Cornwall Ontario – Getting fired as a coach in professional sports is part of the job. This season five coaches have fallen; many with over five years of tenure. Michel Therrien’s days were numbered after rumbles of a quote condemning first year captain Max Pacioretty over the Summer. The momentContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Is Marc Bergevin having fun yet? After last season which many feel was a tanking more than a failure of the squad this season was supposed to be magical with Carey Price back. Price is back, but his play is a boggling hot mess. Flashes ofContinue Reading
Titans drop Nats; spoil party at Civic Complex CORNWALL ONTARIO – With the Grey Cup in the house, the Danbury Titans spoiled the party on Saturday night, edging the Nationals 5-4 in overtime. Danbury’s Taylor Love scored at 1:03 of 3-on-3 overtime to send 1,573 fans home disappointed. MattContinue Reading
Local fan-favourite Cloutier joins Nationals CORNWALL ONTARIO – The Cornwall Nationals of the Federal Hockey League have added some grit and muscle to their blueline. General manager Basem Awwad has come to terms with the rugged Chris Cloutier. “Chris will certainly bring the excitement and grit that we need,”Continue Reading
Grey Cup will be on display at Nationals game CORNWALL ONTARIO – The Cornwall Nationals are thrilled to announce that Dan West of the Canadian Football League’s Ottawa REDBLACKS will be in attendance at a Nationals game in February – with the Grey Cup! West, a 30-year-old defensive backContinue Reading
Mezzagno, Dolgy spark Nationals to home-ice win CORNWALL ONTARIO – The Nationals scored early and often on Thursday night en route to a 9-2 victory over the St. Clair Shores Fighting Saints. Anthony Mezzagno and Jason Dolgy led the Cornwall offence, each with a four-point night. The victory, inContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – I always marvel at the depths that the Bob Peters, Bernadette Clement, Guy Lauzon cliques, and their sillier psychophantic followers, will sink to in proving, that one, they aren’t terribly good at what they do, and two, that whether or not they like it the vast majorityContinue Reading
Nationals have new investor CORNWALL ONTARIO – While the expansion Cornwall Nationals have had a respectful start to their first season, it’s been a critical week for the Federal Hockey League team off the ice. The Nationals are proud to announce that a new local investor, Will Beauvais, hasContinue Reading
CORNWALL ONTARIO – Yours truly is not just a pretty face. I’m also the answer to a Habs trivia question. Name the only Habs employee to ever have something they created nominated for an Oscar. When I left the Habs after Rejean Houle cursed the team by not livingContinue Reading
Exciting weekend ahead for Nationals CORNWALL ONTARIO – The Nationals are back in action tonight in Port Huron before coming back home for a pair of weekend Federal Hockey League contests. On Saturday, Cornwall hosts the St. Clair Shores Fighting Saints at the Civic Complex. A special promotion willContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – I don’t know, but I could’ve sworn running up the score in pro sports was considered pretty skanky, but this season we’ve seen at least two games involving the Habs have scores of 10 goals. Last night Montreal Captain Max Pacioretty padded his stats notched four goalsContinue Reading
Nationals fall to Fighting Saints on home ice CORNWALL ONTARIO – The St. Clair Shores Fighting Saints edged the Nationals 4-3 on Saturday night at the Civic Complex in front of 607 fans. Blake Naida scored the game-winning goal with a gorgeous deke to his backhand on a penaltyContinue Reading
CORNWALL ONTARIO – This has been an interesting season for the Montreal Canadiens. When I wrote in March that the Habs should go hard to land Alex Radulov I had a hunch he was primed to make a major contribution to the team. Combined with Carey Price’s return, andContinue Reading
Four games in four days for Nats CORNWALL ONTARIO – The Nationals have games in hand on most teams early in the Federal Hockey League season. That’s about to change in a hurry. Cornwall, winners of three straight, is set to play four contests in the next four days.Continue Reading
CORNWALL ONTARIO – The post game interviews said it all. Toronto hosted the Vancouver Canucks who dropped their 8th straight loss. The Leafs have a modest 3 game win streak after the scrappy win. Coach Babcock could barely hide his smile as he talked about the chippy affair thatContinue Reading
Nationals split weekend contests CORNWALL ONTARIO – It was a weekend of firsts for the Federal Hockey League’s newest team, the Cornwall Nationals. Cornwall picked up its first road victory on Friday night before falling for the first time on Saturday night on home ice, a 3-2 defeat atContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – The Habs lost to Columbus 10-0 to celebrate coach Michel Therrien’s 53rd birthday. The team takes it’s first loss of the season in the thumping that saw back up goalie Al Montoya absorb all ten goals. Carey Price was staying off for the night as the FlyersContinue Reading
Nationals win OT thriller in home debut CORNWALL ONTARIO – Lou Dickenson scored at 1:14 of overtime to give the Nationals a thrilling 6-5 victory over the Danville Dashers on Sunday afternoon. Cornwall’s inaugural Federal Hockey League home opener was played in front of 971 fans at the CivicContinue Reading