Saturday, May 15, 2010

David Milek Named Head Coach of Ontario’s 2011 Under 16 Canada Winter Games Team

Press Release

Toronto - The Ontario Under 17 Program Policy Committee is pleased to announce David Milek as the Head Coach of Ontario’s 2011 Under 16 Canada Winter Games team. David is currently an Assistant coach with the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League.
"The committee is pleased that David has agreed to become the head coach of Ontario’s 2011 Under 16 Team that will be competing at the 2011 Canada Winter Games stated Under 17 Policy Committee Chairman Ted Baker.” It is always a difficult task to select one person to coach a team of this calibre given the number of qualified applicants, however, the committee agreed that David’s knowledge and leadership qualities made him the right choice to coach our Under 16 high performance athletes at the 2011 Canada Winter Games being held in Halifax Nova Scotia.”

"It is with great pride and enthusiasm that I accept the head coaching position of Ontario’s Under 16 Canada Winter Games team stated Milek. I am honoured the committee has chosen me and I look forward to leading our Under 16 team towards a gold medal performance at the Canada Winter Games.

The Under 17 Policy Committee is also pleased to announce that they have selected Tony Ciampa and Nathan Herrington as assistant coaches of Ontario’s Under 16 2011 Canada Winter Games team. Mr. Ciampa is the head coach of the Windsor Bantam AAA team while Mr. Herrington is the head coach of the Brantford Minor Midget AAA team.
The coaching staff together with Director of Operations Matt Rabideau have been attending regional Under 16 identification camps throughout the Province during the months of April and May 2010. The identification process will include an Under 16 tournament to be held in Kitchener in August 2010 with players continually being evaluated throughout the fall months with their club teams. The announcement of the final team roster is scheduled for early January 2011.

The Under 17 Policy committee oversees the Under 17 program in Ontario on behalf of Hockey Canada’s 3 Ontario Branches and was tasked with the responsibility of selecting a Director of Operations and coaching staff for Ontario’s Under 16 team that will represent Ontario at the upcoming 2011 Canada Winter Games.

(Nathan also is a writer for Maineiacs Post to Post and the Maine Hockey Journal. He can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)

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