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Cornwall Girls Hockey Association: Home Ice Advantage By Tammy Larin
The Cornwall Girls Hockey Association (CGHA) wrapped up yet another successful competitive girl’s hockey tournament. The 29th edition of the tournament was host to 53 teams from Ontario, Quebec and the United States. past president and tournament convenor Brian Tardiff says that without a lot of volunteer help, it couldn’t have happened. “It takes a lot of planning to host a tournament,” said Tardiff, “Without the support of volunteers and the executives of CGHA, the tournament would not run as well as it does.” Yvon Besner is a man who wears many hats within the association as the vice-president, tournament registrar and head coach of the Midget “AA” Typhoons. He says the importance of this tournament cannot be overstated. “This is our second largest tournament to date,” says Besner. “It is important to host such an event because it is a fundraiser that raises thousands of dollars that helps keep the cost of registration down.”
Kate Villeneuve and Tanya Disotell-Dunsmore displaying the medals they won as their team, the atom “A” Typhoons defeated the team from Clarence-Rockland to win the atom “A” championship.
Photo by Tammy Larin.
division, the girls earned an automatic spot in the finals. In the finals they met with Clarence Rockland who challenged the Typhoons without success. The Atom A Typhoons The association had six teams won the championship game 4-0, within the atom, peewee, bantam, with goaltender Tanya Disotellmidget divisions as well as the Dunsmore recording the shutout. midget “AA” Typhoons competing “It was a great tournament and it in the intermediate divisions. Although all teams played well, two is always nice to win on home ice,” teams managed to earn a spot in the said Atom “A” head coach, Chris Villeneuve. finals held at the Benson Centre. The Atom “A” Typhoons game was the highlight of the tournament. The girls dominated their division going undefeated in the round robin games. Finishing first in the atom
The Midget “AA” Typhoons also made their mark. Playing up a level in the intermediate “AA” division, they were a dominant force to be reckoned with. The Typhoons met their hometown rivals, the Ontario Hockey Academy in the semifinals. They won 2-0 sending them to the finals to meet Ridley College. It was a scoreless game that put the two teams under even more pressure going into double overtime after which the game still remained It was the second tournament scoreless. The game went to a victory for the Atom “A” girls shootout where the Typhoons had a this season, as they brought home heartbreaking 1-0 loss. the gold medal from Oshawa in Throughout the tournament September.
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weekend, the CGHA also ran a food drive to help support the local Agape Centre. The CGHA would like to thank all the volunteers, visitors and everyone for their generous donations towards the food drive, and also their hard work put forth to make this tournament a success.
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