Awards Night 2008

Surrey Minor Hockey Association recognized individual and team achievements last week at its annual season-ending awards night.

Individual award winners were:

Amandeep Gill Memorial Award for the most dedicated Atom player: Rajdeep Bansi
Chad Ochitwa Memorial Award for the best Peewee defence player: Cody Kitzul
Frederick W. Chapman Memorial Award for a Bantam player who exemplifies heart, dedication, respect and love for the game of hockey: Jason Makowski
Jim Lucas Award for community and minor hockey involvement: Ravi Hira
Andrew Sondergard Memorial Award for the most valuable player in Midget AAA: Andrew Hunt
President’s Service award for dedication above and beyond the call of duty to Surrey Minor Hockey: John Steiner and Greg Swanson
Rick Deets Service Award for long time service to Surrey Minor Hockey Association: Jon Argitos
Volunteer of the Year: Craig Sherbaty and Maureen Swanson
Des Mate Memorial Coach of the Year award for devoting considerable time and energy for the benefit of children involved in Surrey Minor Hockey: Trevor Madden and Rob Thurrot
3M Coaching award for outstanding commitment and contribution to coaching of amateur hockey in Canada: Yaseen Chaudhry
Hockey 2 Coach of the Year: Steph St. Arnaud
Hockey 3 Coach of the Year: Pat Alexander
Hockey 4 Coach of the Year: Jay Everett
Newest Life Member of the Association: Rob Kullar
Making a Difference Award for helping out a fellow member in the past season: Pat Peters and Family

Awards were presented to the referees.

Team awards were presented to:

Atom A2 Hurricanes, PCAHA President's Series Champions, coached by Aubrey Hawco
Atom C Kings, SMHA League Champion, coached by David Dryden
Atom C Senators, SMHA Playoff Champion, SMHA Most Sportsmanlike Team, PCAHA Team Achievement Award recipient, coached by Trevor Madden
Atom C Panthers, coached by Sean Allen
Peewee C Flames, SMHA League Champions, coached by Dennis Miller
Peewee C Avalanche, SMHA Most Sportsmanlike Team, and PCAHA Team Achievement Award recipient, coached by Dave Allen
Peewee C Kings, SMHA Playoff Champion, coached by Dan Froese
Bantam C Senators, PCAHA League Champion, PCAHA Playoff Champion, and SMHA League Champion, coached by Lyle Wingert
Bantam C Leafs, SMHA Playoff Champion, coached by Jordan Badari
Bantam C Sharks, SMHA Most Sportsmanlike Team, coached by Mike Savage
Midget B1 Hurricanes, PCAHA League Champion and PCAHA Playoff Champion, coached by Yaseen Chaudhry
Midget C Flames, SMHA Playoff Champion and PCAHA League Champion, coached by Rob Thurrot
Midget C Flyers, SMHA League Champion, PCAHA League Champion and SMHA Most Sportsmanlike Team, coached by Ross Anweiler
Juvenile A1 Thunder, BC Hockey Champion, coached by Carlo Devita

Surrey Minor Hockey Association