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HEO Volunteer of the Year Award Presented to

Mark Desnoyers

By Victoria Klassen Valley Minor Hockey Association.
He first began coaching with them
ark Desnoyers accompanied
in 1988. His other roles include
Mone of his sons to the Ottawa
Chairperson for District II and
Senators game against the L.A. Minor Bantam AA Convener in the
Kings. Little did he know that he
Ontario East Minor Hockey League
was being brought to the game to be
AA-A.
presented with the Hockey Eastern
Ontario (HEO) Volunteer of the “I’ve always been involved in
Year award. hockey. I started way back in 1976.
When I was around nineteen, I
“First I was lured to the game by
started coaching minor hockey in
one of my sons, who said he’d won
some free tickets,” remembered Cornwall, and I just enjoyed it so
much I continued on coaching. Then
Desnoyers. “We got there and we
I got involved with the executive part
were in a suite by the Senator’s
of it, and stayed with it,” explained
box, in the 400 section. We start
watching the game, and the next Desnoyers.
thing I know someone is grabbing He humbly said that receiving the
my arm and saying ‘come with me, Volunteer of the Year award was
you’re the volunteer of the year for unexpected, but that it is a great
HEO.’ And we went down to ice honour.
level, and they presented me with
“I just love the game. I’ve played
a game jersey with my name and
the game all my life pretty much.
number on it.”
My three sons play the game. It’s
For the past four years Desnoyers great to be around. I love hockey.
has been president of the Seaway True Canadian.”
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Avery Brown and WINTER TIRES

Brianna MacCormick
Hometown: Long Sault NOT JUST FOR SNOW!
School: St. Joseph’s “Ask about our
Grade: 9 - Age: 14
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Memory is a shared memory. It’s Rewards”
shared by Avery Brown and Brianna
MacCormick.
These young ladies have been playing
school sports together “…since about

grade 5,” figures Avery. The girls attended Our Lady of Good Counsel in
Long Sault before moving on to St. Joe’s, where their latest tandem endeavour
has been midget basketball.
Their favourite sports memory is about rugby. The girls played as rookies for
the St. Joe’s Lady Panthers rugby club, and debuted in the U14 bracket at the
prestigious Whitu Rugby 7s tournament in Ottawa in late September where
they played against sides from all over eastern and central Ontario. “We won’t be undersold...”
“I scored my first try ever,” said Avery.

“And I scored right after,” said Brianna. “It was awesome.”
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about the future of the Lady Panthers rugby program generally.