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The Oakville Beaver. Wednesday April 24, 2002 - D3 Former NHL assistant coach brings hockey school to Oakville By Dave Mowbray SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Doug McKay behind the Devils bench with Jim Schoenfeld.They're in Oakville this summer. E R IC C A IR N S #33 Defence Height 6-6 Weight 238 Shoots Left Bom June 27. 1974 O A K V IL L E . ON. CAN It's not every day that a 10-year-old aspiring hockey player receives hands on teaching from the likes of N H L players Dave Andreychuk. Steve Guolla and Eric Caims. Add that to the coaching expertise of former Buffalo Sabre. Washington Capital and New Jersey Devil bench-boss Jim Schoenfeld and you've got yourself quite the little hockey school. Doug McKay, a former assistant coach with the Devils, is bringing these N H L names to Oakville's River Oaks Rec Centre for the first time from July 22-27 for the week-long CCM Hockey Schooi, catering to players from ages eight to thirteen. McKay, who for the past ten years has been running a successful school in Burlington, couldn't resist opening up another in Oakville. "I think Oakville is a great little community." said McKay. "River Oaks is a superb facility. The Olympic ice pad made it very attractive. It's just phenomenal." The soon-to-be Oakville resident says his school is unique by stressing two major compo nents -- which M cKay calls his confidence on ice program -- acceleration and agility. "We teach power skating, efficiency, passing, team play, goaltending. and the kids spend an hour each day with pucks. Other programs don't do these drills with pucks." Another not-so-shabby selling point for the school is the calibre of instructors that M cKay can draw upon from his N H L days. Past instructors at the Burlington school include Tom Barrasso. Pierre Turgeon. Rick Vaive. Glenn Anderson, Steve Thomas, and the list goes on. And they're not there for decoration. "The coaches and the pro players at this school go out on the ice and teach the kids ... That's a big thing for the school, offering N H L instruction from professional players, coaches and European pro fessionals." The former IH L Turner Cup winner says his number one goal is for the kids to come away with a feeling that they had a good experience, learned the basic fundamentals of the game and. most importantly to McKay, had fun. "We want the kids to realize that this isn't a try out camp." he says. "We are teaching hockey and life skills as well as respect for parents, referees, and developing values. This is an opportunity for them to leam from actual N H L players for a week." The school places all students into groups according to age. size and skill, with a low athlete to instructor ratio to ensure progress, no matter what the student's level of ability, participation or involvement in hockey. The school also features a game on the final Saturday of the program where students can show case the skills they have learned to their families and friends. "W e encourage parents to come out and watch their kids play every day." M cKay says. A Hamilton native, M cKay played in the International Hockey League for six years, win ning the Turner Cup with Kalamazoo in 1978-79 while playing under his father and coach Doug M cKay Sr. M cKay was also an assistant coach with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1981-82 and with the Devils in 1988-89 during the team's infamous eastern conference final run against the Boston Bruins. The Cinderella Devils missed making the Stanley Cup finals by one game and head coach Schoenfeld made sports headlines with his memo rable 'Have another donut' rant directed towards referee Don Koharski. "We were a young team and an overachieving team," recalls McKay. "It's one of the most mem orable moments of my hockey career." McKay now coaches in Europe full time and runs the two CCM Hockey Schools in the sum mer. Registration forms for both hockey schools are available now at River Oaks Recreation Centre in Oakville and Appleby Ice Centre in Burlington, or phone M cKay at (905) 634-7035 for more infor mation. Oakville's NHL contingent in playoffs By Jaime Burnham SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Huge, nigged defenceman made his NHL debut on Oct. 8. 1996 with Rangers against Panthers. Recorded first NHL point against Islanders on Jan. 2. 1997. Scored first NHL goal while with the Islanders against Red Wings' Chris Osgood on Feb. 25. 2000. Played his 100th NHL game on Nov. 27. 19lW against Capitals. Media voted Caims top Rangers' rm>kie (Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award) at 1996-97 training camp. He was claimed off waivers by the Islanders in 1998. Ranked fifth in NHL in I999-(X) with 196 penalty minutes. Season 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 N HL Totals Playoffs 1996-1997 2001-2002 NHL Totals Team Rangers Rangers Islaiulers Islanders Islanders Islander* g p 40 39 9 67 45 74 274 g p G 0 0 0 2 2 ·> 6 G 0 0 0 A 1 3 3 7 2 5 21 A I) 0 0 TP 1 3 3 9 4 7 27 TP 0 0 0 P1M 147 92 23 196 106 176 740 P IM 0 0 0 +/-7 -3 1 -5 -18 _2 -34 +/0 1 · 1 PP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PP 0 0 0 S ll 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SH .0 0 0 G \v 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 GW 0 0 0 GT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GT 0 0 0 Shots Pet 17 0 17 0 2 0 55 3.63 21 9.52 34 5.88 4.11 146 Shots Pci 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team Ranger* Islanders 3 T 5 R O B Z A M U N E R #17 Left wing Height 6-3 Weight 203 Shoots Left Bom September 17, 1969 O A K V IL L E . ON. CAN A fixture w ith the Tampa Bay Lightning for seven seasons. Zamuner joined the Ottawa Senators on June 30. 1999 in a trade for Andreas Johansson. Originally had been a thirdround selection o f the New York Rangers (45th overall) in the 19S9 Entry Drat't. Zamuner is a diligent worker who earns the respect of friend and foe alike. Has represented Canada at the World Championships in 1997 and 1998 and also played for Team Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics. In 1998-99. Zamuner was named the third captain in Tampa Bay history. Was an even or plus player in 40 of the 58 games he played for the Lightning in '98-99. He recorded his first career hat trick against the New York Rangers on Nov. 19. 1997. Joined the Lightning as a free agent on July 13. 1992. Appeared in 84 games in first full season w ith Tampa, setting team marks for a rookie with 43 points on 15 goals and 28 assists. Season 1991-1992 Oakville has two players in the National Hockey League, and both are involved in post season play. O f the two players. Rob Zamuner is the more well known in Oakville, hav ing been bom and raised in Oakville and progressing through the town's minor hockey system before moving on to the Guelph Platers in the OHL. Zamuner joined the Boston Bruins prior to the start of the season and. he is involved in the playoff series with Montreal Canadiens. The two teams split their first two games, Montreal opening up with a 5-2 win and Boston winning the second game 6-4. Zamuner, who attended White Oaks Secondary School, has two assists. But there is also another local player suiting up in the N H L and that's Eric Caims. More correctly, he's Oakville bom and Burlington raised. He's in his fourth year with the Islanders, after breaking in with the New York Rangers, and he is involved in the series with the hometown favourite Toronto Maple Leafs. Toronto took a 2-0 series lead into the third game last night on Long Island, with the fourth game set for tonight. The Oakville Beaver had a chance to talk to Caims while he was in Toronto for the first two games last week, and he elaborated upon his Oakville connec tion. "1 lived in Oakville for five years. I played one year of hockey there and then 1 left after that and moved to Burlington with my parents." Caims recalled. Caims then worked his way through the Burlington minor hockey system, playing one year for the Burlington Cougars, before moving up to the O H L with the now defunct Detroit Junior Wings. He was selected in the 1992 N H L entry draft by the New York Rangers and spent several seasons with Binghamton of the American Hockey League (A H L) before making his N H L debut in the 1996-97 season against the Florida Panthers. Caims was able to spend time with his parents last weekend before return ing back to Long Island. He remains positive about his team's performance, despite being down in the series 2 0. "I don't think we have to change much of what we are doing because we are playing really well." Caims said. "It has come dow n to one breakdown each time with the puck ending up in our net." Caims knows winning w ill require beating Leaf netminder Curtis Joseph, who has been outstanding for Toronto, so far. "We've got to keep guys going to the net. putting pucks at the net and getting the rebounds." Caims said. "It is hard to get Joseph off his game because he is so good but we have to try something." Regardless of the outcome of the series against Toronto, Caims should be happy with his team's 2001-02 season. This is the Islanders first post season showing in the last nine years. Although Toronto may be favoured around town. Caims is no doubt receiv ing his share of cheers, at least around these parts. Oakville 3-pitch league now accepting teams and players The Oakville 3-pitch league is now accepting teams and players for the upcoming season. Games are played mostly on Sundays, with the occasion al Friday and Monday night game. For more information, or an application, please call Peter at 905-333-9362. 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 N H L Totals Playoffs 1995-1996 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 N H L Totals Team Rangers Lightning Lightning Lightning Lightning Lightning Lightning Lightning Senators GP 9 G 1 A 2 Senators Bruins 84 59 43 72 82 77 58 57 79 66 686 GP 6 6 4 2 18 15 6 9 15 17 14 8 9 19 12 125 G 2 2 28 6 6 20 33 12 II 12 18 13 161 A 3 0 0 2 5 TP 3 43 12 15 35 50 26 19 21 37 25 286 TP 5 2 0 2 9 P IM 2 74 42 24 62 56 41 24 32 52 24 433 P IM 10 2 6 0 18 + /0 -25 -9 -3 II 3 Ol -15 -6 7 6 -62 +/- PP 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 PP 0 0 0 0. 0 SH 0 0 0 3 ,3 4 3 1 1 2 g w 0 0 <;t 0 2 1 1 4 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 19 N il 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 19 GW 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 GT 0 0 0 0 0 Shuts II 183 109 74 152 216 126 89 103 123 98 1284 Shuts 10 7 9 1 27 Pci 9.09 8.2 5.5 12.16 9.87 7.87 11.11 8.99 8.73 15.45 12.24 9.74 Pet 20 28.57 0 0 14.81 C C · · · · · · · D ave A n d reych u k S tev e G u o lla A d a m C o p e la n d E r ic C a ir n s S c o tt M a c D o n a l d D ou g M cK ay J im S c h o e n f e ld Team Lightning Senators Senators Bruins 0 0 4 -1 1 -5 0 -5 Mens 35+ Outdoor Soccer League Registration T hursday, A p ril 18 8:30 p.m .-10:00 p.m . . . « W a r n in g r J diabetes at A ir Athletics ** ^ % ^ ^ ^ ^ 1333 N. 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