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30 April 2018 Issue #65 www.sportsenergynews.com

A Night to Remember as Colt’s Honour Dave Ezard

Ezard, moments before she and
By Casey Leger
her husband Carl stepped onto
his 8th of March was a special the red carpet on Complex ice for
Tday for Cornwall’s Margaret a ceremonial puck drop ahead of
and Carl Ezard. That was the night the Colts’ tilt against the Nepean
that the Colts raised a banner at Raiders. The home team went on
the Civic Complex to honour their to blank the visitors 4-0.
son and local hockey legend, Dave The Ezards are life-long Cornwall
Ezard. residents, and they are proud of the

This was the second time the fact. “Cornwall is a hockey town,”
Colts have memorialized Dave said Mrs. Ezard, who never missed
Ezard: a first banner was raised at a game that her son played with the
the Si Miller during the ’95-’96 Royals. She travelled extensively
season, but according to sources it to support her son and his team
went missing when the Colts made mates, who were also his friends.
the move to their current stomping “We love him. He’ll never be
grounds at the Complex. Dave forgotten,” said Mrs. Ezard of her
Ezard, for those who aren’t old son. She also has some advice for
enough to remember, played for the parents: “You want to tell your kids
Cornwall Royals, was the MVP in you love them, because you never
the 1980 Memorial Cup tournament, know…”
and was the first defenceman in
the QMJHL to score 40 goals in a Both Ezards strongly believe
season. He was just 36 years old in the importance of local hockey
when he passed away in 1995. to Cornwall. “People say there’s L to R (Back) Mike Conway, Gilles Crapeau, Carl Ezard, Marg
nothing to do here,” said Mrs. Ezard, Kristin Ezard, Mary Baril, Brian Fontaine
“We are really happy to be here,” Ezard. “They could come and Front: Raider’s Captain Corey Tam and Colts’ Captain J.D. Pogue
said Dave’s mother, Margaret support local hockey.” Photo Credit Icelevel

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