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! @ CANADIAN CHAMPION | Thursday, March 23, 2017 Dodson eyes another title ‘ run with CP Canadians Winger among CCHI‘s top scorers; looking to help team make fourth straight trip to RBC Cup com| MILTON insidehaiton By Steve LeBlanc | CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF A selfâ€"professed late bloomer on the ice, Andrew Dodson offers no hint of resentment as he recalls being largely overlooked as a young junior hockey prospect. "I was one of the smallest guys (on team) growing up and | was never really one of the best players. After | midget, | tried out for a number of | Jr. A and Jr. B teams and was cut by pretty much all of them," admitted the 20â€"yearâ€"old Miltonian. "I think I‘ve proven people wrong." With 17 consecutive road wins heading to Barrie Satâ€" urday morning, the atom AA Winterhawks weren‘t By Steve LeBlanc CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF | opponents‘ barn. ofâ€"five OMHA championship. | That‘s no hollow sentiment, given | with Hawkesbury Hawks) four how far the Sâ€"footâ€"9, 180â€"pound | years ago, Dodson has overcome winger has come in the Central | a modest start and no shortage Canade Hockey League (CCHL). _ | of adversity to now captain the Jumping at the chance to join the | fourâ€"time defending CCHL chamâ€" Ottawaâ€"area Carleton Place Canaâ€" | pions and threeâ€"time defending dians with longtime minor hockey | Fred Page Cup (Eastern Canada) champs. teammate Brett Everson (now eprepeamin‘s re omegeery > eV d "g . =" C ( Ne Sn PRE SEASON LACROSSE SALE UP TO 40% OFF SELECT PRODUCTS 20â€"40% OFF WINTER GEAR Especially not with a sizable traveling fan base beâ€" | warriors. ' hir?;( them and twoâ€"gamesâ€"toâ€"one lead in the bestâ€" | Two powerplay goals in the second period and flaw Atom AA Winterhawks capture OMHA championship title exactly intimidated by the notion of playing in their | And a number of missedâ€"scoring chances early on did | little â€" if anything â€" to faze the lateâ€"season road less cage work by Elliott Dorsett combined to Insidehaiton.com Quarterfinal defeat follows ‘adventure‘ tip to nationals Abraham and Queen‘s Gaels take three days | to get to Fredericton By Steve LeBlanc | CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF The 2017 U Sports men‘s hockey championships were awfully memorable for Spencer Abraham and the Queen‘s Gaels. But not for anything that happened on the ice. Last Thursday‘s quarterfinal ousting at the hands of the host and now twoâ€"time naâ€" tional champion University | of New Brunswick Varsity Red folâ€" | lowed a threeâ€"day odyssey to Fredâ€" ericton through a blizzard. "It was an adventure," said Abraâ€" | ham, a thirdâ€"year defenceman from | Campbellivilie. "Three days without skating, 72 hours on a bus eating | with three teammates for two nights because there weren‘t enough hotel | rooms. To get up at 4 a.m. yesterâ€" | day (last Thursday) and drive eight | C | scfi en hours and play the best team in the ansmIission Abraham country in their rink was definitely not ideal. "But I‘ve never been prouder of a group of guys. No one complained, no one sulked. We did our best." Arriving just hours before game time, Queen‘s got an early goal from Abraham before falling 5â€"1. UNB evened things up just 47 seconds after Abraham opened the scoring at the 2:21 mark, and took conâ€" trol with three secondâ€" period goals inside a fiveâ€" minute span. Before heading out for the nationals, the Gaels got a surprise visit at practice from Tragically Hip memâ€" bers Gord Sinclair and Paul Langlois, head coach Brett Gibson‘s golfing buddies in Kingston. Named an OUA Firstâ€"Team Allâ€"Star for the second straight year, Abraâ€" ham was Queen‘s Player of the | Game last Thursday. | fast food and sharing a double bed | He had three goals and 13 assists in 22 regular season games and added four assists through the playoffs â€" including one in a 4â€"3 Queen‘s Cup loss to the York Lions â€" leading up to the national championships. Specializing in Imports, Domestics, and Performance Transmissions OMIWOMGMMO Ml%"%lm 'MMW‘MNM'WM-wmom OMMM1MOMM°MW 905â€"878â€"8156 â€" 905â€"878â€"8157 m oo