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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1997-04-02, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2,1997 Brussels Bulls honour their best at banquet Good sport Dedicated Brad Mulvey accepts the Jason Kraemer Award for sportsmanship from Don Jacklin. The presentation was made at the Brussels Bulls year-end banquet, Saturday night. Tammy Vincent presents the Mike Vincent Memorial Award to Brussels Bull Brett Fischer. The award is presented annually to a player with desire and dedication to the game and the team. Fischer was honoured at the Jr. C team’s annual banquet, Saturday night. Tammy is Mike's sister. Brussels Bulls Coach Charlie Smith, left, present the Coaches Award to Dan Williams. This award is given each year to the player whom the coach feels is adaptable to situations and can play where he is needed. He received the honour at the banquet on Saturday night. Good start Ann Fitzgerald presents Gary Staples with the Brussels Bulls award for Top Rookie at the club's year-end dinner and awards presentation on Saturday night in Brussels. MVP Josh Alexander was the Brussels Bulls MVP of the regular season. He received recognition for this at the annual banquet with a trophy presented by Frank Stretton. He’s the top Brussels Bulls director Joyce Jacklin presents player Ryan Wright with the award for Top Scorer for the season. Wright, who received the honour at the banquet, Saturday night, had 23 goals, 23 assists, and six multi­ goal games. Last Saturday night the Bulls held their annual Awards Banquet at the BMG Community Centre. Recapping the 1996-97 season the Bulls had an up-and-down year. They finished with seven wins, 16 losses and seven ties with the seven ties being the most by one team in the league. Three Bulls finished in the league's top 13 scorers in the league. Ryan Wright finished sixth with 23 goals and 23 assists for 46 points while Darin Alviano with 18 goals and 17 assists and Steve Henderson, with 11 goals and 24 assists for 35 points each, tied for 13 th. The Bulls went from most penalized team in the league last year to least penalized team for the 96/97 season with an average of 31 minutes in penalties per game which is not an easy feat in this league. Wright was also third in the league with multiple goal games and third overall with two three- goal games. Alviano tied for second overall in the league with three shorthanded goals. The evening's festivities began with a delicious potluck meal enjoyed by the players and the parents. The Top Scorer trophy went to Ryan Wright with his sixth overall, 46 points. The Jason Kraemer Award for sportsmanship went to Brad Mulvey with one goal, four assists and only 12 minutes in penalties. Tammy Vincent presented the Mike Vincent Award for "desire and dedication to hockey" to Brett Fischer. The Most Improved Player award went to Bulls' goalie Mike DeJong who finished the season with a 4.49 goals against average. The MVP of the Regular Season went to Josh Alexander for his eight goals, 15 assists and 18 minutes in penalties and also his strong leadership on and off the ice. The Rookie of the Year trophy went to Gary Staples with three goals and nine assists. The Coaches Award, picked by Coach Charlie Smith, is given to the player the coach feels is best able to adapt to certain situations and can play where he is needed at any given time. This years recipient is Dan Williams with seven goals and 10 assists. The Best Defenceman award went to Alexander who was also voted the Western Jr. "C" Leagues best defenceman by the six other teams he played against this year. The MVP of the Playoffs award was a joint award this year with Josh Cressman and Alviano taking home trophies, Cressman with seven goals and four assists while Alviano had three goals and four assists. Incidentally, Cressman scored half of the Bulls 14 playoff goals in the three games that were played. Congratulations to all of this year's winners! BULLS' NOTES: The 1997/98 season will see the Western Jr. C. league play a 36-game schedule instead of the 30 games played this year. Also, due to work commitments, Head Coach Charlie Smith has stepped down and Assistant Coach Ron Livermore will assume the duties of head coach. Smith will stay with the Bulls in another capacity. The executive thanks Smith for his dedication to the team and wish Livermore the best in his new position.