nivek_wahs
04-11-2008, 11:41 PM
Via Greg Harder's Slap Shots: http://communities.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/blogs/slapshots/default.aspx
From Russia, with love
Regina’s Jamie Heward is back from his first season with St. Petersburg in the Russian Super League.
Asked about the experience, the 37-year-old defenceman said it was a mixture of good and bad. The culture was a huge challenge, he said, adding that he’ll “have a lot of stories to tell.”
There’s interest in bringing Heward back to Russia next season, but he appears to be leaning towards a move to Sweden. He’d also consider offers to return to the NHL.
“Health wise I’m healthy enough to play another year and I think that’s what’s going to happen,” said Heward, who wants to get involved in coaching when he retires. “I would love to stay over here (and finish his career in the NHL). That would be the ideal situation. Now that I went over and had that one year of a pretty good financial situation, I could stay over here and just have a good time and play for the minimum (NHL salary of $475,000). I’d be more than happy and comfortable (to do that). I don’t know if that will happen. Who knows? Stranger things have happened but now I’m pursuing the European side of things and if something happens where a team needs a guy then maybe I’ll stay here.”
For more on his experience in Russia, check out Saturday’s Leader-Post.
Heward is currently getting ready for his second annual celebrity golf tournament. The three-day event, which also includes a ball hockey tournament and a cabaret, is run by the Shooting Stars Foundation. The charitable institution was started last year by Heward and fellow Reginan Mike Sillinger of the New York Islanders.
“We’re really excited about it because we have some really good people on board who care about Regina and care about the community and want to put money towards making people happy in the city,” said Heward. “That makes Mike and I really happy because every year we want to raise as much money as we can to give back. It’s getting bigger and better and in the next couple of years we’ll probably talk to some other players about coming on board with us, the Josh Hardings and the Ryan Getzlafs and Brett Clarks. People who are in Regina and want to see the money spread out here. The first year went well. This year we’re hoping to get bigger and better and then next year even bigger and better after that. We got a really good response. The city has been great to us and we’ll start getting the letters and stuff out to the corporate sponsors within the next week and we’ll go from there.”
Anyone interested in registering for the tournament or making a donation/sponsorship can send an e-mail to shootingstars@sasktel.net. The golf tournament is slated for June. 12.
Sillinger and Heward are first-class people and loyal Reginans who are putting a lot of time and effort into a great cause. They could use your support.
From Russia, with love
Regina’s Jamie Heward is back from his first season with St. Petersburg in the Russian Super League.
Asked about the experience, the 37-year-old defenceman said it was a mixture of good and bad. The culture was a huge challenge, he said, adding that he’ll “have a lot of stories to tell.”
There’s interest in bringing Heward back to Russia next season, but he appears to be leaning towards a move to Sweden. He’d also consider offers to return to the NHL.
“Health wise I’m healthy enough to play another year and I think that’s what’s going to happen,” said Heward, who wants to get involved in coaching when he retires. “I would love to stay over here (and finish his career in the NHL). That would be the ideal situation. Now that I went over and had that one year of a pretty good financial situation, I could stay over here and just have a good time and play for the minimum (NHL salary of $475,000). I’d be more than happy and comfortable (to do that). I don’t know if that will happen. Who knows? Stranger things have happened but now I’m pursuing the European side of things and if something happens where a team needs a guy then maybe I’ll stay here.”
For more on his experience in Russia, check out Saturday’s Leader-Post.
Heward is currently getting ready for his second annual celebrity golf tournament. The three-day event, which also includes a ball hockey tournament and a cabaret, is run by the Shooting Stars Foundation. The charitable institution was started last year by Heward and fellow Reginan Mike Sillinger of the New York Islanders.
“We’re really excited about it because we have some really good people on board who care about Regina and care about the community and want to put money towards making people happy in the city,” said Heward. “That makes Mike and I really happy because every year we want to raise as much money as we can to give back. It’s getting bigger and better and in the next couple of years we’ll probably talk to some other players about coming on board with us, the Josh Hardings and the Ryan Getzlafs and Brett Clarks. People who are in Regina and want to see the money spread out here. The first year went well. This year we’re hoping to get bigger and better and then next year even bigger and better after that. We got a really good response. The city has been great to us and we’ll start getting the letters and stuff out to the corporate sponsors within the next week and we’ll go from there.”
Anyone interested in registering for the tournament or making a donation/sponsorship can send an e-mail to shootingstars@sasktel.net. The golf tournament is slated for June. 12.
Sillinger and Heward are first-class people and loyal Reginans who are putting a lot of time and effort into a great cause. They could use your support.