Wheatland recognizes players

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

 

The Wheatland Athletic Association wrapped up their season up on April 3 with an awards banquet at the Strathmore Civic Centre.
There were a lot of first-year players that really proved themselves over the course of the year and were well deserving of their awards.
Wheatland Chiefs goaltender Nolan Kent praised his coaches and teammates for his individual success and for winning the midget Rookie of the Year award.
“I’d like to thank my teammates and my coaches this year for having faith in me and Mack,” said Kent. “We had a really good year and could not asked for a better group of guys.”
It was a memorable year that Kent and his teammates will never forget.
“Probably winning the league championship, never won one before so it was a special moment,” said Kent. “It was expected from the start that we would win it all and we did exactly what we were suppose to do, I’m just really happy.”
He was honoured to win the award.
“It feels pretty good, I don’t know what else to say, I’m lost for words,” said Kent. “There could have been four or five rookies on the team that could have won it this year, I was just happy to win it.”
Wheatland Warriors netminder Ty Tarvyd was honoured to take home the bantam Goalie of the Year award on a team with a great new coaching staff.
“(Cody Brown) a great coach, smart guy, it was nice to have some young coaches to get a different perspective,” said Tarvyd. “I had Keith Klemmensen for a number of years, it was fun to have some funny guys.”
Braves top sniper Kyle Crnkovic accredits his supporting cast for his peewee Most Valuable Player award.
“It feels great, a lot of thanks go out to my teammates and coaches for making it all happen,” said Crnkovic. “I thought my teammates really helped me out. I did some of it, but a lot of (credit) goes to those guys.”
The night was also special for longtime coaches Keith Klemmensen and Devin Olson, who are both stepping away from coaching after this season. They were presented with framed jerseys for their efforts with the organization.
Meanwhile, the Wheatland Athletic Association’s annual 3-on-3 tournament, which was slated to go this past weekend, was cancelled due to low numbers and players fulfilling other spring hockey commitments.