Pittsburgh Penguins Prospects Camp

30 Thursday Jun 2016

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Thursday, June 30, 2016

Goal scorer Gage Quinney of Las Vegas will be going to the NHL Pittsburgh Penguins Prospects developmental camp this weekend at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry, Pa.  Gage, 20, is listed at 6’0, 201. He scored 30 goals for the WHL Kamloops Blazers last season.

Coach Rob Pallin: The 4 Things We Look for Before Signing a Player

30 Thursday Jun 2016

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Thursday, June 30, 2016

Las Vegas – Hockey coach Rob Pallin, the new head coach of HC TWK Innsbruck in Austria, said today there are four thing he looks for while looking at and recruiting top players.

#1 HOCKEY IQ

#2 GREAT SKATER

#3 VERY COMPETITIVE PLAYER

#4 EFFORT/ATTITUDE

JASON ZUCKER RE-SIGNS WITH MINNESOTA WILD

29 Wednesday Jun 2016

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Wednesday, June 28, 2016

St. Paul, Minnesota – Jason Zucker of Las Vegas today re-signed with the NHL Minnesota Wild. Jason, who wanted to stay with the Wild, signed for two more seasons. Jason grew up playing hockey in Las Vegas. His last Las Vegas team was the AAA Las Vegas Outlaws 16u at the Las Vegas Ice Center.

Goal Scorer Andrew Clark Signs with Coach Rob Pallin’s HC Innsbruck in Austria

29 Wednesday Jun 2016

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Wednesday, June 28, 2016

Las Vegas coach Rob Pallin announced he has signed goal scorer Andrew Clark of Brandon, Manitoba to play for HC Innsbruck in Austria.

Rob is the new head coach of HC Innsbruck. He said Clark was a 100-point scorer in Denmark in 2014-15 and had 61 points in 51 games last year in the Swiss B League.

“He is a very fierce competitor,” Pallin said. “I remember Clark from the (ECHL) Las Vegas Wranglers vs Stockton playoffs in 2012-13. Clark, playing for Stockton, played hard and was the difference in that series.”

Pallin will depart July 28 from Las Vegas to be with his new club HC Innsbruck.

Chris Francis of Las Vegas Signs With ECHL Quad City Mallards – Will Report to AHL Iowa Wild Main Camp

28 Tuesday Jun 2016

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Chris Francis of Las Vegas crashes towards the net, shoots and scores

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Special to Vegashockey.net

Las Vegas – Goal scorer Chris Francis of Las Vegas has signed to play for the ECHL Quad City Mallards in Moline, Illinois this season. First however, Chris will report to the AHL Iowa Wild main camp this fall. Iowa is an affiliate of the NHL Minnesota Wild.

“I am happy to announce that I will be playing in North America this upcoming season,” said Chris. “I decided to sign a contract with the ECHL Quad City Mallards and will be entering the year at the AHL Iowa Wild main camp. 

“I am really excited to start playing again this season and happy to be in a great organization like Quad City,” he said.

The Quad City Mallards are also affiliated with the NHL Minnesota Wild.

“My goal is to play in the AHL for the majority of the year,” he said.

Chris, 27, was one of the all-time goal scorers while playing in Las Vegas. He was a star goal scorer while playing 279 games in his four seasons with the WHL Portland Winterhawks, then skated for the ECHL Las Vegas Wranglers for four seasons, then the ECHL Alaska Aces for a season and last year for coach Rob Pallin with Sapa Fehervar A19 in Hungary.

The Storm’s Vincent Dekumbis, Beau Ricketts, Gabe Gauthier Plus Megan Myers, Spike Neely, Zach Pochiro, Mike Trimboli, Cory Ward and UNLV’s Megan Edmunds Voted to Vegas Hockey Hall of Fame

28 Tuesday Jun 2016

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After scoring Vincent Dekumbis (23) taps gloves at the WSHL Las Vegas Storm bench area at the Las Vegas Ice Center

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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Las Vegas – Hockey fans from all parts of the world voted three from the WSHL Las Vegas Storm including the dynamic, lightning-quick Vincent Dekumbis, team leader Beau Ricketts and GM/Head Coach Gabe Gauthier who is also the Director of Hockey at the Las Vegas Ice Center to the Vegas Hockey Hall of Fame today.

There was massive voting from readers of Vegashockey.net to determine who would be inducted into the Class of 2016.

Dekumbis, from Fribourg, Switzerland, scored 48 goals in two seasons, was selected to the WSHL All-Star Team last winter and was named the ‘Fastest Skater’ among all of the All-Stars. He received the most Hall of Fame votes this week.

Ricketts, a star player with the Helena Bighorns in his first season of junior hockey, played two seasons in the NAHL and then was asked by coach Gauthier to play for his hometown team the WSHL Las Vegas Storm two years ago.  Ricketts, a powerful force with the puck, worked hard on the ice, scored 30 goals and led the Storm – in its first season – to the playoffs.

Gauthier not only launched the WSHL Las Vegas Storm junior hockey program but as Director of Hockey at the Las Vegas Ice Center help to merge the Storm’s hockey program with cross-town rival Las Vegas Flames who skate out of the SoBe Ice Arena. When that was accomplished Gauthier announced the Storm would put together an AAA Las Vegas Storm 16u tier travel team for 2016-17.

Megan Edmunds, a junior majoring in Journalism and Media Studies with a concentration in Integrated Marketing Communications at UNLV, is the first media person to be voted into the Las Vegas Hockey Hall of Fame. Hired by UNLV Rebels President Arturo Castro, she was the first to grasp the power of Social Media to heighten the awareness of the UNLV Rebels hockey program. Her work was not only the best in Las Vegas but the best throughout the West among all ACHA hockey programs. She and photographer Allie Armendairz – who takes unique action photos during a game – were recognized by voters here on Vegashockey.net. One voter commented “…Megan has loved the sport of hockey since she was a small girl.”

Megan Myers is the first from Las Vegas to play in professional women’s hockey. She skates for the Boston Blades, is a dynamic team leader and she also coaches women’s college hockey. Megan recently played for the Orange County Blades women’s roller team – Platinum level – last week at the NARCh West Finals in Huntington Beach, Ca.

Spike Neely was a high-action player on the first powerful line in Las Vegas, the ‘Triple Threat Line‘ which included Travis Roseberry and JC Caron for the 1999-2000 AA Las Vegas Mustangs coached by Rob Pallin. It was Pallin who said Spike was “all heart” and today Vegas Hockey’s All Heart awards are named after Spike Neely.

Zach Pochiro, a draft pick of the NHL St. Louis Blues, was a star player for the WHL Prince George Cougars for three seasons, then began to play professionally in the Blues system. He skated for the ECHL Quad City Mallards for most of last winter.

Mike Trimboli was a star defenseman for four seasons with Utah State which was a Western Top 10 power each year. He is a very popular Las Vegas player.

Cory Ward scored 67 times in his career with the NAHL Aberdeen Wings, then played in a team record 151 games for NCAA Bemidji State where he scored 45 goals. When his college career was over last winter, Cory was signed by the AHL St John’s Icecaps who are affiliated with the NHL Montreal Canadiens.

CLASS OF 2016 VEGAS HOCKEY HALL OF FAME

PLAYERS

VINCENT DEKUMBIS, WSHL LAS VEGAS STORM

MEGAN MYERS, BOSTON BLADES

SPIKE NEELY, AA LAS VEGAS MUSTANGS

ZACH POCHIRO, WHL PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS – DRAFT PICK, NHL ST. LOUIS BLUES

BEAU RICKETTS, WSHL LAS VEGAS STORM

MIKE TRIMBOLI, UTAH STATE

CORY WARD, NCAA BEMIDJI STATE

COACHES

GABE GAUTHIER, HEAD COACH, WSHL LAS VEGAS STORM

MEDIA

MEGAN EDMUNDS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND PR, UNLV REBELS

 

 

 

 

 

 

AAA/AA Coaches for Las Vegas Storm 2016-17

27 Monday Jun 2016

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With the merger of the Nevada Storm/Las Vegas Flames youth hockey organizations here are the head coaches for 2016-17 season

Junior A – Gabe Gauthier – GM/Head Coach

AAA Midget 16u – Micah Sanford

AA Midget 16u – Wally Lacroix

Bantam AA – Eric Lacroix

Bantam A – Evan and Adam Zucker

AA Peewee – Jeff Bruckner

Peewee A – Dell Truax

Squirt A – Bo Lackas

Squirt B – Scott Rensmon, Jeff Bruckner

Mites 1 & 2 – Brian Fox, Jim Nyznyk

Thank you For Voting for the Vegas Hockey Hall of Fame

25 Saturday Jun 2016

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Sunday, June 26, 2017

Las Vegas – That’s it, the voting is over. A record number of votes came in for the Vegas Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2016. Votes came in worldwide and records were set for the top two winners. Thank you to all who took the time to send in your votes for deserving players, coaches, media and hockey executives. The winners will be announced here on Tuesday.

 

Vegas Chart – Number of Junior/NCAA Games Played

24 Friday Jun 2016

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Friday, June 24, 2016

Here is an interesting chart – the number of games played by Las Vegas players away from home with a single team and/or league.

Games Played

279 – Chris Francis, WHL Portland Winterhawks

274 – Gabe Gauthier, AHL Manchester Monarchs

182 – Gage Quinney, WHL Prince Albert Raiders, WHL Kelowna Rockets, WHL Kamloops Blazers

169 – Zach Pochiro, WHL Prince George Cougars

169 – Jason Zucker, NHL Minnesota Wild

165 – Kenny Brooks, USHL Tri City Storm

158 – Eddie Del Grosso, NCAA Nebraska-Omaha

151 – Jeff Hajner, NCAA Air Force Academy

151 – Cody Milligan, NAHL Corpus Christi Icerays, NAHL Minot Minotauros, NAHL Minnesota Magicians

151 – Cory Ward, Bemidji State – most games played by any player in BSU history

145 – Adam Naglich, NCAA Alaska-Fairbanks

133 – Mike Trimboli, Utah State

132 – Connor Haney, NPHL/WSHL Seattle Totems

122 – Eddie Samuels, BCHL Victoria Salsa, NAHL Billings Bulls, NAHL Fairbanks Ice Dogs

120 – Mike Zenzola, UNLV

117 – Kyle Clay, NAHL Kenai River Brown Bears, NAHL Alexandria Blizzard

116 – Micah Sanford, BCHL Chilliwack Chiefs

114 – Anthony Greener, UNLV

106 – Josh Jasek, BCHL Victoria Salsa

72 – Beau Ricketts, NAHL Minot Minotauros

59 – Sarah Robello, NCAA Mercyhurst

 

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