Sports Energy News - Cornwall, Lancaster, Long Sault, Williamstown

Grant Hebert Nominated for Prestigious Hobey Baker Award

“Grant Hebert grew up playing hockey for the Long Sault Selects, followed by the Seaway Valley Rapids AA until he was 14. However, that was just the beginning for Hebert and his long list of hockey accomplishments.

Hebert then went to play for the Upper Canada Cyclones AAA for three years, following that ended up with winning a Championship with the Casselman Vikings Jr. B team for the 2014-2015. In 2015-2017 he played for the Cumberland Grads, where he received his hockey scholarship. In his last year of Junior, Hebert played for the Fargo Force of the USHL, winning a championship. For the past three years he has been playing for Robert Morris’ D1 hockey program.

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.