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Shawn Ostrow, Andrew MacWilliam, and the rest of the Camrose Kodiaks will now play Penticton for the Doyle Cup for a chance to move on to the Royal Bank Cup, the national championship for Junior Tier 2 hockey. Shawn and Andrew will return to the National Sport Academy at Central Memorial High School once their season is completed. More Info
This fun tournament is an opportunity for people to get together, remember Mike, play some pond hockey and help raise money for the Michael Gee Trust Fund. For more information, click here.
Congratulations to Nick Johson, an alumni member of the National Sport Academy hockey program, who recently signed a two-year entry level NHL contract... read more.
National Sport Academy hockey alumni athlete, Carter Madsen, has received a scholarship to Merrimack College. Also, current NSA female hockey athlete, Alex Moffatt, has accepted a scholarship to Chatham University. Congratulations, Carter and Alex! Over 15 scholarships have now been awarded to NSA hockey athletes, this year alone.
Congratulations to National Sport Academy alumni athletes, Alley Lind-Kenny and Kate Elzinga, who won the CIS Women's Ice Hockey Championship as members of the McGill Martlets ...read more
Scooter Murphy, an alumni member of the National Sport Academy hockey program, is a member of the 2008 ACHA Champions, the Lindenwood Lions. Congratulations, Scooter!...read more
National Sport Academy alumni athlete, Scott Ismond, was the top goaltender through the VIJHL regular season. Ismond posted the second lowest all-time goals against average in the VIJHL dating back to 1975. He played 1648 minutes in 27.47 games, only allowing 61 goals on 729 shots for a 91.63 save percentage...read more
Congratulations to National Sport Academy female hockey players Carly Warren (Boston University), Charissa Stadnyk (Princeton), and Julie Johnson (Princeton) who have acquired scholarships to NCAA division 1 schools.
NSA Alumni, Shawn Ostrow, has committed to the University of Denver, and will be joining his brother and NSA Graduate, Kyle Ostrow. He will be competing against Taylor Reid (Union), Andrew Macwilliam (North Dakota), and Jack MacLellan(Brown), who also recently committed to NCAA scholarships. Congratulations, Shawn, Taylor, Andrew, and Jack!
Congratulations to National Sport Academy alumni athlete, Elin Brown, who was named the ECAC Player of the Week...read more
National Sport Academy alumni athlete, Andrew MacWilliam has committed to the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux...read more
Rob Geddes and Jeff Barrett of the National Sport Academy hockey program were recently named to the AMHL All-Star Roster...read more
Congratulations to National Sport Academy alumni athlete, Zach Boychuk, who was named to Team Canada for the upcoming World Junior Hockey Championships in the Czech Republic...read more
National Sport Academy alumni hockey athletes Kayla Strong (freshman) and Brianne Schmidt (senior) are having a successful season so far at Cornell University...read more
A November 7th Calgary Herald article featured National Sport Academy alumni athlete Giffen Nyren and his move back to defense...read more
National Sport Academy alumni athlete, Dana Tyrell, was named WHL Player of the Week for the week of October 29 - November 4...read more
Congratulations to National Sport Academy graduate, Taylor Reid, who has accepted a scholarship to attend Union College...read more
Congratulations and good luck to National Sport Academy alumni athletes, Zach Boychuk and Dana Tyrell, who are apart of the Team Canada roster for the Canada vs. Russia Super Series. The series features the top Under-20 players from Canada and Russia, and takes place from August 27th to September 9th, with the first four games to be held in Russia, and the final four to be held in Canada...more info
National Sport Academy alumni athlete, Sam Hunt, scored with three seconds remaining in overtime to give the Canadian Women's Under 22 team the win over the United States...read more
Congratulations to National Sport Academy female hockey athletes Julie Johnson, Erin Lally, Alana McElhinney, Charissa Stadnyk, and Carly Warren who were named to Hockey Alberta's Under 18 team. The team will travel to a tournament in Japan this summer before representing Alberta in Kitchener, Ontario in November at the Under 18 Women's National Championship.
Dylan Olsen and Jonathan Petrash have been selected amongst the Top 46 Under 17 players for Team Alberta. Between July 10th and 15th, they will be competing for a spot on Team Pacific, which will play at the World Under 17 IIHF hockey tournament next winter. Congratulations to both athletes and good luck.
Congratulations to:
Dana Tyrell - Tampa Bay Lightning (2nd Round)
Cody Almond - Minnesota Wild (5th Round)
Ryan Molle - New Jersey Devils (7th Round)
Congratulations to the following National Sport Academy female hockey athletes for earning hockey scholarships:
Andrea Boras - University of Alberta Pandas
Katie Borbely - University of Alberta Pandas
Alley Lind-Kenny - McGill University Martlets
Kayla Strong - Cornell University Big Red
Kelsey Marshall - Mount Royal College Cougars
Scooter Murphy - Lindenwood University Lions
Congratulations to National Sport Academy alumni athletes, Zach Boychuk and Dana Tyrell, who were named to the Team Canada roster for the upcoming Super Series. The series features the top Under-20 players from Canada and Russia, and takes place from August 27th to September 9th, with the first four games to be held in Russia, and the final four to be held in Canada...more info
National Sport Academy alumni athlete, Dylan Exton, has committed to Wayne State University for the upcoming 2007-08 season. Wayne State University, located in Detroit Michigan, is a comprehensive university consisting of eleven colleges and schools...more info
Congratulations to Sam Hunt, an alumni member of the National Sport Academy, who was invited to the Team Canada Under 22 Camp...more info
Congratulations to National Sport Academy alumni athlete Tyler Swystun who won the 2007 WHL Championship with the Medicine Hat Tigers. Tyler will now be competing in the Mastercard Memorial Cup May 18-27 in Vancouver...more info
Congratulations to National Sport Academy athletes Laura Olsen, Victoria Porter, Taylor Sakundiak, Kelsey Talbot, Ferran Brown, Maddison Gee, and Kimberley Brown who were chosen for the Calgary team competing in the Alberta Challenge in Lloydminister in May...more info
Kayla Strong of the Midget AAA Flyers and a student of the National Sport Academy has been selected as this years recipient of the "Michael Gee Scholarship Fund Award" which is awarded to an individual playing in the Calgary Minor Hockey system who exhibits high athletic performance, high academic performance, and overall coachability and responsibility. CONGRATULATIONS KAYLA!
Congratulations to National Sport Academy alumni athlete, Kyle Ostrow, who was named the MVP and Most Popular Player for the 2006/2007 Nanaimo Clippers, who just won the BCHL title...read more.
Congratulations to Jacob Edwards, Nathan MacMaster, Ryon Moser, Jesse Pentland, Aaron Elaschuk, and Chris Collins who made the Calgary South Flames team as well as Carter Page, Danny Gayle, and Zack Rassell who made the Calgary Northstars team...more info.
The Hobey Baker Memorial Award announced National Sport Academy alumni athlete, Ryan Duncan, as the 2007 recipient of college hockey's top individual honour...read more.
National Sport Academy alumni athlete, Curtis Beech, has improved by leaps and bounds this season with the Melville Millionaires and is featured on the SJHL website...read more.
Congratulations to National Sport Academy alumni athlete, Cara Hendry, who was chosen to participate in the 2007 NCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge...read more.
Congratulations to Nicole McDonald, who was named to the 2007 ECACHL All-Academic Team...read more.
Alumni hockey athlete, Sam Hunt, was named an ECACHL 2nd Team All-Star after an outstanding sophomore season...read more.
Congratulations to National Sport Academy hockey athletes Jon Turk, Jeff Magee, Scott Swiston, Sean Wallace, Mark Strachan, Matt Marantz, David Roper and Neil Jones who were members of the SWAA Gold team who captured the 2007 Sutter Cup Championship...view awards.
National Sport Academy hockey athlete, DYLAN OLSEN, was named the top defenseman for the 2007 Midget "A" season...view all awards.
National Sport Academy hockey athlete, Jon Turk, was named the most valuable player of the 2007 Midget "A" Sutter Cup Championships...view all awards.
Zach Boychuk finished second in WHL scoring after recording an eight point game to finish the regular season. He was named the WHL Player of the week for the second time this season...read more.
For information on the Young Guns, Power Camps, High Performance, Body Checking, and Cross Ice summer hockey programs...click here
Congratulations to National Sport Academy alumni athlete, Kyle Hanson, who will join the Bowdoin Polar Bears for the 2007-2008 season...read more.
Mackenzie Rizos, a goaltender at the National Sport Academy, has committed to attend the University of Lethbridge for the fall of 2007. Mackenzie will be pursuing a management degree and will be receiving an athletic scholarship...team site.
Congratulations to National Sport Academy athlete, Branden Gracel, who was named the February AMHL Player of the Month...Check out the rest of the list for some recognizable names throughout history.
Congratulations to National Sport Academy Alumni athlete, Taylor Reid, who was named Top Defenseman for the 2006/2007 Westside Warriors...read more.
MACKENZIE RIZOS, ANDREA BORAS, KATIE BORBLEY and BRYDEN McGHEE received special mention...read more
Bryden McGhee and Andrew MacWilliam have been named AMHL first team all-stars and will represent Team South on January 21st. Also, an alumni member of the National Sport Academy, Kyle Hanson, will be representing Team South in the AJHL all-star game.
Andrew MacWilliam was named to the men's team while Carly Warren and Julie Johnson were named to the women's team to represent Alberta at the 2007 Canada Winter Games. Congratulations on this outstanding accomplishment....read more
Congratulations to National Sport Academy student athlete, Zach Boychuk, who was named WHL Player of the Week for the week of November 6 - 12. Boychuk had 5 points in 2 games for the week and is among the league scoring leaders for the season...read more
National Sport Academy alumni athlete, Sam Hunt, had three big goals over the weekend for the Colgate Raiders and earned herself the National Offensive Player of the Week Award....read more
Kyle Ostrow is off to a hot start with the Nanaimo Clippers this season and is gaining attention throughout the league. He was recently interviewed by Bernie Pascall for a BCHL video feature...read more
SCORING DYNAMOS
NSA hockey alumni are literally ripping it up statistically in the WHL, NCAA, and Junior A levels. As of October 20th, Zach Boychuk (Grad 2007) is the leading scorer in the WHL, Ryan Duncan is second in scoring at the University of North Dakota, and Kyle Ostrow finds himself atop the scoring leaders for the Nanaimo Clippers of the BCHL. Great work guys!
CARDER OFF TO A STRONG START WITH GRIZZLYS
National Sport Academy alumni, Chad Carder, has had a strong start to his AJHL career with the Olds Grizzlies. His 3-0-1 record so far along with a 1.78 GAA and .942 save percentage gave reason for praise in this week's Olds Albertan newspaper.
OSTROW NAMED TO TEAM CANADA WEST FOR WORLD JUNIOR "A" CHALLENGE
Congratulations to National Sport Academy alumni, Kyle Ostrow, who was named to the Team Canada West squad for the upcoming World Junior "A" Challenge. Kyle graduated from the National Sport Academy in 2005 and is currently leading his BCHL team, the Nanaimo Clippers, in scoring.
NATIONAL SPORT ACADEMY PLAYERS AND ALUMNI EXCELLING IN WHL
Presently, several current and former National Sport Academy players are excelling in the WHL. In fact, Zach Boychuk (Lethbridge Hurricanes) and Tyler Swystun (Medicine Hat Tigers) are in the top 3 in WHL scoring. They have also collected 3 game star awards. Cody Almond (Kelowna Rockets), Dana Tyrell (Prince George Cougars), Giffen Nyren (Moose Jaw Warriors), Jesse Smyke (Everett Silvertips), Andrew Pinsent (Chilliwack Bruins), Mitch McColm (Lethbridge Hurricanes), and Chris Bruton (Spokane Chiefs) are also off to good starts. Great job guys and keep up the good work!
JOHNSON PAYS HIS OWN WAY TO KEEP ELIGIBILITY
Nick Johnson, an alumni of the National Sport Academy, is currently attending the Pittsburgh Penguins training camp. Johnson is not only making a statement on the ice but off the ice as well, paying his own expenses to attend the camp. Johnson has two years of elibibilty at Dartmouth College remaining and cannot receive any compensation if he wishes to keep amateur status.
OSTROW OFF TO SIZZLING START
National Sport Academy Hockey alumni member, Kyle Ostrow, is off to a strong start in the BCHL. Ostrow, a sophomore with the Nanaimo Clippers, is scheduled to move on to play for the University of Denver Pioneers next season.
PERFECT MATH SCORE FOR McGHEE
Congratulations to National Sport Academy student athlete Bryden McGhee who receieved a 100% grade on his Math 30 diploma exam. Bryden is in the National Sport Academy hockey program and played the 2005 / 2006 season with the NWCAA Midget AAA Flames.
LECLAIR COMMITS TO WILFRED LAURIER
National Sport Academy alumni student athlete, Mike LeClair, has committed to attend Wilfred Laurier University for the 2006/2007 season. LeClair is moving on from the Olds Grizzlies, who he played for last season.
BOYCHUK WINS JUNIOR WORLD CUP
National Sport Academy student athlete Zach Boychuk is a member of the 2006 Team Canada Under 18 squad who won the Junior World Cup in Slovakia. Congratulations and good luck with your upcoming season, Zach!
IRANI TO ATTEND ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
2006 National Sport Academy graduate, Shireen Irani, will be attending the Rochester Institute of Technology, starting in September. Congratulations, Shireen!
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