News Release


May 19, 2004

Team Alberta Named for 2004 USA Hockey InLine National Junior Festival

For Immediate Release

RED DEER ? Hockey Alberta Inline has named its 14 player roster for the 2004 USA Hockey In Line (USAHIL) National Junior Festival tournament. This year?s event is being held in Corona, California, June 24-27.

Team Alberta will be competing against four regional all-star teams from the United States (Team West, Team South, Team East and Team Midwest/Central). Attending this year?s event for the third time, Team Alberta is the only Canadian team to be invited and is often viewed as ?Team Canada?.

?We were overwhelmed by the amount of skilled players that attended the selection camp this past weekend. It was no easy task selecting the team. The players gave it their all which made our decisions that much more difficult,? stated assistant coach, Scott Botterill.

The selection camp for the 2004 Team Alberta program took place May 14-16 at the Collicutt Centre in Red Deer. It was an ?open? tryout for all players living in the province of Alberta born in the years 1985 to 1988. With 43 athletes from across the province in attendance, this year?s selection camp was the largest in the program history.

The tournament format consists of round-robin play followed by the top two finishers competing in the championship gold medal game. The third and fourth place finishers after the round-robin games play for the bronze medal in the consolation game. Team Alberta was edged out of the medal round by a one goal loss in the final round robin game at the 2003 event.

?It?s our goal to build a team that can match the Americans foot speed and wheel control. That?s not easy considering the majority of our competition is on their wheels 12 months a year. If we can equal their skating we?re confident our team play will give us the upper hand,? commented head coach, Shane Hastings.

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For more information contact:

Shawn Bullock
Coordinator, Inline Hockey
Hockey Alberta
(403) 342-6777
Email: [email protected]

Sandra Pysklywyc
Coordinator, Communications
Hockey Alberta
(403) 342-6104 ext 25
(780) 916-0947
Email: sandra@hoc[email protected]

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2004 TEAM ALBERTA ROSTER AND COACHING STAFF

David Filawich (Sherwood Park Spinline), Defense
Mitch Vevang (Calgary Rockyview), Defense
Kellen Kunyk (Sherwood Park Spinline) Defense
Beau Noble (Medicine Hat), Defense
Karl Stollery (Camrose In Line), Defense
Turner Lachance (Red Deer Outlaws In Line), Defense
Dean Campbell (Cochrane In Line), Forward
Joshua Hamaluik (Sherwood Park Spinline), Forward
Adam Ross (Red Deer In Line), Forward
Jason Walker (Vermilion In Line), Forward
Chad Aboughoushe (Edmonton In Line), Forward
Derek Lutz (Red Deer Outlaws In Line), Forward
Jesse Chenard (Camrose In Line), Goalie
Joey Sharp (Sherwood Park Spinline), Goalie


Head Coach ? Shane Hastings has played in the Red Deer Inline Adult League for the past five years. He has played at every level in ice hockey, including three years Junior A and two years college/university. Shane has coached at the 2002 Alberta Summer Games and 2003 Canada West Cup. He was also an Associate Coach with the Red Deer Midget AAA Optimist Chiefs winning a bronze medal at the 2004 National Midget Championships.

Assistant Coach ? Scott Botterill has played in the Sherwood Park Spinline league for the past 3 years. His ice hockey career included 3 years in the Western Hockey League with Prince Alberta Raiders and Portland Winterhawks and Team Pacific at the 1997 IIHF World Under 17 Championships. Scott has coached the Sherwood Park Bullfrogs for the past 3 years and won a Silver medal at the 2002 Alberta Summer Games as the head coach of Zone 5 Black Gold/Yellowhead.