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return to the league final.
Minor Atom Rapids Clinch HEO up of 2009-born players from the
The Minor Atom Rapids are made

Regular Season Title Akwesasne, Char-Lan, Cornwall,
North Glen-Stor and South Stormont
minor hockey associations.
By Staff Writer scoring Rapids had five players finish continue to excel with outstanding The team staff is led by Head Coach
in the Top 10 among league point sportsmanship. Seaway Valley tied Matt Verdone and includes Miguel
he Seaway Valley Minor Atom getters – Delisle, Timothy Walker, for the fewest penalty minutes in Delisle, Rodney Wilson, Richard
TRapids have made local hockey Adam Mailhot, Carter Verdone, and league play this season with only 84 Mailhot, Jack Burelle, Joe Harty, and
history. The Rapids clinched the Zachary Wilson. (the league average was 158 penalty Monique Walker. The Rapids would
Hockey Eastern Ontario (HEO) Sparkplug Emmett MacMillan and minutes). like to thank HTR Construction for
Minor Hockey League regular season power forward Evan Robertson also The team also had success their support this season.
title – the first Seaway Valley team to contributed up front for a Rapids in tournament play this season,
earn a regular season championship team that scored 190 regular season compiling a 17-4-1 record. The
in its 30-year history. goals – 53 more than the next closest Rapids earned gold medals at the

The Rapids finished first overall in team. Greater Kingston AAA Taylor Hall
the 13-team league with an impressive Just as significant, the Rapids took Cup Classic in January, and the
24-4-2 record. Seaway Valley a vast step forward defensively this Green Mountain Avalanche Elite
completed the regular season with an season, led by defencemen Ryland AAA tournament in Jay Peak, VT, in
incredible 13-game win streak. After Burelle, Kaleb Fogarty, Samuel October. The Rapids kicked off the
a 4-3-1 start to the regular season, the Harty, Karter MacMillan, and Jack season by settling for the consolation
Rapids went on a 20-1-1 run to finish McConnell. The team allowed 27 crown at the Pat Larock Memorial
first by only two points. fewer goals in 2018-19. Tournament in Peterborough in
September.
In perhaps its biggest regular Seaway Valley saw its goals
season game of the season on Feb. 2, against average drop to 2.63 this Now, the focus shifts to the playoffs
Seaway Valley defeated the Nepean season thanks to solid goaltending for a Rapids team that will look to Maxime Delisle Photo Submitted
Raiders 3-1 at the Ed Lumley Arena from Jayce Cook-Delormier and
in Cornwall. Nepean placed second Alexandre D’Aoust.
with a 23-5-2 record.
Arguably the fastest skating
Rapids forward Maxime Delisle and hardest back-checking team
lead the league in goals (80), assists in the league, the Rapids also
(37) and points (117). The high-

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ASK THE COACH

Sahana Karunagaran

Age: 15 Samuel Harty, Zachary Wilson, Ryland Burelle, Carter Verdone, Karter
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Grade: 10 MacMillan, Kaleb Fogarty, Adam Mailhot, Timothy Walker, Emmett
School: SJCSS MacMillan
BACK: Alexandre D’Aoust, Jack McConnell, Evan Robertson, Jayce
Hometown: Cornwall
Cook-Delormier, Maxime Delisle Photo Submitted
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player Sahana Karunagaran. What is the hardest
part of coaching the junior girls’ volleyball team? Sports Energy
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