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Jim Riddell’s Sports Talk
Presents with Area Senior Ross Deebank
Serving You Since 1937
education and scholarships, getting then joined Clarkson on a scholarship,
his team games against U.S. prep and Newell landed at Michigan State
schools for exposure. Later, when I to Captain the Spartans. Newell also
returned to Cornwall from Belleville, won the Stanley Cup, coaching the
I played a part year of Juvenile for Ducks in 2006/2007. “Mike Leblanc
By Jim Riddell Bill.” picked up a scholarship at Colgate
and I got one at Clarkson to round
Another coach that stood out for
“One of the great things about out the group.” Ross was originally
growing up in Cornwall was that Ross was George Marlin, who put drafted by the Toronto Marlies out
there were some really good coaches together a really strong team of Minor of Midget hockey and was one of the
and scouts that helped me along the & Major Midgets and coached Ross team’s final cuts in training camp. The
way,” Ross recalled. “I started at the during his first year of Major Midget. Marlies were set on the right wing
“They used to have the Wrigley’s
Gerry Brown Hockey school when and wanted Ross to stay and play for
I was four years old and Gerry also Tournament, which was the National Chevrier was our goalie, and he went the Toronto Dixie Bee Hives Tier 2
helped later when he was scouting Midget Championship, and we lost to Miami University (Ohio), going on team and try to work his way into the
Colleges on the U.S. side.” In by one goal to Ottawa East in the to play with the New Jersey Devils, Marlies’ lineup. While he was mulling
Cornwall, Ross played for four years qualifying final to make it into the Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red this over, he received a call from Marc
tournament,” Ross recalled, “Between Wings, and a few other NHL clubs.
for Bill Murphy, starting with Minor Crawford asking him if he would like
and Major Bantam and his second those two Major Midget teams we Newell Brown and Pat Haramis both to play for the Belleville Bulls, where
year of Major Midget. “Since about had five guys that got Division One went on to play with the Cornwall his father, Floyd, was involved with
grade 8, I was focused on getting a scholarships in the U.S., one NHL Royals team that won the Memorial
U.S. scholarship and Bill was big on goalie and one NHL coach. Alain Cup in 79-80, followed by Pat who Continued on page 39
