A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
Standing L-R: Andria Cooke, Casey Swamp, Anthony Calhoun, Calandra Curleyhead, Diane Lazore, Owen Swamp, Denise Thompson, Nihawennaa McComber, Ian Mitchell and Scott Thompson. Front L-R: Samantha Phillips, Krissy Thompson, and Waheshon Lazore. Missing: Leighann McDonald and Cubby Jackson. Photos courtesy of Christina Lazore.
The Akwesasne Wild Co-ed Hockey team took the Championship in the Droppin’ the Gloves on Cancer Tournament held at Clarkson this past weekend. The Wild was put together by the efforts of Denise Thompson, Diane Lazore and Leighann McDonald. With players from Akwesasne and a couple from Kahnawake and Cornwall they threw a team together looking to have fun for a good cause and surprisingly went undefeated in the tournament. The Wild faced Massena Savings and Loan Saturday morning to win with a score of 11-3. They picked up the second win later in the morning with a 4-1 win over Team Rose from Potsdam. Sunday morning they went on to play St. Hilaire from Montreal which proved to be the most aggressive team, but the Wild pulled through with a 6-3 win, leading them to the Championship game Sunday afternoon. Once again they faced Savings and Loan from Massena and pulled off another 6-3 win!
Game #1 Akwesasne Wild vs. Massena Savings & Loan/United Steelworkers (11-3) Wild goals scored by: McComber 2 goals, Calhoun, D. Lazore, Scott Thompson (Butter) 4goals, C. Swamp, O. Swamp, C. Jackson.
Game #2 Akwesasne Wild vs. Team Rose (4-1)
Wild goals scored by: Calhoun, McComber, Butter 2 goals.
Game #3 Akwesasne Wild vs. Team St. Hilaire (6-3) (missing game sheet) possible goals by D. Thompson, Calhoun, Scott Thompson, O. Swamp, N. McComber.
Game #4 Akwesasne Wild vs. Massena Savings & Loan/United Steelworkers (7-3)
Wild goals scored by: Scott Thompson (Butter) 2 goals, I. Mitchell, O. Swamp, D. Thompson, Calhoun, K. Thompson.
The Wild dedicated the wins to Casey Swamp’s mother, Andria Cooke, who is a survivor, who also rode the zamboni honoring her as a survivor for a survivors ride. The team also skated in memory of Charlene Cole. Diane and Calandra skated in memory of their mom, Charlene Curleyhead.
Playing for The Wild:
Denise Thompson, Diane Lazore, Leighann McDonald, Calandra Curleyhead, Krissy Thompson, Samantha Phillips, Cubby Jackson, Waheshon Lazore, Ian Mitchell, Nihawennaa McComber, Scott Thompson, Owen Swamp, Anthony Calhoun and
Casey Swamp.
The Team would like to thank Denise Thompson for her hard work getting this team up and running, organizing the ice times and practices and doing the registrations. Thank you to Scott Thompson for the use of your jerseys. The winning banner will be hanging at Akwesasne Sports. We look forward to playing together again this season.
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