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Colts stymied by stingy Nepean Raiders
GREG KIELEC greg.kielec@eap.on.ca
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 playing for Cape Cod in the Federal Hock- ey League this season after a stint in the Southern Professional Hockey League with Augusta last year, is expected to join the River Kings soon. River Kings Head Coach Al Wagar said the stellar play of Loic Lacasse between the pipes for the River Kings allowed the team to move Daigneault to fill some holes on the team. The three members of the Cornwall River Kings headed to the first ever LNAH All-Star game are goaltender Loic Lacasse and de- fenceman Sasha Pokulok and forward Nich- olas Corbeil. Lacasse collected the most fan votes on the River Kings list followed by Poku- lok. Other eligible players included Eric Meloche, Pierre-Luc Faubert, Mathieu Cu- radeau and Nicholas Segouin. 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. Roman Ammirato was the sole goal scorer for the Colts in a 5-1 loss to the Raiders at the Nepean Sportsplex. The power play was the difference for the Raiders, who scored three out of four tries with the man advantage. The Colts had a difficult time solving Ne- pean’s Ryan Mulder, who turned away 31 of 32 shots sent his direction. James Edward- son took a rare loss in between the pipe, turning away 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 – they fell 6-5 in the shootout to Brockville Friday night – after shellacking the Kanata Stallions 8-4 in Cornwall on Thursday night. The Colts erupted for four goals in the third period to overwhelm a game Stallions’ squad which kept pace with the Colts dur- ing the first 48 minutes of the game at the Ed Lumley Arena. The Colts led 1-0 after the first period and 4-3 after the second period. They went ahead 5-3 on a marker by Roman Ammirato early in the third, but the Stallions narrowed their lead to one goal again less than two minutes later. But three goals in just over two minutes
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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.
fromAndrewMing, Alexandre Gendron and Marly Quince with just over six minutes left to play put the Stallions away for good. Mitch Zion scored twice for the Cornwall Colts and Billy Ulrick racked up three points as the Colts rebounded from two consecu- tive losses to the Ottawa Junior Senators the previous weekend. In Brockville on Friday, the Colts took the lead 12:16 into the second period on a goal
from Mitch Zion, then regained the lead on a goal by Trent Durocher, just 1:30 after the Braves had drawn even again, but they couldn’t make the lead stand. Zach Todd notched a power play marker for the Braves 11:33 into the third to tie the game, then David Ferreira and Ben Blasko scored in the shootout to earn the victory. Ammirato scored the only Colts shootout goal after misses by Kevin Hope and Mi- A city of Cornwall employee and Red Cross volunteer has travelled to NewYork City to assist with the massive relief effort for vic- tims of Hurricane Sandy. Don Daugherty, a case manager in the so- cial services department, is among a group of 40 Canadian Red Cross volunteers who are working alongside thousands of other Red Cross workers from the U.S. and other countries. Daugherty is serving as an emergency trainer in which he provides daily orienta- tion sessions on the status of the storm relief efforts to volunteers serving in areas affected by the storm. Hurricane Sandy struck the United States in late October, devastating portions of the northeastern U.S. Tens of thousands of resi- dents remain out of their homes or without power. Damage estimates are in the range of $50 billion US. For Daugherty, the magnitude of the situ- ation hit home early on in his deployment when he visited Rockaway Point, an area that stood directly in Sandy’s path. “I couldn’t even believe the damage that I was seeing,” he said. “It’s like your brain re-
chael Pontarelli. Former 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. Thursday at the Ed Lumley Arena against the Braves. Follow @CornwallJournal on Twitter for live updates of Cornwall Colts home games. fuses to process the damage you’re seeing. It’s unbelievable.” Daugherty said the Sandy relief effort is the largest one he’s been involved with dur- ing his 10-plus years of work with the Red Cross. “It has been a huge response with fantas- tic co-operation between all agencies and community partners,” he added. Daugherty had the necessary training and experience which allowed him to re- spond quickly when the call for volunteers was issued. “It’s great that we are able to assist our U.S. neighbours and support our employee through this form of mutual aid between the Canadian and American Red Cross So- cieties,” said Debora Daigle, city manager of social and housing services. For Daugherty, responding to emergen- cies is nothing new. This past summer, he spent two weeks in Thunder Bay assisting with relief efforts following extensive flood- ing in the Northern Ontario community. “I just like to help people,” he said. “My parents always said ‘If you can help, help’.”
River Kings add some toughness, send three players to all-star game
Red Cross volunteer helps in New York
Two players from each team make up the All-Star team which will play the host Iso- thermic in Thetford Mines on Thursday, Dec. 6. The All-Star team coaches and the league selected eight more players to get the All- Star line-up to 20 players which included River Kings forward Nicholas Corbeil. The River Kings are coming off a big weekend during which they won both ends of a home-and-home 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 Saguenay.They can take sole possession of second place with a road win over Thetford Mines Friday night.
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