Minor hockey hands out awards

The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association held its annual awards banquet last Wednesday (April 16) at the Memorial Sports Centre.
The awards were handed out as follows:
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•Darrell Webb Most Sportsmanlike and Dedication (team award)—Skates & Blades
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•House league champions (2007/08)—Causeway Insurance Cougars
•Canadian Tire Award/K.G. Mosher (Most Dedicated Player)—Tyson Pitkanen
•Mark Hopkins Memorial (Most Improved Player)—Claire Sandelovich
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•Sheldon Mosbeck Memorial Trophy (Most Dedicated Player)—Spencer Shortreed
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•House league champions (2007/08)—Fort Frances Firemen’s Association Flames
•Andrew Grynol Memorial (Most Sportsmanlike)—Hailey Clendenning
•Bud Hebert Trophy (MVP)—Brady VanUden
•Whitey Christiansen Trophy (Rookie of the Year)—Conner Watson
•Mike Vanjura Trophy (Most Valuable Defenseman)—Chandler Cousineau
PeeWee ‘AA’
•Herb Cridland Mermorial (Most Dedicated Player)—Jordan Larson
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•House league champions (2007/08)—Kennedy’s K9’s
•Joe Bolzan Sr. Memorial (Most Valuable Goalie)—Brennan Carroll
•Don Lovisa Memorial (MVP)—Brandon Paterson
•Harvey Shute Memorial (Most Dedicated Player)—Dustin Eyolfson
•Bryce Devoe Memorial (Rookie of the Year)—Cole Godbout
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•House league champions (2007/08)—Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association
•Witherspoon’s Trophy (Most Valuable Goalie)—James Wallin
•Rookie of the Year—Jeff Cridland
•Most Gentlemanly Player—Darren Foster
•Minthy Warren Memorial (Most Dedicated Player)—Faron Morrisseau
Lynn Kellar was awarded the 2007/08 John Puchalski Memorial Trophy for outstanding contribution to the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association while Paul Cousineau captured the Trainers Certificate Plaque.
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•MacDonald GM—Brett Hahkala (most dedicated), Isaiah Smith (most sportsmanlike), and Hunter Ottoson (most improved);
•Skates & Blades–Kendyn Faragher (most improved), Brody Joyce (most sportsmanlike), and Kieran Weir (most improved);
•The Place Fine Foods—Noah Loveday (most dedicated), Lauren Vold (most sportsmanlike), and Ben Smith (most improved);
•Taggs Source for Sports—Brent Jourdain (most dedicated), Colton Bodnar (most sportsmanlike), and Damon Morrisseau (most improved); and
•Fort Frances Times Tigers—Hunter Kole (most dedicated), Wyatt McLeod (most sportsmanlike), and Mackenzie tibbs (most improved)
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•Causeway Insurance—Dane Blais (most dedicated), Lane Mann (most sportsmanlike), and Joshua Calder (most improved);
•M.E.C.—Bennet Davis (most dedicated), Kevin Metke (most sportsmanlike), and Sheldon Slatinsky (most improved);
•Gillons’ Insurance—Thomas Little (most dedicated), Davis Jackson (most sportsmanlike), and Jamie Geesic (most improved); and
•Kaemingh Esso—Tommy Onichuk (most dedicated), Nash Shoemaker (most sportsmanlike), and Alex Adrian (most improved)
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•Brockie’s DPMG 99ers—Spencer Shortreed (most dedicated), Maxwell Williams (most sportsmanlike), and Cameron Turriff (most improved)
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•Oddfellows—Dylan Swire (most dedicated), Bradley Beacham (most sportsmanlike), and travis Kewakundo (most improved);
•Lions Club—Curran Strachan (most dedicated), Sarah Milling (most sportsmanlike), and Dante Tookenay (most improved);
•Fort Frances Firemen’s Association—Peter Windigo (most dedicated), Damon Perrault (most sportsmanlike), and Mason Whatley (most improved);
•Green’s Countrywide Furniture—Jack Hamilton/Conner Botsford (most dedicated), Haily Clendenning (most sportsmanlike), and Aric Chapman (most improved)
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•KC Knights—Jordan Larson (most dedicated), Judd Gardiman (most sportsmanlike), and Danielle Jean (most improved)
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•Canadian Tire—Nick Kaun (most dedicated), Alex Wells (most sportsmanlike), and Ryan Allan/Riel Councillor (most improved);
•Holmlund’s Financial—Dustin Eyolfson/Wes Anderson (most dedicated), Cole Godbout (most sportsmanlike), and Robbie Payne (most improved);
•Wal-Mart—Cody Ward (most dedicated), Brett McMahon (most sportsmanlike), and Sam Berube (most improved); and
•Kennedy’s K9s—Brandon Paterson (most dedicated), Tim Metke (most sportsmanlike), and Dallas Jewett (most improved)
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•Taggs Source for Sports—Cody Vangel (most dedicated), Jon Carlson (most sportsmanlike), and Braedon Keast (most improved)
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•OPP Association—Darren Foster (most dedicated), Mike Sande (most sportsmanlike), and Merek Willemsen (most improved);
•FFMHA—Faron Morrisseau (most dedicated), Britton Green (most sportsmanlike), and Mark Pederson (most improved); and
•Legion—Tyson Grinsell (most dedicated), Dan Brunetta (most sportsmanlike), and Zach Lampert (most improved)