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Major Bantam AAA Central Attack Names Coaches
2018-06-25Two coaches for the 2018-19 Major Bantam Central Attack team have been named.
The Central Attack Major Bantam Hockey Club is pleased to announce that Jeff Squires and KJ White have agreed to take on the coaching reins for the 2018/19 season. The Attack is coming off its best season in franchise history with a 21-6-3 record and a first place finish in the regular season. The team lost out to the Western Warriors in game five of the provincial final. Expectations are high for the coming year with a core group of returnees from the Bantam level and a strong group of players moving up from the Peewee ranks.
Squires and White are well known in hockey circles and have unparalleled coaching resumes for minor hockey with experience at the Maritime Junior, Canada Games and Atlantic University Sport levels. Squires moves up from the Charlottetown Peewee AAA Abbies where his teams have played in three consecutive Atlantic Peewee AAA Championships with back to back bronze medals in 2016 and 2017. White had a stellar playing career with five years in the Ontario Hockey League and two years at the University of Prince Edward Island. After his playing days he successfully transitioned into the role of coach and educator. He is currently the Principal of Queen Charlotte Junior High School and has been a volunteer coach on the male and female side of minor hockey in Sherwood and Charlottetown since the early 2000s.
Both coaches displayed a high level of enthusiasm for coaching this age group and a desire to continue the Central Attack’s progression as a preeminent hockey development program for elite players in our associations.
Squires commented, “KJ and I are very excited with the opportunity to coach at the Bantam AAA level this year. We feel very confident that there is a talented and motivated group of players that will make up the 2018-2019 Central Attack team. We have a great reputation in PEI of having competitive teams that will compete at a very high level within Atlantic Canada. We are looking forward to announcing training camp details and starting to build some excitement around our upcoming season.”
Squires and White are well known in hockey circles and have unparalleled coaching resumes for minor hockey with experience at the Maritime Junior, Canada Games and Atlantic University Sport levels. Squires moves up from the Charlottetown Peewee AAA Abbies where his teams have played in three consecutive Atlantic Peewee AAA Championships with back to back bronze medals in 2016 and 2017. White had a stellar playing career with five years in the Ontario Hockey League and two years at the University of Prince Edward Island. After his playing days he successfully transitioned into the role of coach and educator. He is currently the Principal of Queen Charlotte Junior High School and has been a volunteer coach on the male and female side of minor hockey in Sherwood and Charlottetown since the early 2000s.
Both coaches displayed a high level of enthusiasm for coaching this age group and a desire to continue the Central Attack’s progression as a preeminent hockey development program for elite players in our associations.
Squires commented, “KJ and I are very excited with the opportunity to coach at the Bantam AAA level this year. We feel very confident that there is a talented and motivated group of players that will make up the 2018-2019 Central Attack team. We have a great reputation in PEI of having competitive teams that will compete at a very high level within Atlantic Canada. We are looking forward to announcing training camp details and starting to build some excitement around our upcoming season.”