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        OWHA Provincial Silver Medalist


        Cornwall Bantam B Typhoons




        By Shawn O’Brien                      and moved on to play on Sunday.
                                                On  Sunday’s  semi-finals  the
            he Cornwall Bantam B Typhoons
                                              Typhoons  faced  the Whitby Wolves
        Thave completed their season          winning the game 4-1 and advancing
        at the Ontario  Women’s Hockey        to the Provincial Championship
        Association  Provincial Tournament
                                              gold medal game.   The undefeated
        (OWHA) in Toronto.                    Typhoons faced the undefeated South
          This season there were 58 Bantam
                                              Huron Sabres.  The game was exciting
        B hockey teams in Ontario and all     and intense as both teams battled
        with the same goal of qualifying for   hard to win the provincial banner.      Sports  Energy
        OWHA Provincials.  Only 24 teams
                                              After the 1st period the game was 0-0
        can qualify and, in order to qualify,   but a couple of penalties against the           Greater Cornwall & Areas Community Sports Newspaper
        each team must compete against
                                              Typhoons in the 2nd period resulted in
        other teams in their Region in a      a 2-0 deficit.  Regrouping for the 3rd
        playdown series.  For the Typhoons,   period the Typhoons came out strong      Sports  Energy
        their region is along the 401 highway
                                              and scored a goal making it a 2-1.  The   Front  Row:  Sara  O’Brien, Avery  Brown, Al  Vachon,  head  coach  and
        from the Quebec border to Napanee.     Typhoons battled hard, pulling their   Emma Jamieson.
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        The opponents for the Typhoons were                                         Second Row: Madison Besner, Mikaela Coleman, Maevin Wylie-Arbic,
                                              goalie to try and tie up the game but
        the Napanee Crunch.  The playdown     in the end the Sabres netted an empty   Samantha Graveley and Chloeanne Seguin.
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        series was a best 2 out of 3 games    goal  to  make it 3-1  and  captured   Third  Row:  Leanne  Jamieson,  trainer,  Hughie  Coleman,  assistant
        which the Typhoons won 6-0 and 4-0;                                         coach,  Karah  White,  Shawn  O’Brien,  manager,  Miller  King, Anabelle
                                              the Provincial Championship Gold      Ferland,  Katherine  Thomson,  Savahna  Vachon,  Quinn  Mulhearn,
        qualifying the team to participate in   Banner.                             Brenna Cameron and Todd Cameron assistant coach. Photo Submitted
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        the OWHA Provincial tournament.
                                                The Cornwall Bantam B Typhoons
          The  Typhoons competed in the       are  the  OWHA  Provincial  Silver
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        OWHA Provincial tournament on         medalist.  Just qualifying for the
        April 7 - 9, 2017 in Toronto.  Their                                          Sports  Energy
                                              tournament is a great accomplishment
        first  opponents  on  Friday  were  the   on its own and this team finished 2nd
        Barrie Sharks and the game ended                                                        Greater Cornwall & Areas Community Sports Newspaper
                                              in the Province of Ontario.
        in a 1-1 tie.  The second opponents     The  Typhoons  had  a  very           Is a Publication of:
        on Friday were the  Wallaceburg       successful 2016-2017 season.   The      Editorial: Mike Piquette, mike@sportsenergynews.com
        Lakers and the  Typhoons won 3-2.                                              Sports  Energy
                                              team competed in 62 games with          Editor: Margo Jankowski
        On Saturday the  Typhoon faced off    a record of 42 win, 12 loses, 8 ties,   Graphic Design: Lynn Dillabough, dillydesigns@eastlink.ca
        against the Stoney Creek Sabres                                                         Greater Cornwall & Areas Community Sports Newspaper
                                              and an impressive 146 GF/54 GA          Business Development/Advertising: Mike Piquette,
        and emerged victorious with a 4-1     record.  The Typhoons attended five
        win,  placing  the  Typhoons  first  in   tournaments and won gold in four of   mike@sportsenergynews.com or 613-662-3654
        their  Pool.    Only  the  top  four  first-                                  Lionel Lauzon, advertising consultant  613-360-1197  llauzon22@
                                              these tournaments.  The team had a
        place teams would receive a “bye”     very successful regular season and      cogeco.ca
        and the Typhoons placed fifth out of                                          Sports Energy is a monthly publication covering the Greater
                                              playoff run in ODWHA league play.
        the first-placed teams and needed to   The Typhoons ended up tied for first   Cornwall Area. Our goal is to offer a quality, informative and
        compete in a qualifying game in order   place in the playoffs and qualified to   enjoyable newspaper and website to our readership, focusing
        to move on to the quarter finals.  The                                        on the accomplishments of the many gifted athletes and sports
                                              play for the ODWHA Championship
        Typhoons faced off against  Toronto   on April 2nd.  The game would be tied   organizations in our area. The opinions and statements of our
        Leaside Wildcats and won the game
                                              1-1  after regulation  play,  resulting   writers and columnists are not necessarily the opinion of Sports
        5-1,  advancing  to  the  quarter  finals.     in overtime and no winner, a shoot   Energy.
        This quarter final game on Saturday   out would be needed to determine
        would be the Typhoons third game of                                           Sports Energy is always on the lookout for positive sports stories.
                                              a winner and the Typhoons lost this     If you have a story you feel is worthwhile sharing, please email to
        the day and the opposition would be   game 2-1.
        a league rival, the Nepean Wildcats.                                          info@sportsenergynews.com. All suggestions will be considered
                                                The coaching staff would like to
        This game was intense as both teams   congratulate these young ladies on a    but not necessarily printed.
        wanted to move on to the semi-finals   great season.                          Visit us on the web at: www.sportsenergynews.com
        but the Typhoons won the game 2-1
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