SPORTS
Cougars mark silver anniversary with gold-level score
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
Cougars shooter Vincent Huneault. Assisting on the VankleekHill goals during the night were Dopelhamer, Fournier, Ryan Allen, Nikolas Ayotte, Nicolas Castonguay, Marc-Antoine Doyon, and Tyler Druce. Scoring for the Aigles were Francis Laviolette and Pier-Luc Viau, with goals assists coming from Jean-Louis Mandel, Frederik Laflèche and Nicholas Souligny. Last Friday’s road game in Gatineau against the Hull-Volant ended in a 10-4 pounding against the Cougars with single goals from the two Doyons and fromDruce and Emond. Assisting on the goals were Marc-Antoine Doyon and Brenden Rowe. Scoring two points each for Gatineau were Alexis Gauthier andMarc-Olivier Lafrenière with single goals fromRyan Abraham, Martin Arnold, Louis-Philippe Cyr, Denis Gratton, Francis Nadon, and Charles St-Denis. Goal assists came from St-Denis, Nadon, Lafrenière, Gauthier, Cyr, Arnold, Abraham, Alex Ethier, Nolan Peck, and Karl Venne.
The Cougars have been the face of junior hockey in Vankleek Hill for 25 years now. The hometown crowd enjoyed gold-level scoring when their team hosted the St- Isidore Aigles for the Cougars’ silver anniversary home-opener over the Oct. 1 weekend. The Cougars plucked the feathers off the Eagles 6-2 Saturday in a game that saw the home teamdominate both the play and the scoreboard. Maxime Emond put Vankleek Hill on the scoreboard first in the opening period, collecting a rebound goal-attempt by Tyler Dopelhamer. Riley Sauvé and Charles Doyon each punched in singles to add to the second- period score. Third period saw Samuel Founier’s power-play goal click the clock score counter to 4-1 at the 13-minutemark. Emond repeated his goal-scoring success in a back-to-back scoring scene with fellow
Hammond native turns heads in St-Louis
Les Panthères d’Embrun ont ajouté une autre victoire à leur fiche parfaite cette saison alors qu’ils affrontaient les Lions deMorrisburg le vendredi 30 septembre dernier à l’aréna d’Embrun. Les Panthères ont pris le dessus tôt en début de match grâce au premier but de Nathan Bols. Zach Leblanc a créé l’égalité quelques minutes plus tard, mais Adam Fillion a vite fait de redonner l’avantage aux Panthères. En fin de période, Hayden Loiselle amarqué un but alors que Nathan Bols a trouvé le fond du filet à deux autres reprises, complétant le tour du chapeau et donnant une avance de 5-1 aux Panthères. Justin Raymond en a marqué un si- xième pour les Panthères en début de période et Martin Carrière a poursuivi l’avance de son équipe peu après en marquant deux autres points l’un après l’autre. Les Lions ont réussi à glisser deux rondelles derrière le gardien de but des Panthères, Aaron Cathcart-McKinnon, en fin de période grâce aux tirs de Justin Laundrie et Jeremy DaPonte, mais Mikael Gibeault a lui aussi réussi àmarquer pour les Panthères, terminant la période avec une marque de 9-3. Le tout s’est terminé avec le deuxième but du match pour Adam Fillion ainsi qu’un dernier de la part de Cody Lavic- toire en troisième période pour un poin- tage final de 11-3. Le prochainmatch des Panthères aura lieu ce vendredi à l’aréna d’Embrun où ils affronteront les Nationals de Rockland. Une 3 e victoire pour les Panthères En cette 25 e année au sein de la ligue Junior C, les Cougars de Vankleek Hill, qu’on voit ci-dessus lors d’une partie contre les Lions de Morrisburg le mois dernier, ont poursuivi sur leur lancée de parties victorieuses en l’emportant à domicile contre les Aigles de St-Isidore le 1 er octobre dernier. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
MAXIME MYRE maxime.myre@eap.on.ca
he replies: “It is an unbelievable experience to be part of this camp. I know I’m turning heads and I just have to keep giving it my all”. Tansey recently played in his first NHL pre-season game, earning the praise of coach Ken Hitchcock, who singled him out at his post-game news conference. Tansey is not in his first moments of adversity. Back in 2012 he missed a year of hockey after he suffered several serious injuries when he was assaulted in Ottawa. “Setbacks can tell your life story, but they don’t have to dictate your future,” said Tan- sey, who worked hard to return to the game he loves. His decision tomake the efforts to come back to hockey was obviously the right decision for his future.
Kevin Tansey is currently at an NHL pros- pects camp in Traverse City with the St- Louis Blues. He impressed the team with his strong play and earned an invitation to the St. Louis Blues main training camp. The 23-year-oldHammond native began his minor hockey career with the Clarence Senators. He also played for the AA Eastern Ontario Cobras and the AAA EasternOntario Wild before spending two years with the Jr A Cumberland Grads in the CCHL. He is now a prospect for the St-Louis Blues and has survived three rounds of cuts. When asked about his impressions on his camp
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