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28          Issue #96  January 2021                                                        www.sportsenergynews.com




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        Mario Doth’s Auto MD, a 5-Star Car Repair Shop


                                              obtained his mechanic licence.  Doth
        By Christine Ouellet
                                              was then hired by Miller Hughes Ford
             eceiving  a  five-star  rating   and he worked there as a mechanic
        Rfrom your customer is a major        for 4 years.  With his entrepreneur
        accomplishment     all    businesses  mindset, he soon decided to open his
        dream of. For Mario Doth, owner of    own shop.
        AutoMD, a five-star rating from his     “I started the business from scratch
        customers means that most of them     fifteen years ago and it was quite a
        are fully satisfied with his auto repair   challenge.  I like  to solve problems,
        service.                              find solutions to complex situations,

          Mario Doth had a childhood dream:     and I want my clients  to be happy
        he wanted to have his own garage. As   with my service.  Owning a business
        a teenager, he developed  a passion   is the perfect fit for me.”
        for engines, and he went on to study    Doth’s business has  grown  since
        mechanics at College de la Cité where   he opened - he now has 4 employees
        he completed his apprenticeship and   who  work  6  bays.  “I  have  the


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            MURPHY’S SPORTS LAW
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           By David Murphy                    the highest level once again.  As
                                              Leafs fans will do, we’ll begin       equipment  required  to  do  all  types  helping his father during the holidays
                                                                                    of auto mechanic work:  diagnostics,
                                              planning the parade route when                                              and on weekends. Doth consistently
                                                                                    breaks, front-end work,  engine and
                                              the team gets out to a 10-0 start.                                          models his passion for mechanics and
                                                                                    transmission  jobs,  exhaust  system.
                                              And of course, we’ll harp on the                                            strong customer service to Jakob and
                                                                                    We can do maintenance work on any
                                              Montreal Canadiens when they          vehicle.”                             his  other  employees,  as  reflected  in
                                              begin the season with 2 wins in         His teenaged son, Jakob is showing  the positive feedback and the pattern
                                              their first 6 games.  That’s what I   a keen interest in mechanics,  of returning  customers  or newly
                                              miss the most, picking on friends     gradually  learning  the trade  by    referred customers seen visit-to-visit.
                                              about their teams and friends
                                              picking on me because of mine.                         PUNCTUATION PANDEMONIUM

                                              Same for the NBA, which kicked
                                              off their shortened season in
             t’s about time to welcome        December.   And we should see
          I2021!!!                            a better, longer MLB season and

          I don’t know anybody that is        get a better sense of where the
          going to miss 2020.                 Blue Jays’ rebuild is at.    With
                                              so much young, exciting talent,
          While we continue to work
          through       a      world-wide     the Blue Jays could make some
                                              playoff waves this year.
          pandemic, at least the sports
          world still provided us with        Locally, the CCHL may not get
          an escape.  Even if it wasn’t       to play a season of any kind.  If
          the  ideal  situation, I’ll take    that’s the case, I say reboot for a
          something over nothing.             good start in September for the
                                              2021-22 season.
          We got to crown Stanley Cup,
          World Series, NBA, MLS              Hopefully, we’ll see the return of
          soccer, and local DIRT Racing       some youth soccer, baseball, and
          champions, as well as a soon-       softball this coming season, along
          to-be-revealed Super Bowl           with somewhat of a return of fans
          winner.  That’s something!          to the Cornwall Motor Speedway.

          It’s good to see the NHL            That pretty much sums up my
          kicking off a shortened 2020-       sports wish list for 2021.
          21 season.  It’ll be good to have   Here’s hoping....
          the enjoyment of watching one                                                 Puzzle by Douglas Taillon
                                              That’s Murphy Law.                                Crossword
          of Canada’s national sports at                                                        on page 12
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