TWU Renegades

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TWU Renegades

City:	Langley, BC
League:	Cross Mainland Church Hockey League
Conference:	Campbell
Founded:	2004
Home Arena:	Walnut Grove Sportplex
General Manager:	Joe Ducklow

The TWU Renegades are a male recreational ice hockey team, composed of Trinity Western University staff, alumni, and friends, playing in British Columbia, Canada's Cross-Mainland Church Hockey League. The Renegades are prone to winning games by outscoring their opponents as opposed to playing a rigorous team defence. They are also prone to visiting the restaurant establishment Denny's after each game, where they partake in food, fellowship, and Razz-Dangos. The Renegades finished 16-1-3 in 2006-2007 CMCHL regular season play and were eliminated in the semifinals by the KCC Cougars.

1 Franchise history
2 Season-by-season record
3 Players
4 Franchise scoring leaders
5 External links

[edit] Franchise history

The TWU Renegades hockey club origins were rooted in the lack of opportunities to play hockey at Trinity Western University. Two teams, the Titans (competitive) and Bombers (recreational) were not nearly enough to meet the demand of students, let along staff and alumni. After the Bombers decided to only sign current students, TWU Bomber alumni Dave MacDonald and Joe Ducklow decided to form a new team for staff, alumni, and friends. After discarding the team name 'Leafs', and seeing a poster that perked their interest, they settled on the name RENEGADES. After getting 8 or 9 friends to commit to the team, the Renegades started the regular season with Brian Hammond, Joe Ducklow, Dave MacDonald, Billy Wilms, Matt Campbell, Dave Zanbergen, Griffin Seed, Leigh Hammond, and Tim Booker. Despite an early surge of scoring that led them to a 6-1 score, the Renegades blew the lead and lost 7-6 to the Willingdon Avalanche. After some recruitment, the Renegades strengthened their roster with Jon Saltel, Ron Smouter, Brian Paetkau, Brian Bevilaqua and Ryan Shantz. With a second-place finish, the 'Gades seemed poised to make a playoff run. However, they lost to the eventual cup winners as the TWU Bombers squad dispatched them in the semifinals.

Year 2 saw the 'Gades improve even more with the addition of Pat Spohr and Glenn Visscher. Hard-working forward Jaben Schalk also discovered the men in blue and greatly enjoyed playing the late nights with the squad. However, year 2 also saw the departure of funny-man goalie Mike Harloff. However, Kevin Visscher was a worthy replacement, coming up with huge saves that gave the team a chance to win games. Halfway through the year Calvin Daling suited up as a sub and ended up sticking with the team. Second year highlights including the 'Gades first victory over the league defensive powers PCC Desert Dogs and TWU Bombers. However, the first round of the playoffs placed the 'Gades against the eventual champions again as the underdog Willingdon Avalanche beat the top 4 seeds in the final 4 weeks of the year.

Year 3 added Mike Beach, Wesley Moreman, and Dr. Back. Furthermore, the Denny's tradition of comraderie was born this year.

[edit] Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PP = Penalty Point, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

As of February 3, 2007 [1]

Season	GP	W	L	T	PP	Pts	GF	GA	PIM	Finish	Playoffs
2004-2005	22	15	6	1	21	52	147	97	100	2nd, Wales	Won Quarterfinal 5-4 (SO) Lost Semifinal 5-7 Lost 3rd/4th place game 7-10
2005-2006	22	12	7	3	18	45	120	82	126	2nd, Wales	Lost Quarterfinal 2-3 (SO)
2006-2007	20	16	1	3	15	50	132	65	165	1st, League	Won Quarterfinal 10-1 Lost Semifinal 3-10
Totals	64	43	14	7	54	147	397	244	391		--

[edit] Players

As of February 3, 2007 [2]

Goaltenders
#		Player	Nickname	Catches	Place of Birth	Hockey Hero	Fav Meal at Dennys
1		Kevin Visscher	Special K	L	Langley, BC	Jeff Hackett	MiniBurgers

Defencemen
#	Player	Nickname	Shoots	Place of Birth	Hockey Hero	Fav Meal at Dennys
2	Calvin Daling	Sandlak, Meniscus	R	White Rock, BC	Kevin Bieksa	French Toast Slam
14	Dave MacDonald	Davey Mac	R	Langley, BC	Theo Fleury	MiniBurgers
17	Jay Rennicks	Dr. J	L	Toronto, ON	Albert - Canadian tire commercial	Mattress Cakes
27	Wes Moerman	Snipes	R	Langley, BC	Nathan Sather	MiniBurgers
28	Tim Visscher		R	Langley, BC	Double Double from T.H. Commercial	MiniBurgers
87	Glen Visscher		R	Langley, BC	Nathan Sather	MiniBurgers

Forwards
#	Player	Nickname	Position	Shoots	Place of Birth	Hockey Hero	Fav Meal at Dennys
3	Brian Hammond	Hambone	C	L	Corner Brook, NL	Wayne Gretzky	Buffalo Chicken Strips
4	Joe Ducklow	Duck, Bark Mulch	RW	R	Parry Sound, ON	Bobby Orr	spicy chicken sandwich
9	Tim Booker	Teeth, Chiclets, Floss	RW	L	London, ON	Wayne Gretzky	Sampler - replace onion rings with spicy fries
13	Billy Wilms	Consta-bill, Tut-Tut	C	L	Langley, BC	Yutaka Fukufuji	metamucil
15	Jaben Schalk	Billy Bee	LW	L	Red Deer, AB	Ilya Kovalchuk	MiniBurgers
20	Jon Saltel	Salty, Baker, Shaker, New Lid	LW	L	Langley, BC	Boo Boo!!	MiniBurgers
21	Brian Paetkau	BP	RW	R	Langley, BC	Gordie Howe	MiniBurgers
22	Ron Smouter		LW	L	Trenton, ON	Guy Lafleur	MiniBurgers
74	Michael Beach	Green Pants, Boo Boo	C	R	Waterloo, ON	Theo Fleury	breakfast, dessert, and dangos!

[edit] Franchise scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers up to the end of the 2006-07 season. Figures are updated after each completed regular season.

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Brian Hammond	C	55	62	53	115	2.09
Billy Wilms	C	61	54	55	109	1.79
Tim Booker	RW	63	52	56	108	1.71
Brian Paetkau	RW	58	45	52	97	1.67
Jaben Schalk	LW	41	32	54	86	2.10
Jon Saltel	LW	59	45	37	82	1.39
Joe Ducklow	RW	54	17	42	59	1.09
Michael Beach	C	19	14	37	51	2.68
Ron Smouter	LW	51	20	22	42	.82
Tim Visscher	D	51	15	26	41	.80