Huskies Go Into Break 27-1-1; First Place

The Seguin Huskies, a first year team in the GMHL has started off the first half of the season with a bang; going 27-1-1 in its first 29 games of the season. The teams sits a top of the 20 team league with 55 points, six points ahead of the second place South Muskoka Shield.

"When Michal (Michal Kolarik - Huskies Part-Owner) and I sat down to start building our roster, we knew we wanted to recruit a good mix of veterans and rookies; we wanted a team that would compete every night with a good combination of talent and toughness" stated Head Coach/General Manager Gary Astalos. 

The Huskies have a good mix of players from birth years of 1992 through 1996 with a majority of the players hailing from Canada or the Unites States sprinkled in with players from the Czech Republic and Sweden. "We worked extremely hard this offseason recruiting players that wanted to truly develop their game, while preparing them for higher levels of play" stated team part-owner Michal Kolarik. 

The Huskies have already had forward Jarrett Pfeiffer commit to Indiana Tech University while eight other players have already received NCAA/ACHA University offers, with many of them deciding on their future in the coming months. "Our staff and players have been in contact with many professional, NCAA, and ACHA teams; advancing players is our number one goal" stated Assistant Coach Ken Thomas. 

News of the Huskies success has already been spreading fast; as the Huskies scouting staff has already started recruiting for next season. "We are trying to identify goal oriented players who work hard every time they come to the rink" said Assistant Coach Martin Jansson who has been actively recruiting throughout Canada and Europe. 

The off ice success for the Huskies has been overwhelming as well. The team has seen anywhere between 250 to over 400 fans walk into Humphrey Arena for Huskies home games! "We are trying to be as community involved as possible" stated Michal Kolarik. The team has been involved in the Humphrey Halloween walk, the Santa Parade, 'Skate with the Huskies' event, and even raised money through a special jersey night with all money being donated to the Movember Foundation. 

The Huskies next stop will be the annual GMHL College Showcase Classic that will be held at York University's North York Ice Arena starting this Tuesday as many Major Junior, NCAA and ACHA teams will be in attendance.

The expansion Seguin Huskies will continue to focus on player development and are looking forward to finishing the regular season and into the playoffs.

Dave Whalen, Seguin Ontario