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Deke & Squeaks Bar and Grill

Presents... Then & Now, Cornwall Colts Edition.

Former Colts Player to New Bar Owner

By Erynn Henry

former Cornwall Colts player is now an
A owner of Cornwall’s newest bar and grill.
With Deke & Squeaks, located at 58 Pitt St.
Derrick Villeneuve is hoping to make a name
for himself like he once did on the ice.
Villeneuve was 17 years old when he tried
out and made the Colts Hockey team and he
played with them until he was 19. He says his
best memories as a Colts player were in his last
year when he played in the Royal Bank Cup
(RBC) tournament in 2008.

“We were all close, we were all good buddies
and we had a great coach Ian MacInnis,”
Villeneuve says of his former teammates
adding that Brett Michaud who played center
on the Colts now works for him at the bar as
one of his bartenders.

Villeneuve and the bar will be sponsoring
a regular feature that will highlight a former
Former Colt Derrick Villeneuve is the owner of Deke and Squeaks. He hopes to make the bar
Colts player each month. He says the reason and grill the kind of place people like to stop in for a good meal and a beverage.
for this is to bring back memories of his days Photo by Erynn Henry.
as a player.

“I want to pick my friends obviously,” says There will be a number of good reasons for
Villeneuve in discussing who might be a good stopping by. Wednesday nights are rib nights,

candidate, “also anyone who represents the Thursday nights are half priced wings, Friday
community in a good way.” nights are a pitcher of beer and large pizza with
Villeneuve hopes to represent the community your choice of three toppings for only $20.
in a positive way himself, through his new There is a DJ on Friday and Saturday nights
business. He says his reasoning for opening and soon to come will be bands at least once a
the bar and grill is because he was looking for month, and don’t forget the patio will be open
a change in careers, having formerly been a for the summer.
milk truck driver.
“I want the food to be what sets us apart from
“I hated driving down the side roads and the other places, and the atmosphere too,” says
icy roads in the winter,” says Villeneuve. “I did Villeneuve. “ I don’t want it to end up being
it for five years,” which he says was more than (just) a party place.”

enough.
While the bar has only been open for about
Villeneuve is hoping that Deke and Squeaks 16 days, it seems to be doing well. It’s a great
will be the kind of place that people will want
place to stop in enjoy a meal and read your
to come in and enjoy a good meal and a good
latest issue of Sports Energy.
beverage.

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