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Golden Hawks roster shaping up
Posted By Ernst Kuglin The Trentonian



The Trenton Golden Hawks are soaring into Boston Mass. for some chowder later this week.

The annual preseason Chowder Cup tournament starts July 23 and runs through to July 26.

Team officials say the tournament is a chance for some players to make good impressions in the lead-up to training camp. The Hawks exhibition season formally begins Aug. 14 on the road in Wellington, when they take on arch rival the Dukes.

We are starting to get a handle on what holes in the lineup we need filled, said Golden Hawks director of hockey operations Tim Clayden. There are still some spots in the lineup for players who want to shine over the next six weeks.

Clayden said the Chowder Cup is the perfect place for those young players to prove to the coaching staff they belong with the Hawks.

At least five local players are expected to make the trip to Boston.

According to Clayden, 18-year-old Adam Nayler has one of the best work ethics of all players on the Hawks' early roster.

Born in Trenton, Nayler previously played for the Picton Pirates Jr. C team, and the Quinte West Hawks.

Fifteen-year-old Kenny Turcotte of Carrying Place is going to be a good one, said Clayden.

Turcotte previously played for the Quinte Red Devils Major Bantam. He shoots left and his preferred position is right wing. He is in his Ontario Hockey League draft year now.

Joey Davies, 17, from Demorestville is 59 and weighs 172 pounds. The last team he played for was the Quinte Red Devils AAA. His preferred position is centre, with his second choice being either left or right wing.



Travis White, 19, from Trenton is also making the trip. White played his minor hockey in Trenton with the Golden Hawks and later with the Deseronto Storm.

White wants to be a home town junior player, and gets stronger and looks better every skate, said Clayden.

Tyler Donaldson, 15, of Wooler has a very bright future in the game of hockey, and we look forward to having him on our team for next season.

Donaldson previously played for the Quinte Red Devils. He shoots left and his preferred position is centre.

Clayden said the Hawks organization is looking forward to the upcoming season.

We're getting excited and the players are responding incredibly well and the community in terms of marketing and advertising seems to be starting to get a little more involved, too, which is a nice sign, said Clayden. Its going to be very exciting having this team in a genuine hockey community that is behind their team and players. We expect to be competitive every night.

With the start of the exhibition season just days away, Clayden indicates the players are starting to fine tune their game.

Our exhibition season will allow the players to tune up for the real season, and the Chowder Cup gives all the players a little added NCAA exposure, and the Huntsville Cottage Cup is always a fun and fantastic tournament that allows our kids an opportunity to really get to know each other, he said.

The Hawks will take on the Dukes in the second exhibition game Friday, Aug. 21 at home. Game time is 7:30 p.m.

The teams next four exhibition games are against the OJHL champion Kingston Voyageurs. The mini series starts Aug. 15 in Trenton, game time is 6:30 p.m. Thats followed a day later when the Hawks make a return trip to Kingston.

The third game goes Aug. 22 in Trenton. Game time is 7:30 p.m. The following night the Hawks are in Kingston. The Hawks will then head into cottage country for the Huntsville Cottage Cup, Aug. 28-30.

What can one say about playing the Dukes and the OJHL Champion Kingston Voyageurs. Evan Robinson has put a lot of time and effort over the years into moulding his hockey club into a bona fide league contender each and every year and Mr. Rosen is one of the classiest governors in this league. The Voyageurs deserve all the accolades that have come their way, said Clayden.

Clayden admitted he misses playing the Dukes during the regular season.

The Dukes are without a doubt one of the best franchises in the province, on and off the ice, and I believe Garry Lavender, God bless him, would be very proud of his team today, said Clayden.

Clayden said the pieces are in place for a good season. The Golden Hawks are a fortunate franchise. We have ownership that is second to none, an enthusiastic, honest and fresh coaching staff in both Matt Muir and Matt Goody, and we know Trenton has tremendous junior hockey fans that are starving for a winner and our plan to feed that appetite, said Clayden.

Good write up,but the Dukes are not arch rivals by any means.

Well the rivalry isn't what it was 6 or 7 years the fans for both these teams would probably line up to watch their respective zamboni's race. I am hoping that over the next couple of years that the league will eventually include both teams in the same division or conference.

my freind it was not up to the league to put Trenton in the ontario division , and Welly in the central . it was Trentons gm tiny Tims decision to go that route, or maybee just maybee there could very well have been a rivallry going . remember dont blame anybody but,you know.

dukestar ...who is the dukes arch rival then ??

Dukester;
"Good write up,but the Dukes are not arch rivals by any means."


Kimbo99;
"dukestar ...who is the dukes arch rival then ??"




I agree with Dukester. This Trenton team is not the Sting, but the Port Hope Predators and they may have battled it out a couple of times over the past few seasons, but they were not arch rivals in my opinion.











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The Sting were somewhat of a rival primarily because of close proximity. But since the Sting we have had the Pack, the Hercs, and now the Predators moving in to become the Golden Hawks. Talk about an identity crisis! But simply put it is hard to be a rival when you don't play each other. I am surprised Trenton opted for that. They need people in the seats and at least the Dukes would have guaranteed that.

I agree that the rival was more between the Sting and the Duke's.

But to ask why the Hawks chose not to play against the Duke's is a two sided question. Why did MA opt not to play against the Hawks. Personally I don't think he wanted to. For the past 5 years the Duke's have over powered any team that Trenton has had but now, with some owners who have the cash flow and the ability to put a winning team on the ice. My opinion MA announced earlier he was rebuilding this year and he figures that if he stayed in the CD than the competition would not be so tough. Again before you all jump on my back this is my opinion.

I am looking forward to the preseason games between the Hawks and the Dukes. Not long from now is it.

I think expecting either team to bend on this one for the sake of that rivalry is perhaps shortsighted. The Dukes were practically the poster boys for the Central group last year and I believe Tim Clayden was one of the executive group in the Ontario conference. Those are two franchises who would seem pretty entrenched in their ideological positions. There's really not a lot of sense bickering over this.