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Cornwall Colts’ Defenseman David Poirier

Focused on Seeing the Team Improve

By Victoria Klassen Poirier.
As a part-time business student at
t sixteen years old, David Poirier Carleton University, Poirier has been
Awas drafted to the Nepean balancing school and hockey for most
Raiders. He played three games with of his life. He said juggling the two
Nepean, one of which was against was tricky, especially in high school.
the Cornwall Colts. “It was tough. But it’s good to teach
“I was originally drafted by time management, especially when I
Nepean, and decided I wanted to play played triple A. Being in high school,
for a local team because I live near our practices would be in Rockland
Cornwall,” said Poirier, who plays or Hawkesbury. I wouldn’t have
defence. “So I asked for a trade to much time so basically whenever
play with Cornwall, so that’s how I I had spare time I’d spend it doing
landed with the Colts and I’ve been homework or studying.”
here ever since.” Poirier has his sights set on playing
This is the 19-year-old’s third college hockey in the United States.
season with the Cornwall Colts. In November, he was the only Colts
Born in Williamstown, Poirier had player selected to play in the Eastern
been to some Colts games growing Canada Cup. He played on the
up and said he’d aspired to one day Central Canada Hockey League’s red
play for them. team in the three-day showcase in
“We’ve become a pretty close team front of scouts.
over the course of the year. We’ve For now, he is focused on moving
all bonded together really well and up in the standings for playoffs with
we’ve started playing better together the Colts. “It’s been a slow start, but
lately. So I think it’s falling into we’ve definitely been picking it up
place that we are all working better lately. We’ve continued to get better
together on and off the ice,” shared as a team and it’s showing.”
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Jackson Peets WINTER TIRES
Hometown: Long Sault NOT JUST FOR SNOW!

School: St. Joseph’s
Grade: 9 “Ask about our

Age: 14 Miller Hughes
Jack, a Bantam curler at the Rewards”
Cornwall Curling Centre, recently
attended the 2017 Roar of the Rings
Olympic Curling Trials on Sunday,
December 3, in Ottawa. He was one
of 72 curlers chosen from across the
Ottawa Valley region. He won a
spot based on a video he submitted
about curling.
Jack’s time at the event included a tour of the TSN broadcast truck and the
make-up room. He also got to interact with Olympic curlers.
“My favourite moment was when I held the broom for one of the team’s “We won’t be undersold...”
practices,” smiled Jack. The team was Ontario’s Team Tippin, which Jack
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women’s rinks in the country by TSN.