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Ottawa Citizen
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
Powassan Voodoos coach and general manager adds OHL head scout to his duties
Article content Powassan Voodoos head coach Peter Goulet has never been afraid to take on multiple challenges during his hockey career. Goulet is taking on another challenge as the Brantford Bulldogs of the Ontario Hockey League has named Goulet the club's new head scout. Article content During his 20-plus years of hockey experience, he has worked as an assistant coach with the Brampton Beast of the ECHL, while also taking on the duties of general manager with the Kingston Voyageurs of the OJHL from 2015 to 2017. Article content Article content 'I'm very proud to be joining the Brantford Bulldogs organization and to bring my experience to the club,' said Goulet. Article content Article content 'I am grateful for the opportunity that Spencer Hyman and the Hyman family have extended to me. I'm looking forward to working with Spencer, Justin, and great friend Mike Galati, and the rest of the Brantford Bulldogs staff and scouting staff.' Article content Goulet reinforces that the position will not impact his role with the Powassan Voodoos, who are the OHL affiliate team of the North Bay Battalion. 'I want to assure everyone that I am remaining as Head Coach of the Powassan Voodoos and looking forward to working for both organizations,' stated the Kingston native. Article content Goulet brings with him a long resume having served the last three seasons as the Head Coach of the Powassan Voodoos (where he won an NOJHL Coach of the Year for the 2022-23 season). Article content Article content That resume includes two stints as the General Manager and Head Coach of the Kingston Voyageurs of the OJHL (2006-2009 & 2015-2019), where he won an OJHL Championship in the 2008-09 season and an OJHL Executive of the Year in the 2019-20 season with the Trenton Golden Hawks where he served as General Manager and Head Coach from 2019 to 2022. Goulet additionally won a CCHL Championship with the Nepean Raiders in the 2011-2012 season, also as Head Coach & General Manager.
Ottawa Citizen
01-05-2025
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
Greater Sudbury Cubs become back-to-back NOJHL champions
Article content Daks Klinkhammer was a bulldozer as he powered his way toward the goal on Wednesday night, shrugging off a defender and pushing the puck into the empty net. Article content Players on the Greater Sudbury Cubs bench and fans in the stands at Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex erupted in celebration as the home side took a 6-4 lead, while at the other end of the ice, goaltender Karsen Chartier motioned for his teammates to stay calm. He knew the Hearst Lumberjacks were very much still in the fight, as they had been for all seven games of a gruelling NOJHL final. Article content Article content Thirty-seven more hard-fought seconds later, the horn finally sounded and the Cubs could finally celebrate winning back-to-back championships. Article content Article content 'All glory to God — it was a tough series, a good playoff run and a great group, really resilient,' said Klinkhammer, his smile as bright as the championship medal around his neck. 'I'm just super happy to get the job done, especially at home, in front of such an amazing group of fans.' Article content Klinkhammer scored twice and Noah Kohan, Cameron Shanks, Spencer Horgan and Alex Valade once each, while Chartier made 32 saves to help the Cubs shake off a determined Hearst crew, backed by its own sizeable cheering section, that had battled back from a three-game deficit in the series. Article content 'I can't even explain it right now,' said 19-year-old forward Nolan Newton, who recorded three assists, including one on Valade's eventual game-winner. 'All the boys came to play today. We played our system, everyone worked hard — it was just great. Article content Article content 'I can't even speak right now.' Article content Having dispatched their first two playoff opponents in short, if not easy series, the top-seeded Cubs were tested like never before by the Lumberjacks, who trailed 5-2 on Wednesday before battling back with goals in the late second and early third frames and perhaps evoking memories of their wild comeback win in Game 5. Article content This time, however, Greater Sudbury held up Hearst's relentless pressure, even with veteran defenders such as captain Mason Chitaroni and William Haley injured, and Chartier made some of his better stops as time ticked away. Article content 'You look in that room and we have had our ups and downs, whether on ice or off ice,' said Cubs head coach Darryl Moxam, the reigning NOJHL Coach of the Year, who rated the series as the most difficult and certainly most nerve-wracking of his career. 'We just found a way to come back and stay the course.
