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Colts Dig in for the Stretch

The Cornwall Colts find themselves nicely positioned going into the final leg of the CCHL season tied for fourth place league-wide.

With 59 points, the Colts are in striking distance of the first place Ottawa Jr. Senators (65). The flipside of that is that there are another

five teams (Carleton Place, Smiths Falls, Brockville, Nepean and Pembroke) hovering around the sixty-point mark as well. “We know
every game is so important because of how close the standings are,” says Cornwall defenseman Carl Belazario, “though we feel very
confident with our team moving forward.” That confidence seems justified. Riding some solid team defense and steady goaltending, the

Colts have been winners of five of their last six games.

They’ll be helped by a couple of recent acquisitions that joined the team just before the trade deadline. Sniper Pietro Antonelli and
physical defenseman Anthony Sanniti, both 20 year-olds, came over from Hawkesbury in exchange for forwards Roman Ammirato and
Trent Durocher and prospect Wade Kropp.
Injuries continue to cause problems: defenseman Parker Krol, of Long Sault, who it seems just recently returned from a broken foot, is

out again, this time with with a broken leg. The loss of Krol is a blow to a blue line that seemed to be coming together after some early
struggles.

Rumble By Staff

Cornwall River Kings Update
Anyone who follows hockey in Canada knows that you need a little bit of off-ice drama to go along with the on-ice product. For the River
Kings, this came in the departure of general manager Wayne Veary.
Veary moved to Cornwall from Windsor and helped in building the team for their inaugural season.

His decision was confirmed at a meeting with team officials on January 22, 2013, although he had apparently made the decision following

a lopsided 9-3 loss to Trois- Rivieres the previous Saturday, January 19th.

The official press release from the team spoke of the team and Veary deciding, “to go in different directions.”
Perhaps he simply discovered that the position of general manager isn’t quite where he thought it was in the team hierarchy.
On the ice the team is working their way through a post holiday slump, but at the time of this report the team is solidly placed in third, with

a record of 16-9-0-2 for 34 points in 27 games. They should be battling to the finish for second place with Marquis-Saguenay who is one
point ahead in second spot after having played the same number of games.
Individually Sasha Pokulok is the team’s leading scorer with 11 goals and 22 assists for 33 points in 27 games, placing him 11th overall in
the league.
Goaltender Löic Lacasse, with a 4.28 goals against average and 14 victories in 23 games leads the league in victories.

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