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those that are making a difference in was always lots of coffee and donuts Chad Kilger, and Jesse Winchester.
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the game, where they are from, their available and we had some great Chad Kilger was a 15-year-old with
Eagles in the Metropolitan League stats, and anything else we could use. conversations and a lot of fun in that
the Colts, and we watched him get
that won the Quebec Provincial Jr These were our “cheat sheets,” but as room. Asked about highlights from
better game after game - then he was
Championship. In his fifth and final time went on and we became familiar his years calling the Royals and the
with the Kingston Frontenacs the
season of Jr hockey Wayne had a short with the players, we used them less Colts, Wayne mentioned several. “We
following two years, and then into the
stint with Trois Rivière of the QMJHL and less. In the playoffs when the were fortunate enough one year to host
NHL with Anaheim at age nineteen.”
before returning to Mount Royal. ”I Royals were playing the same team the All Star game between the OHL
All good things eventually come

had never done play-by-play before, several games in a row, we didn’t and the QMJHL. Eric Lindros was in to an end, after five years of calling
but it was something that interested need them at all.” his final year of Jr, Jason Cirone was the Colts games, Wayne decided that
me, so after thinking it over for about When the Royals were sold and playing center with the Royals at the
it was time to hang up his play-by-
one day, I accepted. I now needed a left Cornwall for Newmarket, (now time, but they put him on left wing
play mic. His broadcasting career
colour commentator, so I recruited the Sarnia Sting), CJSS picked up on Lindros’s line and the two of them
continued as Morning Show Host for
Gilles Gibeau. We played together in the Colts games. ”Don Derry owned really played well together. When
Cornwall Variety104, for ten years.
the Seaway Slo-pitch league. Gilles the team, Mike Piquette had a big calling a game with Eric Lindros
Following that, Wayne was Morning
knew and loved hockey and was a big role to play as the GM, and they had playing, you really get an appreciation
Show Host for Mix 96.1 in Massena,
Royals fan, and the next thing you some great years in the beginning. as to just how good he was. Fred
NY. Over the years he was also heard
know, Gilles and I are covering the They won two Championships right Plestch did the play-by-play for that
on 101.5 The Fox in Massena, Super
games.” It took a bit of innovation and out of the gate. I think they only lost game, and I was the intermission
Hits PAC 98.7 in Ogdensburg, NY and
adaptation to cover a live sport, with six games in their second year, what host. Former Montrealer and Buffalo
102.7 The Lake in Kingston, before
Wayne saying, “I didn’t know every a great team to watch. Players like Sabres defenseman, Larry Carriere,
player on every team in the beginning, Chad Kilger, Eric Meloche, Jesse was one of my interviews. He was a retiring completely from broadcasting
in 2017.
so I took an 8x11 sheet of paper, drew Winchester, and Alain Quenneville, scout with Buffalo at the time. It was
little boxes on them and filled in with they were the key players. We all always a real pleasure to watch the His busy Real Estate career, which
the players name, number, and a few gathered in the media room prior to Owen Nolan’s and John Slaney’s from started in 2014, continues to thrive
bits of info on each. You need to talk the game, the broadcasters, media, the Royals days, and it was the same with Century 21 Shield Reality in
more about each team’s stars and PA announcer, and the scouts. There later with the Colts, it was Meloche, Cornwall.