THE ONTARIO JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
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Thank you to the
Town of Cobourg
for your continued
Support!
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Cougars Rookie Camp Meal Deals will be available during our camp for all Cougars Fans, Players, Family Members and Friends. Stay tuned for Deals from our Restaurant Sponsors ...
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The Cougars ... Dare to Dream
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DAVE POWERS
THE COUGARS OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER
Join Dave on Facebook or visit his website for amazing photos of the Cobourg Cougars!
See all of Daves Cougar Photos this season here
http://dpowersphoto.smugmug.com/Cobourg-Cougars
www.dpowers.ca
The Cougars wish to thank Dave Powers for being our official photographer. Dave is a photographer based out of Cobourg, Ontario. He specializes in location lifestyle portraiture, family portraiture, model imagery, weddings, sports, and engagement portraits, just some of what he does. Dave invites Cougar Fans to visit his website at www.dpowers.ca
to explore the hundreds of great photos he has captured during Cougar games and events. If you have not seen Daves work you are missing out! Help support those who support the Cougars ...
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SKIN DAVEY
The Cougars Official Rock Band!
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The Cobourg Cougars wish to thank the Cobourg Minor Hockey Association for all of their help and support. The Hustler of the Game and little ones playing during intermission is was very much enjoyed by all. The Cougars love to hold our CCHL nights and we look forward to working with our Minor Hockey Clubs next season!
http://cobourgminorhockey.com/
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Cobourg Cougars Junior A Hockey Inc.
Cobourg Community Centre
Cobourg, Ontario
Todd Diminie/ General Manager
Cell: 905-375-4882
Or 289-252-0827
For Sponsorship Opportunities, events or questions relating to this newsletter, please contact
Kelly Martin
Cell: 905-914-7454
Or 289-252-0827
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Greetings!
There has never been a more exciting time for the Cougars, with the move to our new Arena and the grand opening this weekend to the increase in the need of volunteers and staff. The Cougars are looking forward to an amazing new year in our new State-of-the-Art facility. (Amazing photos below). If you are not seeing images in this email, click on 'Display Images' at the top of this email in your email program because you will want to see these. We have also included in this addition, our recent press releases and up and coming events. It is with great sadness that the Cougars organization lost one of our long time volunteers, John Elinsky who is remembered by all for his many years selling 50/50 tickets at the Cougars games until his health disallowed him to continue. It is with wonder last night however, as Todd and I were at the Wellington Dukes game when our current 50/50 staff,Terry Elinsky (Johns Elinsky's Brother) WON the Dukes 50/50 Jack Pot of more than $2,400 dollars!!! Terry, I have to think your brother was there and drew your ticket! The Cougars welcome several new volunteers to our staff; Vince Gibbs has generously taken on a role as our Billet Coordinator and will handle all billet communications and responsibilities. We have posted an online application, if you are interested in becoming a Billet for the Cobourg Cougars please CLICK HERE to submit your application. The Cougars also welcome new professional trainers, Port Hope's, Joe Aiello and Cobourg's, Erica Davis. The cougars are also adding several other new staff to be announced in the weeks ahead. Due to the size of our new rink and in our efforts to expand on the services and game day experience, the Cougars have several new volunteer openings. If you would like to become part of the Cougars organization and enjoy being part of this great community team please contact us. For a list of our opening positions please CLICK HERE. EVENTS; the Cobourg Cougars will have a car wash at Canadian Tire on June 4th, come out and support the Cougars by having your car all shined up by our Cougars staff and players. The Cougars will be part of the Cobourg Waterfront Festival this year during the July 1st Long Weekend. We will be selling Season Passes and tickets to our home opener (you won't want to miss this - more details to follow), we will also be showing our Cougars DVD, the players will sign autographed hockey cards for the kids. Lots of great free stuff and prizes and of course the 'Coug' will be on hand maybe in his beach attire. :) Our Cougars Alumni Reunion Golf Tournament has be scheduled for July 16th at Dalewood Golf Club. Golf Packages and Dinner and Dance Packages are available. This will be a great evening and we are hoping to book our live band Skindavey. We have the 74 Cougars Alumni helping out and will raise funds for their 'Yes We Can' Charity. Please see information below regarding this event and contact Kelly Martin to reserve your spot. Sincerely,
Cougars Junior A Hockey
Northumberland's Official Junior 'A' Hockey Team!
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Cougars welcome new bench boss
By JEFF GARD Northumberland Today
Updated 2 days ago
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COBOURG - After several years in the Greater Toronto Area, Justin Teakle is looking forward to coaching in a smaller community.
Teakle, a 26-year-old Toronto resident, is the new head coach of the Cobourg Cougars. The former Ontario Junior A Hockey League player with Pickering and Milton has also coached in the league for the past five years with the Streetsville Derbys, which recently merged operations with the Cougars.
Teakle is entering his sixth year as a coach. He went behind the Streetsville bench following his playing career and was an assistant coach for three years before taking on the head coaching reins the past two years.
In Cobourg, he replaces Wayne Marchment, whose contract was not renewed by the Cougars after their season ended.
Teakle, in an interview with Northumberland Today, recalled the "fan support" every time the Derbys were in Cobourg to take on the Cougars.
"Seeing the fans being there and supporting their team at home especially was huge on me because I think it elevates a team's play at home," Teakle said.
While the Cougars enjoyed an average attendance of 323 ranked seventh out of 31 teams through 25 regular season games this past season, the Derbys didn't share the same fan support.
According to the OJHL web-site, the Derbys were
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Teakle a good choice, Cougars alumnus says
By JEFF GARD, NORTHUMBERLAND TODAY
Posted 3 hours ago
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COBOURG -- Former Cobourg Cougars forward Zack Woolford believes Justin Teakle is a good fit as the new head coach of the Ontario Junior A Hockey League club.
Woolford played his final OJHL season, during the 2009-2010 campaign, with the Streetsville Derbys, where Teakle coached the past five years -- three as an assistant and the past two as head coach. The Derbys recently merged operations with the Cougars to play out of Cobourg.
Teakle was officially announced as the Cougars new head coach earlier this week.
"He's definitely a players' coach," said Woolford, who played for the Cougars in 2008-2009 before going to Streetsville. "He cared for the players, was always on time, never missed anything. He definitely had a good hockey sense."
There were a couple of coaching changes in Streetsville, Woolford said, while he was there before Teakle took the reigns as head coach. The Derbys ended up placing fifth in their division and winning a playoff round.
"We did pretty well for a team that wasn't expected to do that well," Woolford said, noting it was the most successful Streetsville team in recent years.
Individually, Woolford had a strong season as well, registering 25 goals and 27 assists in 50 games with the Derbys, up from 14 goals and 12 assists the previous year with Cobourg.
Teakle was a good leader with motivating pre-game speeches and an "open-door policy," Woolford said. "You good go in an talk to him about anything."
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 COBOURG, ON-The Cobourg Cougars are pleased to announce today that they have named Cobourg's own Todd Diminie as the team's new General Manager. Todd joined the Cougars before the start of the 2010-2011 season as the Club's Director of Hockey Operations following a successful five year stint with the Bowmanville Eagles, as a Scout, Director of Scouting and Assistant GM. Todd has over 7 years of experience at the Jr. A level and he has helped identify numerous young hockey players interested in developing their skills and progressing to higher levels within hockey. "It is indeed an honour and thrill to be taking on the General Manager role with the Cobourg Cougars organization as we ready for our move to the Cobourg Community Centre in the weeks ahead," stated Diminie. "It is an exciting time to be with the Cougars organization; it has proven its dedication and commitment not only to the community but to its on-ice product as well and I am excited about the opportunity extended to me by the ownership group to continue to strive for excellence in this new role," Diminie said. Along with Cobourg's new head coach, Justin Teakle and returning assistant coach Brad Whelan - who also hails from Cobourg and is a former captain of the Club - Diminie will play a leading role in the upcoming Cougars Rookie camp on May 7 - 8, 2011 at the New Cobourg Community Centre. As a result of a further down-sizing of the league from 31 to 27 teams, it is expected that this camp will be filled with high quality talent interested in playing at the highest level of junior hockey under the auspices of the Ontario Hockey Association. "The Cobourg Cougars organization is extremely excited to have Todd help guide the Club into the top ranking of Jr. A clubs in Ontario" stated Marc Mercier, Cougars Governor. "Being from Cobourg, Todd brings a keen awareness of the community and, like the ownership group, he understands our goal to be among the best Junior "A" franchises in Canada in the near-term." For more than 45 years, the Cobourg Cougars has been a strong, community-based and well-supported junior hockey organization. During this past season, the Cougars enjoyed once again being among the top quartile of clubs in attendance and have laid the foundation for on-ice success. |
COBOURG COUGARS MOURN LOSS OF MR. 50/50
Longtime Cougar volunteer John Elinsky dies
Apr 07, 2011 - 04:30 AM
Paul J. Rellinger
 COBOURG -- Although there were tears in her eyes, you could hear the love Wendy Elinsky had for her husband John in her voice. John Elinsky, 70, a long-time Cobourg Cougar volunteer, died on March 28 after a three-year battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Sitting at the kitchen table in the King Street West house she and Mr. Elinsky called home for 41 years, Ms. Elinsky recalled the first time they met. In was in 1967, when she first met him at the bank where she worked. Mr. Elinsky was working at the Dominion grocery store, where the present day No Frills sits on Division Street. It was love at first sight. "From then on, I always helped my mother grocery shop," said Ms. Elinsky with a smile. The couple married on May 25, 1968, and had two children, first a daughter, Tana, now a nurse in New York, and then Ryan, a chef in Toronto. It wasn't long after John and Wendy wed and settled into their new home on King Street, that Mr. Elinsky began his love affair with Cobourg hockey. Already an avid hockey fan, and sports enthusiast for that matter, Mr. Elinsky began his hockey volunteer work in the 1970s as a trainer and equipment manager for the then Cobourg Dusters. "John always enjoyed the game," said Ms. Elinsky. "It differed from his daily life of working in the grocery store and he loved being at the arena." From the Dusters, Mr. Elinsky eventually became in involved with Cougars. Ms. Elinsky said during her husband's 40 years of volunteer work with the Cougars, Mr. Elinsky served in many capacities. He sat on the Cougars' executive, and served as the team trainer and equipment manager for many seasons. In 1998, Mr. Elinsky was honoured with Larry Wood Memorial Award, handed out to those who show outstanding contribution and dedication to the Cobourg Cougars. He was once again honoured in 2002, when the Town of Cobourg awarded him with plaque citing his outstanding volunteer contribution to the community. But to those who knew Mr. Elinsky best, and welcomed his smiling face inside the doors at Cobourg's Memorial Arena, he will always be known as Mr. 50/50. Along with his brother Terry, Mr. Elinsky would greet Cougars' fans before every home game selling 50/50 tickets. "Everybody bought a ticket from John," said Ms. Elinsky, who added ... PLEASE READ THE REST OF THIS STORY CLICK HERE |
* COUGARS ALUMNI CELEBRITY GOLF TOURNAMENT *
We are currently planning an incredible Celebrity/ Alumni Golf Tournament.
CALL 289-252-0827
or email kmartin@cobourgcougars.com
to reserve.
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Spring Tryout Camp - STILL A FEW SPOTS LEFT!
Applications are arriving rapidly for the Cougars Spring Try-out Camp. All registered players will receive a FREE Cougars Camp Jersey with their registration.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD/ VIEW OUR BROCHURE
May 7th and 8th. Location: At the new Cobourg Community Centre. Please complete the application form on our website.
(NOW ONLINE CLICK HERE) We will be in contact with you regarding payment, registration and to provide you with a full schedule. Thank you for your interest in the Cougars Junior 'A' Hockey Club.
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COUGARS NEW HOME OPENS THIS WEEKEND! VISIT THE COBOURG COMMUNITY CENTRE
 The Cougars New State of the Art Arena will open this weekend. The new Cobourg Community centre is a State of the Art facility that is a model for future arena's. No need for the Zamboni to dump ice outside of the arena, instead the facility has an indoor pit where the snow is dumped and recycled into a sophisticated process to produce heat and air conditioning. The new facility features two NHL size rinks, a gymnasium, mini-stick rink, running track, 11 dressing rooms, four 6 ft full colour high definition video displays on an eight sided video score board and so much more ... stop by this weekend for a tour of the new Cobourg Community Centre! Visit http://ccc.cobourg.ca/ for more information. 
PAD TWO PRACTICE RINK
 Construction of Cougars New Dressing Room and Lounge. Professional Player Stalls are being constructed in New York and will be shipped soon.
The Zamboni dumps the snow and ice into an indoor pit that recycles into the heating and air conditioning system.
New ice sprayer ... no need for hoses to flood the ice.
New Electric Zamboni
Stop by this weekend and see the new Cobourg Community Centre. These photos are nothing compared to standing in the new facility!
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COUGARS Tickets 4 Kids Campaign
 THE COUGARS TICKETS 4 KIDS CAMPAIGN WILL BE BACK NEXT SEASON! IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR THE TICKETS 4 KIDS CAMPAIGN PLEASE EMAIL KELLY MARTIN. IF YOU ARE A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHO WOULD LIKE TO BENEFIT FROM OUR TICKETS 4 KIDS CAMPAIGN OR ARE PART OF A COMMUNITY GROUP REPRESENTING CLIENTS ON LOW FIXED INCOME, THE COUGARS HAVE SPECIAL PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO PROVIDE FREE PASSES FOR YOUR CLIENTS. PLEASE EMAIL KELLY FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS AND OTHER NON-PROFIT OPPORTUNITIES. WE BELIEVE EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A COUGARS FAN REGARDLESS OF AFFORDABILITY OF TICKETS. |
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