The Quality Foods Oceanside Generals participated to once again a successful Canada Day Parade and Canada Day Activities in Beautiful Parksville, British Columbia.
The Generals are really proud of participating in Community Activities like this in Parksville.
The Quality Foods Oceanside Generals next Community Activities will beach at the Kids Beach Fest in Parksville in August.
The Oceanside Generals are excited to announce that they have committed to Forward Jared Winkel for the 2017/2018 VIJHL Season. At 5’9 and 170 pounds Jared is a solid lad that is tough to play against. He is well known for being a player that plays whistle to whistle and sometimes a bit extra. Think Brad Marchant and you get the picture. Jared spent last season with the BCMML North Island Silvertips and is from just down the road in Lantzville BC. Welcome to the club Jared!
The Quality Foods Oceanside Generals will be participating in the Canada Day activities in Beautiful Parksville, British Columbia.
Join the Generals for the Canada Day Parade and Join them at the Park for Canada Day Activities.
More Info to Come…
The Oceanside Generals are excited to announce they have signed Parksville’s own Greyson Weme. Greyson played his minor hockey in Parksville and spent last season with the Pacific Sea Devils of the CSSHL. Greyson plays Forward and is 5’11 and 175. You can catch up with Greyson and the Gens at our Main Camp in mid August. #gogens
New to the VIJHL for the 2017/18 season, a VIJHL TV time-out.
For many Island fans, it was at the Cyclone Taylor Cup in Creston that they first witnessed this strange break midway through each period.
At the first stoppage in action, not involving a penalty or icing, after the 10 minute mark of the period, the officials will call a one minute time-out. This break won’t impact the traditional 30 second time-out each team is guaranteed.
According to VIJHL President, Barb Byrne, “This is a great idea that can assist the teams and the officials. It’s a great strategy for assisting Officials in bringing teams under control and allowing coaching staff to better communicate with their players.” This isn’t the first time the league president has witnessed these time-outs, “after seeing this in play at the last Cyclone Taylor Cup and working with it during my WHL time, I believe this will be a great addition to our games.”
Wes Roed, the Campbell River Storm Governor, saw the usefulness of the time-outs when his club was at the Cyclone, “having witnessed the effective use of 1 minute time-outs at the CTC, I thought it worthy to bring this idea to the Board of Governors for consideration.”
Wes sees the key advantage of the new time-out is in player development, “from a coaching perspective, what coach wouldn’t want to have 3 extra time-outs per game to keep the boys on track.”
The Board of Governors liked what they heard. According to Wes, “much to my delight, the board passed this proposal to be implemented this season.”
Josh Lockhart, whose ‘Nitros Night in Kimberley’ blog is a mainstay of the KIJHL Dynamiters’ website, says the timeouts have benefits, “it gives the players, fans and webcasts a breather and allows the webcast crew and arena announcer to share sponsored commercials.”
Game 1 of the VIJHL regular season kicks off on September 1 in Campbell River when the Storm host the Oceanside Generals.
*Article from the VIJHL Website
Issac Finner is a product of Nanaimo Minor Hockey’s Rep Program. Issac is 5’10 and 170 pounds but plays like he is twice that size. Issac is known for his open ice hits and always finishing his checks. He has a bullet of a shot that we hope to see as often as possible this coming season. Welcome to the Gen’s Issac !
Erik is a strong physical defenseman that will bring a steady supply of hard work and team play to the back end for the Generals this season. Erik spent last season with the North Island Silver Tips of the BCMML. Erik played his minor hockey in Nanaimo and his favorite player is Chris Pronger.
Brandon is a 5’7″ 150 lb smooth skating puck moving defensemen from Nanaimo.
Brandon see’s the ice well and always makes a great first pass.
Last year Brandon played for the Nanaimo Clippers Midget Tier 1 as well as an affiliate with the Oceanside Generals where he played 8 games.
Brandon is attending Dover Bay Secondary where he will graduate in 2018.