2016/17 MMJHL Awards Banquet
The 2016/17 MMJHL awards banquet was held Thursday May 4 at the CanadInns Polo Park.
- Graduating players Nolan Jackson, Darrell Kilburn & Tosh Plouffe were honoured for their service to the league
- Head Coach Carson Shields was awarded the Nick Hill Memorial Trophy for Coach of the Year
- David MacDonald was awarded the Dave Anderson Memorial Trophy for Rookie of the Year
- Brandon Pochinco was awarded the Imperial Car Rental Scholarship (Academic Achievement)
- Scott Shayna was awarded the Nick Hill Memorial Scholarship (Academic achievement)
- Mack Cardinal was awarded the Darren Synkiw Memorial Scholarship (Academic Achievement)
Rookie of the Year David MacDonald & Coach of the Year Carson Shields
2016/17 Awards Banquet
The 2016/17 awards banquet was held Thursday April 27 at the Fort Garry Curling Club.
- Graduating players #2 Nolan Jackson, #3 Darrell Kilburn & #23 Tosh Plouffe were honoured for their service to the team
- MVP awarded to #1 Mario Fiorentino
- Most improved player awarded to #13 Ben Orris
- Rookie of the Year awarded to #8 David MacDonald
- Earl Cook Memorial award for hardest working player won by #11 Jonny Morrow
- Anthony McLaughlin Memorial Scholarship ($2000) awarded to #18 Zach Bailey
- Additional $500 scholarships awarded to:
- #15 Zach Odwak
- #16 Ben Kirton
- #5 Kaelin Baydock
- #10 Cole Zadro
GM Mike Ashley, Jonny Morrow & Deb Hopkins
Season Summary
The Twins season has come to an end. Final regular season record 24-17-4. We qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2013/14, but fell to the Pembina Valley Twisters in the quarter finals 4-0.
Graduating players
- Nolan Jackson
- 4 years service
- Assistant captain
- 178 games played - 36 goals - 52 assists - 88 points
- Tosh Plouffe
- 4 years service
- Assistant captain
- 147 games played - 34 goals - 62 assists - 96 points
- Darrell Kilburn
- 3 years service
- Captain
- 110 games played - 5 goals - 26 assists - 31 points
MMJHL Rookie of the Month awards
- Cole Zadro - November
- David MacDonald - December
- David MacDonald- February
Leading Scorer
- David MacDonald - 26 goals - 29 assists - 55 points
Future is bright, with only 3 players lost to graduation & 11 rookies on the final roster.
Special thanks to all our sponsors.
Enjoy the summer & September tryout details to be posted here when schedule is finalized.
