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Life and Lacrosse with Jacob Ruest

Jacob Ruest began playing lacrosse when he was six years old beginning at the Tyke level in Cornwall. He played lacrosse in the summer and hockey in the winter until deciding to focus on lacrosse as he entered university.

Ruest, 27, has been playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) since 2016 with the Colorado Mammoth. This season, he was traded to the New England Black Wolves.

“New England is a team that has done really well in years past. I’m looking forward to contributing to their offence and their whole team structure in general,” Ruest shared. “It will be a better opportunity for travel being on the east coast and it’ll be great having more family and friends coming to the games.

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.