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St. Pierre Scores in Bunches at World Broomball

Championships

By Todd Anderson year-old St. Pierre who works in explain the game to you and teach
the carpentry industry. “I wouldn’t you the rules. There are leagues
homas St. Pierre’s scoring
have been able to do it without my here where you can start real
Texploits were a big reason
two wingers though. We played young and become introduced to
Team Canada/Mislead made it
really well together. We just kept the sport.”
to the quarter-finals at the World
setting each other up.”
Broomball Championships, One of St. Pierre’s fondest
November 1 to 5 in Regina, Their success led to a spot in the memories is winning the Junior
Saskatchewan. quarter-finals where Team Canada/ National Championship in
Mislead fell to the eventual bronze- Quebec in 2012 with the Sting.
The Finch resident had 20 points
medal-winning Trojans by a 3-2 He attended four junior national
to put him in a tie for second
score. Team Canada/Mislead was championships. The world
at the event, just three points
a perfect 7-0 in round-robin play championship this past November
behind the leading scorer from
beating the Furnaceguys Kings was also awe-inspiring.
the Manitoba Bison. St. Pierre’s
10-0; Italy 4-0; Regina Weezilz
teammate Veronique Cayer led “The world championship was
1-0; Hokkaido Black Swans 1-0;
the tournament with 12 assists and my first one I have gone to but
Australia Green-Dingoes 5-0;
also had five goals. Maxville’s now I plan on going to many
Nova Scotia Nor’ Easters 5-1, and
Pierre Lacombe had eleven goals more,” he says. “It was a great
Alberta Rage 4-0.
and 15 points for Team Canada/ time; well organized, and a big

Mislead. Lacombe was one of St. St. Pierre has been playing Finch’s Thomas St. Pierre was facility with six ice surfaces. I am
Pierre’s line mates in Regina, as broomball since the age of four. tied for second in scoring, with looking forward to going to the
20 points at the 2016 Mixed
was Lindsay Sinclair. He currently plays four nights a World Broomball Championships next one in 2018 (in Minneapolis,
week. Sundays with Lacombe’s in Regina, Saskatchewan in Minnesota).”
“It feels good to do so well November. Photo Submitted
in the North Glengarry Men’s
offensively,” said the twenty-two- Last April St. Pierre and his
Mislead teammates captured
Broomball League in Maxville; the
Hill’s Hooligan’s on Thursdays in the Senior Co-Ed National
Championship in Owen Sound.
Kemptville; the Helicopters in the
Finch Co-Ed Broomball League, St. Pierre was named a tournament
all-star at forward at that event,
and JR Freight in Russell.
as was Lacombe. St. Pierre
“I started young,” St. Pierre was named the overall MVP of
says. “My parents were the one the tournament while Lacombe
he annual Cornwall Multisport Club Frozen who influenced me to start playing received the same recognition for
TSole 5 Mile Race Series will consist of seven but as I got older my love for the the gold-medal game.
races over seven months starting September 25, game started to grow. Now I play
2016 and finishing March 19, 2017. The race in four leagues. It makes me a This season the pair looks
course will start and finish at Holy Trinity High better player. I enjoy broomball forward to their men’s team

School. as much as I do because every joining the Elite Men’s Broomball
To view the course, use this link: where I play, I play with a group ranks.
www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6095211 of friends.” “It will be a lot better broomball,
so I look forward to learning
Eastern Ontario has seen its
The event will be self-timed, and the cost is free. some new things at this level of
This is a no frills event, so bring what you need to fair share of success stories in the broomball and bettering myself,”
sport. St. Pierre is proud his home
finish the race. All races will start at 9:00 am says St. Pierre. “(The world
region has a reputation of icing
Race dates: competitive squads. championship) was probably the
December 18, 2016 February 19, 2017 “This area produces so many biggest tournament I have been to,

January 22, 2017 March 19, 2017 successful teams. I think it is but the highest level I have played
is probably with an elite team or
because there are so many leagues with my men’s team.”
that you can choose from and
Along with broomball, St. Pierre
they are all great leagues. You
also plays baseball and soccer, as
can learn how to play the game
For further information well as the odd pickup hockey
cornwallmultisportclub.com because teammates are great to game.