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to become Director of Player decided that it was time to quit that was a good fit for the team.
big layoff in 1969. I did not go Personnel with the Quebec hockey. “There were only six If it hadn’t been for Moe, I would
back when I was called as I was Nordiques and was responsible teams in the NHL, and I wasn’t have been done with hockey
working as a doorman at the for bringing the Stastny brothers good enough to make that league. years ago but instead, I played
Aardvark and playing hockey.” to the NHL. I was walking down Montreal with The Hubs for forty years,

Following his time at the “We would drive down to Road one Sunday morning and until I had a heart attack, and my
Aardvark, Earl worked fifteen Lake Placid every Friday night, ran into Ray Jodoin who asked knees were giving out.”
years as a maintenance man at play Saturday night, and again me if I would like to play for A life-long Detroit Red Wing
all three McDonald’s restaurants Sunday afternoon before coming a team that Moe Lemieux had fan, Earl can tell you the stats of
home. The Roamers were an started called the Cornwall almost any player on the team, as
in Cornwall.
exhibition team. Teams from Hubs. I went out and played well as those in the Wings farm
“I played a year for the all over would come to play us. with The Hubs for the next forty system with Earl mentioning
Cornwall Chevies in the OHA One of our players was a barrel years. We were a good team; we that at one time he had stacks
Sr. A League Eastern Division jumper – he would often do an once won fourteen tournaments and stacks of Hockey News

against teams from Kingston,
exhibition between periods. The in a row. We won a World Cup available to check on players.
Belleville, Whitby, Pembroke,
roads were terrible – Jim Latin in Switzerland in 1977. It was At 86 years of age, Earl has
and Ottawa-Hull. My contract was always the driver, and he a beautiful outdoor covered
with the Chevies was $10 per would not stop for snowbanks, rink in Zurich with Olympic had both knees replaced along
game, which seems pretty small or anything, but we always make sized ice – I had never seen with a back surgery but still
compared to what players get works at staying fit, adding that
it through. After Lake Placid, two Zambonis on the ice at the
today.” his daughter Sarah encourages
Russ, Pete Champagne, and I same time. I wondered if maybe him to stay active.
For the next three years, Earl played another couple of years we were playing half ice. They
was playing with the Lake for a team in Syracuse. The deal played O’Canada for us before “I passed up some good jobs
Placid Roamers along with was the same as Lake Placid – the championship game; what a when I was young because they
fellow Cornwall residents Gilles we were paid $10 per game and feeling that was! The Hubs were wouldn’t have been a good fit for
Leger, Russ Herrington, George were given all the sticks we a great team, always had great playing hockey. I played some
Sandfield, and Jim Latin. could bring back with us.” camaraderie. Whomever Moe good hockey on some good

Gilles Leger would later go on At 26 years of age, Earl had brought in was always someone teams and made many friends.”

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