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DATE VISITING HOME Fri. Jan 4 Truro South Shore Sat. Jan 5 St. Stephen Truro Fri. Jan 11 Valley Truro Sat. Jan 12 Yarmouth Truro Thu. Jan 17 Truro Summerside Fri. Jan 18 Grand Falls Truro Sat. Jan 19 South Shore Truro Luke MacMillan receives Bob Boucher Hockey Assistance Fund Scholarship from board members Chuck LeCain (centre) and Rick Thur. Jan 24 Truro Pictou County Fraughton (left). (Photo - Jim Webb) Sat. Jan 26 Campbellton Truro Truro Jr. A Bearcat’s MacMillan Presented with Bob Boucher Wed. Jan 30 Amherst Truro Hockey Assistance Fund Scholarship Thu. Jan 31 Truro South Shore forward Luke MacMillan was awarded a $1,500 medical staff, and minor hockey organizations. league President Brian Whitehead. “Luke is an outstanding example cheque as the 2017-18 season’s winner of the Bob Boucher MacMillan registered five goals and six assists in 49 games last of all the best qualities so many of those players possess. The MHL Hockey Assistance Fund Scholarship before Saturday’s game season with the Truro Bearcats, adding a goal in the playoffs. is grateful to the BBAHF committee as they continue to reward against the at the Rath Eastlink Community Centre. The 19-year-old from Brookfield, won an MHL Playoff our deserving players and also wishes to congratulate Luke on this Chuck LeCain and Rick Fraughton, board members with the Bob Championship with the Bearcats as a rookie in 2016-17, with five well-earned achievement.” Boucher Hockey Assistance Fund (BBHAF) made the presentation. goals and three assists in the regular season and two more assists MacMillan’s Bearcat coach, Shawn Evans, echoes those The Maritime Hockey League (MHL) announced in June that in the playoffs. MacMillan is a winner in the classroom as well, thoughts. MacMillan had won the award. maintaining a 4.22 grade point average and Dean’s List honours “The Truro Bearcats Organization is very proud of Luke receiv- The BBHAF was founded in 2011 as a means to support stu- during his 2017-18 fall course load at as he ing the Bob Boucher Assistance Fund Scholarship,” Evans said. dents within the game who have displayed exceptional scholastic continues to work toward earning a degree in Engineering. During “Luke is an outstanding student and represents our team, the MHL achievements. This organization has corroborated with the MHL his high school career at South Colchester Academy, MacMillan and the Truro community in a positive manner. He is already a to provide a multiple-year $1,500 scholarship to a deserving stu- recorded a final grade of at least 92 percent in 21 of 22 courses (playoff) champion and is an excellent role model for all student- dent-athlete within the league. It’s named after the late coach and taken. Also active in the community, MacMillan has spent several athletes who aspire to play high-level hockey while continuing executive who, prior to his death in 2004, worked at levels ranging years giving his time to such endeavours as the CC Riders Soccer their studies.” from Nova Scotia Intermediate to the NHL over the course of his Program, his local Canskate “learn to skate” program, and 4-H. Lucas Sangster of the was named the BBHAF long career. Since its inception, the BBHAF has distributed in ex- “The number of players that have succeeded academically, both winner in 2015, Thomas Stavert of the Summerside Western Capi- cess of $125,000 in grants to deserving players, coaches, team’s during and after their careers in the MHL, continues to grow,” said tals received the award in 2016, and Sam Cameron of the Wood- stock Slammers was the BBHAF winner in 2017.

Pat Quinn stated; “Bob was in- Nova Scotia was a quarter of a Who Was Bob Boucher? strumental in setting up our century of developing new KEITH’S GAS BAR Bob Boucher was a hockey the Moosehead Mounties National Coaches Accredita- and better directions for AND CONVENIENCE STORE player who turned to a life- was 208-64-19, and in 1990 tion System, through his writ- young athletes and coaches, time of coaching after an eye was named Hockey Nova ings on the game and the teaching and inspiring Nova Coffee & injury shortened a profes- Scotia Coach of the Year. development of the coaches’ Scotia hockey players to be- Sandwich Shop sional hockey career before it • His coaching career in- level system. He has influ- come the best they could by –––––––– ATM on location • Lottery Tickets ever really had a chance to cluded 13 seasons with the enced the thinking of hockey sharing his knowledge and –––––––– begin. In Major Junior he had Saint Mary’s Huskies as well across , but yet, while philosophies as a great com- Convenience Items –––––––– finished second in the scoring as stints in Junior ‘A,’ Major always the consummate municator, passionately in love 902-897-2928 race losing out to Frank Maho- Junior, the AHL as well as teacher passing on his knowl- with the game”. volich, but finishing ahead of the NHL with the Philadel- edge, he was always the stu- “Where the Coffee is always on!” third place Bob Nevin, fourth phia Flyers. dent, hungry to know more of James Faulkner Gas Stop Open: place Bobby Hull and fifth More important than these the game and those who Director of Communications Mon-Fri 6am-10pm place Stan Makita. His success statistical signs of success was played it”. Maritime Hockey League Sat 7am-10pm as a coach was rivalled only by his consummate passion for The late Pat Connolly noted Sun 8am-10pm his passion for the develop- the development of the game. that “Bob Boucher’s legacy to ment of the game of hockey. 945 WILLOW ST., MILLBROOK • Boucher’s SMU Huskies won nine consecutive AUS Championships • In one nine-year stretch (1969-77) his team accumu- Brite ‘N Kleen lated a total of only 15 losses. His lifetime CIS LAUNDROMAT record is 231 wins 33 losses and 4 ties. • He was named the AUS and May you have a CIS Coach of the Year twice. Merry Christmas! • Bob Boucher inducted to both the SMU and the Nova Thank you to our valued customers. Scotia Sports Hall of Fame. • He won the Hardy Cup All the best in 2019. coaching the Dartmouth Moosehead Mounties in 144 Esplanade, Truro 1990. His combined seven- year coaching record with (902) 893-2889

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