Busy opening weekend for the Paris Titans

By Casandra Turnbull

The Junior Hockey season is here and the Paris Titans are ready to present a win to their hometown crowd as the home opener puck drops at the Brant Sports Complex tomorrow. The team is kicking off the 2023-2024 season with free admission to tomorrow’s 7:30 pm game The Club has also partnered with a local restaurant – Legends (located off Rest Acres Road) – and just by showing your wrist band after the game, you can enjoy half price wings.

The team started the regular season with a game against Tavistock last night – details of that game were not available by press deadline, so you’ll have to read next week’s Paris Independent to get a Titan game report from George Le Gresley.

The Paris Titans brought their fast-paced, action packed style of hockey to the exhibition season, finishing with an impressive 4W, 2L record. The team gathered 6 points in preseason play, only matched by the Wellesley Applejacks. It’s the most promising start the Paris Junior hockey club has shown in the last decade or so, meaning fans have something to be excited about this season.

In other Paris Titan news, players are hanging up their skates Sunday morning for a pair of running shoes to participate in the Paris Terry Fox Run The team is running in memory of #77 Brayden Pickett’s mother, Melanie Anne Pickett, who recently passed away after a long battle with cancer. The team has set a pledge goal of $5,000 in her honour, said Nathan Herrington, Paris Titan General Manager.

If you’d like to make a donation to the team’s fundraising goal, you can do it online. You’re also invited to join the team for the run, to get to know some of the players who will be entertaining you on the ice this season.