2006-2007 Hall of Champions

Hall of Champions 2006-2007

Share your victory. If your team has won a tournament, championship or done something noteworthy, send an email to: cmhawebmaster@cumberlandminorhockey.ca to have it posted. Try to include photos and a story.

** Due to Ottawa District Minor Hockey Association rules, we cannot accept photos taken in dressing rooms.

15-APR-2007: Bantam B4 " Eastsiderz" Win GHA Championship

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While the team had a roller coaster start to its season, solid team work and
a strong work ethic propelled the Cumberland B4 Eastsiderz (Bantam) to the
championship game in group 2 of the Bantam B house league.

With seven wins and eight dramatic ties to its season, the Eastsiderz locked
down the regular season with a first place berth in Bantam B's second pool.
A 2-0-1 record in an all-Cumberland round robin ensured that the 'Siderz
would hold on to the division's top ranking and advance to the semi-finals.

The team's regular season record against Gloucester Centre Cougars B2, its
semi-final rival, was a high scoring 4-4 affair. Although the coaching staff
and the team entered the game with confidence, a tangible undercurrent of
tension permeated the cold air of the Ray Friel Arena. Gloucester drew first
blood with the sole goal of the first period. Ultimately, a cool resolve and
solid self-discipline paid off for Cumberland who closed off the night with
a resounding 7-3 victory.

April 15th found the team in the Championship game at the Earl Armstrong
Arena facing second seeded Leitrim Hawks B2. A finals match-up between these
2 adversaries seemed pre-ordained. In the only previous match between them,
Leitrim dealt Cumberland its final loss of the season (4-3), in game whose
middle frame was dominated by Leitrim. Unphased by the mounting pressure,
the first goal of the game came with only 31 seconds remaining in the first
period from an unexpected source - defenceman Ryan (11) chalking up his
first goal of the season with a spectacular shot from the high right circle.

This was followed by 2nd & 3rd period goals from big Kyle (4) as well as a
perfectly aimed shot from Mathieu (7) resulting in a definitive 4-0 victory
for the Eastsiderz. Well disciplined and unrelenting play from all resulted
in goalie Mathieu (1) claiming his third shut-out of the season.

Time for a well deserved summer break!

Featured left to right in the photo above are:
(front) Shawn(13), Patrick (3), Kyle (9), Ryan (11), Mathieu (1), Jacob (6)
and Mathieu (7)
(middle) Coach Don, Sam (14), Stephane (8), Alex (10), Max (15), Tim (5),
big Kyle (4) and Olivier (2)
(back) Coach Marc, Mitchell (12) and Coach Bill

18-MAR-2007: Atom A1 "Jr. Grads" Win 2nd Tournament of the Season

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The Cumberland Jr. Grads Atom A1 squad won their second championship game of the year at the South End Spring Tournament over the March Break. The Cumberland boys won their first game 3-0; lost their second to the Leitrim Hawks by a score of 2-0 and then earned a spot in the finals with a "must win" 2-0 victory against a very determined Cumberland squad.

In the finals they exacted revenge on the Leitrim squad with a well deserved 3-1 victory. The team is now ready for the playoffs having won the regular season crown with a record of 17-1-2. Overall the team is a very impressive 31-4-3 this season with sixteen shutouts.

The Atom Junior Grads are made up of:

Goalies: Liam, Noah

Front Row: Malcolm, Andre, Alex, Nicholas, Tyler, Jeremy, Zach

Second Row (players): Calum, Stephen, Eric, Aaron, Greg,

CJ Coaches: Andrew Jeacle, Steve Barban, Serge Lemay, Steve Landon, Phil Juneau (trainer)

Missing from the picture: Goalie coach (Fred Jones), Manager (Sue Evans), and many other very supportive parents!!

18-MAR-2007: Bantam B9 "Black Knights" Win Southend Tournament

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The Cumberland Black Knights won the Southend Minor Hockey Tournament held
March over the March break. The Bantam B team went through the round robin
with 2 wins and 1 lose to get them into the quarter finals in 5th place out
of 6 teams. In the Qaurters we upset the 4th place Southend Blizzard 5-1.

Dennis had a terrific game scoring 4 goals and getting 1 assist.  In
the semi-finals we went up against the # 1 seeded team, the Southend
Mission.  The Black Knights came out with a 3- 2 win in a very close game.
Dennis had 1 goal and Nicholas opened the scoring and got the
winner with 7 minutes left in regulation time. Landon played a steady
game in net.  In the finals  the Black knights met the second seeded team,
the Stittsville Rhinestone Cowboys.  Dennis opened the scoring with an
assist from Jamie,  4 minutes into the first period. With 2 minutes
left in the second period Jamie scored the insurance goal with an
assist from Dennis. The game was plagued with a lot of penalties from
both sides. The Black Knights prevailed and gave their goalie a shoutout in
the 2-0 win.

Congratulations to the players: Nicholas, Jesse, Nicholas, Ted, Kyle, Jamie, Ryan, Sebastien, RD, Nicholas, Dennis, Philp , Martin , Wesley , Landon

The Coaching Staff of: Head Coach Al Wackid
                                 Ass. Coach Justin Larabie
                                 Ass. Coach Shane Howe
                                 Trainer John Mcgrath
                                 Manager Michael Prinn
Missing from the tournament was Chris and Assistant Coach Derek Langdon.

18-MAR-2007: Novice A3 "Knights" Win Southend Tournament

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The Cumberland Knights claimed their third tournament title of the season this weekend at the Jim Durrell Arena. Going undefeated in 5 games winning three during the round robin against the Casselman Predators, the Nepean Raiders and a team from Potsdam NY . Due to a tie breaker formula the Knights had to play a semi- final match against the Casselman Predators for a chance to play the tournament host South End Bulldogs. After a decisive 6-2 victory in the semis the Knights faced off against the Bulldogs for all the Hardware.

In front of a noisy hometown crowd the Knights exemplified their WORK HARD, HAVE FUN, NEVER GIVE UP motto by claiming a 4-2 victory. With stellar goaltending by Alexis and offence generated by Ethan, Karl and Joel the Knights went on to claim the championship trophy and banner.

Congratulations from your Coaches Chico and Gilles and from all your dedicated fans.

Knights players - Alexis, Samuel, Karl, Joel, Jake, Brandon, Nicholas B, Nicholas M, Mitchel, Quinn, Jacob, Ethan, Benjamin, Brendon and Alexandre.

18-MAR-2007: Peewee B3 "Knights" Win St.Laurent Tournament

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Congratulations to coach Luc Jerome and the Cumberland Peewee B3 "Knights" on winning the St.Laurent March Break Tournament on March 18, 2007. After five exciting days of tournament action, the Knights beat the St.Laurent Ice Dogs in the final game, 3-2, to bring home the gold. Keep up the hard work boys, go Knights go.

Front Row: Nic

Second Row: Christian, Charles, Nic, Andrew, Ayden, Simon

Third Row: Matt, Matt, Danny, Birinder, Alex, Steven, Ryan

Back Row: Sylvain Plourde, Rodd Foley, Luc Jerome, Jean Landreville, Luisa Guyan, Joey Duhaime, Gary Puppa, Robert Perron

Absent from photo - Jacob.

18-Mar-2007:Cumberland Midget A4 "Blackhawks" Win South End Tournament

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Congratulations to coach Joe Schwartz and the Cumberland Blackhawks win Midget A Championship Final at South End March Break Tournament!

The Cumberland Blackhawks, coached by Joe Schwartz, came up with a hard fought 4-3 win in the Finals over the Orleans Wolves on Sunday, March 18th to win the "Midget A Champion" title at the South End March Break Tournament. Down early by a goal, the Blackhawks battled back to take the lead late in the 1st period and never relinquished it the rest of the game.

An engraved medallion will be added to the South End "Midget A" tournament trophy which is permanently housed at the Jim Durrell Complex indicating that the Cumberland Blackhawks proudly represented the CMHA and won the tournament in 2007!

17-MAR-2007: Atom B2 Chargers "Go Pink" On The Ice

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The weekend of March 16-18 marks the NHL's 2 nd Annual Tribute to Hockey Moms. Many NHL players are "going pink" with pink sticks or pink tape in order to pay tribute to hockey moms, and raise awareness of the fight against breast cancer.

To do their part, the Atom B2 Cumberland Chargers put pink tape on their sticks for their game on March 17.

11-MAR-2007: Atom A4 "Predators" Finalists in Bell Sensplex West End Tournament

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Congratulations to coach Mark Rozon and the Cumberland Predators Atom A4 team on their second place win at the Bell Sensplex West End Tournament last weekend.

The Predators started the tournament off strong with a win against the Nepean Thunder Hawks 7-0 then came back from a two goal deficit to win against the Kanata Flames 8-6 during their second game. They lost their third game to the West End Bulldogs by a score of 3-0. They moved on to the semi finals where they defeated the Blackburn Stingers 2-0 in an impressive win. They confronted the West End Bulldogs again in the finals where they were defeated 3-0 in a hard fought battle.

Well done on a great tournament Predators!!!!

Front row: Zachary, Niklas

Second row: Calvin, Tyler, Zachary, Andrew S., Andrew R., Marco

Third row: Alexandre, Jonathan, Quinn, Nicholas, Samuel, Brayden, Chris

Top row: Kevin Rougeau (asst.coach), Luc Landry (asst.coach), Mark Rozon (coach), Andre Cloutier (trainer), Luc Dutrisac (asst.coach).

19-FEB-2007: Atom A3 "Snipers" Finalists at Empire State Tournament in Rochester

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Congratulations to the Cumberland Snipers, Atom A3 team, who came in second at the Empire State tournament Series in Rochester on the weekend of 17-19 February 2007 in the Squirt "B" Division. They each received a finalist medal and brought home the "runner-up" banner.

They lost their first game to the Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles (5-2), but came back strong in the next games with three fantastic shut-outs: 3-0 vs. Perington Blades; 4-0 vs. Bethlehem Blasts; and 3-0 vs. Delaware Jr. Blue
Hens. Most of these teams were competitive or select teams. The Snipers met their nemesis in the finals and, like the first game, conceded defeat at 5-2. The Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles were very tough opponents.

It was an impressive team effort and very exciting for the parents to watch. It was a weekend to remember.

Keep up the good work, Snipers!!

21-JAN-2007: Atom B2 "Chargers" Wins Russell Tournament

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Congratulations to the Cumberland Chargers (Atom B) for winning the Russell Atom tournament on the weekend of Jan 20 & 21. The Chargers defeated Russell 6 - 0 to win the A side championship game.

Go Chargers!

Coaches: Paul Thomson, Jean Richer, André Coté, Paul Clarke, Dennis Prouse

Manager: Paul Dubé

Team : Martin, Brett, Aaron, Timothy, Matthew, Tyler, Thomas, Joshua, Alex, Morgan, Nathaniel, Brandon, Maxwell, David, Kurt, Connor, Mathieu

14-JAN-2007: Peewee A1 "Wildcats" Take Silver at Blackburn Tournament

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We are very proud to announce that the Cumberland Wildcats (Peewee A1)
won the silver medal in the Blackburn Peewee A Tournament on the weekend
of January 13-14.

The Wildcats played 3 regular games during the tournament (winning two
& tying one), they also won the semi-finals game against Leitrim Hawks,
bringing them to play against Blackburn Stingers in the final game. They
were tied 2-2 after regulation time, then after five minutes of overtime
still at a 2-2 tie. They finally lost out to them during the shoot-out!

A great effort was displayed by the team and they played hard to the
very end!

Front Row: Nick , Cory, Cody
Second Row:  Alex , Sam , Philip , Jesse , Riley , Marc-Andre
Third Row:  Alex , Jean-Eric , Daniel , Ryan , Daniel , J-P
Back Row:  Jean-Sylvain Lapensee (Trainer), Ed Belanger (Coach), Marc Jolicoeur (Co-coach) & Harold McKay (Asst Coach)
Missing:  Sharon Rocheleau (Manager)

Congratulations Wildcats!!!!!

09-JAN-2007: Novice A1 "Demons" Win West Carleton Tournament

The coaching staff and parents were proud to watch the Novice A1 Demons crowned as the West Carleton hockey tournament champions.

David, Zakary, Matthew, Michael, Roman, Cole, Matty, Parker, Tristan, Bennett, Ryan, Joshua, Luc, Jordan and Sydney worked hard in wins over Russell, Kanata and Carleton Place.

Way to go DEMONS!!!!

09-JAN-2007: Novice A2 "Screaming Eagles" Win Pool 'B' at West Carleton

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The Cumberland Screaming Eagles(Novice A2) win gold in "B" pool of West Carleton Tournament.

The Eagles won the final game to claim victory 7-2 against the home West Carleton Team!! Way to go Eagles.

Also in late December the Eagles won the bronze at the Kanata tournament. Very impressive as there were 24 teams of fierce competition! Great team work was displayed as usual.

Congrats on a job well done to:

Coaches-John Riches, Robert Haché and Marc Landry. Manager-Wendy Riches. Trainer-Johanne Haché Team-Brady, Ricky, JD, Brayden, Josh, Corben, Marc, Evan, Sean, Max, Drew, Ben V, Ben L, Kyle and Maxime.

04-JAN-2007: Novice A3 "Knights" Win Ottawa 67's Tournament

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After 6 games in three days the Cumberland Novice A3 Knights claimed top spot at the annual Ottawa 67's Experience. This event saw 12 local Novice A teams battle each other for Gold in a very competitive tournament.

The Knights were 2-1 after the preliminary rounds following decisive victories against the Nepean Screaming Eagles and the Rockland Nats and a defeat at the hands of the Stittsville Stealheads. The quarterfinals saw the Knights pitted against the Stittsville Snipers and after a defensive battle the Knights claimed victory 2-0.

The semifinals had the Knights square off against the Carleton Place Kings and after the offence kicked in the Knights won 5-1. The other semifinal saw two rival Stittsville team face off with the Cyclones edging the Steelheads for a chance to play for the Gold.

In the tournament final, led on the offence by Joel Hunt who scored 5 goals with Samuel Gaudet and Karl Diotte each adding a marker the Cumberland Knights won a see saw battle 7-5. Two highly explosive teams each traded off goals in the second until the final buzzer sounded and the Knights were crowned Champions.

From all the coaches and players a heartfelt thanks to the Ottawa 67's organization for a truly wonderful experience and a very special thanks to Stephanie Ward for an excellent tournament.

Coaches: Chico Diotte, Gilles Sansterre, Michel Gaudet and Pat Clow
Trainers: Mike Mattinen, Glenn Farris
Team: Alexis , Karl , Samuel, Joel, Jacob, Brandon, Nicholas, Mitchel, Quinn, Jake, Benjamin, Ethan, Alexandre, Brendan and Nicolas

02-JAN-2007: Peewee A4 "Arctic Wolves" Finalists in the Bell Capital Cup Tournament

Cumberland Peewee A-4, "Arctic Wolves" went to the finals of the Bell Capital Cup, defeating the Westend Wolverines, Akwesasne, Kanata Krusaders (tie), Metcalfe Jets 1, Torino, Italy, and the Cumberland Titans. The Arctic Wolves were finally defeated by the Iqaluit Blizzard in a hard-fought game in double-overtime, while two men short. Well done on a great run for the Championship.

Congratulations to:

Coaches: Gerry Savage, Jacques Sévigny, Chris Chenier and trainer Marc St. Pierre

Team: Ryan, Steven, Erik, Cody, Nicholas, Yannick, Zachary, Mathieu, Stéphane, Eric, Tom, Zach, Eric and Tyler

02-JAN-2007: Novice A4 "Lightning" Win Gold at Carleton Place Tournament

What a way to start the New Year, the Cumberland Lightning Novice "A4" team win Gold at the Carleton Place tournament. With solid goal tending and great offensive and defensive play, the boys were undefeated in all of their games. The boys won the final against the home town team in a score of 6-1, what a great victory. Way to go Boys!!!!

Congratulations to:

Coaches : Kim Miner, Jeff Baker, Mike Carter, Manny Saydeh, and trainer Corbin Shaw.

Team : Jonathan , Matthew , Alexandre , Alexandre , Aaron , Eric , Ben , Nicholas , Ryan , Cole , Brandon , Dustin , Miguel ,

Missing in Picture : Mitchell , Tyler . Even though they were not able to attend they sent along their best wishes to the boys for a great job.

Missing in Picture Managers: Becky Carter and Vicki Lapointe

Keep up the great work!

27-DEC-2006: Cumberland Bantam A4 win Cumberland Tournament

Congratulations to coach Jim Paquette and the Bantam A4 team on winning their division at the Cumberland Christmas Tournament.

12-DEC-2006: Atom A1 "Cumberland Junior Grads" Win Tournament in Watertown NY.

In very impressive fashion, the Cumberland Junior Grads Atom A Minor Hockey Team walked away with the 2006 North Country Cup this past weekend in Watertown, New York.

The Jr. Grads opened the tourney with dominating wins of 13-0 and 16-0 against local Watertown teams, and then completed the round robin portion of the tournament with a 3-0 win over a team from Camillus, NY. It was this same Camillus team who the Jr. Grads met in the finals, where the Cumberland squad was victorious with a 'complete' 4-0 win.

It was a feat that the kids will remember for a long time with the team scoring 36 goals in the tournament while not allowing any against them. Undefeated and in first place in the GHA this year, members of the squad as they appear in the picture back to front and left to right are:

Steve Barban (coach), Sue Evans (manager), Phil Juneau (trainer), Andrew Jeacle (assistant coach), Steve Landon (assistant coach), Serge Lemay (assistant coach),

Greg , Christopher , Stephen , Calum , Zach , Eric , Aaron , Malcolm , Jeremy , Tyler , Nicholas , Andre , Alex and goalies Liam and Noah.

Way to go Junior Grads!

10-DEC-2006: Novice A3 "Knights" Capture Gold in Napanee

After 3 days of close matches and very exciting end to end hockey the Cumberland Knights were the only undefeated team and they took top spot on 10 Dec 06, at the Napanee Stars Combo Hockey Tournament.

On Friday with the help of some stellar goaltending and a solid defence the Knights were victorious 2-0 over East Williambury. After a night of fun at the hotel pool the Knights faced the hometown favourites and managed a convincing 5-3 win.

The next morning there last round robin game they had to play many of their friends of the Cumberland Screaming Eagles who proved to be outstanding opponents and the Knights won their hardest battle of the tournament 5-3.

As Trenton and the Knights were both undefeated they advanced to the finals where the Knights overcame a 2 goal deficit and won the game 4-3 with a mere 2 seconds left in Regulation Play.

Well done to all the players for an outstanding weekend of hockey.

Congratulations to:

Coaches: Chico Diotte, Gilles Sansterre, Michel Gaudet, Pat Clow
Trainers: Mike Mattinen, Glenn Farris

and the team:Alexis, Karl, Samuel, Joel, Jacob, Brandon, Nicolas , Nicholas, Mitchel, Quinn, Jake, Benjamin, Ethan, Alexandre and Brendan

WORK HARD, HAVE FUN AND NEVER GIVE UP.

09-DEC-2006: Cumberland "Stars" 5yrs old IP team Help Out Ottawa Food Bank

The CMHA is fortunate to have an eager group of 5 year olds playing their first year of hockey in the Initiation Program. These youngsters on the Cumberland Stars IP team have patiently been going through the drills, practicing skating, handling the puck, handling their sticks and generally getting accustomed to the equipment.

On Saturday December 9, the Cumberland Stars took to the ice in an authentic game of 5 on 5, rotating positions and goal-keeping with the trusty help of their on-ice coaches. Head Coach Luciano Cavaliere felt they really enjoyed the scrimmage, pitting team black against team white with rotating shifts with a running clock.

The winner of the game? Why the Ottawa Food Bank, of course. The group of 5 year old Stars joined their team and their families for a Christmas celebration at a local community centre following the "real game". In lieu of gifts for each other, it was agreed unanimously by the group to spend $10 each on food for the Ottawa food bank.

One of the team managers, Julie Pecoskie, delivered the collection of non-perishable items, that is 5 boxloads, and helped fill the OC Transpo bus dedicated for this purpose. It was a great contribution made by a great bunch of youngsters and their families. Now that's teamwork.

1-DEC-2006: Bantam A5 Raises Over $1500 for Jodi Graham Benefit

We are very proud of our Cumberland Bantam A5 team that conducted a bottle drive and raised over $1500 for the Jodi Graham Benefit.

Jodi Graham, age 25, was severely injured in a car accident.

The team had a lot of fun during the bottledrive and 8 of the player represented the Cumberland Bantam team at the Jodi Graham Benefit night at the Barbara Ann Scott arena. They presented an envelope containing $1525 to the treasurer of the benefit. In total, approximately $45,000 was raised to help this young lady and her family with the expenses that they will incur helping her to regain her health and independence.

Hat's off the the players and coach Brian Crosby.

Click HERE for the Ottawa Citizen article.

Photograph by : Chris Mikula, The Ottawa Citizen

26-NOV-2006: Prime Minister of Canada Takes Over Cumberland Atom A4 "Predators"

Prime Minister Stephen Harper takes leave of absence from Parliament to coach the Cumberland Predators Atom A4 team. Even with the use of an elaborate gameplan strategy that he derived in caucus, the P.M. still could not manage to lead the Predators to a victory in an exhibition game on November 26 th that saw the team suffer defeat at the hands of Mr. Harper's own son's team. Now that's what I call hockey politics."

16-NOV-2006: Peewee B5 "Spitfires" Win Pool B at Vankleek Hill Tournament

Sunday November 12, 2006. The team has to get up at 6:00 AM for a 45 minute ride to Vankleek Hill for our first game at 8:00 AM. The Cumberland Peewee B5 'Spitfires' shook off the early morning cob webs and the smell of the good old country side (cows) to emerge as the Pee Wee House Tournament 'B' Champs late in the afternoon.

During the championship game, the boys battled back from a 1 goal first period deficit for an exciting 4 to 2 victory against the West End Mooses. Congrats Spitfires and keep up the hard work.

Your champs:(from Bottom row, left to right) Alex , Alex , Ryan , Jacob , Mat , Adam , Josh, Alex , Adam, Mat, Mat, Alex, Camille, Brandon, Evan.

Coaches: Brian Sanford, Claude Saumure, Peter Sloan, Trainer: Mike Jacobs

Missing in the picture: Coach Steph Lapierre, Manager: Vanessa Tveitane and all our great fans (parents and grand-parents).