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Presents... The Games Are Over,

The Memories Live On

Joe Deneault, Broomball

By Terry Tinkess ever met were the Montrealers.
When they came down here to
“Back in the day,” as people
play, believe me, they knew how
who weren’t born at the time like to play. It was a rough game, but
to say, there was more than one
we played them.”
game being played in area arenas
and on the outdoor rinks. Hockey, As he talks, you can sense the
of course was king, but broomball, memories flooding back, but is it

there was a game that anyone could possible that there is one memory
play and enjoy, and many did. One better than all the rest? There were,
of them was Joe Deneault. he says, two championships while
with Paquette Glass, but there is
Joe Deneault is one of many who
one memory that tops even that.
look back fondly of chasing that
frozen orange ball across the ice. “ “I had a breakaway once,” says
I started playing broomball for the Deneault. “I forget what team I
cotton mill when I worked there was playing, but you know the
in 1958,” says Deneault. “ There football player, Racine (Moe
were about six teams there when Racine)? He and Bernie (Racine)
we first started. Mr. Seguin started were defensemen on the other

it, and I fell into it from there. I team, and I went through between
played there for approximately them and they picked me up and
three years.” held me up in the air and everyone
started laughing. My feet were
After leaving the cotton mill going, and I’m not a big man and
team, Deneault began playing in
they were big, so my feet were off
the Central Broomball League. the ground.
It was a city league, and while
Deneault can’t remember the other “They got a penalty, and I got a
teams in the league, he’s sure of penalty shot, but I didn’t score.”
which one he played for: “I played
for the Racine team and I played It might have been exercise,
defense.” and it certainly had a sense of
competition to it, but it was more
After the Central League, than that. “It was fun playing,”
Deneault moved on to coach in the says Deneault. “We had good
JOC Broomball league, and one players and we made out pretty
season won the coach of the year how much the game meant to him. from there we played outside near good.”
award. He wasn’t done playing “I can’t remember all the years,” the back of Mr. Racine’s store.
though; he found time to play on says Deneault, “but I loved every That’s where our rink was. When Deneault has heard the rumours
an old-timer’s team and from there minute of it, believe me!” I was at the cotton mill though, we that some local people are trying
a travelling team as well. Sometimes games were indoors, played outside at the college. to bring back broomball and
he says he really hopes they are
sometimes outside on one of the “From there we played at Bernie’s
The years kind of run together successful. “I’ll be going to see
sometimes, as they will for all many outdoor rinks that always place (Bernie Racine). We played that for sure,” he says. “It will go
of us, but there is no doubt in seemed to be well used. “When pickup teams, and old-timers and good. It was good before and it
Deneault’s mind when he says I started there was the old arena travelling teams to Buckingham can be good again.”
on Water St.,” says Deneault, “and and all over. The best teams we

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