COACH'S CORNER

Kris MacPhee announces his assistants:

Jason Flick:

He played goal for the NCAA’s Northern Michigan University before joining the OHL Windsor Spitfires in 1997. He played two more years with the OHL’s Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds before joining the UPEI Panthers in 2000. Jason played 4 years with the panthers from from 2000 to 2004. In the 2001- 02 season Jason was named team MVP, 1st team CIS All Star and received CIS All Canadian honours. In 2004-05 Jason played 31 games for the CHL’s Wichita Thunder, had a save % of 0.911 and finished with a 19-8-1 record. "Besides being a great goaltender, Jason is one of the most respected, competitive and prepared individuals I’ve ever played with. These attributes will allow him to have a tremendous influence on the development of our players." MacPhee

Ryan MacPhee

Ryan played his minor hockey in the NRMHA system and later spent time with the Summerside Capitals. He was also a member of the Island Champion Sherwood Falcon Jr. B. He coached the Bantam AAA Gulf Storm who hosted the Atlantics He also has much experience coaching in the Andrews Hockey Riptide programs, and has spent several summers working as an instructor. The younger brother of Kris, Ryan will be breaking down game tapes and working with the forwards. 

THUNDER NAMES NEW HEAD COACH

CORNWALL, PEI, July 20, 2007 - Former junior star and university and professional hockey player Kris MacPhee has been named the new head coach of the Cornwall "Superior" Thunder Major Midget Hockey Team, Wade Crozier, president of the NB-PEI Major Midget Hockey League team announced Friday. MacPhee, 27, a Prince Edward Island native, played his minor hockey with the North River Minor Hockey Association and has now come full circle being named as the head coach of the Cornwall major midget team. In 1997-98, MacPhee joined the Summerside Capitals where he was named league rookie of the year. In 1998-99 he played for the Peterborough Petes of the OHL and in 1999-00 joined the Rimouski Oceanic of the QMJHL before coming home to play for the Summerside Capitals in 2000-01, when he set a club record of 53 goals and 106 points. He was named Maritime Junior A Player of the Year and was the league’s top scorer. He then attended the University of Prince Edward Island for four years; playing hockey for the Panthers in the AUS men’s hockey conference, and graduating in 2005 with a Masters of Arts degree. After university, he played professional hockey for two years playing for two East Coast Hockey League teams, Dayton Bombers and Charlotte Checkers in 2005-06 and the Laredo Bucks of the Central Hockey League, in 2006-07.  As guest speaker at the Summerside Capitals recent annual awards dinner MacPhee had this advice, which outlines his philosophy, for the players. "I never really trained that hard and I did not practice as hard as I could some nights. I wish now, looking back, that I had given a little bit more. Make sure you put every effort into it (training) and believe me you will be rewarded for it." If you are good enough to play at this level, you are good enough to play at the next. It is just a matter of making more of a commitment. The price of success is high, but so are the rewards." He is currently doing fitness training for athletes getting ready for training camps and striving to get to the next level. He will be naming his assistants in the near future.