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Stories And More About The People In Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry with Area Senior : Ron “Satch” Quenneville
were played on the outdoor rinks. If
it snowed, it was up to the players to
shovel the snow off before the game
started,” explained Ron.
Following OCOT hockey, Ron began
By Jim Riddell playing for the Junior A Colts in the
Cornwall City Jr. B league. There were
on Quenneville, like many who six other teams in the league and all
Rgrew up in Cornwall during the games were played out of the Water
1930s,40s, and 50s, began his athletic Street Arena. It was during this time that
career in Cornwall’s Our Citizens of Ron picked up the nickname “Satch”.
Tomorrow Program. Born in Cornwall “A group of us would go to the Roxy
in 1937, Ron grew up on First Theatre (now the Port) to watch the
Street, between Baldwin Avenue and Bowery Boys. There was a character
McConnell Avenue. While receiving named Satch that my friends thought
his primary education at Nativity had some similarities to me, so I got the
School on Chevrier Avenue, Ron began nickname and it stuck. I have friends
playing hockey in the OCOT program. that still call me Satch today.”
“I started playing when I was ten years While attending St Lawrence HS,
old. There was only the Water Street Ron played halfback for the Saints
Arena in those days, so all of our games
football team which at that time

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Harvey Prevost, Jack Entwistle, Bob the OHA. “We had a strong team in St
Piteau, and Herbie Hewitson. Ron was Catherine’s. I was on a line with Bobby
a member of a Saints team which won Hull and Johnny Mackenzie. Stan
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In 1956, Ron was picked up by the
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