|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Something very special happened today |
|---|
The North York Rangers 'AAA' Midgets earned a birth in the 2016 Telus Cup in Quispamsis, N.B.
by defeating the Whitby Wildcats in the All-Ontario final on Sunday in Waterloo.
Four of the Top 5 point-getters at the OHF tournament were Rangers, with North York Jr. 'A'
affiliated player William Calverley leading the way with 15 points in the seven contests and
earning tournament 'MVP' honours.
Head coach Rob Vessio's squad won six of the seven games in the tournament, which also
included the Kanata Lasers, Waterloo Wolves, Sudbury Wolves, and London Jr. Knights.
"I am beyond proud," said Vessio.
"We set the goal, the bar high right from the get-go this year, and this is what we wanted to do.
First, to win the GTHL, and then this was step 2. Kudos to all the second-year guys that bought
in, that came back to make this happen; it's definitely a special feeling. Every team there were
good hockey teams, but we didn't feel like we had to change anything. We wanted teams to
adjust to us, and we did that. We have skilled guys, and good defensive guys, good
goaltending; so we stuck to our plan, and any type of game we face, we can definitely deal with.
A lot of teams had to play run and gun with us, and we came out on top."
The 2016 Telus Cup, the national midget tournament, features six teams: five from the different
national regions (the Rangers will be representing the Central Region) and one host, the Saint
John Vito's. It will run from Apr. 18 - when North York will open up the tournament against the
West Region champion Saskatoon Contacts - until the gold-medal game on the evening of Apr.
24, a game that will be aired live on TSN.
Five of the North York midgets played at least one game for Brent Hughes' junior club this year,
including captain Calverley, Jason Pineo, Aiden Casey, Jeremy Smith, and Jett Alexander.
James Turner, Liam Gillanders, Daniel Tsiampas, and Sean Josling were also available to Coach
Hughes.
Defenceman Noah Holm played one game for the OJHL's Toronto Patriots, while right winger
William Hunter was an 'AP' of the OJHL's St. Michael's Buzzers.
"Its so much fun," said Vessio, of his team's success.
"And to be the first North York team at this stage means a lot. It's kind of history in the making,
and Im just proud to represent everyone. It hasn't sunk in yet, but we are just enjoying the
moment, and we will figure that out as the time goes on."
|
| The North York Rangers midgets have captured the Kraft Cup as Greater Toronto Hockey League regular season champions! |
|---|
With a 3-3 tie vs. the Vaughan Kings on Jan. 27, head coach Rob Vessio and his Rangers' midgets clinched first overall in the GTHL. The club earned a record of 22-4-7 over the course of the season, a win percentage of an impressive 78%.
North York also sits second overall in the unofficial All-Ontario rankings, as set out by the 3rd-party site myhockeyrankings.com, only trailing the OMHA's Richmond Hill Coyotes in that respect.
Vessio's troops will take on the No. 8 seed Markham Majors in the first round of the playoffs, beginning Feb. 3.
Of the North York Junior ‘A’'s 17 affiliated players, nine play for the NYR midgets; and of those nine, Will Calverley, Jason Pineo, Jett Alexander, and Aiden Casey have all played at least one game for Brent Hughes' juniors.
|
| NYR 02 Minor Bantam's WIN North American Cup in Buffalo, NY |
|---|
Players: Tristan Lennox, Oscar Carsley, Logan Boutros, Cole Garner, Ian Devlin, David Jesus,
Max Bronstien, Vincent Fera, Lee Chiang, Jonah Desimone, Colby Ambrosio. Finn Brown, Owen
Air, George Krotiris, Zayde Wisdom, Justin Pulis, Calvin Copeland and Eli Pilosof....Great Job Boys!!!
You can add an asterisk beside the 2015-16 season of the North York Rangers 02 Minor Bantam's as this looks like a very special year indeed.
This team has risen up the hockey rankings the last couple of years but we're in for a doozy.
This group of young men has played in the most prestigious tournaments all year just to have missed winning in 2 previous finals, but this past weekend in Buffalo NY at the North American
Cup they won the Championship with a dominating 5-1 score vs the New Jersey Jr Devils.
NYR went 3 wins and a tie in round robin play and won 3 games on Sunday to capture the Championship.
Head Coach Steve Sardellis said this group has worked so hard this year and been so close all year it was inevitable that these boys were on the path of tasting this success! The team is ranked 2nd in The GTHL and Top 3 in Ontario.
We are excited to be heading into the stretch run and hopefully we can peak at the right time and push for a league Championship.
|
| NYR Midget ‘AAA’ club, #1 Ranked |
|---|
The North York Rangers Midget ‘AAA’ club has been slotted in at the top in Wednesday’s latest cross-Ontario rankings, according to the third-party website ‘ myhockeyrankings.com’. Check out the full rankings list here. The club is the OJHL Rangers’ closest affiliates, with seven of the Junior ‘A’ club’s affiliated players regularly plying their trade for the midgets of the same name.
According to midget bench boss Rob Vessio, the biggest reason for the midget team’s success has actually been off the ice.
“I think the camaraderie in the room has been huge,” he said.
“The boys are really getting along, and it shows on the ice. Even off the ice everyone is having fun, so right now that, and a lot of secondary scoring, is really helping. You add two very good goaltenders on top of that, and we are a hard team to beat.”
Led up front by North York APs Will Calverley, Jason Pineo, Jett Alexander, Liam Gillanders, James Turner, and Jeremy Smith, the midgets have broken out to an 18-4-3 record, and have scored more than double the amount of goals than they have given up.
While the club is deep all over the ice, Vessio notes that he and his staff focused on recruiting one specific area over the others.
“Being an ex defenceman myself, when it came to recruiting we really focused on the D,” he said.
“We are happy with the group we have, and to get guys like Gillanders and even Smith to come back and play midget has been huge. There is still a lot to be learned, but as coaches we really felt we needed to build from the back end out, and it is paying off so far. We have a solid balance right now.”
The NYR midgets usually play Saturdays at Westwood Arena in Etobicoke, and Sundays at Chesswood Arena in North York.
Five current Junior ‘A’ Rangers are NYR midget ‘AAA’ alumni, including captain Jeremy Szabo, Louis Kereakou, Ryan Hunt, Jake DeMaeyer, and Matthew Galli.
Jamie Neugebauer
|
| North York Rangers AAA Tryout Schedule has been released |
|---|
|
Click here to view.
|
| North York Rangers Peewees Win In London !! |
|---|
The 2014-15 North York Rangers Peewee team felt good going into the London Jr Knights EarlyBird Tournament.
The Coaching Staff was ecstatic to see their young players hoist the championship cup.
All of our players performed Sangha, Bourdos, Williams, Jaques, Boutros, Fera, Garner, Lee, DiSimone, Copeland, Wisdom, Pilosof, Air, Krotiris, Gallo and Gelgor. We really like this group of players. They earned this." said Coach George Nistas.
In the championship game North York overcame a 1-0 deficit to the hard working Quinte Red Devils, and in the 3rd period scored 3 times to win the Tournament Championship.
Coaches and Parents are so proud of the hard work and determination of this great group of boys!
GO RANGERS GO !
|
| Rangers' minor midget Vertiy signs with Spitfires |
|---|
By Jamie Neugebauer
North York Rangers minor midget forward Daniil Vertiy has signed with the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League, the club announced Tuesday.
Click here to read the full article.
|
| Three Rangers minor midgets picked in OHL Draft |
|---|
By Jamie Neugebauer
Another chapter in the rich history of the Rangers organization was written Saturday as three North York minor midgets were selected in the first seven rounds of the 2014 Ontario Hockey League draft.
Click here to read the full article.
|
| NYR Minor Midgets earn OHL Cup wild card spot |
|---|
By Jamie Neugebauer
The North York Rangers ('98s) Minor Midgets have been given one of six wild-card spots allotted to clubs that will have a one-game play-in with the hopes of making the 2014 OHL Cup.
Click here to read the full article.
|
Gongshow Gear South-West Conference
Player-Of-The-Month Announced
#15 – Corey Kalk – North York Rangers |
|---|
Click to view the press release.
|
Marlies Home Opener, October 13, 2012
Goulding Park Rangers Atom "A" |
|---|
|
| Hockey Night in Canada's Play On! |
|---|
Hockey Night in Canada's Play On! celebrates the game of hockey and Canadian culture in a wholesome, festival atmosphere that makes kids feel like NHL pros and helps adults feel like kids again. Since this program's inception, over 790,000 Canadians have "taken back the streets" from coast to coast through participation in one of the sixty-eight (68) Play On! events held to date. And by the end of the summer of 2012, more than 1 million Canadians will have participated in a Play On! tournament.
Seven players from this year's Goulding Park Rangers Peewee A Kraft Champion team decided to enter Play On! that was held at Ontario Place on May 26-27, 2012. The team, representing the Goulding Park Rangers and proudly wearing their organizations t-shirts/jerseys, played in the final championship game of their 25 team division. Although they lost 4-3 in the last game, the event provided the players with the chance to manage themselves to achieve a berth in the finals, bond as a group and simply enjoy one of Canada's favourite pasttimes!
Go Rangers Go!
|
| Goulding Park and North York salute to the troops. The banner and flag were sent overseas by the Canadian government. |
|---|
|
NORTH YORK RANGERS MINOR MIDGET HEADING TO THE OHL CUP!
(Click here to view)
NORTH YORK PLAYER GEMEL SMITH IN OHL TOP 5 RANKINGS
(Click here to view)
(from Hockey Now February 2012)
|
|---|
| Scotiabank Top Prospects Game |
|---|
The North York Rangers AAA Hockey Club is proud to announce that Kris Bennett, Gregory Ditomaso, Calvin Gomes and Matthew McLeod from our Minor Midget team have made the Scotiabank Top Prospects Team. The game will be broadcast by Rogers TV cable 10/63 in Toronto/Scarborough and will air on Sunday January 15, 2012 at 8:00 pm.
NYR wishes its players the best. Great accomplishment gentlemen!
|
| Minor Hockey Salutes Our Troops |
|---|
Goulding Park Hockey Club and the North York Rangers Hockey Club Junior provided an afternoon of history and hockey last month, as they saluted the troops during the North York Rangers Jr team's home opener. The commemorative event, which was sponsored...
Read More
|
| In-House Prospect Skate |
|---|
The yearly tradition continued this year as NYR/GPR held our Year-End In-House Skate. Fun was had by all, and the NYR Jr. A Coaching staff was pleased to see the up and coming talent within the organization.
|
| About Us... |
|---|
The North York Rangers are proud of being a part of the 50 plus year tradition of the Goulding Park Hockey Association, in providing competitive hockey to the community at all levels. Combined with Goulding and the North York Rangers OHA Jr A team, we offer approximately 1,000 children the opportunity to learn and develop their hockey skills, from the age of 4 when a child first puts on skates through to our Juvenile AAA and OHA Junior A teams.
On April 5, 1995 Les Vinton the General Manager of the Goulding Park Hockey Club was given permission by the MTHL (before it became the Greater Toronto Hockey League or GTHL) to form a “Major series club”. At that time “current” MTHL policy required only that Goulding operate the Major division with a different name and have a separate General Manager.
Times have changed. Today we are required not only to have a separate name President and General Manager, we are required to be incorporated separately from the Goulding Park Hockey Association.
As a community based not for profit association we operate only with volunteers who contributed more than 40,000 hours during the past season (AA and AAA combined).
The Executive of the North York Rangers AAA Hockey Club reports to a Board of Directors, which includes; Dave Mitchell, Harry Ort, John Carriere, Steve Davis, Brant Snow, and Claude Desjardins.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
