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iguel Delisle, Minor Atom reg Esdale, Major Peewee arc Sauvé, Major Bantam aul Huntley, Major Midget AA:
MA: Delisle is heading into his GAA: Esdale, 41, grew up MAA: Entering his fifth year PHuntley has been coaching

third season as a coach for Seaway in South Stormont and has been with the Rapids, Sauvé is a Seaway sports ever since he graduated
Valley. At just 34 years old, he’s Valley veteran. The 45-year-old college. His hockey coaching
one of the younger coaches, but coaching for eight years, ever Alexandria native has spent almost began when he got the desire to
he’s been involved in coaching and since his son started playing. 20 years of his life as a coach, all teach his son the game. He began
instructing at hockey camps since he Entering his second season as the way up to the Junior B level.
was a teenager. He goes into each a coach with the Seaway Valley in South Stormont MHA system at
Coming off a championship year,
season with the same mission: help Rapids, his main focus this Sauvé is waiting to see how the the IP level and advanced through
the kids grow and improve so that year is developing individual players show up - whether they’re the ranks with him. He has
they’re better hockey players at the hungry to repeat, or content with coached B house through to AAA
end of the year than they were at the and team skills while ensuring last year. Either way, he’s going to and has enjoyed every letter of the
beginning. For Delisle, it ultimately the players are having as much game. “My coaching philosophy
comes down to the relationships fun as possible. He emphasizes follow his program. It’s a proven has mostly to do with the desire of
he forges with his player. He takes hard work and dedication to the winner. Sauvé likes to use his players to develop and get better.”
passion for hockey to teach his kids
great joy when a young player he team. Esdale’s favourite thing Says Huntley. “ I believe that the
taught how to skate years ago comes about coaching is helping his life lessons, such as the importance players come ready to learn and
up and tells him about their team, or of discipline, hard work, and
kids work together to achieve dedication. my job is to provide them with the
the game they just played, or the goal instruction and tools to do that.”
they just scored. success.
There you have it, your Seaway Valley Rapids coaches for the 2016-2017 hockey season. It should be a good one.

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