October 2011
Oswald & Sacher Compete in OT
A night after dropping a 2-0 decision to the visiting Waywayseecappo Wolverines, the Flyers bent but did not break against the Saints. Flyers netminder Tyler Oswald kept his team in the game in the early going while Winkler's sputtering offence got rolling.After a scoreless first period, rookie defenseman Ian Humphreys opened the scoring 3:01 into the second period on the man advantage. Oswald ke
Gerbinski Gets Win Number 2 For the Thrashers
The Winnipeg Thrashers netminder shut down the Moose Jaw Generals from the Saskatchewan Midget AAA League as the Winnipeg Thrashers claimed a 5-2 win.Shaun Gerbinski stopped 26 of 28 shots on the night, including a breakaway within the finals minutes of the first period that helped the Thrashers stay on track to hold the momentum into the 2nd. Winnipeg continued to pursuit with a strong offense at
Edmonds Helps Advance Manitoba to Finals
MOOSE JAW – After getting out to a 3-0 lead Team Manitoba had to hold off a relentless attack from Team BC. Team Manitoba was once again out shot with a final tally of 41 – 28 in favour of BC. Team Manitoba continued strong special teams play by killing off six of seven penalties throughout the game which was a pivotal piece of holding on to their lead in the third period. Team Manitoba will f
VanDenakker Locks a 2-2 Tie
The 2010/2011 All-WCHA Academic choice goaltender was able to hold St. Cloud State to a 2-2 tie against Robert Morris. Tayler VanDenakker allowed two goals through 65 minutes of play.Stopping four shots in overtime and allowing no goals against in the shootout, VanDenakker displayed a strong effort to help her team squeeze out a point for St. Cloud States first weekend game.VanDenakker trained o
U-16 Team Manitoba bounces back with a win over Saskatchewan
MOOSE JAW – Team Manitoba responded in their second game at the Western Canada U-16 Challenge Cup with a big 7-3 win over Saskatchewan. Despite being outshot 42 – 27 in the game, Team Manitoba committed to a hard fought effort throughout the game and was able to pull away in the third period starting with a clutch short-handed goal from Clay Tait followed by Dallas Starodub on the power-play a
Ryplanski Named CHA Goaltender of the Week
NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y. – After a solid weekend in which the Niagara women’s hockey team defeated Ivy contenders Yale and Princeton, freshman goaltender Abby Ryplanski earned CHA Goaltender of the Week honors.The Winnipeg, MB native tallied her first CHA Goaltender of the Week of the season after earning a 2-0-0 record for the weekend. The freshman accumulated a .959 save percentage, along with
Jonesy Sports GDI Logo With Pride
Longtime GDI goaltender Adam Jones enters his second year of Bantam AAA. This year competing with the Winnipeg Monarchs, Jones has decided to represent a new look.Sporting the GDI Logo on his mask, Jones dawns the logo with pride as he has been a staple to GDI Prairies goaltender training for over the past four years.Creating a trend, there has been a handful of goaltenders that have planted the
It's Back!
GDI Prairies - Power Hour is back!A terrific compliment to broader training services, GDI’s Power Hour Sundays provides a narrow enhanced detail on key goaltender performance issues such as position specific movement (PSM), Puck handling, Pass outs, Post save recovery and Flexion & width.For more information on the Power Hour Clinics Click Here.
Insight on Steve Mason & Ian Clark
George Matthews of Blue Jackets TV catches up with goaltender Steve Mason and new goaltending coach Ian Clark about the work they've put in before the regular season.Ian is recognized as a leading educator of the goaltending position as his knowledge and innovative approach has attracted high-performance goaltenders at the NHL, minor pro, major junior and NCAA levels. He was the founder of GDI (t
Flyers Sit at Top of CJHL Rankings
Currently undefeated throughout the start of the season, the Winkler Flyers claim 1st Place in this weeks Top 20 CJHL Rankings.GDI Prairies Tyler Oswald has helped his team to four out of their eleven wins on the season, and holds GAA of 2.50 and a Save Percentage of .911.Within the category of goaltenders statistics, also high on the list is GDI's Matthew Krahn, Teagan Sacher, Adam Iwan.