“WOW”….First & foremost, I would like to congratulate the Schreiber Diesel Hockey Players for another exciting year of Jr. “A” Hockey.

Each & every one of you young men on the Diesels team deserve a pat on the back for showing the North Shore what a team of dedicated & disciplined guys could accomplish with hard work & determination.

Hold your heads high, as had there been a few bounces this way or that way, we all know that the SIJHL title or the Dudley Hewitt Cup may have been yours.

I said that you showed the whole “North Shore” what you guys could do…I take that back, you showed the whole “North Shore” & the “Whole Province of Ontario” what a team of dedicated & disciplined guys could accomplish with hard work & determination. Everyone that I talked with during the Dudley Hewitt Cup was more than impressed with your skill & passion for the game.

So, here is to you, the Diesel Players…You guys ROCK.

Secondly, the Coaches, Trainers & Equipment Managers need to be commended for a job well done; I know that I would not like to make some of the decisions that you all have had to make. So our hats are off to all of you.

To the Diesel Executive, which I am proud to say, I am one of, when the chips were down & it seemed like the team was finished, you guys & gals stepped up & made things work, without your dedication & efforts, I would not be writing this, as there would be no Diesels….So, my fellow Executive Members hold your heads high & remember, we are also a part of the “Team”

To all of the Diesels hard working Volunteers’, be it announcers, music players, goal judges, time keepers, security personnel, National Anthem singers, 50/50 & ticket sellers, van drivers, meal preparers, fundraising personnel (“The McGuaig ladies” especially), without your time & effort , none of this would have been possible, so if I can speak for our Executive…THANK YOU ALL, YOU ARE THE BEST..

ALSO A GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE PLAYERS BILLETTING FAMILIES, without you opening up your home to our young men, there would be no where for the players to stay, so again, THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH.

My apologies if I may have missed anyone, but you all know who you are & hopefully we will be partaking in this again in the 2009/2010 season.

To the Dudley Hewitt Committee:

 What a Fantastic job on such a huge undertaking, each & every one of the committee & their sub committees has made the town of Schreiber proud. The countless volunteers that your committees needed to succeed is much too large to commend personally, but all I can say is … WOW, what an event.