For more information, please contact General Manager Darryl Martin by phone (204.223.9720) or email (darryl.martin@transconarailers.com).

We look forward to seeing you all again next year!

Annual Golf Tournament

Last chance to enter the 1st Annual Transcona Railers Golf Tournament held on August 20th at the Transcona Golf and Country Club.

Tournament is a Best Ball, $125 to enter with dinner and prizes included. Start time 1PM.

Call Darryl Martin @ 223.9720 to enter.

Mitch Carefoot

Mitch Carefoot played 2 seasons in the Manitoba Junior Hockey league, years in which he was drafted in the 2nd round of the WHL, took part in the Viking Cup, MJHL/SJHL all star game, as well as the World Under 17 hockey tournament.  He was then traded to the Salmon Arm Silverbacks of the BCJHL where he spent a season before leaving for the NCAA.

Chosen in the 2004 NHL entry draft by the Atlanta Thrashers, Mitch spent 4 years at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.  He won one ECAC and two IVY league championships at Cornell and was named Assistant Captain and team MVP in his senior year.   Along with his on ice contributions, Mitch was able to balance his school work at the IVY league school and was named to the All-IVY League Academic  team 3 years.

After leaving Cornell , Mitch spent two years with the Phoenix RoadRunners, the affiliate of the San Jose and Worcester Sharks.  Mitch attended the Atlanta thrashers rookie camp two years and the Milwaukee Admirals of the AHLs’ training camp before his second season in the ECHL.  After being sent back to Phoenix RoadRunners of the ECHL he was named team captain and was awarded the team Iron-Man and most dedicated awards at the end of the season.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Mitch was forced to give up the game.  He now looks to bring his experience of playing competitive hockey and give back to the junior players in Manitoba.

Prospect Tourney Team

It has been a rather eventful off season for the Transcona Railers so far.  With a great turnout of both players and fans, the Railers competed in the Pembina Valley Twisters prospects tournament at the end of May.  There were some surprises with the on ice product as some players performed far better than expected.  At the end of the tournament, new Head Coach Terry Cyr and the team executive walked away pleased and excited about the future of the Railers program.  Myles Nykoluk led the team offensively in the tournament and show some great imagination with the puck.  On the back end, Dillon Hockin showed that he has no problem getting involved physically and should be a mainstay on the Railers blueline for the next four years.

Just prior to the tournament, the Railers made a rather big deal with the St.Boniface Riels, sending 21 year old forward Tristan Nohlgren and 21 year old veteran defenseman Corey Waver to the Riels for two rookies.  Coming back to the Railers were 18 year old forward Tyler Fehr who brings speed and a great work ethic to the team and 18 year old defenseman Dillon Hockin who will bring a big body presence to the Railers back end.  The Railers felt they couldn’t go into a rebuilding season with seven 21 year olds on the roster which is what they potentially had returning, and this is probably not the last move the team will make this offseason.

The Railers continued to finalized their coaching staff adding Marc Babaluk as one of Terry Cyr’s new assistants. Marc was an assistant coach with the St.Boniface Riels for the past two seasons and shows a great passion for the game as well as being very knowledgeable about systems and special teams play.

Terry Cyr

Terry Cyr is a proud resident of Transcona and has taken over Head Coach of the Railers effective April 2010. Terry looks forward to working closely with Railer Management to rebuild a program that is well respected in the community and the MMJHL.

Terry is an alumni of Athol Murray College of Notre Dame where he represented Saskatchewan at the Air Canada Cup, Canada’s National Midget Hockey Championship. He went on to win the MVP of the Norman Junior Hockey League in his junior hockey rookie year and then played with the St.Boniface Saints of the MJHL where he amassed 144 points in 47 games played in only his second year of junior hockey. Terry was awarded a 4 year Hockey Scholarship to Ferris State University at the Division 1 NCAA level.

Playing at a high level with several players who went on to NHL, AHL and European playing careers and for Olympic level and US College level coaching allowed Terry to learn and understand the game at a high level as well as experience first-hand what can be achieved through hard work and dedication.

In addition to playing at high levels and being coached by Olympic level coaching, Terry owned and operated a successful Summer Hockey Clinic which operated in Transcona, East Kildonan and Selkirk for 11 years where summer enrollment exceeded 450 participants; Superior Hockey Clinic.

Terry brings a hardworking and dedicated attitude to our organization; his coaching philosophy focuses on developing a structured and disciplined environment while emphasizing the integrity of the program and team.

Darryl Martin on his new Head Coach …

Terry had the perfect mix of playing and coaching experience.  The fact that he has played at such a high level will command respect from the boys from day one.  He’s a local Transcona guy, and we want to be able to build this program from the grassroots level, it starts right now with Terry.  He is in touch with the guys at this age level and we are expecting big things moving forward.

The ideal candidate must be energetic, personable, be able to motivate and have coaching experience, preferably at the Junior or Midget AAA level.

Anyone interested in the position is to contact Darryl Martin at darryl.martin@transconarailers.com or at 223-9720.

Applications will be accepted until April 15, 2010. Interviews will be conducted the following week and and an announcement should be made in time for the Prospects Tournament at the end of April.

Transcona Railers Prospect Tournament

The Transcona Railers have entered a team in the Pembina Valley Twisters Prospects Tournament April 24-25/2010.

Transcona and Eastman area players born in 1991-1993 who are interested can contact Darryl Martin at darryl.martin@transconarailers.com or at 223-9720.

The season finale did the same. In a game that meant nothing to the Railers, but could cement the Jets in 7th place, the effort put forth was an exclamation point on a poor season.  The Railers were down by scores of 1-0, 7-0 and in the end 11-0 in a very one sided affair. Changes will obviously have to be made in the off season to continue on a rebuilding pattern that started this season.

The Railers have alot of young players who will be expected to step up their games next season.

The Transcona Railers would like to thank all of their supporters for sticking with us through this tumultuous season and look forward to seeing you in September. The Railers would also like to wish all of the MMJHL playoff teams good luck as they enter the post season.

#21 Andrew Holowka

Thursday night marked the Railers last home game of the season as they took on the River East Royal Knights.

The Railers came out flying in the first, dominating the period and outshooting the Knights 18-6.  Andrew Holowka scored his 8th of the season against his former team just over a minute into the period to give the Railers an early lead.Despite controlling the play, the game was tied at 1 after 1 and it was mostly downhill from there.

The Knights scored the only two goals of the 2nd period in a fairly evenly played period and then would add four more in the first 7 minutes of the third.

Andrew Holowka would add two more in the third for his first MMJHL hat trick and gives him 10 on the season.
The Railers season comes to a close Friday night in Stonewall against the Jets.

#15 Reed Gushuliak

Friday night started off shaky for the Railers as they visited the St.James Canucks. With a short bench again, the Railers went down 2-0 less than 5 minutes into the game. Captain Reed Gushuliak scored his 21st of the season to bring the Railers to within 1 after the first. The Canucks scored another early goal to start the 2nd but there was no more scoring sfter the that. The Railers ran out of steam again inthe third though and the Canucks scored another 4 in the frame to end the game 7-1.

The Seven Oaks Raiders visited Roland Michener Arena on Sunday night and after 18 minutes of scoreless play the Railers would score two before the end of the first. Reed Gushuliak with his 22nd and Matt Lorentz with his 4th were the Railers scorers. The Raiders pulled to within one before the Railers would score two more courtesy of Justin DeLeeuw with his 12th and Tristan Nohlgren with his 15th. The Raiders added another goal just as the buzzer sounded to end the second making the score 4-2 Railers. Lorentz with his 5th and Andrew Holowka with his 7th made it 6-2 before the Raiders would score one more to end the game 6-3. Matt Lorentz had a standout performance with 2 goals and 2 assists, while Holowka with a goal and two assists and Corey Waver with 3 assists had big games as well.

The Railers last home game of the season is Thursday night when the River East Royal Knights come to Roland Michener and try to advance their playoff positioning. The Railers end their season the following night in Stonewall when they visit the Jets. Both games start at 7:30.

#1 Josh Kozar

The Railers finished up the toughest part of their schedule with a road game Sunday night at the Fort Garry Twins.  As the season winds down a number of Railers players decided to take the night off and the team played with an extremely short bench.

The Railers went into the first intermission down 2-1 and when the Twins scored a power play goal with 21 seconds left in the second it broke the Railers backs going into the 2nd intermission down 4-2. With limited spare players on the bench, the Railers players ran out of gas in the third and the Twins did not let up scoring 8 in the 3rd to finish the game 12-2.

Steven Price with his 2nd of the season and Kyle Lee with his 5th were the Railers goal scorers.  Josh Kozar had another solid performance even though he allowed 12 goals, he made 76 stops in the game.

#12 Corey Waver

The Railers faced the St.Vital Victorias Thursday night in what was expected to be another tough test against another one of the league’s toughest teams.

Both teams played tough in the first period and came out scoreless after one.  The Vics scored a power play and a shorthanded goal before Corey Waver responded for the Railers with his 5th of the season. The Vics would score one more before the end of the period and went in to intermission up 3-1.

The Vics scored early in the third and then added an insurance marker later in the period.

Josh Kozar had a very good game in net for the Railers making 41 stops in the losing effort.

The game was scoreless halfway through the 2nd when the Railers fell into some penalty trouble and the Hawks capitalized. The Hawks scored two power play markers in the second and went into the 3rd up 2-0.  The Railers had some chances in the 3rd, but in the end the Hawks won the game 3-0.

The Railers haven’t scored a goal in just over 120 minutes now and must rebound Thursday night against a very good St.Vital Victorias team.  Game time at Roland Michener is 7:30

#30 Corey Anderson

Last Thursday the Pembina Valley Twisters visited Roland Michener Arena for the last time this season.

With the exception of one 8-1 blowout, the Railers had played the Twisters tight all season. Thursday night was no exception. Although the shots were 38-15 in favour of Pembina Valley after two periods, the score was tied at 0.

Pembina Valley had 8 power play opportunities in the game but were unable to capitalize on any and with 3 minutes to play the score was still deadlocked at 0. Unfortunately for the home side,

MMJHL MVP candidate Derek Mohr would pot his 31st of the season and that would be followed up with an empty netter and in the end, despite a great effort, the Railers came out on the losing end of another tight one with the Twisters.

Corey Anderson had 47 saves in the losing effort.