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There’s never an oppor-tune time for the injury bug to bite a player, but

when Greg Nemisz went down with a shoulder injury six weeks ago, it was a particularly dis-couraging turn of events for the Abbotsford Heat forward.

During his convalescence, the Calgary Flames, the Heat’s NHL parent club, weathered a wave of casualties in their forward corps. At one point, four erstwhile Heat forwards – Krys Kolanos, Roman Horak, Paul Byron and Lance Bouma – were up with the Flames at the same time.

There’s a strong chance that Nemisz, if healthy, might have

gotten the call – the sophomore pro been one of the Heat’s best and most consistent forwards this season.

But rather than sulk, Nemisz threw himself into his rehab with Heat strength coach Mike Thomp-son, and he’s returned with a vengeance. The Courtice, Ont. native has averaged a point per game since getting back into the lineup, notching four goals and two assists in six contests.

“It was pretty tough,” Nemisz said, refl ecting on the potential NHL opportunity that his injury robbed him of. “You can’t really think like that, though. Hockey is a really up and down game, and

you’ve got to stay even-keel or else you’re wasting energy. And then you might not come back as well-prepared.”

After posting 33 points in 68 games as a rookie in 2010-11, Nemisz has boosted his rate of production this season, with 25 points in 38 games.

Heat head coach Troy Ward said the 6’3”, 205-pound forward’s improvement is directly linked to his fi tness.

During his junior days, Nemisz was part of one of the greatest teams in Canadian junior hockey history – his Windsor Spitfi res won back-to-back Memorial Cups in 2009 and 2010. But those long

playoff runs and subsequent short off-seasons limited his summer workout time.

After the Heat missed the post-season last spring, Nemisz threw himself into his workout regimen, and the sweat investment has translated to the ice.

“You never want to not be in the playoffs,” Nemisz noted, “but last year I had a lot of time off and took advantage of that. My trainer back home, Jeff Larsh, did an amazing job with me in the sum-mer, and I feel the better than I’ve ever felt on the ice.

“We work on a lot of legs – pow-er and explosion stuff. For a big guy, you always have to work on

speed and core strength.”Ward said he was encouraged

when training camp rolled around, and Nemisz showed up having shed “a little bit of baby fat.”

“It wasn’t until this last summer that he really changed physically, which has allowed him to have a better start here,” Ward analyzed.

“(Former Heat head coach) Jim (Playfair) played him a lot here last year, which he deserved, but his body couldn’t handle those minutes. This year, he’s been able to handle those minutes because of his physical conditioning. That’s allowed him to be a better player.”

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wIt’s a rarity for an AHL team’s leading goal-scorer to hit the free agent market

in mid-season.But that’s precisely the situation

Hugh Jessiman found himself in on Sunday, Feb. 5, when he parted ways with the Lake Erie Monsters following the expiration of his player tryout (PTO) contract.

The 27-year-old power forward didn’t have to wait long to fi nd employment – less than 24 hours later, he put pen to paper on a fresh AHL contract with the Ab-botsford Heat for the balance of the 2011-12 campaign.

Jessiman said that his split with the Monsters was amicable. It was a situation where he learned he had little to no chance of landing a two-way NHL/AHL contract from the Colorado Avalanche, Lake Erie’s parent club, so the Monsters turned him loose to fi nd a better opportunity.

“When I came in, I was there to sort of fi ll in for (Patrick) Rissmiller and (Greg) Mauldin, a couple of veteran guys who were injured at the time,” said Jessiman, who

completed two 25-game PTOs with Lake Erie. “In the past week, it became apparent that Colorado wasn’t really interested in me (long-term).

“One thing I respect about the coaches there, they were very honest with me. Rather than self-ishly keeping me around with false promises, they were honest. I re-ally appreciate that, because it got me here (to Abbotsford). It seemed like I’d have more of an opportu-nity here, and perhaps up there (in Calgary) at some point.”

When the Monsters released him from his PTO, Jessiman said that interest from other teams was initially slow to materialize.

“I think a lot of teams didn’t really know the situation with me and Lake Erie; I feel like they were a little wary of stealing a guy from another team,” he said with a wry grin.

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Our Heat team is very thankful for the amazing people who attend our games. Slowly, over the course of this season, we are working hard to get to know each of you throughout our Heat community.

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Our mission is to give to our community a brand of hockey and a hockey brand to be proud of.

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In each edition of the Abbotsford News’s Faceoff magazine, beat reporter Dan Kinvig chats with head coach Troy Ward about the state of the team.

For future editions of Faceoff, fans are in-vited to pose their own questions for Ward. Submit your questions for consideration via email to [email protected], or via Twitter to @dankinvigsports.

We spoke with Ward last week, with the Heat in the midst of a fi ve-game road trip.

Q Your team had lost eight of 10 games in a recent stretch, and then swept the Houston Aeros at home (Feb. 17-18). What did those wins do for your group, confi dence-wise?

A “I think the faith came from the fact we got two integral parts back (for-wards Greg Nemisz and Quintin Laing returned from injury). For me, that’s where the faith changed.

“I think everyone was just ecstatic to get back Nemo, who was doing almost a point a game when he left, and to get our captain back. Everything coincides with that.

“That stretch (of losses and injuries), we had to go through that at some par-ticular point in time. It’s inevitable with every team in the American Hockey League, and we went through ours.

The excitement of knowing we were kind of coming out of it coincided with those players coming back.”

Q I wanted to ask you specifi cally about Laing. For a lot of fans, he might fl y under the radar because he’s not necessarily a fl ashy offensive player. But he does so many little things that make your team successful, doesn’t he?

A “He changes things one way as a hock-ey player – he plays the game the right way and the hard way. That’s what he changes for us on the ice. But the big-gest thing is his presence in the room. It would be comparable to what Mike Keane was for the Manitoba Moose. You’d see them, and you’d say, ‘This team has their stuff together because Mike Keane’s got things under control.’ That’s the way our team responds.

“Really, the telling stat of Lainger is, we were 4-0 in scoring chances in the Friday game (against Houston, Laing’s fi rst game back) in the fi rst period. In the Saturday game, we were up 7-0 in chances in the fi rst period. We ended up winning both of those games. It’s almost unheard of to not give a team a scoring chance in a period. But we did it back to back games.

“That gives you an idea of what the guy’s saying and what he talks about in the room.”

Q Andrew Estoclet, who had spent the bulk of the season in the ECHL, came in a couple weeks ago and produced immediately (fi ve assists in his fi rst four games with the Heat). You’ve had other ECHL call-ups who have struggled to produce; how impressive is Estoclet’s performance in light of that?

A “The impressive part is this, and it may not seem like a big thing, but it is to me. It’s where we are and where he came from.

“It’s a huge thing for a guy to move across the world, come in here, fi t in with a new group, change everything in your life, and then produce points. I fi nd that extremely hard.

“Adam is a guy who, because of his personality being easygoing, is go-ing to fi t in right away with a team. He brings no attitude – he’s just a humble guy.

“He’s got a good stick and good skills, and we put him in the right posi-tion with the right players to allow him to do that. That’s why you notice him.”


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Q How have you seen the role of the enforcer change over the years?

PL3: "There used to be two or three guys who could really do some damage on the other team, but it's been changing. I guess it's adaptation, and it's a good thing. My dad always told me I needed to get to be a better skater, and it took me to the NHL – being faster and better on the forecheck. That's what you want to work on, because obviously it's changing. The game is faster, and guys are so skilled nowadays that you want to be able to follow them out there."

Q There's been a lot of nega-tive publicity surrounding ghting in hockey over

the past year or so, and it seems there are more people calling for an end to ghting in the game. How

do you feel about that?RI: "I think it should be in the

game. That's what a hockey player thinks. I don't think they can take it out of hockey. It would be like playing soccer with no ball or something. It's always been a part of hockey, and it should be. It might happen less and less, but I don't think it will disappear."PL3: "Some outsiders say that, and some people say it's always going to be here. If you ask Don Cherry, it's always going to be part of the game. Personally, what I think is, you need to adapt. You need to be a better, faster player. But I love that part of the game. I love the toughness in the game, and I hope it stays. We'll go from there. We'll see what the studies bring up, and I think people are going to make the right decision."

Q The deaths of ghters Rick Rypien, Wade Belak and Derek Boogard last summer, along with studies linking hockey ghts to degenera-tive brain disease, are cer-tainly sobering. Has it made you rethink the risk/reward of dropping the gloves in any way?

RI: "It's sad to see those guys end up that way, but at the same time, everybody's different. Yes, there is stuff that you share in common, but everyone goes

through it differently. I don't know what kind of things they've expe-rienced. So it's in your head, but not too much."PL3: "It doesn't change the job I have to do. I'm still a ghter, I'm still a hockey player. My job is to score goals and win games. Fighting is part of my job – it's what I do best. But yes, there have been a lot of con-cerns lately. I think it's all right to ask questions when stuff like that's hap-pening. But I don't read into that, as long as I'm happy and I have a good family and good support around me. I just keep doing what I have to do, and try to do it as best as I can."

Q Raitis, you had a particularly scary incident at the start of the 2010-11 season, when you suffered a serious con-cussion in a ght with Steve MacIntyre of the Edmonton Oilers. How did that experi-ence impact you?

RI: "It's still part of hockey, what happened. It's no different than spraining your ankle, stuff like that. You can't be going out there and start worrying about it. If it happens again, it happens. If it doesn't, it doesn't. That's how I think about it."

Q A ght can have a positive impact on a team, in terms

of changing momentum or changing the way the opposing team is behaving on the ice. Do you have a par-ticularly memorable ght where it really

sparked your team?RI: "You'll have a good

ght, and the team starts playing better and you win the

game at the end of the day. It feels good that you were a part of it. There have been lots of games like that."PL3: "It happens a lot. Some guys feed off that. They're having a tough day, and they put their body in front of punches. It's not just ghting – it's blocking shots, or a goalie making a big save. Those are all little things that are part of the game that bring the crowd in, and then everyone builds on that and makes the team so much better."

The Heat's Raitis Ivanans and Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond are two of pro hockey's most accomplished enforcers, with more than 250 fi ghts between them according to hockeyfi ghts.com. Theirs is an awfully tough job, and the duo discussed the state of scrapping in the game today.

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Nemisz returned with vengeanceWhile emphasizing that it’s not

entirely fair to compare Nemisz to Brett Hull, Ward likens Nemisz’s physical reshaping to a similar process that the Hall of Fame sniper underwent early in his career.

“Nobody remembers Brett Hull was drafted by the Calgary Flames,” Ward noted. “But he didn’t emerge on the scene until St. Louis, and that was when the body fat percentage changed. He was in the mid-20s in Calgary, I believe, and St. Louis wouldn’t let him come to camp until he was under eight. All the goals started to happen because he became more focused in his training.”

Ward said that Nemisz’s im-proved fi tness base allowed him to be effective immediately coming off of the recent injury. The Heat bench boss loves a good meta-phor, and in this case, he com-pared Nemisz to a bookshelf.

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ABBOTSFORD HEATSCORING STATS AS OF FEB. 24 GP G A PTS

Krys Kolanos 34 18 22 40Brian Connelly 49 5 34 39Ben Walter 52 11 24 35Jon Rheault 41 15 15 30Clay Wilson 46 9 20 29Hugh Jessiman 46 21 6 27Greg Nemisz 35 10 12 22Quintin Laing 42 11 10 21Dustin Sylvester 42 9 11 20Brendan Mikkelson 33 3 12 15Guillaume Desbiens 51 2 11 13Paul Byron 26 4 7 11Jordan Henry 46 2 9 9Joe Piskula 37 1 8 8Akim Aliu 21 6 7 7Adam Estoclet 16 1 7 7Lance Bouma 31 3 6 6Raitis Ivanans 21 2 5 5Brett Carson 20 2 2 4Gaelan Patterson 42 1 3 4Chris Breen 47 1 3 4Carter Bancks 32 2 1 3T.J. Brodie 12 1 2 3Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond 30 0 3 3Roman Horak 7 1 1 2James Martin 18 1 1 2Justin Dowling 22 1 1 2Ryan Howse 22 1 1 2Robby Dee 3 1 0 1John Armstrong 17 1 0 1Patrick Cullity 5 0 1 1Logan MacMillan 9 0 1 1Leland Irving 25 0 1 1John Negrin 26 0 1 1Danny Taylor 31 0 1 1Jason Dale 1 0 0 0Aaron Lewicki 1 0 0 0Bobby Robins 2 0 0 0Henrik Karlsson 4 0 0 0Mitch Wahl 5 0 0 0Stefan Meyer 6 0 0 0Joni Ortio 9 0 0 0Judd Blackwater 17 0 0 0Russ Sinkewich 20 0 0 0

GOALIE STATS AVG W L SOLHenrik Karlsson 2.26 2 2 0Leland Irving 2.32 16 8 0Danny Taylor 2.53 14 12 1Joni Ortio 2.94 1 4 0

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Chris Bourque, Hershey 54 24 50 74Keith Aucoin, Hershey 43 11 59 70T.J. Hensick, Peoria 53 19 45 64Cory Conacher, Norfolk 53 29 31 60Trevor Smith, Norfolk 50 21 36 57Jacob Micflikier, Hershey 55 21 34 55Patrick Maroon, Syracuse 51 24 29 53Gustav Nyquist, Grand Rapids 47 17 33 50Jon Matsumoto, Charlotte 55 17 32 49Mike Zigomanis, Toronto 51 15 34 49Kris Newbury, Connecticut 42 19 29 48Martin St. Pierre, Springfield 51 10 38 48Jonathan Audy-Marchessault 53 18 29 47Kyle Palmieri, Syracuse 34 30 16 46Brandon Pirri, Rockford 51 20 26 46

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Q You’re a former Chilliwack Bruin. How many people that you might have met during your WHL days will you see at an average Heat game?

A “I don’t know how many people come out here now. But I made tons of friends in Chilliwack who have turned into family – my billets and people like that. If they ever contact me, I get them tickets or meet them after the game. I’ve been out to Chilliwack a few times, too – been around the rink and watched a couple (BCHL Chiefs) games. I keep in touch that way.”

Q You’re a rookie pro. What’s the fi rst thing you bought with your fi rst pro hockey paycheque?

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up front. At 6’6”, 231 pounds, he certainly fi ts the size criteria, and he led Lake Erie with 20 goals in 43 games prior to his release.

His arrival, furthermore, is a huge lift to an Abbotsford club that’s currently missing for-wards Krys Kolanos, Lance Bouma and Ro-man Horak. That trio is up with the Calgary Flames, serving as injury replacements.

Skating on the top line with Ben Wal-ter and Adam Estoclet, Jessiman hit the scoresheet in both of his fi rst two games with the Heat, notching a goal and an assist to help his new squad to a weekend sweep of the Houston Aeros.

“You just look at him, and you know about the size,” Heat winger Jon Rheault said with a chuckle. “But it’s more than that – he has skill, and he can score goals. Just being out there with him in practice, you can see he brings a lot of tools.

“I think he’ll open up a lot of space for us.”

The Heat are the sixth AHL stop for Jessi-man, a former fi rst-round draft choice by the New York Rangers back in 2003. He said his fi rst couple days in Abbotsford have been smoother than he might have expected.

“I’ve played on a few teams, to say the least, in this league, and I feel like this was probably the best fi rst day I’ve had in terms of transition,” said Jessiman,

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I must say when I tell this story to my friends and family, I have a hard time fi nish-ing without having to pause once or twice to compose myself. I had always heard through the hockey community what a kind

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In closing, I want to express my gratitude to the Abbotsford Hospital and staff for the stellar treatment of my son. Secondly, I want to thank Ryan Walter, OJ Pries and the Abbotsford Heat in helping my son Wyatt through a challenging set of circumstances that will impact on him for the rest of his life.

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As his Abbotsford Pilots prepare to embark on their playoff drive, head coach

Jim Cowden is facing a conundrum. On one hand, he’d dearly love

to see his team make a run at the Pacifi c International Junior Hockey League championship.

But at the same time, the Pilots are already assured of a berth in the Cyclone Taylor Cup provincial tournament, by virtue of the fact they’re hosting the event at MSA Arena from April 12-15.

And with the unprecedented run of injuries the Pilots have weath-ered this season, Cowden says he’s focused on protecting his players’ long-term health for the provincials, as opposed to going all-out in the league playoffs.

“It’s funny – if you’d asked me at the beginning of the year, I’d have said it’s very important for us to go through the front door,” said Cowden, whose team opened its fi rst-round playoff series against the Port Moody Black Panthers on Tuesday. “But having said that, with all the injuries we’ve had this year,

we just want to stay healthy for the Cyclone Taylor Cup.”

The Pilots have gotten healthier in recent weeks, as key forwards Kevin Lourens and Brandon Daase have returned to the lineup. But four players are still sidelined cur-

rently – goalie Aaron Oakley and forwards Luke Venema, Brady Lawlor and Colton Cowden.

“It’s tough,” Cowden noted. “We haven’t had our two goalies (Oak-ley and Riley Parker) healthy at the same time for more than three or

four games this season.”“Other years we had to go for

the gusto in the playoffs, because second place meant the end of the season. This year, we’d still rather win. But we’re not going to risk injuries to do it.”

Pilots aim to play it safe

Brady Lawlor (in white) is one of the latest Pilots to be bitten by the injury bug.

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