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Colts stymied by stingy Nepean Raiders
GREG KIELEC greg.kielec@eap.on.ca
After scoring 13 goals in two games, the Cornwall Colts saw their offensive output fizzle to just one goal against the Nepean Raiders on Sunday afternoon. Ro m an A mm irato was the sole goal scorer for the Colts in a 5-1 loss to the Raiders at the Nepean Sportsplex. The power pla y was the difference for the Raiders, who scored three out of four tries with the m an advantage. The Colts had a difficult ti m e solving Ne- pean’s R y an Mulder, who turned awa y 31 of 32 shots sent his direction. Ja m es Edward- son took a rare loss in between the pipe, turning awa y 24 of 28 Nepean shots. Jordan Piccolino faced two shots and allowed one goal in 6:12 of action. It is the second consecutive loss for the Colts – the y fell 6-5 in the shootout to Brockville Frida y night – after shellacking the Kanata Stallions 8-4 in Cornwall on Thursda y night. The Colts erupted for four goals in the third period to overwhel m a ga m e Stallions’ squad which kept pace with the Colts dur- ing the first 48 m inutes of the ga m e at the Ed Lu m le y Arena. The Colts led 1-0 after the first period and 4-3 after the second period. The y went ahead 5-3 on a m arker b y Ro m an A mm irato earl y in the third, but the Stallions narrowed their lead to one goal again less than two m inutes later. But three goals in just over two m inutes
Photo Greg Kielec
Roman Ammirato drives to the net for the Cornwall Colts’ first goal against the Kanata Stallions Thursday night in Cornwall. Mitch Zion (not pictured) was credited with the goal.
fro m Andrew Ming, Alexandre Gendron and Marl y Quince with just over six m inutes left to pla y put the Stallions awa y for good. Mitch Zion scored twice for the Cornwall Colts and Bill y Ulrick racked up three points as the Colts rebounded fro m two consecu- tive losses to the Ottawa Junior Senators the previous weekend. In Brockville on Frida y , the Colts took the lead 12:16 into the second period on a goal
fro m Mitch Zion, then regained the lead on a goal b y Trent Durocher, just 1:30 after the Braves had drawn even again, but the y couldn’t m ake the lead stand. Zach Todd notched a power pla y m arker for the Braves 11:33 into the third to tie the ga m e, then David Ferreira and Ben Blasko scored in the shootout to earn the victor y . A mm irato scored the onl y Colts shootout goal after m isses b y Kevin Hope and Mi-
chael Pontarelli. For m er Colts puckstopper Matt Jenkins earned the win with 25 saves on 30 shots for the Braves. Jordan Piccolino stopped 40 of 45 shots in a losing effort for the Colts. The Colts are back in action at 7:30 p. m . Thursda y at the Ed Lu m le y Arena against the Braves. Follow @CornwallJournal on Twitter for live updates of Cornwall Colts home games.
River Kings add some toughness, send three players to all-star game
Red Cross volunteer helps in New York
A city of Cornwall employee and Red Cross volunteer has travelled to New York City to assist with the massive relief effort for vic- tims of Hurricane Sandy. Don Daughert y , a case m anager in the so- cial services depart m ent, is a m ong a group of 40 Canadian Red Cross volunteers who are working alongside thousands of other Red Cross workers fro m the U.S. and other countries. Daughert y is serving as an e m ergenc y trainer in which he provides dail y orienta- tion sessions on the status of the stor m relief efforts to volunteers serving in areas affected b y the stor m . Hurricane Sand y struck the United States in late October, devastating portions of the northeastern U.S. Tens of thousands of resi- dents re m ain out of their ho m es or without power. Da m age esti m ates are in the range of $50 billion US. For Daughert y , the m agnitude of the situ- ation hit ho m e earl y on in his deplo ym ent when he visited Rockawa y Point, an area that stood directl y in Sand y ’s path. “I couldn’t even believe the da m age that I was seeing,” he said. “It’s like y our brain re-
fuses to process the da m age y ou’re seeing. It’s unbelievable.” Daughert y said the Sand y relief effort is the largest one he’s been involved with dur- ing his 10-plus y ears of work with the Red Cross. “It has been a huge response with fantas- tic co-operation between all agencies and co mm unit y partners,” he added. Daughert y had the necessar y training and experience which allowed hi m to re- spond quickl y when the call for volunteers was issued. “It’s great that we are able to assist our U.S. neighbours and support our e m plo y ee through this for m of m utual aid between the Canadian and A m erican Red Cross So- cieties,” said Debora Daigle, cit y m anager of social and housing services. For Daughert y , responding to e m ergen- cies is nothing new. This past su mm er, he spent two weeks in Thunder Ba y assisting with relief efforts following extensive flood- ing in the Northern Ontario co mm unit y . “I just like to help people,” he said. “M y parents alwa y s said ‘If y ou can help, help’.”
The Cornwall River Kings have dealt goal- tender Maxime Daigneault to the North American Hockey League’s Jonquiere for the rights to tough guy Tyler Howe. The 6’4”, 220-lb Howe, who has been pla y ing for Cape Cod in the Federal Hock- e y League this season after a stint in the Southern Professional Hocke y League with Augusta last y ear, is expected to join the River Kings soon. River Kings Head Coach Al Wagar said the stellar pla y of Loic Lacasse between the pipes for the River Kings allowed the tea m to m ove Daigneault to fill so m e holes on the tea m . The three m e m bers of the Cornwall River Kings headed to the first ever LNAH All-Star ga m e are goaltender Loic Lacasse and de- fence m an Sasha Pokulok and forward Nich- olas Corbeil. Lacasse collected the m ost fan votes on the River Kings list followed b y Poku- lok. Other eligible pla y ers included Eric Meloche, Pierre-Luc Faubert, Mathieu Cu- radeau and Nicholas Segouin.
Two pla y ers fro m each tea m m ake up the All-Star tea m which will pla y the host Iso- ther m ic in Thetford Mines on Thursda y , Dec. 6. The All-Star tea m coaches and the league selected eight m ore pla y ers to get the All- Star line-up to 20 pla y ers which included River Kings forward Nicholas Corbeil. The River Kings are co m ing off a big weekend during which the y won both ends of a ho m e-and-ho m e series 5-3 against Trois-Riviere. The River Kings are tied with Thetford Mines for second place with 17 points, just three points behind first place Saguena y .The y can take sole possession of second place with a road win over Thetford Mines Frida y night.
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