Nationals complete first trade; sign two more CORNWALL ONTARIO – The Nationals have made their first Federal Hockey League transaction and acquired forward MJ Graham. In 49 games with the Brewster Bulldogs last season, the 23-year-old from Montreal had 11 goals and 43 assists for 54 points. The 5-foot-10,Continue Reading
FHL Formally Approves Expansion to Cornwall, Ontario for 2016-17 Season Syracuse, NY – The Federal Hockey League (FHL) has formally approved an expansion FHL Member Club to Cornwall, Ontario, Canada that will begin play during the 2016-17 season. The new Cornwall expansion membership will play its home games at theContinue Reading
On the heels of his failed attempt to save the Cornwall River Kings of the LNAH, Rodney Rivette has teamed up with Mitch Gagne to try and get a Federal Hockey League expansion team up and running in time for the current season. The Federal Hockey league nearly came toContinue Reading
Lalonde signs three more CORNWALL — The River Kings have signed their first overall pick from last month’s LNAH draft, in addition to two tough customers that local fans will love. General manager Rick Lalonde has come to terms with 24-year-old centre Michael Beaudry, who played in the Southern ProfessionalContinue Reading
Alas Montreal fans have been rending their garments since the loss of the much beloved PK Subban. For a 2nd round draft pick PK did well. He won a Norris, excelled when it counted, the play offs, and entertained the fans. Sadly, Montreal being Montreal, language politics impact allContinue Reading
One of the most successful local businesses is on fire. The Ontario Hockey Academy has been a blaze since approximately 7 PM tonight with thick black smoke emanating from the site. The school is home to aspiring students from all over the World that actually live in the schoolContinue Reading
Desjardins, Kings will be ready for 2016-17 CORNWALL — The River Kings will have a familiar face behind the bench when the puck drops on the 2016-17 LNAH season. Veteran bench boss Bob Desjardins will return in the fall as the team’s head coach. “I’m really looking forward to startingContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Local hockey fans showed the River Kings some love on Sunday afternoon at the Civic Complex with a season-high crowd of 1,321. But the Laval Predateurs spoiled the party, snapping Cornwall’s four-game winning streak on Valentine’s Day with a 4-2 victory. It was the River Kings firstContinue Reading
Our City Councillor and columnist for the Seaway News, Claude McIntosh is advocating some honour to be bestowed in memory of the late Bob Turner. In his excellent article in the Seaway News of January 9th. Mr. McIntosh has credited Bob with bringing minor sports to Cornwall. Bob TurnerContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – The River Kings continue to bolster their roster and have acquired rugged forward/defenceman Maxime Vachon from St-Georges. Cornwall also receives a 1st round draft pick in exchange for the injured Sasha Pokulok and a 5th round pick at next June’s draft. “We are thrilled to add VachonContinue Reading
CFN – It seems we’re seeing more and more cases of blood clots in athletes and in particular hockey players. Penguins d man Chris Letang had a stroke before the age of 30. Clots finished the career of goalie Tomas Vokoun, and this year Pascal Dupuis and Kimmo Timonen both hadContinue Reading
THEFT OF HOCKEY EQUIPMENT (North Glengarry) – On January 26, 2015 Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry (SD&G) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) began an investigation into a reported theft of hockey equipment. Investigation indicated that on January 25, 2015 between 10:00am and 12:00pm, goaltender equipment was taken from the Glengarry Sports PalaceContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – In what has been a not so magical mystery tour the City of Cornwall has relented and agreed to allow the Vincent family ice rink to at least finish off the season, even though part of the ice surface is on City property (as is the family’sContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Brian Vincent is feeling discouraged. The family was happy when a new group came together to help rebuild their family rink. A meeting was requested by the group for Thursday morning with Bill De Wit, the city manager who attended the initial break down of the boardsContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – While City Hall may not have supported the ice rink on Monaco Crescent in Cornwall, the people of the community and frankly, all across Canada clearly do. So much so that a group has been formed to rebuild the Vincent’s rink. Members will be meeting Thursday atContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Some very ugly people got their way and used City Hall as a bully tool to destroy a family rink. Last night the Vincent family and some friends were essentially forced to take the boards down from their rink. As you can see in theContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Sometimes in life you make a mistake. Sometimes you can even be right and make a mistake. I don’t think too many are disputing the by laws of the City of Cornwall; but an awful lot of folks will be disputing the interpretation and application of thoseContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The Mayor’s may have changed, but the bizarre attitudes in Cornwall Ontario haven’t as new mayor Leslie O’Shaughnessy attended the ice rink this morning, before the CTV cameras showed up and decreed that the boards have to come down. He confirmed this via phone with CFNContinue Reading