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Continued from page 1 practices as hard as he plays.
their team at this event,” said Vachon, a 15-year-old from
Robertson. “Playing in the All Star Cornwall, leads all U16 Rapids
Game is a great experience for all skaters with a +1 rating through
involved as well as an honour.” fifteen games. He is a rock-solid
Wilson, a 15-year-old from defenceman, who plays a physical
Cornwall, leads the Rapids with 9 game and specializes in controlling
goals and 15 points through fifteen the gap. Vachon, 5-foot-8, 149 lbs.,
games. He is a 5-foot-7, 135 lb. is a fifth-year veteran with Seaway.
center, who is responsible at both He is a former team captain and an
ends of the ice and dynamite in the outstanding leader on and off the
faceoff circle. Wilson, an eight-year ice.
veteran and leader with Seaway, Wilson, Benton, and Vachon, all
was red-hot going into the All Star 2009-born players, suited up for the
Game with seven goals in his last home team at the All Star Game,
nine contests. losing 4-2. The game was held at
the North Grenville Community
Benton, a 15-year-old from Long
Centre in Kemptville.
Sault, tallied 14 points in fourteen Photo Submitted
games with the Rapids heading into “The boys showed well and
the All Star Game. He is a 5-foot- created a wonderful minor hockey Super Bowl for the past couple of
11, 137 lb. left winger, who is memory for themselves,” said It Is What It Is decades. Included in this oddity
relentless on the forecheck and has Robertson. of oddities is that the Packers
an excellent work ethic. Benton, The U16 Rapids were 4-10-1 in By Peter Collins are wholly owned by the fans.
playing in his fifth season with the league play at the halfway point of They are ticket holders as well as
Rapids, is a fierce competitor who the season.
shareholders of this remarkable
franchise. Maybe that’s why
they have sold out their home
Dictionaries describe the word
anomaly as “something that games since 1959. Packer
deviates from the norm.” Based tickets are usually part of estate
planning and are passed on from
on that definition, professional
football in the city of Green generation to generation. Many
season ticket holders, upon the
Bay, Wisconsin, may be one
of the biggest anomalies of all birth of a child, put their child’s
time. Green Bay, Wisconsin, name on a waiting list for seasons
tickets. All this success from the
has a population of a little
more than a hundred thousand one-hundred and fiftieth largest
metropolitan area in the United
people, hardly your typical NFL
playground. That would be the States. Buffalo, New York, is the
Canadian equivalent of Thunder next smallest metro area to have
an NFL franchise, and it’s ranked
Bay, Ontario, having an NHL
franchise. Yet this smallish fiftieth in population.
Wisconsin town has spawned When French explorer, Jean
three hall of fame quarterback Nicolet, arrived in the Green Bay
careers, and when Aaron Rodgers area in 1634, he founded a small
retires it will be a fourth.
trading post. His main interests
Going back in history to the were in finding a shorter route to
nineteen twenties, they have China and developing the beaver
won 13 NFL championships and fur trade. Today in modern Green
have been a top contender for the Bay, it’s all about the pigskin!
