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Ontario Hockey Academy Putting Cornwall

On The Map

By Anne Phillips

What do you do if you are scouting 09 for the first time, Lascelle said said Lascelle, “We’ve grown faster in Canada and they have a few

private schools and can’t seem to the concepts for the school were than we thought. Most of our playing with the NCAA and CIS.

find the right one? Well, if you are based on ones he was familiar with marketing has been word-of-mouth
anything like Gilles Lascelle or Dr. in the U.S. The Academy focuses and social media.” “We are one of the most successful
Tim Rozan, you start your own. on an equal balance of athletics and private sports schools in Canada,”
There was some controversy said Lascelle. “We work really hard
What started out as a joke among academics. Neither one gets in the
among minor hockey associations and try to push our players.”
friends, turned into a world-class way of the other.

at first as there was concern the Lascelle said the students have
hockey academy in Cornwall, This makes the academy unique in academy would ruin the existing
Ontario. While researching schools that when a student is participating model of minor sports, however another advantage of being in
in the United States, Lascelle met in an athletic event, academics do Lascelle disagreed and said the this private school and that is the
Rozan and the two joked about not suffer. Classes are re-arranged associations were starting to see teaching staff.
opening up their own private so that nothing is missed. advantages as the students enter “They (the teachers) might not
school that also focused on hockey. be getting paid as much as public
While Lascelle and Rozan minor leagues.
Suddenly the idea didn’t seem so school teachers,” said Lascelle
originally expected the school to Lascelle said the City of Cornwall
far fetched for Lascelle. His family adding that the current situation
cater to girls’ hockey, the first year has also been very supportive and

already owned a lot that included with the government and teachers
saw 60 students making up two cooperative and that has helped
a motel, so Lascelle started doing unions does not affect the Academy.
boys teams and one girls team. The in the success of the school. Last
the paperwork to turn this property And he praised the academy’s
school has since grown to include year, the Academy won the Small
into the Ontario Hockey Academy. teachers as dedicated professionals
138 students. Lascelle said they Business of the Year Award. who double as athletic coaches.
It took a lot of work to get to where are now full up with no room for
the Academy is today. Lascelle any more students. The academy The Academy’s graduates have “They work really hard with the
said it took over two years just to has four boys teams and three girls been doing very well also. Lascelle students, even after school hours
get approval from the Ministry of teams made up of students from 16 said they show the students as many and on weekends,” said Lascelle.
Education. different countries. options as they can to forward their “Our staff is really great and we are
hockey career. Many of the boys doing really well.”
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