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SPORTS

Happy Hawks hit home ice

GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca

They are back home on their own ice in their own arena and the Hawkesbury Hawks could not be happier. “It couldn’t have happened at a better time,” said Rick Dorval, Hawks general man- ager and head coach. The Hawks celebrated the return of home hockey games at the Robert Hartley Sports Complex with a 2-1 overtime freeze-out of the Carleton Place Canadians on January 12. Alec Beaudin-Tougas punched in both of the home team’s goals, and slid the winning goal into the Canadians’ net 30 seconds into the overtime play. “The guys were energized,” Dorval said, adding that the Hawks players havemissed having full and regular access both to their own home ice and also to some of the train- ing and therapy equipment kept in their dressing room/training room area at the sports complex. The arena facilities at the Robert Hartley Sports Complex were closed by order of the Eastern Ontario Health Unit for most of the opening weeks of the 2017-2018 season be- cause of amold growth in some parts of the arena area which resulted from problems with the facility dehumidifier equipment. The Hawks switched their regular Friday night home games schedule to Friday after- noons at the Vankleek Hill Arena in neigh- bouring Champlain Township. The Town of Hawkesbury contracted a specialist to do a cleanup of the arena facil-

Ils sont de retour sur leur propre glace, dans leur propre aréna, et les Hawks de Hawkesbury ne pourraient pas être plus heureux alors qu’ils profitent d’une séance d’entraînement ce lundi. Ils ont célébré le 10 janvier en battant les Canadians de Carleton Place 2-1 en prolongation. —photo Gregg Chamberlain

ity and also took advantage of the closure to upgrade some parts of the ice rink and other features of the arena. “It was a long process but we are extreme-

ly happy,” saidDorval, regarding the cleanup and rehabilitation results. “It looks more like a modern arena. I mean, wow, it’s going to bemuch easier now to recruit more players.”

The Hawks stay at home this weekend, hosting the Ottawa Junior Senators Friday and the Smiths Falls Bears Saturday night.

CLASSEMENTS NCJHL JUNIOR C NCJHL JUNIOR C STANDINGS

CLASSEMENTS CCHL JUNIOR A CCHL JUNIOR A STANDINGS

ÉQUIPES/TEAMS

POINTS

ROBINSON

POINTS

Papineau Vikings

40

Carleton Place Canadians

80 52 49 42 36 26 74 51 49 45 33

Kanata Lasers

Gatineau Hull-Volant North Dundas Rockets

36 34 31 29 28 23 22 16 14

Brockville Braves

Pembroke Lumber Kings

St-Isidore Eagles

Smiths Falls Bears Kemptville 73’s

Cumberland Bandits

Clarence Castors

YZERMAN

POINTS

Vankleek Hill Cougars

Metcalfe Jets

Ottawa Junior Senators Hawkesbury Hawks

South Grenville Rangers

Morrisburg Lions Blackburn Inferno

Cornwall Colts

Rockland Nationals

9 2

Nepean Raiders

Bytown Royals

Les Aigles battent les Vikings

GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca

Maxime Choquette et Alexis Leclerc ont chacun marqué deux buts pour Saint-Isi- dore dans le filet de Papineau- ville. Jacob Bélanger, Crispin Mi- guel et Patrick Ranger ont compté chacun un but.

Les marqueurs des Vikings ont été Ma- thieu Lapointe et Anthony Laprade avec deux

chapeau contre les Lions, dimanche soir, alors queMiguel Crispinmarquait les deux autres buts pour Saint-Isidore. Ils se sont entraidés pour leurs buts et Jacob Bélanger a également assisté les compteurs. Tyler Desjardins gardait le filet de Saint-Isidore. Les Aigles seront à Vankleek Hill le 20 janvier pour rencontrer les Cougars, puis chez eux dimanche, pour accueillir les Jets. de Metcalfe.

points chacun. Yanick Gosse- lin gar- dait le

Les Aigles de Saint-Isidore ont remporté une victoire de 7-4 contre les Vikings de Papineauville, le samedi soir 13 janvier dernier. Le dimanche soir, à domicile, ils ont affrontés les Lions de Morrisburg. Les deux équipes ont dû se contenter d’un match nul, 5-5.

The St-Isidore Aigles enjoyed a 7-4 victory over the Papineauville Vikings Saturday

filet de Papineauville. Maxime Choquette a réussi un tour du

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