Hockey Dad (31 page)

Lacrosse teammates Mike, Kyle O'Brien, Kyle Clancy, Adam Berti and Steven Seedhouse (left to right) on their
way to Wildcat basketball camp in summer of '96. Adam Berti was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks.

The
five
players who started and
finished
every year of Whitby AAA hockey - Mike, Kyle O'Brien, Kyle Clancy,
Matt Snowden and Steven Seedhouse. These are their "player cards" from the Quebec Peewee tourney.

The 1999-2000 Wildcats AAA Major Peewees that went to Quebec - that's Bob Anderson, Steve Hedington,
me, Kevin O'Brien and Stu Seedhouse in the back row, left to right. Manager Ron Balcom was missing.

After only coaching AAA hockey with Mike, I was pleased to
find
out the A level had a lot to offer too. My two
years as Shawn's coach in major atom and minor peewee were
terrific
.

Mike as a 16-year-old in his
first
year of Jr. A hockey with the
Oshawa Legionaires.

The captains of the 2005
OPJHL champion St. Mike's Buzzers,
Mike, Andrew Cogliano, Kain Tisi,
Mark Lozzi, Kevin Schmidt and Cory
Wickett.

S
hawn struts his stuff as a AA
rep player in minor novice.

Shawn plays a little pond hockey
during the fateful major bantam year.

Shawn and Mike
fl
anked by Kid Rock, left, and Nickelback's Chad Kroeger at Game 5 of the 2008 Stanley Cup
finally
at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. The boys love hockey but they like to rock, too.

The McKenzie men take in the NHL Awards show in Toronto in 2008. Dad got chirped unmercifully by the boys
for being a party pooper and us not going to the NHL Awards in 2009 in Las Vegas.

One of the highlights of Mike's freshman year at St. Lawrence University, for me and him, was playing against
Michigan State at Munn Arena. Mike wore No. 27 for two years but switched back to his familiar No. 11.

Shawn and Mike are all smiles, and why not? They're chilling in their hotel room in Detroit for Game 5 of the 2008 Stanley Cup
finally
between the Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins.