John Stampohar

[Scout]

Did this kid show up at camp and how does he look?

Scout

[whlfanatic]

Can't tell you how he's looked so far, but he showed up and I heard he brought a big defenseman with him. My plans are to sneak down tomorrow and watch some on-ice action.

[Tiger Trauma]

There is a poster from the tigers board on another site, that said he looked pretty good out there for a 17 yr old.

Unfortunately i have yet to watch any training camps, or scrimmages as of yet.

[Scout]

Any idea who that big D man is he brought or is it just hear say?

Scout

[shooter57]

John scored his first goal in the "DuB" Sept 8-07

Ice Chips
Hockey - Kootenays style
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Tigers maul Ice in exhibition action Saturday
Here's a quick summary of a game that was ugly from the home side's point of view. More defensive mistakes than a Sunday night pick-up game and the offensive chances of a soccer match, at least from Kootenay's side. Tigers prospects looked good while a lot of Kootenay's newbies were nervous and ran around in their own end most of the night.

For the Tiggies that Stampohar is a monster and they found him on a come-one, come-all camp in Minnesota. Attention all WHL club's - you need to expand you're scouting territory. The Tigers' look like they have a gem. The infamous Thomas Frazee was solid as well. Plays with the same attitude he displayed on the CBC show he was on a couple of years back. If he puts it all together this deal could be another steal for the Tigers. Euro goaltender, Tomas Vosvrda was excellent for all of the five or so real scoring chances the Ice had.
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New coach Mark Hollick was remarkably calm for his club getting blown out on home ice, though again it was exhibition, but he admitted the nice, new guy persona ended with Saturday's effort.

But it's exhibition and that's what these games are for, getting the kinks out, right? Yikes.

Game story to come Sunday night.



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Medicine Hat News
Local Sports, Saturday, September 8, 2007, p. A13

He might look like a Bomber . . . But John Stampohar figures to stand out as a scorer, not a bruiser like his dad

Darren Steinke

DARREN STEINKE

Medicine Hat News

John Stampohar chuckles when he sees the sheet of paper with a familiar name at the top. The statistics printout shows his father, John Sr., had collected a goal, two assists and 172 penalty minutes playing 43 games for the WHL's Flin Flon Bombers in 1976-77.

"That's definitely my dad," laughs the son, who is entering his rookie season with the Medicine Hat Tigers.

The Tigers travel to Cranbrook to play the Ice Saturday, then return to Medicine Hat Sunday to host the Regina Pats at 6 p.m. at The Arena.

He will play in his first exhibition action this weekend, but the younger Stampohar is not the same player his father was.

The elder Stampohar, who stood 5-foot-11 and weighed 185 pounds in his playing days, played for a Bombers organization that was notorious for being the Broad Street Bullies of the WHL.

Their alumni included Bobby Clarke and Reggie Leach, who helped the actual Broad Street Bullies - the Philadelphia Flyers - pillage their way to Stanley Cup wins in 1974 and 1975. Clarke was a member of both Stanley Cup winning teams, while Leach was on the 1975 squad.

Stampohar's Bombers were no saints. They piled up 2,203 penalty minutes as a team, which far out-distanced the 2006-07 Portland Winter Hawks, who led the WHL with minutes in the sin bin with 1,699 last season. Last season's Tigers collected 1,325 minutes in the penalty box.

The 1976-77 Bombers had 10 players with more than 100 penalty minutes, and leading scorer Kim Davis had 111 points and 250 minutes in the box.

The young Stampohar, who is in his 17-year-old year, says his father didn't talk too much about those days but did relay one tale.

"He told me one story," says Stampohar, who towers at 6-foot-4 and weighs 207 pounds. "When they were in Brandon playing against the Wheat Kings, before the scrimmage they had a full bench brawl where everyone dropped their gloves.

"He told me he faced off against Dave Semenko. He said he beat him, so that is pretty cool to hear."

The son has since heard of other Bomber memories from Tigers head coach and general manager Willie Desjardins. Desjardins was toiling for the then Lethbridge Broncos when the elder Stampohar was in Flin Flon.

"It was a long trip up there," said Desjardins. "We played two games, and they were both tough games.

"It was a little bit of a different style. I think it is good to see the league going the way it is going."

These days the WHL has long passed its brawling era. Desjardins doesn't expect the young Stampohar to drop the gloves and start swinging the fists game in and game out.

"He is not here to fight," said Desjardins. "We are looking for him to contribute on the ice. That is all we expect of him is to play hard."

Unlike his father, Stampohar has grown up in Hibbing, Minn. as a goal scoring forward. Last year in the Minnesota high school ranks, he netted 22 goals and 14 assists in 28 games.

He said he didn't fight, because a fight usually carried a lengthy suspension in the high school ranks. The Tigers recruited him after a mid-summer camp in his home state.

Desjardins believes Stampohar has the potential to be like Vancouver Giants power forward Milan Lucic someday.

"Lucic is a pretty good hockey player," said Desjardins. "He is a real tough guy for us to handle.

"I am sure, when John gets to that age, he will be tough to handle as well. There are a few guys like that. (Thomas) Frazee is a big boy. He is pretty hard to handle as well.

"We are fortunate to get some size. I think both have a chance to be real good players."

Stampohar has enjoyed his short stay in the Hat thus far. As for his season, he has big goals for himself.

"I want to have a good enough season to get drafted in the NHL," said Stampohar. "I definitely want to be one of the top point scorers.

"I want to be a force on the team. I want to be one of those guys or a go-to guy basically."

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Uniform subject(s): Sports and Leisure
Length: Medium, 577 words

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[Tiger Trauma]

Starting to get real exited about this upcoming season.

Especially looking forward to watch Frazee, stampohar, vey, carlson, the euro goalie, as well as the ennis/bosch line, as well as colton grant on how he improves over last season.

[Rebel Tiger]

I predicted the tigers to 5X repeat as eastern champions on the whiteboard.
Though I think Lethbridge Red Deer and Calgary will make it difficult.

[shooter57]

hey all, can anybody point me to the "whiteboard" Thanks much!