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A Look Back at Sports Energy

As Sports Energy News reaches its 100th edition, we thought we take a minute to reflect on how far we've come. While the paper's first edition came out in July 2012, owner/publisher Mike Piquette started thinking about the concept when he was working with the Colts back in 2008

“I would hear about many amazing sports related feats performed by people in our area. When I asked why their story was not in the paper, most responded that the papers were not interested in publishing their store. That got my gears turning," said Piquette. "My wife, Shirley came up with the name. I started this paper from scratch."

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.