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LIAM MAGUIRE

When is a championship series not a championship series?

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or an unfortunate group of nine- and 10 -year-olds, it’s when their series ends up in seemingly endless litigation.

The minor atom B Ottawa West Golden Knights and Embrun Ice Dogs are two excellent hockey teams with a fierce rivalry. Unfortunately, their championship series was marred by a series of head-scratching appeals.

The problems began when the final buzzer was pressed a minute early near the end of Game 1 in the first-to-fivepoint series with Ottawa West up 2-1. The officials decided an additional 40 seconds should be played, after which the score remained the same.

However, Embrun appealed the result and was granted a replay of the final minute at a time to be determined later.

Game 2 ended with an uncontested

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Golden Knight victory. Then came Game 3, the source of most of the controversy.

Depending on the final outcome of Game 1, Ottawa West had either three or four points heading into the third game. Trailing 2-1 in Game 3, the Knights pulled their goalie before scoring an apparent buzzerbeater goal. The entire play was caught on video, and Ottawa West appeared to tie the game a split second before the buzzer sounded.

But Embrun again appealed, arguing the timekeeper delayed pressing the final buzzer. The Ice Dogs eventually managed to successfully appeal the outcome, with a league executive calling the result of the game “inconclusive.”

Centre Ice has attempted to contact B league executive Sherry Malloy on several occasions to question why not one but two appeals were heard on the same incident, and how a rep from Embrun was allowed to change his statement from one appeal to the next.

The Golden Knights then felt compelled to launch an appeal of

The B league, however, still deemed that the final minute of Game 1 must be played despite the fact the deadline for completing league play had already passed. The ODMHA upheld the appeal from Ottawa West, and the B league had until April 8 to appeal to the ODHA. As of Centre Ice’s press time

their own to the ODMHA, which ruled in their favour, declaring Game 3 a 2-2 tie. That gave the Knights the championship – or so it seemed.

it wasn’t known if the league would appeal.

It’s time for the B league and the Embrun executives to use some common sense. They

It’s time for the B league and the Embrun executives to use some common sense. They are making a mockery of the appeal process and the league.

are making a mockery of the appeal process and the league.

An allegation of a physical threat against the Golden Knight timekeeper still has to be heard, and Embrun had several opportunities to play the final minute of Game 1, but chose not to during the appeal process for Game 3.

Hopefully, common sense will prevail and the matter will be settled quickly, without further controversy.

Have a great summer, everybody. Thank you for your submissions, comments and e-mails this season. See you in the fall at an arena near you.

Liam Maguire Got a comment? Send us an e-mail at liam@greatriver.ca.

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Six Ottawa-area players honoured in OHL Eastern Conference Coaches Poll Ontario Hockey League coaches have recognized two members of the Ottawa 67’s, a former member of the 67’s and three Ottawa-area residents, in the 2012-2013 OHL Coaches Poll, which gives bench bosses the opportunity to recognize the top three players in 20 different skill categories in their own conference.

Each team submitted one nominee per category. Coaches voted for the top three players for each category within their

conference and were not permitted to vote for players on their own team. Players receive five points for a first place vote, three for a second place vote and one for a third place vote.

Ottawa 67’s centre Sean Monahan placed second in the categories of Smartest Player category (27 votes) and Best Playmaker (14 votes) and third in the Best Stickhandler (18 votes) and Best on Face-Offs (13 votes) categories. Defenceman

Michal Cajkovsky of the 67’s placed second in the Hardest Shot category with 19 votes.

In the Most Underrated Player category, coaches placed Nick Baptiste of Ottawa in first place with 16 votes.

Baptiste, who plays right wing for Sudbury Wolves, was ranked third in the Best Skater category with 15 points.

Tyler Graovac, who played with the 67’s until being traded to the Belleville Bulls this season, was second for Best

Shot with 19 points and third in Most Dangerous in the Goal Area with 14 points. Rated the Number one Most Improved Player with 30 points was Scott Sabourin of Orleans, who plays for the Oshawa Generals. Riley Brace of Woodlawn, a member of the Mississauga Steelheads placed third in three categories, Smartest Player, nine votes; Best Playmaker, 11 votes and Best Penalty Killer, 14 votes.

Left To Right: Sean Monahan, Michal Cajkovsky, Scott Sabourin

Ottawa Jr. 67’s minor bantam AAA team wins OEMHL minor bantam championship The Ottawa Jr. 67’s minor bantam AAA team completed a great season by winning the OEMHL minor bantam AAA playoff title.

After being crowned regular season champs on the last day of the season by defeating the Eastern Ontario Wild 8-2, the 67’s started the playoffs facing the same Wild team. The series was much closer than the last game of the regular season but the 67’s prevailed, wining the

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round seven points to three.

The championship series pitted the Jr. 67’s against the Ottawa Valley Titans, who the 67’s had edged by a point in the regular season standings.

The 67’s won the title eight points to none winning 4-2, 3-1, 2-0 and 4-2. Game winning goals were notched by Greg Meireles, Declan Hilton, Tyler Villeneuve and Jean-Sebastien Gratton (game three shootout) and Ryan O’Connell.

The Junior 67’s minor bantams are: Front row: Jean-Sebastien Gratton, Alex Zoutie. Middle row: Ethan Rendell-Waston, Ryan O’Connell, Nick McHugh, Darcy Walsh, Carter Brand; Back row: Guy Gratton, Tyler Villeneuve, Thomas Stevenson, Greg Meireles, Cameron Sinclair, Greg Love, Oliver Castleman, Jacob Paquette, Eric Ross, Declan Hilton, Ty Brunet, Mathieu Bougie, Mike Guolla.

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The Gloucester Rangers major atom A team lived up to their team motto “hard work pays off” when they claimed the OEMHL A playoff championship by beating the Kanata Blazers in four games.

The Rangers had a regular season record of 25 wins, one loss and four ties to secure the regular season league championship and a bye through the first round of the playoffs.

From there, it was a hard fought battle versus a classy Ottawa Valley Silver Seven Black team. The Rangers regained their ice legs and revved up to face the formidable Kanata Blazers in

the championship finals. The Rangers won the first three games and, in the fourth, needing just one point, fought back from a 2-0 deficit to tie the game at 2-2 and take the title.

for the hometown NHL club.

Maguire asked Potvin about ice time for the game’s superstars (arguing that in Potvin’s time the stars played longer shifts) and also the much-debated instigator rule. Lalime was asked about the size of goalie equipment these days, whether

The players had an incredible work ethic, were driven to succeed, and held a passion for the game that rightfully earned them the chance to drink from the cup.

the size of NHL nets should be enlarged to allow more goals and the trapezoid rule. The interviews were part of a joint Ottawa Business Journal and Ottawa Chamber of Commerce networking event at the Hilton Lac-Leamy.

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Centre Ice associate publisher and chief stick-handler (somebody’s got to do it!) Liam Maguire was centre stage on March 26 when he interviewed NHL hall-of-famer Denis Potvin and former Sens goalie Patrick Lalime. Both hockey stars are now broadcasters

Living by team motto pays off for Gloucester Rangers atoms

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The Official ground breaking for the new Richcraft Sensplex East took place on March 26. The $26-Million, four-pad arena is slated to open in September 2014 and will provided much-needed ice time in east Ottawa. Pictured from left are: Mayor Jim Watson, Councillor Tim Tierney and Guy Gratton, President of Gloucester Centre Minor Hockey.

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Gloucester Rangers minor bantam AA Green team wins OEMHL playoff title a solid performance in each game en route to the finals. They wrapped up the championship with a 3-1 win over the Ottawa Sting in the final game. Gloucester goal scorers were Jack MacFarlane, Nicholas Raponi De Roia and Ty Morelli. Rangers netminder Leif Thorpe was between

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The Gloucester Rangers minor bantam AA Green team captured the OEMHL Playoff Championship, sweeping the playoffs with an impressive 10 straight wins, including three shutouts.

The “Boys in Green” followed up their first place league finish with

the pipes for the victory.

Congratulations on a well-deserved victory to all members of the team: Max Renic, Sylvain (Jr.) Boyer, Sam Pollock, Jack MacFarlane, Marc Brosseau, Michael Urban, Tim Onno, Ty Morelli, Alex MacNeil, Nick Raponi De Roia, Noah Palarchio, Spencer Monahan, Patrick Gibson, Shawn Beaton, Noah Johnston, Leif Andreas Thorpe, Sam Limoges-Ring.

Special thanks to Head Coach Duane MacNeil for guiding the boys through a hard-fought season and to Assistant Coaches, Marty Morelli and Bruce MacFarlane; Trainer, Wayne Beaton and Team Manager, Brian Johnston.

Kanata Blazers play friendly games with Norwegian team

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The Kanata Blazers Bantam Minor AA squad hosted two friendly games against the Ski Icehawks of Norway on March 27 at Scotiabank Place.

To make the most of this special event the teams played two games in a row.

Kanata scorers in the first game were Alex Caparelli and Cooper Desbiens.

The event was organized by the assistant coach Bruno Carchidi of the Kanata Blazers and his friend from Norway Guy Lalande, also an assistant coach.

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Another successful SouthEnd and Ottawa East Minor RBC Play Hockey grant Hockey House League Spring Tournament of $25,000 Hats off to the teams, coaches, and alternate captains, Graham following teams: atom C: on and off-ice officials, families, Richardson and Kurt Stoodley Clarence Creek Les Castors, awarded to volunteers and special guests of CTV News, and Dodie Champions; Ottawa East SouthEnd who made the 2013 SouthEnd Malcolm and Norm Sharpe Ice Bears, Finalists. atom and Ottawa East Spring of ODMHA and District B took B: Ottawa East Flames Minor Hockey Tournament an amazing part in ceremonial puck drops Champions, SouthEnd hockey experience. and trophy presentations to Vikings, Finalists; peewee Association SouthEnd and Ottawa East Minor Hockey Associations welcomed 88 teams over the two March break weekends, sponsoring 160 games on seven rinks, awarding more than 300 Player of the game pucks courtesy of Jim Tubman Chevrolet, and handing out 5,000 juice boxes.

Organizers were honoured to have Brian Kilrea participate in a ceremonial puck drop for the peewee A final, and Member of Parliament David McGuinty present trophies and medals to the atom C finalists and champions. Jennifer Lauren, the talented Ottawa Idol finalist, sang Canada’s national anthem beautifully before the novice, atom and peewee games.

Mayor Jim Watson, Rick Dorval, Ottawa Jr. Sens Coach, Ben Robillard, team captain

Novice and bantam finalists and champions.

Much to the delight of players and families, Spartacat, the official mascot of the Ottawa Senators, made a special and very humorous guest appearance.

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C: SouthEnd Spartans, Champions, Westend Narwhals, Finalists; peewee B: Smiths Falls, Champions; SouthEnd Rampage, Finalists; peewee A: SouthEnd Crush, Champions, Leitrim Hawks, Finalists; Midget B: Clarence Creek Les Castors, Champions, Nepean Ducks Finalists; novice C: Clarence Creek Les Castors, Champions; Northern Ontario Hockey Association Hampton Inn, Finalists; novice B: Ottawa East Badgers, Champions; Ancaster Avalanche, Finalists; novice A; West End Wolverines, Champions; Ottawa Centre Force, Finalists; bantam C: South Grenville, Champions; Ottawa East Snipers, Finalists; bantam B: Ottawa East Badgers Champions.

The Royal Bank of Canada has awarded a Play Hockey grant of $25,000 to the SouthEnd Minor Hockey Association.

The Play Hockey program is focused on helping to build and encourage hockey at all levels from the ground up. RBC grants seek to increase access to the game of hockey, break down barriers to entry, introduce the game to newcomers to North America, and keep the game growing and vibrant.

SouthEnd Minor Hockey Association aims to use this generous grant to attract new players to the game from the community, and to provide Hockey Canada and ThinkFirst Canada concussion awareness seminars to parents and team officials.

“Our goal is to introduce more kids to the great game of hockey, so that they will be physically active, make life-long friends and form a bond with the community rink,” says Michael Stollman, president of the association. “The game teaches important life skills such as teamwork and respect for others.”

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Jérémy Baillargeon Age: 9 Cumberland Grads Atom “B” Goalie Chili.

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Russell girls’ atom house team beats Perth to win divisional championship The atom house league team in the Russell District Girls Hockey Association (RDGHA) capped a tremendous season by taking the Ottawa District Women’s Hockey Association (ODWHA) Atom Division Championship.

The team won the title by beating Perth 5-1. Parents and players were thrilled with the team’s success and the girls’ development both on and off the ice this season.

“What a finish ... perfect season 25-0 in our league, three tournament wins, one semi final” said coach Pascal Hogue.

They might never experience something like that again.’’

Association President Julie Bellefeuille said: “Our players had fun and played hard. We saw some great hockey played by our Coyotes and saw many successes.”

The RDGHA is also celebrating championship wins by the novice house, peewee B and midget house teams.

The intermediate BB team participated in the Provincial Championship from March 21 to 23.

“Girls hockey continues to grow as does our RDGHA community,” said Bellefeuille. “We welcome all young ladies (novice to intermediate) looking for good fun, great friendships, exercise, team spirit and a sense of pride.”

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Rangers minor midget AA league playoff OEMHL champions and never looked back, holding on to the lead throughout the game to finish with a 5-3 final win.

The hard work and dedication put forth throughout the entire

season is a testament to each and every player’s success this year.

Congratulations minor midget AA Rangers on a well - deserved championship year.

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Congratulations to the Gloucester Rangers minor midget AA team on a very successful year, finishing first overall in league standings, wrapping up the league championship, sweeping the quarter finals and semi-finals, and topping off the season with a well-fought, hard-earned six game series final with the Upper Valley Ottawa Aces, resulting in the Rangers coming out on top as playoff champions.

With the final series tied at 6 points apiece, game six was played in front of a jam packed Cobden arena, full of supporting dedicated parents and fans cheering on both teams. With a complete team effort, the Rangers came out flying, scoring in the first five minutes of the game

Volunteer John Tobin receives Ottawa 67’s Bill Kitchen Community Builder Award John Tobin, a longserving volunteer with SouthEnd Minor Hockey Association and Bytown District, recently became the inaugural winner of the Bill Kitchen Community Builder Award, presented at an on-ice ceremony prior to an Ottawa 67’s game.

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range of local charities.”

Much like Kitchen who died in 2012, Tobin has spent years coaching and developing minor hockey players at all levels. He became certified as a referee, working countless minor hockey games, more recently with his son, also a referee.

John taught himself ice scheduling, and has developed regular season, playoff and tournament schedules for tens of thousands of players in Bytown District, SouthEnd,

and Spring and City of Ottawa (Rogers House) tournaments.

He held volunteer positions with the SouthEnd Minor Hockey Association, including president, and is currently the past president of the association. Most importantly, John found the time to look after his less advantaged players, quietly paying their fees and giving them rides to the rink, to keep them in the game as long as possible.

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alérie Goneau was never one to stop fighting – not even when a rare form of cancer was eating away at her bones.

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Diagnosed with chondroblastic osteosarcoma – a similar type of cancer to that which killed Terry Fox – in June 2010, the Orleans resident immediately underwent radiation treatment to try to shrink the tumour in her pelvic bone. Just months later, she was rollerblading at the Orleans Terry Fox Run, leading a team of more than 200 friends and family that raised more than $25,000.

Seeing few efforts aimed at helping fund research into

rare cancers like hers, the determined teen again took action, launching the Valérie’s Flutter Foundation in May 2011. She designed bracelets to sell featuring an image of a butterfly, which inspired the foundation’s name.

Just a month later, Goneau died at the age of 20.

“It was no surprise she wanted to do stuff for others when others really should have been doing stuff for her,” says her brother, Éric, a University of Ottawa finance

student who now serves as president of the foundation.

“Valérie really wanted to make a difference.”

Thankfully for the many she inspired, tenacity in the face of adversity is a trait that runs deep in the Goneau family.

When she was six, Valérie’s dad Chris had Stage 4 T-Cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and was given

little chance of surviving.

Thanks to a bone marrow transplant from his older sister, Chris recovered and today is treasurer of the Valérie’s Flutter Foundation, which has donated about $75,000 so far to the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, mainly through fundraising galas, selling bracelets and soliciting donations online.

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fundraiser eventually expand to other cities, and earlier this year he arranged for the proceeds of a Bandits game to go towards the foundation, adding another $2,200 to the organization’s impressive tally so far.

“And we won the game, too,” Éric says with a grin. “It was nice.”

As proof that Valérie’s legacy has already spread, organizers of a similar event in the Toronto area, the Securitas Canada Cure for Cancer Ball Hockey Challenge, have pledged to donate half of all cash raised at their tournament on July 27 in Mississauga to the organization. Chris will also be on hand to talk about the foundation’s goals.

Longtime family friend Mark McCrea, an employee of Securitas, “We set ambitious goals,” says Chris, introduced Chris and Éric to the creator of the Toronto event, James “and we seem to achieve them. If you Evans, earlier this year in the hope of don’t set high goals, you don’t acheive further promoting the Goneaus’ cause. them. We learned that from Valérie.”

After meeting the pair, Evans Another characteristic all the was capitivated by their passion, Goneaus share is a love of hockey, commitment and promise that which has led to the foundation’s most virtually all the funds raised for ambitious fundraising plan so far, a Valérie’s Flutter go directly to the ball hockey tournament to be staged cause of cancer research – about 96 on July 13 at Blackburn Arena and cents of every dollar, Éric says.

Bearbrook Park. All participants must “After I met with those two guys, raise a minimum of $100, and the top I told my wife, earners will get a “If you don’t set high goals, ‘I’m stoked,’” says thrill that can’t be measured in dollars you don’t acheive them. We Evans, a manager at and cents – the learned that from Valerie.” Securitas who figures the Toronto ball chance to face off hockey event has raised about $30,000 against a team of NHLers and junior annually over the past couple of years stars. Five lucky participants will even thanks in part to the presence of such get to suit up on the same side as their NHLers as Winnipeg Jets forward Bryan hockey heroes.

Little. “These guys, I know exactly Valérie, a forward who played where the money’s going.” house league hockey in Gloucester, Indeed, Éric and Chris take pride in loved above all to have fun on the ice. the fact the foundation is run entirely So while the top fundraising totals by volunteers, keeping its overhead low will be posted at the event as a way and ensuring almost of its proceeds go to encourage competition for more directly to cancer research. cash, there might not be quite as much “I don’t even have a payroll book in attention paid to scoring totals – at our office,” says Chris. “We can go to bed least in theory. at night knowing we’re doing exactly “It’s for fun,” says Chris. “Nobody what (Valérie) wanted. This is all her keeps score.” work – we’re just seeing it through.” Éric, a goalie for the Jr. C For more information on the Cumberland Bandits, hopes to Valérie’s Flutter Foundation and continue using hockey as a vehicle to the ball hockey challenge, log on to promote Valerie’s legacy. He and his valeriesflutter.com. dad would love to see the ball hockey

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World of excitement for hockey fans Chance to witness best female players on planet thrills young and old alike

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ack in Jane Corrigan’s ringette heyday, the sight of women playing hockey was an oddity that might as well have been something out of the pages of a science fiction magazine.

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So you can forgive Corrigan if she was more than a little amazed that she and her fellow players – a group of women in their golden years called the Blackburn Rockers – were surrounded by more than 9,000 cheering fans at Scotiabank Place during Team Canada’s opener at the women’s world hockey championship on April 2.

When Corrigan and her female friends wanted to play a team sport on skates in the 1970s, the list of options

pretty much stopped at one – ringette.

“That’s all the choice we had back then,” said Corrigan, 69, who was decked out in a floppy Maple Leaf hat and a shirt with “Blackburn Rockers” emblazoned on the front. “Way back in our day, there was no thought of women playing hockey. The evolution of women’s hockey has been tremendous.”

Looking out across a sea of red and white at Scotiabank Place for Canada’s clash against archrival U.S., Corrigan

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SHOWING THEIR COLOURS: Fans of all ages flocked to Scotiabank Place on April 2 for Team Canada’s opening game of the world women’s hockey championship against its archrivals from the U.S. Clockwise from left: A young fan gives the thumbs-up to the hometown team with the tournament’s mascot, Puckster; Rachel Baker and Amy Gutz of Ottawa aren’t shy about putting their patriotism on display; a group of youngsters from the Russell area are all smiles at the chance to see their hockey heroes; and members of the Blackburn Rockers ringette team, who range in age from 67 to 75, show they obviously love their hockey, too.

said she saw a bright future for the women’s game.

“I think (female players) are getting a lot more support from organizations ... they’re offered scholarships now, it’s only going to get better. A lot of the moms are getting involved now, too.

They’re starting to coach, be trainers.”

Hockey mom Tracy Sturgeon of Russell attended the opener with a group of young players, mostly girls. Sturgeon said events like the women’s worlds open

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up girls’ eyes to the future possibilities available to them in the sport.

“They’ve never seen professional women’s hockey,” she said. “It shows they could have a career in it if they wanted to.”

For one member of the group, 11-year-old Courtney Daley, the women’s worlds was all about striking a blow for gender equality.

“Boys always say they’re better,” the forward with the Russell Warriors atom

squad explained with a hint of derision.

“It shows you that girls can do what boys can do.”

In fact, according to 10-year-old Abbie-Rose Forde of Embrun, another of the awestruck young fans seeing her hockey heroes for the first time, the product on the ice that night at Scotiabank Place might even have been superior to the men’s game.

“The women’s team plays smarter and not as rough as the boys,” Abbie-

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Clockwise from left: Like most in the crowd of more than 9,000 at Scotiabank Place on April 2, these fans make their allegiance pretty clear; youngsters soak up the playofflike atmosphere of the CanadaU.S. clash; a lucky fan snags an autograph from Canadian defenCeman Meaghan Mikkelson; young players take part in the pregame ceremony; Canada forward Marie-Philip Poulin has some fun with spectators before the game; and Canadian captain Hayley Wickenheiser tries to slow down forward Brianna Decker of the U.S.

Rose said. “It’s cool to get the chance to see women.”

Diehard Sens fans Rachel Baker and Amy Gutz, who were also getting their first live taste of elite women’s hockey, said seeing the likes of Hayley Wickenheiser compete up close was a thrill.

“It’s amazing, hockey of this calibre here in Ottawa,” said Gutz, who along with Baker was unabashedly patriotic in a red and white Team Canada jersey and maple leaf face paint.

Baker, who got tickets to Canada’s CENTRE ICE SPRING 2013

opener for her birthday, said that while many still dismiss the women’s game as being far inferior to the men’s version and criticize it for its uneven level of competition – Canada and the U.S. have won every world title since the event was launched in 1990 – the product on the ice is constantly improving.

“I think it’s getting better,” she said. “It’s just a matter of funding in (other countries).”

Damian Rodriguez of Cornwall, who planned to attend most of Canada’s games with his wife Sheryl, son Jared, 17,

and daughter Kennedy, 16, agreed the highly skilled athletes strutting their stuff on the ice at Scotiabank Place in early April are perceived far differently by the public than the women who donned pink sweaters at the first worlds in Ottawa 23 years ago.

“The players are well-known,” said Rodriguez, while at the Sens Store purchasing two black and gold Livestrong sweaters like the ones the Canadians wore in their first game to promote the cancer support network.

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Above, although the on-ice rivalry between the two countries is fierce, Canada’s Poulin and U.S. forward Hilary Knight appear to be happy to be renewing acquaintances in this shot. Left, the Maple Leaf is proudly hoisted in the crowd. Right from top, this fan gives the game experience his stamp of approval; hat’s off to this girl for her patriotic fashion statement; and Wickenheiser, who left the game with an injury, takes an early shift.

“(The women’s game) is becoming more and more popular. Girls have an opportunity now to advance to another level of hockey.”

Still, some fans say the women’s game has a long way to go before it can claim to capture the public’s imagination the way everything from junior hockey to the NHL does in this hockey-mad country.

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was unimpressed to hear a poll question asking if fans were more likely to watch the Senators-Bruins game or the Toronto Blue Jays’ season opener that night, with no mention of the Canada-U.S. clash.

“I was quite disappointed,” she said. “(The women’s game) needs to have more of a presence.”

Back in Section 116, with Canada trailing its hated rivals 2-0 after two periods, the Blackburn Rockers had other

things on their minds.

“It’d be good if Canada could score a few more goals,” Corrigan said with a nervous grin.

No worries. After a furious thirdperiod comeback, the home team prevailed 3-2 in a shootout, prompting a deafening cheer for a group of female players that would have been, well, the stuff of science fiction just a few decades ago.

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or someone who didn’t suit up for a game at this year’s women’s world championship in Ottawa, Valerie Hughes proved to be more than capable of stickhandling her way through challenges.

As the tournament’s general manager, Hughes was responsible for making sure the week-long event ran as smoothly as possible. A seasoned veteran who had previously worked at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2009 world junior hockey championship when the capital successfully hosted those events, she knew juggling a multitude of responsibilities is all just part of the job.

“The logistics are quite easy for us,” Hughes said on the second day of the tournament at the Nepean Sportsplex, where busloads of hundreds of students were about to arrive for the day’s games and a representative of the Czech embassy had just shown up.

Hughes was quick to credit the team of 800 volunteers who donated their time doing everything from compiling game statistics to helping with laundry and driving athletes and team staff to different venues across the city.

“We have exceptional volunteers who are motivated and dedicated to host the best-ever women’s worlds,” she said. “We’ve had a huge amount of support right from the get-go.”

Still, there were a few minor blemishes in the early going. A crowd of just over 9,000 showed up at Scotiabank Place for Canada’s CENTRE ICE SPRING 2013

opener against the U.S., a game some expected to be a sellout. There were also grumblings from critics who questioned whether it was appropriate for Team Canada to wear black and gold Livestrong-themed sweaters for the opener, due to the cancer support network’s link to tainted cyclist Lance Armstrong.

Hughes deftly sidestepped any controversy, noting the tournament was also heavily promoting the Do it for Daron program for youth mental health initiatives, donating proceeds from one of the game nights, 50-50 tickets and program sales.

“I think that’s a positive message for us,” she said.

She admitted selling tickets to the women’s game was more of a challenge than drawing fans to a higher-profile tournament like the world juniors, but said the event’s organizers worked hard to get the word out in local arenas, putting up posters and drawing on the expertise of the Senators to help market the tournament.

“We wanted people to understand it’s a highly entertaining product,” Hughes said.

No one can accuse Hughes and her team of setting their sights too low. Her target was 200,000 total ticket sales – a mark that would leave the previous record of 119,000 set in Winnipeg in 2007 in the dust.

The crowd of 18,013 that showed up for Canada’s April 5 game against Finland at Scotiabank Place also set a new single-game attendance record for women’s hockey, surpassing the previous mark of 16,347 set in Ottawa for a Canada-U.S. game in 2010.

“By the time that gold-medal game happens, we hope to have many records,” Hughes said confidently. “We should have bragging rights at the end.”

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or a while before this season, it looked like Mitchell Leclair wouldn’t see as much ice time as he had in the past.

Instead, the 14-year-old, who played upper-level hockey for several years with competitive Nepean Raiders B teams, ended up becoming more involved in the game than ever.

The Nepean program reduced its competitive B teams from two to one before this season, and it looked like Mitchell might lose some playing time. In the end, though, he had nothing to worry about: Mitchell was able to stay involved in the game he loves by volunteering with a team from a younger age group and playing with a bantam team.

When he’s not on the ice as captain of the Raiders Aeros bantam A team, he helps the coaches on the Nepean Raiders

“Helping the kids improve and seeing their faces when they score is great,” — Mitchell Leclair

Black Ice atom B Blazers, assisting at practices and on the bench during games.

A Grade 9 student at Mother Teresa High School in Barrhaven, Mitchell had already achieved his volunteer hours by the end of September, working with the team through the summer and assisting during house league sort-outs.

Volunteering for the season seemed like a natural fit.

Why does the teenager spend his spare time helping younger players? Simply put, he loves the game.

“Helping the kids improve and seeing their faces when they score is great,” he says.

And his altruistic streak doesn’t end at the rink. Mitchell has told his parents he wants to go on “volunteer vacation,” assisting people in a developing country – his choice being Thailand. He’s already started collecting bottles to help raise money for the trip.

His parents, Steve and Sandra, have encouraged his volunteer work from the start. Steve helps coach hockey and Sandra volunteers at the Nepean synchronized swimming club where Mitchell’s sister Mallory competes.

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(Nepean Minor Hockey Association) 04-05: Initiation Program

05-06: Novice B House

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“The older we get, the more you realize if you want things to happen, you have to make them happen,” says Sandra. “The volunteers are what makes sport go around.”

Blazers coach Louis Lamothe has nothing but praise for his young assistant.

“He’s really taken to it and feedback from some of the parents about having a teenager on the coaching staff has been extremely positive,” Lamothe says. “He gets excited for the kids when they win or when he sees a great play and will often come home and talk about it.”

“Everybody involved within this team absolutely loves him. Kids look up to him as a kid that has just done what they are doing now and it bridges a gap between all coaching staff and players. Sometimes players might not say what is on their mind to coaches because they are all parents, but will talk to him.”

In the dressing room, Mitchell is a 08-09: Major Atom B Competitive

09-10: Minor Peewee B Competitive

valuable set of hands and ears. He laughs and shares ideas with players while helping lace skates and fix equipment.

On the ice, he demonstrates drills perfectly, which allows the staff to pinpoint the important parts each activity. The players love watching him during drills and he is great at correcting what they’ve done wrong.

On the bench, kids look up to him and listen to him. The coaches put him in charge of the defence, and the staff has watched him grow in that role through the ups and downs of a hockey season.

No longer do they have to worry about shift changes or anything to do with the defence when Leclair is helping out.

Off the ice, the players consider him one of their own. He is always missed when he is not at practices or games.

“He just wants to give back,” his mom says. “The kids all look up to him. The parents talk about what a great role model he is.”

10-11: Major Peewee B Competitive

11-12: Minor Bantam B Competitive

12-13: Bantam A House

Why I play the game: Once you step on the ice, it’s the best feeling in the world.

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PLAYER PROFILE

Ottawa 67’s

NEVIN GUY

WRITTEN BY JASON CHEN PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK HOLLERON

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isted at 5-foot10 and 165 pounds, Nevin Guy is the smallest defenceman on the Ottawa 67’s blueline.

Those numbers, though, don’t come close to measuring his true impact.

The rookie blueliner missed just two games this season and finished third on the team in scoring among defencemen, a testament to both his skill level and ability to stay in the lineup. Drafted in the fourth round, 80th overall in last year’s OHL draft, Guy has acclimated himself quite well to the OHL despite the fact that just last season he was playing Jr. B hockey with the Winchester Hawks.

“It’s a big jump for sure,” says the 17-year-old. “You’re playing against older guys in Jr. B, same as up here. I’m a little smaller than a lot of guys out there. But you get used to it, you adjust to speed. That’s the biggest difference, really.”

Unlike most of the players on the 67’s roster, Guy made the jump directly from Jr. B. The Guys were approached by the 67’s about a month before the draft, after Ottawa brass watched the teen play with Winchester. After a solid training camp, Guy made the lineup and stayed the whole season.

“I wasn’t sure I was going to come here,” says Guy. “I thought for sure they were interested and I wasn’t sure where I was going to [get drafted], but I was pretty happy [Ottawa’s] close to me. They took me earlier than I thought.”

One of the reasons Guy committed to the 67’s so quickly was because he got to play close to his home in North Dundas.

“It’s great,” says his dad, Mark. “We went to every home game this year. We can stay in touch with him on a weekly basis, we can see him if we want to and he can come home if he wants to, so it’s really handy

that way.”

“The OHL is the best league in the CHL, I think, and if they’re offering to you … it’s right beside my house,” says Nevin. “I can’t really say no.”

A few NCAA Division I schools approached Guy before he signed with the 67’s, but that would have meant Guy needed to play at least one more season with the CCHL’s Kemptville 73’s, who hold his Jr. A rights.

“In the end, he was pretty happy that Ottawa took him and took him in the fourth round,” says his dad.

“I think he wants to show loyalty to them and I think he’s happy that he made that decision.”

Last season, Guy was released

by Kemptville and spent the year in Winchester. “I kinda knew it was coming,” he says. “Maybe at the start I wasn’t sure if I was [good enough to make the Kemptville team] or not, but as the year went on, for sure I thought there was no way I couldn’t be playing Jr. A.” But spending the season in Jr. B might have been a blessing in disguise, since it allowed Guy to be reunited with his peewee coach, Tom Kirkwood.

“He sees the ice so well,” says Kirkwood, when asked Guy’s greatest strength. “When he first started junior, he was way ahead of others just because he saw the game – his anticipation, his smarts.

I remember watching him as a seven-year-old and he’d be doing things beyond his age, like passing the puck. Very, very unselfish.”

Guy credits Kirkwood with giving him plenty of room to grow on the ice. “[Kirkwood] had tons of confidence in me,” says Guy. “He’s probably the reason I’m here.”

Guy received a lot of ice time on the team’s first pairing and finished the season with 60 points in 42 games. His performance attracted not only the attention of the 67’s, but at least a half-dozen other OHL teams.

Guy and Mathieu Desautels, both 17-year-old rookies, signed OHL contracts with Ottawa on July 31 2012. Both played a handful of games as forwards on the 67’s fourth line.

Only when a slew of injuries hit the blueline did Guy start playing his natural position more often.

Still, offence is the name of the game for Guy, a highly skilled defenceman with good skating ability.

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“I move the puck and try and join in the rush,” says Guy, who tries to model his game after Anaheim Ducks blueliner Cam Fowler, a former world junior championship gold medallist with Team USA and a Memorial Cup champion with the Windsor Spitfires. Both players are left-shooting defencemen with good offensive skills and skating ability. Both are expected to produce points for their teams, especially on the power play. Fowler is a little bigger at 6-foot-2, but neither are considered physical defencemen.

While Guy certainly held his own on a young team going through a tough season, with one year of OHL experience under his belt the expectations for next season will be bigger. This was an adjustment season for Guy, who had to make a significant jump from Jr. B to the OHL. Guy, who rooms with Connor Brown on the road and likes country music, is lowkey and quiet off the ice. His dad wants him to ratchet up his intensity level a little more and take more risks, letting his skill and skating ability shine through.

“The OHL players play with a lot of intensity, so if you don’t play the same way, it can look bad,” says Mark. “You have to be intense out there on the ice. That’s one of the things [Nevin’s] going to have to figure out. I think he gets himself ready to play, but I think, at times, he doesn’t understand that you’ve gotta be even more intense out there. I’d like to see him, from a father’s perspective, to show more confidence on the ice and do more offensively because I think he’s capable of doing that.

“I think next year he’ll bring a lot more offence to his game than he did this year,” Mark continues. “I think next year when he’s a year older, when he gets stronger over the summer, that he’ll have the confidence to do that a little bit more.”

The 67’s are eagerly looking towards next season, with the team’s busload of rookies already having one year of experience under their belt. The 67’s aren’t expected to make many changes to their roster but the team is expected to win a lot more games.

Ottawa’s disappointing season has been a source of consternation for Guy back home, where his two younger siblings, Owen and Ethan, also play hockey.

“My one brother’s team had a couple losses this year,” says Guy. “Our team and my other brother’s team didn’t do very well, so he kinda pokes fun and makes fun of us for that.”

Perhaps next season, Nevin will get the last laugh.

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Derek Smith – former Ottawa 67’s written by RANDY RAY

Vital Stats: Derek Smith was born in Quebec City on July 31, 1954. At age two, he moved with his family to London, Ont., where he began his minor hockey career. After relocating to Ottawa at 15, he played Jr. B with the Ottawa Jr. 67’s under coach Tom Ray and spent three years with the major 24

junior Ottawa 67’s. Smith was selected by the Buffalo Sabres in the 10th round, No. 168 overall, in the 1974 NHL draft and that year was also picked by the Houston Aeros in the sixth round, No. 89 overall, in the WHA draft. When Houston didn’t invite him to training camp, he joined the Buffalo organization.

Claims to Fame: As a member of the 67’s from 1971-74, Smith played on a team that included stars such as Denis Potvin, Bryan McSheffrey, Peter Lee, Tim Young and netminder Bunny Larocque. The team never made it beyond the semifinals, but Smith enjoyed personal success, scoring 52 goals and 46 assists in his second season and 47 goals and 45 assists in his final season, when he won the team’s most valuable player award.

His pro career began in 1974-75 with the Charlotte Checkers, a Sabres farm team in the nowdefunct Southern Hockey League, and he played parts of three seasons with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League, including the 1975 campaign, when he scored seven goals in 11 playoff games. In 1977-78, he joined the Sabres fulltime and spent much of his career on a line with Danny Gare and Tony McKegney.

In 1981 he was part of a sixplayer trade that sent him to the Detroit Red Wings.

In 335 regular-season NHL games, Smith scored 78 goals and 116 assists. He retired after the 1983-84 season after scoring 16 goals and 29 assists with the Adirondack Red Wings of the AHL.

Style: The 5-foot-11, 175-pound forward was known as a solid twoway player with strong defensive skills.

Where is He Now?

After leaving hockey, Smith joined the insurance industry and has been in the business ever since. He lives with his wife in Buffalo, where he is a broker and agent specializing in commercial property and casualty insurance for M&T Insurance Agency. The Smiths have three boys, including oldest son Corey, video coach with the Sabres, and Kyle, video coach with the Rochester Americans, the Sabres’ AHL affiliate. Smith plays about 15 charity hockey and basketball games annually with the Sabres Alumni.

Quotable Quote:

On being drafted during the Broad Street Bullies era: “If I had been drafted a couple years earlier and had scored 50 goals in the OHA, I would have been a first or second pick, but after Philadelphia won the Stanley Cup, little guys like me were no longer wanted … everyone wanted big, strong and tough guys, which was the total opposite of what I was.’’

Fabulous Facts:

Smith’s father Julian played from 1948 to 1950 with the Quebec Aces alongside Punch Imlach, who would later coach the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Sabres. While playing on a Sabres line with Gare and McKegney, Derek Smith helped the trio rack up 104 goals two seasons in a row, including 1979-80, when Gare led the league with 56 markers.

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HOCKEY April 16 On this day in 1957: Montreal won the Stanley Cup, beating Boston 5-1 in Game 5 of the final. Dickie Moore led the scoring with a goal and two assists. His goal was the Cup-winner for the Habs.

of overtime to give the Canadiens a 5-4 win over the Canucks in Montreal.

The Canadiens won the quarter-final series in five games, and advanced to the semi-finals against Buffalo.

April 18 On this day in 1992: Larry Robinson tied Gordie Howe’s all-time record for most seasons in the playoffs when he appeared for the 20th year in the Kings’ 3-1 loss to Edmonton. He also extended his own NHL record for consecutive playoff appearances.

Robinson played his minor hockey in Metcalfe and suited up for the Metcalfe Jets Jr. B team before going to Brockville to play Jr. A.

April 24 On this day in 1969: Jean Beliveau scored the only overtime goal of his career, in double OT, in Game 6 of Montreal’s semi-final victory over the Boston Bruins. The game ended shortly after midnight on a school night for a sleepy student in Grade 4 at St. Leonard’s in Manotick. It was the first game I watched from start to finish in my life. I remember the goal very well.

April 26 April 20 On this day in 1968: Jean Beliveau scored three goals as the Canadiens beat Chicago 4-1 in Game 2 of their Stanley Cup semifinal series in Montreal. It was the only hat trick of Beliveau’s playoff career.

April 22 On this day in 1975: Guy Lafleur scored at 17:06

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On this day in 1986: Mark Reeds scored at 7:11 of overtime to give the Blues a 4-3 win over Toronto in Game 5 of their Norris Division final series (won by the Blues). Reeds became the first player in Blues history to score two career playoff overtime goals. Reeds is currently one of the assistant coaches of the Ottawa Senators.

I’ve ever heard in my entire life. The railing actually shook at the Forum when Lafleur tied that game.

Yvon Lambert scored the series winner at 9:33 of OT. Montreal would go on to win the Cup and Don Cherry never coached the Bruins again.

April 28 On this day in 1993: Paul DiPietro, suiting up for his third playoff game, had three goals and added an assist to lead the Canadiens to a 6-2 win over the Quebec Nordiques at the Forum in Game 6 of the Adams Division semifinals. Montreal advanced to the division final.

April 30 On this day in 1966: Former NHL defenceman Jeff Brown was born in Ottawa. Brown played in the NHL from 198586 through 1997-98 with Quebec, St. Louis, Vancouver, Hartford, Carolina, Toronto and Washington. Brown had a phenomenal trip to the final with the Canucks in 1994, racking up 15 points in 24 games.

May 2 On this day in 1967: Toronto beat Montreal 3-1 in Game 6 of the final to become the 1967 Stanley Cup champions -- in the last season featuring the “original six” NHL teams.

This remains to date and for the rest of our lives the last Cup the Leafs will ever win.

May 4 On this day in 1978: Guy Lafleur scored two goals and added an assist in the Canadiens’ 3-2 win over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup semifinals. Montreal went on to sweep Toronto 4-0 en route to the franchise’s 21st Stanley Cup championship.

May 12 May 6 On this day in 1887: Hockey Hall of Famer Tommy Dunderdale was born in Benelia, Australia.

Dunderdale was inducted in 1974, and is still the only player in the Hall of Fame born in Australia.

He moved to Canada at the age of 17 and within three years was playing pro hockey. He was the all-time goal-scorer in the former Pacific Coast Hockey Association with 194 goals.

He never won the Stanley Cup, but played in several finals.

On this day in 1956: Hall of Famer Bernie Federko was born in Foam Lake, Sask. Federko played in the NHL from 1976-77 through 1989-90 with St. Louis and Detroit. Federko was the first player in NHL history to record 50-plus assists in 10 straight seasons.

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May 8 On this day in 1994: Luc Robitaille’s goal in a shootout gave Team Canada a 2-1 win over Finland and Canada’s first world hockey championship in 33 years.

May 10 On this day in 1979: In what he would later describe as his greatest game, Guy Lafleur had three points, including the tying goal with 1:14 to play in the third period to force overtime, in Game 7 against Boston in their semi-final contest. Among the 17,453 fans was yours truly, and my late father produced the loudest cheer

May 14 On this day in 1981: Islanders defenceman Denis Potvin scored two goals and added two assists as New York won 6-3 against the Minnesota North Stars in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup final in Long Island. Potvin had a distinguished career as a member of the Ottawa 67’s that began when he was 14 years old. He remains one of only three players in major junior history to play at that age. Bobby Orr and former Ottawa Senator Dave Archibald are the other two.

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Number of players in the Paul Henderson trade on March 3, 1968. Henderson, Norm Ullman & Floyd Smith went from Detroit to Toronto for Frank Mahovlich, Gary Under, Peter Stemkowski & the amateur rights to Carl Brewer.

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Number of one-for-one trades involving Hall of Fame players – or, in the case of Chris Pronger, a pending hall of famer. In 1957, Detroit traded Johnny Bucyk to Boston for Terry Sawchuk. In 1995, Hartford traded Pronger to St. Louis for Brendan Shanahan.

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Number of trades Wayne Gretzky was a part of in his pro hockey career in the WHA & NHL.

Largest number of players dealt in one trade in NHL history. On Jan. 2, 1992, Calgary traded Doug Gilmour, Jamie Macoun, Rick Wamsley, Kent Manderville & Ric Nattress to Toronto for Gary Leeman, Jeff Reese, Alex Godynyuk, Michel Petit & Craig Berube.

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In the first trade in NHL history, the Toronto St. Pats dealt Harry Cameron to the Montreal Canadiens for Goldie Prodgers on Jan. 14, 1920.

Number of pre-draft trades then-Canucks GM Brian Burke made before he was able to select the Sedins second & third overall in 1999. By the way, the reason Daniel Sedin wears No. 22 & Henrik No. 33 is because they were selected in that order, second & third, so they took 22 & 33 to reflect that.

Number of players in the Phil Esposito trade of Nov. 7, 1975.

Esposito & Carol Vadnais were dealt from Boston to the New York Rangers for Jean Ratelle, Brad Park & Joe Zanussi.

Number of players & draft picks dealt by the Philadelphia Flyers to the Quebec Nordiques for Eric Lindros on June 30, 1992 -- the most assets traded for one player in NHL history. The Nordiques received Peter Forsberg, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci, Chris Simon, Steve Duchesne, Ron Hextall & two first-round picks, which were used to select Jocelyn Thibault & Nolan Baumgartner.

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Number of players in Phil Esposito trade of May 15, 1967. Esposito, Ken Hodge & Fred Stanfield were traded from Chicago to Boston for Gilles Marotte, Jack Norris & Pit Martin.

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