Game On Magazine 2017 Game On Magazine - Regular Season Edition | Page 101

MORDEN’S CHAY GENOWAY
seemed like a lock. During the
past two years, Genoway has
stepped up for Hockey Canada
on four different occasions. He’s
one of the best defensemen
in the KHL and he has a gold
medal from the Spengler Cup.
Oakbank’s Quinton Howden
was a bit of a surprise – at
least, to himself – but not
to those who have followed
Hockey Canada’s events
during the past decade. He’s
stepped up for Team Canada
at the World U-18s and the
World Juniors (twice) and
he’s played 97 games in the
National Hockey League.
Back on Jan. 11, both
Genoway and Howden were
named to Canada’s 2018 Winter
Olympic men’s ice hockey
team. The two Manitobans will
compete at the PyeongChang,
Korea Games from Wednesday,
Feb. 14, to Saturday, Feb, 24.
All of the hockey games will be
played in Gangneung, Korea.
This will be the first time
since 1994 that NHL players
are not going to take part in an
Olympic hockey tournament.
That year, Sweden beat Canada
in the gold medal game.
When Hockey Canada
announced the team, no one
was surprised when Genoway
and Howden were named.
Both have a long history of
wearing the Maple Leaf.
Genoway, who was born
Charles Genoway, grew up
playing hockey in the Morden
Minor Hockey Association,
played Bantam and Midget
Triple A with the Pembina
Valley Hawks and then actually
played four games with the
MJHL’s Winkler Flyers. He was
a star with the Hawks. As a
bantam, he scored 29 goals and
55 points in 40 games and as
a midget, he notched 24 goals
and 57 points in 30 games.
Although he was drafted by
the Prince Albert Raiders in the
sixth round (97th) overall in
the 2001 WHL bantam draft,
he didn’t report to P.A. and
instead, eventually accepted
a hockey scholarship offer
from the University of North
Dakota, he went to Shattuck St.
Mary’s Academy in Minnesota
to play Midget Prep and then
moved on to junior with the
BCHL’s Vernon Vipers.
After that, he played 4
½ seasons at UND (he was
injured and played only nine
games in 2009-2010) and
was captain in his senior
year. That year, he was also
a first-team All-American.
However, at only 5-foot-9,
MORDEN’S CHAY
GENOWAY, NOW WITH
LADA TOGLIATTI
OF THE KHL
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