Colts in finals for second year in row
wall 15-6 in the final frame. The final series opens this (Wednesday) evening at the Nepean Sportsplex at 7:30 p.m. The Colts return to Cornwall for Game 2 on Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. at the Ed Lumley Arena. The Colts shutout the Hawkesbury Hawks 4-0 just two nights earlier in an- other penalty-filled affair at the Robert Hartley Arena in Hawkesbury to take a 3- 1 series lead back to Cornwall. Cornwall scored three of their four goals on the powerplay – including two in a penalty filled third period – to punish the penalty prone Hawks. Trent Durocher net- ted two goals for the Colts and Tyson Spink and Stephen Johnson each scored once. Colts goalie Lukas Hafner, who has been a standout for much of the playoffs, earned the shutout on 25 saves. Two of the three top scorers in the play- offs and four scorers in the top 10 are from the Cornwall Colts. Michael Borkowski and Jonathan Milley from the now idle Pembroke Lumber Kings lead with 17 points although Borkowski has played three few games. Tylor Spink is in third with 14 points, Kyle Baun is tied for fifth with 13 points and Tyson Spink is tied for eighth with 11 points. Lukas Hafner of the Colts leads all goal- tenders in the playoffs with a miserly 1.46 goals against average. Matt Zawadzki of the Raiders sports the second best goals against average with 2.02 goals allowed per game. Follow @gkielec on Twitter for live updates of Colts home game. For post-game stories, go to www.editionap.ca and click on The Journal.
By Greg Kielec The No. 1 seed will meet up with the No. 2 seed in the Central Canada Hockey League Jr. A finals this week. The Cornwall Colts will meet with the Ne- pean Raider, who eked out a Game 7 win against the Pembroke Lumber Kings Sun- day afternoon. It is the second consecutive year that the Colts make it to the CCHL final. The Colts defeated the Hawkesbury Hawks 3-2 Thursday night in front of 1,600 fans at the Ed Lumley Arena in Cornwall to win their CCHL semi-final series. It appeared that the Colts would cruise to victory, leading 2-1 with about 12 minutes left in the third period. But the Hawks were not willing to go away quietly. A shorthanded highlight-reel goal by Hawks bad boy Brandon Bussey 8:01 into the period tied the game 2-2. Bussey roofed a backhand over Colts goalie Lukas Hafner after accepting a perfect pass on a two-on- one break. But it didn’t take long for the Colts to reply. Less than two minutes later, Michael Borkowski connected on a one-timer set up by Tyson Spink to put the Colts up for good. Hawkesbury was first to get on the score- board Thursday night. Alex Stothart tapped a rebound behind a hapless Hafner near the midway point of the first period. Begin series against Raiders tonight in Nepean It has been a great week for Cornwall boxing phenom Tony “The Lightning” Luis. First the junior welterweight boxer was named an Ambassador of Goodwill by the World Boxing Council. Then he dispatched veteran fighter Ferenc Szabo with a third round knock out at the Claude-Robillard Center in Montreal on Saturday night. Luis had little trouble with the Hungarian fighter, dropping Szabo once in Round 2 and three times in Round 3 to earn the TKO victory at1:07 of the round. It is Luis’ third consecutive knockout vic- tory. The WBC Continental Americas cham- pion at 140 lbs., who has been profiled by Yahoo Voices as a young fighter to watch out for, is now 14-0 as a pro with six knock- outs. “Tony Luis is the kind of young man box- ing needs,” Jill Diamond, chairwoman of the WBC Cares Program, said in a press re- lease. “He is a champion in the ring and an in- spiration to young people outside of it. We are proud to make him a Goodwill Ambas- sador for WBC Cares.” Upon noticing many of the youngsters were angry and needed direction, Luis helped create a boxing program, which quickly became a successful outlet for the struggling youths. After leaving his first job and receiving an outstanding reference let- ter from his employer, Luis accepted a job working in an alcohol and substance abuse treatment center for young aboriginals. Although he had initial worries of not The Journal
Photo by Greg Kielec Cornwall Colts forward Michael Borkowski tries to strip the puck from Hawkesbury Hawks defenseman Anthony Sanniti as Tylor Spink of the Colts looks to intercept him during action Thursday night in Cornwall. Borkowski had the game winer as the Colts won 3-2 to close out the CCHL semifinal series.
There were no scoring in the second pe- riod and only four penalties. The Colts were outshot 35 to 23 by the Hawks, who poured it on in the third, outshooting Corn-
But two quick goals by the Colts’ Trent Durocher and Tyson Spink five minutes later sent the Colts to the dressing room with the lead.
Luis remains undefeated Cornwall boxer wins 14th pro fight with KO
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being accepted since he is not of native de- scent, he connected well with the youths and put his full efforts into assisting them. The humble 24-year old was both thrilled and honored that the WBC chose to name him an ambassador. “Being named a Goodwill Ambassador means the world to me,” said Luis. “It’s in my nature to help those in need and I’ll con- tinue to do so for years to come. I appreciate the WBC for recognizing me and I hope to further represent them by winning more of their titles in the near future.” Special photo Cornwall boxer Tony Luis poses with his WBC Continental Americas champi- onship belt.
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