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Saturday, December 18th. Wednesday, December 29th. Thursday, December 30th. In , nearly all of the Crusaders were new faces. On the ice, the team finished with a dismal record, the worst in Canadian Junior A.

But with a young lineup, many players were developed well getting much more ice time than they normally would have.

With a much stronger lineup entering the season, and yet another head coach in Doug Schum, the Crusaders were finally looking like a team that could battle for a playoff spot in the AJHL's North Division.

Once again, backstopped by the amazing goaltending of Scott Rowan, the Cru sneaked into the playoffs with a record, but bowed out to the St. Albert Saints in 3 games. Still, the building process continued, and losing only five players, the Crusaders were shaping into one of the better North Division teams. Over the off season with new coach Dan Auchenberg at the helm, the Crusaders made a 3-way deal with the St. A solid core of the team returned for camp, and a tough decision was to be made about the goaltending.

The team slumped at first, then got into a real groove mid way through the season. He was signed and stayed there for the rest of the season. Gerry Festa was picked up from the Saskatoon Blades, and became a major part of the team's success. The Cru made a great charge toward the end of the season going on a 15 game winning streak, and finished 3rd in the North Division behind Drayton Valley and St.

Head coach Dan Auchenberg won Coach of the Year honours, and the Crusaders were heading into the playoffs with some doubts, after seeing goaltender Chris Denman go down with an illness, all eyes were on Gerry Festa, who certainly rose to the occasion and was named Crusaders playoff MVP.

They took the first round series vs. Lloydminster 3 games to 0 and headed to Drayton Valley for the second round. The Cru lost both games and came back to the Sherwood Park Arena needing 2 wins to get back into the series. Game 3 was a very physical battle that headed into double overtime.

After a near goal from the Thunder, the Cru headed up ice and put away the winner to cut the series lead down to one game. After a tough loss, the Thunder were back and pounding away at the Crusaders defense in the early going. After going down early, the Cru battled back and once again went to double overtime. With a great crowd of over , they pulled it out once again to make the fans go nuts.

Back to Drayton Valley for game 5, nothing was going right for the Cru and they went down 3 games to 2. Back to a rocking Sherwood Park Arena in front of another great crowd, the score was tied up at 2 going into the 3rd period. One thing was for certain though, and that was the Crusaders were going to be a force to come. The season began with a rapid start, winning their first 4 of 5 with Braydon Cox leading the way and Chris Denman guarding the pipes once again.

Then the injury bug hit the Cru where it hurts. In the pregame warmup before a game in Drayton Valley, a player fell on Chris Denman, tearing muscles in his leg. This deal was heavily criticized at the time, but has turned out as a steal for the Crusaders. There were few solutions to the goaltending problem, leaving the team to pick up Anton Wintner from the WHL. Female rookie sensation Shannon Szabados came to the helm for eight games, earning 2 shutouts and an record.

She probably would have stayed with the team, for it not have been an AMHL rule for players only to play 8 games or that team will forfeit their rights to sign Midget players. Garret Kindred was on loan to the Lloydminster Blazers, so the Crusaders were in luck when Gerry Festa returned from a tryout with the Saskatoon Blades. After many different goalie changes, Chris Denman returned to a still very good team. Braydon Cox led the team in scoring, but was supported well by the likes of Sean Dersch and Michael Ringrose.