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Cents ready to make a championship run
The regular season has ended and
the Centenaires have claimed
first in their division
Shaun Gregory
Huron Expositor
After playing 72 hours of
continuous exhausting Senior
AA hockey, the Huron East
Centenaires are relaxing, but
this standstill is brief because
the playoffs are only days
away.
Due to a previous game in
December being cancelled from
excessive snow, January 27-29
resulted in the boys in green
and yellow playing an extra
game to make up for the loss of
time.
In the three -game stretch, the
Cents managed to win the first
two, however the third gruelling
game, which was the last regular
season game, played a substan-
tial part in their overall
performance.
They came up short against
the Petrolia Squires, losing
9-2.
Tim McNaughton, Iluron
East Centenaires, general
manager appreciates how
much his team has sacrificed
recently, specifically because
this is a not a full-time
employment opportunity,
most just play for the love of
the game.
"With having quite a few
injuries, the line-up was short
all weekend, so the guys that
played all three games deserve
a lot of credit,"
stated McNaughton January
30.
"They logged a lot of minutes
on the ice."
Though wrapping up the
season came with a Loss, the
Cent's unyielding work regi-
men has paid off as they con-
cluded earning the title as
the top seed in the A division
of the WOAA Senior AA
hockey league.
They led the division with a
.500 record with 10 wins and 10
defeats.
Playoffs start the Feb. 11 week-
end, the Cents qualified for a
buy, McNaughton said 'it's still
up in the air" to whom they will
compete against in the first
round.
However, he said they are pre-
pared, "the guys are ready to
make a run at the
(championship)."
"So hopefully we can pack the
arena for the guys."
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