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Roenick Jodoin:

From Cornwall Colts to Barrie Colts

By Victoria Klassen for the U18 Colts. My teammates
were all great guys and it’s too
oenick Jodoin’s first bad the playoffs were cut short -
Rexperience with skating we were looking forward to it,”
was with rollerblades when he said 15-year-old Jodoin about the
was just two years old. When he 2019-2020 season.
started playing hockey a couple
years later at the Gerry Brown “My favorite experience with
Hockey School, he fell in love the Colts would have to be being
selected to the Hockey Eastern
with the sport. Jodoin’s passion
for hockey was no surprise, Ontario All-Star team and getting
to showcase my game with all
though - his father and three
uncles played hockey growing of the other teams’ best players
up, one of his grandfathers played playing together on one team.”
goalie for many years, and his Jodoin found out recently that
other grandfather managed and he was selected by the Barrie
organized hockey leagues. Colts in the most recent OHL

Jodoin played novice hockey in draft.
Cornwall, then he played with the “My family and I were all at
Seaway Valley Rapids AA from home watching the draft on tv
atom to minor peewee, the Upper and it was a great feeling seeing
Canada Cyclones AAA for major my name come up on the screen
peewee, returning back to the and we were all just so excited!”
Rapids association for his bantam expressed Jodoin, who plays Photo Submitted
years, and then he played with the centre.
U18 Cornwall Colts. the team what he has to offer as organization and continuing to
Jodoin says he cannot wait to a player. He is looking forward play hockey at a high level.
“I enjoyed my season playing get on the ice in Barrie, to show
to being part of the Barrie Colts
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