Salmon Arm Minor Hockey Association honoured its own on May 18.
The annual presentation of awards, these for 2021-22, took place at the Shuswap Community Church.
Roy Sakaki, SAMHA administrator and longtime hockey booster, offered congratulations to all the winners, players, coaching staff, parents and board members.
“Thank you to all for a tremendous and successful season,” he said, noting about 470 youngsters participated.
The award and trophy winners are as follows:
Division U7:
Most Sportsmanlike – F. Sadie Gennings, Team 1. Ian Syme, Team 2. Rylan Blais
Most Improved – F. Holly Scranton, Karli Turner, Team 1. Vaughn Spencer, Team 2. Ross Stark
Most Dedicated – F. Hadley Yurkowski, Team 1. Tanner Bartman, Team 2. Eli Purves
Division U9:
Most Sportsmanlike – Team 1. Barrett Penner, Team 2. Max MacDonald, Team 3. Tyson Allen, Team 4. Crosby Petch, F. Jasmine Stiles
Most Improved – Team 1. Jack MacLean, Team 2. Troy Sunder, Team 3. Roman Brown, Team 4. Jakob Sedman, F. Lily Brink
Most Dedicated – Team 1. River Hawrys, Team 2. Lukas Delleman, Team 3. Isaac Carlson, Team 4. Cole Jacobs, F. Rylee Yano
Division U11 Female Recreation:
Most Sportsmanlike – Team 1. Julia McLellan
Most Improved – Team 1. Ellie Padgham, Jane Scranton
Most Dedicated – Team 1. Isabel Lake
Division U11 Recreation:
Most Sportsmanlike (Bruce Bartman Memorial) – Team 1. Evan MacKintosh, Team 2. Rylan Geall, Oliver Bullen, Team 3. Ryder Blair
Most Improved (Herb Johnny Memorial) – Team 1. Logan MacDonald, Team 2. Brantley Fish, Team 3. Jacob Jones
Most Dedicated – Team 1. Arlo Heckrodt, Team 2. Carter Burgi, Team 3. Hunter Lord
Division U11 Development:
Most Sportsmanlike – Team 1. Kai Cadden
Most Improved – Team 1. Hudson Deisroth
Most Dedicated – Team 1. Tucker Williams
Division U13 Rec Female:
Most Sportsmanlike – Team 1. Quinn Hoffort
Most Improved – Team 1. Claire Henry
Most Dedicated – Team 1. Charlie O’Brien
Division U13 Rec:
Most Sportsmanlike (Durant Boyd Memorial) – Team 1. Mitchell Taylor, Team 2. Haydn Mitchell, Team 3. Daemon Ilnisky
Most Improved (Dan Renaud Trophy) – Team 1. Liam Devos, Team 2. Barakat Alhasan, Team 3. Brayden O’Reilly
Most Dedicated – Team 1. Zachary Loewen, Team 2. Rylan Baker, Team 3. Alayah Gervais, Cassie Heine
Division U13 Rep Tier 1:
Most Sportsmanlike – Team 1. Emma Ward
Most Improved – Team 1. Kaden LaRoy
Most Dedicated (Brody Berg Memorial) – Team 1. Linden Delleman
Division U13 Rep Tier 2:
Most Sportsmanlike – Team 1. Linden Venter
Most Improved – Team 2. Murray Blackwell
Most Dedicated – Team 3. Kingston Soper
Division U15 Rec Female:
Most Sportsmanlike – Team 1. Sophie Kehl
Most Improved – Team 1. Alexis Godard
Most Dedicated – Team 1. Kasey Howe
Division U15 Rec:
Most Sportsmanlike (Anthony Materi Memorial) – Team 1. Andrew Hagerman, Team 2. Ryan Greenhough, Team 3. Isabelle Menzies, Jackson Dalgleish
Most Improved (Lyle Parlour Memorial) – Team 1. Jonah Housden, Team 2. Harjosh Khrod, Team 3. Aaron Hutchison
Most Dedicated (Chris Imrie Memorial) – Team 1. Brendan Hughes, Team 2. Lukas Ingle, Team 3. Jack Schedewitz
Division U15 Rep Tier 2:
Most Sportsmanlike – Team 1. Connor Steward
Most Improved – Team 1. Sean Harty
Most Dedicated – Team 1. Eric Thompson
Division U18 Rec:
Most Sportsmanlike (Dave Mackay Memorial) – Team 1. Ethan Hemsworth, Team 2. Jesse Saretzky, Team 3. William Sutherland, 4. Elias Harvey
Most Improved (John Pottie Trophy) – 1. Gabe Niewenhuizen, 2. Tyson Allard, 3. Lukis Jules, 4. Manraj Chhokar
Most Dedicated (Ole Christianson Memorial) – 1. Nicholas Wright 2. Jordan Perepolkin, 3. Garrett Kelley, 4. Sacha Munro
3rd Year Most Sportsmanlike Player (Bernie Hucul Trophy) – Team 1. Cole McTavish, Ethan Kerber, Team 4. Justin Schielke
3rd Year Most Improved Player (Brad Jackson Memorial) – Team 1. Spencer Lowe
Division U18 Rep Tier 2:
Most Sportsmanlike – 1. Aiden Berukoff
Most Improved – 1. Michael Tyssen
Most Dedicated (Brendan Burge Memorial) – 1. Ty Slaney
Referees:
Most Promising – Sean Davies
Most Dedicated – Kaily Jeffery
BC Hockey Referee School – Kaily Jeffery, Mason Kenny, Pierce Spencer
Special Award:
Unsung hero – Everett Williams
Honorary Life Members – Shana Phillips
Volunteer Awards:
Dedicated Volunteer (Wendy Pottie Memorial) – James Inglis
Scott Atkinson Coach Appreciation Award – Harlan Anderson, Adam Blair
Safety Award – Dan Hemsworth
President’s Award – Cindy Cameron Cherry
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