CHAY GENOWAY VS.
THE CZECH REPUBLIC
After losing the semifinal
to Winnipeg’s silver medalist
Brooks Macek and the team
from Germany, Canada took
control of the bronze medal
game early. Canada led 3-1
after the first period and 3-1
heading into the third when
both teams scored three goals
each. Andrew Ebbett and Chris
Kelly each scored twice for
Canada, while Derek Roy and
Wojtek Wolski added single
goals. Howden assisted on
Wolski’s goal. Kevin Poulin got
the win in the Canadian net.
Genoway, 30, 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. 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,
175 pounds, Genoway wasn’t
drafted by an NHL team. He
signed a free agent deal with
the Minnesota Wild and played
one game in 2011-12. After
kicking around the AHL, he
decided that he wanted to
make some real money and
signed with the KHL’s Dinamo
Riga. He played the 2014-15
season in Riga, then signed
with Spartak Moscow. After a
year in Moscow, he signed with
Jokerit Helsinki. After a year
in Finland, he signed another
deal with Lada Togliatti in
Tolyatti, Russia and finished the
2017-18 season with five goals
and 22 points in all 55 games.
“It's so much fun to put on a
Canadian jersey,” said Genoway.
“I've had the chance to put it on
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five times in the last year or so
in different tournaments and
it's always something special.”
Howden comes from a
successful hockey family. He’s
a former first-round draft pick
of the Florida Panthers (25th
overall in 2010) and his brother
Brett, who just won gold with
Team Canada at the World
Junior Hockey Championship,
was the first round draft pick
of the Tampa Bay Lightning
(27th overall). Quinton, who
once played on a World Junior
Championship team with Jets
star Mark Scheifele, is just
24 and has 10 goals and 17
points in 97 NHL games.
Howden grew up in Oakbank,
played in the Springfield Minor
Hockey system and had a
great year with the Eastman
Selects Triple A Midget cub
before heading off to play for
the Western Hockey League’s
Moose Jaw Warriors.
After being drafted by the
Panthers, he kicked around
the AHL and NHL and
spent the 2016-17 season
with the Manitoba Moose.
This season, he signed with
Dinamo Minsk in the KHL
this season and in 55, finished
with 16 goals and 31 points.
It was only the third
time that Canada has won a
bronze medal in hockey at the
Olympics, but it was a superb
bounce back win, especially
after that heartbreaking loss to
Germany in the semifinal. ❍
OAKBANK’S
QUINTON HOWDEN