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Treaty Six Hockey League
Phone: 466-4483
Fax: 466-4730
E-mail: treatysixhockeyleague@hotmail.com
Hello and welcome to
the new Treaty Six Hockey League.
The TSHL was started
with a single phone call. My good friend
Dennis Moreau called me one day and we got to talking about the need for
somewhere to play hockey. I then took it
upon myself to set up a meeting to see what kind of interest we could stir
up. That meeting was held on
We started up with six
teams and before we knew it we were at eight teams with a few more interested
but not quite ready to commit. Pretty
soon the schedule was in place and we were finally an official league. A league where we will try to bring back
Indian Hockey to the full-fledged force that it once was.
I remember watching my
father, Eric Pechawis, playing with the Mistawasis Warriors at the Mistawasis
Arena to a packed house. It was standing
room only back in them days. Watching
players like Vern Johnstone, my uncle, as he would rip a slapshot through a
brand new net and scare the life out of opposing goalies is a memory that I
will always cherish. Seeing Gordon
(Mickey) Ledoux stretching out to make a big save late in the game and hearing
the fans screaming for him is etched in my mind. Or playing on a line in
minor hockey with future NHLer Scott (Dooper) Daniels and the late, great Leon
Tawpisim.
It’s memories like these that I want the next
generation to have of their fathers, uncles and friends. The TSHL is going to give them this
chance. We are making history here. Let’s make it a history that we can be proud
of.
So, at that, I would
like to say thanks to Dennis Moreau, Kelly McClintock and all the team
Governors who had a hand in forming this league. If it wasn’t for them there would be no TSHL
today and we would be still looking for a place to play.
Remember to play fair,
play clean, respect officials and your opponents, and most importantly,
remember to HAVE FUN.
Keep your heads up and
your sticks on the ice.
Yours in Hockey,
Chris Pechawis
TSHL President