The Canalta Hotels AJHL Player of the Week is Crusaders forward Tanner Younghans.  Tanner scored 4 goals and 3 assists over three games during the week of September 19th – 25th.

Younghans scored the game winner on September 25th in a 6-2 win over the Canmore Eagles.  He was selected as the Viterra AJHL Star of the Game on September 21st with a 3-point night as Sherwood Park defeated the Lloydminster Bobcats 6-1.

The 20 year-old from Leduc, AB is tied for second overall in the AJHL Scoring Race with 8 points (4G, 4A), and an average of 1.6 points per game.

The Leduc Junior Athletic Club is pleased to announce that Taylor Harnett has accepted the position of Head Coach of the Leduc Chrysler Midget AAA Oil Kings for the 2016-17 Hockey Season.  With the resignation of Ryan Rechner, to fill the role of Associate Coach with the Spruce Grove Saints, the club  interviewed several candidates for the position.

Taylor Harnett comes to the position with a an extensive background in coaching at the Bantam AAA and Midget AAA levels.

He has coached at all levels of club hockey with the South Side Athletic Club since 1998.  Some of the highlights and/or Accomplishments are:

        2013 Western Canadian Bantam AAA Championships – Gold Medal

        2012 Western Canadian Bantam AAA Championships – Silver Medal

        2005 Western Canadian Bantam AAA Championships – Silver Medal

        3 time AMBHL Coach of the Year

        2014-16 Head Coach of the SSAC Midget AAA team

Please join me in welcoming Taylor to our club.  He can be contacted by calling (780) 914-3046 or by email at info@harnetthockey.ca

Welcome to our Club Taylor!

The Leduc Junior Athletic Club (LJAC) will be accepting applications for the Head Coach Position with their Leduc Chrysler Midget AAA Oil Kings team for the 2016-17 season.

The Midget AAA team plays in the highly competitive North division of the Alberta Midget Hockey League and play a 36 game schedule.  All home games are played at the Sobeys Arena in the Leduc Recreation Center in Leduc, Alberta.

The Leduc Chrysler Midget AAA Oil Kings team is part of the LJAC elite level club program that operates the Bantam AAA, Minor Midget AAA and Midget AAA teams under the auspices of the Leduc Junior Athletic Club and Leduc Minor Hockey.

This is an honorarium based position that will encompass a season that begins with tryouts in early September and finishes with playoffs in mid to late March.

If you have your “High Performance One” hockey coaching certification, Checking Skills, Respect in Sport and your Safety Course or a willingness to upgrade to these and are committed to providing young athletes with the direction and leadership required to excel in the sport of hockey we would love to hear from you.  Applications close July 6, 2016. 

Please provide a resume of your coaching experience, including three references along with potential coaching staff to:

Jim Jones

Director of Hockey Development

Leduc Junior Athletic Club

(780) 999-8230

jjones@leduc.ca