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New Adventures for Cornwall Colt Player Sam Gaudreau

Former Cornwall Colts player, Sam Gaudreau, is starting a new adventure in the fall - university.

He will be attending Anna Maria College in Paxton, Massachusetts, where he will be playing for their AMCATS NCAA Division 3 hockey team.

Born and raised in Cornwall, Gaudreau played the last two years with the Colts. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, his last season with the Colts was not the season he was hoping for. The team played about 25 exhibition games before the season was cancelled.

“I learned how to be a team player and the importance of a solid game plan which everyone follows,” said Gaudreau about what he has learned from his time with the Colts.

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.