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2.24.04
LAS VEGAS' ADAM NAGLICH GETS SCHOLARSHIP
TO UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA-FAIRBANKS FOR 2005-06
By Lee Samuels
From high-speed roller... to midget ice hockey... to Jr. A wars... to a scholarship in college hockey.
It's been a meteoric ride for Las Vegas skater Adam Naglich who will
receive a collegiate hockey scholarship to the University of Alaska at Fairbanks in 2005-06.
"I really like the college, the coach (Guy Gadowsky) and I'm anxious
to play there," said Naglich from Canada last night.
Naglich is in his second season with the Victoria Salsa Jr. A. He is working on the top line with Kyle Greentree and has hammered in 27
goals, dealt 33 assists for 60 points.
Which is amazing considering where Adam was just a few short years ago.
He was a star roller player who blazed up and down wood floors and
was a good finisher at the net while in Las Vegas. He skated for Larry Sanford's Tour Rebels travel roller teams over at Crystal Palace on North Rancho drive before heading over to Rob Pallin's AA Las Vegas
Mustangs midget major ice team at the Santa Fe Stations Ice Arena.
Adam was all of 16. Yet, he played a starring role, working on the Mustangs famous 'red line' which broke all single-season scoring records.
It was a team that finished 60-11-3 and went to the U.S. Nationals where the team went 3-1-0.
Adam had 48 goals, second only to Josh Jasek's 61.
"Adam was a special skater everytime he hit the ice. He gave it his all, every shift," said Pallin.
From there, Adam went to the Global scouting camp where he was spotted by the coaches from Chilliwack Jr.
A. Late in the tryout camp, Adam switched over to the Salsa which promised lots of playing time in the rugged, weekly BCHL wars.
With the help of Dennis Parker, who has assisted many Las Vegas skaters who make the giant step from midget to Jr. A hockey, Adam played on a team which included his former Las Vegas Mustang teammates
Josh Jasek and Justin Johnson.
Now, Adam is skating on the top line with the Salsa.
So...is Adam dazzled by all of his success?
He laughed.
"You just deal with it," he said. "You hit the ice and you play..."
Rinkboard Notebook - Adam will skate one more season with Victoria Salsa Jr. A where another Las Vegas
teammate, Eddie Samuels, will be with him next season...Then, it's off to Alaska where Adam will be a 'Nanook' in Fairbanks...Adam is the second Las Vegas skater to get a full-ride scholarship - the first being
Micah Sanford, now a sophomore at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
ADAM NAGLICH
LAS VEGAS
6'0" 190
5-9-84
Star skater in roller who turned to ice hockey in 2000-01 and became an immediate impact skater...Roller Linemates in Vegas call him 'Stick.'.....Off to explosive start this season with Victoria Salsa Jr. A in the BCHL...
.has scored big goals vs. top teams in BCHL.....now being recruited by top NCAA Division 1 colleges.....on Dec. 14, scored dramatic short-handed goal with 1:08 left to help Victoria get 4-4 tie vs. Nanaimo Clippers..
.Named 2003 Las Vegas Skater of the Year....On Jan. 3, in overtime, fired pass to linemate Kyle Greentree who scored winning goal in road game at Vernon....On Feb. 17, Adam scored his 26th, 27th goals of the
season as Victoria beat Powell River 6-5 in double OT....
Adams's Career Ice Record
2000-01 AA Las Vegas Mustangs midgets........15 goals, 25 assists
2001-02 AA Las Vegas Mustangs midgets........48 goals, 62 assists
2002-03 Victoria Salsa Jr. A..........................13 goals, 24 assists
2003-04 Victoria Salsa Jr. A..........................27 goals, 33 assists
2.15.04
LV REBELS' ROB PALLIN WILL COACH
PACIFIC DISTRICT 17-AND-UNDER TEAM!
Ice coach Rob Pallin, in his fourth season as head coach of Las Vegas midget major teams, has been named head coach for the Pacific District Select 17 midget major team which will be in action July 10-16 in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Pallin will be assisted by Wayne Sawchuck, the head coach of the AAA Fairbanks Arctic Lions midget majors and Jason Lammers, an assistant coach at the University of Fairbanks-Alaska.
Pallin, 37, played youth hockey while growing up in Chisholm, Minn. He played college hockey at the University of Minnesota-Duluth and at Western Michigan.
As a professional, he was with the Las Vegas Aces and in
the WCHL with the Reno Rage and Fresno Falcons. Pallin also skated for European teams before turning to coaching.
Four years ago, he inherited a 4-31 midget major program
at Las Vegas. In two years, his powerful Las Vegas Mustangs midget majors had a 60-11-3 season, won a Pacific District Tier 11 regional championship and were 3-1 at the U.S. Nationals.
A year ago, Las Vegas' first-ever AAA midget major team was rated nationally by Midgetaaa.com.
Final skater evaluations for the 2004 Pacific District team will be held April 30/May 2 in Vancouver, Washington.
Here is Pallin's coaching record:
ROB PALLIN
HEAD COACH
LAS VEGAS REBELS MIDGET MAJORS
2000-01
AA Las Vegas Mustangs....................36-15-3
2001-02
AA Las Vegas Mustangs....................60-11-3
//Southwest League Champions
//Pacific District Champions
//3-1 at U.S. Nationals
2002-03
AAA Las Vegas Outlaws....................33-24-5
//Vancouver Sun Silver Division Champions
//First Las Vegas team ever to be nationally rated - #14.
2003-04
AA Las Vegas Rebels.........................24-15-5
//Opened season 13-0-2, a team record.
Total.............................................153-65-16
2.12.04
What An Absolutely Amazing Story!.....
LAS VEGAS MUSTANG SEAN FOX OUT OF RETIREMENT
OFF TO CANADA TO SKATE FOR PENINSULA JR. B!!!
By Lee Samuels
He got his game totally re-fired when he hit the ice at the first annual Las Vegas Alumni game during the Christmas holidays.
Sean Fox, a big, bruising right winger, buzzed around the rink that night and wondered why he ever left the game.
Now, Fox, 19, of Las Vegas is heading to Canada to skate with the Peninsula Panther J. B which includes Las Vegas goalie Paul Lowden and defenseman Alex 'Blackjack' Redmond.
"It's hard to believe...but I'm bigger, stronger and I want to play again," said Fox, 6'0 and 190. "I've been
skating at practices with coach Rob (Pallin) and his Las Vegas Rebels team. I really thought I was doing pretty well....then I got a call from the coach from Peninsula who said they had one spot remaining.
"I immediately told him I wanted that spot."
Fox will leave Las Vegas on Thursday at noontime for Seattle, then take a flight to Victoria, B.C. to join his new team.
Pallin, who coached Fox two seasons with the AA Las Vegas Mustangs midget majors, said he is thrilled.
"He's strong, tough and won't back down to anyone," Pallin said. "Two years ago Justin Grossman, Sean
Darby and Sean would go over the wall and just fire off some crunching checks. We had some big scorers on that team, but we wouldn't have won 60 games without Grossman, Darby and Fox doing that kind of work."
Pallin added "the other night Sean said he wanted more work on the ice because he didn't want to be an average player. He wanted to be an impact skater, makie a difference for a team.
"I'm excited as he must be," Pallin said.
Fox said he scored "a whole lot of goals" as a bantam skater in Las Vegas, but his role changed when he
became a midget major player. He was a right winger who skated with heat and power on a checking line that was usually matched against top lines.
"Peninsula knows I can be physical - that's what they are looking for and that's what I'm going to give them,"
Fox said. "Remember, I was only 160 pounds when I was a Mustang midget skater. I've added another 25, 30 pounds to my frame."
He will live with the same billet area as Lowden, Redmond and Victoria Jr. A skaters Josh Jasek, Adam Naglich and Justin Johnson.
Notebook - At U.S. Nationals two years ago, Fox scored huge go-ahead goal, breaking a 2-2 tie with Palm Beach Panthers in a game eventually won by the Mustangs, 4-2.....At Peninsula, Fox is joining a top team
which is an affiliate of the Victoria Salsa Jr. A of the BCHL....The Panthers, in their final home game of the season, take on the Parkville Generals on Friday night. On Sunday, the Panthers close out the regular season
at Campbell River Storm....Then, it's playoff time......
SEAN FOX
LAS VEGAS
Right Wing
6'0 190
8-14-84
2000-01 AA Las Vegas Mustangs midget majors.......6/3
2001-02 AA Las Vegas Mustangs midget majors.....11/11
2002-03 Inactive
2003-04 Peninsula Panthers, B.C. Jr. B
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