Dylan Cozens had a 5-point game as the Delta Hockey Academy skated to a 6-2 win over Shawnigan Lake School in Bantam Prep action Saturday morning in Calgary. Read more…..
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Vorster Makes Good on Call Up
What a debut for Devon Vorster! The 17 year old call up from the Delta Hockey Academy had two assists in helping the Victoria Cougars to an 8-0 romp over the Kerry Park Islanders in Jr. B Hockey action. Read more….
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Bantam Varsity 02′ Compete in Edge Fall Classic
The Bantam Varsity 02’ Team travelled to Edge School in Calgary to participate in the Edge Fall Classic during the last weekend in October.
Over the weekend, the Varsity 02’ team played teams from West Kelowna, Calgary, Edmonton, as well as OHA. They battled to a 4 and 1 record to take the championship cup.
The Varsity boys also came out to support Team BC in the U16 Challenge Cup at WinSport arena and saw them skate to a 4-2 win over Team Manitoba.
This trip was a great way for the team to bond together, become a tighter group and it also presented an opportunity for the coaches to get to know their players better.
Over the next two weeks, the team has stops in Portland and Comox before resuming CSSHL regular season games in December.
Bantam Varsity Take 1st in Port Moody
Bantam Varsity Take 1st in Port Moody
The Bantam Varsity 01 Team is coming off an amazing 2014-2015 campaign as CSSHL Champions and it appears their hot streak has continued into this season. With a slightly different roster, the Wild have been able to put together a string of regular season games to start the season as well as an early tournament win.
Over the Thanksgiving weekend the Varsity team were in the Port Moody Tournament to take on some AA talent. They were able to cruise right to the final and then win convincingly 5-1 to take yet another championship to add to their collection.
Next up for the Bantam Varsity team is the highly touted Medicine Hat Tournament, which will be the teams real first taste of AAA hockey. They are off to Alberta, November 11-15 to test their talent against some of Western Canada’s top teams.
As of now the team sits 1st in CSSHL action with a 8-0-0 record.
Bantam Prep Repeat in Chilliwack AAA
Bantam Prep Repeat in Chilliwack AAA
The Delta Hockey Academy went into this years Chilliwack Bantam AAA tournament as the defending champs and favourites to take first place yet again. After the round robin games it looked as though there would be no problem defending their title, however the elimination games brought its challenges, particularly the final against lower mainland rival, Yale Lions Academy.
In a close back and forth game, DHA found themselves behind 4-3 heading into the 3rd period. A great team effort lifted them to a dramatic finish, netting 2 in the final stanza to take yet another title.
The Bantam Prep team has extended their tournament play dominance, collecting their 5th straight major tournament title.
Next test will be in Calgary next month for the NWSCC as they look to once again defend another title.
20 CSSHL players Invited to U16 Camp
20 current CSSHL players out of the 44 total were invited to Nanaimo for the final BC U16 camp. 6 Delta Academy Players were invited including; Luke Zazula, Bobby Russell, Ethan Scardina, Brodi Stuart, Matt Mosher, Brendan Budy.
Delta Hockey Academy aiming for a well rounded experience
Delta Hockey Academy aiming for a well-rounded experience There’s no mistaking the mandate of the Delta Hockey Academy when speaking with academy director Ian Gallagher. “We’re not a win-at-all-costs program,” Gallagher told HockeyNow. “We want these kids to really excel in the classroom, excel in their relationships and excel in hockey, too.”
Of late, it seems the academy’s top teams—they have four: bantam varsity, bantam prep, elite U15 and prep U18—are doing an exceptional amount of the latter. Among the academy’s accomplishments at HockeyNow’s press time, both bantam teams were atop their respective divisions in league play. The bantam prep team had won its last four tournaments, including the 37th annual John Reid Memorial bantam AAA hockey tournament, one of the best in the nation.
The academy, founded in 2004, started out as a supplemental program that focused on offering skills camps to players, including those attending other academies. But, before long, the demand arose for a full-fledged academy and competitive, elite-level teams. “The rationale was, one, our kids were leaving the community to go elsewhere, but two, kids and families in the hockey community were asking for it,” Gallagher said. Part of what the Delta Hockey Academy focuses on is offering a better lifestyle for hockey families. Using the academy approach, Delta is able to incorporate school and hockey into players’ daytime schedules and takes care of the transportation, communication and other aspects of delivering high-performance hockey. The goal is to relieve some of the stress that comes with being a hockey family. As for the recent successes of the academy’s teams, Gallagher said it’s not necessarily a sign that the program is hitting its stride in recent years.
They’ve always provided high-quality hockey programs, but, as he said, it has never been a win-at-all-costs model. “We’re just staying consistent with the values we’ve always had,” he said. “We want to create good citizens. We want to create people who are good members of teams. “We want to have high-performance athletes… but people who are not just capable of being successful in the hockey world.”