North Simcoe Springwater News Found At Elmvale Skating Club Skating Carnival
By Kelly-Walker-Prince, March 24, 2025
This past weekend March 22, 2025 the Elmvale Skating Club hosted its Annual Carnival “Once Upon a Story Book”. Many outstanding performances were displayed by the many talents of its skaters. One display were the Guest skaters from the Mariposa School of Skating and the PULSE Synchro team Club joined in the performance.
Thank you to everyone that attended and the support from the community is outstanding. Thank you to all the Volunteers and Community Sponsors that help make this event possible.
A Perfect Season! Elmvale Legion U9MD Coyotes GO 20-0!
March 19, 2025 – By Jon Popple, Head Coach
A Perfect Season!!
The Elmvale Minor Hockey Association Legion Branch 262 U9MD Coyotes went undefeated with a 20-0 record during the 2024/2025 Georgian Bay Triangle Hockey League season!
The U9MD team was selected in September following competitive tryouts and the team quickly began work for the season. The coaching staff could immediately see this team had some amazing chemistry, talent and strong work ethic that would serve them greatly over the course of the hockey season. Following two months of practice and some exhibition games the team was ready for the season to start!
The team went an impressive 14-0 during the half ice season playing against U9 MD teams from 10 other local communities in the Georgian Bay Triangle Hockey League. During these games, Elmvale outscored its competition 149 to 51 to finish plus 98 in goal differential for the first half of the season. This was also backstopped by strong goaltending play from Gunner Ververs, Douglas Price and Scott Haines.
Following the completion of the half ice season the Elmvale squad was placed into the top division (Pool A) for the full ice portion of the season along with teams from Collingwood, South Grey, Oro and Wasaga Beach.
With games switching from half to full ice and that would now feature off sides, icings and penalties, the Coyotes knew they would be in for a new challenge against the other best teams from the region. The team immediately faced some tough competition from the South Grey Spartans and Oro Thunder who forced the team to battle back from multiple goal deficits to win 6-5 and 3-2 respectively. The team’s parents were forced to the edge of their seats in these big come from behind wins early in the full ice season. The team followed up these character building wins with strong play and solid wins in their next four games against Wasaga Beach (2), Collingwood and a re-match against Oro.
The team followed up their undefeated 14-0 record with a 6-0 record during the full ice portion of the year beating all teams to finish 1st in the Georgian Bay Triangle Hockey League U9MD Pool A.
This season provided fans with solid defensive play from the team’s defense core of Scott Haines, Reef Tschop McLaren, Austin Perreault, Charlie Hamelin and Scott Popple.
This defensive play was combined with the hardworking and offensive skill of the teams forwards Wyatt Coughlin, Draper Temolder, Chase Culbert, Landon Phillips, Noah Antiquera, Douglas Price and Gunner Ververs. During the full ice season the team outscored its opponents 34-14 to lead the league with a plus 20 goal differential. The team’s offence was supported by strong goalie play from the tandem of Douglas Price and Gunner Ververs who had a combined 2.3 goals against average for this portion of the season.
This season also featured special play from the team and leagues leading goal scorer and point’s leader Wyatt Coughlin who recorded 19 goals and 5 assists during the full ice season (6 games) to lead the league with 24 points.
Thank you to our sponsor the Elmvale Legion Branch 262!
U8 LL2 and U8 LL3 Thank Ritchie’s Feeds N Needs
March 14, 2025 By Sarah McNabb
A big thank you to a long term EMHA sponsor, the Ritchie family and the whole Ritchie’s Feeds N Needs team.
On behalf of both the U8 LL2 and U8 LL3 teams, we want to extend our thanks to Ritchie’s Feeds N Needs for your generous support this season! Your commitment to supporting youth hockey allows our players to pursue their passion for hockey and build their skills in a positive, and fun environment.
At the beginning of February both teams travelled to Thornbury to participate in the Georgian Shores U8 Jamboree. We had the opportunity to play teams from Owen Sound, Howick, South Grey, Collingwood and Bruce.
Elmvale Legion U9MD Coyotes 2025 Georgian Bay League Champions!
Perfect 23-0 Season Record
Submitted by: Jon Popple, Head Coach, March 24, 2025
The Elmvale Legion U9MD Coyotes played their final games of the 2024/2025 season on March 22nd and 23rd in the Georgian Bay Triangle League yearend playoff championships in Wasaga Beach. The team finished the regular season in first place in Pool A, with an undefeated 20-0 record.
For the yearend tournament the U9MD Coyotes would face two tough teams in Pool “A” competition from the South Grey Spartans U9MD and the Collingwood Jr Blues U9MD, who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively in Pool “A” regular season play.
The Elmvale squad opened up day one of the championship tournament against the Collingwood Jr Blues, the Coyotes got out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first period and they didn’t look back. The team was anchored by strong play between the pipes from goalie Douglas Price, which allowed them to score three more goals in the second and one in the final frame to take game one of the tournament 6-1 over Collingwood. The scoring for the Coyotes was led by Wyatt Coughlin (2), Chase Culbert, Landon Phillips, Gunner Ververs and Draper Temolder.
In game two on March 23rd, Elmvale would face their season long rivals the South Grey Spartans U9MD, these two teams had battled all season long for first place in Pool “A”, with South Grey’s only loss of the season coming at the hands of the Coyotes. In this game the Coyotes got out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first period with goals coming from Landon Phillips, assisted by Noah Antiquera and a goal by Wyatt Coughlin, assisted by Draper Temolder. However, South Grey battle back to end the first period tied 2-2. The second period saw the game go back and forth with Elmvale’s Wyatt Coughlin scoring his second of the game and Chase Culbert finding the back of the net after a pass from Reef Tschop McLaren. South Grey scored once in the second period making the score 4-3 at the end of the period. The final frame of the game saw the team’s trade goals with Scott Popple scoring from the point with a hard shot after receiving a pass from Wyatt Coughlin. The final buzzer of the game sounded and the Coyotes had won with a 5-4 score.
The results of the round robin portion of the tournament were in and the Coyotes would face South Grey again in the final. The coyotes new they would face a strong test from the Spartan’s during their second head to head matchup of the day. The coyotes hit the ice for the finals in the hope of capping off a perfect season and playoffs with a championship.
The final game opened up and the Spartan’s jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first period and a third goal in the second period to take a commanding 3-0 lead. The Coyotes didn’t give up and continued to battle in the second period, when Scott Popple finally opened the scoring for Elmvale on a quick shot from the point with assists going to Chase Culbert and Landon Phillips. The second period came to a close and the score was now 3-1 for South Grey.
Elmvale turned it up quickly in the third period and less than a minute in to the frame Draper Temolder fired a shot to the back of the net bringing the team within one goal. The game went back and forth with Gunner Ververs making some huge saves to keep Elmvale in the game. Then with 4:30 remaining in the third, Landon Phillips broke free and scored to tie the game. The remaining time settled nothing and the game was headed to a 10:00 minute overtime.
The pressure of the game could be felt in the building and fans, parents and coaches were on the edge of their seats. Both teams battled hard during the overtime and goalie Gunner Ververs once again made some huge saves to keep the game tied. The game went back and forth and with 2:22 remaining in overtime South Grey took a penalty. The Coyotes lined up for a faceoff in South Grey’s end and went on the attack, Elmvale’s forwards were buzzing all around the net and the puck came free to the point when Popple took a hard shot over the net and the rebound was gathered up by Wyatt Coughlin who tucked it in to the open net passed the goalie!
The final score was 4-3 for the Elmvale U9MD Coyotes and they rushed onto the ice to celebrate the championship and for capping off their perfect season, a staggering 23-0. Throughout this game and season this team never gave up and continued to fight for each and every win.
Team Members:
Draper Temolder, Charlie Hamelin, Reef Tschop McLaren, Gunner Ververs, Chase Culbert, Douglas Price, Austin Perreault Back Row (L to R) Jon Popple (Head Coach) Nathan Tschop McLaren (Trainer), Scott Haines (A), Scott Popple (C), Landon Phillips (A), Wyatt Coughlin (A), Kevin Temolder (Assistant Coach), Absent – Noah Antiquera, Marcel Perreault (Trainer), Tarra Popple (Manager)
Kings Bow Out to Alliston in Semi-Final Play-off Round
Submitted by Jamie Robillard, March 23, 2025
The Penetang Kings season ended on Friday March 14th when they were eliminated by the Alliston Hornets in four games in their Carruthers Division semi-final round by a score of 6-2.
The Hornets finished the four-game sweep of the Kings in Penetanguishene, getting two goals from both Cam Lamont and Jax Bellwood. For the Kings both Carter Wilson and Wyndam Brownlee netted single markers in the loss. Kings goaltender Landon Simec turned aside 36 shots and was named the Penetang player of the game. The Kings managed 22 shots on Alliston netminder, Seth Ronan.
Earlier in the series the Kings dropped game two by a 6-1 score on home ice on Monday March 10th and a 7-2 decision in Alliston on Wednesday March 12th in game three.
In the Monday contest Matthew Laframboise was the only King to find the back of the net. Max Geere was named player of the game for Penetang with his strong effort throughout the game on defence. Simec turned aside 36 Alliston shots, while Penetang fired 22 shots at the Hornets netminder, Ronan.
Game three saw Alliston take a 5-0 lead by the second period intermission before the Kings Lars Derstroff and Tanner Thayer managed to score single goals in the third period. Simec was again busy in the Penetang goal making 40 saves while Owen Butler handled 17 shots for Alliston. Derstroff was the Kings player of the game.
This concludes a successful year for the Penetang squad winning a play-off round against Huntsville with the Provincial Junior Hockey League’s youngest roster before being eliminated by a very strong Hornets club.
Notes: In the other Carruthers Division semi-final, the Orillia Terrier eliminated the Stayner Siskins in five games and will now face the Hornets in the league finals.
Orillia took game one of the finals by a 3-0 score, handing Alliston their first regulation time loss of the season on Friday March 21st in Alliston.
The Hornets bounced back in game two with a 3-2 victory over the Terrier on Saturday March 22nd in Orillia.
The Kings are already planning for the 2025-26 season with their Prospects Camp scheduled for April 26 & 27 in Collingwood and May 3 in Wasaga Beach. They are also looking for an assistant coach. For information on both the prospect camp and coaching position go to the Kings website or contact the team’s General Manager, Kyle Burns at kyle.burns0495@gmail.com
Monday March 10 – Alliston vs. Penetang Player of the Game – Max Geere
Wednesday March 12 – Penetang at Alliston Player of the Game – Lars Derstroff
Friday March 14 – Alliston vs. Penetang Player of the Game – Landon Simecoe