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Yellowstone Quake Victor Riley Arena 1400 Heart Mountain Street P.O. Box 3191 Cody, Wyoming 82414
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Tryout Camps Scheduled Click the poster image to see the details of your three opportunities to try out for the Quake! Brad Zangs to Coach the Quake(Cody, WY) The Yellowstone Quake Board of Directors has announced the hiring of a new coach for Cody’s Junior Tier III hockey team. Brad Zangs, former head coach and general manager of the Sioux Lookout Flyers of the Superior International Junior Hockey League and Albert Lea Thunder of the North American Hockey League, agreed to a two-year contract and has already started recruiting players on behalf of the Quake. “We are excited to have Coach Zangs join our organization,” Quake Board President Bob Bole said, “His background and enthusiasm will help our program to continue building quality hockey players.” The Yellowstone Quake completed the 2011-2012 season with a record of 22-20 and made it into the second round of playoffs in the Northern Pacific Hockey League (NorPac) where they were defeated by the Southern Oregon Spartans. A native of Rosemount, Minnesota, Zangs comes to the Yellowstone Quake with over twenty years of coaching experience. Prior to his time in Albert Lea, Minnesota, Zangs coached for the Northwest Knights and Butte Irish junior programs. He was also on the coaching staffs at Iowa State University, where the Cyclones won an American Collegiate Hockey Association national championship, as well as Hamline University and Northland College. He has a proven track record in coaching, recruiting and player promotion spanning across teams in the NHL, minor professional hockey, NCAA Division 1 and III, USHL, NAHL and Canada’s Tier 2 levels. While coaching in the NAHL, six of his players received NCAA Division 1 scholarships and several more advanced to NCAA Division 3 teams. “I want to thank the board of the Yellowstone Quake for giving me this opportunity to be the next head coach,” Zangs said from his home in Lakeville, Minnesota. “I’m excited to be part of the Cody community this coming winter.” For the next few months, Zangs will spend a good deal of time on the road attending showcases and prospects camps in his search for players. Having coached in Butte when they had a team in the NAHL, Zangs is already familiar with Montana, where most of the Quake’s opponents are located. “I hope to get to know the people of Cody, and I look forward to seeing them at the rink,” he said. Tryout camps will take place May 26-27 in Littleton, CO at The Edge Ice Arena, July 14-15 at the Teamster Arena in Fargo, and August 13-16, 2009 at the Victor J. Riley Arena in Cody. The Yellowstone Quake resume regular season play in September. 2011-2012 Season Wrap-UpThe year came to a close with a loss in the NORPAC semi-final playoff series. The team finished the 2011-2012 season in third place as it increased its winning percentage by more than fifteen points and improved its goal differential by more than half a goal per game while reducing its penalty minutes per game. The Quake players and coaches wants to thank the fans, billet parents, and friends & families for your support! NORPAC Goaltender of the Week Jan 16-22: Dominic DeGuiseppiDeGuiseppi led his team to a shootout victor over the Eugene Generals in which he stopped 50 of 54 shots in addition to making 8 out of 1o saves in the shootout to secure the win for the Quake. Perani's National Player of the Week Dec 4-11: Drew ParusJuniorHockey.com announced Drew Parus of the Northern Pacific Hockey League's Yellowstone Quake as the Perani's Hockey World National Player of the Week for the period ending December 11, 2011. Parus lead the Quake over the weekend with four goals and three assists (including a shorthanded goal) in three games. NORPAC Goaltender of the Week Oct 5-9: Dominic DeGuiseppiDeGuiseppi may not have been the best statistical goaltender of the week but he was able to lead his team to their first victory of the season in their 5-3 defeat of the Eugene Generals. In addition to helping his team gain their first win of the year, DeGuiseppi made several fantastic saves against Southern Oregon to keep his team in the three games he suited up against the Spartans. Save the Brain!For the third year, the Yellowstone Quake medical personnel of Dr Adam Peters, Kelsey Kolstad & Amanda Kolstad, and the Billings Cinic, provided the players a baseline concussion screening. What is baseline concussion screening? Baseline concussion screening tests brain function before a head injury occurs. It measures areas such as: attention span, working memory, sustained and selective attention time, non-verbal problem solving, and reaction time. If a head injury occurs, the same test is administered again. The results from the before-and-after tests are then compared. The comparison helps determine the extent of the injury as well as when the brain has healed. Why is it important? Concussions are serious injuries. Multiple concussions or re-injury before a concussion has fully healed can cause many long-term effects, especially in young adults. Pre- and post-injury brain function testing can help determine the extent and severity of brain injury and help doctors, coaches and parents determine when it’s safe for a player to return to play. New Mouthguards!
The Quake wants to thank Dr. Taylor for donating his time and resources making custom mouthguards for the Quake players. Mouth guards protect against concussions by serving as a shock absorber, they protect against neck injuries, and they protect the teeth by distributing the force of a blow over all the teeth and diminishing contact between the lower jaw and the upper jay. Quake Attended Red Wings - Avs Game On Monday, January 10, 2011 the Quake traveled to Denver, Colorado to attend an NHL game featuring the Detroit Red Wings and the Colorado Avalanche. The team rode in their newly acquired bus on Sunday and returned to Cody immediately following the game Monday night. For the team members who are from Michigan, this was their opportunity to see their beloved Red Wings play in person! as well as check out their dressing room and watch the morning practice. |
Community ServiceThe Yellowstone Quake are dedicated to assisting the Cody community and volunteer for many different local projects. In addition to running youth goalie and scoring clinics, the team volunteers weekly with the local Head Start and Boys & Girls programs and are involved in a number of special projects over the season: September 2011:
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 Quake-Dawg Nation Game  Park County Library's "Sleepy Time Stories" with Santa |
