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        Champion Season for CharLan Rebels




        By Victoria Klassen                   in  their  regular  season.    Their
                                              playoff  season  saw  six  wins,
             he CharLan Rebels  Atom  one loss, and one tie.
        TRep  B  team  finished  the
        season as champions by winning          These young athletes certainly
        the Tournament of Champions in        had a reason to celebrate, taking
        Ottawa.  Throughout the season        home  the  title  of  the  Upper
                                              Canada Minor Hockey League’s
        they  came  away  as  champions
                                              Atom  Rep  B  Eastern  Division
        at  three  different  tournaments
        in New York and the Frontenac         Champions,  Atom  Rep  B
        Flyers Atom Rep B Invitational        League  Champions,  and Atom
        Tournament.                           Rep B Play-off Champions.

           “Hockey  games  can’t  be            “Even  though  most  teams
        won  with  skill  alone.   All  the  improved        throughout       the
        kids  always  came  to  the  rink  season,  we  were  always  able

        prepared  to  work  hard  and  to  remain  one  step  ahead  of
        play  hard,”  said  Eddy  Lopez,  all the other teams,” explained
        assistant coach.  “If one day we  Lopez.    “Keeping  our  ‘foot
                                                                                    Back row from left to right: Martin Bombardier (trainer); Brent Lauzon
        had  a  bad  game  the  following  on  the  gas  pedal’  and  playing
                                                                                    (head coach); Eddy Lopez (assistant coach); Bruce Tessier (assistant
        game  the  kids  worked  even         with  desire,  intensity,  and  out   coach); Jessica Mailhot (manager)
        harder  to  overcome  mistakes        working the other top teams in        Third row: (players/standing) from left to right: Drew Anderson (forward
        and  win  the  next  game.    The     the  league.    They  now  know       #18), Lucas Mailhot (forward #14), Cole Mader (defence #15), Ryan
        kids  developed  a  winning  and      what it takes to be a champion.       McCready  (forward #19), Hayden Mader (forward #7), Colby Lauzon
        positive attitude.”                                                         (forward #9),  Fraser McDonell  (defence #20), Tristan Bombardier
                                              This  will  be  a  season  that  the   (defence #11)
           The team had a record of 21  kids will remember for the rest             Second Row: (players/kneeling) Max Tessier  (defence #6), Eliott
                                                                                    Chisholm (forward #13), Kayden Lopez (forward #10)
        wins,  two  losses,  and  one  tie  of their lives.”
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                                                     Trevor Leclair                          It’s Time



                                                   Age: 41
                                                                                           To Switch your tires!
                                                   Hometown: Cornwall
                                                   My favourite sports

                                                   memory is the year

                                                   my friend Shawn                    Schedule service to switch your tires today


                                                   Little and I went to                     We will

                                                   watch the Quebec                          not be

                                                   Nordiques practice                     undersold

                                                                                            on tires
          in Cornwall.  I got to see Joe Sakic, (Mats)

          Sundin, and Owen Nolan up close.  I was in                                                                 711 Pitt Street,

          awe.  Patrick Roy hoisting the cup in 1993                                                                     CORNWALL

          was a pretty cool moment, too.                                                                        613-932-2584
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