S P O R T S VIVEMENT LES FÊTES POUR LES HAWKS DE HAWKESBURY
ANDRÉ FARHAT andre.farhat@eap.on.ca
Dorval. Les joueurs se donnent à fond, et même si l’entraineur ne les ménage pas, la bonne humeur règne et la complicité entre les joueurs est évidente. C’est une bonne nouvelle, car les Hawks ont connu deux mois en dents de scie, ce qui pourrait être dur sur le moral. Évidemment, l’absence temporaire de Dovar Tinling qui sera de retour dans la formation au plus tard vendredi soir contre Cornwall, à Hawkesbury, a créé un trou dans l’attaque. À cela s’ajoutent deux autres gros morceaux de l’équipe, soit Azzaro Tinling, son frère et compagnon de trio, et Shane McGrath, considéré comme un pilier en défensive. Leur retour, prévu en janvier, devrait redonner une profondeur qui manque amèrement à l’équipe en ce moment. Les Hawks terminent l’année 2020 avec trois matchs en quatre jours, dont deux à domicile, les vendredi et samedi 20 et 21 décembre, contre Cornwall et Brockville. On s’attend à d’importantes foules pour ces deux derniers affrontements de l’année. from Jeremy Arbour, Kevin Howson, Alexis Leclerc, and Benjamin O’Connor. Assisting on the goals were Brunette, Howson, O’Connor, Bruno Leclerc, Sebastien Roy, and Ryan Wells. Dawson Irving guarded the net. Joshua Renaud and Samuel Paquette each punched in a pair of goals for Bytown, with singles from Royals’ Jonathan Cauchon, Samuel Constantineau, and Luigi Peloso. Assisting were Constantineau, Paquette, Peloso, Renaud, Marc Charron, Mathieu Lau- rin, and Mathieu O’Toole. Zachary Bourassa and Danik Gervais shared net-minding duty. Sunday night at home, Saint-Isidore beat the Metcalfe Jets 7-2. No game details were available at press time. Saint-Isidore hosts the South Grenville Rangers, December 22. After the Christmas break, Saint-Isidore goes to Vankleek Hill to play the Cougars, January 4, then hosts the Clarence Creek Castors the following Sunday night. Clarence Creek A winning mid-December weekend for the Clarence Creek Castors. The Castors beat the West Carleton Inferno 5-2 in Saturday night’s road game. Samuel Gaudet popped in a pair of goals for Clarence Creek while teammates Dominik Bourgeois, Zachary Payer, and Caleb Smith tallied singles. Assisting on the goalsco- ring were Gaudet, Nicholas Gaumond, Kyle Goodman, and Austin Laprade, with Andrew Larivière guarding the net. Scoring for the Inferno were Colin Gourgon and Corbin Vennor, with assists coming from Callum Rogue, Joe Shrubsole, and Corey Symington. Alexander Miotla was in the net. Sunday afternoon at home, the Castors put down the Morrisburg Lions 11-4. No game details were available at press time. The Castors face the Bytown Royals in a road game, December 20, then return home Sunday to host the Gatineau Hull-Volant. Following the Christmas break, Clarence Creek and Gatineau have a rematch on January 3. The Castors are in Saint-Isidore the following Sunday night.
Les mois de novembre et décembre n’ont pas été de tout repos pour les Hawks. D’une part, leur joueur étoile, Dovar Tinling, a été appelé par l’équipe nationale des moins de 18 ans, et d’autre part, deux blessures ont fait particulièrement mal à l’échec avant et à la profondeur de l’équipe. La pause des Fêtes ne pouvait arriver plus tôt. « Il faut avoir une plus grande constance », admet d’emblée Rick Dorval, entraineur en chef et directeur général de l’équipe. Avec 18 recrues dans la chambre, son rôle consiste entre autres à inculquer de bonnes habitudes de travail à ses nouveaux joueurs. Mais, il se fait rassurant : « l’esprit d’équipe est très bon. Les gars se tiennent ensemble ». À l’entrainement, l’accent est mis sur l’aspect défensif : « Il faut améliorer notre défense, tant dans la zone que dans les replis défensifs des avants », explique Rick A road game in Gatineau, last Friday, proved a hard match for the Vankleek Hill Cougars. The Gatineau Hull-Volant took down the Cougars 5-2 at the end of the game. Cou- gars’ Coach Franky Dopelhamer remarked, in a post-game email, that it was “a tough loss” for Vankleek Hill against the leading team in the National Capital Junior Hockey League (NCJHL), but the players made the most of their scoring chances. They just had back puck luck on the net. “It was a good game, they (Cougars) had their chances, and goalie Fred Durocher was solid in the net,” stated Dopelhamer. “The Cougars made good use of their affiliated players, Cédric Gagnon and Brenden Easter- brook in the lineup, and they were happy to have their captain, Keean McEachern, come back from his injury.” Dopelhamer observed that the Cougars still lacked six of their regular players during the play, including the team’s top two goals- corers, Nicolas Castonguay and Samuel Lemay. “So, all in all, they had a young lineup, and it was a good experience for the younger players,” stated Dopelhamer. “It showed them that they need to put in that extra work to compete against the league’s top teams.” Gatineau led the scoring 2-1 after the first period and 4-2 at the end of the second, marking their final goal on an empty net in third, to finish the score at 5-2. Shooting in goals for Vankleek Hill were Justin Chaumont and Nikolas Ayotte. Assisting on the goals were Jonathan Lacroix and Trystan Lavoie, with Durocher-Bourdon in the net. Gatineau goals included two from Robert Mochi and singles by Jérémy Cardinal, Dave Fréchette, and Hugo Lusignan. Assisting were Cardinal, Yoan Charron, Zachary Page, Danny Plourde-Grenon, and Jérémy Trudeau. Marc-Olivier Bastien guarded the net. The December 14 game against the North GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
Despite a past few challenging weeks, the Hawks’ spirits are still high. Above, the current roster during practice on Monday. —photo André Farhat GATINEAU HULL-VOLANT HAND THE VANKLEEK HILL COUGARS A WEEKEND DEFEAT
Les Cougars de Vankleek Hill n’avaient qu’un match à disputer la fin de semaine du 13 décembre. Ils ont subi une défaite de 5-2, vendredi dernier, contre le Hull-Volant de Gatineau. Le match à domicile de samedi contre les Rockets de North Dundas a été reporté à plus tard dans la saison, en raison du mauvais temps. — photo fournie
Carleton Inferno January 5. Saint-Isidore Saint-Isidore’s hockey fans enjoyed a winning mid-December weekend. Saint-Isidore clipped the Bytown Royals 8-7 in last Friday’s road game, with Jakob Bru- nette and Bruno Leclerc both scoring a pair of goals. Single points for Saint-Isidore came
Dundas Rockets has been rescheduled because of last Saturday night’s weather conditions. The Cougars are back in Gatineau for a rematch this Friday, then in Chesterville Saturday night against the North Dundas Rockets. Following the Christmas break, the Cougars host Saint-Isidore on January 4, and then go on the road to face the West
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