The Vancouver North East Chiefs picked up a pair of points against the North Island Silvertips this past weekend defeated them 6-0 on Saturday and being outplayed 5-1 on Sunday February 12th. The two points give the Chiefs 42 points and temporarily secure them a top 4 spot in the BCMML with only 3 weeks remaining in the regular season. It was a critical 2 points for the Silvertips as they are 6th and holding on to the last available playoff spot with 36 points. The Chiefs will require 4 victories in their last six games to secure a top 4 playoff spot. The second half of the MML season has demonstrated that there is parity among the teams as noted in the weekend scores between the Chiefs and Silvertips.  

The Chiefs scored 7 goals and received support from 7 players as the weekend team effort had goal contribution from Jaime Waddington (team leading 24th goal), Liam Pearce (14th), Truman Gonzales (13th), Tim Chow (13th), Derek Hughes (8th), Jeff Wight (10th) and Nicco Marconato with his 4th goal of the year. The 7 helpers also were supported by 7 different players that included Adam Rockwood (58th assist and now has 71 league leading points), Nicholas Rasovic, Jeff Wight (2 point weekend) , Nicco Marconato (2 point weekend), Maclean Hewitt, Jaime Waddington (38th assist and 62 points for 3rd in BCMML), and call up Bayley Germain picked up his first point of the year.

Daniel Urbani got the nod in both games. Urbani stopped 30 of 30 shots in game 1 to pick up his 2nd consecutive shutout in the 6-0 victory. Urbani stopped 44 of 48 shots letting in 4, (plus one empty net goal), in the Sunday loss 5-1. The weekend moved Urbani's season record to 11 wins, 4 losses and 3 ties with a 2.50 GAA and 3 shutouts. 

The Chiefs will take their season record of 19 wins, 11 losses and 4 ties back to home ice this weekend to play the Okanagan Rockets (16-10-8). Both the Rockets and Chiefs are fighting to stay in the top 4 of the BCMML standings. The weekend event is turning into one of the most critical weekend series of the season.

The Vancouver North East Chiefs earned 4 valuable points last weekend by sweeping the visiting Kootenay Ice. The Chiefs added victories of 5-4 and 10-0 to hold on to 3rd spot in the BCMML standings. The Chiefs weekend success improved their season record to 18-10-4 for 40 points tied with the Greater Vancouver Canadians, however, the Chiefs hold an important 2 game in hand advantage. The Chiefs gained ground on the first place Vancouver North West Giants and 2nd place Cariboo Cougars as the Giants split games with the Canadians and the Cougars took 3 of 4 points from the Okanagan Rockets. The standings are tightening up and without question there are still 8 teams fighting for the top 6 playoff spots. The Chiefs have 8 games remaining and the last 4 weekend games will be played against the North Island Silvertips, the Okanagan Rockets, the Thompson Blazers and the team will finish the final weekend against the Fraser Valley Bruins.

On Saturday, the Chiefs dominated the early part of the game and led 5-1 early in the second period. The Ice continued to demonstrate that they are a much improved team since the beginning of the season as they fought back to improve the score to 5-3 Chiefs by second period end. The Ice made it interesting in the 3rd period by adding a 4th goal in the middle of the final frame. The Ice attempted to pull their goalie in the last minute but fell short of earning a point. On Sunday, the Chiefs once again had a good start taking a 5-0 first period lead. The Ice had a strong 2nd period including several power play opportunities put couldn't find the back of the Chiefs goal line. The pressing Ice got caught trying to break the shut out for Daniel Urbani and late odd man breaks allowed the Chiefs to add 5 goals in the 3rd to build a 10-0 victory.

The Chiefs added 15 goals to their league leading 162 total which leads the BCMML. The Chiefs had contribution from 13 players including 5 points each from Jeff Wight (3 goals, 2 assists), Boston Colley (3 goals , 2 assists) and Jaime Waddington (1 goal, 4 assists). League leader, Adam Rockwood added a goal and 3 assists to his now 70 point total. Other contribution came from Tim Chow with 3 goals bringing his season to 12 goals, Nicholas Rasovic (2 goals, 1 assist), Truman Gonzales (1 goal, 2 assists), Liam Pearce (1 goal and 1 assist) and defenseman Viktor Dombrovskiy (1 goal, 2 assists). Helpers were also credited to Maclean Hewitt (3), Dalton Yorke (2), and Brandon Volpe and Michael Willms with one each.

Jeff Smith played between the pipes on Saturday and recorded the 5-4 victory. Smith turned away 27 of the 31 shots fired his way. Smith improved his season record to 8-7-1  with a GAA of 3.50. Daniel Urbani earned his second shutout of the season on Sunday stopping all 28 shots he faced. Urbani moved his season record to 10-3-3 and improved his GAA to 2.56. The Chiefs will travel to Nanaimo next to face the North Island Silvertips. The Silvertips are 15-13-4 and currently in 6th spot holding on to the last playoff spot. It should be an entertaining weekend.

The Vancouver North East Chiefs struggled versus the Greater Vancouver Canadians over the weekend and finished the series pointless. They now find themselves tied for 4th place in the BCMML. The Chiefs lost Saturday at Planet Ice in Coquitlam 4-2 before they were defeated again 5-1 on Sunday at Ladner Leisure Center. The Chiefs have 36 points, tied in 4th place with the Okanagan Rockets. The Rockets are visiting the Chiefs in three weeks and that series has turned out to be a critical weekend for the Chiefs who have struggled to win after the Christmas break. The Chiefs are 1-5-2 since returning from the Mac Tournament.

The Chiefs were outscored 9 to 3 on the weekend. Daniel Urbani started the game Saturday in the 4-2 loss. Urbani stopped 31 of 35 shots and dropped his season record to 9 wins, 3 losses and 3 ties. Jeff Smith took the 5-1 loss on Sunday. Smith stopped 22 of the 27 Canadian shots and dropped his season record to 7 wins, 7 losses and 1 tie.

The Chiefs will be hosting the Kootenay Ice next weekend at Planet Ice and will be required to sweep the Ice to gain the 4 valuable points. The Ice have performed significantly better in the post Christmas break and have split games in the previous 3 weekends.

The Vancouver Chiefs sit in 3rd spot 4 points behind the Cariboo Cougars with 2 games in hand after a 3 point weekend against the Valley West Hawks. The Chiefs won Saturday 7-4 at Planet Ice and tied 3-3 on Sunday at Langley Events Center. The Chiefs received some much appreciated help from the Kootenay Ice. The Ice stole 2 points in Prince George on Saturday versus the Cougars. The result left the Cougars 4 points up with a 18-8-4 record for 40 points. The Chiefs stand at 16-8-4 for 36 points and need to keep winning to avoid a potential playoff match in Prince George.

The Chiefs top line of Rockwood, Waddington and the new addition of Michael Bell finished with 13 points over the weekend. Bell scored 4 goals to lead the Chiefs and has found a comfortable home in front of the net of the opposing goaltender. Adam Rockwood picked up 4 helpers to increase his league leading point total to 65. Jaime Waddington had a 5 point weekend adding 4 assists to his 23rd goal of the season. Truman Gonzales, 1 goal and 2 assists, and Michael Willms, 3 assists supported the team with 3 points each. Other scoring support came from Tim Chow ( 1 goal and 1 assist), Nicholas Rasovic (1 goal), Aaron Shur (1 assist), Brandon Volpe with his 7th goal of the season, and Jeff Wight added 2 points to his 20 point year total. 

The goaltenders saw their share of the puck over the weekend. Jeff Smith picked up the win in game 1 stopping 41 of 45 shots (.911 save percentage) and improved his season to date record to  7-6-1 with a 3.36 goals against average. Daniel Urbani stopped 38 of 41 (.927 save percentage) and moves his year to date results to 9-2-3 with a 2.64 goals against average which places Urbani 2nd amongst all goaltenders  in the BCMML.

The Chiefs will prepare themselves for another tough weekend versus the Greater Vancouver Canadians. The Canadians sit only 2 points behind the Chiefs in 4th spot. The Chiefs split the previous series this season with the Canadians and will require a minimum of 3 points in the upcoming series to keep their grip on 2nd spot.

The Vancouver North East Chiefs suffered their first 2 game weekend defeat of the season. The Chiefs lost both games to the Cariboo Cougars 5-4 on Saturday and 5-2 on the Sunday rematch. The tough weekend cost the Chiefs 4 valuable points and now place them in 3rd spot in the BCMML 5 points behind the Cougars and 11 points behind the Vancouver North West Giants. The Giants won both their games against the Thompson Blazers this past weekend. The Chiefs, with 2 games in hand on the Cougars and Giants, will be required to win the high majority of games left in the season to place themselves in 2nd place in the BCMML prior to the end of the season.   

On Saturday, if took the Chiefs until midway through the 2nd period before they found their game. The Chiefs fell 3-0 after one period, 4-2 after two periods and scored late in the game to make the score a respectable 5-4 defeat. The Chiefs offered the Cougars too many odd man breaks and gave up 51 shots in the game. However, the Chiefs didn't give up after the slow start and the late rally was noted but just short of what was required to gain a single point in the game. Chiefs were led by Jaime Waddington's 2 point effort with a goal and a helper. The remaining Chiefs goals were scored by Brandon Volpe, Truman Gonzales and Michael Willms. Assists were passed on to Adam Rockwood, Dalton Yorke and Jeff Wight. Daniel Urbani stopped 46 of the 51 shots fired his way and dropped his season record to 9-2-2.

On Sunday, the Chiefs rebounded with a strong first period effort. They dominated the play in the first 20 minutes but were left empty handed with a scoreless first period. In the second period, Liam Pearce scored the first Chiefs goal assisted by new comer, Michael Bell and linemate Jeff White. The Chiefs fell behind 2-1 after the end of two. In the third, the Cougars scored in the first minute and secured the lead. Boston Colley scored a pretty one with a good individual effort assisted by Viktor Dombrovskiy, but the Cougars came back with two more of their own to take a 5-2 grip of the game midway through the third. Jeff Smith stopped 32 of 37 shots faced in the game and moved his record to 6-6-1 for the season.

The Chiefs will place their focus on the Valley West Hawks. The Hawks are sitting in 4th spot only 1 back of the 3rd place Chiefs. The Chiefs will be expected to turn back to W's this upcoming weekend after tough results versus the Giants and Cougars.

The 2012 BCMML All Star game was held at the Coquitlam Main rink on Friday the 13th. Team Blue took the lead 2-0 after the second period after a scoreless first period. Team Blue stayed in control throughout the game and shut the door late in the 3rd period with an empty net goal. The standout for the Vancouver North East Chiefs was Adam Rockwood. Rockwood scored two highlight reel goals in the shoot out breakaway skills contest and won the event during the second period intermission. The event showcased  the best of the best talent in the BCMML and allowed players that are normally competitors to become allies for the short period event.

Adam Rockwood	Daniel Urbani

Nick Hermary	Derek Hughes	Jamie Waddington

The Vancouver North East Chiefs came away with only 1 point after 2 hard fought games versus the rival Vancouver North West Giants. The Chiefs lost the opener 2-1 at BWC on Saturday evening and battled to a 2-2 tie Sunday afternoon at Planet Ice in Coquitlam. The one point weekend leaves the Chiefs in 3rd spot looking up at the Giants and Cariboo Cougars. The Chiefs have 33 points with a 15-6-3 record. That sits 1 point behind the Cariboo Cougars at 34 points and 7 points behind the Giants. The Chiefs have 2 games in hand on both teams.

The Chiefs finished with a total of 9 points lead by Adam Rockwood's 2 goal effort in game 2 of the weekend series. The two goals give Rockwood 12 for the season and added to his league leading 59 points. The Chiefs other goal was scored by Maclean Hewitt which brought his season total to 10 goals. Assists were awarded to Jaime Waddington (2), Liam Pearce, Jeff Wight (2) and Jace Hennig. Chiefs also announced after the weekend that Jace Hennig will be leaving the team to pursue a full time opportunity with the BCHL Coquitlam Express.

Chiefs goaltending was solid again over the weekend. Jeff Smith started Saturday night and stopped 30 of 32 shots in the Chiefs 2-1 loss. Daniel Urbani earned the tie on Sunday afternoon stopping 37 of 39 Giants shots to improve his season record to 9-1-2. The Chiefs will prepare for a critical weekend series versus the Cariboo Cougars this upcoming Saturday January 14th and Sunday January 15th. The winner of the series will secure 2nd spot in the BCMML.

The Vancouver North East Chiefs scored 18 goals during their weekend series with the South Island Thunderbirds. The Chiefs won 13-2 and 5-3 to secure second spot in the BCMML before the holiday break. The team loaded up with 47 points and lead the BCMML with 125 goals. The Chiefs improved their record to 15-5-2 for 32 points and sit 3 points behind the Vancouver North West Giants with one game in hand.

The box score for the Chiefs second game was not updated,  therefore, the following details exclude the offensive statistics from Sundays 5-3 victory. The Chiefs were led offensively by Adam Rockwood. Rockwood finished with 7 assists and continues to lead the BCMML with 54 points. Linemate, Jace Hennig scored 2 goals with 3 helpers and now sits second in MML scoring with 48 points. Hennig also leads the BCMML with 23 goals in 21 games. Jaime Waddington contributed 2 goals and an assist to the trios combined 15 point game. Waddington sits 3rd in MML scoring with 44 points. The Chiefs had a wide spectrum of support on Saturday. Other point getters included Truman Gonzales with 2 goals and 4 points, defenceman Nicco Marconato's 2 goal effort, and single goals from Derek Hughes, Nick Hermary, Jeff Wight, Boston Colley and Nicholas Rasovic. The team was supported with assists from Liam Pearce (2), Dalton Yorke, Michael Willms and Aaron Schur.

Daniel Urbani earned his 9th victory of the season stopping 24 of 26 shots in the Saturday opener. Urbani improved his record to 9-1-1 with a 2.45 GAA and leads the BCMML in win percentage and overall wins. Jeff Smith started on Sunday and finished the game stopping 29 of 32 shots in the Chiefs 5-3 victory.  Smith improved his season performance to a 6-4-1 record and a 3.27 GAA.

The Chiefs will move their focus to the annual Mac's tournament in Calgary December 26th to January 2nd. The team will play four games in the initial round. The Chiefs first game will be Monday December 26th against the St. Albert Raiders of the Alberta MML. The Chiefs will also face the Valley West Hawks, the Saskatoon Contacts and the Calgary Royals in the opening round of the tournament.

The 2012 MML All Star Game will be held on Friday January 13th at 7:00pm. This years event will be held on the home ice of the Vancouver North East Chiefs Planet Ice in Coquitlam. During this years weekend event, all MML teams in British Columbia will travel to Coquitlam to face their weekly opponent on Saturday and Sunday January 14th and 15th. This will allow the local MML fan base to view an 11 game showcase over that weekend.

This year, the BCMML have selected 5 Chiefs to attend the annual All Star Game:

Forward: Adam Rockwood	Forward: Jace Hennig	Forward: Jaime Waddington	Defenceman: Derek Hughes	Goaltender: Daniel Urbani

The Vancouver North East Chiefs had a disappointing weekend and find themselves in 3rd place after a tough weekend versus the Cariboo Cougars. The Chiefs lost the opener 7-2 on Saturday night and played to a 6-6 tie on Sunday morning. The 3 point weekend gave the Cougars a temporary tie for first place position in the MML with the Vancouver North West Giants. Both teams have 29 points with the Chiefs 1 point behind with 28 points. The Giants finished the weekend with 3 points as they traveled to Chase and played the Thompson Blazers. The Chiefs have a 13-5-2 record at season midpoint.

The Chiefs offence had the support of 12 players including a weekend leading 2 goals from Nic Hermary. The remaining goals were scored by Jace Hennig, Liam Pearce, Truman Gonzales, Tim Chow, Jamie Waddington and Jeff Wight. Other point getters included Adam Rockwood and Viktor Dombrovskiy with 2 assists each, followed by single helpers from Derek Hughes, Nicco Marconato, Dalton York and Jace Hennig.

Chiefs goaltenders Jeff Smith and Daniel Urbani were peppered for a combined shot total of 82 shots over the two games. Both goalies gave up 6 goals and 1 empty net goal over the weekend. Smith stopped 36 of 42 shots in the 7-2 loss moving his mid season record to 5-4-1 while Urbani stopped 34 of 40 shots in the 6-6 tie. Urbani finishes the first half with a 8-1-1 record.

The team will have an extra week to complete a post mortem on the weekend of lost opportunity before they start the second half of the season against the South Island Thunderbirds. The Chiefs will travel to Victoria and play the T-Birds the weekend of December 17th and 18th.

The Vancouver North East Chiefs put together an excellent two game team performance to sweep the visiting Thompson Blazers this past weekend. The Chiefs won both games decisively 5-2 and 6-2 to gain control of first place in the BCMML. The pair of weekend victories improves their record to 13-4-1 for 27 points up one point on both the Cariboo Cougars and Vancouver North West Giants.

The Chiefs had 8 players contribute to the 11 goal performance. Goals were scored by Truman Gonzales, Jace Hennig (2), Maclean Hewitt, Liam Pearce (2), Adam Rockwood, Brandon Volpe, Jamie Waddington (2) and Viktor Dombrovskiy. The Chiefs were led by Jamie Waddington's 5 point and Truman Gonzales's 4 point efforts. The MML leading line of Rockwood, Hennig and Waddington notched 11 points over the weekend with 5 goals and 6 assists. Rockwood continues to lead the league with 45 points, followed by Hennig with 41 points including his league leading 20 goals and Waddington with 40 points including 17 goals.

Chiefs netminders Daniel Urbani and Jeff Smith had another weekend of solid performance. Urbani stopped 25 of 27 shots to gain his league leading 8th victory and improved his record to 8-1-0 with a goals against average of 2.11. Urbani played strong in November with a record of 4-0-0 and a 1.25 GAA. On Sunday, Smith gained his 5th victory by stopping 28 of 30 shots and improving his record to 5-3-1 with a goals against average of 3.00. Smith finished the month with an impressive 3-0-1 record.

The Chiefs were 7-0-1 in November. Adam Rockwood set the new record for most points in a month with 28. The previous record was set by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. In February 2008-2009 season, Nugent-Hopkins finished with 24 points.

The team travels to Prince George this upcoming weekend to take on the Cariboo Cougars and to settle the top team in the BCMML at the half way point of the season. The Cougars are 12-4-2 after sweeping the South Island Thunderbirds this past weekend in Victoria.

The Vancouver North East Chiefs took 3 of 4 points from their weekend games against the Okanagan Rockets in Kelowna. The Chiefs played to a 5-5 tie on Saturday followed by a 6-2 victory on Sunday morning. The 3 point weekend places the Chiefs in top spot in the BCMML at 23 points with a
11-4-1 record.

Chiefs top scorer was Tim Chow. Chow scored three times and added an assist to his season total of 9 points. The league leading line of Adam Rockwood, Jace Hennig and Jamie Waddington did not disappoint as the line finished with 3 goals and 7 assists. The line has now tallied for a total of 125 points this season. Hennig scored two more and leads the MML with 18 goals. Rockwood added 4 assists to his MML leading point total of 42. Waddington added a goal and an assist to his season total of 35 points.

The Rockets were a hard working team that out shot the Chiefs 26-23 and 40-32 in the two games. In the first game, the Chiefs took a 1-0 lead after one period before dropping 4 in the second and trailing 4-1 at ice clean. The Chiefs came out fired up in third period and tied the game 4-4 by mid point. The teams traded goals over the remaining period and the game ended 5-5. Jeff Smith stopped 21 of 26 shots and improved his season record to 4-3-1. In the second game, a back and forth first period ended at 2-2. Jace Hennig scored the game winning goal from Adam Rockwood mid way through the second period and Daniel Urbani shut the door as the Chiefs scored 3 more to take the victory 6-2. Urbani stopped 38-40 shots including a penalty shot and improved his record to 7-1-0. Urbani currently leads the MML goalie standings and has a goals against average of 2.12.

The Chiefs will play at home this weekend and host the Thompson Blazers. The Blazers will travel to Coquitlam after their last weekend sweep of the South Island Thunderbirds. The Blazers are 7-7-2 with 16 points and are currently sitting 7th in the BCMML standings.

The Vancouver NE Chiefs stand on guard for the singing of Oh Canada.

Chiefs goaltending was also strong this weekend. Daniel Urbani stopped 24 of 25 shots in the first game and improved his season record to 6-1-0 with a 2.13 GAA. Jeff Smith stopped 26 of 28 shots and now has a 4-3-0 record with a 2.87 GAA. The Chiefs goalies have surrendered 36 goals (1 empty net) for a 2.50 goals against average which sits 2nd in MML. The Chiefs are currently in 2nd spot with a 10-4-0 record and two points behind the league leading Cariboo Cougars. The Chiefs hold a two game in hand advantage. The Chiefs will travel to Kelowna to play the Okanagan Rockets this upcoming weekend.

The North East Chiefs improved their record to 8 wins and 4 losses after dominating the Kootenay Ice in Trail with victories of 7-5 and 11-0. To date this year, the Chiefs offence has been led by the line of Adam Rockwood, Jaime Waddington and Jace Hennig. The line has combined for a total of 84 points. The trio are currently leading the MML top 10 scorers respectively 1,2 and 3 after 12 games. Rockwood currently leads the league with 29 points. The Chiefs have combined for 61 goals in 12 games averaging 5.08 goals per game which sits #1 on top of all MML teams. The Chiefs have had 33 goals against or a 2.67 goals against average per game which places them 2nd in the league. Goaltending duo Daniel Urbani and Jeff Smith have been solid and both have already earned a shut out early in the season. Urbani currently stands 2nd in MML goalie standings with a 5-1 record and a 2.33 GAA. On another positive note, all players have contributed towards team scoring.

Up to last Sunday, the Chiefs struggled to score on that day of the week, scoring a total of 10 goals in the previous 5 Sunday games. However, last Sunday's 11 goal performance eliminated that streak and rewarded the team with its highest goal total game of the season. The Chiefs will drop the puck this Saturday at Planet ice versus the 6-6 North Island Silvertips. The Chiefs are currently sitting in 3rd place with 2 games in hand on the 1st place Cariboo Cougars and 2nd place Greater Vancouver Canadians and are keeping a close eye on that first place spot.

The new Vancouver North East Chiefs website is now live. The website will be updated on a weekly basis including scores, schedules and statistics. A movie and player gallery has been created and will be updated throughout the season. Good Luck to the team, Doneau and the coaching staff in the 2011-2012 season.