Shelburne renamed to HTI Stars

The Shelburne franchise has had a transfer of ownership and renamed the Shelburne HTI Stars.

HTI is the acronym for Hockey Training Institute; the name sake of a hockey school that called Shelburne home 15 years ago.

Leading the club will be President Jenya Feldman. Feldman is a veteran junior hockey operator, who previously coached the Bradford Rattlers from 2006-2009, winning two Russell Cup championships.

From 2009-2014, Feldman had run a private boarding hockey school in Innisfil, Ontario and summer hockey programs.

The club's Head Coach will be Nemanja Jankovic. Jankovic is an alumni of the Bradford Rattlers Russell Cup champion 2007 & 2008 squads who played his College hockey with Finlandia University (NCAA D3).

The Stars have announced their tryout dates: August 18th at the New Tecumseth Recreation Centre. For registration and information about the camp, please contact Jenya Feldman at 705-828-5385.

League President Bob Russell commented on the return of Feldman: "Jenya is a talented recruiter that brings elite level players. From his time with the Rattlers, I know that Jenya can run a great program. He will ice a competitive team."

The GMHL President continued to describe that despite the late announcement, he is not worried about filling the team.  He highlighted a combination of the organization's infrastructure  and the overwhelming demand from players wanting to play in the GMHL this season.

 

"Most of our teams have already completed their rosters. Players are approaching our league daily asking for tryouts. This has been the easiest year to recruit for our teams ever," said Russell, "Our teams look to help each other and will assist the Stars this year for the betterment of the league."