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Cornwall Girls 37th Hockey Tournament Brings

Thousands to Town

By Christine Ouellet You could tell that the girls really
wanted to play.”
he 37th Girls House League The 56 teams came from across
Ttournament was a huge Ontario, mostly eastern Ontario,
success with 56 teams and over 363 Kingston, Brockville, and Gatineau,
players being registered. It took but mostly from the Ottawa area.
place November 12–14th at the Allen explained, “The U-9

Benson Center and at the Complex. four Typhoon divisions played a
The tournament sold out. Minister jamboree on half-ice. It is a smaller
of Sports and Heritage, Lisa division because we must play with
MacLeod was present as a parent half ice until January 15th. In each
and was very satisfied with the strict division, they played 4 games. We
COVID compliance measures put tried to select teams that they would Photo Submitted
in place by the City to ensure a safe not normally play against but this
tournament. year nobody has played the game
This tournament was the first and so everybody is just happy to be
to be held since COVID and for on the ice.” When you fill up a weekend with 55 are as follows:
some, the first game. Bill Allen, VP At the house level there are good teams, it is good for the city. U11: Russel Coyotes 6 vs Glengarry
Competitive said, “Everybody is on players, and it says a lot about the He adds, “What is endearing 3
the same level. We are not holding kids who plays all the way in house about these house tournaments is U13: Kingston Icewolves 4 vs
any international competitive leagues. The house league is more a that it really is a lot of fun for the Glengarry 0
tournaments this year because some true love of the game.” kids. People volunteer for children U15: Brockville Angels 4 vs Kanata
players come from outside of the This event brought a much-needed and the love of the game, and they Samojlenko 0
province, and we have no access to booster for the city - hotels and give back to society.” U18: Gananoque Royals 1 vs
the US, so we skipped it this year. restaurants were full everywhere. The championship game results Gloucester 0

Over The Boards Price (whose return is imminent) the league’s best lines.
and captain Shea Weber (who is
The bottom line is that
most likely out for the year). The Montreal’s core must step up
By Brad Robertson am going to focus on the state of team needs more out of veteran and be better. They simply aren’t
the Montreal Canadiens. forwards Josh Anderson and scoring enough and are giving up
After a surprise appearance in Brendan Gallagher. Defensively, too many goals. Key contributors
last season’s Stanley Cup final, they are leaky (most goals allowed from last season’s team remain -
the team’s wheels have seemingly in the league), and their special forwards Brendan Gallagher, Josh
fallen off. Ownership has removed teams rank 28th (power play) and Anderson, Nick Suzuki, Tyler
long-time GM Marc Bergevin and 29th (penalty kill). Toffoli and Joel Armia. Jonathan
assistant GM Trevor Timmins. The Canadiens have been snake- Drouin is back after missing most
Another executive, Scott Mellanby bitten on the injury front. Key of last season and center Christian
has also left the club. These moves players have been in and out of the Dvorak was a solid addition. A
were followed by ownership’s lineup. Good teams overcome this, healthy Mike Hoffman should
hiring of former Rangers GM but it isn’t easy. The loss of key also provide a spark offensively.
Jeff Gorton as Executive Vice contributor Philip Danault cannot The answers need to come from
President of Hockey Operations be underestimated. He played a within. The Atlantic Division is
and the search for a new GM is big role in last year’s Stanley Cup arguably the league’s best and to
underway. run and his presence in the LA make the playoffs, the Habs will
As far as the roster goes, it’s Kings lineup has certainly boosted need to go on a significant run to
simply underachieving. A large the play of Anze Kopitar. Kopitar even get into that conversation. If
ontreal - All is Not Well leadership hole is present due to can focus more on his offense now not, then it’s going to be a long
M In this month’s feature, I the absence of goaltender Carey that Danault can match up against and painful season for Habs fans.