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Prowlers Senior Championship a Long

Time Coming

By Staff Writer and the 1958-59 Cornwall Chevies playdowns in 1942 to Ottawa.
played in a five-team league. The Army team was followed by CSHOF Class of 2020
t’s a long time coming in more Some might say that the scores the Cookies, Calumets (named after Public Notice
Iways than one. Congratulations to in this league were pretty one sided a brand of baking powder), Pontiacs,
With obvious regret, the Cornwall
Mitch Gagne and his Eastern Ontario some nights. Falcons, Chevies, Petros, and Colts Sports Hall of Fame committee
Senior Hockey Champions, the But did you know that senior throughout the fifties before the has decided to cancel the
Prowlers! hockey in the “olden days” had many Junior B Royals began to steal the
induction banquet for the Class of
So, you didn’t catch a game this lopsided nights too? senior hockey thunder. There was an 2020 slated for August 8th, 2020.
year? Have never heard of the I once read where one of our senior attempt at a few seasons in the 80’s It is the prudent thing to do in
Prowlers? squads of the late forties/fifties were when the Flyers name resurfaced, a light of the pandemic.
Well, you missed an exciting blown out 13-1 and came home to win team that gave the ex-Royals another Many factors go into the banquet
season. A season in which the 6-5 the next night and that happened shot at competitive games. But not and it would not be fare to hang
Cornwall entry into the four-team several times over the years. since then did we have a bona-fide on and wait for a target date
inaugural season of the EOSHL won Senior hockey has a truly rich team of men play for the love of the that may never come, in time to
it all. Now, Gagne won’t take all the history in Canada. The Allan Cup game as we did with the 2019-2020 properly go ahead with our big
credit. He started out as manager, has been presented since 1909. In Prowlers. night.
league official, and ended up as coach. the early thirties, the Cornwall Flyers If you are wondering, the Prowlers The meeting of the induction
But Mitch has been through all that charged onto the local senior hockey were not eligible to play for the Allan committee scheduled to take place
before: the Comets, the Riverkings, scene. They would have a very good Cup. Much more has to happen before in mid March was postponed, thus
and on it went. Seeing this year’s run, halted only by WWII. But prior that possibility, but let’s hope the ground no selections have been made.
effort lead to a championship would to the war, the Flyers went to the work is in place and the pioneers that As such, the committee has
have to have been pretty satisfying. Allan Cup, the only team from the were the EOSHL took that tiny step. decided to try for next summer
and all induction applications will
Some might say it’s not such a factory town to ever do so. During the Congrats Prowlers - good luck in your
remain on file. We will simply
big deal. After-all was a four-team war, some of those Flyers and many defence of the title next year.
refer to next years event as the
league. of Canada’s soldiers were stationed Action in the Cornwall Flyers end
class of 2021.
Did you know that the 1952-53 here and formed the Cornwall Army during the 1938 Allan Cup final in
Stay safe everyone.
Colts played in a four-team league, team. They lost in the Allan Cup Calgary.