Minor hockey season ends on high note

BANQUET BEST: Taber Minor Hockey held its awards banquet last Monday at the Taber Community Centre to celebrate the season that was in 2016/2017. TIMES PHOTO SUBMITTED

Last Monday night put an official wrap on the 2016/2017 Taber Minor Hockey season as players, coaches, officials and managers honoured with various awards for their play and leadership.

The following is the complete list of honourees recognized at the awards banquet on March 3 at the Taber Community Centre Auditorium:

Atom A MVP (Lewis Tudor Memorial) – Connor Chapman / Kahil Wright

Atom B Team Player – Kayden Kress

Peewee MVP – Brinley Degenstein

Player’s Player (Jean Bowman Memorial) – Connor Eldridge

Best Defenseman – Kole Reynolds

Bantam MVP (Butch O’Donnell Memorial) – Max Nevil

Best Defenseman – Josh Verloop

Midget MVP (Freda’s Mobile Court) – Clay Leismiester

Most Improved (Cliff Passey Memorial) – Darian DeBona

Most Sportsmanlike (Les & Molly Marriott Memorial) – Mitch Young

Best Defenseman (Perry Brandics Memorial) – Gavin Hoskins

Bruce Wills Memorial (Scholastic Achievement & Hockey Proficiency) – Ryan McDonald

Goalie (Derrald Smith Memorial) – Trey Ross

Overall Player (Tessa Sparks Memorial) – Dylan Jones

Coach of the Year – Duane Nevil

Manager of the Year (Frank Koncz Memorial) – Don Hubble

Volunteer Award (Gordon Hacking Memorial) – Brad Bodnar

Most Promising Official – Lennae Wong

OIL KING AWARDS

TEAM/MOST DEDICATED/ MOST IMPROVED/ MOST SPORTSMANLIKE

Atom CAHL: Callie McCulloch/ Rex Bell/ Devan Loewen

Atom SPUD: Ryan Gray / Zachary Fehr/ Tristen Egeland-Cusker

Peewee CAHL: Brendan Appleton/Heath Hansen/Brant Allen

Bantam CAHL: Josh Verloop/Simon Virostek/Jack Murphy

Midget CAHL: Ryan Hubble