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2017-18 Braves-Tikis-U18 Training Camp Schedule Released
Date:08/10/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
The Braves have released their 2017-18 Training camp schedule, including intersquad games, practices and 2 exhibition games each for the CCHL Braves, CCHL2 Tikis and U18 Braves. The camp begins at the Ingredion Centre in Cardinal with the Tikis finishing up their last week at the Memorial Centre in Brockville. Intersquad team assignments will be released by August 15th. Follow this li...
Crotty at the combine - Recorder & Times
Date:06/07/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
by Jonathon Brodie - Recorder & Times Cameron Crotty was asked the question by a few teams at the NHL Scouting Combine last weekend - "Did you expect this?" Every time he responded he did it open and honestly, answering, "Absolutely not. I didn't think I would be here. Two years ago looking forward to today I would be pretty shocked." It's been a roller-coaster ri...
The Jarvis Connection - Recorder & Times
Date:04/24/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Jonathon Brodie - Recorder & Times Curran Gilmour never thought of it before, but he'll happily accept the comparison. The Brockville Braves ninth round pick checked out The Recorder and Times article to see team scout Dan Armstrong's breakdown of each prospect picked by the Jr. A club in the bantam draft. What Gilmour got was a nice surprise with the Braves director of player perso...
Teaching a little respect - Recorder & Times
Date:04/19/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Jonathon Brodie - Recorder & Times Manning the Brockville Braves bench will be Jesse Winchester's first big head coaching gig. The 33-year-old looks at his new opportunity as the club's ownership "taking a chance" on him. Co-owner Dustin Traylen probably isn't looking at it like that right now as he was beaming when watching Winchester work with groups of high school st...
Total Package on and off the ice - Recorder & Times
Date:04/19/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Jonathon Brodie - Recorder & Times The Brockville Braves didn't need to protect James Mayotte in the first round of the CCHL Bantam Draft this year. Maybe the local hockey club is hoping to catch the same break they did with Simon Mack, who was the Braves first pick last year in the bantam draft and decided to attend Connecticut's South Kent school this past season before joining the...
Braves Bantam Breakdown - Recorder & Times
Date:04/12/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Jonathon Brodie - Recorder & Times The 2017 CCHL Bantam Protect Draft was held Monday night at the Navan Memorial Arena. The Brockville Braves picked up six forwards, four defencemen and one goalie in the draft. The Braves staff was specifically looking for players that had a "strong ethic, a lot of grit, and a willingness to learn and we can apply that to all of them," said Braves...
Braves name new coach - Recorder & Times
Date:04/08/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Jonathon Brodie - Recorder & Times The Brockville Braves announced Friday that Jesse Winchester will be the team's new head coach. The news comes just two weeks after Brockville was knocked out of the first round of the playoffs by the Ottawa Jr. Senators in five games. The day after the post-season exit the team and former head coach Colin Birkas, who recently signed with the RMC Paladi...
New Coaches for U18 Braves - Recorder & Times
Date:03/29/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Jonathon Brodie - Recorder & Times The Brockville Braves organization look to be making a culture change from top to bottom. The Braves announced Tuesday Steve Smith would be taking over the head coaching duties of the Braves U18 team, accepting the reins from Jesse Winchester who had a brief stint with the club after filling in for Karl Herbison's departure. Smith has coached different...
#BravesAlum - Canucks sign Forward Griffen Molino - Canucks PR
Date:03/28/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Canucks PR Vancouver, BC - Vancouver Canucks General Manager Jim Benning announced today that the club has signed forward Griffen Molino to a two-year, entry-level contract. "Griffen is a competitive two-way forward with good speed and defensive instincts on the penalty kill," said General Manager Jim Benning. "He's made significant contributions to Western Michigan...
The end of the Johnson Era - Recorder & Times
Date:03/28/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Jonathon Brodie - Recorder & Times The Brockville Braves held their annual year-end awards ceremony Sunday at the Memorial Centre and with that it marked the end of the relatively brief Braves career of Henry Johnson, arguably the best goalie the team ever had in the organization's 50-plus years. That statement was posed to Johnson at the awards banquet and predictably he deflected the t...
#BravesAlum - Clarke Saunders heads to the AHL - Barracudas
Date:03/27/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Colorado Eagles WINDSOR, CO. – The Colorado Eagles, proud affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche, have announced that goaltender Clarke Saunders has been loaned to the San Jose Barracuda of the AHL. Saunders has posted a record of 28-7-1-1 this season with the Colorado, including three shutouts. The 27 year-old’s 2.60 goals-against average ranks 5th in the ECHL, while his 28 w...
A Change is gonna come - Recorder & Times
Date:03/25/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Jonathon Brodie - Recorder & Times The Brockville Braves are wasting no time in moving on from this season. Less than 24 hours after losing 2-1 to the Ottawa Jr. Senators on Thursday and getting knocked out of the quarter-final of the CCHL playoffs, Braves management announced they were reassigning the team's first-year head coach Colin Birkas to being a scout with the organization. Bir...
Braves lose Game 2 in double OT - Recorder & Times
Date:03/18/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Jonathon Brodie - Recorder & Times They say in this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes. You might be able to add the way the Brockville Braves lose to the Ottawa Jr. Senators to that list as well. Friday’s game at the Memorial Centre between the teams only solidified that point with the Braves losing 2-1 late in double overtime to now go down 2-0 in the best...
Braves embrace being the underdogs - Recorder & Times
Date:03/15/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Jonathon Brodie - Recorder & Times Brockville Braves head coach Colin Birkas joked about what section his team was going to be put in for their next article. "I assume you're here from the sports and not the obits," he quipped in complete deadpan. "We're not dead." The latter statement was no joke with his team preparing to go up against the No. 3 Ottawa Jr. Sena...
Braves beat Bears 4-2 and have fate in their hands - Recorder & Times
Date:03/11/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Jonathon Brodie - Recorder & Times The Brockville Braves have their own fate in their hands after beating the Smiths Falls Bears 4-2 in their regular season home closer on Friday. With one game left on the schedule, the Braves need to get at least one point in the standings out of their matchup against the Carleton Place Canadians on Sunday if they want to move up the standings into fifth pl...
Braves sneak out a 5-1 win over Hawkesbury - Recorder & Times
Date:03/04/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Jonathon Brodie - Recorder & Times Friday’s game will be added to the list of mysteries from the Brockville Braves this season. There’s been questions surrounding the Braves all year like how long would it take for the players to click? Where does the team’s offence go for long stretches at a time? The latest query is a bit more positive — how did the Braves pu...
Braves light up the scoreboard in 7-4 win over Hawkesbury - Recorder & Times
Date:02/25/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Recorder & Times - Jonathon Brodie The Brockville Braves are playing high stakes hockey at the Memorial Centre these days. Last week the Braves blew a first period three goal lead against the Ottawa Jr. Senators and lost 5-4 in a shootout. On Friday Brockville upped the ante and had a four goal lead in the first period, but this time they managed to hold on for the win on way to taking down...
Braves lose 5-4 to Ottawa in a shootout - Recorder & Times
Date:02/18/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Jonathon Brodie - Recorder & Times The Brockville Braves lost 5-4 to the Ottawa Jr. Senators in a shootout Friday at the Memorial Centre. Zero for six. That ’s now the Braves record against the Ottawa Jr. Senators this season. That’s two more wins than what’s needed to outlast your opponent in a best-of-seven playoff series. If Brockville sees Ottawa again this season, it w...
Braves knock down Raiders for 3-2 Win - Recorder & Times
Date:02/12/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Jonathon Brodie - Recorder & Times The Brockville Braves showed something on Friday that last year’s team didn’t have much of. The Braves pulled out a 3-2 win over the Nepean Raiders at the Memorial Centre in a game that looked more like a playoff matchup than just a regular season meeting and it’s been awhile since Brockville played in one of those. “We got our firs...
Return of the Mack - Recorder & Times
Date:02/08/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Jonathon Brodie - Recorder & Times The Brockville Braves earned one of their biggest victories of the season and it was a result that came off the ice. Local defenceman Simon Mack will be suiting up in a hometown Brockville Braves jersey next year and hopefully for years to come. That announcement came along with Mack after he decided late last week to commit to playing for Penn State Unive...
BRAVES DEVIN MOORE COMMITS TO NCAA QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY FOR 2017-18 - CCHL Release
Date:02/04/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
By Sean Marcellus The Central Canada Hockey League and Brockville Braves are pleased to announce that ’97 born F Devin Moore has committed to attend NCAA Division I Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT for 2017-18. The 5-7, 160 lb East Hampstead, NH native is in his first season with the Braves where he sits second in team scoring with 19 goals and 42...
Brockville Braves defeat Pembroke Lumber Kings - St. Lawrence News
Date:02/04/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Tim Ruhnke - St. Lawrence News Penalties were big for Brockville on Friday night. The Jr. A Braves scored three times on the power play as the home team defeated Pembroke 4-1 at the memorial centre on Feb. 3. The Lumber Kings jumped out to an early lead, but Brockville kept the visitors off the scoreboard the rest of the way. Corey Caruso tied the game at 8:05 of the second period. Noah Jordan ...
Braves get back on the scoreboard in 4-1 win - Recorder & Times
Date:02/03/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Jonathon Brodie - Recorder & Times The drought ended for the Brockville Braves and it finished in a big way. The Braves hadn’t scored on home ice in their two previous games heading into Friday’s matchup against the Pembroke Lumber Kings, but in their most recent game the well was far from dry as Brockville went on to beat Pembroke 4-1. The Braves home drought latest 150 minutes...
A smashing hit for the Braves - Recorder & Times
Date:02/03/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Jonathon Brodie - Recorder & Times If you haven't noticed Derek Bureau on the Brockville Braves then it probably means you haven't been to a game at the Memorial Centre recently. The 20-year-old is the type of player you can't take your eyes off of when he steps on the ice whether he's laying a hit, agitating a player between whistles or getting on top of an opposing netminde...
THE CAMERON CROTTY SYSTEM - CCHL Website
Date:01/31/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
By Peter Roumeliotis - centraljuniorhockeyleague.ca For every junior hockey player, there comes a year when all the pieces of the puzzle come together. It's a time where you figure out your next move looking ahead at your career. Not only are you focussing on your current regular season with your current team but other storylines begin to unfold. People will start asking questions...
Brockville Braves end skid by edging Kanata Lasers - St. Lawrence News
Date:01/30/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
St. Lawrence News Brockville broke out of its scoring slump to salvage a split of its games on the weekend. The Jr. A Braves came back from a two-goal deficit to edge the Kanata Lasers 4-3 on Saturday night. The road victory ended a four-game losing streak and enabled Brockville to stay...
Simmonds, Gretzky engineer All-Star Game win for Metropolitan - CBC.ca
Date:01/30/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Jonas Siegel - The Canadian Press Connor McDavid didn't get the storybook ending in his first NHL all-star game but Wayne Simmonds certainly did. Simmonds scored the winning goal and was named MVP in the final of the all-star tournament, leading the Metropolitan division all-stars over the McDavid-led pack from the Pacific. The 28-year-old Simmonds was making his first all-star game appearan...
Braves cold streak continues - Recorder & Times
Date:01/28/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Jonathon Brodie - Recorder & Times The last time the Brockville Braves faced off against the Carleton Place Canadians it was the catalyst for the team’s best winning stretch of the season. The Braves were need for another boost against the CCHL’s top team at home Friday, but all they ended up getting out of it was another step backward after losing 3-0 to the Canadians at home. ...
Flyers' Wayne Simmonds and his unlikely NHL all-star journey - CBC.ca
Date:01/27/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
The most unlikely of the NHL all-star game participants will arrive in style for the festivities in Hollywood this weekend, having scored in back-to-back victories for the Philadelphia Flyers. Wayne Simmonds pushed his total over the 20-goal mark for the fourth consecutive season and fifth time in his career. There is no doubt the 28-year-old right wing deserves the all-star honour, but consider...
New year, new game plan - recorder & times
Date:01/17/2017 Source:CJHL Brockville Braves
Recorder & Times - Jonathon Brodie Carpe diem. That should be the Brockville Braves slogan after this weekend where they capped off a run of three games in four days with wins across the board. Braves coach Colin Birkas said he looks at everything as an opportunity. The quick succession of games was a chance for Brockville to climb up the standings and they did just that by the end of the w...
