Submitted By Ryan Smith on Friday, April 19, 2019 (178 views)
We believe everyone involved with the hockey team has to have fun and it is our responsibility to create an atmosphere that will provide a
lifetime of enjoyment, friendship and physical fitness through the hockey season experience. As coaches we encourage the players to want to represent
their team, themselves and the West Northumberland Girls Hockey Association with pride, dignity and class. We believe happiness is the key to success in any sport and enthusiasm cannot be taught it has to be caught.
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Submitted By Ryan Smith on Friday, April 19, 2019 (893 views)
Tyler Gubler is relatively a young coach who started in the
hockey business at a young age. He is
currently the next head coach for the West Northumberland Midget AA team for
the 2019/2020 season, who has over a decade of coaching experience.
Tyler started his dream of playing hockey later in life, but
wasted no time chasing his dream and moved through minor hockey at a quick
pace. He was drafted in 2000 in the 5th
round to the Mississauga Ice Dogs, where he spent the better part of 2 seasons being
coached by the legend Don Cherry himself and Steve Ludzik. After missing his NHL draft year due to
injuries, he decided to shift gears and go to school where he majored in Health
Science and Kinesiology.
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Submitted By Ryan Smith on Friday, April 19, 2019 (242 views)
Paul Smith will be the defensive coach for the WNGHA Midget “AA” program for the 2019-20 hockey season.
Paul brings several years of experience and success having coached provincial champions at all levels, in both girls and boy’s minor hockey.
Paul started coaching with the Belleville Girls Minor Hockey Association after playing junior hockey for Belleville. Two of his intermediate teams won OWHA Provincial gold medals, with a several of those players moving forward to play hockey at Canadian Universities.
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