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Cobras graduate to AAA

September 26, 2007

Twenty-five players who skated with the Eastern Ontario Cobras last year have graduated to the Ontario East Minor Hockey League, the new AAA league in the Ottawa area.

“I am very proud that so many Cobras have moved on to play at a higher level,” says Cobras president Frank Pronovost.  “The goal of our organization is to develop players to their highest potential.  The fact that so many have stepped up to play in the new AAA league speaks to the depth of the talent in our system and tells me that our coaches are doing a great job helping our kids develop into better hockey players.”

The Minor Bantam and Minor Midget Eastern Ontario Wild teams lead the way with seven former Cobras on each of their rosters.  Five players from the 2006-07 Minor Bantam Cobras are suiting up for the Wild this year, while four will wear the Wild colours at the Major Midget level. In addition, two players from last year’s Major PeeWees will skate with the Upper Canada Cyclones Bantam Minor team.  

Marc-André Ranger, who coached in the Cobras organization last year, is the head coach of the Major Midget Wild AAA team.

 

Eric Dubois

 

 

 

Eric Dubois, who played with the Cobras Bantam Minor team in 2006-07, is suiting up for the East Ontario AAA Wild this year

 

 

 

The Eastern Ontario Wild is made up of players from the Cobras, the Cumberland Barons (District 12) and the Seaway Valley Rapids (District 2).  It is one of five teams in the new AAA league, which is being piloted for a three-year trial. Prior to the 2007-08 season, the Ottawa District Minor Hockey Association was the only branch in Canada that did not offer AAA hockey, the highest competitive level in Canada.

The following players from the 2006-07 Cobras have moved up to the AAA level for the 2007-08 season:

Bantam Minor

Justin Blanchard-Pellerin
Pierre-Luc Cheff
Patrick Cyr
Jeff Dolegowski (UC Cyclones)
Carl Faucher
Alexandre Lefebvre
Alex Martel
Braeden Pearl (UC Cyclones)
Nathaniel Quinn

Bantam Major

Céderic Crete
Eric Dubois
Yannick Laliberté
Francis Landers
Kevin Tansey

Midget Minor

Maxime Bedard
Ian Lavigne
Philippe Lupien
Ryan McLean
Joshua Morgan
Marc-André Quann
ChristianThomson

Midget Major

Alexandre Chrétien
Brandon Dolegowski
Sebastien Lavoie
Cole Smith