Junior
Hockey Tryouts
The
KJHL's Winnipeg Satelites tryout camp will run from Sept. 8th to the 28th. If
you are a junior
eligible player between the
ages of 16 to 20 years of age and you feel you have what it takes to play at
the Jr. B level and aspire to advance
to Jr. A or above, you are welcome to come and try out. If you are
interested
in trying out, you can pre-register
with us by emailing us at winnipegsatelites@live.ca,
giving
us your name, age, date of birth,
the
position you play and the last team you played for. By pre-registering
we can
send you out our full tryout schedule with dates, times, and places as soon as it becomes available.
If you
would like to request any other information,
please feel free to contact us.
About the KJHL:
The Keystone Junior
Hockey League, KJHL (formerly the Manitoba Junior B Hockey League), is a
Junior B
league currently made
up of 9 teams in Manitoba, Canada and sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The
KJHL
regular season runs
from October to February, with playoffs starting after the end of the regular
season.
The league champion is
awarded the Baldy Northcott Trophy and represents Manitoba at the Western
Canadian Junior B Championships
to compete for the Keystone
Cup.
Next season the
Keystone Cup will be hosted in B.C. by the Abbotsford Pilots of the PJHL.
Recent Winners of the Baldy Northcott Trophy:
2013: Peguis Juniors
2012: Arborg Ice Dawgs
2011: Arborg Ice Dawgs
2010: Selkirk Fishermen
2009: St. Malo Warriors
2008: Norway House Northstars
2007: Winnipeg Saints
2006: North Winnipeg Satelites
2005: Selkirk Fishermen
There are 11 Junior B
leagues with 115 Jr. B teams in Western Canada and North Western Ontario
that vie every season for an
opportunity to play
for the Keystone Cup, the Western Canadian Junior B
Championship. These leagues have helped
develop such current NHL players as Darren Helm (Detroit
Red Wings) from
the KJHL's
Selkirk Fishermen. From the VIJHL
there's Jamie Benn (Dallas Stars) and
Ryan O'Byrne (Toronto Maple Leafs) from
the Peninsula Panthers, Clayton Stoner (Minnesota Wild) from
the Campbell
River Storm, and Matt
Irwin (San Jose Sharks) from the Saanich Braves. The PJHL
has
helped develop Andrew Ladd (Winnipeg Jets)
and David Jones (Colorado Avalanche) from the Port Moody
Panthers, Brandon
Yip (Nashville
Predators) from the Ridge Meadows Flames, and from the Delta Ice Hawks
came
Milan Lucic (Boston Bruins),
Troy Brouwer (Washington Capitals), Brandon Segal (New York Rangers)
and
Brent Seabrook (Chicago
Blackhawks). The KIJHL
has help produce Chuck Kobasew (Colorado
Avalanche) from
the Kamloops Storm
and Shea Webber (Nashville Predators) from the Sicamus Eagles.
Shane Doan
played Jr. B Hockey with
the Killam Wheat Kings in the NEAJHL,
one of 5 Junior B leagues in
Alberta. There are many other players,
past and present, who started their junior career playing Junior B
level hockey and
went on to play hockey at the highest levels.
