Time Out
The official newsletter of the 2007 IIHF Hockey Development Camp
Vierumäki Faces of the Day Coming from the two countries that host NHL teams, the duo have had their fair share of questions and stereotypes to break. For Kyler, it was explaining that not every Canadian player is as good as Sidney Crosby. For Jonathon it was telling people that he doesn’t personally know every NHL player.
Each day, one player at the 2007 IIHF Hockey Development Camp will be featured as the Camp’s Player of the Day. Today, Team Yellow’s Jonathon Merrill from the U.S. and Kyler Ackewance from Canada are highlighted. If you were to ask North Americans Jonathon Merrill and Kyler Ackerwance before the Development Camp if they could picture being a teammate and friend with a rival, they might have though you were nuts. But a mere four days into the Vierumäki camp, the American (Joanthon) and Canadian (Kyler) have become the buddies and lead ers of the yellow team.
But more than teaching their teammates about the finer points of North American culture, the two are enjoying their role as leaders of the team. With so much hockey experience between the duo, they have gotten the chance to set an example for their teammates from not-so-traditional hockey nations. But the teachers are also learning. For them the culture difference between Finland and North America has been eye opening. They’re also getting lessons from their teammates, who are teaching them various words from their native languages and also about their native cultures. But for them the greatest lesson of all is seeing how popular the game is around the globe.
July 5, 2007
Two Minutes in the Box Today’s Highlights: It’s back to business for all the campers as the second half of the camp is officially underway. The teams all have three more games left to play, while the adult participants are moving into the practical application for everything they’ve learned.
Friday’s Weather: You might wake up to rain showers in the morning, but they should disappear by the afternoon for another nice day in Finland with a high of around 21 degrees.
Around the World: Mighty Malaysia
One of the newest nations in the IIHF is also becoming one of the most active. Malaysia recently became an IIHF member, but is eager to develop the sport in the small nation. In total there are three participants at this year’s development camp. The nation will also take part in the Asian Development Camp, which will be held in China one month from now.
Did You Know?
Almost everyone knows that the 2010 Olympics will be held in Vancouver, Canada, but yesterday the International Olympic Committee held its 2014 host nation vote. And the winner is...Sochi, Russia.
Mentor Coaches: Leading the Leaders In many cases, the difference between a positive and negative experience in sports comes down to the coaches guiding the players. With coaches having such a large influence over players, the IIHF has brought in an elite group of eight mentor coaches who guide the actual team coaches in their day-to-day activities. The mentor coaches bring impressive backgrounds to the camp. Some have been national team coaches, or coached in the top leagues around the world, or in many cases done both. Most of the mentor coaches
have been at an IIHF Development Camp before, meaning that they understand the philosophy can goals here in Vierumäki. First and foremost it is to give both the coaches and players skills that they can take back home with them to share with their peers. The Mentor Coaches are also giving feedback to the IIHF while they are here concerning their experience in the field. Most recently the group had a meeting to discuss the TimeOn-Ice project and how to improve it for practical use. Of course, there is much that
the mentor coaches are learning from each other and also the coaches they are training.
The Teal team coaches plot their next practice
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On the Ice: Meet Team Yellow Team Players: Härmä. Riku Jedrych, Maciej Merrill, Jonathon
Game Results
Team Schedule / Results: Finland Poland USA
July 1 July 2 July 3
W, 10-7 W, 6-1 W, 10-0
vs. Green vs. Maroon vs. Teal
Tønseth, Carl Christian Norway
July 5 July 6 July 7
16:30 16:30 14:00
vs. Red vs. Blue vs. Black
van de Velden, Dax Netherlands Sommer, Tamás Hungary Dale, Chris Ackewance, Kyler Kühnhackl, Tom
New Zealand Canada Germany
Colombel, Christophe France Komarek, Konstantin Austria Waldner, Jan Italy Gornostajev, Artjom Estonia Stanescu, Stefan Romania Glavonjic, Nikola Serbia Kyros, Jordan Zigor, Martinez
Australia Spain
Suutari, Tommi Russell, Peter Visschers, Marc
Mentor Coach
MacLean, Ross Dabovic, Bogdan Espino, Enrique
Student Coach
Coach Coach Manager Equipment
About the Team:
The games at this year’s development camp are split into two halves that last 22 minutes each. Unlike at previous camps, all penalties result in a powerplay (not a penalty shot).
Team White 13, Team Green 9
Looking on paper, it should be all about geographic rivalries for the Yellow team, with pairings that include a Canadian and American, a German and an Austrian, and a New Zealander and a Australian, it seemed that this team might have problems coming together. But in fact, just the opposite has happened as the squad has emerged as one of two unbeated teams, and gets along very well both on and off the ice. If ever there was a model team that has come together with no borders, it is the Mellow Yellows, who are hoping to keep their perfect record in tact through the final day of camp to set up a battle against the also-perfect Black team.
With ten minutes left in the game, Team Green held a 9-8 lead. Down, but not out, Team White staged a huge comeback, taking the lead and then adding insurance goals for the 13-9 win. It was a wacky game for special teams with seven combined power-play goals and four shorthanded tallies scored.
Team Yellow 7, Team Red 2
Team Yellow maintained its perfect record by downing Team Red, 7-2. Yellow skated out to a 4-0 lead in the first half, but then the offense stalled in the opening of the second half as Red scored the only goal of the first 11 minutes. But Yellow found its scoring touch late in the game, sealing the 7-2 win with the help of two power-play goals.
Team Maroon 7, Team Black 5 Yannik Fischer’s three, second-half goals propelled Team Maroon to a 7-5 win in a back-and-forth battle against Team Black. 19 seconds into the second half, Black held a 4-2 lead, its largest of the game, but Maroon chipped away at the lead until Fischer’s shorthanded goal put them ahead once and for all. The Black loss leaves Yellow as the only undefeated team of the camp.
Team Teal 1, Team Blue 8
Team Blue skated to an 8-1 win against Teal for their second straight win at the Development Camp. After losing their first two games, Blue has come on strong, earning 9-1 and 8-1 wins.
So you’re back from Helsinki and ready to spend the rest of camp up here in the woods of Vierumäki. It’s time that you learn words that will help you here in the north. Now you can talk like a real local! Moose = hirvi
Forest = metsä
Lake = järvi
Lion = leijona
