The captain of the CTV No Stars pulled out all the stops and pried the Graham Baxter trophy from the hands of Robert Morgan captain of Digby 911.
The No Stars beat the home team 10-8 in the 34th installment of the fundraiser hockey game that pits TV stars, camera operators, video technicians and the odd NHL star against local RCMP, firefighters and minor hockey coaches.
Lunney called in a few favours this year and called up Joe Dipenta who played 167 games for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in the NHL – Dipenta won the Stanley Cup with Anaheim in 2007.
Lunney also signed Kevin Grant who played 15 years in the International Hockey League and was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the second round of the 1987 NHL entry draft.
Both Grant and Dipenta played defence; Dipenta had two assists and scored one goal on a penalty shot.
During a shoot out competition in the second intermission, no one came close to the bullseye, until Dipenta, shooting last, destroyed the target with his slap shot.
Digby firefighter Adam Sabean had the first goal of the night, assisted by fellow firefighter Drew Maclean just two minutes into the game.
The score remained close until the twelfth minute when the big guns hammered in three goals in 54 seconds and leapt ahead 4-2; a deficit the Digby 911 team would never make up.
For a while in the second period the visitors opened up a four-point lead but, used to emergencies, the 911 team kept cool and chipped away at the margin.
Digby pulled their goalie for the last minute but in the end, they reluctantly and graciously handed over the trophy to the visitors.
Rink manager Danny Harvieux says the crowd was the biggest he has seen at the CTV game in five years.
The door, 50/50 and raffle ticket sales raised $24,000 for the Clare Digby Minor Hockey Association – a little shy of the club’s goal of $40,000 but president Jonathan Ettinger is grateful.
“I am very pleased with the results – everybody worked really hard and made it a great day, “ he said. “It's my favorite day of the year: the smiling faces makes it all worthwhile.”
Ettinger says it’s gratifying how easy everyone is to work with and how willing everyone is to help out with the long-standing tradition.
“Our communities really jumped on board and really supported the association,” he said. “They are awesome and they know it's all for the kids. We’re going to make it even bigger and better next year.”
Ettinger says the club hopes to make up the other $16,000 with its monthly online 50/50 draw at 5050tickets.ca/cdmha.
[Photos and story from 2015] [Photos from 2014] [2013]
[Photos and story from the 30th game in 2012 including some history]
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Scoring from 34th Digby 911- CTV game, March 5, 2016
1st period
Digby 18:12 Adam Sabean from Drew Maclean 1-0
CTV 17:03 Jason Ranger from Joe Dipenta 1-1
Digby 15:41 Drew Maclean from Sabean and Marty Gatien 2-1
CTV 8:36 Mike Dubray from Kevin Lunney 2-2
CTV 8:29 Kevin Lunney from Brad Steeves and Cyril Lunney 3-2
CTV 7:30 Dipenta (penalty shot) 4-2
CTV 0:53 Glen Seminik from Mike LaChance and Gary Robertson 5-2
2nd period
Digby 16:32 Frayne Kyte from Jonathan Coote and Adrien LeBlanc 5-3
CTV 15:39 Dubray from Kevin and Robin Knight 6-3
Digby 12:13 Coote from Kyte and Tyler Neufeld 6-4
CTV 8:26 Knight from John Campbell and Semink 7-4
CTV 2:54 Knight from LaChance and Dan Lunney 8-4
Digby 2:16 Sabean from Joey Amero and Colin Helm 8-5
CTV 1:59 Keith McNeil from Chris Power and Dipenta 9-5
Digby 1:32 Kyte (penalty shot) 9-6
3rd period
CTV 14:19 Kevin from Cyril 10-6
Digby 13:37 Amero from Coote 10-7
Digby 9:26 Scott Nickerson from Coote
Final score: 10-8
The captain of the CTV No Stars pulled out all the stops and pried the Graham Baxter trophy from the hands of Robert Morgan captain of Digby 911.
The No Stars beat the home team 10-8 in the 34th installment of the fundraiser hockey game that pits TV stars, camera operators, video technicians and the odd NHL star against local RCMP, firefighters and minor hockey coaches.
Lunney called in a few favours this year and called up Joe Dipenta who played 167 games for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in the NHL – Dipenta won the Stanley Cup with Anaheim in 2007.
Lunney also signed Kevin Grant who played 15 years in the International Hockey League and was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the second round of the 1987 NHL entry draft.
Both Grant and Dipenta played defence; Dipenta had two assists and scored one goal on a penalty shot.
During a shoot out competition in the second intermission, no one came close to the bullseye, until Dipenta, shooting last, destroyed the target with his slap shot.
Digby firefighter Adam Sabean had the first goal of the night, assisted by fellow firefighter Drew Maclean just two minutes into the game.
The score remained close until the twelfth minute when the big guns hammered in three goals in 54 seconds and leapt ahead 4-2; a deficit the Digby 911 team would never make up.
For a while in the second period the visitors opened up a four-point lead but, used to emergencies, the 911 team kept cool and chipped away at the margin.
Digby pulled their goalie for the last minute but in the end, they reluctantly and graciously handed over the trophy to the visitors.
Rink manager Danny Harvieux says the crowd was the biggest he has seen at the CTV game in five years.
The door, 50/50 and raffle ticket sales raised $24,000 for the Clare Digby Minor Hockey Association – a little shy of the club’s goal of $40,000 but president Jonathan Ettinger is grateful.
“I am very pleased with the results – everybody worked really hard and made it a great day, “ he said. “It's my favorite day of the year: the smiling faces makes it all worthwhile.”
Ettinger says it’s gratifying how easy everyone is to work with and how willing everyone is to help out with the long-standing tradition.
“Our communities really jumped on board and really supported the association,” he said. “They are awesome and they know it's all for the kids. We’re going to make it even bigger and better next year.”
Ettinger says the club hopes to make up the other $16,000 with its monthly online 50/50 draw at 5050tickets.ca/cdmha.
[Photos and story from 2015] [Photos from 2014] [2013]
[Photos and story from the 30th game in 2012 including some history]
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Scoring from 34th Digby 911- CTV game, March 5, 2016
1st period
Digby 18:12 Adam Sabean from Drew Maclean 1-0
CTV 17:03 Jason Ranger from Joe Dipenta 1-1
Digby 15:41 Drew Maclean from Sabean and Marty Gatien 2-1
CTV 8:36 Mike Dubray from Kevin Lunney 2-2
CTV 8:29 Kevin Lunney from Brad Steeves and Cyril Lunney 3-2
CTV 7:30 Dipenta (penalty shot) 4-2
CTV 0:53 Glen Seminik from Mike LaChance and Gary Robertson 5-2
2nd period
Digby 16:32 Frayne Kyte from Jonathan Coote and Adrien LeBlanc 5-3
CTV 15:39 Dubray from Kevin and Robin Knight 6-3
Digby 12:13 Coote from Kyte and Tyler Neufeld 6-4
CTV 8:26 Knight from John Campbell and Semink 7-4
CTV 2:54 Knight from LaChance and Dan Lunney 8-4
Digby 2:16 Sabean from Joey Amero and Colin Helm 8-5
CTV 1:59 Keith McNeil from Chris Power and Dipenta 9-5
Digby 1:32 Kyte (penalty shot) 9-6
3rd period
CTV 14:19 Kevin from Cyril 10-6
Digby 13:37 Amero from Coote 10-7
Digby 9:26 Scott Nickerson from Coote
Final score: 10-8
