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Vancouver Sun
28-05-2025
- Sport
- Vancouver Sun
Cowan: Panthers assistant Jamie Kompon has Montreal roots, link to Scotty Bowman
Here's a good hockey trivia question for you: Who are the only two coaches to win the Stanley Cup with three teams? This first one is pretty easy: the legendary Scotty Bowman won a record nine Stanley Cups as a head coach — five with the Canadiens, one with the Pittsburgh Penguins and three with the Detroit Red Wings. The second one is a lot tougher, but he also has a Montreal connection. Jamie Kompon has won the Stanley Cup three times as an assistant coach — in 2012 with the Los Angeles Kings, in 2013 with the Chicago Blackhawks and last year with the Florida Panthers. Kompon is looking for a fourth Stanley Cup with the Panthers, who were leading the Hurricanes 3-1 in the Eastern Conference final heading into Game 5 Wednesday in Carolina (8 p.m., CBC, SN, TVA Sports). Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Kompon was born in Nipigon, Ont., but he spent four seasons playing hockey at McGill University. A defenceman, he was named McGill's rookie of the year as a freshman in 1985 and was team captain during his senior season. During his final year at McGill, Kompon spent a three-month stage as a student teacher at Selwyn House School in Westmount , where Steve Mitchell — the father of former Canadiens player Torrey Mitchell — was the director of athletics. After graduating from McGill, Kompon spent two seasons playing in the ECHL with the Hampton Roads Admirals, Cincinnati Cyclones and Winston-Salem Thunderbirds before hanging up his skates and returning to Montreal, where he landed a job at Loyola High School. From 1991-96, Kompon taught phys-ed and math at Loyola and coached the juvenile boys' hockey team, including games against Mitchell's Selwyn House teams. Kompon also returned to his alma mater during that time as an assistant coach and later co-coach at McGill with Martin Raymond. During the 1995-96 season, the Loyola juvenile team won the Ed Meagher Sports Tournament for the first time with Kompon as head coach. 'He's turned out to be a very successful coach, but he's a really humble guy,' Mitchell said Wednesday when I asked him about Kompon. 'A real caring individual and he has always stayed in touch with me.' Kompon made the jump to the NHL with the St. Louis Blues, where from 1997-98 to 2005-06 he held a variety of jobs, including video coach, strength and conditioning coach, assistant coach and scouting coordinator. He then spent five seasons as an assistant coach with the Kings, followed by two seasons as an assistant coach with the Blackhawks. After that, Kompon spent the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons as general manager and head coach of the junior Portland Winterhawks in the WHL before returning to the NHL as an assistant coach under Paul Maurice for six seasons with the Winnipeg Jets. When Maurice was hired by the Panthers before the 2022-23 season, he brought Kompon with him and they advanced to the Stanley Cup final during their first season together in Florida before winning the championship last year. The retired Mitchell had a chance to catch up with Kompon while in Florida last November. Kompon took Mitchell on a tour of the Panthers' spectacular new practice facility in Fort Lauderdale and he also had a chance to meet Maurice and Florida GM Bill Zito. When Maurice asked Mitchell what his connection was with Kompon, he said: 'We knew each other from high-school coaching when he was at Loyola, but they never beat us.' Maurice responded: 'Oh, boy, here we go!' Mitchell then had to admit: 'No, we never beat them.' Kompon told Mitchell that the Panthers are an extremely talented team, adding that the players are also 'very, very coachable and now they have experience.' Mitchell wishes he had been able to hire Kompon at Selwyn House back in the day. 'At Selwyn House, we were really impressed with his teaching, his dedication and I knew that he was extremely good with kids and we wanted to hire him, but we had no spots,' Mitchell said. 'We lost him to Loyola. I knew they were going to get a good one.' There was a feature story on Kompon in the summer/fall edition of Loyola Today magazine last year after he won his third Stanley Cup and he spoke about the demands of being an assistant coach today in the NHL. 'You're home by 11 p.m. after a game, rewatch it, and then your work starts again at 5 a.m. at the rink,' he said. 'When you're passionate about what you do, it never feels like work.' Last summer, Kompon had a chance to bring the Stanley Cup back to Thunder Bay, Ont., where he grew up. He was asked by the Thunder Bay News about matching Bowman's record of winning the Stanley Cup with three teams. 'Scotty is a legend, a founding father if you would,' Kompon said. 'He should be on a Mount Rushmore-type of thing. I'm just a piece. It is surreal. It's unbelievable when you say it like that. Sometimes it doesn't sink in and I never take it for granted.' Kompon has also never forgotten his Montreal roots.
Ottawa Citizen
28-05-2025
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
Cowan: Panthers assistant Jamie Kompon has Montreal roots, link to Scotty Bowman
Article content Here's a good hockey trivia question for you: Who are the only two coaches to win the Stanley Cup with three teams? Article content This first one is pretty easy: the legendary Scotty Bowman won a record nine Stanley Cups as a head coach — five with the Canadiens, one with the Pittsburgh Penguins and three with the Detroit Red Wings. Article content The second one is a lot tougher, but he also has a Montreal connection. Article content Article content Jamie Kompon has won the Stanley Cup three times as an assistant coach — in 2012 with the Los Angeles Kings, in 2013 with the Chicago Blackhawks and last year with the Florida Panthers. Kompon is looking for a fourth Stanley Cup with the Panthers, who were leading the Hurricanes 3-1 in the Eastern Conference final heading into Game 5 Wednesday in Carolina (8 p.m., CBC, SN, TVA Sports). Article content Kompon was born in Nipigon, Ont., but he spent four seasons playing hockey at McGill University. A defenceman, he was named McGill's rookie of the year as a freshman in 1985 and was team captain during his senior season. Article content Article content During his final year at McGill, Kompon spent a three-month stage as a student teacher at Selwyn House School in Westmount, where Steve Mitchell — the father of former Canadiens player Torrey Mitchell — was the director of athletics. Article content After graduating from McGill, Kompon spent two seasons playing in the ECHL with the Hampton Roads Admirals, Cincinnati Cyclones and Winston-Salem Thunderbirds before hanging up his skates and returning to Montreal, where he landed a job at Loyola High School. From 1991-96, Kompon taught phys-ed and math at Loyola and coached the juvenile boys' hockey team, including games against Mitchell's Selwyn House teams. Article content Article content Kompon also returned to his alma mater during that time as an assistant coach and later co-coach at McGill with Martin Raymond. During the 1995-96 season, the Loyola juvenile team won the Ed Meagher Sports Tournament for the first time with Kompon as head coach. Article content 'He's turned out to be a very successful coach, but he's a really humble guy,' Mitchell said Wednesday when I asked him about Kompon. 'A real caring individual and he has always stayed in touch with me.' Article content Article content Kompon made the jump to the NHL with the St. Louis Blues, where from 1997-98 to 2005-06 he held a variety of jobs, including video coach, strength and conditioning coach, assistant coach and scouting coordinator. He then spent five seasons as an assistant coach with the Kings, followed by two seasons as an assistant coach with the Blackhawks. Article content After that, Kompon spent the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons as general manager and head coach of the junior Portland Winterhawks in the WHL before returning to the NHL as an assistant coach under Paul Maurice for six seasons with the Winnipeg Jets.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Vermont basketball gains two transfers on same day
In the span of an hour on May 17, Vermont basketball landed two transfers to join the 2025-26 Catamount program. Ben Johnson, a 6-foot-3, 195-pound guard from Bellarmine, and Chris Kuzemka, a 6-foot, 180-pound guard from Loyola, committed to Vermont over the weekend. GoEmpire Group, a sports agency based out of Chicago, announced Johnson's commitment on X, formerly known as Twitter. Kuzemka, who will be a walk-on, shared news on his social media pages. Advertisement Vermont previously picked up forwards Gus Yalden, Ben Michels and Trey Woodyard via the transfer portal and brought back Jackson Skipper, who spent last season at Oral Roberts following two years in Burlington. Head coach John Becker and his Vermont staff are searching for two more scholarship spots to round out the 2025-26 roster. Chris Kuzemka: Beat cancer diagnosis this spring Kuzemka left the Loyola program in January to have surgery and receive treatment for a cancerous mass found on his body. On April 18, Kuzemka posted on his Instagram page that he was "cancer free" following five months of "scans, surgery, and four rounds of chemotherapy." Doing his time at Loyola, Kuzemka played in 60 games (started four) over three-plus seasons, averaging 5.5 points per game and making 67 out of 172 3-point attempts (39%). Advertisement Prior to Loyola, Kuzemka was the Virginia Class 6A player of the year as a senior in 2020-21 when he averaged 22.7 points, 4.6 assists and 6.3 rebounds per game, helping Centreville High School to district, region and state titles. Ben Johnson: Averaged 12.2 points a game at Bellarmine Bellarmine Knights guard Ben Johnson (33) looks to pass the ball by Utah Utes guard Cole Bajema (2) during the second half at Jon M. Huntsman Center on Dec. 20, 2023. A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Johnson averaged 12.2 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game while shooting 37.3% from 3-point range in 77 games (42 starts) for Bellarmine. Johnson reached double figures in 10 games this past winter, with a season-high 29 points on 10 of 21 shooting with six 3s in a 100-68 loss to Louisville, before an injury limited his availability to just 18 total games. Advertisement In 2022-23, Johnson landed on the Atlantic Sun Conference all-rookie team and his 38.1% shooting on 3s as a sophomore the following season ranked fourth in his conference. In high school at Lexington Catholic, Johnson was a two-time captain and four-year starter who was named Kentucky's Mr. Basketball in 2021 when he averaged 27 points per game. Contact Alex Abrami at aabrami@ Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter: @aabrami5. This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Vermont basketball: Ben Johnson, Chris Kuzemka commit to Catamounts
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Yahoo
Court records: Rock Falls man accused of strangling woman, fracturing her neck
May 19—MORRISON — A Rock Falls man has been charged with two counts of aggravated battery, one of which accuses him of causing great bodily harm. Carlos T. Loyola, 27, is charged in Whiteside County with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and aggravated domestic battery. Those charges, filed May 15, 2025, accuse him of strangling a woman the day before and fracturing her cervical vertebrae. According to court records, Loyola was denied pretrial release May 15. According to that petition, prosecutors said the woman had suffered two black eyes, Loyola had threatened to kill her and he had previously violated a no-contact order. A defendant's criminal history also is taken into consideration at a detention hearing. Court records indicate Loyola pleaded guilty June 16, 2022, to one count of possession of a controlled substance and was sentenced to three years in state prison. He also pleaded guilty in that same case to possession of a firearm without the requisite firearm owners identification card and sentenced to 180 days in jail. A second count of possession of a controlled substance was dismissed as part of a plea deal. Those three charges were filed Sept. 12, 2021. He also pleaded guilty that same day to a Sept. 12, 2021, theft charge and was sentenced to three years in prison. A second theft charge was dismissed. Also dismissed that day as part of the plea deal were all eight charges filed in an August 2020 case accusing him of three counts of possessing a stolen weapon, one of which was an AR15 pistol; three counts of theft; and two counts of possessing weapons without a FOID card. A March 30, 2022, charge of aggravated battery also was dismissed that day, as was an April 21, 2021, charge of violation of an order of protection and a 2019 charge of obstructing gas, water or electric current meters. He did plead guilty to an April 9, 2021, charge of violation of a protective order and was sentenced to 180 days in jail. His next court appearance is a preliminary hearing set for 1:30 p.m. June 2.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Yahoo
Court records: Rock Falls man accused of strangling woman, fracturing her neck
May 19—MORRISON — A Rock Falls man has been charged with two counts of aggravated battery, one of which accuses him of causing great bodily harm. Carlos T. Loyola, 27, is charged in Whiteside County with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and aggravated domestic battery. Those charges, filed May 15, 2025, accuse him of strangling a woman the day before and fracturing her cervical vertebrae. According to court records, Loyola was denied pretrial release May 15. According to that petition, prosecutors said the woman had suffered two black eyes, Loyola had threatened to kill her and he had previously violated a no-contact order. A defendant's criminal history also is taken into consideration at a detention hearing. Court records indicate Loyola pleaded guilty June 16, 2022, to one count of possession of a controlled substance and was sentenced to three years in state prison. He also pleaded guilty in that same case to possession of a firearm without the requisite firearm owners identification card and sentenced to 180 days in jail. A second count of possession of a controlled substance was dismissed as part of a plea deal. Those three charges were filed Sept. 12, 2021. He also pleaded guilty that same day to a Sept. 12, 2021, theft charge and was sentenced to three years in prison. A second theft charge was dismissed. Also dismissed that day as part of the plea deal were all eight charges filed in an August 2020 case accusing him of three counts of possessing a stolen weapon, one of which was an AR15 pistol; three counts of theft; and two counts of possessing weapons without a FOID card. A March 30, 2022, charge of aggravated battery also was dismissed that day, as was an April 21, 2021, charge of violation of an order of protection and a 2019 charge of obstructing gas, water or electric current meters. He did plead guilty to an April 9, 2021, charge of violation of a protective order and was sentenced to 180 days in jail. His next court appearance is a preliminary hearing set for 1:30 p.m. June 2.
