LOCAL HEADLINES

Brant Romaniuk has been “all over the place” in his young junior hockey career, but he now hopes he can settle in with the Cobourg Cougars for the remainder of this season.

The Cobourg Cougars honoured National Day of Truth and Reconciliation by hosting an evening to commemorate “Orange Shirt Day” in remembrance of the lost children and survivors of residential schools at their game on Monday, Sept. 28.

Rookie forward Garrett Jones had exactly zero concerns about signing on with the Cobourg Cougars for the current junior hockey campaign.

Newly minted captain Isaac Larmand couldn’t hide his excitement in his comments after his Cobourg Cougars came out on the right end of the score at the club’s home opener at the Cobourg Community Centre on Monday, Sept. 14.

With a successful pre-season schedule now behind them, the Cobourg Cougars seem ready for the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) regular-season campaign to start.

Entering the four-game pre-season schedule, Cobourg Cougars’ head coach Derek Smith says he was looking to get a good look at the rookies vying for a job on the roster.

Surveying the scene from a vantage point above the rink, Cobourg Cougars president and general manager Ryan Ramsay is buoyed by what he saw unfolding on the ice below as training camp opened at the Cobourg Community Centre (CCC) on Aug. 20.