Page 11 - Sports Energy News, Cornwall, Issue No 98

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Presents Jim Riddell’s Sports Talk

with Area Senior

Alex MacDougall Department at Domtar, and he continued
his officiating in the Ottawa District
Hockey Association. It wasn’t long before
us would show up at the lacrosse box at Alex found himself refereeing Jr. C, Jr.
Alexander Park, also known as 8th St. B, and Tier 2 Central Jr. A hockey on a
Park. The Disotell boys lived right beside regular basis. “I remember the first couple
rowing up in close proximity to 7th the park and Mr. Disotell would be out of years back then, we didn’t wear helmets.
GStreet Park provided Alex with the there giving all of us coaching tips to make I think the helmets for referees were made
opportunity to get into sports at an early us better lacrosse players. Minor Lacrosse mandatory in or around 1976.”
age. “There was always a game of shinny was very big in the late 50’s and early 60’s. It wasn’t unheard of for Alex to
to be had, whether it was on a Saturday Alex managed to make the Juvenile work a Sunday afternoon Jr. B game in
morning or after supper during the week, team, and he recalls getting called up to Morrisburg, and then get in the car and
provided I had my homework done. When play for the Jr. B Celtics for 5 games. “I drive to Pembroke for a 7 pm Jr. A game.
our fingers and toes got a little chilly, we remember riding the bench for those 5 “The big International Bantam
had the clubhouse where we could go in games and never got on the floor.” Tournament hosted by CMHA was one
and get warmed up. If it wasn’t shinny at After playing a few seasons of City Jr. B of the highlights of the hockey season in
the park it would likely be a ball hockey hockey, Alex played for the St. Lawrence Cornwall. I can recall one of the games
game in the Sinfield driveway down the College Roadrunners in the OCAA, with I was officiating between the Cornwall
street.” Orval Tessier as the coach. This was in Bantam All-Stars and an Ottawa team. I
Alex shares how living in the area came 1970-71, the year before Tessier joined the had made a butt-ending five-minute major
in handy during his minor hockey days. “I Cornwall Royals, and won the Memorial call against a Cornwall player which also
remember for my minor hockey games, we Cup in his first year as their coach. Our Photo Submitted carried a game misconduct with it. The
didn’t own a car and I would get dressed Roadrunner team was fairly good. We Cornwall coach did not agree with my call
at home, and my dad would carry the rest had a few of the ex-Royals that played in a 40-game schedule out of 10 different and went a little ballistic on the bench,
of my equipment and we would walk to the Central Jr. A league on the team, such arenas around the city of Toronto.” throwing all the spare sticks on the ice. I
the Bob Turner Center. Some of the Atom as Eric Pederson, Gerry Lemire, Gary One of Alex’s co-workers was a referee calmly skated over and called the coach
and Pee Wee games were played on the Leroux, and Bill Snelgrove.” in the Metro Toronto Hockey League, and to the end of the bench and offered him
outdoor rink right beside the arena in the Following graduation, Alex headed off he invited Alex to the referee camp in the a solution; I told him he presently only
late 50’s and early 60’s.” to Toronto to work with Ontario Hydro’s fall of 1972. Alex worked a year in the had a game misconduct and that he, not
During the summer months, Alex could Engineering Department. “The first winter MTHL before returning to Cornwall in his players or trainer, had to go out on
be found with a lacrosse stick in his hands in Toronto, I played in the Metro Toronto 1973, when he started what turned out to the ice and pick the sticks up himself and
from morning until night. “A bunch of be a 33-year career with the Engineering
Intermediate Hockey League which played Continued on page 14

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