Any ideas who it is yet? Are they doing interviews or did they find another half wit to fill the position.

I was talking with a person in Dauphin the other night and he said he had a interview. Can anone guess he was an assistant with the King's two years ago and last year with the Parkland Rangers.

Ryan Main

Rumour has it Atkinson has been contacted to see if he would come back for a short stint. This from a source who is "in the know"

Brian Luke

Bingo Brian Luke. So do we all think he is quallafied to step up as a head coach.

god no!

Bring back Atkinson

Ryan Smith

Who the hell is Ryan Smith? What is Hedley up to anyways?

Valari Kapustin

Heard it is between Hedley and Smith

Natives don't have the $ to hire headly,they'll hire someone that's affordable to there club.Look for a Luke or a first time head coach thats needs the experience.

Ryan Smith
Forward
Born Aug 20 1973 -- Winnipeg, MAN
Height 6.02 -- Weight 180

--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----
Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1991-92 St. James Canadians MJHL 47 44 50 94 16
1992-93 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 7 1 2 3 2 -- -- -- -- --
1997-98 Paisley Pirates BNL 41 63 66 129 40
1998-99 Bremerhaven REV Ger.1 52 43 44 87 34
1999-00 Bremerhaven REV GerOb 57 61 63 124 42
2000-01 Bremerhaven REV 2.GBu 44 17 19 36 24
2001-02 Kaufbeuren ESV GerOb 52 35 35 70 60 12 9 12 12
2002-03 Duisburg EV 2.GBu 56 28 34 62 26 -- -- -- --
2003-04 Crimmitschau ETC 2.GBu 48 26 40 66 59 -- -- -- --
2004-05 Crimmitschau ETC 2.GBu 51 19 28 47 14
2005-06 Freiburg EHC 2.GBu 38 7 8 15 0
2006-07 Rosenheim Star Bulls GerOb 30 14 30 44 0
2007-08 Belfast Giants EIHL 11 4 9 13 12 -- -- -- --
2007-08 Rosenheim Star Bulls GerOb 27 15 35 50 0

Was head coach at WSB last season

I guess the Natives coach lottery will be announce on Wed. at the Natives Annual Meeting. Which of the Mckenzie brothers will get the job. There is 5 to 6 on short list so I guess they will throw the dice and see what they roll.
This should have been decided in April but I'm not the powers that be. So lets get moving on and try to salvage what we have left. Oh I see they finally have season tickets on sale for $165.00 Adult. GO NATIVES GO

aweful new executive ,non hockey people that will f@ck it up again.Just look at their track record & how many coaches they have went though in such a short time.They should all quite,go back to their nhl drafts & stop pretending they know anything about junior hockey.

where did you see tickets on sale?

There's a gap in Smith's playing record, between the end of jr in 1993, and 1997. Anyone know what he did in those 4 years ??

Season tickets are $10.00 less than year $169.00 till June 15th at Team Electronics 476-3636 and the annual meeting is at the Legion 8:00 PM Wed. May 27/09.

The gap between Smiths' junior and pro career was spent at the U of Manitoba where he was one of the top players in the conference. He was an unbelievably smart hockey player and I hope he doesn't get judged on last years' debacle with the Blues. He would most definately need some support behind the bench, but is more than capable of coaching at this level.

i heard it was Alexander FUKOV COACHING!

Smith is a good guy but has a young family & don't know if he would leave Wpg.

why don't you put your time and effort where your mouth is. pretty easy to crap on volunteers who also signs the bank note. pretty easy to pick holes and do nothing if everybody did that we would have no team

You have no team anyway

You have lots to say, but then say we don't have a team anyway. Then why do you care about the executive and what they do? Get off your ass and contribute or shut the hell up. I appreciate what those people do to keep a team in Neepawa and they sure as hell don't get anything out of it except crap from morons like you.

nm

n-eau-m-an ?

Sure Hire a no name to get all us Neepawa folk pumped for the new year.What are they thinking.

Who is this Perrier guy they've hired(according to the Brandon Sun)? They went far enough away!

Bryant Perrier
Defense
Born May 17 1965 -- Vancouver, BC
Height 6.00 -- Weight 200
Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1982-83 Penticton Knights BCJHL 1 0 0 0 2
1983-84 Penticton Knights BCJHL 1 0 0 0 16
1984-85 Langley Eagles BCJHL Statistics Unavailable
1985-86 U. of Alaska-Fairbanks NCAA 25 6 15 21 40
1986-87 U. of Alaska-Fairbanks NCAA 34 11 27 38 40
1987-88 U. of Alaska-Fairbanks NCAA 29 4 14 18 36
1988-89 U. of Alaska-Fairbanks NCAA 32 4 19 23 36
1989-90 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 56 1 5 6 110 -- -- -- -- --
1989-90 Knoxville Cherokees ECHL 8 1 2 3 10 -- -- -- -- --
1991-92 Nijmegen Tigers Hlnd Statistics Unavailable
Coaching [notes]
Season Team Lge Type GP W L T OTL Pct Result
1995-96 Merritt Centennials BCJHL Head 60 26 32 2 0 0.450
1996-97 Merritt Centennials BCHL Head 60 23 33 4 0 0.417
1997-98 Penticton Panthers BCHL Head 60 45 12 0 3 0.775
1998-99 Penticton Panthers BCHL Head 60 33 22 0 5 0.592
1999-00 Penticton Panthers BCHL Head 60 42 14 0 4 0.733
2000-01 Penticton Panthers BCHL Head 60 48 10 0 2 0.817
2001-02 Penticton Panthers BCHL Head 60 32 21 0 7 0.592
2002-03 Penticton Panthers BCHL Head 60 20 32 2 6 0.400
2003-04 Penticton Panthers BCHL Head 60 22 28 1 9 0.450

I may have to call b*ll S**t as the BCHL Penticton team has been the Vees for over 60 years, not the Panthers.

What is the difference between the BCHL and BCJHL - if any?

BCHL and BCJHL are the same. Website is BCHL.com

Check www.hockeydb.com

When i do a search of the Penticton Panthers at that site there is no response, but i do stand corrected on the Vees name and I should have remembered this but the Senior team was the Vees for years abnd the junior team was the Knights until a few years back when they switched to the old Vees name. Never the Panthers to my reccolection. the bio athe db site does have Perrier playing for the Panthers so i apologize for suggesting .130 was bs-ing. The db site however is incorrect in calling them the Panthers.

Penticton was called the Panthers at one time. They switched names from Knights to Panthers to currently the Vees.

Check out the old logo: http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/logos/logos.php?t=2955&s=2001&sf=

206.45.104.18, haha

There is a gap from 2004 to present. Does anyone know what this Perrier has been up to, hockey-wise, since 2004? Is he presently living in Man., or does he now have to relocate?

was pretty much run out of BC. Nobody there would go near him, his whole team threatened to quit if he wasn`t fired. He is supposed to be a real dictator. Good luck Neepawa.

NCAA Hockey Recruits: October 2005
Brian Roloff (Vermont/Green Bay-USHL) - jumped to the USHL from the EJHL. .... recruiting wise because of dissatisfaction with Coach Bryan Perrier's style. ...
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Couldn't get to the article, but is this the guy? I like the fact he has experience. Hopefully he has reflected on that experience and is a better coach for it. Also, with experience - will likely have developed many hockey contacts that will help with trades. Need to give this a guy a chance.

The coaches name in the paper was "Bryant Perrier", not Bryan. Probaly not the same guy my guess

It is the same coach, just mis-spelled in the article.

The Penticton Vees have begun their return to prominance. Starting in the late 90s when it produced NHL players such as Chuck Kobasew and Duncan Keith, the franchise suffered recruiting wise because of dissatisfaction with Coach Bryan Perrier's style. Last season brought new ownership, and with it a new Coach in alum Bruno Campese, and new local recruits. Today's Wisconsin State Journal mentions that forward Brian Lebler (Penticton-BCHL), son of Badger Ed Lebler, has a scholarship offer from Wisconsin, and will decide between Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio State.

Perrier has coached off and on since the early 1990s. His stops include Penticton (assistant), Cowichan Valley (very brief), Merritt, Penticton again (see above remarks about his style), midget, junior B, Alberni (associate coach and brief stint as head coach).
Knows his stuff, but has communication issues. Also considered by some to lack in the honesty and integrity departments.

Bryant Perrier was the Head Coach and G/M of the Alberni Valley Bulldogs this past year, he was the one who swung the deal between Depape and Phaneuf.

Neepawa has the potential to have a good returning nucleus. If the coach has a good understanding of x ans o's and is a hard as* to correct some of the vets bad habits, then the Natives have a good chance to go deep into the playoffs. The key will be for the vets to respond to his direction rather than sulking. It may give some of the younger players to get more ice time when vets (20 year olds) don't respond appropriately to the coaches guidance. This will be exciting to see how the players respond.

Alberni Valley Bulldogs President Andy Oakes has announced that the organization will not be renewing Bryant Perriers contract for the 2009 2010 season.



The ownership group of the Bulldogs organization has not been happy with the state of the club over the past year and feel a complete change in direction is needed in order for the hockey club to be what all the corporate sponsors, season ticket holders and fans want the Bulldogs organization to be. This has not been an easy year for anyone associated to this team and change is needed to bring the Bulldogs back to be a top team in the BCHL. Stated President Andy Oakes.



We thank Bryant Perrier for his efforts over the past two seasons with our organization.



Andy Oakes will be making an official statement and will be available for questions and interviews on Monday February 23, 2009 at the Weyerhaeuser arena in Port Alberni from 11:00 am until 12:00.

Agree that Neeps has good nucleus, but don't agree you need a hard as to get the vets in line. they are young men and they will party occasionally. Is that so bad. Do people think that these kids who are paid NOTHING in Neepawa should give up having fun becuase they play hockey. Cutting loose occasionally is good for them. They work dam hard to be in shape to play and deserve some fun. Yes, it can be overdone, but if this guy comes in and makes his zero tolerance for drinking rule, he will lose the whole team. In what high leve sport do athletes never take a drink? Moderation in all things is the key and it does not sound like this guy agrees with ANY drinking. He will have a revolt like he did in BC and our good nucleus will be gone and starting over AGAIN.
Use some common sense, have reasonable rules, enforce them and get the kids to buy in and you will have success. Be a dicatator with unreasonable rules and you will have none.

what about the players uner 18 ok for them to partake to.

Stupid question. Illegal. Any team that condoned that would only be looking for trouble.

Two comments- 1. Didnt David Aime play in Alberni 2 seasons ago, and didnt (wouldnt?)return to that organization under Perrier ? Also, Native players, so I hear, did occasionaly socialize (not out in public so much, but in private homes), but nothing by any stretch out of hand. Kill that, and lose the room, I'm thinking....

Of course they socialized. What group of young men don't? You are dead on that it was not out of control and that if you take it away the room will be lost very fast.

The comment was directed to on ice bad habits. Lots of little mistakes cost this team last year. There is lots of room for this team to improve play to a more sound systematic game. For this to happen the 20 year olds will have to buy-in, show leadership, and play the game plan outlined by the coach.

Provided the coach HAS a plan.....

Coaching style, communication and connecting to his players is key. Time will tell whether he's a "player's coach" or not. It all depends on the coach and the players. If they buy in then look out the Natives could be solid. If they don't then it'll take time to build a team that does. Some older players might have to change a few habits or they can choose not to and try and find another place to play. Play the waiting game and see how things go. Time will tell.

If the coach is good, Neeps will have a good season, be very competitive...

on when this new coach will make his first bad trade of the year.Will it be trade #1 , what do you think.

Typical of the negative crap on here. How about bets on when he makes his first good trade?

Come fall, camp will be made up of returning vets, prospects, and a few guys from BC JrB recruited by the new coach. Both Houle and Shenher are back in the crease, along with a prospect tender and maybe a BC guy too. There'll be cuts after camp and preseason, but no trades until after about 8-10 regular season games. By then the new coach will have seen the other teams and have a decent idea of whats out there and what he has. Unless he is a total dummy, the trades will address weaknesses and the Natives will have a decent team. Actually, itll be kind of boring, no big dramas. The Kings will supply enough drama for the whole league..

Very good coach.

Here's hoping that is the case.

is the new coach going to do something,to get the fans excited.Where is all his B.C. conections.Do the BC kids not want to play for him.Heard from players this guy is a real dip sh*t.

He should fit in well then.

You don't build a team around BC kids. You build a team around the best players. There are a couple of really nice BC kids going to Neepawa but there are also a couple of really good college bound players who were sent up by college connections or else I dont know why else they would be going to Neepawa. i know of a couple of kids who Neepawa has outrecruited BC and SJ USHL and NAHL teams to get. i dont know what they have coming in exactly but I know of a half dozen players who are good enough to play anywhere. dont ask me now they are getting them but they are.

maybe he is going to let his team do its talking on the ice instead of in the news section of the league website.

How would the players know he's anything, when they are still at home on summer/off season time, and at best have talked to the new coach once or twice on the phone ?? Your d!psh!t remark is just to ,once again, slander Neepawa and an attempt to sh!t-disturb. Lame...

dip sh8t coach , visited some players in there own homes & made them feel very uncomfortable when he wouldn't leave .Thought he wanted to sell them something.Do your homework before you speak.

Sounds like gossip to me..

Great imagination to come up with gossip like that.

2nd or 3rd hand info = gossip (usually). Besides, which would you rather have, a hard-working coach who is eager to tackle his new job, or a someone who resembles a mannequin in a jacket propped in the corner behind the bench, cant hardly tell if he's breathing. Give this new guy a chance to do his job, give him at least a month of regular season before passing judgement....

true

had a very bad year in Alberni last year.

Has a good group coming back. Hope he does not blow it up to start over. One thing Bateman did was get a good bunch of players. The new guy is supposedly bringing in a whack of new guys. Who would you get rid of from last year?

Tyler Stevenson
Temiscaming
#21
Forward HGT: 5.10
WGT: 165
DOB: 1990-03-21
Hometown: Edmonton, Alberta
Previous Team: St-Albert Merchants


GP G Ast Pts PIM PP GW SH FG
Regular Season 13 6 2 8 15 - - - -
Playoffs 4 - - - - - - - -

Neepawa Natives have acquired the HC playing rights of 19 year old forward, Tyler Stevenson from the Temiscaming Royals of the NOJHL for future considerations

SO MUCH FOR BRINGING IN THE B.C. BOYS.
LOOK AT THESE STATS IN THE WORST JR A LEAGUE IN CANADA.

He only played 13 games there for god's sake.

looking at it he played 13 GAMES AS A 90 in a bad league.Why didnt he play play more jr a games ?Sounds fishy to me.