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OWHA Provincial Silver Medalist
Cornwall Bantam B Typhoons
By Shawn O’Brien
he Cornwall Bantam B Typhoons
Thave completed their season
at the Ontario Women’s Hockey
Association Provincial Tournament
(OWHA) in Toronto.
This season there were 58 Bantam
B hockey teams in Ontario and all
with the same goal of qualifying for
OWHA Provincials. Only 24 teams
can qualify and, in order to qualify,
each team must compete against
other teams in their Region in a
playdown series. For the Typhoons,
their region is along the 401 highway
from the Quebec border to Napanee.
The opponents for the Typhoons were
the Napanee Crunch. The playdown
series was a best 2 out of 3 games
which the Typhoons won 6-0 and 4-0;
qualifying the team to participate in
the OWHA Provincial tournament.
The Typhoons competed in the
OWHA Provincial tournament on
April 7 - 9, 2017 in Toronto. Their
first opponents on Friday were the
Barrie Sharks and the game ended
in a 1-1 tie. The second opponents
on Friday were the Wallaceburg
Lakers and the Typhoons won 3-2.
On Saturday the Typhoon faced off
against the Stoney Creek Sabres
and emerged victorious with a 4-1
win, placing the Typhoons first in
their Pool. Only the top four first-
place teams would receive a “bye”
and the Typhoons placed fifth out of
the first-placed teams and needed to
compete in a qualifying game in order
to move on to the quarter finals. The
Typhoons faced off against Toronto
Leaside Wildcats and won the game
5-1, advancing to the quarter finals.
This quarter final game on Saturday
would be the Typhoons third game of
the day and the opposition would be
a league rival, the Nepean Wildcats.
This game was intense as both teams
wanted to move on to the semi-finals
but the Typhoons won the game 2-1
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and moved on to play on Sunday.
On Sunday’s semi-finals the
Typhoons faced the Whitby Wolves
winning the game 4-1 and advancing
to the Provincial Championship
gold medal game. The undefeated
Typhoons faced the undefeated South
Huron Sabres. The game was exciting
and intense as both teams battled
hard to win the provincial banner. Sports Energy
After the 1st period the game was 0-0
but a couple of penalties against the Greater Cornwall & Areas Community Sports Newspaper
Typhoons in the 2nd period resulted in
a 2-0 deficit. Regrouping for the 3rd
period the Typhoons came out strong Sports Energy
and scored a goal making it a 2-1. The Front Row: Sara O’Brien, Avery Brown, Al Vachon, head coach and
Typhoons battled hard, pulling their Emma Jamieson.
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Second Row: Madison Besner, Mikaela Coleman, Maevin Wylie-Arbic,
goalie to try and tie up the game but
in the end the Sabres netted an empty Samantha Graveley and Chloeanne Seguin.
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goal to make it 3-1 and captured Third Row: Leanne Jamieson, trainer, Hughie Coleman, assistant
coach, Karah White, Shawn O’Brien, manager, Miller King, Anabelle
the Provincial Championship Gold Ferland, Katherine Thomson, Savahna Vachon, Quinn Mulhearn,
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The Cornwall Bantam B Typhoons
are the OWHA Provincial Silver
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medalist. Just qualifying for the
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tournament is a great accomplishment
on its own and this team finished 2nd
Greater Cornwall & Areas Community Sports Newspaper
in the Province of Ontario.
The Typhoons had a very Is a Publication of:
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team competed in 62 games with Editor: Margo Jankowski
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playoff run in ODWHA league play.
The Typhoons ended up tied for first Cornwall Area. Our goal is to offer a quality, informative and
place in the playoffs and qualified to enjoyable newspaper and website to our readership, focusing
on the accomplishments of the many gifted athletes and sports
play for the ODWHA Championship
on April 2nd. The game would be tied organizations in our area. The opinions and statements of our
1-1 after regulation play, resulting writers and columnists are not necessarily the opinion of Sports
in overtime and no winner, a shoot Energy.
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game 2-1.
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