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Former Cornwall Colt Signs with the University

of Ottawa

By Victoria Klassen was the right fit—it seemed like they
really cared.”
onnor MacCormick was a well- MacCormick will be starting at the
Kknown face on the Cornwall
University of Ottawa in September
Colts, playing with the team for four 2020 and he will be studying
years. It is now his last season of criminology.
junior hockey and he was traded to
the Brockville Braves where he has “The biggest thing for me is that
been having a strong start to the year. I’ve been out of school for quite a
while, so I’m looking forward to
“Right now, I’m having my
personal best start to a season,” said getting back in the routine of doing
MacCormick. “It helps being an schoolwork and playing hockey and
having some fun at university,” said
older guy. You start to pick up the
little things that as a 16 or 17-year- 20-year-old MacCormick.
old you don’t necessarily do. I think “Next year my goal is to crack
that’s a big part of the success I’m the lineup. It would be awesome to
having this year.” be a top three line guy. That doesn’t

To top it off, this fall he signed always necessarily happen as a new
with the University of Ottawa to play guy coming in, but that’s my goal.”
hockey next year. Hockey has taught MacCormick

“It’s a great academic school and many life skills over the years. He Photo Credit Icelevel
talked about how these life lessons
it’s close to home. Instantly when I
talked to the coaches, I knew it was will translate to help him in a from hockey. Everything is easier help going forward with school.
university setting and beyond.
the right place,” shared MacCormick, when you’re doing it as a team,” Being out of school for so long, I’m
who is from Ingleside. “They took a “Being a team member is a huge MacCormick expressed. “You can likely going to rely on my teammates
lot of time out of their day to answer life skill that I’ve taken away work off their strengths and your
my questions. That’s why I knew it strengths as well. I feel like that will to help me get back into it too.”
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