Jason La Rose
After years of almost-but-not-quite finishes in the Central Canada Hockey League, including consecutive losses in the league final, the Ottawa Jr. Senators finally climbed the mountain this season.
Ottawa posted the best regular-season record in franchise history, going 46-9-7 before beating Pembroke, Brockville and Carleton Place in the playoffs, ending the Canadians’ four-year reign as league champions, avenging its 2016 and 2017 losses and claiming its first Bogart Cup in 16 years.
The Jr. Senators were the class of the field at the Fred Page Cup on home ice, going unbeaten in the preliminary round before running Longueuil by a 10-1 in the final to win the East Region title.
HOW THEY GOT TO CHILLIWACK
Central Canada Hockey League Quarter-final: defeated defeated Pembroke 4-2 (5-0, 6-2, 2-4, 4-0, 3-4, 6-1) Semifinal: defeated Brockville 4-3 (6-1, 5-1, 1-3, 5-1, 5-6 OT, 2-4, 5-1) CCHL championship: defeated Carleton Place 4-1 (2-1, 3-2 OT, 2-1 OT, 1-2, 5-4)
Fred Page Cup Preliminary round: first place – 3-0 (defeated Edmundston 4-1, defeated Carleton Place 3-2, defeated Longueuil 3-2 SO) Championship: defeated Longueuil 10-1
REGULAR SEASON
Record: 46-9-2 (2nd in CCHL) Goals for: 254 (2nd in CCHL) Goals against: 142 (2nd in CCHL) Power play: 66 for 269 (24.5% – 1st in CCHL) Penalty killing: 249 of 289 (86.2% – 3rd in CCHL) Longest winning streak: 10 (Nov. 8-Dec. 3) Top 3 scorers: Chiwetin Blacksmith (16G 51A 67P – 4th in CCHL) Pierre-Luc Veillette (33G 32A 65P – 5th in CCHL) Owen Guy (32G 32A 64P – 7th in CCHL)
PLAYOFFS
Record: 16-6 Goals for: 98 Goals against: 45 Power play: 29 for 116 (25.0%) Penalty killing: 99 of 110 (90.0%) Top 3 scorers: Owen Guy (9G 17A 26P) Nick Lalonde (6G 20A 26P) Darcy Walsh (6G 13A 19P)
NATIONAL JUNIOR A CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
2002 | Ottawa Jr. Senators | 1-4 – 18GF 23GA | 4th place
CJHL NATIONAL RANKINGS – WEEK-BY-WEEK
Preseason – 7th Sept. 25 – Honourable Mention Oct. 2 – Honourable Mention Oct. 9 – 12th Oct. 16 – 20th Oct. 23 – 14th Oct. 30 – 11th Nov. 6 – 14th Nov. 13 – 13th Nov. 20 – 8th Nov. 27 – 7th Dec. 4 – 5th Dec. 11 – 7th Dec. 18 – 9th Jan. 8 – 6th Jan. 15 – 4th Jan. 22 – 5th Jan. 29 – 5th Feb. 5 – 6th Feb. 12 – 6th Feb. 19 – 6th Feb. 26 – 5th March 5 – 7th
COMMITMENTS
Isaac Anderson – Bryn Athyn College (2018-19) Chiwetin Blacksmith – Carleton University (2018-19) Devon Daniels – Mercyhurst University (2018-19) Finn Evans – Princeton University (2018-19) Owen Guy – Lake Superior State University (2018-19) Connor Hicks – Dalhousie University (2018-19) Nick Lalonde – Robert Morris University (2018-19) Zachary Salloum – Rochester Institute of Technology (2018-19) Pierre-Luc Veillette – Lake Superior State University (2018-19)