Stouffville Spirit Junior 'A'

SPIRIT ADD ASSISTANT COACH

OJHL NAMES NEW BOARD

June 10 , 2009
The Stouffville Spirit is pleased to announce the addition of MARK SAVERY to the Coaching Staff, as an a Assistant.
Mark has been Coaching with WSMHA for the past six years and was involved with our own Ken Burrows with the Midget Team.
Mark also serves on the Board of Directors with the WSMHA in the capacity of Coach and Player Development, and has an extensive resume of playing on a variety of Junior A and B teams.
Welcome aboard Mark!
The team has also added CARL LEVY as Director of Marketing and Promotion
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May 27 , 2009
May 24, 2009, Toronto, Ontario - Hot on the heels of its decision to re-align the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) into 2 conferences last month, the Board of Governors of the OJHL announced on Wednesday May 20, 2009 that it had elected Mike McCarron of the St. Michael's Buzzers, Ted Magee of the Huntsville Otters, Kevin O'Connor of the Upper Canada Hockey Club, Tim Clayden of the Trenton Golden Hawks, Marc Mercier of the Cobourg Cougars and Dean Piett of the Milton Icehawks to its newly elected Board of Directors...READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE

Stouffville Spirit Announce Hiring of New Head Coach
The Stouffville Spirit is proud to announce the hiring of Craig Donovan as Head Coach of the hockey club. Craig was a standout defencemen with Cornell University Big Red NCAA D1 Hockey Team from 1984-1988. Craig was a 4 year letter winner & ECAC Champion in 1985 & 1986, Ivy League Champion 1984, 1985 & 1987. Named to All Ivy Team in 1987 as Right Defenceman. Craig was assistant coach with Stouffville from 1997-2003 and has spent the last three years as Head Coach of the Uxbridge Bruins Jr. C. Team. With Craig's background in hockey, he will help our players move on to higher levels of hockey and to ultimate team success.

2008-2009 AWARD WINNERS
Scoring Champion - Dustin Laren
Most Valuable Player - Kori Coehlo
Rookie of the Year - Massimo Lamacchia
Coaches Award - Brandon Walker
Most Improved Player - Matthew Neal
Best Defenceman - Patrick McEachen
Playoff Most Valuable Player - Kori Coehlo

Stouffville Spirit Announce New Assistant General Manager
We are pleased to announce that long time Stouffville resident Dan McEachen will be assuming the responsibilities of Assistant General Manager for the upcoming season. Dan McEachen brings a wealth of hockey experience in that he has been a twice winning OMHA Championship Coach. Some of his past players have been first-round OHL draft choices; Dan will be assisting General Manager Kenny Burrows with scouting, rookie camp, interviewing new coach candidates and game day operations. Dan McEachen has the full support of the Stouffville Spirit ownership and we believe that he will be an integral part of our journey to success and development of players.