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w WAmthlmm-Mmd-y,iniyti.2012-za SIS s ' l . - ' I . The OffIClal 201 2 Waterloo Chronicle Reader 5 Chetce - . - . f . . prepplng for On-Line Busmess Directory and Winner's Section - 20 1 2 season VISIT www.waterloochromcle.ca BvlonmNE-Ir A 1 HYUHDF“ 6355??? (IhronicleSta/Y 5 Ham‘s T here were no unexpected surprises this summer 7 51} all” for the Waterloo Siskins. and that is a good thing. 0/6t if ”a if No threat of folding. no last minute msh to save the till D A‘ P 9g! 1 team or retain players and no budget deficit. HY UN LOWER il‘!‘ 2 there is still work to do. but the 79-year-old junior rv‘ f ‘.â€" 3 l B outfit enters the fall GOIHL season in better shape V ANT AGE 5 FRlCEs “mm In 5; than last year. when the debt-ridden club needed 3 AD < m tritium Ag 1 it! 5130000 cash infusion from a group of community A l! [g partners and financial assistance from the City of a l g 3 Waterloo. 2012 . (cf 5; giggii Although the Siskins' front office will again be look- Em mm m " :l -'“ ing to the city for a grant to help cover the cost of ice our in? i 1 time. there were some positives as the team posted a m'mwammeJmmu-a “it all modest financial gain after a Iean-and~mean 201i-12 “an.“ I ’ ., if 3 season. ' ' . mmumm-mmlmmmm his a} In Ianuary, team officials told city council paid . i!“ Q.: attendance was up more than 250 per cent and paid ,.,»~â€"~,, fl ”3935. sponsorship had also increased by the midway point of '7 g-‘f if I "\ t g r . ~ ' 55 gig; last season. before the Siskins made a run at the Mid- , ”a“ ' ' L * ‘ r f 2 ‘J y , "' w “‘ ;.,, +. A I , ’( 5 g I ‘1 western Conference playoffs and averaged 800 fans per , 1 7 , 0-51» h i”g«* {M A“ ' «fag, . 1 13.51: Jig; he“ pigtai'y‘nivitifl -f _ w 12 l a; game during three home playoff dates against the {insfiés’na‘ _;f*‘s f ' u ”at“? .;Z-'-,»;.ry¢u»“7.,§1.~~'-yi~"&_.. ; ' " - - t ”if. 1 a. 1's“ ‘ii! gig; Stratford (Iullitons ‘ ' " w" J ' J J J I . 1 l ’ l l is Curbs (Jairmont. the Siskins president and director 35; A i of hockey operations. said the team is looking to con- m13so~ATA 0 {Q "' ' g; trol costs and achieve budgetary stability again this w 9 "is in? season. but with the goal of running a "classy" program “mm-mmmam-ummmm if fig for the players at the same time. um-mm-mmmmwmmm S 95359 “Whatever money we get. funds we create. it's all mammmnmmmm l (I! E? going to the players." he said. "So how do we give the ' , g 3! ‘ players the best experience playing junior hockey? lt wit-flu- ‘ ' W” W / m L “it starts with coaching. the facilityand good equipment. “I ' 7 5m 4, I g 0 + ifiil B 2 “But at the end of it all, we don't spend money we . s. “a . Elli; A». v I y . t, ”0 4 1,1, 5° don't have." , ~ % ' V J ~J ~ 3“ ,. ' .- , "if 3 J '. ., , J ”A?“ A _ H V" t J 541533? Hockey-wise. the Siskins are in much better shape 5 s“ ”memo” _ “swift " starc’srskmwflfi’éfiifm" a ‘ ‘ f. ~:"*-’.," “so?” - l s l l compared to last year. too. “ ‘v "“" ' ’ ‘ , - ,. . .- s, . . -, _» .. _. . y . i 3333? with the threat of contraction hanging over the club ( ii in 201 I. team officials had to cancel a summer evalua» \ mmcsa” ”a l"; gl tion camp and had a late start at retaining returning ' $3.5“ is $3; players. Their search for a new coach didn't end until ‘ ‘ __ “um-nMMM-mmmum 35h luly when Ieff Brick was hired. % . " ,. m-mmmm-mm-mmwm Rig-Sid But in 2012, most of that work is already done. ’ \., - Wiwwwmmnummmm ; 5553 3 In April. the Siskins promoted former scout Kevin ' all“ 3 l Iimke into the general manager's role and hired Randy - ,~ .-.-â€",~\ ' I}; 33}, llarbach as head coach after parting ways with lcff .m n . ~_ ‘ '1,i"“~'- '-,‘ ! . I G If“ ,,‘ s r, fig 9 (H Brick. In May, they announced Tony (Zuni and Trevor . " T“ A ‘ V4 3.3; is; . 5; ‘ """ ‘kf’ 33, ' " ' - “is- Ludolph were joining the team as assistant coaches ' if”; ' ..:'a 7" ‘rfiatgzgfififitfifi, ,' Wfiwflfr- J J, I. - f v, { ‘ t" ii if ahead of at spntig prospects camp that attracted about J ‘ _ J“""""' " ‘ " ' u " J ‘ 5 if? of) players. ll if (Zlairmont said the team also added a pair of top (5, “it“?! prospects recently from the Northem Ontario midget ”12m E m a; g; in triple-A league ~ Iti-yearold forwards Brandon Jones 4" mmfi was" 1 gig; and lacoh Bonin, who led the Sudbury Nickel Capital “um-”wemmman-m glgg h“ Wolves to an all»()ntano midget triple-A title and a m-nu-mlmmi-nâ€"m-rmâ€"l 3, -§. ll I‘clus ( up national championship appearance. mnaumummummu- [ll "8 fl ”lbose are some pretty important signings for us,” . ‘ L l. 51; (jlairmoiit said. d th .~ , fl . _. _ ,. "‘\ . . ., V _ ., , . .. 41 if A»; Among the upcoming changes.(1lairmontsai e i , ,",l'-;‘1‘~\' : ~ g, a I I » 1 ya ' g ". H"? Stskins have ended their affiliation with the junior-C _ 1 M.» m , A” z ._ , "V“ ‘ “' ' ‘ , J in, 3 1, iii " New Hamburg Fire-birds and will instead work with the l iii” 3g} “Fwy-”w, ' pprftér‘ff ,,7$‘=t‘t*" ‘- " ‘ “if? _" l .~. ‘, ‘ ~. 3 .. a)“ ‘ J j,‘ ‘ ii 9 ll WellesliyApplejacks, who are moving from junior-l) to ' "J ‘ ’ " ‘ i! {Sig tumor (i this season along with the rest of the South- . 35; i t-rn()ntario lunior Hockey league, v; lg, i"i the Siskins are also making RIM Park home during m l l a 3 g the preseason, with the (Hills Kitcher Rangers tem- J’s .. porarily taking over Waterloo Memorial Recreation 1 i 9 “f (kimplex. Main camp starts Aug I8 and the team will l i' r play eight exhibition games before starting the regular vutr ’°‘" '°“' "" ”yum”. D‘"" " in WW"! 0" Sf!“ 7 w. mam comm ll ‘ll ' ‘We're pretty excited about the team we're going to “5m":MM 333W" WU“: (”pm "7:31“ ‘ i g ll have. so we're ready to go." (hintiont said. , manna. stl-74244oo wnuloo. 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