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Peewee Celtics are Having a Hot
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Summer

By Rodney Wilson

he defending Provincial “B”
TChamps are having a great 2018
season with an overall record of 21-4-
3. They started the year off with silver
in the Niagara Falls tournament with
an OT loss to the Orillia Kings who
are ranked in the “A” level. Weeks
later the boys put together a gold
Ventura and his wife, Alexis, enjoy medal performance at Cambridge
spending time together travelling
and entertaining friends and Tournament & then gold again at the
family. “Being Italian, it’s all about Gloucester Tournament a few weeks
good food and good company!” after. In the zone playoffs they made
Photo Submitted it to the finals vs Kahnawake, but
Celtics ran out of gas losing 5-4.
off-ice turf workouts. “We are
blessed to have the opportunity Celtics’ Bench Boss, Yvon Besner
pushes the kids to play tough and
to work with players who are just
aggressive defence and a quick
starting out, to those competing at
transition offence. They have so
the USHL, NAHL, NCAA D1-3,
many weapons on offence that can
and professional levels,” explains
put the ball in the net and one player
Ventura of the business’ success. has hit the “50 Goal Milestone”.

Working day-to-day at BTE, Kaiden Pyke hit the mark a few
Ventura often looks back on his weeks ago and Celtics are all so proud
of him! The boys have one week of
days playing Junior A hockey often.
practise before they head to Whitby,
“Playing for the Colts helped me
August 3-5. Celtics team members
improve my game and compete at
are Matteo Dixon, Brayden Besner,
a higher level in preparation for
Keenan Quenneville, Kaiden Pyke,
NCAA hockey. Because of my Xavier Gault, Joshua Jamieson,
junior hockey experiences, I am Dean Fawthrope, Lukas Gault,
able to give advice to my players on Kieran O’Connell, Ross McMaster,
how to train, what to look for in a Max Tessier, Jack Moore, Ryder
team and coaching staff, the levels Starblanket, Mik Lampron, Lukas
of leagues, and what to expect both Rozon, Warren Lalonde, and Miguel
on the ice and off the ice. I can tell Point-Guzman The 50 goal scorer Kaiden Pyke Photo Submitted
them what to look forward to, good
and bad, based off my own junior
career. Living away from home
also helped me mature and prepare
myself for being on my own. It is a
lot different living away from home
and it’s a learning curve for players,
especially the younger ones. I can
give them insight and guidance.”

Post Junior A and NCAA
career, Ventura still finds himself
connected to hockey. “Hockey is
my life. When I am not at BTE,
I coach for a local AAA program,
The Chicago Young Americans. I
will coach the 08’s next fall. They
will compete in the HPHL (High
Performance Hockey League). I

also play winter hockey with friends Top row left: Beth Pullok - trainer; Yvon Besner - head coach; Jamie Fawthrope - coach.
in my hometown of Kenosha. I Middle Row left: Dean Fawthrope - Brayden Besner, Ryder Starblanket - Keenan Quenneville, Max Tessier,
Mik Lampron, Lukas Rozon and Xavier Gault.
take a break from playing in the
Bottom row left: Kaiden Pyke, Josh Jamieson, Ross McMaster, Lukas Gault, Kieran O’Connell, Jack Moore,
summer – I golf instead.” Warren Lalonde Photo Submitted