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Roenick Jodoin Joins OHL Barrie Colts for

Upcoming Season

By Molly Kett “It was a great feeling to make the
Barrie Colts. I worked hard to get
17-year-old Roenick Jodoin from here,” said Jodoin. “I did my best every
Cornwall was recently selected to time I stepped on the ice to stand out
join the Barrie Colts as a forward. and be noticed and played my game!
Since being selected, Jodoin has I was the last one to get called in and
been preparing to play for this year, all the staff was there, and the coach
partaking in a significant amount said congratulations welcome to the
of training on and off the ice, and team you deserve it! I was so excited
mentally preparing for the season as but tried to keep calm as I walked out
well. to the car to tell my parents!”

Jodoin has been playing hockey So far, Jodoin says his experience
since he was six years old, but he’s has been great.
been skating since he was four. He “I’m on the ice every day. The
grew up playing for the Seaway Valley development is great, and we have a
Rapids, Upper Canada Cyclones,
good group of guys and staff,” said
and the U18 Colts prior to joining Jodoin. “I look forward to having a
Barrie’s team. Aside from hockey, he
great season and to just getting better
has also played competitive lacrosse, and better!”
winning two provincial titles with the
Cornwall Celtics. Jodoin can’t wait to hit the ice for a
regular season. He says that the most
When Jodoin learned he had made
the team, he was very excited. challenging part in getting to this Photo Submitted

It Is What It Is point has been COVID-19, which drafted to the NHL. That’s the goal,”
said Jodoin. “I have always loved
impacted his last two years of play.
hockey and all I ever wanted to do
“My hopes are to continue to
been great at burying our emotions was play hockey, and I still always
By Peter Collins play for Barrie and to eventually get
and feelings, and not dealing with the want to play.”
demons that haunt us. The ignoring of
how we feel has only led to negative
results including issues with anger,
addiction, depression, and possibly
he fall season is the best time Sports Energy
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the pressure!” That’s an unrealistic Gord Shaver Mike Piquette
Carey Price decided to enter
the NHL/NHLPA’s assistance expectation on many fronts. Money
doesn’t guarantee happiness and
program and other than that piece of we’ve seen many examples of that.
information, the reasons for this are Very few people can effectively
pure conjecture. His entrance into the
handle the slings and arrows of
program caught most fans by surprise constant media criticism without
because Carey has always seemed so
some sort of relief. Well, Price has
infallible. Price has always been as decided to get that relief and that’s
cool as a cucumber, but evidently a good thing. With any luck, he will
that coolness was only skin deep.
deal with his issues, recover fully,
What could the problem be? Price is and lead a healthy life. His situation
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