The U16AA Martensville Marauders were honored to be the first to host the inaugural game in the new Martensville Recreation Centre against the PA Renegades on Saturday, October 12th that ended with a win of 8-2.
To start the afternoon off, all the players lined up on the ice with Jeff Oblander welcoming everyone to the beautiful new arena.
“The Martensville Recreation Centre is the result of a decade of dedication from volunteers, coaches, athletes, user groups and Indigenous communities to help bridge Martensville’s love of sports, recreation and community events. Once the MRC is complete, it will be home to an additional leisure ice surface, indoor batting cages, a pitching tunnel, a full indoor soccer pitch as well as a place to host year-round activities in our community,” he stated.
A ceremonial first puck drop followed, with MCRP member Ahlana Ehalt, Broden Wotherspoon, Ryland McConnell, and Easton Woytiuk joining everyone on the ice.
“Ehalt is one of the hard-working group of people who helped get us here today. She is a MCRP member and the Lace’Em Up co-chair.”
“Wotherspoon was the captain of the 2023-2024 15AA Marauders provincial champions. Woytiuk and McConnell were the alternate captains. Some of their faces will look familiar as they were part of the original ad campaign for the Martensville Recreation Centre. The vision of the U16AA Marauders is to play at that next level, and these three boys have all found homes in the Saskatchewan AAA league as well as being drafted by SJHL teams in the June entry draft.”
Cooper Sawatzky, the captain of the U16AA Marauders, along with alternate captains Kohen Oblander and Cruz Harrison joined with Lennon Fetterly, the captain of the Prince Albert Renegades for the ceremonial puck drop.
“Once again the U16AA Martensville Marauders want to thank everyone involved in getting the Martensville Recreation Centre up and running. Without your dedication of time, knowledge and hard work we wouldn’t be here today.”
