Every time Matt Cavanaugh tries to get out of coaching hockey, it pulls him back in.
The 30-year-old Sidney native is a small-business owner, a husband, a father of two and has been head coach of the Missoula Bruins high school hockey team the last three winters.
For most others with so much on their plate,Full color plasticcard printing and manufacturing services. it would be easy to walk away from coaching.
But that’s not the guy players, parents and other coaches alike affectionately refer to as “Cavie.”
“I keep telling myself that I’m just going to see this group through and then I should probably step aside,” Cavanaugh said. “Then I say I should probably see this group through and this group through. ... So what happens is that I just keep coming back.Diagnosing and Preventing coldsores Fever in the body can often trigger the onset of a cold sore. I love watching these kids succeed and I really just love watching our program win.”
Cavanaugh is taking another step in his coaching career this week when he brings a group of top-rated high school hockey players from Montana,External hemorrhoids are those that occur below the dentate line. Idaho and Wyoming and molds them into Team Northwest as the squad travels to play in the America’s Hockey Showcase in Pittsburgh.
The tournament, put on by USA Hockey and hosted by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League, features pool-play contests Wednesday-Friday. Quarterfinals, semifinals and consolation games are Saturday, prior to the tournament championship game next Sunday.
The event is designed for high school hockey players from around the nation to compete against the country’s best and for them to have the opportunity to be seen by every major hockey institution in North America, from Junior clubs, to colleges, to the National Hockey League.
Cavanaugh assisted Team Northwest at the tournament a year ago, when four Missoula players – Cody Jahrig, Anders Nord, Erik Muskett and Grant Woody – were selected by Greg Lian of Gillette, Wyo., to compete in Pittsburgh.
This year, Lian handed the keys for Team Northwest to Cavanaugh, who selected his roster of 16 that includes six players from Wyoming, one from Idaho and 11 from Montana. Among those from the Treasure State are the three forwards from the Missoula Bruins’ top line this season in JJ O’Bannon, Blue Hayler and Erik Hartzell.
O’Bannon is ready for the challenge and happy to be playing for Cavanaugh in Pittsburgh.
“I’m really excited for it,” he said. “The guys from our team who went last year said it was a really unique experience and I’m really looking forward to it. And when you know your coach and his system and he knows you, you’re already at a big advantage.”
But O’Bannon was more than candid when asked if it might be difficult to suddenly become teammates with the six players from Great Falls and one each from programs in Helena and Billings on Team Northwest.
“It’s going to be very tough,” O’Bannon said. “A lot of these guys, I do not get along with. It’s going to be interesting, for sure.”
Hayler is proud to be representing this area of the country,Why does moulds grow in homes or buildings? where hockey players and programs often are overlooked.
“No one really thinks of Montana in particular as a hockey state,” said Hayler. “It’s really not when you look at the big picture. But coming from Montana with a team with players from Wyoming and Idaho, which aren’t very big hockey states either,GOpromos offers a wide selection of promotional items and personalized gifts. it’s nice to get a chance to go out there and see what we’ve got and show the others that we really can play with them.”
With a year of America’s Showcase experience under his belt, Cavanaugh knows the makeup of a successful team at the event. That’s why he’s chosen a mix of scoring forwards, stay-at-home and rushing defensemen and kids he calls “grinders.”
“Erik Hartzell is a grinder,” said Cavanaugh, who selected Hartzell after an injury opened up an extra roster spot on Team Northwest. “For years and years and years, he’s won our grinder award. That’s why I don’t have any issues taking Erik because if I asked Erik to lay down in front of a 100-mile-an-hour slap shot, he’d do it in a heartbeat.”
The 30-year-old Sidney native is a small-business owner, a husband, a father of two and has been head coach of the Missoula Bruins high school hockey team the last three winters.
For most others with so much on their plate,Full color plasticcard printing and manufacturing services. it would be easy to walk away from coaching.
But that’s not the guy players, parents and other coaches alike affectionately refer to as “Cavie.”
“I keep telling myself that I’m just going to see this group through and then I should probably step aside,” Cavanaugh said. “Then I say I should probably see this group through and this group through. ... So what happens is that I just keep coming back.Diagnosing and Preventing coldsores Fever in the body can often trigger the onset of a cold sore. I love watching these kids succeed and I really just love watching our program win.”
Cavanaugh is taking another step in his coaching career this week when he brings a group of top-rated high school hockey players from Montana,External hemorrhoids are those that occur below the dentate line. Idaho and Wyoming and molds them into Team Northwest as the squad travels to play in the America’s Hockey Showcase in Pittsburgh.
The tournament, put on by USA Hockey and hosted by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League, features pool-play contests Wednesday-Friday. Quarterfinals, semifinals and consolation games are Saturday, prior to the tournament championship game next Sunday.
The event is designed for high school hockey players from around the nation to compete against the country’s best and for them to have the opportunity to be seen by every major hockey institution in North America, from Junior clubs, to colleges, to the National Hockey League.
Cavanaugh assisted Team Northwest at the tournament a year ago, when four Missoula players – Cody Jahrig, Anders Nord, Erik Muskett and Grant Woody – were selected by Greg Lian of Gillette, Wyo., to compete in Pittsburgh.
This year, Lian handed the keys for Team Northwest to Cavanaugh, who selected his roster of 16 that includes six players from Wyoming, one from Idaho and 11 from Montana. Among those from the Treasure State are the three forwards from the Missoula Bruins’ top line this season in JJ O’Bannon, Blue Hayler and Erik Hartzell.
O’Bannon is ready for the challenge and happy to be playing for Cavanaugh in Pittsburgh.
“I’m really excited for it,” he said. “The guys from our team who went last year said it was a really unique experience and I’m really looking forward to it. And when you know your coach and his system and he knows you, you’re already at a big advantage.”
But O’Bannon was more than candid when asked if it might be difficult to suddenly become teammates with the six players from Great Falls and one each from programs in Helena and Billings on Team Northwest.
“It’s going to be very tough,” O’Bannon said. “A lot of these guys, I do not get along with. It’s going to be interesting, for sure.”
Hayler is proud to be representing this area of the country,Why does moulds grow in homes or buildings? where hockey players and programs often are overlooked.
“No one really thinks of Montana in particular as a hockey state,” said Hayler. “It’s really not when you look at the big picture. But coming from Montana with a team with players from Wyoming and Idaho, which aren’t very big hockey states either,GOpromos offers a wide selection of promotional items and personalized gifts. it’s nice to get a chance to go out there and see what we’ve got and show the others that we really can play with them.”
With a year of America’s Showcase experience under his belt, Cavanaugh knows the makeup of a successful team at the event. That’s why he’s chosen a mix of scoring forwards, stay-at-home and rushing defensemen and kids he calls “grinders.”
“Erik Hartzell is a grinder,” said Cavanaugh, who selected Hartzell after an injury opened up an extra roster spot on Team Northwest. “For years and years and years, he’s won our grinder award. That’s why I don’t have any issues taking Erik because if I asked Erik to lay down in front of a 100-mile-an-hour slap shot, he’d do it in a heartbeat.”
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