In spite of the rain of the previous days, the trails at Summerstown Forest were in good enough shape to allow the Open Bike Ride to take place Saturday, December 5th. For this first-time event, 15 mountain and fat bike enthusiasts were present to discover the new features that have been added to the main fat bike trail. There are boulders to go over, jumps and holes to negotiate, all of which were added by volunteers in recent weeks. These features are not installed on the main trail itself, but as by-passes for those who wish to try them out.

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Local Hockey Star Pete Piquette

Ellery Maloney, recently spoke with Sports Energy News to remember his friend Pete Piquette. Piquette was a local hockey goaltender in the 1940’s and 50’s who saw great success in his hockey career, landing him a spot in the Cornwall Sports Hall of Fame. Maloney says he’s known Pete and his wife Betty for most of his life.

“We both played hockey, we were both goaltenders on separate teams. We’ve been such close friends since our early teens,” says Maloney. “We were in each other’s wedding parties as well.”

Pete Piquette was an exceptional good goaltender and he started his junior hockey with the Cornwall Community Sports Club. Piquette was soon called to play with the Oshawa Generals Jr. A team in the OHA, (Currently OHL). Maloney recalls one of the highlights of Piquette’s time with the Generals was his encounter with George Armstrong, an All-Star player with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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