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SPSS Student Amelia Williams Takes Her Next Hockey Step By Committing To Sault College
/The hockey life continues for 17-year-old St. Peter’s Secondary School (SPSS) student Amelia Williams has committed to the Sault College Cougars in Sault Ste. Marie to play hockey in September in a contract signing on Tuesday morning.
(from left to right) Mike WIlliams, father; Rocco Williams, brother; Amelia Williams, Clara Williams, sister and Rebecca WIlliams, mother at the signing held at the SPSS gym. Photo by David Tuan Bui.
The defenceman says Sault College was one of the few schools that offered a hockey program in the province and she jumped at the opportunity when she found out she was recruited.
“If I wanted to continue to play hockey, this was my only opportunity to,” explained Williams.
She is graduating from SPSS this summer and will move to Sault Ste. Marie around August. Williams says she’s excited but is surreal that she’ll be going through a major lifestyle change over the summer.
“It's crazy that I'm graduating and moving away,” she explained. “I wasn't expecting to go away but this opportunity just came and I'm really excited.”
Williams has been playing hockey since she was in grade two. She’s won a Kawartha AAA High School Girls hockey championship and COSSA championship with SPSS in 2019.
She’s also been a member of the Peterborough Ice Kats AA U18 team for the last two seasons. She finished this season with two goals and seven assists in 52 games as the team’s top-scoring defenseman.
Williams will take electrical engineering at Sault College and either wants to play professional hockey or become an electrician after graduation from post-secondary education.
City of Peterborough 2023 Lifeguard Training Program Details Announced
/The City of Peterborough will be conducting staff training for this summer’s lifeguard program from June 27 to 30 at Beavermead and Rogers Cove beaches.
photo courtesy of the city of peterborough.
Additional staff in-service training will be conducted weekly every Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at both beaches, starting July 5 until August 23, 2023.
All staff will be adhering to provincial health and lifesaving society guidelines for training. Members of the public are asked to give them space to safely complete their training.
Beaches
City of Peterborough’s lifeguard program runs from July 1 until August 27, with lifeguards at Beavermead and Rogers Cove beaches seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Beavermead has a beach access mat in place from July 1 until August 27 that provides a stable surface across the sand into the water, improving accessibility for everyone.
Peterborough Public Health monitors the water quality at our beaches from June until the end of August and posts the water quality reports online. A flag or sign at the beaches also to indicates the status of the water quality when lifeguards are present. For more information on water quality reporting at the public beaches, please contact Peterborough Public Health at 705-743-1000.
Wading pools
Lifeguards supervise the City’s four wading pools from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., seven days a week, beginning July 1 until August 27. The wading pools are small, shallow pools for young children up to about eight years old. Children need to be accompanied by an adult when using the wading pools.
Full details about locations and hours of City-operated beaches, wading pools and splashpads are online.
Peterborough Sport and Wellness Centre to Temporarily Close for Maintenance
/The Peterborough Sport & Wellness Centre at 775 Brealey Dr. will be closed for facility maintenance on June 24 and 25 as part of its regular annual maintenance operations.
file photo.
The Centre will close early at 3 p.m. on Friday, June 23 and re-open Monday, June 26 at 6 a.m.
The Aquatic Centre pools will re-open on Saturday, July 1, at 6 a.m.
Summer operating hours start on June 26 and continue to September 1:
Monday to Friday, 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Information about City of Peterborough recreation programs, including drop-in sports and summer camps, is available online.
Ennismore's Colton Armstrong Comes Home After Peterborough Lakers Acquire Him From Cobourg Kodiaks
/Ennismore’s Colton Armstrong is coming home as he was obtained by the Peterborough Century 21 Lakers from the Cobourg Kodiaks in a trade made on Tuesday.
Armstrong was a Jr. C Lakers graduate. He is a transition for the National Lacrosse League’s Halifah Thunderbirds. Photo courtesy of the NLational Lacrosse League.
The Lakers obtained assets through a prior trade before being dealt from Cobourg. The team traded defenceman Caleb Creasor and future considerations to the Brooklin Lacrosse Club for Austin Murphy. He was flipped with future considerations to the Cobourg Kodiaks for Armstrong and a 2024 second-round pick.
“Armstrong is a top right-handed transition player in the NLL for the Halifax Thunderbirds,” said Paul Day, Lakers general manager. “We need more goals from our transition game. It’s great to bring a Peterborough guy, who will make an immediate impact.”
“As soon as I walk on the floor I’ll make sure to take it all in,” said Armstrong. “I’ll show them who I am and why I belong there. Hopefully I can help out and bring another Mann Cup home to Peterborough. I’m looking forward to the opportunity that Paul Day and Kodiaks’ GM John Webb have given me to come back home and play for my hometown.”
Armstrong will be in the lineup on Thursday when the Lakers host the rival Six Nations Chiefs for the first time this season at the Peterborough Memorial Centre
The Lakers also expect Bryce Sweeting and Jay Thorimbert back in the lineup according to a press release.
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Peterborough Petes Michael Simpson Invited To Pittsburgh Penguins Prospect Development Camp
/Peterborough Petes goaltender and Wayne Gretzky 99 Award winner Michael Simpson is one of four goalies invited to the Pittsburgh Penguins prospect development camp at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry, P.A., announced on Tuesday.
Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Petes.
The three-day camp runs from July 1 to 3 where 12 forwards, seven defensemen and four goalies were invited.
Simpson is part of seven free agents that were invited to the camp, including Carter Schade, Jagger Joshua, Brayden Schuurman, Evan Vierling, Justin Lee and Owen Flores.
Goalie and skater on-ice sessions start at 1 p.m. on July 1, followed by practice at 1:45 p.m. Another goalie on-ice session is running at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, followed by a skills session at 11:00 a.m. and a split squad practice at noon. The prospect tournament is running on the following Monday at noon.
Simpson played 51 games this regular season with a 2.73 goals against average (GAA) and save percentage (SV%) of .914. He had a 2.80 GAA and .918 SV% in the playoffs. He was given the Wayne Gretzky 99 Award for most valuable player in the 2023 Ontario Hockey League playoffs. The London-born goaltender had a 2-3 record in the Memorial Cup and helped his team get a third-place finish.
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Peterborough Lions Club Collecting Used Shoe Donations For Thursday's Lakers Game
/The Peterborough Lions Club is collecting used shoes to give to the less fortunate across the world at the Peterborough Lakers game this Thursday.
JUDY JENKINS WITH THE 2021 SHOE DRIVE SIGN WITH A MINOR CORRECTION AFTER SMITH’S FINAL DONATION. PHOTO BY DAVID TUAN BUI.
The Club has partnered with SOLES4SOULS, a non-profit organization that helps distribute shoes to those in need in various communities across the world. The unwanted footwear that typically hits landfills is cleaned and redistributed to those living in poverty. Kenyan lacrosse players will also be beneficiaries of the shoe drive.
Donors can bring their gently used shoes and new pairs of socks to the game located at bins located at all Memorial Centre entrances.
The Lions Club has collected over 3,800 pairs of shoes from the Peterborough community and has sent close to 100 pairs to lacrosse players in Africa. Donations can also be dropped off at the Lions Club on 347 Burnham St. until Friday.
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Josh Currier's Eight-Point Night Helps Peterborough Lakers Rout Brampton Excelsiors 13-2 in Lopsided Win
/It was the Josh Currier show for the Peterborough Lakers to get their most lopsided victory of the season, routing the Brampton Excelsiors 13-2 at the Brampton Memorial Arena on Sunday night.
In all three matchups so far, the road team has won every game between the Excelsiors and Lakers. Photo courtesy of David Pickering and the Peterborough Lakers.
Currier tacked on his first point, scoring the game’s opening goal just under four minutes in. Lucas Ferreira got one back from Brampton just under three minutes later for the 1-1 tie. Currier kept going with his second goal of the game and DJ Clarke — with his first of the season — got into the mix with Peterborough for a 3-1 lead. Tyler Ferreira got one back for Brampton to round out the first period but it was all downhill for the Excelsiors from there. Currier had two goals and an assist during that period.
Peterborough asserted their dominance with six different goal-scorer while allowing none. Mitch Ogalvie, Austin Hasen, Taite Cattoni and Turner Evans found their way to the scoresheet. Clarke got his second of the game and Currier polished off the hat trick to go with an assist for the period. The Lakers led 9-2 going into the final frame.
The Lakers continued to score while maintaining their defensive prowess, shutting out the Excelsiors in the third period. Cattoni and Evans got power play goals to open things for Peterborough. Cattoni then got a hat trick of his off to cap off a seven-point night. Owen Hiltz scored his first of the season for the Lakers to cap off a road win and get revenge from Peterborough’s home opener.
The win improves the Lakers ‘ record to 5-2 while holding second place. Brampton falls to 1-6 and sits in fifth in the league at the bottom of the standings. Lakers goaltender Josh Hutchinson shut out Brampton for over 47 minutes of the game to pick up the win.
The Lakers will get another crack at defeating the league-leading Six Nations Chiefs at the Peterborough Memorial Centre this Thursday. Opening faceoff is scheduled for 8 p.m.
Peterborough Lakers Down Cobourg Kodiaks With Third Period Surge at Home, 10-8
/The Peterborough Lakers took down the Cobourg Kodiaks for a second time this week thanks to a third-period surge, beating them 10-8 at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Thursday night.
Photo courtesy of David Pickering and the Peterborough Lakers.
The Kodiaks got off to a hot start on both sides during the first 15 minutes of the game. Cobourg kicked off with three straight goals, twice from Tyler Hendryks and one from Tanner Buck for a 3-0 lead. The Kodiak’s Emerson Clark got himself into some penalty trouble, getting a roughing, fighting and instigator penalty including a second major that helped Peterborough’s power play came alive with 5:33 left in the period. Peterborough had a 10-minute power play that saw Josh Currier twice and Holden Cattoni got three powerplay goals to tie it 3-3 at the end of the first.
Peterborough continued their power play onslaught with Turner Evans to kick off the second period for a 4-3 lead. Cobourg mustered a shorthanded goal at the tail end of the major penalty as Curtis Romancych tied the game. Hendryks got his hat trick not halfway through the game to give Cobourg the lead. Thomas Hoggarth and Tanner Buck scored a goal apiece for the Lakers and Kodiaks respectively that saw Cobourg lead 6-5 after two periods.
The Lakers took over the game once the final frame began. Despite being short-handed, Hoggarth got his second of the game followed by Austin Hasen getting on the score sheet, 29 seconds later. Cattoni capped his second of the game and Hoggarth joined the scoring again, getting a hat trick. Hasen scored the second time this period to round out the five-goal run for the Lakers to lead 10-6. Cobourg mustered two goals but it was too little, too late as the Lakers hung on for the 10-8 win.
The win keeps Peterborough in second place in the league with a 4-2 record while Cobourg is in fourth with a 1-4 record.
The Lakers head to Brampton to take on the Excelsiors on Sunday in their third matchup of the season. Both teams defeated each other on the road in their first two games.
Peterborough Petes Alumni John Parker-Jones Signs One-Way Contract With Laval Rocket
/Former Peterborough Pete John Parker-Jones signed a one-year one-way contract with Montréal Canadiens American Hockey League affiliate Laval Rocket on Tuesday.
Photo courtesy of the PEterborough Petes.
