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                        Issue #87  February 2020
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        Ottawa Senators Help Celebrate Black History Month




         By Mark Kelly


            o commemorate the 125th anniversary of the
        Tinaugural  season of  the  Coloured  Hockey
        League  of the Maritimes  (CHLM), the Ottawa
        Senators hosted a commemorative hockey game at
        Canadian Tire Centre on Monday, February 3, 2020
        in  partnership  with  the  NHL  and  Black  History
        Ottawa featuring teams named after the opponents
        in the first game of the CHLM, the Halifax Eurekas
        and the Dartmouth Jubilees.






















                                                           Participating in the ceremonial puck drop were (L-R), Sean Foyn (Black History Ottawa), Robert
                                                           Downey (CHLM descendant), Hockey Hall of Famer Willie O’Ree (first player to break the colour
                                                           barrier in the NHL), Hazel Lucas (CHLM descendant), Senators forward Anthony Duclair, George
                                                           Fosty (CHLM Historian and author).  Taking the faceoff were 13 year old Marcus Doobay (Grey
        Referee: Ron McLean Hockey Night In Canada.        jersey) representing the Dartmouth Jubilees and Rev. Anthony Bailey (Gold jersey) representing
                                        Photo Mark Kelly   the Halifax Eurekas.                                                              Photo Mark Kelly

                                                                                     Continued from page 45               vehicles for both work and play! A
                                                                                                                          day on the water, a winter trip into
                                                                                    I watched and learned for two
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                                                                                    years  and  literally did my OMVIC
                                                                                                                          and off the farm to make your day
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                                                                                    after my eighteenth birthday. I’ve
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                                                                                    downs of the car business and never  invite his family, friends, current
                                                                                    looked  back! If it  had  not  been  customers, and anyone looking
                                                                                    for my current employers Mark &       for an enjoyable pastime or an

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                               since/depuis 1994
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