The Citizen, 1999-02-10, Page 21THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1999. PAGE 21.
The old boys
The over age Brussels Bulls presentations were made this year, from left, to Andy Agar, by
Anne Fitzgerald, Shane Graham by Margaret Jarvis and Gary Staples from Bobbi-Jo
Rutledge.On guard
George Langlois, left presented the Best Defenseman
Award to Brett Fischer at the annual Brussels Bulls
banquet Saturday night.
Good start
Good sport
The Brussels Bulls Sportsmanship Award was presented
to Corey Campbell, left, by Grant Williams at the Jr. C
team's annual banquet on Saturday night.
Moving up
The Brussels Bulls Rookie of the Year was Matt Wiliams,
left. Keith Mulvey presented the honour to Williams at the
Bulls banquet.
Coaches9 choice
This year's Most Improved Player Award went to Brussels
Bull Phil Schinbein, left. The presentation was made by
Mark Pennington.
Penalty maker
Brussels Bulls Coach Roy Gingerich presented the
Coaches Award this year to Mike Smith.
Honoured
The most Penalized Player on the Brussels Bulls squad
was Grant Jarvis, right. His award was presented by Mark
Pennington.
The recipient of this year's Mike Vincent Award at the
Brussels Bulls banquet was Jamie Black. The award was
presented by Diane Huether.
Bulls
revisit
history
The Brussels Bulls 98/99 year
ended with a delicious meal and a
fun social evening enjoyed by all at
the annual awards banquet last
Saturday night.
Honours for this past year went
to some familiar faces on the Bulls
team and some new promising
faces.
The Rookie of the Year trophy
went to Matt Williams who had
seven goals and six assists in 28
games.
The Top Scorer award went to
Dave Hardy with 10 goals and
eight assists in 25 games. He is
currently playing with the Listowel
Cyclones Jr. B.
The Jason Kraemer award for
sportsmanship was claimed by
Corey Campbell of Brussels and
the Mike Vincent award for
dedication went to Jamie Black of
Blyth. The Best Defenseman
Award for the second year in a row
was claimed by Brett Fischer. Phil
Schinbein garnered Most Improved
Player while Most Valuable Player
honours went to goaltender Shane
Graham.
The coaches award was
presented to Mike Smith of Ripley.
Three retiring Bulls plaques were
handed out to Shane Graham, Andy
Agar and Gary Staples. Two of
these players may return to the
Bulls next year as overage players.
This year was disappointing but
it was also a rebuilding year for the
Bulls as a lot of younger players
were brought on board to ensure a
bright future for Jr. "C" hockey in
Brussels. Hampered by the injury
bug all year, the Bulls were able to
hang in there.
Due to weather, originally, and
then a lack of manpower at the end
of the year, a couple of games did
not get played.
The manpower problem was the
release of younger players back to
their minor systems to continue
their hockey development. This
was not considered a popular move
by the Western Jr. "C" League and
the Bulls took some heat over the
decision. It was felt by the
executive and the management staff
that it was more important to
consider the Bantam, Midget and
Juvenile-aged hockey players well
beings and futures, thus they were
able to play a little more hockey
instead of being done hockey Jan.
22.
The Bulls will most definitely be
stronger next year with the
decisions that were made and with
a solid core of players returning.
After the banquet and before a
large crowd the champion 86-87
Bulls laced up the skates once
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