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SERVICE Jamie Herrington

By Terry Tinkess worked out just fine. It started when in net, and he was unbelievable. We His career has taken him to many
with a summer job at Huron Hockey won a ton of games, and in my fi rst different locales, the most recent in
School, which at the time was run by or second year we won something Denver, Colorado as an intern scout
Paul Fixter, now the head coach of like 40 games in a row or something for the International Scouting Service
the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario ridiculous like that.” (ISS), a program that independently
Hockey League (OHL). rates players for the NHL entry draft,
While the winning was great,
“Part of the thing that we did when Herrington also took a great deal of among others. When asked if looking
we worked for Huron was to skate in pleasure out of being a local player. back he has any regrets, he doesn’t
the morning, before camp started,” The Herrington name is synonymous have to consider his reply.
said Herrington, “and quite a few guys with sports in Cornwall, and he took “No, none,” says Herrington.
that were quite a bit older than me his role seriously. “Chased it as long as I could and put
were out there and they kind of took “I was a Herrington and as you know everything into it. It’s not a regret,
me under their wing. Scott Pearson a lot of people knew my grandfather but I got hurt my fi rst year pro and I
was a pro-guy from the area who was and of course my father and all my sometimes look back and refl ect on it
playing in the NHL at the time and uncles. We’ve got a big family, so a and wonder ‘What if…?’ but things
he was there skating every morning,
lot of people started coming out to like that are going to happen.
and we obviously had guys like Chad
n a world where it is often difficult support me and the team when we

Kilger. There were also local guys “I’ve been very, very fortunate in
Ito even get a 20 second sound byte used to play at the Old Si Miller. the game. I was fortunate enough to
from an athlete, a person like Jamie who played the college loop, like
Marty Laroche, and Chris Bernard, “My second two years we moved play junior in my hometown and not
Herrington is a breath of fresh air.
who came over from Potsdam, so over to the Civic Complex and have to go and live away from home
Throughout his career, Herrington played in the Ed Lumley, and that at 14, 15, and 16. I got to enjoy my
was never at a loss for words, and I kind of got my start skating with
those guys. is when things kind of broke out for high school years with the kids that
always saw the opportunity to speak me. I had a good third year with the I grew up with and got to play with
with both fans and the media as more “I was coming off playing for the Colts, I think I had seventy-some a lot of the kids that I grew up with:
of a requirement than a choice. It was Cornwall Royals bantam “A” team points and the following year I was
as much a part of the game as putting at the time, and it was coached by one of the top scorers in the league, Dave McNally, Jean Greggain, Dan
on your skates, and something he Red Dupuis, and I was skating with the league MVP (1997-1998) and Dupuis, Dave McAllister, kids that
says he felt honoured to do. He gives these guys and one of the people we had an outstanding run up to the came up and played with the Colts.
credit for his outlook to his family. working at Huron at the time was Fred Page Cup. I have nothing but “I was fortunate enough to have
Brent Loney (then a Colts assistant hockey get me to one of the top
“That’s just the way things extremely fond memories of getting
were,” says Herrington. “My mom coach.) He asked me to come out to the opportunity to play junior hockey educational institutions in the
the Colts camp. I wasn’t a draft pick, country at Dartmouth, in the states
instilled those qualities in myself at home and to be the “hometown kid”
and my brother, and obviously my I was just an invite, but it was kind of on the squad for all those years.” and hockey was able to propel me
a big deal at the time because there towards that type of education.
grandfather (Sonny Herrington) was
was no Eastern Ontario Wild playing When so many players at all levels After that I was fortunate enough
a community oriented guy. just go through the motions, why
in a “AAA” loop. There was Seaway to have hockey take me around the
“For me, playing junior it was a Valley, and a “AA” loop, but I never did Herrington see “paying back” world, playing a sport that I love
second Herrington playing out of the played in that. Really it was Brent as such a huge responsibility? He as an occupation. The reason that I
Cornwall Civic Complex (his father Loney who gave me a shot.” says that once you realize that it met my wife in Albuquerque, New
Garry played for the Royals in both all means something to people in Mexico was because I was playing

the QMJHL and OHL). I felt like I His first year Herrington was a the community and that they care
fourth line player, splitting his time hockey down there, so hockey led
was representing my family and the and that they want to support it, it me to creating the family that I have
community. I thought that was a big between the Colts and the Jr. “B” changes your perspective. “You feel
CharLan Rebels, coached by Jeff today. I couldn’t be happier with the
deal.” as a player that you’re playing for
Carter. time and effort that I put in as a kid in
Herrington played for the Colts something bigger than just yourself,” Cornwall to grow up to be the hockey

“I didn’t play a lot that first year, but says Herrington, “which for me was
from 1994-1998. He didn’t follow the player that I was and to have all the
usual path, but the path he followed we had great teams (Hugo) Boisvert a tremendous honour to be able to do things I have because of it.
and Eric Meloche, and Yves Leger that in my home town.”
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